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Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984.
Gold Key Comics was created in 1962, when its parent company Western Publishing switched to in-house publishing rather than packaging content for branding and distribution by its business partner, Dell Comics. Hoping to make their comics more like traditional children's books, they initially eliminated panel line-borders, using just the panel, with its ink and artwork evenly edged but not bordered by a "container" line. This was a novel idea at the time, and made the comic look more like "artwork",[according to whom?] and had word and thought balloons that were rectangular rather than oval, giving the titles a cleaner, more modern look. Within a year they had reverted to using inked panel borders and oval balloons. They also experimented with new formats, including black-and-white 136 page hardcovers containing reprints (Whitman Comic Book)[clarification needed] and tabloid-sized 52-page hardcovers containing new material (Golden Picture Story Book)[1] In 1967, Gold Key reprinted a number of selected issues of their comics under the title Top Comics which were sold in plastic bags containing five comics, at gas stations and various eateries; some locations removed them from the bags and sold them individually with price stickers attached to the covers.[citation needed]
Like Dell and Dark Horse, Gold Key was one of the few major American publishers of comic books never to display the Comics Code Authority seal on its covers.
Gold Key featured a number of licensed properties and several original titles, including a number of publications that spun off from Dell's Four Color series, or were published as standalones by Dell. It maintained decent sales numbers throughout the 1960s, thanks to its offering of many titles based upon popular TV series of the day, as well as numerous titles based upon both Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. animated properties. It was also the first company to publish comic books based upon Star Trek. While some titles, such as Star Trek and The Twilight Zone, were published for many years, many other licensed titles were characterized by short runs, sometimes publishing no more than one or two issues. Gold Key considered suing over the similarly themed television series Lost in Space for its resemblance to the pre-existing Space Family Robinson but decided their business relationship with CBS and Irwin Allen was more important than any monetary reward resulting from such a suit.[citation needed]
Editor Chase Craig once told writer Mark Evanier that to launch titles with Hanna-Barbera characters usually the early issues would be direct adaptations of episodes of the program because "[t]he studio had approval rights and the people there could get pointlessly picky about the material... but they rarely bothered looking at any issue after the first few. Therefore, it simplified the procedure to do the first issue as an adaptation and maybe the second. They couldn't very well complain that a plot taken from the show was inappropriate".[2]
Over the years, it lost several properties, including the King Features Syndicate characters (Popeye, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, etc.) to Charlton Comics in 1966, numerous, but not all, Hanna-Barbera characters also to Charlton Comics in 1970, and Star Trek to Marvel Comics in 1979.
Key creators[edit]
The stable of writers and artists built up by Western Publishing during the Dell Comics era mostly continued into the Gold Key era. In the mid-1960s a number of artists were recruited by the newly formed Disney Studio Program and thereafter divided their output between the Disney Program and Western. Among the few new creators at Gold Key were writers Don Glut, Len Wein, Bob Ogle, John David Warner, Steve Skeates and Mark Evanier; and artists Cliff Voorhees, Joe Messerli, Carol Lay and Mike Royer. Also in the 1970s, writer Bob Gregory started drawing stories, mostly for Daisy and Donald. Acclaimed artist/writer Frank Miller had his first published comic book artwork in The Twilight Zone for Gold Key in 1978.[3]
Diana Gabaldon began her career writing for Gold Key, initially sending a query that stated "I've been reading Disney comics for the last twenty-odd years, and they've been getting worse and worse. I don't know that I could do it better myself, but I'd like to try." Editor Del Connell provided a script sample and bought her second submission.[4]
According to former Western Publishing writer Mark Evanier, during the mid-1960s comedy writer Jerry Belson, whose writing partner at the time was Garry Marshall, also did scripts for Gold Key while writing for leading TV sitcoms like The Dick Van Dyke Show. Among the comics he wrote for were The Flintstones, Uncle Scrooge, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, The Three Stooges and Woody Woodpecker.[5]
Leo Dorfman, creator of Ghosts for DC Comics, also produced supernatural stories for Gold Key's similarly themed Twilight Zone, Ripley's Believe it or Not, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery and Grimm's Ghost Stories. One of Gold Key's editors at the time told Mark Evanier, "Leo writes stories and then he decides whether he's going to sell them to DC [for Ghosts] or to us. He tells us that if they come out good, they go to us and if they don't, they go to DC. I assume he tells DC the opposite."[6]
Editor Frank Tedeschi, who left in 1973 for a job in book publishing, helped bring in such new comics professionals as Walt Simonson, Gerry Boudreau, and John David Warner.[7]
Hard times[edit]
The comics industry experienced a downswing in the 1970s and Gold Key was among the hardest hit. Its editorial policies had not kept pace with changing times and suffered an erosion of its base of sales among children, who could now watch cartoons and other entertainment on television for free instead. It is also alleged by Carmine Infantino that in the mid-to-late 1960s DC Comics attempted to pressure Gold Key from the comics business through sheer weight of output.[8] By 1977 many of the company's original series had been cancelled, especially circa 1973-1974, and its licensed series had more reprinted material,[clarification needed] although Gold Key was able to obtain the rights to publish a comic book series based upon Buck Rogers in the 25th Century between 1979 and 1981. It also lost the rights to publish Star Trek-based comic books to Marvel Comics just prior to the revival of the franchise via Star Trek: The Motion Picture, with the final Gold Key-published Star Trek title being issued in March 1979.
In this period, Gold Key experimented with digests with some success. In a similar manner, to explore new markets, in the mid-1970s it produced a four-volume series, with somewhat better production values and printing aimed at the emerging collector market, containing classic stories of the Disney characters by Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson (Best of Walt Disney's Comics). In the late 1970s came somewhat higher grade reprints of various licensed characters also aimed at new venues (Dynabrites),[9] plus a four-issue series adapting classic science fiction stories by authors such as Isaac Asimov and John W. Campbell (Starstream).[10] Golden Press released trade paperback reprint collections (Walt Disney Christmas Parade, Bugs Bunny Comics-Go-Round,[11] Star Trek Enterprise Logs[12]), while the distribution of comic books on spinners and racks at drug stores and supermarket and similar stores continued under the Gold Key label. The same comics were simultaneously distributed, usually three comics in plastic bags, to toy and department stores, newsstands at airports, bus/train stations, "as well as other outlets that weren't conducive to conventional comic racks",[13] under the Whitman logo, which it also used for products like coloring books. Western, at one point, also distributed bagged comics from its rival DC Comics under the Whitman logo. Former President of DC Comics Paul Levitz stated that the "Western program was enormous — even well into the 1970s they were taking very large numbers of DC titles for distribution (I recall 50,000+ copies offhand)."[13] The continued decline in sales forced Western to cease newsstand distribution in 1981, and thereafter it released all its comics solely in bags as "Whitman Comics" and the "Gold Key" logo was discontinued. Eventually arrangements were made to distribute these releases to the nascent national network of comic book stores. Western also prepared a prospectus in the early 1980s for a deluxe Carl Barks reprint project aimed at the collector market that was never published.[14] All these efforts ultimately proved unsuccessful and by 1984 Western was out of the comic book business.
Relaunches, reprints and legacy[edit]
Three of Gold Key's original characters, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Doctor Solar, and Turok, Son of Stone, were used in the 1990s to launch Valiant Comics' fictional universe.
Dark Horse Comics has published reprints, including several in hardcover collections, of such original Gold Key titles as Magnus, Robot Fighter; Doctor Solar; Mighty Samson; M.A.R.S. Patrol; Turok: Son of Stone; The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor; Dagar the Invincible; Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery; Space Family Robinson; Flash Gordon; the Jesse Marsh drawn Tarzan; and some of the Russ Manning-produced Tarzan series.[citation needed] They started several revivals of characters under Jim Shooter, including Doctor Solar, Magnus, Turok, and Mighty Samson.[citation needed] The Checker Book Publishing Group, in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, began reprinting the Gold Key Star Trek series in 2004.[citation needed] Hermes Press reprinted the three series based on Irwin Allen's SF TV series, as well as Gold Key's Dark Shadows, My Favorite Martian[citation needed] and the Phantom.[15]
Bongo Comics published a parody of Gold Key in Radioactive Man #106 (volume 2 #6, Nov. 2002) with script/layout by Batton Lash and finished art by Mike DeCarlo that Tony Isabella dubbed "a nigh-flawless facsimile of the Gold Key comics published by Western in the early 1960s...from the painting with tasteful come-on copy on the front cover to the same painting, sans logo or other type, presented as a "pin-up" on the back cover".[16]
In 2001, Western Publishing, including the Gold Key properties, was bought by Classic Media.[17] In 2012, Classic Media was bought out by DreamWorks Animation SKG and rebranded as DreamWorks Classics, who currently own the Gold Key properties.[18]
Titles include[edit]
Original series[edit]
- Baby Snoots[19]
- Brothers of the Spear (originally a backup series in Tarzan)
- The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril
- Doctor Solar
- The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor
- Golden Comics Digest
- Grimm's Ghost Stories
- Jungle Twins
- Little Monsters
- M.A.R.S. Patrol Total War (initially Total War)
- Magnus, Robot Fighter
- Microbots[20]
- Mighty Samson
- Mod Wheels
- Mystery Comics Digest
- O.G. Whiz
- Space Family Robinson - predated similar television series Lost in Space
- Tales of Sword and Sorcery, featuring "Dagar the Invincible"
- Turok, Son of Stone
- Tragg and the Sky Gods
- UFO Flying Saucers (retitled/reprinted as UFO and Outer Space)
- Wacky Adventures of Cracky
- Wacky Witch
Licensed series[edit]
- Adam-12
- The Addams Family (based on the 1974 Hanna-Barbera animated series)
- Astro Boy
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
- The Avengers (published as John Steed & Emma Peel, due to Marvel Comics' superhero title)
- The Banana Splits
- Battle of the Planets
- The Beagle Boys (Walt Disney's)
- Beep Beep the Road Runner
- Beetle Bailey
- Bonanza
- Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (based upon the TV series Thriller)
- Buck Rogers
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Bugs Bunny
- Bullwinkle and Rocky
- Chilly Willy
- Daffy Duck
- Dark Shadows
- Doc Savage (unproduced 1966 movie tie-in)
- Donald Duck (Walt Disney's)
- Ellery Queen
- Family Affair
- Fireball XL5
- Flash Gordon
- The Flintstones
- The Funky Phantom
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
- The Green Hornet
- Hanna-Barbera Fun-In
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- The Hardy Boys (based on the Filmation cartoon series)
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
- Honey West
- Hoppity Hooper
- H.R. Pufnstuf
- I Spy
- Korak, Son of Tarzan
- Happy Days
- Huey, Dewey and Louie, Junior Woodchucks
- The Inspector (Pink Panther spinoff)
- Kimba the White Lion
- Krofft Supershow
- Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp
- Lidsville
- Little Lulu
- The Lone Ranger
- Looney Tunes
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Mickey Mouse (Walt Disney's)
- Mighty Mouse
- Moby Duck (Walt Disney's)
- The Munsters (from TV series)
- My Favorite Martian
- The Phantom
- The Pink Panther
- Popeye the Sailor
- Porky Pig
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! with three subtitles: "True War Stories" (#1 and #5), "True Demons & Monsters" (#7, #10, #19, #22, #25, #26, and #29) and "True Ghost stories" (remaining numbers)
- Secret Agent (based upon the TV series, Danger Man)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (later changed to Scooby-Doo Mystery Comics)
- Star Trek
- Supercar
- Super Goof (Walt Disney's)
- Tarzan
- The Three Stooges
- Tom and Jerry
- Tennessee Tuxedo
- Tweety and Sylvester
- The Twilight Zone
- Uncle Scrooge
- Underdog
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Wacky Races
- Walt Disney Comics Digest
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
- Walt Disney's Showcase
- Where's Huddles?
- The Wild Wild West
- Woody Woodpecker
- Yosemite Sam (and Bugs Bunny)
- ^ "The Biggest Disney Comic Book in the World (Korkis Korner) by Wade Sampson". Mouseplanet.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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- ^ "Frank Miller : The Complete Works: The Twilight Zone". Moebiusgraphics.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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- ^ "Gold Key & Charlton [News]". The Comic Reader (96). April 1973. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Ro, Ronin. Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2004).
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- ^ "Book of the Day". Awe4one.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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- ^ "Gold Key STAR TREK Comics - Reprints". Curtdanhauser.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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- ^ Joakim Gunnarsson (2013-03-31). "Sekvenskonst: The Collectors Editions that never was". Sekvenskonst.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ "Hermes Press". Hermes Press. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ ">> Tony's Online Tips - Tony Isabella, May 17, 2003". World Famous Comics. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2001-08-16). "2 Companies Pay $84 Million for Golden Books". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Kung, Michelle (2012-07-22). "DreamWorks Buys Collection of Old Characters, Including Casper, Lassie, Waldo, and Golden Books - WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Baby Snoots at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015.
- ^ https://www.google.com/search?q=microbots+comic&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6psXU4SRHeTw0AH_qYA4&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=1017
External links[edit]
- Western (publisher) at the Grand Comics Database
- Gold Key Comics at the INDUCKS
- Gold Key Comics at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
- Evanier, Mark (April 29, 2007). "It's in the Bag!". NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. (Requires scrolldown.)
- Evanier, Mark (June 30, 2010). "Joe Messerli, R.I.P.". NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2013. (Requires scrolldown.)
- Kelly, Rob, ed. "Other [Golden Picture Story Book #1-4]". TreasuryComics.com. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- 1964 Gold Key subscription ad
- Photo of Top Comics 5 pack


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8 Digital Photo Frames: Display Your Photos and Videos with Pride!
Show off your images! Updated for Holidays 2012
Digital Photo Frames have been the hot holiday gift for a several years now. But with so many on the market finding the ones with the best image quality, coolest features, and best price can be daunting. Here's how to find the best one for you, and eight that impressed us.
In the nearly five years since digital photo frames hit the market, the range of choices, styles and image quality options have expanded; in fact, as of this writing, there are exactly 99 frames available from the Adorama Digital Picture Frames and Accessories department. Sizes range from 1.5-inch keychain frames to 17-inch mega-frames with resolution that rivals a typical flatscreen computer monitor. Prices for smaller frames that are in the 5-7-inch range (diagonally measured) can be as low as around $25, while full-featured, high-resolution larger screen models can cost 10 times as much. While in most cases you pay more for larger monitors, there are other factors. More features and higher resolution bring the price up, but some models deliberately cut corners so they would be more affordable.
How to narrow your search: Start with Size
If you don't see exactly what you're looking for in the eight frames listed below, go to Adorama's Digital Picture Frames and Accessories department. If you know what size viewing area, click the appropriate diagonal measurement under Size (on the left-hand column). By default you'll get a listing of the most popular models, but by pulling down the "Sort By" menu (on the right side of the black bar towards the top of the page) you can sort the results by price (low to high, high to low). Once you've done that, here's are some key features to consider.
What to look for
Resolution: Less expensive models provide low resolution, measured in dots. A 360x240 dot monitor will cost less than a 640x380 dot monitor of equal size. Is it better to get the higher resolution? That depends on your budget and tolerance for lower image quality.
Memory Card Compatibility: To get images into a digital photo frame, you need to insert a memory card or connect to some other device via a USB port. Make sure the frame you are interested in has a port for your digital camera's memory card format. Most frames have SD ports, but many do not have ports for CF cards.
Design: This is a matter of taste. Digital photo frames come in a range from modern, plexiglas designs with edges that light up via embedded LEDs to traditional wood-grain frames.
Wall or desk? Some frames are designed only to sit on a desk, others only for wall hanging. Others go both ways. Check the feature list.
Multimedia features: Most frames let you create slide shows and control how long each image is on screen, and the kinds of transitions between images. Some let you add music from your own MP3 files, and a few models even let you play videos, although there may be limits on how long a clip it will play.
Internal memory: Some models have built-in memory, which may range from a few megabytes to 2 gigs. The low-cost models may not have any, and only display directly from your memory card. Again, you get what you pay for.
8 Top Digital Frames
These eight frames, all available from Adorama's Digital Picture Frames and Accessories department, are presented below from smallest to largest, so if you have an idea of how large an image you want to display, scroll down until you find it! Note: Pricing and availability is accurate as of November 16, 2012.
Audiovox 5-inch Digital Picture Frame
If you're looking for a low-cost digital picture frame, consider the Audiovox 5-inch Digital Picture Frame, which at the Adorama price of $39.95, offers a a 5-inch (measured diagonally) viewing space with a 4:3 aspect ratio and modest 320x234 dot resolution. It has 32MB of internal memory, has a 4-way memory card reader that supports SD/MMC, CF, Memory Stick and xD Picture Card formats. It supports JPEG images and comes with interchangeable black, white and wood grain frames. A nice stocking stuffer if your budget it limited.
Coby DP700 7-inch Widescreen
Going up a bit larger, the $27.95 Adorama-priced Coby DP700 7-inch Widescreen offers a 7-inch widescreen display with 480x234 dot resolution. The main advantage this has over the above is the 16:9 aspect ratio viewing area, for those who prefer that format. Designed to accomodate Memory Stick and SD memory cards, the Coby DP700 has no internal memory, but includes an integrated calendar and clock.
Viewsonic 8-inch Super Slim Digital Album Media Frame VFM82050
The Viewsonic 8-inch Super Slim Digital Album Media Frame VFM82050 , at the Adorama price of $44.99, represents a step up in both viewing area and resolution. The 4:3 aspect ratio, 8-inch diagonally measured monitor boasts 800x600 dot resolution, and the unit accepts SD, SDHC and MMC memory cards. You can program a slideshow with music in the background. The frame is a svelte 2.6 inches thick.
Jobo 8-inch Ultra Slim Nano Pro Digital Back Lit Photo Frame
With its 10-inch, diagonally-measured, 800x600-dot-resolution monitor and a slim profile (the entire thing measures about 1/3 of an inch thick), the Jobo 8-inch Ultra Slim Nano Pro Digital Back Lit Photo Frame is designed to be eye-catching whether mounted on a wall or sitting on a desk. The Jobo 10-inch Nano, at an Adorama price of $89, boasts eco-friendly low power consumption, accepts SD, SDHC, MMC and MS card formats, has a dual-mini USB 2.0 host so you can connect a card reader, and supports JPEGs. You can zoom and rotate images and program slide shows with controllable transition effects and time intervals via the remote control.
Sony DPF-XR100
While the Sony DPF-XR100's screen measures a beefy 10.2 inches measured diagonally, this model is designed for quality-conscious viewers and boasts features that justify its $219 Adorama pricetag. Resolution is higher—1024x600—and it offers a 10:16 aspect ratio. It offers a whopping 192MP of internal storage—room for up to 4,000 photos—can back up to 2GB of video at a time, and is said to produce rich blacks and high contrast with reduced reflections, thanks to an LCD coated with TruBlack technology. It offers a variety of slideshow features including creative transition effects, thumbnail index views, and a way to view Sweep Panorama shots. It accepts all memory card formats.
Aluratek 11-Inch Hi-Res Digital Photo Frame
The Aluratek 11-Inch Hi-Res Digital Photo Frame, at the Adorama price of $99.95, offers larger-frame viewing at a relatively affordable price. It will play JPEG as well as MP3, AVI, BMP and WMA format video and music files, making it a true media center. It can store 1GB of internal memory and accepts CF, SD, MMC, Memory Stick and xD-Picture cards. In an attractive wood frame, it can also connect to other devices via a USB 2.0 port.
Impecca DFM-1512 15-Inch Digital Photo Frame
The Impecca DFM-1512 15-Inch Digital Photo Frame, available from Adorama for $139.99, is designed to deliver high-resolution images via its generously-sized 15-inch diagonal, 4:3 aspect ratio viewing area. It offers HD resolution at 1024x768 dots, enough to rival a computer monitor's resolution. OTher features include 2GB of internal memory, "Easy Insert & Play" feature, which simply starts playing the contents of a memory card or USB drive as soon as it has been inserted, numerous viewing and slideshow transition options, and the ability to accompany images with music via the built-in stereo speakers. Brightness is adjusted automatically to correspond with ambient light. This frame has ports for CF, SD, SDHC, MMC, MS and xD cards, and is wall mountable.
Digital Spectrum MemoryView MV-1700, 17" TFT Digital Black Photo Frame
With its huge 17-inch screen, the $259.95 Adorama-priced Digital Spectrum MemoryView MV-1700 provides the largest viewing area of any photo frame on the market, and it does so by displaying JPEG images at a high resolution of 1280x1024. Compatible with CF, SD, MMC, and MS memory cards, the MemoryView can also run slide shows accompanied by MP3 music tracks. It can also be used as a basic MP3 player, and can show MPEG 1,2 and 4 movie formats.
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Palestinian terrorists fired three Kassam rockets at the western Negev on Friday morning, slightly over an hour after the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza factions officially ended.
Two of the rockets landed in open fields in the Eshkol region, while the third slammed into the Sha'ar Hanegev area. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
Also Friday morning, Gaza terrorists fired at farmers near Kibbutz Nir Oz, in the Eshkol region. No one was wounded, but vehicles were damaged.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attacks.
On Thursday night, Hamas officials in Gaza and Beirut announced that the terror group would not extend the truce. Nevertheless, even before the officials announcement, eleven rockets and six mortar shells had already been fired into Israel, following 24 rockets fired the day before.
In Gaza, Hamas leaders went underground out of fear of being targeted by Israel. The group also evacuated many of its institutions and security installations in anticipation of an escalation with the IDF.
Defense officials said that the only acceptable situation would be complete quiet on the Gaza front, like there was throughout most of the cease-fire and before the IDF launched an operation in November to uncover and destroy a tunnel being dug from Gaza into Israel. The operation triggered a sharp escalation in rocket fire.
"We will only accept quiet like there was before the operation in November," a senior defense official said. "Sporadic fire of several Kassams a day is unacceptable and will lead us to a collision course with Hamas."
On Thursday, OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant held a security assessment at his headquarters in Beersheba, after which dozens of armored vehicles deployed along the border with the Gaza Strip. Officers in the Gaza Division said their orders were to be "ready for an escalation at a moment's notice."
IDF sources said the past week's rocket fire was carried out by Islamic Jihad under orders from Hamas to escalate the situation. Hamas, the officers said, wanted to pressure Israel into opening the border crossings and expanding the cease-fire to the West Bank.
IAF bombings of two Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday were aimed at sending a message to the terror group that it would pay for its affiliation with Hamas, the officials said.
The decision not to renew the cease-fire was taken following a series of consultations between Hamas and other Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. It was being regarded as a victory for the Syrian-based Hamas leadership, which, along with other radical groups such as Islamic Jihad, was strongly opposed to an extension unless Israel lifted its Gaza blockade.
Some Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip had maintained that the cease-fire should be extended so as not to give Israel an excuse to launch a massive military operation.
Despite the announcement, sources close to Hamas predicted that the movement would eventually agree to abide by a renewed cease-fire. The sources said it was trying to extract concessions from Israel as a precondition for extending the cease-fire.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum accused Israel of "destroying" the cease-fire by continuing to target Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank and by refusing to reopen the border crossings into the Gaza Strip.
"There is no room for extending the cease-fire and Israel bears full responsibility for its collapse," he said. "Tomorrow [Friday] will be the last day of the truce."
Representatives of other groups joined Hamas in declaring that the cease-fire was over.
Saleh Zeidan, a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, cited the continued Israeli blockade as the reason for letting the cease-fire lapse. He called on all armed groups in the Gaza Strip to prepare for a new round of confrontation with Israel.
Walid Hils, spokesman for Islamic Jihad, said his organization "reserved the right to defend the Palestinians against Israeli aggression after December 19." He warned Israel against assassinating prominent figures or invading the Gaza Strip, saying it would pay a heavy price for such an "adventure."
Abu Mujahed, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees - an alliance of various armed groups in the area - said that Israel had ended the cease-fire through its policy of "killings and incursions" in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, UNRWA announced on Thursday that it had exhausted all stocks of flour in its warehouses in the Gaza Strip. Food distribution, the UN agency said, would be suspended from Thursday until further notice.
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There is a battle underway for the soul of environmentalism. It is a battle between traditionalists and modernists.
Who prevails is likely to be determined by whose vision for the future is chosen by a new generation of environmentalists.
The green traditionalist has never had a sunny outlook. Forty years ago, he warned about a plundered planet. Twenty years ago, he warned of a sixth extinction. In recent years, he has warned about a baked planet. Now he is warning of a planet under severe ecological pressure. Make no mistake: These are all warnings that deserve to be taken seriously. The green traditionalist, since he first became a career pessimist, has followed the lead of scientists. Just because the eco-collapse narrative remains the same doesn't mean it won't eventually come true.
The problem for the green traditionalist is that this redundant message has lost its power. There have been too many red alerts, accompanied by too many vague, screechy calls to action. Today, the green traditionalist is like a parent who incessantly yells at his child to behave–or else. The parent grows angrier and increasingly frustrated when the child inevitably tunes him out.


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by David Ellis
The most important lessons are always the simplest ones. I sometimes think of that book "everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten" or whatever it was called. The basic rules for writing well are the same. I've written about some of them before. They're not hard. They're mostly obvious. And yet I continue to violate them. I continue to need reminders. And then, lucky you, I mention them in my blogs, assuming you might appreciate the reminders.
When I was face down in Springfield in 2007, buried under an avalanche of Rod Blagojevich attacking my boss Speaker Madigan (which by extension meant attacking me), and being forced to cancel my book tour for my fifth novel, I tried to explain to my publisher in New York about this crazy governor we had. "Then write about him," they said. "It would be interesting to people."
Well, fast-forward, yadda yadda yadda (if Elaine can yadda-yadda-yadda sex, I can yadda-yadda-yadda Blago), and now Rod has become a wee bit interesting-er.
All the more reason to write about him. So, my seventh novel, coming out next year, is about political corruption. I've written here before about it. I mentioned that it was weird writing about something to which I am so close. It still is, by the way, but that's not my point here.
What is interesting in the development of this novel is not just that it's not turning out as planned (mine never turn out as planned), but the way it's diverted from the original specs. I had originally envisioned a book that chronicled a flawed man who became governor and didn't know how to handle it. Yes, I would draw on the foibles of one Mr. Blago, but only as a launching point and nothing too on-the-nose. No matter, it seemed like a compelling topic on which to write.
And if I have any mind for marketing at all—I'm getting there, but trees grow slowly—I would capitalize on this impeachment that brought me some short-lived notoriety. Oh, and look: His criminal trial is coming up next summer, so it will be just in time for my book's release!
All good, right? A cool idea and a built-in marketing plan?
Maybe not so good. Because I'm approaching the end, and it really isn't all that much about a corrupt governor, after all. It's much more about my series protagonist, Jason Kolarich, than it is about any of the corrupt public officials sprinkled in the novel.
And now I find myself trying to force a square Rod into a round hole. I'm not thinking about what's best for the book. I'm allowing external forces to dictate my story. I'm thinking about what I "should" be writing about from an outsider's point of view. I "should" be writing a character study of a governor like RRB, because I saw him up close and it's what readers will expect.
It seems so obvious when I write it here: Write whatever's best for the story. But I've spent the last two months or so essentially violating that rule. It took me much longer than it should have to realize that what readers "expect" is the best I have to offer. So I've liberated myself now and focused on what is the best story, regardless of how may cameos my flawed governor makes.
The most important lessons really are the simplest ones. I'm not sure why I keep forgetting them.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Great Expectations
Posted by David Ellis at 12:23 AM
3 comments:
- Libby Hellmann said...
Save Blago for your non-fiction account of the mess. Which you ARE writing, aren't you? At least outlining? Thinking about? Jeez... Dave... it's the perfect vehicle!!
- David Ellis said...
Nope. Too close to it. Too many breaches of confidence. Not worth it.
Sloppy writer--back to the drawing board for you. Even on a blog, you should concentrate, for that is where the good writing comes from, no matter the content.
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OMG those stories were horrible! I cannot imagine.
I recently got a new gyno & she was the first doctor to talk to me about my weight. She has a lot of PCOS patients, and even though I don't have it, she still counseled me about my weight. She was perfectly nice about it & I talked to her about the weight I had already lost (I was down about 15 pounds when I saw her). She recommended a low-GI diet, which is pretty much what I follow being a Primal eater.
Anyway, it seems like doctors either have 2 extremes – ignore the weight completely or be a jerk & think that a person who is fat is a lazy slob who eats all day. Both are dangerous but the latter really is. There are plenty of medical reasons that make a person gain weight & assuming its all their fault & just a willpower issue means that the doctor isn't doing their job in looking for the possible medical cause.


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From Autumn to Ashes playing NYC makeup date at St Vitus with Primitive Weapons (who open for Torche this week)
photo: From Autumn to Ashes at Skate & Surf 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
Reunited post-hardcore band From Autumn to Ashes was supposed to play NYC's Gramercy Theatre in July but they had to cancel. Now they've got a replacement NYC show scheduled for December 18 at Saint VItus with Fashion Week and Primitive Weapons. It's their only announced date at the moment. Tickets are on sale now.
Primitive Weapons, who have three members that co-own or work at Saint Vitus, play that venue again opening for Torche on Wednesday (10/14). Also on that bill is Chain Gang Grave. Tickets are still available.
Some FATA and Primitive Weapons videos below...
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Empress Of shares new video + listening party at Other Music ++ DJing NYFW afterparty w/ Dev Hynes @ Elvis Guesthouse
still from Empress Of's "Standard" video
Empress Of's very good debut album, Me, is out today (9/11) and if you haven't checked it out yet, it's streamable below. She's also just released an arty new video for single "Standard" which was directed by Zaiba Jabbar and Empress Of's Lorely Rodriguez and also features pro bodybuilder Rob Reinaldo. It puts a new perspective on the song, perhaps literally. Watch below.
Lorely has a couple Empress Of events today to celebrate the release of Me. There's a listening party at Other Music tonight at 6:30 PM where they'll "serve up pizza and drinks and play the album in full." Also the first 20 people who buy the record get a free ticket to her show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday (9/13). You can also still buy tickets for that show.
Then tonight, Empress Of will host a NY Fashion Week afterparty at Elvis Guesthouse with her DJing along with Dev Hynes, Imogene, Molly Hawkins and "more friends." It starts at 10 PM and there's an open bar from 10-11 PM. It's free. (Micachu, who plays Alphaville tonight and LPR Saturday, played a Fashion Week thing at Elvis last night.)
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Kanye West playing free show during NBA All-Star Weekend, presenting Adidas collaboration during Fashion Week
photo: Kanye at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
The NBA All Star Weekend happening in NYC next week is also meaning lots of crazy (and not always public) events for music fans in the city. We already mentioned that Win Butler, Common and others are playing a celebrity all-star game and Drake and Nas are playing Irving Plaza, and now we've learned another rapper, Kanye West, will be putting on a free performance in the city.
He's co-hosting it with OKC Thunder player (and Roc Nation Sports signee) Kevin Durant on February 12 outside of Madison Square Park at 6 PM. The only way to get in, though, is to win tickets. You can enter via co-presenters Roc Nation or Power 105.1 FM's contests or follow both on Twitter. As HipHopWired points out, you can also text "BOLDMOVE" to 95577 to win tickets from presenting partner Sparkling ICE.
That same week is Fashion Week in NYC, and Kanye will be doing something for that too. Fashionista reports that he's planning to present his upcoming Adidas collaboration in NYC that week:
West has repeatedly stated that Adidas has put trust in his talents and has given him the creative freedom he needs to truly shine -- take that, Nike -- which is why we were pretty excited when rumors started spreading around the Internet that he would be unveiling his collection for the sportswear brand with a presentation at New York Fashion Week. According to Complex, invitations to the event (which will reportedly take place on Feb. 12) have already been sent out, and the site referenced a (now-removed) Instagram screenshot of an e-mail sent to menswear buyer Ramon Ehlen as proof.Sooner than that, he'll be in LA to perform at the Grammys with Paul McCartney and Rihanna. He's also launched a mysterious website with a countdown clock (six days and counting as of this posting, we'll see).
Future Punx playing free LES blockparty & other shows, part of Weezer tribute at Baby's All Right w/ mems of Beverly & more
Future Punx @ Rockaway Surf Club this summer (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Whether or not you're excited for Weezer's new album you might have affection for the band's early '90s output. With that in mind there's a Weezer tribute happening at Baby's All Right on Tuesday, September 9 featuring members of Beverly, Moon Dudes, Truthers, Future Punx, Nicholas Nicholas, and "more TBA." They'll be playing songs from the Blue Album, Pinkerton and a few b-sides. It's a midnight show and is free.
Both Future Punx and Truthers will be performing as themselves on Sunday (9/7) afternoon, playing at a free Fashion Week block party called "LES Opening Night." It takes place around 45 Orchard St, featuring "art opening, DJs, live music, block partying" and a fashion show. Cake Shop curated the live music portion (4:15 PM start) and in addition to Future Punx and Truthers, Prince Rupert's Drops (who have a new record on the way) are also playing. The full schedule is below.
Then Sunday night, Future Punx will play another show, this time at 402 1/2 Park Ave. in Bed Stuy with Naked Heroes, Prince Klassen and Chris Devlin. $5 at the door and more info here.
Flyer for for the Bed Stuy show and block party schedule below...
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It's NY Fashion Week: Jarvis Cocker, Banks, Kiesza, Lady Gaga & more playing parties (Banks also plays Rough Trade)
Though the more pedestrian "Fashion's Night Out" ended in NYC in 2012, the more high brow New York Fashion Week continues year after year and is back upon us once more. As always, that means lots of parties we can't get into, with performances by some of our most loved and hated musical artists. This year, as PAPER lists out in a handy guide, includes shows by Kiesza (tonight at a party co-hosted by Sophia Lamar, The Misshapes, Mike Nouveau and more -- -flyer above), Jarvis Cocker (tonight as part of a big extravaganza in Madison Square Park with Sofia Coppola, Angela McCluskey, Kalup Linzy and more --- see flyer above and HERE), Banks (tonight and tomorrow), Maluca (tomorrow), Pharrell (maybe?), secret guests and more. Unfortunately almost everything is invite only, but where there's a will, there's a way?
Banks' upcoming show at Terminal 5 is also going to be hard to get into (sold out), but you can try to get in to the much-more-public-and-practically-free Banks in-store at Rough Trade in Brooklyn on 9/9.
Tickets are still on sale for the fun, annual Fashion Week-timed event Bushwig at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn this weekend. Lots of DJs, wigs, drag performers, wigs, and more wigs.
Speaking of, Lady Gaga will make an appearance this week at the The Plaza Hotel for Bazaar, and it will be a "jazz performance".
Spike Jonze and Jonah Hill are also in on the fun. They "have teamed to produce and write a one-act play for the fall New York Fashion Week presentation of Opening Ceremony's Spring 2015 line."
What else is happening? Leave tips in the comments.
Today is the Day played Saint Vitus with KEN Mode, Black Tusk & more; play Studio @ Webster tomorrow (win tix)
photos by Caroline Harrison
Today is the Day played Saint Vitus last night (March 6th) joined by touring partners Black Tusk, KEN Mode and Fight Amp with Brooklyn band Fashion Week rounding out the evening. Pictures from the show are at Invisible Oranges. Saint Vitus was the second date on the touring package's North American tour that will take them to The Studio at Webster Hall tomorrow (3/8) all the way to SXSW. Look for half of that bill, Today is the Day and KEN Mode, to play the Invisible Oranges stage at BrooklynVegan's SXSW day party at the old Emo's location on March 15.
If you missed out on Saint Vitus last night, head to The Studio at Webster Hall on Friday (3/8). Tickets are still available OR you can try your luck at winning a pair! Details on how to win are below.
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Dave Grohl at Deluna Fest 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Toro Y Moi @ Mohawk in Austin, Nov. 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
today in NYC
* Emuul @ The Stone
* Broad City Live @ UCB
* Jeff Garlin @ Caroline's
* Country Mice @ Mercury Lounge
* Joseph Moffett's Claque @ Barbes
* Sondre Lerche @ The Allen Room
* Cliffsides/Cenote Glow @ The Stone
* Dojo, Shopping Spree @ Silent Barn
* The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes
* Hayden, Lou Canon @ Mercury Lounge
* Smoke DZA, Kids These Days @ S.O.B.'s
* Marc Cohn, Rosanne Cash @ City Winery
* Ludwig Persik, Cascading Slopes @ Pianos
* Little King, The Broken Stares @ Sycamore
* WIERD w/ Frank Alpine @ Home Sweet Home
* Toro y Moi, Wild Belle, Dog Bite @ Webster Hall
* Tim Dahl, Pigeons, James Tweedy @ Cake Shop
* Highlife, Pure Horsehair, Daniel Higgs @ The Gutter
* All Boy/All Girl, The Eggs, Modest Midas @ Paper Box
* Beecher's Fault, Lee and The Mumbles @ Pete's Candy Store
* Why?, Astronautalis, Dream Tiger @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* The Model Zeros, Sharif Mekawy, Victoria Levy @ The Grand Victory
* Big Terrific w/ James Adomian, Myq Kaplan, Streeter Seidell @ Cameo
* Ife Mora, Concertina, Teen Girl, Scientist Monthly, Jackpot @ Glasslands
* New Myths, Peanut Butter Lovesicle, Ben Kenney @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Summer & Evem Miko & The Musket, Let Me Be Bashful @ Bowery Electric
* Sound City Players w/ Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty + more @ Hammerstein Ballroom
* The Chapin Sisters (are The Everly Brothers), Mike Bones, Austin McCutchen, Alana Amram @ Union Pool
Serious star power tonight at Hammerstein Ballroom for Dave Grohl's Sound City Players, featuring the Foo Fighters plus his old Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic, plus Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, FEAR's Lee Ving and more. Should be interesting.
Fashion Week continues, and though we're mostly ignoring it this time around, you'll find a flyer below for one of the many parties happening tonight. This one at Le Baron with Mike Nouveau, DJ duo Ladies Night (who are the very last act listed on this year's Coachella flyer), and more.
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Flaming Lips are playing SXSW. Check out a new teaser the new Yeah Yeahs album below..
Local Natives, who were just in NYC, made a video for their track "Heavy Feet" and you can watch that below.
What says "til death do us part" more than Slayer's "Raining Blood"? Check out video of a couple's wedding where the classic tune was used in a rather, er, unique way.
What else?
Travelers are already finding Nemo a pain in the butt.A winter storm is upon us, fashion week is totally fuct, and other NYC show cancellations are already coming in.
The massive nor'easter has caused a wave of flight cancellations as it prepares to smother the city under up to 14 inches of snow.
United Airlines canceled 900 flights in advance of the storm, and Delta Air Lines crossed off 135, plus more regional flights.
As of Thursday, before Nemo even touched down, Newark Airport had the most Friday cancellations nationally, followed by Boston's Logan Airport, and LaGuardia Airport, according to FlightAware.
Most airlines issued so-called "weather waivers," allowing passengers in the storm-affected areas to change their flight date without paying a change fee.
Gov. Cuomo is opening an emergency operations center to help with "coordinating response efforts using all state and local resources," he said in a statement Thursday. [Daily News]
Williamsburg club Union Pool reports:
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, [TONIGHT]'S SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE:Apology accepted. Hartwell Littlejohn adds:
THIS SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED. IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO ATTEND, THANK YOU. WE'LL DO IT AGAIN SOON.Nemo is all about screaming your cancellations in caps.
Also: tonight's show at the Rock Shop in Park Slope with the Lovehowl + Bangladeafy + Hannah Vs the Many + Luminous Flux "has been canceled due to Nemo."
As of 11am, we haven't heard of any other concert or comedy show cancellations yet, but we'll keep updating the site and this post as things get called off, hopefully not Passion Pit at MSG included. If you know of other postponements, please leave them in the comments.
Tonight's show at Shea Stadium is CANCELLED.
The early show at Cameo is CANCELLED. UPDATE: The late show is cancelled too.
Big Snow Buffalo Lodge can't handle a big snow and has also canceled their early show tonight with Alan Watts.
James T. Cotton (JTC)'s flight was cancelled so can't make it to 285 Kent, but so far the party is still on.
The Wellmont Theater has postponed Lindsey Stirling until May 9.
Holopaw were scheduled to play Knitting Factory and Permanent Records tonight, but the record store just sent out this note:
"Hi all... sorry to say we just got the word from Holopaw that due to this impending storm they aren't gonna make it to NYC tonight and have had to cancel their scheduled in-store performance with us. Darn! Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule, but for now let's just wish them safety in their travels.UPDATE: Despite what Permanent Records says about the band making it to NYC, the band and venue are currently saying Knitting Factory is still a go.
As of now we're still planning to be open with normal hours all weekend so if you were planning to come by tonight, that is still an option! It's warm in here!"
SOB's reports that "tonight's Salsa Groove event with La Excelencia is canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date."
All events at 92YTribeca are cancelled, and 92Y announced "Saturday's classes and programs in School of the Arts are canceled."
Atlas Moth report: "Fortunately, we made it to New York with no problem. Unfortunately, the show has been postponed until 2/19. See ya then NYC!" The show they're talking about is with Gojira tonight at Irving Plaza. The new show is one day after the Brooklyn show.
The show at Pianos is cancelled, but the bar is open.
The Heliotropes/Dead Stars show at the Paper Box is cancelled, but Dead Stars will play Muchmore's instead.
Raekwon and Rakim at Stage 48 is postponed.
Dept. of Health, ANASAZI, Blackboot, and A Truth at Saint Vitus is cancelled.
Frankie Knuckles at Cameo is cancelled.
The Darlings show at Death By Audio tonight is cancelled.
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Black Breath at Precious Metal, May 2009 (more by Paul Birman)
I can't tell you how many great bands I have seen over the years at Precious Metal at NYC club Lit Lounge on Mondays. The series, curated by Wetnurse/Today is the Day member Curran Reynolds, is responsible not only for the first appearances from some favorite bands but also many many personal friendships forged in that dingy basement. Now after more than six years as a series, Precious Metal is coming to an end:
Friends, I am proud to announce the Grand Finale of Precious Metal. After 6.66 years and over 300 events, the series I started in May of 2006 will come to an end on January 21, 2013.Upcoming events at Precious Metal include this Monday (12/17) with Tiger Flowers, Meek is Murder, I am Heresy and Black Table; January 7 with Ghostlimb & The Year is One and yours truly on DJ duties; January 14 with Jar'd Loose, Gentlemen, End it and DJ Mike SOS; and the finale on January 21, a benefit for South Sound featuring Hivesmasher, Fashion Week, Flaming Tusk, SOS and DJ Zeena Koda. Make sure and get to the shows and wave goodbye to metal in the Lit Lounge basement. It will be missed.
We had a good run! Monday after Monday, we brought all sorts of heaviness from across the city and around the globe (Iceland, Italy, Australia...) into the den of Downtown grime and glamour that is Lit. These forces combined and added up to something special. I like to think we played a part in the resurgence of a New York City metal scene, one which now looks stronger than ever.
Head below for the full statement on the end of Precious Metal NYC.
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photos by Julie Schabel
A$AP Rocky at the Adidas Store, 9/13/2012
A$AP Rocky blessed the Adidas Store in Soho on Thursday (9/13), a private Fashion Week party for the shoe company in celebration of a recent poduct launch. This was the event that didn't actually happen on Fashion's Night Out (though they gave out tickets to it on that night). Pictures from the show, which include shots of Adidas designer Jeremy Scott, are in this post.
If you missed it, make sure and catch A$AP when he teams with Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown on 9/27 at Roseland as part of their tour together. Tickets are still available.
Until that Roseland show comes, make sure and give Purple Lord$ Never Worry a spin. The mixtape is the "chopped not slopped" version of the recently released Lord$ Never Worry, and is available for free HERE (get the original HERE).
More pictures from the Adidas store are below.
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Ariel Pink at Irving Plaza - 9/12/12 (via Leandro Justen)
As mentioned, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are on tour now (a tour that hit Austin recently) in support of their new album, Mature Themes, and the tour hits NYC TONIGHT (9/14) at Webster Hall with BODYGUARD (aka James Ferraro) and TEEN. Tickets for tonight's show are still available. All tour dates are listed below.
After the Webster Hall show BODYGUARD will head to 285 Kent for a show with three secret artists. Any guesses on who they might be?
You might be aware that Ariel Pink was also in NYC a few days earlier and played a private Proenza Schouler Fashion Week party at Irving Plaza on Wednesday (9/12), which is pictured above. If you were at the party, how was it? Weyes Blood (aka fromer Jackie-O Motherfucker member Natalie Mering), who plays with Sun Araw soon, was at the show and sang backup vocals with Ariel Pink for his song "Early Birds." Wonder if Ariel has any surprises like that in store for tonight.
Speaking of shows happening in Manhattan tonight, Holy Other will be opening for Amon Tobin at Hammerstein Ballroom tonight (9/14). Tickets for tonight's show are still available. Amon Tobin is also DJing a boat party on Saturday.
An updated list of Ariel Pink dates is below...
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Thom Yorke DJed for fashion, sang new Atoms for Peace songs @ MoMA PS1; Rustie, Holy Other, Maria Minerva played too
Thom Yorke at The Wooly - 9/7/12 (via non_equivalents)
Thom Yorke came to NYC over the weekend and DJed a Fashion Week party for Rag & Bone (whose co-designer Marcus Wainwright is a friend of Thom's) at The Wooly on Friday (9/7). A picture of Thom during his set at the Belvedere Vodka-sponsored party is above. Aziz Ansari was in attendance too.
Thom also, as discussed many times, did an Atoms for Peace DJ set for the final installment of this summer's Warm Up at MoMA PS1 with AFP bandmate and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. Atoms for Peace just announced that their new album will come out next year, and to open their set, Thom and Nigel performed three new tracks that will presumably end up on that album with Thom singing live. You can watch videos of two of those new songs, and listen to audio of the third below. After the short unexpected live performance, Thom returned to the boards for the remainder of the show and spun a variety of tunes (everything from Talking Heads to Azealia Banks).
Thom Yorke & Nigel @ MoMA PS1 - 9/8/12 (via rebeccataylorny)
The rest of the lineup at Warm Up was great too. Despite a crazy storm, the show went on, opening with a set by Justin Strauss. Then Maria Minerva, who also did a Fashion Week show, just released new album, Will Happiness Find Me (stream it), and who now lives in Brooklyn (after moving from Estonia to London), played a live set. You can catch her in NYC again at Glasslands on Friday (9/14) with Father Finger and Octo Octa (tickets).
Up next was Holy Other, finally making his NYC debut, after having to cancel shows last summer due to illness. The elusive producer, who in a recent interview with Stereogum said he was "going to feel naked" performing outdoors during the day, played material off his excellent recently released debut LP, Held, and 2011's With U EP as well. A video from his set is below. The MoMA PS1 show fell in the middle of his tour with Amon Tobin, which hits the NYC area on Thursday (9/13) at Wellmont Theatre (tickets) and Friday (9/14) at Hammerstein Ballroom (tickets).
Before Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich finally took the stage, we were graced with one more set, this time by Scottish producer Rustie, who played Webster Hall with Flosstradamus and Brenmar the night before (9/7). He dropped bass heavy tunes that got the crowd going pretty wild. A couple videos from his Webster Hall show are below (unfortunately, the sound cuts out about halfway through).
Check out all those videos below...
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Ladyhawke is DJing FNO tonight, playing Tribeca Grand after her Bowery Ballroom show on Saturday (dates & MP3s)
DOWNLOAD: Ladyhawke - "Black White And Blue Punks" (Jump Up Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ladyhawke - "Blue Eyes" (Jacques Renault Remix) (MP3)
As mentioned, Ladyhawke is one of the many musicians who will be in NYC tonight (9/6) for Fashion's NIght Out. She'll DJ Allsaints Soho from 6-9 PM (512 Broadway) with Mick Rock. Tonight's show falls right before her tour in support of her new album, Anxiety. That tour kicks off in NYC on Saturday (9/8) at Bowery Ballroom (tickets) and immediately afterwards she'll play a second show that same night in NYC for a Fashion Week party hosted by INGA and Bullet Magazine at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. That party runs from 10 PM to 4 AM and is free with RSVP. The flier for this show is below.
In celebration of the Tribeca Grand show, Ladyhawke released a Jump Up remix of her song "Black White And Blue Punks." She was also recently remixed by Jacques Renault for her song "Blue Eyes." You can download both songs above, or stream them, along with the show flier and a list of all tour dates, below.
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Azealia Banks and Hunters played a Fashion Week party at the Wythe Hotel (pics); Lady Gaga announces tour (dates)
photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Bill Pearis
Azealia Banks / Hunters at Wythe Hotel 9/5/2012
At yay high, Azealia Banks is a tiny little thing, about 50% weave and 50% moxie. I didn't really have much expectation for her live show, especially given the setting -- a blingy Fashion Week party thrown by SPIN and fashion website Refinery29 -- but she definitely brought it last night (9/5) Flanked by two black-clad dancers (evoking early '90s club music more than anything hip-hop), Banks worked the floor and oozed charisma for her short but energized set. The crowd even stopped snapping pics on their phones (and in a couple cases, iPads) to dance to "212" which explosively closed her set. I don't know what it's like seeing her in a real venue (I personally missed her Bowery Ballroom performance, one of the very few live shows she's played to date), but in an intimate setting like the hype is understandable.
Azealia is on the cover of the new issue of SPIN which is rumored to be its last print edition. "Thanks to SPIN," Banks said in between songs. "I believe this is your last visible cover and I'm glad to be on it." From Madonna in 1985 to Azealia Banks in 2012. She's performing again tonight (9/6), a free and open-to-the-public show at M.A.C. Soho (506 Broadway) as part of Fashion's Night Out. She's on at 7:30 (but get there early).
Banks wasn't the only performer at this Virgin Mobile-sponsored party, held at swanky boho Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. Danceable punks Hunters put on another great set, despite most party attendees elbowing their way to the bar unaware a band was playing. As at our 480 Pixels party, platinum-pink-haired singer Isabel Almeida commanded attention, be it belting it out or writhing on the floor tangled in her mic cord.
In related news, Azealia Banks recently confirmed that she worked on a song with Lady Gaga, but is still not sure if it will end up on Gaga's upcoming album, ARTPOP (due out in 2013), which is "not just an album", but also an iPad/iPhone/mobile app (looks like someone's been listening to Bjork). That announcement comes only two weeks after Gaga confirmed she'd be recording a song with her friend Kendrick Lamar for his new album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, which has been pushed back from its original release date of October 2 to October 22.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga also has a huge international tour in the works in support of ARTPOP. She's on tour in Europe with The Darkness as we speak, and she'll return to our shores in 2013. While she's here, she'll hit NYC on February 22 at Madison Square Garden and March 6 at Barclays Center (which opens this month with eight shows by venue director Jay-Z). Tickets for those shows are not on sale yet, but check ticketmaster for updates.
All Lady Gaga tour dates and more pictures from the Azealia Banks and Hunters show are below.
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Fashion's Night Out is Thursday -- a list of musical goings on (Chairlift, La Sera, Icona Pop, Haim, Maxwell, Cyndi Lauper & more)
UPDATE: We found even MORE
As mentioned, Thursday (9/5) is Fashion's Night Out. Basically another excuse to throw a party (in the name of bringing money and attention to fashion), the evening has become music-oriented in the last few years with bands playing stores all over New York City. There's a lot of stuff going on, including the Azealia Banks / DJ Cosmo performance at M.A.C. Soho we already told you about; plus Icona Pop and Maria Minerva at Urban Outfitters; Matchbox Twenty (!?!) at Bloomingdales; Haim at Topshop; La Sera at Helmut Lang; We Were Promised Jetpacks at Rockefeller Center; and Cyndi Lauper at Manolo Blahnik, just to name a few.
Below is a list of all the shows we could find with basic details and links where applicable/helpful. All shows are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Many have free food and booze as well. For more into visit the Fashion's Night Out website. Let us know what we missed, in the comments.
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it's Fashion Week and Azealia Banks is performing twice (starting with a show tonight at the Wythe Hotel)
Tonight (9/5), Azealia Banks and Hunters are performing at an "invite-only", "entrance subject to capacity" party at the very-hot Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg which is being thrown by SPIN and fashion website Refinery29. The Virgin Mobile-sponsored show serves dual purposes, as Azealia is on the cover of the new print issue of SPIN and it's also a kickoff to Fashion Week here in NYC which, if you live here, you have probably already been hit over the head by media coverage (to which we're adding more). SPIN is going gaga for Fashion Week this year with a dedicated site that will offer video coverage with MNDR as one of their corespondents. The flyer for tonight's show is below.
Azealia will also be performing at a show you have a better shot of getting into, as part of Fashion's Night Out which happens Thursday (9/6) all over the city. (This, as you all know, is the only night of the year Fashion is allowed out in public in NYC.) Azealia and DJ Cosmo will perform at M.A.C. Soho (506 Broadway) at 7:45 PM though you'd do well to show up earlier than that if you want to get in.
There are dozens of FNO shows Thursday night and we'll have more on those very soon. Meanwhile, you can watch (or rewatch) Azealia's new video, "1991," below along with the flyer for tonight's soiree...
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John Stanier of Battles/Tomahawk (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Tomahawk is back! The supercrew featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, etc), Duan Denison (The Jesus Lizard), Trevor Dunn (Melvins Lite, Fantomas) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet) has returned with a new LP Oddfellows, due this January via Ipecac. Check out an album teaser below.
So far Tomahawk has only one US date scheduled, at Voodoo this year. The show will be their first in nine years. Pray for a round two on the East side.
UPDATE: Tomahawk are playing Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin too.
In the meantime, Mike Patton is still cranking out releases like his name was Robert Pollard. Luciano Berio Laborintus II is Patton's latest opus, due on 7/3 via Ipecac, and features the eclectic musician's reinterpretation of Luciano Berio's "Laborintus II". Get your copy at Ipecac.
Faith No More also have some shows scheduled this summer, as do Faith No More member Roddy Bottum's band Imperial Teen.
In related news: Melvins tickets for motherf*ckin' 6/30 Lit Lounge show go on sale today at the venue at 7PM. In still more related news, Gay Witch Abortion, who is also on the show, will play Union Pool the next night (July 1st) as part of a bill with Fashion Week and Gentlemen. $8 gets you in. Melvins also have lots more dates coming up too.
Tomahawk teaser is below.
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Goes Cube at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by BBG)
We've heard of cars. We've heard of skateboards. We've heard of clothes, drinks and instruments. But congratulations to Goes Cube for landing that next-level endorsement, bowling balls.
"Goes Cube is a great fit for DV8," says Brian Graham, director of sales and marketing for DV8. "These guys are bowlers, and they reinforce the fun and outrageous personality of the DV8 brand. We are very excited about adding some Ballers that will help us to bring DV8 and bowling to a new audience."Yes, Goes Cube are officially "Ballers" (not in the Jim Jones sense), diplomats of the lanes so to speak.
No word on if Goes Cube will have a signature set of balls at the merch table when they hit the road for a string of dates with Exotic Animal Petting Zoo. The dates kick off on Friday in Colorado, making their way East for a final show at The Studio at Webster Hall on June 2nd with The Giraffes and Fashion Week. Tickets are still available.
EAPZ are releasing their new LP Tree of Tongues on June 19th. Stream some material at their Facebook page to get familiar.
A list of all dates and some videos are below...
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Kiss It Goodbye
As discussed, the recently reunited Kiss it Goodbye is now an active band, albeit missing some of their original personnel. The band recently announced the addition of Jim Winters (Starkweather, Turmoil, Earth Crisis, The Promise) to their lineup and with that intact, it was just a matter of time before KiG announced an NYC show. That day has come. Kiss it Goodbye will play Acheron on June 1st with Tiger Flowers and Fashion Week. Details on additional shows, if they exist, are still on the way.
Members of Rorschach (specifically Gormely and Huckins) will NOT participate in the reunion, but they will play NYC at LPR (with Converge, tickets) as well as Maryland Deathfest.
Nur Khan discusses tonight's Guns N' Roses show at Hiro Ballroom (which is turning into something else soon)
a pic of Guns N' Roses soundcheck @ Hiro Ballroom (via the Shaltzes)
Guns N' Roses' Fashion Week run of shows, that hit Webster Hall (aka the Ritz) last night (more about that later), actually also includes a private Fashion Week show at Hiro Ballroom tonight (2/16). Steve Lewis talked to Nur Khan, the man behind it, about the show, the venue and the Electric Room where Nur is throwing events too...
The rumor was that the show was going to be at The Electric Room but it got too big a thing and now it's at Hiro. In the future, you plan on doing a lot of shows at The Electric Room. How do you shows there....logistically?More at BlackBook Mag.
I just did my first show there the other night. I remove furniture in front of a fireplace and half of the room. Set the PA and backline up in front of the fireplace - very similar to what I created with the Rose Bar sessions. You get the idea. You were at some of them. I see The Electric Room as a better fit for emerging bands. I'm doing this at Hiro; it's sort of my two cents into the goodbye. The town is losing another rock and roll room. I'm going to have to build another. We'd still be at Don Hill's if he hadn't died. This show at Hiro is all out ...confetti canons, arealists. It's the last hurrah before Mark Packer takes Hiro and Matsuri over and does what he does to it.
Beach Fossils @ Mercury Lounge in 2011 (more by Diana Wong)
Widowspeak, in case you missed the post we updated, have a show coming up at Glasslands with Mac DeMarco (who opens for Beach Fossils at Music Hall of Williamsburg), but first you can catch them with Dum Dum Girls at Maxwell's tonight (2/11).
And it turns out Music Hall of Williamsburg and SXSW (with Widowspeak) aren't Beach Fossils' only upcoming shows. Check out the flyer for tonight's free Fashon Week shindig at Tribeca Grand, below.
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The Kills played the Standard; Jeff the Brotherhood played Maxwell's (here's more pics from Death by Audio)
photos by Andrew St. Clair
Death By Audio - Wednesday night - 2/8/2012
The Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters play their sold out NYC show at Terminal 5 on Saturday, 2/11, a date that coincidentally (probably not) falls right during Fashion Week. If we had put two and two together earlier, we probably would have theorized that the band that contains Kate Moss's husband would be playing more than one show while in town. Who caught the invite-only show at The Standard last night?
Who caught JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters (Uncle Bad Touch got stopped at the Canadian border) at Maxwell's instead? We didn't, but we do have a second set of pictures from the show they played one night earlier at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. They continue below...
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The Babies @ Cake Shop - 2/6/2012 (more by Jessica Amaya)
285 Kent, the most difficult venue to keep track of in terms of who is playing, is hosting a show TONIGHT (Thursday, 2/9):
===| THURSDAY 2/9 @ 285 KENT AVE |====For the Babies, that will be at least their 2nd show this week, as they opened for Widowspeak and the Dum Dum Girls at Cake Shop on Monday. For Babies member Cassie Ramone, it will be at least the 2nd of three shows because Vivian Girls are also playing a free NYC event on Friday. Details below...
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285 Kent Ave @ South 1st | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy | 8pm | $7-$10 sliding scale donation | all ages
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Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan & Red Fang played Terminal 5 (pics, video & setlist) ------- East of The Wall playing Brooklyn
photos by Greg Cristman
While Coke Bust/Masakari/Sick Fix/Grudges was tearing down Acheron on 11/19, a much larger show was brewing at Terminal 5 featuring Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang as part of the trio's tour together. Mastodon's set covered their entire recorded output, including newer tracks like "Curl of The Burl" all the way to earlier favorites like "March of The Fire Ants" and, according to the set-list, "Iron Tush" (aka "Iron Tusk").
The sold-out show also featured an appearance from original DEP vocalist Dimitri Minkanakis (now a member of Argonauts) who joined the band on stage for performances of "Sunshine The Werewolf" and the classic "43% Burnt". Video of that is below.
While Argonauts have no upcoming dates, Brett of Argonauts will play Public Assembly on 12/14 with his other project East of The Wall. They'll be joined by Tournament (who play an Acheron benefit tonight with Hull/Naam), Family, and Fashion Week. The band is finishing up their US tour post-the release of their latest LP The Apologist.
Pictures, video and the Mastodon setlist from Terminal 5 is below...
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Tonight (9/15) is the Vice.com party that is sure to be a crazy time in addition to the intimate performance being given by Crystal Castles at Hudson Hotel. Didn't get an RSVP confirmation for those or just want to avoid the potential headache? Though maybe not as musically exciting, and definitely way more expensive, MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden is DJing a Surfrider benefit at the Bowery Hotel. "Proceeds from this event will help fund the chapter's Rise Against Plastics (RAP) Campaign." The $55 ticket also includes beer and wine (I think, though it's sort of unclear what the $125 ticket gets you). Flyer below...
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Text reproduces newspaper columnist's list of "45 lessons life taught me."
[Collected via e-mail, May 2009]
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the
45 lessons
life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time some time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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Lists of life's lessons mastered are an Internet staple, such as the ones falsely attributed to political commentator
Andy Rooney
, the one falsely attributed to poet
Maya Angelou
, and the one at least partially correctly attributed to humorist
Dave Barry
. Yet another
entry in this category is this
"45 Lessons
Life Taught Me" compilation attributed to Regina Brett.
Regina Brett
is a long-time columnist for Ohio newspapers (including the Akron
Beacon Journal
and the Cleveland
Plain Dealer
) who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2009 for "her range of compelling columns that move the heart, challenge authority and often trigger action while giving readers deeper insight into life's challenges."
Ms. Brett is also the compiler of the above-quoted list of "life lessons," which was originally
in the
Plain Dealer
and has since become "the single most popular column ever written by Regina."
Contrary to the Internet-circulated version of
Ms. Brett's
list, however, she is
90 years old. Regina Brett turned
50 years
old in 2006, and on that occasion she updated her list of
"45 life
lessons" with an
additional "5 to
grow on." In a June 2009
entry, 53-year-old Regina Brett wrote about the Internet-created misperception that she is 90.
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It's hard to miss the tower of steel going up on the campus of Clovis Community, soon to be a new 5-story bed tower housing 205 all-private patient rooms.
Community Medical Centers received $60,000 in grant money from First 5 Fresno County for the Community Asthma Education and Management Center. This grant is a continuation of the $200,000 grant the center received in early 2009 for its Early Childhood Asthma Program.
Former and current dental residents, colleagues and Community Medical Centers leaders turned out Oct. 25 at a reception to honor Dr. Stanley Surabian and his family for the generous gift that helped build a dental clinic on the Community Regional Medical Center campus.
Giving to grow is what three physician groups have done in the last few months to help bring Clovis Community Medical Center's expansion closer to its objective. Each medical group contributed $100,000 to the project.
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There's a lot happening at the corner of Fresno and R streets in downtown Fresno. Where just five months ago stood a dirt lot, now stands a nearly finished house. And not just any house – Terry's House – a 17,000-square-foot, two-story home that will lodge families whose loved ones are receiving critical care at Community Regional Medical Center.
Nine nursing students at Community Medical Centers received scholarships through the Alice A. Peters and Marilyn Hawkins Nursing Scholarship Programs. The 2010 recipients were honored in front of family, friends and colleagues at an awards ceremony at Community Regional Medical Center.
Brian Panish sees himself as a champion for the underdog, as the guy who will help even the playing field for those in need. The southern California attorney took on that role first in the 1970s playing defense on the Fresno State football team, then later fighting in the courtroom for victims of personal injury and product liability cases, and most recently by helping those in the Fresno area afflicted with brain, spine and nerve damage or disease.
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Newnan Kiwanis distributes fair funds to local groups
By MARIANNE THOMASSON
The youth of Coweta County hit the lottery Tuesday when the Newnan Kiwanis Club distributed funds earned at the 2012 County Fair.
The "Community Celebration" was held at Newnan Utilities Cabin and included a barbecue dinner in addition to the division of $161,000 among 32 organizations. This year's fair was the most lucrative, with all 10 days of good weather bringing in record crowds.
The recipients were:
Angel's House, a temporary shelter in Coweta County that has eight girls in it now. The money will be used to replace carpet that has been in the shelter since it opened eight years ago.
The Alzheimer's Association, which just topped its goal of raising $40,000. A total of 70 percent of the money will stay in Georgia.
The Coweta District of the Boy Scouts of America is serving 1,500 boys this year. A new cub scout pack has been started at the Newnan Boys and Girls Club.
Boy Scout Pack 45, chartered by the Newnan Kiwanis Club, serves the Arnco-Sargent area where some of the boys cannot afford the expense of dues and uniforms, and the Kiwanis money will help with this.
The Cub Scout Pack in the Arnco-Sargent area was established five years ago and now has 45 boys. They recently lost their equipment and will use the funds to build their equipment back up.
CLICK, Certified Literate Is Coweta's Key, funds certification programs for instructors of traditional learning, adult educational classes and financial literary classes.
Community Welcome House uses the money to keep doors open for the women and children of domestic violence in our area.
CORRAL — Coweta Organization for Riding, Rehabilitation and Learning — was started 25 years ago and last year helped 200 different young people from Coweta education classes with therapeutic horseback riding for people with physical and mental disabilities. A project for the coming year is a nature center for those with special needs.
Coweta CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, spends the Kiwanis money on the 40 hours of training volunteers must have to aid children who need physical and mental guidance in the court system.
Coweta Community Foundation.
Coweta County 4-H Council has one of the largest network of clubs in the state, serving youths ages 9 through 19. The Kiwanis money helps with supplies for the clubs.
The Ferst Foundation tutors and mentors preschoolers with no literature in the home, where parents don't know how to choose appropriate material. More than 1,000 kids in Coweta are getting an appropriate book in the mail each month for the first five years of his/her life. The money will be used to register even more children.
Coweta Pregnancy Services.
Coweta Samaritan Clinic provides quality health care for uninsured and under insured locals, making for healthier homes and better parents. The clinic has seen 500 patients in 2,100 office visits in the last year.
Coweta Special Olympics has no age limit and one man in his 70s retired from competition last year. The money is used to adapt equipment for special-needs participants in sports. It is a year-long program.
Georgia Sheriff's Youth Home has five sites in Georgia with the one in Troup County serving Coweta. The homes are for kids who need a secure home through no fault of their own until they can return home.
The SAFE program was formerly the DARE program, but now it is sculpted to serve just Coweta children. Deputies in 21 elementary schools teach 12-week programs so youngsters can learn to deal with violence, stress, bullies and the internet. The deputies are paid by the county, but the Kiwanis club provides the T-shirts and certificates.
Coweta County Public Library System has only one requirement: You can come through the front door. A total of 26,000 people in the month of October alone came to the county's four libraries, checking out 42,000 items. Half of the patrons are children and they bring their families. The money will be used for more materials to draw more and more patrons.
GYSTC, Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center, serves 15,000 pre-k through high school students and provides family science festivals.
Helping Hands Holiday Dinner.
Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation uses the Kiwanis money to help fulfill a wish list, adding big dollar ticket items for children and adults at the city reading room.
Newnan Community Theatre Company has been sponsoring summer repertoire programs for high school and college kids and has added a middle school program this year. Kiwanis helps pay for royalties and scripts.
Newnan-Coweta Boys and Girls Club has graduated 40 high school seniors in the past five years. Of those, 35 went to college or a technical school and five went into the military. Besides helping the children become academically sound and healthy, they have added philanthropy to their goals. The club has adopted Wesley Street (where it is located) to keep clean.
Newnan Bike Rodeo.
Patrons of the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts uses the money for fine arts scholarships. Also since school started this year, 18,000 children have come through the Centre for programs. Of the 100 days of school, 82 have featured school events at the Centre.
Puddle Jumpers provides venues for educators of elementary schools to meet with new mothers, providing books and parenting information. It has been in Coweta for 19 years.
Stepping Stones is the next step of information after Puddle Jumpers. Children ages 2-3, with their moms, are taught colors, counting, etc. Fathers are also involved with the classes.
Rutledge Center serves developmentally delayed adults ages 21 and up. A 79-year-old recently retired. The money will go toward a vehicle for wheelchairs and handicapped clients.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul helped 1,200 people last year with 8,000 hours of work by 21 volunteers. They support the needy who need help with bills and food.
Summit Family YMCA uses the money to sponsor underserved children for its summer camp.
Toys for Tots provides Christmas toys for Coweta children as a "message of hope" and uses the money to round out what isn't donated.
University of West Georgia used to use the money for scholarships, but when it became enough for four scholarships, they started using the money for "other things."