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There's no shortage of holiday performances at Skyline High School this year. Sharon Higgins, a tireless Skyline booster, sent me the following list of upcoming events. Any shows at your school that the public shouldn't miss? Give us the details. Read the rest of this entry »
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On a hot mid summer night, the kind where the sun never seems to set even though you want it to, we held an orgy in the woods. Not a sexual orgy, although some snuck away, but a feast of the senses - night air, hot and heavy, stars like little gashes pricked through a blanket tent when we were kids, the earth mossy and steaming.We brought fruit, lots and lots of fruit. Chocolate, bread, and dark beer. We were drunk, foolish, and heavy.The group of people sitting around a campfire with oozing blobs of marshmallow on the end of red-tinged sticks looked like orbs of baby ghosts fluttering around our vitality. I'd met Estelle before. All I really noticed of her that night was that she wore a dress (none of the other girls did), and had long hair. She didn't seem particularly beautiful or important, that is, until she began moving.If ever a woman was made to dance in the moonlight in the woods it's Estelle. Someone brought out some bongos and another girl pulled out her flute. The music was basic and primitive, perfectly fitting the night.Finally the air began to spare us and chill, edging us closer to the fire, casting dark shadows across our faces and lighting them up like a lamp in the fog.
Estelle stood, the flute twittered and the bongos thumped. She felt it - you could feel it pouring from her body, causing her to move with fluid motion that was sensual and slow. She moved deliberately at first, mostly to herself, but caught in the essence of the night, the dark, the tastes, the smells, the murmurs of humans connecting, Estelle danced for us. Part seduction, part innocence. She moved in a world all her own, yet she was aware of us. Male or female, we were all mesmerized, yet she barely looked at us.
Her arms above her head, her lithe body was slithering, somewhat like a belly dancer without her bells. Or a yago instructor on a bender. Or a twirling girl gone quiet.
Estelle was beautiful. Everyone was in love with her at that moment. Everyone wanted to be with Estelle , and everyone wanted to be Estelle. I pictured her slipping off into the night to live with nymphs and gnomes.
It was a shock when I saw her another day in the sunlight. She looked like a plain girl. She was not Estelle of the night and moonlight. I have to place her there, because that is where she belongs.
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This is a great story... I hope Estelle reads this someday, to know that she had such an effect. I can see her dancing in the moonlight in my head, with the fire light making her dress glow, swishing and twirling as she danced...
Its a nice picture. You painted it well.
weird huh how people look different in different settings, maybe some people are born in the wrong century, know what i mean?
Your writing brings images to my head of a pixie dancing in the woods - I felt I was reading something Tolkien-ish (my favorite fiction writer from childhood).
aww thanks BB. She was a woods nymph
great writing Brian - words that you can taste and feel - as well as pictures for the mind -
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I believe that the tanks are 9x48 with autotrol 155s. Water source is a well in Florida. They are around 20 years old and still seem to work without any maint except I put a new timer and some valve plungers on one.
I think the tank next to salt container is for iron and based on what I have read probably has green sand in it because I add potassium permanganate (not as often as I should) to the small round tank between the two units.
A service tech told me I need new resin but the water is not hard to me. I will get it tested as I sensed the tech was a ripoff artist (more to this story)
- 2 people live in house. How often should iron unit regenerate? Should it run before or after salt regen?
Depending on the amount of iron and other impurities.
- Does the resin slowly degrade and ultimately just not soften the water at all. Or is it something that either works or doesn't work?
It may caues low flows as well. When it goes bad, it packs causing a restriction of water flow.
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Muk is pretty solid as far as Poison-types go, especially among the ones that can absorb Toxic Spikes. Its solid Attack and Special Defense as well as good movepool allow Muk to tango with some of the most powerful special attackers in the tier. It has a unique ability which causes its contact moves to be capable of inducing poison, which is not only great for inflicting chip damage on opponents, but it's also hilarious when your Ice Punch poisons someone. What separates Muk from other slow Poison-types is Shadow Sneak, which turns it into a good offensive check to Jynx. However, Muk is slow and easy to wall as its coverage moves aren't quite strong enough to get the job done against bulkier opponents, and common weaknesses in Ground and Psychic hold it back. However, Muk still holds its own well in the NU metagame, and anything that can poison you while smacking you at the same time shouldn't be taken lightly.
Poison Jab is your main STAB and has a nice 30% chance to poison, while Poison Touch stacks another 30% chance. To put it into perspective, that's a 51% chance to add a free 12% damage over time effect with your main move, and 30% chance for its other attacks, which is pretty cool no matter how you look at it. Shadow Sneak is Muk's priority and despite being pretty weak, it is important to hit Jynx, Haunter, and Kadabra which otherwise harass or threaten Muk. Ice Punch has great coverage, hitting Ground-types such as Golurk and Flying-types such as Mandibuzz and Golbat for decent damage. On the other hand, Fire Punch nails Metang and Scolipede, the latter of which can use Muk as easy Spikes fodder otherwise. The last move depends on what you want Muk to do: Memento helps a teammate to set up on the crippled opponent when Muk is running low on HP or has outlived its usefulness; Curse allows Muk to set up itself, using its good bulk and Toxic immunity to harass defensive teams and providing the power to break through.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Choice Band gives Muk extra power, especially when you consider its Poison-type STAB can threaten two of the bulkiest physical walls in the tier: Tangela and Alomomola. Poison Jab is reliable STAB and has a ridiculous chance to inflict poison, but Gunk Shot can 2HKO Alomomola, especially if poison is taken into account, but at the cost of not having Poison Touch's benefit nor good accuracy. Shadow Sneak is for priority and can take out frail Psychic-types and Ghost-types, with its power being more pronounced thanks to Choice Band, such as nabbing the clean OHKO on Jynx. Ice Punch is for hitting Ground-types and bulky Flying-types, though Gunk Shot does more damage against the majority of Flying-types. Fire Punch is an option to hit Scolipede and Metang, especially the former which could otherwise use Muk as an easy setup opportunity. Finally, Explosion lets Muk go out with a bang when it is almost down, taking most opponents down with it.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
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Sticky Hold is a decent option, but there aren't a lot of Trick users, much less those which can survive Muk's onslaught comfortably enough to even think about Tricking the Black Sludge onto something else; the extra poison chance is great against offensive teams. Destiny Bond is usable as it allows Muk to bring down an opponent it cannot otherwise beat, but Muk would much rather blow itself up than wait for the opponent to KO it and risk playing around Destiny Bond; it is also too slow to make use of it properly. ThunderPunch hits Alomomola harder than Poison Jab, but Poison Jab and poison damage does more damage over time and can't be passively healed off as easily, plus it's even more useless against Ground-types. Muk has some interesting special attacking options such as Giga Drain, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower, but a low Special Attack stat makes them inferior, and even then Seviper and Weezing do this better. Dig's main purpose is to hit Poison-types, but giving them a free turn to do anything and switch out to a resist or Flying-type hardly makes this worthwhile.
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Muk is a bit trickier to counter safely when you consider Poison Touch and its decent matchup against most Psychic-types. Fellow Poison-types such as Garbodor, Scolipede (although it has to watch out for Fire Punch), Arbok, Weezing, Golbat, and even Skuntank can all take on Muk as it has no practical way of hurting them and Poison Touch is ineffective against them; they can proceed to beat down and / or set up all over Muk or, in Weezing's case, cripple Muk with Will-O-Wisp. Not even Curse can help Muk much against them, as they can either use Clear Smog, Taunt, or boost alongside Muk and outdamage it with Earthquake. Steel-types such as Metang, Probopass, and Bastiodon are in much the same boat due to their Poison immunity, though they have to confirm Muk's coverage move before getting comfortable. Ground-types like Seismitoad, Golurk, Torterra, and Piloswine all threaten with their STAB Ground-type attacks, though Golurk and Torterra have to watch out for Ice Punch. Rock-types such as Golem, Carracosta and Regirock do well too, taking little damage from most, if not all of Muk's attacks, though those that take longer to beat Muk are at a greater risk of Poison Touch poisoning them. Regirock and Metang aren't even affected by Memento due to Clear Body and also wall Muk, though Metang can be worn down with Fire Punch while Regirock can succumb to poison. Misdreavus takes little from Shadow Sneak and can burn Muk to cripple it, though it risks being poisoned by Poison Touch when attempting to do so. Musharna can tank non Choice Band-boosted hits and retaliate with its Psychic-type attacks.


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An easy out?Thursday, August 6th, 2009
You're accused of hiring someone to kill your husband, and you aren't in jail?
It seems hard to believe that Dalia Dippolito is on house arrest today and not sitting in the Palm Beach County Jail after being charged with offering a "hit man" — actually an undercover Boynton Beach police officer — to murder her husband. But according to a spokesman for the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office, state law requires that a judge set bond for such a charge — $25,000, in Dippolito's case — and that the bond not be higher than the judge knows the defendant cannot meet.
Dippolito posted the bond and went free, though she must follow several conditions. (Odd as it sounds, she intends to keep selling real estate while awaiting trial.) Still, the charge is very serious. Is the law too easy on such defendants?
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Getting your site ready for Drupal 8
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The drumbeat has started. On an almost daily basis, I'm asked How do I get my site ready for Drupal 8? Here is my best answer. If you go dutifully through this list, your site will be in peak condition when Drupal 8 is released.
Start giving your administrators a taste of D8 now
Significant parts of Drupal 8 are already available for Drupal 7. These modules are not quite as strong as their D8 counterparts, but they are a great investment you can make today.
- Get your admins excited about their future by installing Navbar module. This is a mobile-friendly administration toolbar. It replaces the toolbar module that comes with Drupal 7.
- Install ckeditor, the WYSIWYG editor for Drupal 8. Start learning the authoring system that has been greatly improved in Drupal 8. All your customizations should migrate smoothly when you upgrade.
- Watch the Edit project an upcoming release which brings in-place editing to Drupal 7. In-place editing radically simplifies and accelerates simple edits to existing content.
- URL field and Telephone are Field modules which let you collect URLs and Telephone numbers in your content forms. The modules also format those items in an HTML5 compliant manner when viewing content.
- The RESTful Web Services project (restws) for Drupal 7 is a worthy ancestor of Drupal 8's REST API. If you build on restws, your applications will need minimal updating for Drupal 8.
Start giving your developers a taste of D8 now
Upgrading to Drupal 8 is non-trivial. The more your developers know about Drupal 8, the smoother it will go. Encourage them to:
- Subscribe to Drupal Planet. This RSS feed has lots of blog and long form articles from all around the Drupal community.
- Subscribe to Drupal Watchdog. This print magazine always features terrific, deep articles about Drupal 8.
- Start studying Migrate module. In particular, watch the migrate_d2d project, which facilitates migration from Drupal-to-Drupal. Migrate isn't ported to Drupal 8 yet, but it should be available later this year. We could use your help!
- Setup a Drupal 8 environment just for learning and experimenting. Step through a simple request (e.g., example.com/node/add) in a debugger to visualize all that's changed in page construction.
- Once RC1 is available, consider launching a small event site, or a marketing campaign site on Drupal 8. This experience smoothes the path for migration of your primary sites.
- Attend DrupalCon or a DrupalCamp. Drupal 8 is a major topic at nearly every camp.
Prune your structures
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- Content types and fields
- Panels
- Feeds
- Vocabularies and terms
- Blocks
- Rules
- Organic groups
- Themes
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Several of these items also allow for overrides such that the most recent code is in the database instead of your version control system. Now is a great time to move those overrides back to code.
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Review the list of enabled modules on your site. Each module has to be dispositioned for Drupal 8:
- If the module is no longer needed, disable and uninstall it. Done. Otherwise....
- Is the module available for Drupal 8? The Upgrade Status module answers quickly this question for all your modules. If available, you are done.
- Otherwise, consider porting the module to Drupal 8. This helps you and the entire Drupal community.
- If the module has been superseded by a better module, consider using new shiny one in Drupal 8. Migrate module makes it relatively easy to move data to a new module.
- Another alternative is to look for a third-party service to replace an unavailable module. For example, one could move mapping to Mapbox, spam blocking to Mollom, and search to Acquia Search.
Remove code hacks
Most Drupal sites eventually hack core or contrib files. That can be a reasonable remedy for a pressing bug or missing feature. However, hacks can lie around in a codebase long after they are needed. For example, you are now an older and wiser Drupal dev and you know how to accomplish your change without a hack. Go ahead and do that, so that you can cleanly upgrade your module and not lose your "improvements." Contribute back useful hacks to drupal.org so you can run a clean module again.
Review your theme
Themes can be a convenient place to do all sorts of unholy things. Move code that belongs in page building to an alter hook or similar. Simplifying your theme in this way will make the upgrade to D8 Twig easier.
Carve out some budget
The upgrade to Drupal 8 requires hours of development, QA, infrastructure, etc. Allocating budget ahead of time lets you move quickly later.
Hi, I am thinking about migrating my current Wordpress site to Drupal. The site is http://www.tourintotibet.com. I am wondering if this is difficult to do, and is it worth the trouble?
I'd also suggest the Administration Views module which transforms the Drupal 7 admin listings into views, as they are in Drupal 8.
When upgrading from D7 to D8 you should just be able to uninstall the module and get all of the same benefits.
There are both https://drupal.org/project/ ckeditor and https://drupal.org/ project/wysiwyg_ckeditor. The latter was used to actually develop the WYSIWYG integration in Drupal 8. Which one should people actually use?
It seems that the referenced project for upgrade status only have versions for 5.x and 6.x?
Configuration Management
https://drupal.org/pro ject/configuration
Entity Translation
https://drupal.or g/project/entity_translation
Administration Views (mentioned below)
https://drupal.org/proje ct/admin_views
I think this is a really good list. I would add that whilst developing the SensioLabsUK site I found that getting involved on the Drupal IRC channels and attending the core mentoring office hours was also really beneficial. Learning about the Drupal core and how it's changing in D8 makes porting your own themes and modules much easier.
New at Drupal and wanting to be prepared for D8
There are two type of translation schemes for ML in D7: Content and Entity. I am confused when reading the initiative for ML as to how I should set up a ML site and be ready to migrate to D8.
Can you clarify?
Some what of an open question I guess but I wonder if it advisable to replace AIS with the Picture Module for images at this stage?
Are there any recommendations for going from D6 to D8? E.g., steps one could take to make it easier to move to CMI, to make the migration easier, ... A lot of the advice could be translated to D6, but I'm wondering if you have any tips specifically for D6.


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How much winching capacity do you need?
Willie's Workbench Winches And Such When I first started fourwheeling back in the dark ages (it was referred to as "jeeping" then), very few people had winches mounted on their vehicles. There were a few PTO winches available from long-forgotten names and some electric winch companies, but the ones I had any contact with were usually homemade modified military-surplus "bomb winches" with 12-volt starter motors attached in place of a crank.
Just in case you don't have a clue to what a "PTO" winch is, perhaps an explanation is necessary. PTO (power take-off) winches probably originated with military vehicles. A separate gearbox is attached to either the transfer case or the transmission, and from it a driveshaft was snaked past the front (or in some instances the rear) axle to a gearbox on the winch. To engage the winch, a lever inside the cab was shifted. Winch speed was dependent on engine speed. On today's 4x4s, snaking a driveshaft forward past the suspension, exhaust system and front axle is pretty difficult, and about the only place you see PTOs is on military trucks, construction equipment and tow trucks.
Arthur Warn most likely was responsible for the development and expansive use of the modern electric winch that is so prolifically mounted on the front of vehicles today. In 1959, he teamed up with the Belleview Manufacturing Company to produce the now long line of electric winches under the Warn name.
Enough of the history lesson. What I really want to talk about is winch capacity. A commonly question asked is, "How much winching capacity do I need?" Generally speaking, the minimum capacity you want can be figured as: 1.5 x (vehicle weight or pulled load)
For instance, if your Jeep weighs in at 4,000 pounds, then a 6,000-pound winch is the minimum capacity of pulling power you need. If your truck is tipping the scales at 6,000 pounds, then a 9,000-pound winch is necessary. Again, generally speaking, bigger is better (up to a point, anyway), so perhaps in some instances you would need to go to two times the vehicle weight.
Most winch pulls are well under the maximum spooled-on cable length of 75 to 125 feet. It takes at least three full layer wraps of the cable around the drum to hold this much cable. However, as the cable overwraps itself, the rotational ratio on the drum becomes higher, thus reducing the overall gear ratio and, in effect, the pulling power of the winch. Winches are rated as to their maximum capacity at full amperage draw and on the bottom layer of cable. By the third or even fourth layer, the capacity is significantly less.
Actually, there is a lot more involved when picking a winch's capacity besides vehicle or pulling load weight. We can start out with angle or slope, or in simpler terms, how steep of a hill are you pulling the load up? Gravity is not our friend here, so vehicle weight is the first factor, then the slope. You have rolling resistance, starting with that which is inherent to the vehicle itself. Other factors are smooth surfaces, dirt or sand (wet or dry), as well as the different types of mud and their depths. The distance and angle of the pull also need to be taken into account. All these may present an instance where you need to use a factor of two times the load equals winch capacity.
There are several different formulas for factoring in these parameters that go beyond my desire to do that much math, but the 4x4 Icon (http://4x4icon.com/offroad/winch/index.htm#loads) has this way-cool spreadsheet that does it for you with your input of numbers.


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Great food! – Love the menu at this place! A restaurant that really knows how to changes the pace of things in this small city! I wish more people knew about this place! Service is great, also Seafood is fresh and I must say my favorite was the panko crusted Goat cheese!! So yummy!
Personal Favorite!!! – Bin 27 Bistro is outstanding. One of my favorite places to go when I'm in Tampa and I will tell you why. Places like Bin 27 are a dime a dozen especially in Tampa. One of the first things you will recognize when walking in Bin 27 is the layout and the atmosphere is top notch. The food is some of the best around and is prepared by skilled chefs. One of the things I really like about Bin 27 is that they have changing specials every week so it keeps everything fresh and different. I think that is very important because it gives you something different to choose from every week. So If you are looking for a nice venue with a laid back atmosphere and out of this world food, then Bin 27 is your place.
Talk Of The Town – As I have just recently moved to the Tampa Bay area about a year ago for a job transfer I have not really had to much time to go out and venture into the wonderful world of dining out. A couple of days ago a friend of mine asked me if I've ever heard of Bin 27 and asked if I would like to go. Being that I finally had a little bit of time to go out I decided to take a leap of faith and give it a try. When walking inside Bin 27 I was very impressed with how the staff treated you when walking in the doors. The atmosphere was nice and the place was very clean. For starters we ordered the Fried Goat Cheese and it was amazing. After that we ordered the Grilled Atlantic Salmon and Ropa Vieja and decided to split both. It was fantastic. Everything was cooked on point, and it was great. The overall experience at Bin 27 was really good and they just made a customer for life.
Great mojito and awesome service! – My boyfriend and I walked in a half hour before close, but our bartender, Lindsay, welcomed us and gave us grade A service! I had the coconut mojito, which she altered to my taste (I like only a wee bit of simple syrup) and he had an excellent local brew. We weren't hungry, but wanted to try an appetizer, so we ordered the fried goat cheese. What a treat! It had this great smokiness and a little bit of a bite at the end, due to the pomodoro sauce. Anyway, Lindsay was very friendly and knowledgeable about her craft. She went above and beyond by suggesting a few late night bars for us. We will definitely return!
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On Tuesday, the council will decide whether it wants to keep negotiating to build an 18,500 seat arena at the oceanfront. The arena would only be built if an NBA or NHL team would relocate there.
A likely target for relocation would be the NBA's Sacramento Kings, which failed to reach an agreement with the city to build a new arena there.
The Virginia Beach proposal calls for building a $300 million arena with state, local and private money. The unidentified team would not be asked to contribute.
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Donovan's Reef DVD
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- Run Time: 108 Minutes
- Region: 1
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Studio: Paramount Catalog
- DVD Release Date: January 1, 2013
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Subtitles: English
- Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
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- Director: John Ford
- Cast: John Wayne , Lee Marvin , Elizabeth Allen , Jack Warden , Cesar Romero , Dorothy Lamour , Marcel Dallio , Mike Mazurki , Jacqueline Malouf , Cherylene Lee , Tim Stafford , Edgar Buchanan , John Fong , Yvonne Peattie , Ralph Volke
- Genre: Comedy
- Color: Color
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- Release Date: 1963
Producer-director John Ford once again demonstrates his successful formula for rambunctious, combative comedy and romance in this action-packed John Wayne classic. Life on a South Pacific island for two ex-Navy buddies (John Wayne and Lee Marvin) is just about perfect - they spend most of their time in Donovan's Reef, the local saloon where they brawl and feud and somehow manage to stave off the sameness of tropical living. Then, into this mayhem arrives Elizabeth Allen, a straight-laced Bostonian in search of her father.


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Founded in 1977, Mainly Baskets began by creating baskets for the design industry around Atlanta. Since then, it has grown into a prized source for hand-woven baskets throughout the United States. The elegant baskets, made in traditionally-styled wicker and rattan, have been featured in magazines from House Beautiful to Architectural Digest.


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The fat cartoon chef in this logo is possibly copyrighted:
http://orders.logodesignguru.com/contests/the-hungry-chef-catering-log o-symbol/users/gtender007
It is also widely available on the Web for download. My question is this: What are the rules for using such artwork in logos? If the artwork is copyrighted, then the logo cannot be copyrighted. So if you use it in a logo, do you tell your client, "By the way, you'll never be able to trademark your logo"?
Any help would be appreciated.
What are the rules for using such artwork in logos?
1) Do not use existing artwork.
There is a at least one valid reason for rule 1) for each aspect of the matter, creativivity, credibility, legality, whatever.
If the answer is so simple, why would such a huge company risk using it in a logo for a major university? This is what I don't get. Does altering the various layers (fill, stroke, etc.) get you off the hook? At what point does the image become so altered that it becomes your own?
Does the USC actually use such a logo? Those shown in the link seem to be just drafts.
Rather than altering something to a certain/minimum degree with possible loss of creativeness and credibility and maybe with legal issues, it is better to create your own, maybe inspired by something else that is distinctly different, and preferably unique of course.
The inevitable pitfalls of using crowd-source design. Chances are the author of the piece doesn't know or care about any legal issues, they merely want to "win" the bid, contest, or whatever it is.
If the company incurs legal issues, they'll go back to "logodesignguru" to complain which will in-turn promptly pull out their web site agreement stating they are not responsible and the original author will need to answer for the issues. But by then the author is gone, or is merely some random web-alias never to really be found.
You get what you pay for. They may have gotten a logo for $99... but the legal fees could be in the thousands, not to mention the need to rebrand after an issue.
The long and short answer Jacob has already given... it's infringement and if you didn't create it... don't use it in a logo.
I've done some past work in mycroburst, which runs logodesignguru, they're all the same. Much like scott put it, spec work is a nightmare and ridiculous. You want something original you're gonna have to pay for it. What happens in and around crowd sourcing sites particularly mycroburst is that their staff cares little about copyright, although their transfer agreement has all sorts of formal blah blah that means little or nothing to some designer living in thailand!
As for infringement,i know a few from these crowd sourcing sites that ended up in the soup, 1.for infringement, 2. for poor work quality.
If the artwork is copyrighted then i guess you better stay away from it than incorporating it into anything. If it's a CC licence, you ask 100 times the original author before you even bother using it. My advice is things should be done from scratch, not nit picking elements from here and there and putting it together to make up a logo. When designing logos, you really need to look into what's infringement vs what can become infringement. Also copyright vs trademark
I agee with Jacob and Scott and wouldnt either but: consider this.
Depending on the royalty free stock piece of artworks release info and conditions, will determine if how and where it can be used. BUT: The new owner of what he may think is an original logo will have trademark issues (if not on registration - somewhere down the line) ... also if the artwork release restricts "print" quantity (eg up to 15000 units) and he prints it on 120 000 pies he is also infringing on the license, albeit unknowingly...
so... beeeg nono in Corporate ID.
Also, many royalty-free stock art sites specifically prohibit use of their images as part of a logo.
E x a c t l y !
As is also implied in the other answers, it is a question of (in) whom you trust.
If the answer is so simple, why would such a huge company risk using it in a logo for a major university?
A few years ago, everyone was reassured by the question:
If subprime lending is so risky, why would the leading credit rating agencies rate such mortgage loans as AAA?


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Hard Rock group Alter Bridge was formed in Orlando in 2004 by Creed members Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips after a tense Creed tour. Adding lead singer/rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy (also a touring/recording collaborator with Slash), Alter Bridge quickly became more than a side project when Creed's break-up was announced a little later that year. Though Creed has reconstituted, Alter Bridge has remained a full-time entity. The band released its third studio album (on its third label) in 2010, ABIII, a conceptual work dealing with issues of faith that spawned the group's biggest hit yet, "Isolation." Alter Bridge are currently on the Carnival of Madness tour (with Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry and others), which comes to the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville this Friday, one of the tour's only free stops, at Cardinal Stadium (required fair admission is $10; find details here). CityBeat recently spoke with Mark Tremonti about the band's writing style, solo careers and that "other" band, Creed.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's 20th anniversary edition of Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park was once again a live, breathing, three-day mixtape featuring star artists (Coldplay, Eminem, Foo Fighters), established performers, cult heroes and up-and-comers. Local writer Leyla Shokoohe attended her very first Lollapalooza this past weekend and agreed to write about the experience for CityBeat. Below is her report on Day 1 as well as video from some of the performances mentioned, mostly from Lollapalooza's YouTube page. Keep an eye on this space for Day 2 and 3 dispatches soon.
After months of rising anticipation and weeks of weirdly intermittent and torrential rain, Bunbury's first day looked to be a winner. A great announced lineup, no precipitation in the forecast and nothing but sunshine expected for the day; against all odds, that's exactly what we got. But it wasn't the rain to come that presented a problem, it was the rain that had already fallen; the area on the Serpentine Wall that had perfectly pocketed the Rockstar Stage last year was completely swallowed by the rising Ohio River, and the stage had to be moved to the opposite end of the field housing the all important Main Stage. It turned out to be a pretty decent fix, all things considered.
After securing my Level Three media pass (which, in the hierarchy of accessibility, I think meant that if any band needed help moving equipment, I was obligated to roadie for them), I headed for the Bud Light stage for Public. I had done a story on them back in January; they were home for Christmas so given their proximity, they came to my house and we did the interview in my basement. My daughter had answered the door and let them in, and for weeks afterward she was telling her friends about the cute guys I had interviewed at the house. Public's teenage girl effect was fully evident at their Bunbury appearance, as squealy females shrieked their appreciation for every song, and randomly shouted "I love you!"s arced over the rather sizable crowd. The trio did songs from their self-titled EP, a new tune called "Honey Bee" and, taking a page from the infinitely talented and creatively twisted Richard Thompson, offered a thunderously blazing turn on Britney Spears' "Toxic." In the studio, Public has the sound of a ramped up Modest Mouse, but in the live arena, they definitely blister and kick a little closer to the Led Zeppelin vibe they claimed as inspiration during our conversation, adding a dollop of harmonic Pop to sweeten the deal. If teenage girls are any indicator — and they usually are — Public could be headed for Walk the Moon territory pretty quickly.
Next up, it was Alone at 3AM at the Lawn Stage. I love these guys; super solid, crunchy heartland Indie Pop/Rock that states its case without a lot of unnecessary flash or padding. The band had plodded along for close to seven years before solidifying a dedicated line-up behind vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Max Fender and bassist Joey Beck and moving forward; a good deal of growth occurred with the additions of Sarah Davis on keys and Chris Mueller on drums (and business savvy). That in turn lit a fire under Fender, leading to a pair of albums in the last three years — 2010's Cut Your Gills and last year's Midwest Mess.
For A@3's Bunbury slot, the quintet was showing off their new guitarist; Clay Cason's recent departure left a gap which has been admirably filled by Jake Tippey, taking a busman's holiday from his howling duties in the Frankl Project and proving every bit as valuable in a Pop/Rock context. The band roared through songs from their most recent albums, introduced a couple of new songs (Chris mentioned after the show that A@3 would be working on an EP, and then tracking a new full length for imminent release) and even dipped back into their debut album, City Out of Luck, for a spin through "Mexico." Max's gruff voice sits comfortably in the Paul Westerberg/Bruce Springsteen range and it's the perfect vehicle for expressing his blue collar love-and-life songs. Can't wait to hear the new stuff in the studio, kids.
Before setting out for the Rockstar Stage, I caught the opening of Ohio Knife, one of Cincinnati's brightest new entities. Initially a side project for the Chocolate Horse, vocalist/guitarist Jason Snell, guitarist Andrew Higley and drummer Joe Suer — who all played together in Readymaid as well — ultimately put the Horse in the stable to concentrate on the Punk-scrubbed Blues of Ohio Knife, and with good reason. The trio is a sweat-soaked hurricane in the studio (their 2012 EP was a marvel), but the live translation hits with the force and heat of a flamethrower in an ammunition dump, and it won't be long before the CEA nominees for Best New Artist wind up taking home some bling. Where are we with the full length, guys?
After a quick shot of Ohio Knife, it was time to motor to the other end of the festival to check out the Dunwells. The UK outfit fronted by, logically enough, the Dunwell brothers, has found a good deal of success with their debut album, Blind Sighted Faith, and its ubiquitous single "I Could Be a King." When they played the single, frontman Joseph Dunwell thanked Q102 for their support, but it bears pointing out that, WNKU has been beating the drum for the Dunwells for quite some time now (just as they had for the similarly Folk/Pop toned Mumford & Sons). That being said, the age of the crowd seemed to indicate that Q102's demographic was probably best represented here today, so perhaps the win should be scored in their column after all. However the commissioner decides to rule, the Dunwells put together a crisp and wonderfully vibrant set that pays homage to the West Coast sounds of the Eagles and CSNY. The one exception to that sonic blueprint is the aforementioned "I Could Be a King," which offers an irresistable Pop edge that shimmers like the best of Crowded House. When brother David Dunwell strapped on the old five string to play the hit, he noted wryly, "I think every Englishman should at some point come to America and stand in front of an American audience holding a banjo with no idea how to play it." I think he was being graciously self-deprecating. The Dunwells seemed to go down a storm and I think they would find a large and enthusiastic audience if they returned outside of the auspices of the Bunbury Festival. Quick note: If you see a Dunwells album titled Follow the Road in stores (for you youngsters, a building where your parents buy music) or online, it is actually a re-sequenced and remixed version of Blind Sighted Faith, with a few alternate versions tossed in for flavor.
I briefly considered heading over to the Bud Light Stage to see some of Everest (a pick from Bunbury worker bee extraordinaire Jacob Heintz), but opted to check out a bit of Tegan and Sara at the Main Stage before making a definite decision.
I've interviewed both Quin twins over the years — most recently, I talked to Sara the year after the release of 2009's Sainthood — and while I lean toward their early work as far as my personal taste is concerned, their last trio of albums have been fairly well stacked with radio-friendly Pop songs with the potential to reach a massive audience. The enormous turnout for their Bunbury set would seem to support their decision to go the pure Pop route, but the fact is that Tegan and Sara have been cultivating a large and diverse audience for the past decade and a half, and their synth-driven Pop direction was not enough of a departure to alienate any portion of their slavishly loyal fan base. Predictably, the bulk of their set was devoted to Heartthrob, along with faves from The Con and Sainthood; they also reached all the way back to 2002's If It Was You for "Living Room" and they threw in a cover of Tiesto's "Feel It in My Bones," on which they originally guested. As expected, the adrenaline and volume of the live experience ferments Tegan and Sara's sugary Pop confections into something with a little more bite. Even for those who weren't completely sold on their recent work (my hand is up), Tegan and Sara's live presentation could make you see the light.
After T&S, it was time to hit the Amphitheater Stage to see Buffalo Killers. If you missed seeing the James Gang in 1971, here's your chance. Because I'm old enough to have actually missed the James Gang (with Joe Walsh, that is; I was lucky enough to see the even rarer sight of the James Gang with Tommy Bolin. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls …) that joke is only marginally funny. Luckily, Buffalo Killers have approximated the trio's fuzzy guitar assault and maniacally furious rhythm section here in the 21st century to give an indication of what Joe and the boys might have sounded like if they had stayed together a little longer and gelled a little better. And even though Buffalo Killers have managed to inject a bit of poppy sunshine into their bunker-busting sound, in the live arena the band still rumbles and shoots like a rhythmic Sherman tank. The Killers hit all of my teenage buttons (which were installed long ago and have never been fully deactivated, same as every man on the planet, I suppose) and any opportunity to witness their feedback-through-an-elephant-gun glory is a chance to time machine back to the days when electric dinosaurs roamed the earth and their squalling racket could be heard from sweaty and sparsely attended auditoriums to densely populated arenas. I love Buffalo Killers. They remind me that there is wisdom in remembering the past, joy in celebrating the present and excitement in anticipating the future.
After a brief stroll around the grounds to grab something to eat, it was back to the Amphitheater Stage for a healthy dose of Rock hard Americana with Those Darlins. The Nashville outfit has been down a Darlin since early last year when Kelley Anderson opted out of the band to pursue other musical projects (her new group, Grand Strand, got a good buzz after touring with Richard Lloyd last year), and her amicable departure has obviously changed the group's dynamic, particularly the absence of their signature three-part harmonies. The remaining Darlins — Jessi (Wariner), Nikki (Kvarnes) and drummer Linwood Regensberg — are carrying on with the-show-must-go-on determination; new bassist Adrian Barrera seems to be slotting in quite well and Those Darlins' core sound, along the lines of the Pandoras if they'd been influenced by Wanda Jackson and the Ramones, remains largely intact. Their Bunbury set did display a good deal more Rock and a good deal less twang than you'll find on their first two albums — 2009's Those Darlins and 2011's Screws Get Loose — and it's a safe bet that the new album they're currently working on will follow that blueprint as well. No one at the Amphitheater seemed too dismayed at the shift, particularly the hyperactive dance contingent in front of the stage. Two Darlins is clearly enough Darlins to make Those Darlins.
I bailed out of Those Darlins a bit early to make the long walk back to the Rockstar Stage to take in the Gypsy Jazz goodness of DeVotchKa. I've long been a fan of the Denver-based outfit (I came to them through 2004's How It Ends, fell in love with their version of the Velvets' "Venus in Furs" from the Curse Your Little Heart EP and adored their work in Little Miss Sunshine) but have never had the opportunity to see them in the flesh, and when I saw them on the Bunbury schedule, I knew there was little that could draw me away from their show. Luckily, their 9 p.m. slot meant they weren't programmed against anyone else, so the way was cleared for my first live DeVotchKa experience.
DeVotchKa lived up to and surpassed all advance billing with a set that walked the wire between frenetic and atmospheric but maintained high energy from start to finish. Even when they slowed the pace, there was an electric tension in their presentation that made clear something explosive could happen at any moment. And it usually did. All four members of the band — Nick Urata, Jeanie Schroder, Tom Hagerman, Shawn King — play multiple instruments so almost any sound is available to DeVotchKa, including theremin, boukouki, accordion, trumpet and Melodica. And Schroder does the heaviest lifting, either plucking with power and subtlety on her enormous upright bass or blowing away like Dizzy Gillespie on steroids into a gigantic sousaphone that looks as though it would be the punishment instrument for getting bad grades in high school band ("Okay, Baker, D in Orchestra, 10 solos with the death tuba..."). It wasn't a performance to analyze or interpret, it was a Gypsy Jazz soundtrack for a magic show, a feeling to wash over you like cool waves on warm sand, a Slavic Rock and Roll dance party. More than a few people on DeVotchKa's Facebook page declared it the best show of Bunbury's three-day weekend. It was most assuredly one of them.
Finally, it was time for fun. Not the fun that we'd been having all day at Bunbury, but the fun. that's topping the charts and recently played Saturday Night Live and won a couple of Grammys this year. Admittedly, I'm not a huge fan of the band. I like their sound to a certain extent, it's energetic and entertaining and I really like Nate Reuss' voice. I actually interviewed him a decade ago when he was fronting the Format; ironically and perhaps presciently, he used the word "fun" a half dozen times to describe his band at the time.
At any rate, I hung around to see the show to be able to report how it was to my daughter, and because the band clearly doesn't take itself too seriously. When they accepted their Record of the Year Grammy for "We Are Young," Reuss said, "I don't know what I was thinking, writing the chorus for this song. If this is in HD, everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young." All in all, I was expecting a pleasant if unassuming concert experience.
And that's pretty much how it started, with the "Some Nights" intro, the title track to their sophomore album (it would show up in its entirety during the band's two-song encore, leading into "One Foot" from Some Nights). In fact, fun. performed almost all of Some Nights (save for "All Alright"), and over half of their debut album, 2009's Aim and Ignite, perhaps best represented by "At Least I'm Not as Sad (as I Used to Be)" and the nearly eight-minute closer, "Take Your Time (Coming Home)." Of course, they saved their anthemic signature singles for the second half of the set, first "Carry On" and then, two songs later, the epic Grammy-winning Pop of "We Are Young." Sandwiched in between though was a very charming version of The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," an interesting lead-in to "We Are Young," a song that would seem to sport a diametrically opposed message. By the time fun. concluded with "Stars" as the second song of their encore, they had fired a confetti cannon (there was still yards of fun. confetti on the field when The National played Sunday night), performed the majority of their two studio albums and put on a show that proved they were worthy of their first-night-closing status. While I think they should remove the rather severe punctuation from their name, I have to say I was at least slightly converted toward a fun. lifestyle.
Recently, local singer/songwriter Maurice Mattei and his band, The Tempers, celebrated the release of a live album recorded last December at a Christmas show at Covington's Madison Theater. While The Tempers Christmas Show does include a few holiday classics (Lieber & Stoller's "Santa Claus is Back in Town" and Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run"), the bulk of songs are Mattei originals and not exactly of the "Christmas" variety. (Listen to the whole release here.) Still, it's a great release, as the band takes advantage of the live-recording format — the songs exude a palpable, occasionally Punk-like energy. Check out one of those non-holiday tracks, "Made a Mess of It," in music video form below. (Maybe the "Vixen" in the line "Listen to the vixen in the ol' hoosegow/Funny that's the only kinda milk cow" is "Vixen" from Santa's slave-reindeer team?)
The song — which originally appeared on the release The Tempers Perform The Best of Maurice Mattei Volume 3 — was made into a video by Dave Miller from Southern Californian design/illustration company Deluxerider, who has done several clips for Mattei songs, including the Chuck Berry X-mas tune (posted below, as well).
Before its current successful run of reunion concerts across the globe, The Afghan Whigs played its final live show at a New York City club called Hush on Sept. 29, 1999. But that was a private concert. The Whigs last public appearance was Sept. 25, 1999, at Cincinnati's Bogart's with special guests Howlin' Maggie. (The set list featured a large chunk of final album 1965, as well as lots of dips into cover tunes and snippets, including opener "The Boys Are Back in Town," and dashes of "Superstition," "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "Little Red Corvette," "People Get Ready," "Hot for Teacher," "All You Need is Love" and Madonna's "Express Yourself," among others.)
Today it was announced that The Afghan Whigs will return to the scene of the crime and perform their first hometown show in over a decade on Oct. 25 at Bogart's, one month and 13 years after that final concert. Tickets are $33.50 ($45.86 with fees). The fan pre-sale starts this morning at 10 a.m.; tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Click here for info. (Check The Afghan Whigs' official site for a password to get in on the pre-sale.)
Though the neighborhood has changed a lot since The Whigs roamed the earth originally, the band returning to Corryville is fitting. While frontman Greg Dulli would eventually bring his band The Twilight Singers to Newport's Southgate House frequently, Bogart's was the Whigs hometown concert home. Before that, the group played many shows at long-since-shuttered Sudsy Malone's across the street from Bogart's, while it and Top Cat's just a few blocks up the street were the sites of a few epic "secret shows," warm-up gigs for tours where the band would perform under a pseudonym like The Havana Sugar Kings or Gato Negro.
Update: The fan pre-sale password for Bogart's is uptownagain. Use it here starting at 10 a.m. today.
Update2: The pre-sale is now at noon today, according to the ticketing site.
Motörhead are Metal gods. They've been rocking arenas and stadiums for 37 years and are currently out on the Mayhem Tour with Anthrax and other major acts of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock. They've released 21 albums and have played in front of millions across the world with the loyal support of their super-fans, the Motörheadbangers.
CityBeat spoke with guitar player Phil Campbell to preview their set today Riverbend. They spoke about how life in the band continues to thrive on the road after so many years and his impressive collection of guitars. Mayhem Fest will rock Cincinnati Tuesday and will also feature Anthrax, Slayer, Slipknot and The Devil Wears Prada.
CityBeat: What has been the craziest story from Mayhem so far for you guys?
Phil Campbell: We had a good party the other night. It was a costume party. All our band and crew went dressed pretty strange. There were quite a few strange costumes there. I think Lemmy and his assistant went as the Blues Brothers. I dressed as a clown. Mickey dressed as a frog. One of our crew dressed as Larry King. That was pretty good. It was a good party anyway. We are just too busy to get wild at the moment.
CB: You guys are famous for your pranks on the road. Have you played any pranks on any of the other bands yet?
PC: No not yet. We leave that for the end.
CB: What is the best and worst part of being out on the road now? You guys have been touring for 30 years.
PC: You are home for three weeks and then you are ready to come on the road for two months. You are dying get back home. We are not really complainers. One of the worst parts obviously is not having your family there, home comforts and your dogs and things like that. The food can be tough because you really don't have much choice. That's not particularly good. The best part is you don't have to get up early in the morning anymore. We sleep in until really late so that's very cool.
CB: What is your favorite guitar to play?
PC: My favorite guitar? I just bought a 1957 Les Paul a couple weeks ago so that is probably my favorite now.
CB: I know you have over 260. Do you rotate them in during the shows or do you pretty much stick with the same ones for the live performances?
PC: No I have about 12 on the road at any given time, so sometimes I rotate a couple. Some of the real amazing ones I don't really want to take on the road. They are safer in different storage locations, but I have plenty to choose from.
CB: Any regrets through the years?
PC: No, not really, none. It has been pretty good. It has been a privilege to be able to play music for people who enjoy our music. No, no major regrets, no.
CB: Supergroups are very popular right now with bands like Chickenfoot and musicians doing side projects. If you could put together a dream supergroup who would you want to play with from any band?
PC: Elton John, Adam Jones from Tool, David Bato on the drums and Victor Wooten on bass.
CB: That's pretty good. I know your children are also in bands. Have you thought about recording with them anytime in the future?
PC: Yeah, they are doing really good. I have some children in a band called Straight Lines. They have their second album out and they are doing lots of shows. They have great reviews in all the magazines and everything. Hopefully they will be doing the Warped Tour next summer. Another is in a band called Inside the Trees but they changed their name to The People's Poet and they are recording their new album now, as we speak. It's a quite different kind of music. They have their own sound as well. They are all doing really well.
CB: Do you ever play with them?
PC: I used to when they were younger but they won't let me play anymore. I'm not good enough.
CB: They tell me you are a Lord. How did that process come about to become Lord Axesmith?
PC: I applied. The title goes back 500 years, Lord of Axesmith. It's on my credit cards now and everything. I am an honorary member of the Knight's Templar of Brittannia. It is a bit of fun when the crew has to call me "My Lord."
CB: I was going to ask you what the best part is of being a Lord but that's probably it, people have to address you as Lord.
PC: When we are at restaurants and they ask for the name of the party, if you say Lord Axesmith then you know they will give you a good table. Even before I became Lord Axesmith, I was told it did the trick.
CB: What can the fans look forward to from the Motörhead show in Cincinnati on Tuesday?
PC: Just another killer Motörhead show. It is only going to be about 50 minutes long because we have to have all the other bands on. So it will be loud and nobody will be disappointed.
Up-and-coming underground rapper Chris Webby performs tonight at downtown club Play. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $20 at the door. The show is open to all ages. Guests include GMB, Nynewest and hosts DJ Scholar and DJ Drowsy.
Webby is a Connecticut native (he has it tattooed on his chest; I'd move to Ohio if I were going to do that) who started rapping before high school and began to draw crowds at freestyle battles and with his popular mixtapes releases. Webby's built huge buzz in independent Hip Hop circles and has so far resisted signing a record deal. Click here to check out his mixtapes and other releases.
Webby recently tweeted that he's just recently boarded his plane to Cincy. "PLAY in Cincinnati is about to get real weird tonight," he added.
• Utah rockers The Used blast into Bogart's tonight. The 7:30 p.m. show is all ages and includes openers Stars In Stereo. Tickets are $25.
The Used's energized Post Hardcore style is sparked by vocalist Bert McCracken, whose stage antics are an unpredictable throwback to Rock & Roll's more dangerous frontmen (Iggy, etc.). The Used's latest album, Vulnerable, came out earlier this spring on Hopeless Records. The album hit No. 1 on the Top Independent Albums chart when released and made it to No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
Here's the video for The Used's single "I Come Alive."
• The song of legendary drummer Ginger Baker, Kofi, is bringing his Cream tribute band to Covington tonight for an 8 p.m., all-ages show at the Madison Theater. Kofi Baker formed Kofi Baker's Cream Experience after catching the Cream reunion in 2005 and deciding he'd like to pick up where the originals left off. In the Clapton role is Tony Spinner, a Rock/Blues singer and guitarist who was a member of Toto in the '00s. Playing bass is another talented musician, Ric Fierabracci, who has performed with the likes of Chick Corea, Shakira and Yanni.
Kofi made his first live appearance when he was 6, playing with his pops on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975. Here he is rocking with the Cream Experience in more recent years.
• MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine has a free show tonight headlined by Canadian Electro Pop group Parallels. Showtime is 10 p.m. and like-minded locals Skeleton Hands also perform.
Parallels has drawn comparisons to New Order and singer Holly Dodson has been likened to singer Kate Bush and Madonna. The band was formed in 2008 by Dodson and Cameron Findlay, the former drummers for popular electronicists Crystal Castles.
Parallels sophomore full-length, XII, is due out June 26. Here's a clip for the band's song "Ultralight."
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The Cincinnati-born, Brooklyn-based members of Indie Rock sensations The National recently announced details about their first new album since 2010's High Violet, Trouble WIll Find Me. The album is due in the U.S. on May 21 on the 4AD label. (Click here for the album cover, track listing and more National news.)
Today, The National unleashed the first song from Trouble, the warm, crawling "Demons." Check the tune and a video for it below.
UPDATE: Today (April 11), The National released audio of the first single from Trouble Will Find Me, "Don't Swallow the Cap." Check it out:
The National perform a homecoming show on July 14, headlining the final night of the three-day Bunbury Music Festival at Sawyer Point Park. For tickets and more info, click here.
The National has been previewing the new album on its current global tour. Here are a handful of new songs from the LP performed live in Berlin last week.
Anthrax has shaped the heavy metal movement in America. The band recently released its 10th studio album, Worship Music, which brings back the band's early sound with the re-emergence of lead vocalist Joey Belladonna. I love heavy metal guitars, so it was a privilege to speak to one of the all time metal guitar greats, Scott Ian, to preview their performance at Mayhem Fest Tuesday at Riverbend Music Center.
CityBeat caught up with Ian to discuss the highlights of Mayhem so far and how being a father has changed his perspective on life and music.
CityBeat: What has been the highlight of Mayhem Fest so far for you?
Scott Ian: For me personally it is just the overall vibe. This is the first time we have done a U.S. festival traveling tour in the summer. We kind of knew what to expect since we are friends with Slayer, Slipknot and Motorhead, but it has been so much fun to hang with our friends. The crew and everyone who works with Mayhem have been great and it really is a big family vibe out here. It is a really great place to show up for work.
CB: What has it been like having Joey back the past few tours with the band?
SI: It's been like two and a half years already. Hopefully that answers the question. It is obviously been going great. We couldn't be happier with the record we made. We couldn't be happier with the way shows have been going. I think this is by far the best version of Anthrax that we have ever had.
CB: You became a father last year for the first time. Has this changed your perspective on writing music or life in general?
SI: I haven't really written yet since he was born because we have been in touring mode. One way that my perspective overall has changed is now having this person in my life that I love beyond anything I can comprehend. It makes me hate the human race even more because of all the pressure that comes with raising a child and wanting to protect him. People ask what do you have to be angry about and there is plenty to be pissed off about now. Look at what happened in Colorado last night with the guy shooting people in a movie theater. It sickens me to the pit of my stomach for a million reasons. What if that was my child in the movie theater?
CB: It is terrible and it is beyond my comprehension how that can happen.
SI: Up until he was born, I had my wife and close family but they are adults and are responsible for themselves. Now we have this person that is 100 percent helpless and relies on us to take care of him, so there is this protective instinct that showed up as soon as he was born. I think that will have a big impact on my writing in the future when the time comes.
CB: Do they come visit you on the road?
SI: Yes they are here right now and have been with me for 10 days.
CB: What is the longest you have gone without playing guitar?
SI: Probably way back in 1977 when I broke my wrist at a skateboard park and I couldn't play guitar for two months because I had a cast on. I was so bummed that I couldn't play guitar that I pretty much gave up any type of fancy skateboarding on ramps or pools. The guitar was definitely more of a priority.
CB: What is the biggest difference for you touring versus in the 1980s?
SI: Sometimes we sit around and talk about how did we ever get anything done before we had cell phones and laptops? In the '80s no one even knew what a cell phone was. I remember the first time a tour manager had that big briefcase thing with a phone in it and it was something like $18 a minute to use it. The idea that we were able to do stuff back then and everything got done is amazing. I try to think about how it got done and I have no idea how we made it through one day let alone a whole tour without the technology.
CB: What habit would you like to break?
SI: I don't know. I don't smoke. I don't drink excessively. My wife is saying talking with my mouth full so I guess I will go with that as a born and bred New Yorker.
CB: What adjectives do you hope describe you at 75?
SI: I hope when I am 75 no one has anything to say about me. I hope the only thing they say is "What ever happened to that guy?" because I am so far off the grid by that point.
CB: I doubt that will happen.
SI: No, we will probably still be playing music and people will say "I can't believe he is still banging his head."
CB: What has been your craziest fan story over the past few years?
SI: The craziest audiences in the world are in South America in Chile with the craziest fans overall. We do a signing every day at the Rockstar Energy Drink tent and we get to meet a lot of fans every day on this tour. Anyone who would get anything Anthrax related tattooed on their body is amazing to me. I can't really call it too crazy because I have Gene Simmons and Angus from AC/DC tattooed on me. I understand that point of view of being such a fan that you would be willing to make that commitment but being the guy in Anthrax and seeing an Anthrax-related tattoo makes you feel great because I know the commitment and I know how much Anthrax must mean to them.
CB: What is the best guitar solo of all time?
SI: Eddie Van Halen "Eruption."
Anthrax performs July 24 at Mayhem Fest at Riverbend Music Center. More information: rockstarmayhemfest.com.


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Leticia: I posted in the wrong place.... yes I did get your email and thank you so much... I replied back.Take lots of pictures on your trip and share with us.
Catherine: what a wonderful start you already have of the Breakfast in Bed.... This does seem like a difficult subject but knowing you , you will get it down.... It is a beautiful painting to learn from....
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Breakfast in Bed is a really lovely painting and I'm going to take my time and enjoy the learning process. No promise I'll have it done by the end of December but we'll see. I'll be doing sketches of some of the other photos so I'll post those as I do them. I worked more on the bed and night stand this morning and if I can do a little each day I might be done by the end of the month. Using the gouache allows me to layer and work from dark to light, something I'm really enjoying a lot. I have plenty of the gouache so I might as well learn the ropes using this before moving on to oils or acrylics. I do like the look that oil gives but will need to do that more involved work in my second floor loft room and I'm not ready for all of that yet.
Catherine Brown
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I've actually created some art. The first since February. This is my second attempt at pen and ink and the entire thing is done with stippling (dots). I plan to spend a few days experimenting with color to see what I can come up with - colored pencil and watercolor are my main ideas. I've made a few copies to play with before adding anything to this original. If anyone has any suggestion, please let me know.
Poinsettia, 7" x 10" on hot pressed watercolor paper.
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Sam, your pen and ink is GREAT. i have not tried that yet. i am looking forward to seeing some thing in color.
Charlie Gunn
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Catherine, good start on the Breakfast on Bed.
Sam, It is great to have you back. I love the collection of photos for this month.
Fred, Your winterscapes are wonderful.
Jen I love your pastel of Santa and the boy.
Catherine I can't wait to see Breakfast in Bed finished. You have a fabulous start.
Sam, Your pen and ink is wonderful. It looks like a lot of tedious work.
I finished a quick of oil of the Santa. Oil on Strathmore canvas paper.
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Charlie and Karen, your comments on my pen & ink poinsettia are very appreciated. Thank you.
Karen, what a delightful Santa. It looks like he's resting after a hard night's work. You handled the white of his hat and beard very well with lots of color and texture. I like his rosy cheeks. Ho! Ho! Ho!
Wow, Sam! This white poinsettia is exquisite. I'm curious about seeing it in color because I'm actually predisposed to liking the white so much! Even with all your months of recuperation and no art, you haven't lost your touch.
Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
Karen, this is such an impressive job on two of the kinds of textures that I find most daunting - fur and hair. You did such a good job with portraying them and defining them in white-on-white. Plus, I love the way you painted the rims and lenses of the glasses.
I looooove it!!! this idea seems just fantastic! I looove it!!!!
Karen, This santa is beautifuuuulll.. I love the beard!! The moustache is incredible!! remind me of my father's!! :) love it!
Catherin! I have a confession to make... I saw your painting... and I wanted to try mine.. and Ohhh. my God!! I spent hours and hours and I definitely couldnt achieve what you did.. in fact, the baby's face, became an adult's face, then, a Chinesse with a funny moustache, (mouth) the mother's eyes, looked as if she couldn't understand why such a huge child was lying on top of her... welll.. and a million situations more which became the fun of the afternoon for me!!! But.... I will never give up... and as you say... I might not finish for this challenge since I have to do a million sketches before the final one!!! Jajaj... but I will try to get it as good as posible! ;)
:) Yes Leticia, I agree that this one is a challenge for sure. I was working this morning on it and was aprehensive, excited and happy all at the same time! I'm not touching the faces until I've done some sketches of the child's face and the mother's mouth. When I was drawing the child's face I also had some morphing. I spent Sunday working on it and it's helpful to use a mechanical pencil to do the drawing as it's easy to make very light lines and also easy to erase away. Also, because the lead is so thin you can't press to hard or the lead will break and that helps you to keep the graphite more on top of the paper and not pushed into the tooth where it's harder to pull out. I have a Pentel® GraphGear 500 Automatic Pencil, Refillable, 0.5mm, Black. I also use a putty eraser. Regardless of all the work, it's fun and we will grow from it.
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