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This is a special project I made for my friend from college.
Just two months ago she lost her husband to stomach cancer. He was 35.
I felt bad that I was unable to make it down for his funeral. So I suggested she bring her 2 1/2 year old up at some point to get away.
I wanted to make her something that would hopefully put a smile on her face.
She visited this past weekend and it indeed did put a smile on her face.
It's cherry with ash plywood and a bit of maple (the lion paws). I hand cut the dovetails. I still struggle with freehand inlays. I end up having to fill more areas in than I want. I had to do a little filling in on some of the dovetails as well.
And one more thing . . . Go Lions!
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#1 posted 10-19-2009 07:29 PM
Sorry to hear about your friends loss….great tray though…and very nice thought….
-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!
#2 posted 10-19-2009 09:12 PM
A sad story to go with such a stunning work. The tray looks fantastic. I can't see the mistakes you filled, which I guess is the mark of an accomplished craftsman!
#3 posted 10-19-2009 09:17 PM
Very nice work. I saw the Nittany Lion and had to comment. I taught in the
#4 posted 10-19-2009 09:21 PM
Thanks! Funny, in my 4 years going there . . . I only missed one game. :-)
And I'd call it the mark of a good photographer for not being able to see the flaws!
#5 posted 10-19-2009 09:55 PM
Beautiful work. It's either damned fine woodworking or damned fine photography! :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
#6 posted 10-19-2009 10:41 PM
That is an awesome piece. Great details and logo work.
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#7 posted 10-20-2009 01:34 AM
That is a very beautiful tray. I am sure that your kind thoughts are appreciated.
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#8 posted 10-20-2009 01:42 AM
This is one great tray super details and a very rich look
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#9 posted 10-20-2009 12:05 PM
I liked everything about your tray. I didn't see and flaws. I especially like the really good work and the contrasting woods looked perfect together with the inlays. I also commend you for being generous and helpful to a friend who is suffering.
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#10 posted 10-20-2009 06:48 PM
All the above comments are so true. One of the best trays I have seen made and gifted.
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#11 posted 10-20-2009 07:24 PM
Really nice work. Go Lions!!
#12 posted 10-04-2013 06:08 PM
very nice! from another Penn State alum…
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Otto Warburg at Berlin-Dahlem, and here he became interested in oxidation enzymes, a subject to which he has given his attention ever since.
After visiting the mills and the sheds where the process of oxidation is carried on, and admiring the metallic riches of these mountains, we left the hot and poisoned atmosphere, and walked up the mountains clothed with a hardy vegetation – with every noble tree and flowering shrub – and pursued our course till we came to a fine waterfall, which plunges from a great height over the gigantic rocks.
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Memorial Day is the kick off to summer. For some it means BBQ's, vacations and the start of the warm weather season. But for others Memorial Day is a chance to remember the sacrifice of our military heroes.
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(5 out of 5 stars)
"Since childhood, I've always felt that the most aesthetically beautiful people that have ever walked the earth are the original inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere, so this series, so wonderfully photographed and researched, is one I appreciate. It's a superb overview of a history not to be missed.
Tape # 1: "The Ancestors." Explores the creation stories of several tribes and continues with the early inhabitants, from the Anasazi of the Southwest to the glory of the Mayan cities.
Tape # 2: "Mexico." Starts in 650 A.D. and continues with "The Rise of the Aztecs," "The Invasion," "The Fall." This is the most fascinating and my favorite of the series. The complex history is captivating, and heartbreaking as the bloodthirsty horror of Cortez is told, and the commentary by Nahuatl anthropologist Eustaquio Celestiano is enlightening.
Tape # 3: "The Clash of Cultures." Columbus' landing on Hispaniola and the conflict that ensues, the "Gulf Coast of Florida" and de Soto's marauding army.
Tape # 4: "Invasion of the Coast." The Inuit vs. the English, the East coast peoples vs. the English.
Tape # 5: "Cauldron of War." Trading with the white man and how commercial hunting changed the face of the Indian Nations. The Iriquois: The leader known as "The Great Peacemaker" and his "Great Laws" which created the first democracy in America.
Tape # 6: "Removal." War and exile in the East. The story of Tecumseh and his heroic challenge. The 1830 "Indian Removal Act" and the journey West.
Tape # 7: "Roads Across the Plains." California. The building of the missions and the gold rush. What happened in these events will be new information to a lot of people. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse: "Standing Against the Tide."
Tape # 8: The wise and great Chief Joseph. The Apaches. The Reservations. The "Boarding Schools" where children were stripped of their identities. It ends with present day Native Americans speaking about perspectives today. As Mario Gonzalez, an Ogala Sioux says, "Destiny is not a matter of fate, it's a matter of choice."
Jack Leustig's incredible work is hosted by Kevin Costner and narrated by Gregory Harrison. The excerpts of written documents are superbly spoken by such actors as Wes Studi, Edward James Olmos, and Patrick Stewart. The score by Peter Buffet is also excellent. These tapes are also available singly, and are 49 minutes long apiece."
It's been some time since I gave out 5 Stars!
R. Kirkham | Rushville, Illinois USA | 09/04/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This series is certainly worth it! This miniseries is well researched, has excellent graphics, and Kevin Costner does a great job as host. I fell in love with it the first few moments I watched.
No matter what portion of the country you live in, you will learn new history about your region. The series is designed so you can watch it through from beginning to end, or skip directly to the portions that most interest you.
This is one series I think EVERY American should own. It will help you understand who you are, even if you don't have a trace of Native American blood.
I chose the portion that deals with our locality to show to the college class I teach. Although the portion was only 8 minutes long, it sparked a discussion that sent our class into overtime.
Why should you buy it as opposed to renting it? Simple, when you rent a movie, you remember the movie and often don't view it a second time. This is more like a multimedia encyclopedia on Native Americans. You will want to look up portions of it from time to time and even show certain portions to friends.
A well done history of the many Native Nations of N. America
R. Kirkham | 04/30/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This series of videos explores Native history from before the arrival of the Europeans to modern times. It is an accurate accounting of the clash of cultures and contains many great photographs, interviews and narratives. A great feature are the virtual tours of cities such as Pueblo Bonito, Cahokia, Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza. The information on the videos is well documented and the sources of information are presented in a bibliography at the end of each video. The production is excellent and the music compliments the information presented. I recommend this series highly. It is a great addition to any home video library. END"


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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A witch; a hag.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A witch; a hag; a furious vixen.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a malicious woman with a fierce temper
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She flips like a light switch - one moment sweet and lovey and the next hell-cat.
Priscilla Lawson was perfect as Princess Aura, his hell-cat daughter too.
Owing to a singular combination of circumstances, however—the incapacitated state of my arm, an instinctive reluctance to injure a female, and the highly uneven surface of the stone cellar floor, which rendered me somewhat off-balance—I immediately found myself sprawled upon my back, my demoniacal half-sibling kneeling upon my chest and assaulting me with the ferocity of a hell-cat.
But right now you'd better forget chess and take a good, long gander at what that Vegian hell-cat is doing.
"So you do know me, you bedroom-eyed Aldebaranian hell-cat," he remarked, evenly.
He'd like to see that Aldebaranian hell-cat again-just once.
She has eyes in the very back of her head, the hell-cat.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
"-- And with that silky hell-cat watching me all the time, -- and looking ten years younger than I do, now that you have got my face and legs all wrong, -- and planning I do not know what --"
Well, a hell-cat of a society woman sued her husband for divorce and named Miss Corcoran.
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The restoration ensures that this beloved landmark will remain one of New Orleans' treasured icons. For homeowners, the restoration exemplifies the challenges that arise in selecting historically appropriate, durable products.
New Canal Lighthouse has an interesting and evolving history, dating back to 1839. From what amounted to a light mounted on a pole at entrance to the New Basin Canal, the lighthouse was remodeled into a one-story building in 1855, refurbished again as a two-story structure in 1890, then moved to the lakefront in the early 1900s. The red and white structure of today replicates the one built in 1890 and symbolizes an era of maritime commerce.
The structure was heavily damaged after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The story of New Canal's rebuilding is more than a lighthouse story and more than an historic preservation story. New Canal's is a story of what it means to play a small but symbolic part as a beacon for the rebuilding of New Orleans.
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ICU Nurse Salary
If you are thinking about starting a career as an ICU nurse, you probably want to know what you're going to make at work. Intensive care nurses have to work long, "intense" hours that can certainly weigh a person down. This is not the career for everyone, so it may be in your best interest to find out if the pay for this profession is worth the time and commitment. Listed below are some ICU nurse salary statistics you may refer to when assessing this career.
ICU Nurse Salary by Years of Experience
As you gain experience in any profession, you are going to have the opportunity to make more money. That is because employers are more willing to pay top-dollar for quality, knowledgeable services. If you can stay in intensive care for a long time, you could make well over $100,000 a year. Typical salaries by years of experience include:
- Less than 1 year of experience: $35,000 – $68,675 per year
- 1-4 years of experience: $34,157 – $69,967 per year
- 5-9 years of experience: $40,851 – $94,020 per year
- 10-19 years of experience: $48,936 – $101,331 per year
- 20 years or more of experience: $56,720 – $99,195 per year
ICU Nurse Salary by Industry
ICU nurses can work in a variety of industries within the job market. Every employment venue will come with a different set of needs and pay rates, but they all feature intensive care units of some sort. If you are unaware of the immense job opportunities available to you, the chart below may put that into perspective. Typical salaries by industry include:
- Acute Care Hospital: $34,645 – $97,646 per year
- Healthcare: $38,794 – $92,645 per year
- Hospital: $40,543 – $86,908 per year
- Medical Services: $24,328 – $78,906 per year
- Nurse Staffing: $36,000 – $75,000 per year
ICU Nurse Salary by Certification
You will need some sort of certification to verify your abilities as an intensive care nurse. The specific certification you get should be based on your employer and your overall plans for your profession. The option you select will partially influence your pay, so make sure you choose carefully. Typical salaries by certification include:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support: $48,128 – $83,895 per year
- Basic Life Support: $51,082 – $73,119 per year
- Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse: $44,601 – $101,713 per year
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support: $52,139 – $66,129 per year
- Registered Nurse: $40,000 – $87,796 per year
- Trauma Nursing Course Certified: $60,741 – $78,500 per year
ICU Nurse Salary by State
As the economy changes throughout the country, so do the pay rates for members of the nursing profession. Aspiring nurse salaries change drastically from one state to the next, so you need to be aware of the pay rates for your area. They will correspond to the employment demand and standard of living in your state. Typical salaries by state include:
- California: $51,680 – $97,170 per year
- Florida: $29,413 – $70,292 per year
- Maryland: $49,132 – $85,957 per year
- Massachusetts: $56,270 – $95,000 per year
- New York: $42,000 – $101,246 per year
- Ohio: $49,132 – $65,547 per year
- Texas: $30,410 – $87,924 per year
Note that the information above is courtesy of PayScale.com as of June 14, 2012. It may not reflect the information at the time you read this article.


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Loopmasters has teamed up with dance legends Utah Saints for a new pack featuring 703MB of deep and electro house-style loops and hits. You'll find fat synth-bass loops, and some straight-up, well-produced beats, although without their component parts, the possibilities for arrangement are somewhat limited. There are also top and FX loops, and some excellent female vocal phrases and 90s-sounding piano and synth riffs. On top of this, there are some usable, if a little obvious, one-shots, with 67 accompanying sampler patches. Although there are some nice old-school flavours here and there and the production is consistently tight, the pack ultimately feels a bit dated. Yet, if you're writing more commercialsounding house, or are willing to get creative, this could be a solid toolkit of dependable sounds.
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As a curly girl, I get comments on my hair a lot. People ask me what I use, how I get it to be so curly, has it always been this way? So I decided to document one week worth of hair care to share with y'all. On average, I only wash my hair once a week. This has not always been the trend. In the past, I've washed my hair multiple times a week, sometimes even every day. When I'm pushing hard at the gym every day, it's hard not to want to wash my hair. I get sweaty and my scalp feels gross. Here lately, I haven't been working out at the gym, plus it's been so freakin' cold so I haven't had issues with my hair feeling dirty. In the summer, my hair lives in a messy bun more frequently to keep it clean and off my shoulders and neck. When I do workouts that I know I'll get sweaty from, I put my hair up and wear a cotton headband to catch the sweat before it gets all up in my do.
Wash day! On day one my hair is super soft and tangle-free. I take the time to comb through it with a wide-tooth comb in the shower while the conditioner does it's magic. I usually get a FAT wad of hair in the comb at the end. I shed more than some of the dogs I groom- seriously. As much as I love having fresh and soft locks, I typically don't wash my hair the day of a special event. The top is pretty flat, plus it takes all dang day to fully dry!
I've changed my products a couple times lately. Being a house guest sometimes makes establishing a routine difficult. I don't use anything with sulfates or dimethicone. Shampoos usually have sulfates that strip the natural oils from your hair and skin. Think of "de-greasing" dish soap. Many conditioners contain dimethicone or other "cone" ingredients- this stuff coats your hair to keep it from drying out after stripping away the oils. The problem with dimethicone is that it can only be washed away with sulfates. So if you're using sulfate free shampoo, but your conditioner still has dimethicone, you will over time get a filmy, greasy build up that can only be removed by using sulfate shampoo again. It took my hair a while to adjust to sulfate and dimethicone free cleansers. At first, my hair would overproduce oil, having been used to the harsh stripping from sulfates. After a few months, my hair was regulating oil production on it's own. This is how I get away with only washing it once a week. My hair stays soft, shiny, healthy and smells good all week- no hippie head over here. Lately I've been using Avalon Organics Nourishing Lavender shampoo and conditioner. I like it because the first ingredient is aloe (that's what the Rastas use for their gorgeous, full locks). This brand does have coco-sulfate in it (just the shampoo) which isn't as harsh and doesn't strip as much as laurel and sodium sulfates. My favorite shampoo is Tea Tree Tingle by Trader Joe's. It's $2.99 here in California and the ingredient list is beautiful: Water, Tea Tree, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Nettle, Thyme, Birch Bark, Chamomile…. the list goes on. Very good stuff!! The conditioner is pretty good too, but I find myself wanting more softness from it. This is where oils come into play.
Days 2, 3, and 4 are my favorite. I consider these my "good hair days." On day two, my roots soften up and give my hair a little more volume. Here comes the lion's mane! Day three is when my hair starts to tangle. I usually finger comb it at this point to save my full curls for another day. Around day four I brush, oil and braid it.
Argan oil is my favorite, but I've used coconut and jojoba as well. I drizzle some oil on my brush and start from the bottom, working my way up to the roots as I tackle the tangles. When I was a kid, we used biosilk (anyone remember that stuff?) and I cried when it was time to brush my hair. It's much less traumatic now (also I've gotten quite hard-headed over the years lol). Argan oil smells amazing and gives my hair a nice shine and smell for the rest of the week, not to mention the buttery softness ❤
Sometimes I sleep in my braid, sometimes I don't. Just depends on what I'm doing. After I oil and brush it, I like to put it in a braid for the day or at least a few hours. When I take it out, the result is usually beautiful beachy waves.
That's about it! Day six and seven I either brush it out again and keep it slick, or throw it up in a bun. I know it's time to wash again when my scalp starts to get sore. Sounds weird, but as my hair weighs down throughout the week it starts to part funny and if I run my hands through to break up the part, it'll feel a little bit sore. I've been tracking these photos for a week to write this post, which means today was a wash day! Feeling so soft and clean and fresh and like I can tackle the damn world. 🙂
Always with love
xoxo Dee


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February 10, 2018
Fairtree Capital has supported the Simonsberg Trail system for more than two years and one week after the Mountain Bike Stage Race, the Trail Run two-day event will take place on 10 & 11 Feb 2018.The event will start and finish at Delvera farm where runners will be treated to breakfast and lunch, kiddies entertainment and a wonderful area to relax after their run, with showers and massage service.Two routes will be on offer for the two-day stage race, the long route being around 25km and the other a 13km route for both Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday 11 Feb, another route has been added for fun- all welcome to join the 7km route on the last day. You can choose to do one day, both days, or mix it up.
The Fairtree Contour events have been created to continue the development of routes and expose the incredible network of single-track trails on the Simonsberg Mountain. With over 25km of mountain single-track, connecting more than 10 wine estates, the region is set to become a hotspot for mountain bike trail riders.
Dirtopia has spent the last 4 years developing new routes on Delheim and Muratie wine estates. These trails are now operated in partnership with the landowners and the Greater Simonsberg Conservancy being the primary beneficiary. The conservancy represents more than 20 farms around the mountain and is currently focused on a multi-million rand alien clearing project to return large tracts of the mountain to fynbos and renosterveld. There is no better time to be out in the winelands as harvest season will be in full swing in surrounding vineyards.
Each participant will receive a goody bag and coffee, breakfast snack and daily lunch buffet.
Good refreshment stations will be fully stocked with cold drinks and a wide range of savoury snacks and fruit.
Early bird entries will open 2 October 2017! Enter before 31 Dec for discounted entry fees. These fees will be the exact same fees as 2017. 1 Jan 2018 the entry fees will be increased.
Enter here: https://www.dirtpass.co.za/events
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Each participant of the two-day stage race will receive the following:
- Goody bag
- Morning coffee, breakfast snack and daily lunch buffet
- Medal & BOS drink
- Refreshment station on route from BOS
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Bellevue Police have identified the suspect as 36 year old Michael Williams. He is the stepfather of the 21 year old unidentified victim. She remains in extremely critical condition at a metro area hospital.
The shooting in the Olde Town area of Bellevue sent the woman to a hospital in critical condition. Police report the shooting occurred around 10:20 this morning. A neighbor reported the woman was shot in the face and head and the shooter took off running on foot. Police suspect the shooting grew out of an argument in the home the two shared.
A nearby elementary school went into lockdown after the shooting.
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Review of the Decade Part 2: Best Albums
I'm quite sure if anyone can really be bothered to refer back to my old albums of the year lists that I am open to the charge of inconsistency. I don't really care - this list is a snapshot of the albums that have, for me at least, best endured. It is of course personal and subjective.
Also, as I think John Kell also mentioned when publishing his own list, this might be the last time I get to do this, if the digital revolution really means albums become a thing of the past. I'm sceptical as to whether this will happen, but that's a subject for another post...
200. Sylvie Lewis - Translations (2007)
Included for its clever, empathetic songs that grow with every listen and for Lewis' delightful, understated voice.
199. Scott Colley – Architect of the Silent Moment (2007)
Included for its collection of contemporary American talent (Taborn and Moran!), for its flowing, sophisticated melodies and for its gentle groove.
198. The Broken Family Band - Cold Water Songs (2002)
Included for creating the unlikely Cambridge country sound, and for neatly combining raucous humour with an underlying sensitivity.
197. Stefano Bollani – I Visionari (2006)
Included for Bollani's virtuosic technique at the piano, for his deep understanding of music - and for his fusion of different musical worlds.
196. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
Included for proving my intial judgment about Sleater-Kinney to be wrong, and as a great example of raw, heavy, blues-infused rock.
195. Elvis Costello and the Metropole Orkest - My Flame Burns Blue (2006)
Included for brilliantly encapsulating Costello's improved vocal prowess and neatly summarising his work outside the conventional rock ensemble.
194. Broadway Project - Compassion (2001)
Included for its murky atmosphere which, in spite of its title, seemed full of menace.
193. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
Included for its inventive, playful and humorous use of sampling.
192. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man (2000)
Included for Cash's stark, powerful but vulnerable delivery and its intriguing choice of material.
191. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (2001)
Included for its successful and distinctively British take on rap, and for its affinity with dub soundsystem music.
190. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
Included for being a colossal rock behemoth.
189. Rufus Wainwright - Poses (2001)
Included for finding the profundity in banality and vice versa.
188. Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2001)
Included for gradually making a peculiar kind of sense as the initial confusion subsided.
187. Blur - Think Tank (2003)
For finding a new and intriguing sound in the absence of Coxon - it's a shame they failed to build on it.
186. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
Included for its adventurous production values and distinctive sound.
185. Jason Moran - Facing Left (2000)
Included for confirming a major piano talent and for combining superb reinterpretations (especially Bjork's Joga) with sophisticated compositions.
184. Shivaree - Rough Dreams (2002)
Included for its gently meandering impulse and sophisticated songwriting.
183. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (2007)
Included for its engaging combination of austerity and warmth.
182. Immaculate Machine - Ones and Zeroes (2005)
Included, at least in part, to allow me to champion some wonderful underdogs and for its bounding, zestful songs and crisp playing.
181. Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders (2000)
Included for making an art form from bleeps and bloops.
180. Gas - Pop (2000)
Included for its overarching influence in the world of atmospheric dance music, and for its depth of imagination.
179. Tomasz Stanko - Lontano (2006)
Included for its deceptive calm and haunting, eerie beauty.
178. Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)
Included for its forceful, compelling rap language.
177. CocoRosie - Noah's Ark (2005)
Included for sounding thoroughly mesmeric - like clockwork musical theatre.
176. The Hidden Cameras - The Smell Of Our Own (2003)
Included for its bold subversion in combining unreserved and sexually candid lyrics with sugar-coated, highly infectious melodies.
175. Air - 10,000 Hz Legend (2001)
Included for being a record that only I seem to really like - at least in part for its sense of parody.
174. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)
Included for its desolate, unsettling mood.
173. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (2005)
Included for being a dark, merciless and compelling song cycle and also for considering the presentation so carefully too - superb artwork!
172. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (2006)
Included for its rowdy, bawdy choruses, drunken emoting and for its incorporation of Eastern European folk music.
171. Erin McKeown - Grand (2003)
Included for McKeown's effortless subsuming of the great American songbook within her own charming musical personality.
170. Manitoba - Up In Flames (2003)
Included for its very contemporary take on psychedelia and for its great explosion of percussion.
169. Craig Taborn - Junk Magic (2004)
Included for being one of the best examples of electronic jazz and for Taborn's feverish imagination and technique.
168. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (2000)
Included for the human warmth beneath its technocratic sheen.
167. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money (2006)
Included for its primitive party vibe.
166. Electric Masada - At The Mountains of Madness - Live in Europe (2005)
Included for its stamina, savage intensity and gleeful recklessness.
165. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)
Included for its languid grace and sensitivity.
164. M Ward - Transistor Radio (2005)
Included for its understanding of and love for a bygone era when broadcast radio had both power and magic.
163. Beatundercontrol - Cosmic Repackage (2008)
Included for being a staggering, mind-blowing recording without respect for genre restrictions that hardly anybody in this country noticed.
162. Efterklang - Parades (2007)
Included for continuing to grow on me nearly three years after its release, and for having a wider profile that also refuses to stop growing.
161. Liam Noble - Romance Among The Fishes (2005)
Included for the empathy and adventure of the ensemble and for Noble's highly distinctive piano language.
160. Junior Boys - Last Exit (2004)
Included for its quiet, unassuming reinvention of the synth-pop wheel.
159. Curios - Hidden (2007)
Included for its attention to detail, highly attuned group interaction and its sophisticated, quietly affecting themes.
158. Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
Included at least in part for helping me through my university exams, but also for its careful balance of the melancholy and the anthemic.
157. Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau - Duo/Quartet (2006/2007)
Included for providing two albums' worth of effortlessly flowing ideas, the result of a meeting of truly brilliant minds.
156. Bobo Stenson Trio - Cantando(2008)
Included for its serenity and quiet exploration.
155. Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive (2001)
Included for being Missy's most strident and confident album and for including some of Timbaland's most adventurous production work.
154. Tord Gustavsen Trio - The Ground (2005)
Included for its spirituality, serenity and strong sense of purpose.
153. Loose Fur - Loose Fur (2003)
For being one of those great records that should have been so much more appreciated - how could Tweedy, Kotche and O' Rourke together be anything other than great?
152. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me (2002)
Included for being one of the very best of the soul survivor comebacks during the decade, delivered authoritatively without any crass attempts at modernisation.
151. Matmos - A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (2001)
Included for its radicalism and insightful comment in making engaging, meaningful music from surgical procedures.
150. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
Included for its winning combination of shimmering melody, detached production values and meaningful heart, all achieved in separate processes over distance.
149. Paul Burch - Fool For Love (2003)
Included for the warmth in Burch's understated vocals and the delicate, zesty swing in his songs.
148. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Included for its unusual instrumentation, therefore making it the most daring and unexpected of their albums and the only one to affect me strongly on a personal level.
147. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (2007)
Included for allowing pensive reflection to invade the party spirit, and for capturing the dilemmas of the ageing hedonists.
146. Andrew Hill - Time Lines (2006)
Included for capturing the great piano player in full creative flow just before his death and for reminding us of his hugely important, and still somewhat underrated contribution to jazz.
145. Myra Melford - The Image Of Your Body (2007)
Included for introducing me to a new, distinctive and questing musical voice.
144. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2007)
Included for its compelling narrative drive, considered structure and thrilling musicality.
143. Calexico - Feast Of Wire (2003)
Included for the relaxed drama of Calexico's border sound, and especially for 'Not Even Stevie Nicks', increasingly one of my favourite songs of the decade.
142. Isolee - Wearemonster (2005)
Included for its light propulsion and immersive atmospheres.
141. Hot Chip - The Warning (2006)
Included for its daring combination of the satirical, the sinister and the saccharine.
140. Chris Potter - Underground (2006)
Included for its muscular energy and exuberance.
139. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
Included for its rich orchestration, lush harmonies and thoroughly involving sense of construction and care.
138. Herbert - Bodily Functions (2001)
Included for the smoky sophistication in Dani Siciliano's vocals and the intelligent radicalism at the heart of Matthew Herbert's sonic and political manifesto.
137. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (2008)
Included simply to represent one of the most adventurous, maverick and off-the-wall bands to have dominated the alternative music landscape of the decade.
136. Tim Whitehead/Giovanni Mirabassi Quartet – Lucky Boys (2006)
Included for being a personal source of encouragement and inspiration.
135. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Included for its sheer hard-hitting vitality.
134. John Scofield – Time On My Hands (2000)
Included for the sheer brilliance and versatility of the ensemble (Scofield, Charlie Haden, Jack De Johnette, Joe Lovano).
133. Orchestra Baobab - Specialists In All Styles (2002)
Included for bringing them back to international prominence with a set at once righteous and elegant.
132. Joshua Redman - Compass (2009)
Included for being Redman's most assured, spacious and versatile collection of the decade, a substantial achievement that seems to have been somewhat neglected in the UK jazz press.
131. Salif Keita - Moffou (2002)
Included for its maturity and sense of craft.
130. The Bug - London Zoo (2008)
Included for its unflinching, uncompromising aggression and confronational agenda and for its snapshot of an urban Britain in fear and division.
129. Patricia Barber - Mythologies (2007)
Included for being a contemporary vocal jazz album I can wholeheartedly embrace for the allegorical depth of its songs and the weight of experience in Barber's breathy voice.
128. Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men (2009)
Included for its seamless flow and masterly construction.
127. Soweto Kinch – Conversations With The Unseen (2004)
For providing a distinctly British and positive take on American forms.
126. Roy Hargrove Quintet – Earfood (2008)
For its glorious, clean sound and for its infectious jubilance, suggesting that jazz can still be a music of the people.
125. Sparks – Lil' Beethoven (2002)
Included for its riotous sense of humour and its playful irony.
124. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)
Included for being the most consistently involving example of her peculiar, eerie and vital world.
123. Scott Tuma – Not For Nobody (2008)
Included for its golden mix of folk tradition and contemporary innovation.
122. Portishead – Third (2008)
Included for not settling for repetition of past glories and therefore being much better, and more adventurous, than anyone expected.
121. Laurent Garnier – Unreasonable Behaviour (2000)
Included for its combination of insistence, repetition and expression.
120. Olafur Arnalds – Eulogy For Evolution (2008)
Included for its spare beauty and lingering sadness.
119. Cee-Lo Green – Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine (2004)
Included for its madcap, exhilarating and vibrant explosion of ideas.
118. Leila – Courtesy Of Choice (2000)
Included for its sleek, modern conception of bedroom soul.
117. Cinematic Orchestra – Every Day (2003)
Included for continuing to reveal previously hidden subtleties and for the power and determination of Fontella Bass' vocal contributions.
116. Elbow – Asleep In The Back (2001)
Included for Guy Garvey's compassion and humility and for being the best of their albums that didn't win the Mercury.
115. Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs (2001)
Included for coming down from the mountain in the most unhurried manner, armed with the twin forces of wisdom and reflection.
114. Jaga Jazzist - What We Must (2005)
Included for its adventurous spirit, lush arrangements and rhythmic precision.
113. Pat Metheny – The Way Up (2005)
Included for Metheny's glorious chiming melodic sound and his sustained compositional ambition.
112. James Blackshaw – The Cloud of Unknowing (2007)
For introducing me to this extraordinary talent and his dense, hypnotic twelve-stringed tapestries.
111. Dirty Projectors – The Getty Address (2006)
Included for its cut-up orchestral wizardry, very different from subsequent DPs projects – and for its utterly bonkers premise – a concept album affording Don Henley prophetic status.
110. Carla Bley – The Lost Chords (2004)
Included for establishing an inspired new working band for Bley, an artist whose combination of fun and musicality continues to provoke.
109. Xela – The Dead Sea (2006)
Included for its unpredictable movements between brutality and calm, resulting in an effective, uneasy symbiosis.
108. Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble – Exile (2003)
Included for its unconventional and controversial handling of its theme and for its masterful fusion of jazz with Middle Eastern music.
107. Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra – Not In Our Name (2005)
Included for capturing the prevailing political mood of the times in something close to a folk language.
106. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner (2003)
Included for its individuality, spark and brilliant juxtaposition of the confrontational and celebratory – a far cry from the banal forms with which he now sadly preoccupies himself in the aim of increased sales figures.
105. Mouse On Mars – Idiology (2001)
Included for being dance music you'd only be afraid to dance to.
104. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)
Included for showing us that the great man obsessed with sex, drugs, darkness and death had a sense of humour all along.
103. Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
Included for being the album to best capture Kieren Hebden's beautiful, lingering pastoral electronic sound.
102. Subtle – For Hero:For Fool (2006)
Included for taking the surrealism of the Anticon anti-rap and placing it in a radically different context, making it something visceral and thrilling.
101. J Dilla - Donuts (2007)
Included for Dilla's wide-reaching posthumous influence, and for crafting a coherent vision from a piecemeal, scattershot approach.
100. Hans Koller – London Ear (2005)
Included for its powerful, imaginative arrangements and marvellously swinging feel and also for capturing the final recorded moments of Steve Lacy.
99. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)
Included for its resplendent, overwhelming synaesthesia of sounds and ideas.
98. Boom Bip and Doseone – The Circle (2002)
Included for its disorientating, stream-of-consciousness surrealism.
97. Bill Frisell – Blues Dream (2001)
Included for its brilliant achievement in conjuring up precisely the mood its title suggests.
96. Vijay Iyer – Reimagining (2003)
Included for its rhythmic complexity and compelling group dynamic, although it's worth noting that any of Iyer's albums this decade could have been included on this basis.
95. Jim O'Rourke – Insignificance (2001)
Included for its rock classicism – which in O'Rourke's hands sounds fresh and exciting.
94. Plush – Fed/Underfed (2003, reissued 2008)
Included for the sheer commitment and scale of the former, and the emphatic melodic qualities of its de-orchestrated counterpart.
93. Quasimoto – The Unseen (2000)
Included for being the work of hip hop's greatest mavericks.
92. Colin Towns – Orpheus Suite (2004)
Included for being an outstanding example of big band composition that both fulfils and transcends the brief of its original commission.
91. Mu – Afro Finger and Gel (2003)
Included for Maurice Fulton's radical, wild production, the perfect backdrop for the uninhibited vocal eruptions.
90. Khonnor – Handwriting (2005)
Included for its adolescent sadness and blissful anonymity.
89. Nick Lowe – The Convincer (2001)
Included for being unafraid of maturity, taste and understatement.
88. Polar Bear – Held On The Tips of Fingers (2003)
Included for being unconcerned with what constitutes 'jazz' and, as a result, producing an improvised music that is at once ingratiating and challenging.
87. Elvis Costello – The Delivery Man (2004)
Included for being the highlight of his career revival so far – a loose concept album filled with songs of barbed insight and sly magic, delivered in his strongest voice.
86. Super Furry Animals – Mwng (2000)
Included for the idisyncracy of singing in a language few can understand and the accessibility of playing it in the international language of pop.
85. Kurt Rosenwinkel – The Next Step (2002)
Included for its exuberant, playful twists and turns, driving intensity and for Rosenwinkel's total mastery of the fretboard.
84. Cornelius – Point (2002)
For its perfect dreamy heat-haze.
83. Broadcast – Ha Ha Sound (2003)
For its retro-modernist austerity.
82. Low – Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
Included for the haunting quality of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker's voices and for the harrowing, stark minimalism of the songs.
81. Jamie Lidell – Multiply (2005)
Included for having the audacity to follow a glitchy electronic debut with an album of white-boy soul, and for making it irresistibly brilliant.
80. Steely Dan – Two Against Nature (2002)
Included for returning and sounding like they'd never been away, with Becker and Fagen's quirky irony and musical sophistication thoroughly undiminished.
79. Supersilent – 6 (2003)
Included for further developing their original, already influential language of improvisation.
78. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine (2005)
Included for being as much a historical and socio-political documentary as vibrant song collection.
77. Est – Seven Days of Falling (2003)
For its subtlety, grace, and unhurried intelligence and, of course, for bringing European jazz to stadium audiences.
76. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Included for being a provocative record that I alternately loved, hated and then learned to love again.
75. Scritti Politti – White Bread Black Beer (2006)
For being a home-recorded songwriting masterclass, and for the honey-drenched wonder of Green Gartside's voice, which remains unchanged from Scritti's 80s heyday.
74. Steve Coleman – On The Rising of the 64 Paths (2003)
For its rigorous adherence to the groove and Coleman's understanding that rhythm and time are music's fundamental elements.
73. The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
For its sinister sense of malice and cruelty.
72. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2006)
For the refreshingly candid songs and the sublime delivery which will hopefully outlast the lurid tabloid-baiting.
71. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
Included for its sheer ubiquity in the good times and for being impossible to resist.
70. Joe Lovano – Streams Of Expression (2006)
Included for Lovano's splicing of personal story with tradition - his understanding of where jazz has been and where it still has to go.
69. Ellen Allien – Berlinette (2003)
INcluded for making brutalist, mechanistic precision sound beautiful.
68. DJ/Rupture – Minesweeper Suite (2002)
Included for defining an art for the DJ mix album.
67. Mark Kozelek – What's Next To The Moon (2005)
Included for taking the macho swagger of AC/DC songs and exposing their vulnerability, perhaps a greater achievement than having written them in the first place.
66. Alice Coltrane – Translinear Light (2004)
Included for its inner peace and contemplation and for being a comeback of immense dignity.
65. Warren Zevon – Life'll Kill Ya (2000)
Included for being one of the best expressions of Zevon's inimitable black humour, one where the production is not intrusive, and where Zevon's wit and melodic strengths can cut through clearly.
64. John Abercrombie – Class Trip (2004)
Included for Abercrombie's masterly fluidity and the languid atmospheres of the music – a class act.
63. The Bad Plus – These Are The Vistas (2003)
Included for their iconoclastic approach in building a new standard repertoire and for developing a power trio with playful sophistication.
62. Michael Brecker – Pilgrimage (2007)
Included for being so much more than just a last will and testament and, against all odds, standing tall as one of the highlights of a tremendous and justly revered catalogue.
61. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000)
Included for a pure expression of romantic songwriting, before his restlessness and complacency destroyed his artistry.
60. John Surman – Coruscating (2000)
Included for its beautiful, hymnal merging of reed instruments and string quartet – an ensemble that transpires to be both serene and immersing, somewhere in the hinterland between composed and improvised music.
59. Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher (2003)
Included for its fragmented and futuristic vision.
58. Ornette Coleman – Sound Grammar (2006)
Included for not resting on his considerable laurels and continuing to push the envelope.
57. Kenny Garrett – Beyond The Wall (2006)
Included for capturing a palpable sense of the East in a largely Western language.
56. Califone – Roots and Crowns (2006)
Included for making the wayward sound coherent and for making the arcane sound contemporary.
55. Konono No. 1 – Congotronics (2005)
Included for subverting expectations of what African music is all about, and for its irrepressible energy.
54. Feist – The Reminder (2007)
Included for her psychological and emotional insight and for her beguiling voice, which here appears adaptable to a wide range of musical settings.
53. Scott Walker – The Drift (2006)
Included for fearlessly shining a spotlight on the terrors and violent extremes of recent human history.
52. Mirouslav Vitous – Universal Syncopations (2003)
Included for Vitous' deep, resonant bass sound and for its powerful combination of lyricism and daring flight.
51. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)
Included for its graceful melancholy and for so brilliantly redefining the group's sound that they left little space for anything more beyond dependable consistency.
50. Keith Jarrett – Testament (2009)
Included for capturing the performances, delivered towards the close of the decade, which summed up a lifetime's creative endeavour.
49. Burial – Untrue (2007)
Included for finally justifying the use of the word 'urban' as a genre classification.
48. Steve Lehman Octet - Travail, Transformation and Flow (2009)
Included for being the next major voice in jazz, if I were to get my way...
47. Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
Included for uniting the two greatest eccentrics in hip-hop, with predictably thrilling and imaginative results.
46. The Microphones – The Glow pt. 2 (2001)
Included for its exquisite musical landscape, attention to detail and imaginative sonic manipulations.
45. Terence Blanchard – Flow (2004)
Included for the singing presence of Blanchard's lines, the considered pacing of his music and for its ultimate joy.
44. Alasdair Roberts – Farewell Sorrow (2003)
Included for effortlessly connecting the Scottish folk tradition with contemporary songwriting and for the rich quality of its language.
43. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft (2001)
Included for its hilarity, its magpie borrowings and for sounding both as old as the hills and as fresh as the daisies.
42. The Books – Lost and Safe (2005)
Included for its distinctive artistry in reimagining the world from found sounds and samples.
41. El-P – High Water (2004)
Included for making 'jazzy' hip-hop something to be both feared and admired.
40. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)
Included for its perfect isolation and for simply being every bit as beautiful and moving as everyone says it is.
39. Peter Gabriel – Up (2002)
Included for combining meticulous organisation with sensitivity and devastating human feeling and also for simply being his only new material of the whole decade.
38. Max Tundra – Mastered By Guy At The Exchange (2002)
Included for its madcap, relentless 'anything goes' spirit and for the unsurpassed musicality and intelligence that comes with it.
37. Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000)
Included for enthusiastically embracing the apocalypse.
36. Sufjan Stevens – Greetings From Michigan (2004)
Included for meshing delicate, charming songs with ornate, intelligent arrangements and for capturing both the despair and resilience of the great lake state.
35. Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Included for its haunting, elegiac sound and for displaying a new confidence in songwriting, based on compassion and hard experience, late in her career.
34. Herbert – Plat du Jour (2004)
Included for its unflinching political conviction and for creating a new brand of music concrete from food production processes.
33. Tom Waits – Alice (2002)
Included for its theatrical poignancy and sense of longing – and simply because I underrated it considerably on first listen.
32. The Notwist – Neon Golden (2002)
Included for its drifting atmosphere, textured sounds and sense of space and time.
31. Branford Marsalis – Braggtown (2006)
Included for Marsalis' conviction and stablility in developing one of the longest running and most impressive ensembles in contemporary jazz, reaching a pinnacle of interaction and expression in the process.
30. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
Included for creating not just a set of songs, but an entire world and cast of characters and for connecting so readily and passionately with their audience.
29. Songs:Ohia – Magnolia Electric Co (2003)
Included for making some unfashionable influences sound raw and righteous and for establishing a distinctive lexicon, one that Molina may now have exhausted.
28. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People (2004)
Included for its stylistic diversity, collective ethos and genuine love of sound.
27. Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Included for its spare, delicate purity, wisdom and insight.
26. Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now (2005)
Included for the complete and wondrous exposing of a unique soul.
25. Dave Holland Big Band – Overtime (2005)
Included for the adaptability of Holland's formula, in using his formidable quintet sound as a springboard to a cliché-free set of big band charts.
24. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein (2001)
Included for presenting the harsh reality of America's urban centres without machismo, bravado or glamour and for combining it with an appropriately heavy, abrasive sound.
23. Evan Parker and Transatlantic Art Ensemble – Boustrophedon (2002)
Included for pushing Parker away from his comfort zone in its subtlety, sympathy and precision.
22. Acoustic Ladyland – Last Chance Disco (2003)
Included for its evangelical fervour in making jazz as physical and insistent as club music and as immovable and immediate as punk.
21. David Torn – Prezens (2007)
Included for making an uncategorisable music of paradoxes – at once furious and elegant, confrontational and inviting, brutal and serene.
20. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
Included for its sheer sense of joy and its curious asymmetry.
19. Outkast – Stankonia (2000)
Included for bringing celebrity, flamboyance, insight and humour to a too often po-faced genre and remembering the virtues of funk.
18. Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland (2003)
Included for the staunch principles and beliefs of the artist and the dignity of his art.
17. Lambchop – Is A Woman (2002)
Included for getting to the core of Kurt Wagner's songwriting artistry and for its pervasive subtlety.
16. Fennesz – Endless Summer (2001)
Included for producing a fuzzy, all-enveloping warmth from ostensibly cold and atavistic ingredients.
15. Boards of Canada – Geogaddi (2002)
Included for their unique, trademark sound, arguably at its best here - sinister, bewitching, uncomfortable and compelling.
14. Iron and Wine/Calexico – In The Reins (2005)
Included for Sam Beam's regal prose-poetry, the exquisite border flavour and some overwhelming songs of love and loss.
13. D'Angelo – Voodoo (2000)
Included for creating a smouldering, sensational and resilient new soul music and then audaciously refusing to do anything else for the entire decade.
12. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Included for demonstrating the continued relevance of the American folk tradition to the turbulent geo-political issues of this decade and for Springsteen's conviction and empathy.
11. Wildbirds and Peacedrums – Heartcore (2008)
Included for its unrestrained emotion and explosive physicality, brilliantly explored through the tension of the percussion-vocal duo dynamic.
10. Derek Bailey – Ballads (2002)
Included for daring to go where avant-garde artists usually fear to tread (the standard repertoire), and for making the familiar sound disconcerting and unusual through doing so.
09. Lambchop – Nixon (2000)
Included at least in part for its recontextualisation of Curtis Mayfield but also for its hope, charm and poetic non-sequiturs.
08. Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka Toure – In The Heart Of The Moon (2005)
Included for establishing a musical relationship of supreme empathy and for expressing something clear, beautiful and meaningful in the simplest of terms.
07. Boredoms – Vision Creation Newsun (2001)
Included for its primal urgency and potency and for its considerable creative risks.
06. Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context (2004)
Included for Russell's becoming, sadly posthumously, the artist of the decade and for this album being the closest the collections of his previously unheard material got to sounding like a coherent album.
05. David Sylvian – Blemish (2003)
Included for being genuinely difficult, rather than merely obstinate, and for finding a distinctive, personal form of catharsis.
04. Dirty Projectors – Rise Above (2007)
For respecting the visceral thrill of hardcore punk and the imperatives of formal composition, redefining the parameters of the rock ensemble in the process.
03. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born (2004)
Included for introducing alchemy, spontaneity and adventure into what is ostensibly traditional rock music.
02.Wayne Shorter – Alegria (2003)
Included for not only reaffirming the pre-eminent status one of contemporary music's greatest talents, but for igniting a whole new phase of adventure in the twilight of a long career.
01. Bjork – Vespertine (2001)
Included for its intimacy and sensuality (a bizarre combination of iciness and warmth) and for Bjork's innate understanding of the timbre and shape of human voices.
5 comments:
- notes from a small world said...
I don't know you but I am honoured to be included in your list - you have great taste in music - thank you, truly.
Sylvie L
A wonderful, wonderfully diverse list...although I would say that, given that a lot of these made it into my Top 20.
A few others there that just missed out for me too, great to see them getting recognition in your much bigger list (200! 200! How long did this take you? Good grief): Bailey's Ballads, Konono No.1, Gas, AFX and Boredoms are all right up there for me too. You've reminded me of a few great records that I haven't heard in years, like that El-P one and The Microphones - for that I thank you!
- Adrian said...
An excellent list and a great read which has reminded me of lots of good albums I haven't listened to for a while and flagged up lots that I should get hold of. It took me hours just to do a top 20 for the year so this must have taken you weeks.
I look forward to your reviews of 2010 albums.
- Daniel said...
Thanks all for your kind comments.
Sylvie - I hope to see you perform again in London during 2010 and I'm very glad to see you will be blogging too.
Thanks to everyone for reading, happy new year and much to look forward to in 2010!
- tom millar said...
LOVE the d'angelo review...


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Dr. Siegfried Jaschinski elected new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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The Supervisory Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) elected Dr. Siegfried Jaschinski as its new chairman at an ordinary meeting on June 2, 2015. He succeeds Robert J. Koehler, who passed away on May 17, 2015. Dr. Jaschinski will be taking over as Chairman for the remainder of the term of office till the Annual General Meeting in 2018.
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Ask any pilot what they fear the most, and the most likely answer will be, "losing my medical." That's why AOPA has the largest staff of any association devoted exclusively to helping pilots get and keep their medicals. And AOPA devotes extensive resources to always "expanding the envelope," to get more medical conditions certified for flight when there is no threat to safety.
Today, for example, many pilots can get their special issuance medicals renewed through their aviation medical examiner (AME), rather than having to go through the FAA's Oklahoma office every year. Recently several heart conditions that require a special issuance medical, including bypass surgery, were added to the list of 35 special issuances that can be renewed by a local doctor under AME Assisted Special Issuance (AASI) procedures. (AASI procedures apply only to renewals. The first special issuance for any medical condition has to be approved by the FAA.)
AOPA has advocated for the AASI program since 1997 and recently helped to double the number of medical conditions eligible.
"Our goal this year is to bring more of the benefits of modern medicine to pilots," said Gary Crump, AOPA director of medical certification. "There are literally thousands of people now leading healthy lives and performing critical tasks affecting the safety of many thanks to modern medications and medical procedures. Yet the FAA won't let these same people fly an airplane. There's a disconnect there."
Many AOPA members agree. "I'm allowed to perform brain surgery while taking an SSRI anti-depressant," e-mailed one doctor recently, "but I can't fly a 172."
"We got the rules changed back in 1996 to allow insulin-dependent diabetics to fly," said Crump. "It's time to bring that same kind of thinking to many other pathologies that when properly treated, don't prevent a pilot from flying safely."
March 23, 2006


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Cityscapes Sponsers BOMA Casino Night
BOMA Benefit 2010
Cityscapes was a high roller sponser for the 21st Annual BOMA Casino Night Benefit. The event took place on the Boston waterfront at the Seaport Hotel on February 27th.
John Higgins and Amy Gallagher from Sales playing an intense game of Black Jack.
The Benefit raised about $80,000.00 for the Homes for Our Troops, Horizons for Homeless Children, Hospitality Homes, and The BOMA Education Scholarship.
Cityscapes donated the decorations for the event including themed arrangements in "die" planters, jumbo sized playing cards and a green wall.
Janice Goodman with her fellow BOMA Benefit Committee Members.
Click here for more information about BOMA Boston or to view the Casino Night Photo Gallery.


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Fathers and Sons and Books
By Sean Chercover
Father's Day has me in its crosshairs.
You might naturally think that's because of my role as a father, but it's really my role as a son (who is also a father). My dad died on July 3 2010, at the age of 80, having lived a hell of a life.
This will be my third Father's Day without my dad. I miss him not just on Father's Day, but every day. Being his son wasn't always easy and there were some years of emotional estrangement, but we found our way back to each other as adults, before it was too late. My last words to him were, "I love you, Dad," and his to me were, "I love you, Son." I sat beside him and held his hand as he exhaled his final breath.
I'm so grateful to have had a father worth missing. Some of my childhood friends had fathers not worth missing. I was one of the very lucky ones.
What does this have to do with books? Everything.