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John Lydon
|John Lydon
Lydon performing with Public Image Ltd in 2010
|Background information
|Birth name
|John Joseph Lydon
|Also known as
|Johnny Rotten
31 January 1956
Holloway, London, England
|Years active
|Associated acts
John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols, which lasted from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009.
Lydon's rebellious image and fashion style led to him being asked to become the singer of the Sex Pistols by their manager, Malcolm McLaren. With the Sex Pistols, he penned singles including "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen", and "Holidays in the Sun", the content of which precipitated the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain.[1] The band caused a nationwide uproar in much of the media, and Lydon was seen as a figurehead of the burgeoning punk movement.[2] Despite the negative reaction that they provoked, they are now regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.[3][4]
After the Sex Pistols disbanded in 1978, Lydon went on to found his own band, Public Image Ltd, which was far more experimental in nature and described in a 2005 NME review as "arguably the first post-rock group".[5] Although never as controversial or commercially successful as the Sex Pistols, the band produced eight albums and a string of singles, including "Public Image", "Death Disco", and "Rise", before they went on hiatus in 1993, reforming in 2009. In subsequent years, Lydon has hosted television shows in the UK, US, and Belgium, appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in the UK, appeared in advertisements on UK television promoting a brand of British butter, wrote two autobiographies: Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1993), Anger is an Energy (2014), and produced some solo musical work, such as the album Psycho's Path (1997). In 2005, he released a compilation album, The Best of British £1 Notes.
There has been a recent revival of a 1980s movement to have Lydon knighted for his achievements with the Sex Pistols, even though he has declined efforts to award him an MBE for his services to music.[6] A prominent figure in British popular culture for four decades, Q Magazine remarked that "somehow he's assumed the status of national treasure".[7] In 2002, he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote.[8]
Early life: 1956–1974
"I view myself as British first and foremost. When my parents came over from Ireland they became intrinsically working class English. [I'm] proper London working class."
—John Lydon (2013)[9]
John Joseph Lydon was born in London on 31 January 1956.[10] His parents, Eileen Lydia (née Barry) and John Christopher Lydon, were working-class immigrants from Ireland who moved into a two-room Victorian flat in Benwell Road, in the Holloway area of north London.[11] The flat is adjacent to the Emirates Stadium, the current home of Premier League football club Arsenal F.C. of which Lydon has been an avid fan since the age of four.[11] At the time, the area was largely impoverished, with a high crime rate and a population predominantly comprising working-class Irish and Jamaican people. Lydon spent summer holidays in his mother's native County Cork, where he also allegedly suffered abuse and name-calling for having an English accent, a prejudice he claims he still receives today even though he travels under an Irish passport.[12]
John, the eldest of four brothers, had to look after his siblings due to his mother's regular illnesses.[13] As a child, he lived on the edge of an industrial estate and would often play with friends in the factories when they were closed. He belonged to a local gang of neighbourhood kids and would often end up in fights with other groups, something he would later look back on with fond memories: "Hilarious fiascoes, not at all like the knives and guns of today. The meanness wasn't there. It was more like yelling, shouting, throwing stones, and running away giggling. Maybe the reality was coloured by my youth."[14] Describing himself as a "very shy" and "very retiring" kid who was "nervous as hell", he hated going to school, where he would get caned as punishment and where he "had several embarrassing incidents… I would shit my pants and be too scared to ask the teacher to leave the class. I'd sit there in a pants load of poo all day long."[15]
At age seven he contracted spinal meningitis and spent a year in St Ann's Hospital in Haringey, London. Throughout the entire experience he suffered from hallucinations, nausea, headaches, periods of coma, and a severe memory loss that lasted for four years,[16] whilst the treatments administered by the nurses involved drawing fluid out of his spine with a surgical needle, leaving him with a permanent spinal curvature. The meningitis was also responsible for giving him what he would later describe as the "Lydon stare"; this experience was "the first step that put me on the road to Rotten".[17]
"The other squatters hated us… because of the way we looked—short cropped hair and old suits. That's when Sid [Vicious] started to come around to my way of fashion. I gave him his first decent haircut, which was the punk style as it soon became. You'd literally cut chunks of hair out of your head. The idea was to not have any shape to your hairdo—just have it fucked up. This was the beginning of it all."
—John Lydon (1993)[18]
With his father often away, employed variously on building sites or oil rigs, Lydon got his first job aged 10 as a minicab dispatcher, something he kept up for a year whilst the family was in financial difficulty.[19] He disliked his secondary school, the St William of York Catholic School in Islington, where initially he was bullied, but at 14 or 15 he "broke out of the mould" and began to fight back at what he saw as the oppressive nature of the school teachers, whom he felt instigated and encouraged the kids to all be the same and be "anti-anyone-who-doesn't-quite-fit-the-mould."[20] Following the completion of his O-levels at school, he got into a row with his father, who disliked Lydon's long hair, and so, agreeing to get it cut, the teenager not only had it cut, but in an act of rebellion dyed it bright green.[21] As a teenager he listened to rock bands like Hawkwind, Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper and Iggy and the Stooges – bands his mother also used to like, a fact which somewhat embarrassed him – as well as more mainstream groups like T. Rex and Gary Glitter.[22]
He was kicked out of school at 15 after a run-in with a teacher and went on to Hackney College, where he befriended John Simon Ritchie, and Kingsway Princeton College. Lydon gave Ritchie the nickname "Sid Vicious," after his parents' pet hamster.[23] Lydon and Vicious began squatting in a house in the wealthy Hampstead area with a group of ageing hippies and stopped bothering to go to college, which was often far away from where they were living.[24] Meanwhile, he began working on building sites during the summer, assisted by his father. Friends also recommended him for a job at a children's play centre in Finsbury Park, teaching woodwork to some of the older children, but he was fired when parents complained that somebody "weird" with bright-green hair was teaching their children.[25] Lydon and his friends, including Vicious, John Gray, Jah Wobble, Dave Crowe and Tony Purcell, began going to many of the London clubs, such as the Lacey Lady in Ilford, and also frequented both reggae and gay clubs, enjoying the latter because "you could be yourself, nobody bothered you" there.[26]
1975–1978: Sex Pistols and the punk movement
In 1975 Lydon was among a group of youths who regularly hung around Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's fetish clothing shop SEX. McLaren had returned from a brief stint travelling with American protopunk band the New York Dolls, and he was working on promoting a new band formed by Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook called the Sex Pistols. McLaren was impressed with Lydon's ragged look and unique sense of style, particularly his orange hair and modified Pink Floyd T-shirt (with the band members' eyes scratched out and the words I Hate scrawled in felt-tip pen above the band's logo). After tunelessly singing Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" to the accompaniment of the shop's jukebox, Lydon was chosen as the band's frontman.[27] In 1977, the band released "God Save the Queen" during the week of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. At the time, August 1977, Lydon commented: "Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it."[28]
Lydon was also interested in dub music. McLaren was said to have been upset when Lydon revealed during a radio interview that his influences included progressive experimentalists like Magma, Can, Captain Beefheart and Van der Graaf Generator.[29] Tensions between Lydon and bassist Glen Matlock arose. The reasons for this are disputed, but Lydon claimed in his autobiography that he believed Matlock to be too white-collar and middle-class and that Matlock was "always going on about nice things like the Beatles". Matlock stated in his own autobiography that most of the tension in the band, and between himself and Lydon, was orchestrated by McLaren. Matlock quit and as a replacement, Lydon recommended his school friend John Simon Ritchie AKA Sid Vicious. Although Ritchie was an incompetent bassist, McLaren agreed that he had the look the band wanted: pale, emaciated, spike-haired, with ripped clothes and a perpetual sneer.
Vicious' chaotic relationship with girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and his worsening heroin addiction, caused a great deal of friction among the band members, particularly with Lydon, whose sarcastic remarks often exacerbated the situation. Lydon closed the final Sid Vicious-era Sex Pistols concert in San Francisco's Winterland in January 1978 with a rhetorical question to the audience: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" Shortly thereafter, McLaren, Jones, and Cook went to Brazil to meet and record with former train robber Ronnie Biggs. Lydon declined to go, deriding the concept as a whole and feeling that they were attempting to make a hero out of a criminal who attacked a train driver and stole "working-class money".[30]
The Sex Pistols' disintegration was documented in Julian Temple's satirical pseudo-biographical film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, in which Jones, Cook and Vicious each played a character. Matlock only appeared in previously recorded live footage and as an animation and did not participate personally. Lydon refused to have anything to do with The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, feeling that McLaren had far too much control over the project. Although Lydon was highly critical of the film, many years later he agreed to let Temple direct the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. That film included new interviews with the band members' faces hidden in silhouette. It featured an uncharacteristically emotional Lydon choking up as he discussed Vicious' decline and death. Lydon denounced previous journalistic works regarding the Sex Pistols in the introduction to his autobiography, Rotten – No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, which he described as "as close to the truth as one can get".[31]
1978–1993: Public Image Ltd (PiL)
In 1978, Lydon formed the post-punk outfit Public Image Limited (PiL). PiL lasted for 14 years with Lydon as the only consistent member.
The first lineup of the band included bassist Jah Wobble and former Clash guitarist Keith Levene. They released the albums Public Image (also known as First Issue), Metal Box and Paris in the Spring (live). Wobble then left and Lydon and Levene made The Flowers of Romance. Then came This Is What You Want...This Is What You Get featuring Martin Atkins on drums (he had also appeared on Metal Box and The Flowers of Romance); it featured their biggest hit, "This Is Not a Love song", which hit No. 5 in 1983.
In 1983, Lydon co-starred with Harvey Keitel in the movie thriller Corrupt, a.k.a. Copkiller and The Order of Death. He had a small role in the 2000 film The Independent.
In 1984, Lydon worked with Time Zone on their single "World Destruction". A collaboration between Lydon, Afrika Bambaataa and producer/bassist Bill Laswell, the single was an early example of "rap rock", along with Run-DMC. The song appears on Afrika Bambaataa's 1997 compilation album Zulu Groove. It was arranged by Laswell after Lydon and Bambaataa had acknowledged respect for each other's work, as described in an interview from 1984:
- Afrika Bambaataa: "I was talking to Bill Laswell saying I need somebody who's really crazy, man, and he thought of John Lydon. I knew he was perfect because I'd seen this movie that he'd made (Corrupt, a.k.a. Copkiller and The Order of Death), I knew about all the Sex Pistols and Public Image stuff, so we got together and we did a smashing crazy version, and a version where he cussed the Queen something terrible, which was never released."
- John Lydon: "We went in, put a drum beat down on the machine and did the whole thing in about four-and-a-half hours. It was very, very quick."[32]
The single also featured Bernie Worrell, Nicky Skopelitis and Aïyb Dieng, all of whom would later play on PiL's Album; Laswell also played bass and produced. In 1986 Public Image Limited released Album (also known as Compact Disc and Cassette). Most of the tracks on this album were written by Lydon and Bill Laswell. The musicians were session musicians including bassist Jonas Hellborg, guitarist Steve Vai and Cream drummer Ginger Baker.
In 1987 a new lineup was formed consisting of Lydon, former Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Armoury Show guitarist John McGeoch, Allan Dias on bass guitar in addition to drummer Bruce Smith and Lu Edmunds. This lineup released Happy? and all except Lu Edmunds released the album 9 in 1989. In 1992 Lydon, Dias and McGeoch were joined by Curt Bisquera on drums and Gregg Arreguin on rhythm guitar for the album That What Is Not. This album also features the Tower of Power horns on two songs and Jimmie Wood on harmonica. Lydon, McGeoch and Dias also wrote the song "Criminal" for the movie Point Break. After this album, in 1993, Lydon put PiL on indefinite hiatus.
1993–2006: solo album, autobiography and celebrity status
In 1993, Lydon's first autobiography, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, was published. Aided by Keith and Kent Zimmerman, and featuring contributions from figures including Paul Cook, Chrissie Hynde, Billy Idol and Don Letts, the work covered his life up until the collapse of the Sex Pistols. Describing the book, he stated that it "is as close to the truth as one can get, looking back on events from the inside. All the people in this book were actually there, and this book is as much their point of view as it is mine. This means contradictions and insults have not been edited, and neither have the compliments, if any. I have no time for lies or fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die."[33] In December 2005, Lydon told Q that he is working on a second autobiography to cover the PiL years.[7]
In the mid-1990s, Lydon hosted Rotten Day, a daily syndicated US radio feature written by George Gimarc. The format of the show was a look back at events in popular music and culture occurring on the particular broadcast calendar date about which Lydon would offer cynical commentary. The show was originally developed as a radio vehicle for Gimarc's book, Punk Diary 1970–79, but after bringing Lydon onboard it was expanded to cover notable events from most of the second half of the 20th century.
In 1997 Lydon released a solo album on Virgin Records called Psycho's Path. He wrote all the songs and played all the instruments. In one song, "Sun", he sang the vocals through a toilet roll.[34] It did not sell particularly well and received mixed reviews from critics. The US version included a Chemical Brothers remix of the song "Open Up" by Leftfield with vocals by Lydon. This song is heard during the title menu of the computer game All Star Baseball 2000 (Acclaim Entertainment). It was also a club hit in the US and a big hit in the UK. John Lydon has recorded a second solo-album but it has not been released, except for one song that appeared on The Best of British £1 Notes. In November 1997, Lydon appeared on Judge Judy fighting a suit filed by his former tour drummer Robert Williams for breach of contract, assault and battery.[35] Lydon won the case, although Judge Judy Sheindlin was not overly impressed with Lydon's antics and told him to keep quiet several times. Also in 1997, Lydon claimed that Keith Flint of the electronic group the Prodigy was copying him, saying "Yeah look, he's got my hair, he's got my accent, ha ha ha ha!" He later went on to call The Prodigy, who had at this stage begun to move into the punk scene (especially Flint), "a really good pop band", which is usually considered an insult to punks.[36]
In 2000, Lydon hosted Rotten TV, a short-lived show on VH1. The show offered his acerbic commentary on American politics and pop culture. In one segment he attempted to take Neil Young to task for not appearing on the show, making fun of Young's singing style and pointing out that Young had once proclaimed Johnny Rotten "the king" in the song "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)". In 2003 Lydon appeared as a panelist on an episode of Richard Belzer's ill-fated conspiracy-themed panel show, The Belzer Connection. The episode in question posed the query, "Was there a conspiracy involved in the death of Princess Diana?" For his part, Lydon responded to suggestions of British Royal Family involvement by proclaiming "If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago." The series ran for only two episodes.
In January 2004, Lydon appeared on the British reality television programme I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, which took place in Australia. He proved he still had the capability to shock by calling the show's viewers "fucking cunts" during a live broadcast. The television regulator and ITV, the channel broadcasting the show, between them received 91 complaints about Lydon's language.[37]
In a February 2004 interview with the Scottish Sunday Mirror, Lydon said that he and his wife "should be dead", since on 21 December 1988, thanks to delays caused by his wife's packing, they missed the doomed Pan Am Flight 103.[38] During this interview, Lydon said that the real reason that he left Get Me Out of Here! was his fear over the Pan Am incident and the "appalling" refusal of the programme-makers to let him know whether his wife had arrived safely in Australia. In an interview previous to the show's first episode, he had described it as "moronic", and throughout the show's run he had displayed an indifferent attitude to staying and threatened to walk out on numerous occasions. 30 hours after ex-football star Neil Ruddock's departure, Lydon left the show for unclear reasons, although he had been very visibly angry both to and about fellow star Jordan. British newspapers claimed that Lydon had won a £100 bet with Ruddock over who would stay in the longest. However, Lydon stated on-air that he felt he would win outright and that it would be unfair to the other celebrities for him to win.
After I'm a Celebrity..., he presented a documentary about insects and spiders called John Lydon's Megabugs that was shown on the Discovery Channel.[39] Radio Times described him as "more an enthusiast than an expert". He went to present two further programmes: John Lydon Goes Ape in which he searched for gorillas in Central Africa, and John Lydon's Shark Attack in which he swam with sharks off South Africa.
In 2005, he appeared in Reynebeau & Rotten, a five episode documentary on Canvas, the cultural channel of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, in which Lydon guided Belgian journalist Marc Reynebeau through Great Britain in a chauffeured Rolls Royce, having a go at things typically 'British'. When asked why he was chosen as a guide, he answered that he was the cheapest one available. After the show had been broadcast, Lydon claimed in an interview with the popular Belgian magazine HUMO that he was very unhappy with the way they handled post-production and was very angry with the way they depicted him in this particular show. He claimed that the creators mainly showed his humorous, sometimes clownish antics, instead of focusing on his personal opinions and arguably philosophical conversations he had with Marc Reynebeau. Lydon was reportedly infuriated that the production company used songs from the Sex Pistols' catalogue, without consulting all the remaining members of the band, including him.
Lydon broadcast a short pod on Current TV in which he critiqued the Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek's previously broadcast pod. Manzarek's advice to young people had been to "fuck your brains out." He emphasised this especially for 25-year-old women, saying that "it won't last." Lydon had several choice words for Manzarek and told young people that the best thing they could do was get an education because knowledge is free.
In late 2008 Lydon appeared in an advertising campaign for "Country Life", a popular brand of butter, on British television. Lydon defended the move by stating that the main reason he accepted the offer was to raise money to reform Public Image Ltd from the ground-up without a record deal. The advertising campaign proved to be highly successful, with sales of the brand raising 85% in the quarter following, which many in the media attributed to Lydon's presence in the advert.[40]
2006–2009: Sex Pistols revival
Although Lydon spent years furiously denying that the Sex Pistols would ever perform together again, the band re-united (with Matlock returning on bass) in the 1990s, and continues to perform occasionally. In 2004, Lydon publicly refused to allow the Rhino record label to include any Sex Pistols songs on its box set No Thanks!: The 70s Punk Rebellion. In 2006, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Sex Pistols, but the band refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge the induction, complaining that they had been asked for large sums of money to attend.[41]
In June 2007, Lydon, Jones and Cook re-recorded "Pretty Vacant" in a Los Angeles studio for the video game Skate and, in a radio interview in the same month, Lydon announced that the Sex Pistols may perform again over the Christmas period. They also re-recorded "Anarchy in the UK" for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. In September 2007, Lydon announced that the Sex Pistols would play a concert for the 30th anniversary of Never Mind the Bollocks at the Brixton Academy in London on 8 November 2007. Due to popular demand, four additional concerts were added, as well as further shows in Manchester and Glasgow. The Sex Pistols appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival 2008 as the headlining act on Saturday night. They also appeared at the Peace & Love Festival (Sweden), Electric Picnic (Ireland), Lokerse Feesten festival in Lokeren (Belgium), the Live at Loch Lomond Festival (Scotland), Heineken Open'er Festival (Gdynia, Poland), Paredes de Coura Festival (Portugal), Traffic Free Festival (Turin, Italy), Nova Rock Festival (Nickelsdorf, Austria), SZIGET Fesztival (Budapest, Hungary) and EXIT festival (Serbia), the same summer.
On 23 January 2008 Lydon was reportedly involved in a physical assault in Marina del Rey.[42] Roxane Davis, who was a talent producer for the television program Bodog Battle Of The Bands, claimed that she was punched in the face by Lydon after being shouted at and called a "cunt" several times.[42] On 28 January 2010 Davis's lawyers filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court stating that the case was resolved, although no terms were divulged.[43]
Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke claims he was left with severe facial bruising and a split lip following what he alleges was a verbal and physical racist assault by three members of Lydon's entourage. The incident occurred on the evening of 19 July 2008 at the Summercase festival in Barcelona while the bands were socialising backstage.[44] In a statement to NME, Lydon denied the allegations of his involvement in this assault.[45] After the report, Super Furry Animals lead singer Gruff Rhys came forward in support of Okereke's claim, saying "the statements Kele has said are absolutely true, it did happen."[46]
A British tabloid accused Lydon of racism following the incident with Okereke and Lydon strongly disputed the claim during an appearance on The One Show. Lydon stated that the accusations were "atrocious" and "hurtful", and further explained: "My grandchildren are Jamaican, right. This is an absolute offence to them and me when I read stories like that, that are allowed to go to print absolutely unfounded and have the liberty to take liberties with a man like me and call me a racist when my entire life has proved exactly the opposite." Upon being asked by the show's host if he was racist, Lydon responded by asserting: "Absolutely not. And any bugger that dares say so is going to have their day in court with me—you understand this?"[47]
At the 2008 MoJo awards ceremony, Welsh singer Duffy attempted to say hello to Lydon when, according to her; "I was literally slammed against the wall, pinned by his arm at my throat. He called me a cunt."[48] Other reports indicate a slightly different scenario, with one stating that Lydon "was being interviewed and he had his back to (the) door and she banged into him and then grabbed him. He then turned round in no uncertain terms to tell her to back off him".[49] Lydon later claimed he had not realised who Duffy was, saying: "people are trying to pin something on me. I don't know who this Duffy person is, or why she'd want to get publicity from this. I was doing an interview and she came up behind me—I didn't see anything. I've been with my wife for 30 years and I've been brought up to be polite and have respect for people, especially women."[50]
Adam Sherwin of The Times witnessed the incident and has given an account which differs from that offered by Lydon, placing the blame for the physical assault on Lydon's personal assistant.[51]
2009 to present: PiL reformation
In September 2009 it was announced that PiL would reform, including earlier members Bruce Smith and Lu Edmonds, for a number of Christmas shows in the UK.[52] Lydon financed the reunion using money he earned doing a UK TV commercial for Country Life butter. "The money that I earned from that has now gone completely—lock stock and barrel—into reforming PiL,"[53] said Lydon.
In August 2010, Lydon played with Public Image Ltd in Tel Aviv, Israel despite protests against the Israel show. Lydon was criticized [54][55][56] for a statement to newspaper The Independent: "I really resent the presumption that I'm going there to play to right-wing Nazi Jews. If Elvis-fucking-Costello wants to pull out of a gig in Israel because he's suddenly got this compassion for Palestinians, then good on him. But I have absolutely one rule, right? Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.[57]
Per PIL's official website, Lydon gave two interviews on the subject with BBC Radio 6 Music, stating: "Of course, there are all sorts of terrible politics going on down there but there is just about all over the world. You cannot separate yourself from your audience because of the political powers-that-be. I mean, I'm anti-government—I have been all my life no matter where I go—and I shall be making that loud and clearly proud once I'm in Israel. We've received a lot of hate mail, as it happens, going to Israel is some kind of political faux pas. I say, 'Don't be so ignorant – it's John speaking here and I'm going there to cause trouble and I will do it musically.'"
And, two days later, in an interview with Radio 6's Shaun Keaveny, "I will play to the people. I don't play to the Government of anything... I'm playing to human beings, and to deny me that right and turn music into some kind of political joystick is quite repulsive to me, and really, really wrong. And hello, Arab countries, you ain't inviting me. I've got no prejudices playing both sides of those borders..." [58]
And in October 2013, Lydon clarified in an interview. "I support no government anywhere, ever, never. No institution, no religion – these are things that all of us as human beings do not need. When I go to a place like Israel, it's not to support anti-Arab sentiment or pro-Israeli government, it's to play to the people."[59]
During an April 2013 Australian tour, Lydon was involved in a television interview for the The Project that resulted in a publicised controversy, as he was labelled "a flat out, sexist, misogynist pig" by one of the panellists on the Australian programme. The altercation occurred with host Carrie Bickmore and the description was provided by panellist Dr Andrew Rochford after the interview was prematurely terminated by Bickmore's colleague Dave Hughes.[60] Lydon conducted the interview from Brisbane while on PiL's first tour of Australia in twenty years—first announced in December 2012—on which shows were also held in the capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne.[61]
Lydon was cast to play the role of King Herod for the North American arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. He was to play the role starting 9 June through 17 August, and was to be joined by Ben Forster as Jesus, Brandon Boyd of rock band Incubus as Judas Iscariot, Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalene, and former 'N Sync singer JC Chasez as Pontius Pilate.[62] On 31 May 2014 producers announced that the tour of the production was cancelled, because of poor advance ticket sales.[63]
Origin of stage name
Lydon explained the origin of his stage name, Johnny Rotten, in a Daily Telegraph feature interview in 2007: he was given the name in the mid-1970s, when his lack of oral hygiene led to his teeth turning green.[64] One version says the name came from the Sex Pistols' guitarist Steve Jones, who saw Lydon's teeth and exclaimed, "You're rotten, you are!"[65]
In 2008, Lydon had extensive dental work performed in Los Angeles, at a reported cost of US $22,000. He explained that it was not done out of vanity: "It was necessity ... all those rotten teeth were seriously beginning to corrupt my system".[66]
Personal life
Lydon is married to Nora Forster, a publishing heiress from Germany.[67] He was the stepfather of Forster's daughter Ari Up, who had been the lead singer in the post-punk band the Slits before her death in 2010. In 2000, Lydon and Nora became legal guardians of Ari's twin teenaged boys; as Lydon explained "[Ari] let them run free. They couldn't read, write or form proper sentences. One day Ari said she couldn't cope with them any more. I suggested they came to us because I wasn't having them abandoned. They gave us hell, but I loved having kids around."[68] In 2010, they also became guardians of Ari's third child, Wilton.[69] Lydon and Forster primarily live in Los Angeles, California but also keep a residence in London.[70][71] Lydon became a naturalized American citizen in 2013.[72]
Lydon's parents raised their sons in the Roman Catholic faith, and Lydon self-identifies as a Catholic,[73] however, he's stated that he "never had any godlike epiphanies or thought that God had anything to do with this dismal occurrence called life."[74] On the liner notes of Public Image Ltd's single, "Cruel", Lydon included, "Where is God? I see no evidence of God. God is probably Barry Manilow."[75][76]
Lydon has been a fan of Oscar Wilde since he studied his works at school, when he came to the conclusion that "his stuff was fucking brilliant. What an attitude to life!… He turned out to be the biggest poof on earth at a time when that was completely unacceptable. What a genius."[21]
In addition to his work as a singer-songwriter Lydon is also a visual artist. His drawings, paintings and other related works have featured prominently in the works of PiL and his solo career throughout the years, the most recent example being the cover to This is PiL.[77] In 2014 he admitted to losing £10,000 on iPad games.[78]
Political and social criticism
Ever since his rise to public attention, Lydon has remained an outspoken critic of much in British politics and society. He comes from a working class background and is heavily opposed to the class system, describing how private schools "tend to turn out little snobs. They're taught a sense of superiority, which is the kiss of death… They're absolutely screwed up for life."[79] He is critical of the upper classes, stating that they "parasite off the population as their friends help them along", but he equally criticises the working classes, claiming that "We're lazy, good-for-nothing bastards, absolute cop-outs [who] never accept responsibility for our own lives and that's why we'll always be downtrodden."[80] He opposes all forms of segregation in schools, not only through the private and state school division, but also with single-sex schools; "It doesn't make sense. It's a much better environment with girls in the class. You learn a lot more, as diversity makes things more interesting."[81]
He criticised the paramilitary organisations involved in the Northern Ireland conflict, remarking that both the Irish Republican Army and the Ulster Defence Association were "like two mafia gangs punching each other out… They both run their extortion rackets and plague people to no end." He remarked that "The Northern Ireland problem is a terrible thing, and it's only the ignorance of the people living outside of it that keeps it going", but that ultimately the British government's exploitative attitude to the problem was in his opinion the main cause.[82]
Despite the fact that he wrote and sang Anarchy in the U.K. with the Pistols, Lydon confirmed that he is not an anarchist, calling it "mind games for the middle class". [83]
Appearing on the BBC's Question Time on 5 July 2012, Lydon questioned the notion of a parliamentary inquiry into the banking industry, saying "How on earth is Parliament going to discuss this really when both sides, left and right, are connected to this? This doesn't just go back to Brown, this is part of the ongoing problem. Mr Diamond comes from Wall Street...hello. Both parties love this idea. They are fiddling with rates. They are affecting the world and everything we used to count on as being dependable and accurate is being discussed by these argumentative chaps. If I nick a motor I'm going to be up before the judge, the rozzers. Hello, same thing."[84]
On the same episode of Question Time, Lydon was critical of the announcement that the Army was to be reduced in size, saying: "One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS (National Health Service) and the free education, is the British Army."[85] He has been a supporter of the NHS since receiving treatment for meningitis aged 7, stating in 2014: "I want national health and education to always be of the highest agenda and I do not mind paying tax for that."[86] Lydon describes himself as a "pacifist by nature" and declares Gandhi as his hero.[87]
In a 1978 BBC Radio 1 interview, Lydon alluded to the sordid conduct by Jimmy Savile, as well as the suppression of negative information about Savile by mainstream social forces many decades in advance of it becoming a public scandal. Lydon stated: "I'd like to kill Jimmy Savile; I think he's a hypocrite. I bet he's into all kinds of seediness that we all know about, but are not allowed to talk about. I know some rumours." He added: "I bet none of this will be allowed out."[88]
- Lydon, John (1993). Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 978-0859653411
- With Andrew Bolton Punk: Chaos to Couture Yale University Press ISBN 978-0300191851
- Lydon, John (2014). Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored. Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1471137198
All chart positions are UK.
Sex Pistols
Studio album
Compilations and live albums
Public Image Ltd
Studio albums
Compilations and live albums
The Lydons and the O'Donnells
Studio albums
Time Zone
Studio album
- ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (2 May 2004). "Fifty Years of Pop". The Observer. London. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ↑ "Sex Pistol singer John Lydon to reform Public Image". Reuters. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ↑ "Sex Pistols". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ↑ Sheldon, Camilla; Skinner, Tony (2006). Popular Music Theory: Grade 4. Registry Publications Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9781898466444. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "Plastic Box album review". NME. UK. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ↑ "John Lydon: 'They're trying to give me a MBE or whatever it is. Nope, not interested'" (3 May 2015). NME. 13 August 2015.
- 1 2 "The Q Interview: 'I want to take the Sex Pistols to Iraq!'". Q.
- ↑ "BBC reveals 100 great British heroes"—BBC News article, dated Thursday, 22 August 2002
- ↑ "John Lydon: The British Masters - Chapter 8". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ From www.findmypast.co.uk:
- Civil Registration event: Birth
- Name: LYDON, John J
- Registration District: Islington
- County: London
- Year of Registration: 1956
- Quarter of Registration: Jan–Feb–Mar
- Mother's Maiden Name: Barry
- Volume No: 5C
- Page No: 1244
- 1 2 "Sex Pistols John Lydon admits being Arsenal mad". Tribal Football. 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Boyd, Brian (31 August 2010). "The Making of a Rotten Public Image". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
And I've had this all my life. My father is from Galway, my mother is from Cork but I, the son, still get treated differently for being born and brought up in London. I didn't ask to move out of Ireland. I'm an Irish citizen. I travel on an Irish passport. Don't look down your fuckin' nose at me for having an English accent.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 9–15.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 9–10.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 11, 16.
- ↑ "John Lydon on becoming Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten". London: BBC News Entertainment & Arts. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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- ↑ Lydon, p. 26.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 22.
- 1 2 Lydon, p. 63.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 26, 33, 60.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 59.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 64–65.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 66.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 68–69.
- ↑ Young, Charles M. (October 20, 1977). "Rock Is Sick and Living in London". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 15, 2010.
- ↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 303. CN 5585.
- ↑ Simon Reynolds (2005). Rip it Up and Start Again – Postpunk 1978–1984. faber and faber. ISBN 978-0-571-21570-6.
- ↑ Richard Luck (12 April 2013). "The Untold Story Behind The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle". Sabotage Times. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ Lydon, John. Rotten – No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.
- ↑ 1984 interview
- ↑ Lydon, p. ix.
- ↑ "Psycho's Path". JohnLydon.com.
- ↑ "John Lydon Appears On Judge Judy". MTV. 24 October 1997. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ↑ "john-lydon.com / Interviews / NME 1997". Johnlydon.com. 1997-07-12. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ↑ Mark, Lawson (5 February 2004). "Has swearing lost its power to shock?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ↑ Taylor, Matthew (23 February 2004). "Sex Pistol recounts Lockerbie near miss". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ↑ Perry, Andrew (8 November 2007). "The Sex Pistols: Johnny be good? Never!". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ↑ Teather, David (3 February 2009). "Country Life butter soars after Johnny Rotten's star turn". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ↑ "Sex Pistols snub US Hall of Fame". BBC News. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- 1 2 staff (6 June 2008). "Ex-Sex Pistol Lydon sued for 'assault and battery'". Belfast Telegraph
- ↑ "Johnny Rotten Settles Suit Alleging He Punched a Woman in the Face"
- ↑ "John Lydon accused of racist attack on Kele Okereke". The Guardian. Retrieved on 11 May 2011
- ↑ 'Kele Okereke was right about Sex Pistols racist attack'|News. Nme.Com (23 July 2008). Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ↑ Michaels, Sean (24 July 2008). "Gruff Rhys supports Kele Okereke's account of racial abuse". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Kilkelly (29 July 2008). "Lydon threatens legal action over racism row". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Duffy: Determined to keep a level head in New York, The Times, 23 November 2008
- ↑ Alex Fletcher (17 June 2008). "Duffy cries after Sex Pistol encounter". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ Alex Fletcher (18 June 2008). "Rotten denies Duffy wrongdoing". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ People: John Lydon, The Times, 18 June 2008 Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Sex Pistol singer John Lydon to reform Public Image.". Reuters. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ↑ "John Lydon: Public Image Limited". SuicideGirls.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ↑ Cronin, David (21 July 2010). "John Lydon's Rotten Politics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ Billet, Alexander (20 February 2012). "Never Mind John Lydon: Real Punks Boycott Israel". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ McWilliam, Nick (30 July 2014). "When Musicians Lose Their Moral Compass". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ Adams, Guy (17 July 2010). "Don't call me a national treasure". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.pilofficial.com/info2.html, partially citing audio from(no longer available) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t1sxb
- ↑ Q&A: John Lydon Feels 'Fantastic' About Icon Award
- ↑ Michael Idato (10 April 2013). "'Sexist, misogynist pig': Project interview takes Rotten turn". The Age. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ Jody Macgregor (7 December 2012). "PiL Australian tour". FasterLouder. FasterLouder Pty Ltd. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ Coleman, Miriam (31 May 2014). "'Jesus Christ Superstar' Tour Starring Johnny Rotten Abruptly Canceled". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ Waddell, Ray (6 June 2014). "'Jesus Christ Superstar' Tour Failed Due to 'Horrific' Ticket Sales, Says Promoter". Billboard. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ Perry, Andrew (8 November 2007). "Daily Telegraph feature interview, 8 November 2007". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ↑ Strongman, Phil, Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk (Chicago Review Press, 2008), pg. 105
- ↑ "Lydon has rotten teeth fixed for $22k". Thefirstpost.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ Interviews Daily Mail: Weekend Magazine, 22 April 2006. Johnlydon.com (22 April 2006); retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ↑ Wintle, Angela (31 October 2014). "John Lydon: My family values". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Rotten's soft side". The Week. November 2, 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ Todd, Ben (2011-07-23). "John Lydon left fuming after fire burns down his house... and he doesn't have insurance". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ Hughes, Tim (6 June 2013). "John Lydon: Here's Johnny!". Oxfordtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ Hughes, J. (2015-09-11). "Anarchy in the U.S.: Johnny Rotten Is Now An American Citizen". noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ "John Lydon interview 1984 - Johnny sounds off on everything". YouTube. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 20.
- ↑ Warren Allen Smith (2002). "Lydon, John [Johnny Rotten]". Celebrities in Hell. chelCpress. p. 74. ISBN 9781569802144.
On the liner notes of a 1992 single "Cruel" he said, "Where is God? I see no evidence of God. God is probably Barry Manilow."
- ↑ "Features | A Quietus Interview | Thinking Outside The Box: PiL's John Lydon Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ↑ "ART". John Lydon.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "John Lydon: 'I've spent £10,000 on iPad apps'". Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ Lydon, pp. 19–20.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 51.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 61.
- ↑ Lydon, p. 21.
- ↑ John Lydon: 'An anarchist? I never was. Whoever told you that?' - Music - Hampstead Highgate Express
- ↑ Cockerell, Jennifer (6 July 2012). "Anarchy at the BBC as former Sex Pistol Johnny Lydon appears on Question Tim". Irish Independent via Press Association. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ "John Lydon keeps airwaves clean during Question Time performance". Independent. 10 September 2015.
- ↑ "Former Sex Pistol John Lydon on The X Factor, Russell Brand and Justin Timberlake". Radio Times. 10 October 2015.
- ↑ Degowski, Franz. "Unfortunately the punk manifesto was written without my consent". Lower Class Magazine. lowerclassmag.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ Interview With John Lydon (BBC Radio 1, Rock On, Oct. 28 1978). Public Image: First Issue (2013 remaster). Light in the Attic Records. Disc 2, track 2.
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Scottish actor and film-maker Peter Mullan tells Metro how the violent Glasgow of his childhood inspired his latest film Neds.
Has he been cast as Father Christmas? It's not a common thought when you're about to interview an award-winning actor/director but when Peter Mullan arrives at a London hotel sporting a big white beard, I can't help but think the 51-year-old Scot is off to film at the North Pole. In fact, he has just come back from Devon, filming family drama War Horse for none other than Steven Spielberg . 'Stevie's great,' he grunts in his thick-as-mud accent, 'great fun to work with.' Lord knows the last time anyone in the film business referred to Spielberg as 'Stevie'.
Still, Mullan has probably earned the right to be cheeky. His career has seen him work with everyone from Danny Boyle (he was the drug dealer in Trainspotting) to Ken Loach (winning the best actor award in Cannes for playing an alcoholic in My Name Is Joe). He must be one of the very few to turn down Martin Scorsese , after he signed up for his Oscar-winning gangster film The Departed, only to pull out.
'I was not in the right frame of mind,' he explains. 'I was exhausted and I would not have done a good job. It would've been pointless. Why finally get to do a Marty film and then f*** it up? That I would not like to do.'
Yet, like his Hollywood pals, Mullan has become a director of note. His last film, 2002's controversial Catholic tale The Magdalene Sisters, won the Golden Lion in Venice and his 1997 debut Orphans was equally lauded. Now, after an eight-year behind-the-camera hiatus, he's back with Neds, a visceral return to the 1970s Glasgow of his youth. Neds, short for non-educated delinquents, follows the story of John McGill (Conor McCarron), who goes from being a studious youngster to a violent gang member after the education system fails him. Which is exactly what happened to Peterhead-born Mullan, the sixth of eight siblings, when he was growing up.
'I remember being quite stable in academia,' he says, 'and all around me, the rest of the world was quite nuts. But then I was actively discriminated against.' Mullan was put down a class because his older brother was a tearaway.
'It was nothing to do with me,' he says. 'You know what it's like at that age – you're looking for an injustice to rail against. And I found it big time. It wounded me badly. My sisters were talking about it recently. They've not seen the film or read the script but they brought up that they remember how unfair it was. And I do remember thinking this was monumentally unfair.'
While Mullan describes the film as 'personal but not autobiographical', he stresses that the violence on show is not exaggerated.
'It was everywhere,' he says. 'The schools, the churches, the parents, the streets, the police, even the music – and that really shocked me. When you did listen to it, it is all tied in to running with gangs – like Sweet's The Ballroom Blitz.'
Whatever denials Mullan makes about personal ties to the story, in his teens, he ran with a bunch of reprobates called the Young Car-Ds, fighting, drinking and chasing girls. 'For a year, I don't think I glanced at a newspaper unless it involved a riot,' he recalls. 'It becomes about you, your haircut, your jeans and who you're off with.'
Even when he enrolled at Glasgow University to study drama and economic history, the 17-year-old Mullan was surrounded by violence – particularly when he got a job as a bouncer. 'We did a Stranglers concert that went nuts. We were all fired because it broke out in mass mayhem,' he recalls. 'I was also Elvis Costello's bodyguard for a night. And he sat there and told me I was a fascist in a bow tie, which I took real f***ing exception to. And so we had a great chat. I had to explain to him that I was trying to get through university, that this was a way of earning money and that I didn't hurt anybody. And I said: "I got to see you guys free so don't you be calling me a fascist in a bow tie."'
These days, Mullan is a respectable family man with three teenage children from his relationship with actress Ann Swan and a daughter, now almost two, by charity activist Robina Qureshi. He even took a role in the final Harry Potter film – Yaxley, Voldemort's villainous sidekick –so his children could get on set and meet Daniel Radcliffe, who Mullan says is 'the sweetest, nicest multimillionaire I've ever met'.
But with a starring role coming up in Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur and ambitions to direct a fourth film – this time about Hurricane Katrina – any thoughts that Mullan is going soft on us should be dismissed. Even if he does look like Father Christmas.
Neds is in cinemas from January 21.

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Going For A Win Win Result A Guide To Being Assertive
"The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others"
Sharon Anthony Bower
It is interesting that many people still confuse being assertive with being aggressive. How about you? Have you learnt the difference? Forgive me if you have, but for those of you who still aren't quite clear, here is a quick guide to assertiveness – going for the win-win result.
Assertiveness is a behavior or skill that helps you to communicate, clearly and with confidence, your feelings, needs, wants and thoughts, whilst acknowledging the needs of others. it means that you are able to state your opinions without feeling self-conscious, as well as being able to express your emotions openly. Being assertive will enable you to make clear to others how you wish to proceed in all aspects of your life. at the same time you will value others, respecting their right to an opinion as well. Through effective, assertive communication you will be able to express how you wish to move forward.
Is there an issue that needs to be resolved? Before confronting someone, why not write down what you are going to say? Be polite, concise and include the following elements: the nature of the problem; how it affects you; how you feel about it; what you want to change. Be prepared to negotiate if necessary to bring resolution. By using tact and foresight and by making the effort to see the other point of view and acknowledging it you will place yourself in a position of strength. Be prepared to offer a compromise if that fits in with what you are aiming to achieve. Assertiveness does not mean digging your heels in for the sake of it!
Are you behaving passively? Do you think it is selfish to say what you want? Do you worry that if you refuse to do something, then people won't like you? or do you think that other people should know what you want? Sorry. Most people are so wound up with their own thoughts and worries that they usually haven't time to be second-guessing you. By being clear and prepared to defend your own position if necessary, you will be able to build better relationships with those around you.
Feeling aggressive? Take it out in the gym, on a punch ball or on the running track rather than at work or at home. Aggression is emotion out of control and can be very destructive. a physical activity can help you to diffuse the aggression.
One of the great skills of an assertive person is the ability to say "no". Be brief and to the point. Be honest. if you know an unwelcome request is coming your way practice saying "no" in advance. What are you going to say and do? if necessary, use the 'Broken Record Technique' where you just keep repeating your statement softly, calmly and persistently. Don't confuse rejecting a request with rejecting the person making the request. Most people are happy to accept an honest "no" if it is expressed appropriately. The first time will be the hardest!
Practice the body movements of an assertive person. When standing, be upright and relaxed with open hand gestures. Relax your facial features and make firm and direct eye contact with whoever you are communicating with. This does not mean that you spend the day grinning! Your facial expression needs to be appropriate to how you are feeling, so that you don't give out any mixed messages. if you are pleased, smile, but if you aren't so happy with the way things are, feel free to frown.
Show a willingness to explore other solutions than your own if necessary. Encourage creativity from all. "How can we solve this problem?" will encourage others to tap into their resourcefulness. Sometimes it just takes a bit of encouragement.
Weigh the costs. Telling other people how you feel also makes it easier for them to communicate their feelings to you. Assertiveness is about acknowledging that all opinions are important – "I matter and so do you". By being passive or aggressive you will lose out. Being assertive costs nothing but brings many benefits. You will be able to communicate better, command respect and be listened to within respectful, negotiating relationships. Win-Win? Definitely!


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I spent last week in France visiting the Somme where I attended a memorial service in the tiny village of Beaumont-Hamel. During World War 1 this village was almost completely destroyed as it was at the centre of heavy fighting throughout the Battle of the Somme. The village is now surrounded by cemeteries and the whole area dotted with memorials to battles and battalions, including the preserved battlefield within the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park that, due to their appalling losses there, is a National Monument of Canada. In the five months of fighting for the Battle of the Somme more than a million young men were killed or wounded. In November 1916 one of the casualties was our James.
James Gauld was born in Aberdeen in 1894, the youngest son of a family clearly not strangers to adventure or hardship. His mother and two of his sisters had died when he was still a toddler and by the time war broke out in 1914 four of his five remaining siblings had emigrated to Australia or Canada. James signed up with his local Territorial Regiment, the Gordon Highlanders, in June or July 1914, just before war was declared. He landed in France nine months later and fought on the Western Front for eighteen months, the last five months being the Battle of the Somme. His Division captured Beaumont-Hamel on 13th November 1916 in the final actions of the Battle of the Somme, suffering more than 2,000 casualties in the process. One of these was our James, who was shot in the neck. Although he was treated and evacuated to a nearby military hospital in Abbeville he sadly died of his wounds just eight days after the battle and only a few weeks before his eldest brother William Gauld, a Sergeant with the Australian Imperial Force (12th Field Artillery), arrived in France to fight nearby.
The ceremony I attended commemorated the famous victory of the 51st Highland Division (which included the 1/7th Gordons) at Beaumont-Hamel and was held at the flagpole in the village centre donated by the Division to the village. On 13th November each year the villagers fly the Royal Standard of Scotland to commemorate the battle. For the centenary this year the Royal British Legion (in the person of Derek Bird) arranged a service which included a colour party, pipe band and a few hardy souls wearing replica uniforms and kit. The village hosted a Vin d'Honneur after the service, to which John Grant of the Glenfarclas distillery family generously contributed two dozens bottles of their fabulous 15yr old single malt. Naturally I had a dram; it would have been impolite of me not to, and considering the weather it was very welcome. Despite the solemnity of the occasion I quite enjoyed the novelty of being surrounded by exotically-accented, kilt-wearing men yelling at each other over the drone of the bagpipes. I wish I could have souvenired a whole bottle of that whisky though…
Before the service I had visited James' grave in the beautifully maintained cemetery at Abbeville on a lovely sunny Remembrance Day. Although there were thirty or more carloads of French families visiting graves in the main part of the cemetery I was the only person visiting the CWGC cemetery. Given the distance from his home and family I may well have been the first family member to visit James in the 100 years he has lain there; many of the almost 3,000 war graves in this cemetery may never have received a family visit.
These too-distant cemeteries are the reason for the war memorials listing the names of the fallen of WWI and WWII in towns and cities across the Commonwealth. James is commemorated on the Portlethen War Memorial where he enlisted, in the Gordon Highlanders Roll of Honour at the Scottish War Memorial and on the family grave in Nellfield Cemetery in Aberdeen. And in his enlistment photograph, hanging on the wall of his great-grand niece's home.


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Guides: Kyle de Nobrega and Ruth Nussbaum
With the dry season starting to take effect, the colours of Mashatu have changed to red and yellow, interspersed with soft greens. Along the rivers however, it remains very green and it is not uncommon to find leopard reclining in one of the large Mashatu trees. Predator viewing is at its best now. Thee soft rays of the winter sun make lion,leopard and cheetah really glow. As usual, the cheetah are found on the open areas, allowing for easy, close up viewing. Water is starting to become a premium and it is not uncommon to find elephants digging in the river-beds for water, which lies just below the surface. At the waterholes, doves and guinea fowl come down each day to drink.jpgs attracts birds of prey and gabar goshawk (also melanistic) and tawny eagles are commonly seen. With the birth of giraffe in May, there are always a few deaths- this always attracts black backed jackal, spotted hyaena, white backed vulture, lappet-faced vulture and even cape vultures. The water bath in camp is a hive of birding activity and offers probably the most comfortable bird photography ever from the lounge, 3m away!
This workshop is designed to get photographers into the best areas to 'get the shots'. Here is where you take your wildlife photography from 'good' to 'great'. By learning the tips, techniques and methods of taking great wildlife images with professional photographers, you will gain great insight and knowledge while improving your wildlife photography.
On these workshops guests will have access to the photo hides.
12 people. 6 photographers. If more than 6 photographers, bookings will close. Minimum of 3 photographers required for workshop to run.
Have images taken during the weekend critiqued by professional photographers.
All levels - group sizes are small enough for individual attention.
Digital SLR's. Have at least a 200mm lens. Laptop if you have one.
Mashatu Game reserve, Botswana (Passports Required).
Not included
Transport to Pontdrift border post.
Arrival at Midday.
Your professional photographer and host will open proceedings with short talk on what we can expect over weekend. Drive 1 is about enjoying and relaxing. Drive 2 is used to take photos 'as you are used to', so that it sets the benchmark to measure the images taken at the end of the weekend against. Before Dinner, the guide will give a short presentation showing a variety of images and how, by using specific aspects, you can alter and change an image dramatically.
|Early morning Game drive/Photo Hide
|Presentation on light and composition with regards to wildlife photography. Technical discussion on how to maximise your use of light with regards exposures.
|Rest and own time
|High Tea
|Game drive/Photo Hide
|Dinner in the outdoor boma and then retire to bed for another day of more great photography!
Over the next few days the daily activity will be the same as day 2
Masahtu Tent Camp
Without stealing away any luxuries, accommodation is in a tented camp situated in the northern reaches of the reserve. Twin luxury safari tents offer you a luxurious rest in bush surrounds. Each tent has two large single beds, an en-suite bathroom with flushing W.C and its own private veranda to relax on. Breakfast and lunch are served in a main dining area whilst dinner is served in an out door boma overlooking an adjacent waterhole. There is a central lounge area to relax in, a plunge pool and a bar. A hide overlooks the waterhole next to the camp.
Park vehicles at secure area at border.
A Ranger will meet you there and transfer you to camp. Arrival time 13h00.
Depart 10h00 on last day.
40% Deposit confirms your place.
All prices are VAT inclusive.
Please note: These rates are for African residents only. International clients are welcome on the SADC safaris. The rates for international clients are USD $2300 sharing and USD $2900 single for 2018. Please feel free to contact us for any additional information.
Aimed at beginner/intermediate as well as advanced photographers, this workshop brings like-minded people together to enjoy nature and learn more about improving their photography. Shem Compion will be your host over the weekend. He is an award-winning photographer who will share his knowledge of wildlife photography on drives and during talks at camp.
On all our tours and workshops we may ask participants to rotate seats in the vehicles, taking it in turn to sit in the more popular seats in the front and the less popular ones in the rear. The requirement applies to everyone. If there is some reason why you can't take your turn in the back of a vehicle (e.g. a bad back or travel sickness) please inform our office at the time of booking to see if we can accommodate you. We regret that anyone failing to inform us of such limitations before the tour will be expected to rotate seats in the same way as everyone else.
To book this safari, please e-mail us or book online on C4 Images and Safaris
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Charming, although rather accurate, too.
Scoring below medium on Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy (in even ever decreasingly score by the mentioned order), I dare you to take the test and let your results be known to me.
An obvious gay man have taken delight in my services as a professional, and I am pleased to note that he is quickly becoming my favorite person to process in the line of duty.
I find that utterly delightful and pleasurable.
And if you by my description of the situation find it utterly in misconception, then who's to blame – the writer or the reader? We all try to find meanings, some hidden, some blue, some clear, some pink, and some sugar coated, with our lives. Click on what you find to your liking.
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BEECROFT – William George "Bill" of St. Thomas, Ont. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in his 77th year. Beloved husband of Edna Beecroft (nee LaFrance). Bill is survived by children John (Beth) Beecroft of St. Thomas and their children Matthew, Trent and Nicholas; Susan Beecroft of London and her children Stephanie, and Mandie (Dave); Teressa MacDonald of St. Thomas and her children Anthony (Jenn), and Ashley (Greg); Valorie Beecroft-Kechego (Robert) of B.C. and her children Chantel, Corey-Brandon, Courtney, Cassie, Emily, and Julia; Yvonne McKillop of St. Thomas and her children Danny, Dana, and Duncan; eight great grandchildren; siblings Eileen Player, Harold (June) Beecroft, Betty (Dave) Robbins, Alex (Marg) Beecroft, Wayne (Cathy) Beecroft, Evelyn (Brian) Forsyth all of St. Thomas; and by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents William and Anna-Belle Beecroft; his brother Lloyd Beecroft; and his first wife Hilda Yvonne Beecroft (nee Robbins). Bill farmed and worked as a heavy equipment operator for many years in Elgin County and in his spare time enjoyed tinkering with anything mechanical. He was a member of the St. Thomas Pentecostal Assembly. Visitation will be held at the Shawn Jackson Funeral Home 31 Elgin Street, St. Thomas (519-631-0570) on Saturday, January 25, 2014 from 7:00 to 9:00pm and Sunday, January 26 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00pm. The funeral service will be held at St. Thomas Pentecostal Assembly 144 Wellington Street, St. Thomas on Monday, January 27 at 1:30pm. Spring Interment in Cowal-McBride Cemetery. If desired, donations to the Lung Association, or Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Personal condolences to the family can be made at www.shawnjacksonfuneralhome.com.
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The Bronco was all-new in 1978: bigger, more powerful, more versatile, and still rugged and ready to play. This early 1978 Ford Bronco has a great look with a 351 cubic inch V8, and thanks to its rather civilized road manners, it's a great choice for any hobbyist with an active lifestyle.
This might be one of the most familiar shapes in the 4x4 world, and it was a big step forward after a decade of the first-generation Bronco body. Obviously based on the F-series pickups, it has a clean, chiseled look that's only enhanced by the two tone black and red bodywork. The paint job was done some time ago, so it's not perfect, but a big black truck like this needs no apologies and it's in just the right condition that you won't think twice about going out and having some fun. The splash of bright red certainly makes it look sporting and the way it is framed by bright trim and hugs the mildly flared fender arches makes it seem sturdy and robust. And speaking of bright trim, there's plenty of it, although we do like the way the grille and bumpers have been tastefully blacked-out, updating the look to be more in tune with later models. Fog lights on the bumper, big mirrors, and a hitch out back all help with the heavy-duty truck look as well as functionality.
The two-tone red and black interior is obviously a custom job, but it really works, especially since the workmanship is so nicely done. Red piping adds an upscale look and even the center console was treated to a makeover that makes everything look uniform. The rear bench is probably original and in very good shape, and provides a surprising amount of room for three passengers. The dash should look familiar to anyone who has driven a '70s F-series truck, although a Sun tachometer has been neatly nestled into the left-most edge of the dash. It's great to see three pedals on the floor and a 4-speed manual transmission, as well as the 2-speed transfer case, meaning this Bronco's off-roading credentials are undiminished. A later Pioneer AM/FM/CD stereo with speakers throughout the interior actually sounds pretty good. There's also a monstrous cargo bay behind the rear seat with a heavy-duty carpeted mat, so it's neatly finished but still able to carry an impressive amount of gear. This is a great weekend getaway vehicle.
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"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its adjudication regulations governing service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by liberalizing in some cases the evidentiary standard for establishing the required in-service stressor.MUCH MORE INFORMATION in the Register here.This amendment would eliminate the requirement for corroborating that the claimed in-service stressor occurred if a stressor claimed by a veteran is related to the veteran's fear of hostile military or terrorist activity and a VA psychiatrist or psychologist confirms that the claimed stressor is adequate to support a diagnosis of PTSD, provided that the claimed stressor is consistent with the places, types, and circumstances of the veteran's service and that the veteran's symptoms are related to the claimed stressor.
This amendment takes into consideration the current scientific research studies relating PTSD to exposure to hostile military and terrorist actions. It is intended to acknowledge the inherently stressful nature of the places, types, and circumstances of service in which fear of hostile military or terrorist activities is ongoing.With this amendment, the evidentiary standard of establishing an in-service stressor would be reduced in these cases. This amendment is additionally intended to facilitate the timely VA processing of PTSD claims by simplifying the development and research procedures that apply to these claims.
DATES: Comments must be received by VA on or before October 23, 2009.ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through http://
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Comments should indicate that they are submitted in response to ''RIN 2900–AN32—Stressor Determinations for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.'' Copies of comments received will be available for public inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management ... In addition, during the comment period, comments may be viewed online through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov...."
"WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking steps to assist Veterans seeking compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
"The hidden wounds of war are being addressed vigorously and comprehensively by this administration as we move VA forward in its transformation to the 21st century," said Secretary Shinseki.
The VA is publishing a proposed regulation today in the Federal Register to make it easier for a Veteran to claim service connection for PTSD by reducing the evidence needed if the stressor claimed by a Veteran is related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted over the next 60 days. A final regulation will be published after consideration of all comments received.
Under the new rule, VA would not require corroboration of a stressor related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity if a VA psychiatrist or psychologist confirms that the stressful experience recalled by a Veteran adequately supports a diagnosis of PTSD and the Veteran's symptoms are related to the claimed stressor.
Previously, claims adjudicators were required to corroborate that a non-combat Veteran actually experienced a stressor related to hostile military activity. This rule would simplify the development that is required for these cases.
PTSD is a recognized anxiety disorder that can follow seeing or experiencing an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to which a person responds with intense fear, helplessness or horror, and is not uncommon in war.
Feelings of fear, confusion or anger often subside, but if the feelings don't go away or get worse, a Veteran may have PTSD.
VA is bolstering its mental health capacity to serve combat Veterans, adding thousands of new professionals to its rolls in the last four years. The Department also has established a suicide prevention helpline (1-800-273-TALK) and Web site available for online chat in the evenings a www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Veterans." -August 24, 2009


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Our theme for this month (April Challenge #14) is Spring and/or Flowers.
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I have two great app ideas and would like these developed as soon as possible please. Please note these are my intellectual property but I am open to sharing the millions of dollars we make on them under a reasonable arrangement. Please let me know when they are ready.
1. HairNow!
Hairdressers can never keep up with current hair images, either in poster form or in their stacks of style books and magazines (do they still have those?)
A searchable database of hair styles, and a constantly-updating poster display for screens mounted on a salon wall
How hairdressers would use it:
Replace posters with huge screens and display an ever-changing rotation of latest hair style images. Optionally filter what styles, or types of styles, to display.
How customers would use it:
Phone app can be searched for images by hair style and type, e.g. "cool hairstyles for short thick brown curly hair" (just to throw a random example out there that has nothing to do with me).
Or search for current trends, e.g. "London 2016"
|Does not promise to solve this problem
How it will make money:
Free for regular people. Hairdressers to pay a small subscription which gives them the rotating images of latest styles. I guess the subscription has to be pretty small, if we compare it to the amount hairdressers spend on updating their posters once every few years.
2. PlantLife!
You know when you see a tree or plant you like but you don't know what it is? Or you think, "Is that a maple tree or not?" and you have to Google maple tree images and trawl through them trying to match them to what you are seeing?
Or maybe you live in North America and are hiking through the woods and want to make sure you're not about to walk through a patch of poison ivy.
We can't all be botany experts. That's why we need....
The app:
Like Shazam but for plant pictures. You hold your phone up to scan a plant or tree, focussing on leaves, for instance, or flowers. You press a button. The app trawls through the whole Google/Wikipedia images database or a botany database of some kind and bam! comes up with the name of the plant and some information.
How it will make money:
Obviously this is so useful that the money will just come rolling in from advertising we will host on the app. We will offer a premium edition with no ads but over time we will gradually put ads on the premium edition too, and raise the price. We will market this as an educational tool to schools and universities and maybe create a tie-in game? You guys can figure this stuff out, I am sure. I can't do everything.
OK so that's it for now, please go ahead and make these and I look forward to getting rich soon.
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If you're serious about playing video games, but are completely disorganized when it comes to storing them when not in use, then you'll probably want to look to two new storage units from Atlantic Inc.
The first is the Transformer Gaming Center: a gaming console storage system capable of "morphing from a compact obelisk when closed, to a winged mobile gaming command center when opened that can accommodate four consoles, six controllers, accessories, games and traditional A/V components." It features a black matte finish, is rigged with blue LEDs under the shelves to highlight the consoles, as well as four wheels to maneuver the unit around the house. And if you're known for playing long hours, the Transformer Gaming Center also has two fans on both sides and a 75 percent open backside to circulate air.
The second storage unit to launch from Atlantic is the Stealth, described as a lightweight, black matte finish, multi-functional stand to store up to a 50-inch flat-panel TV, four A/V components, and gaming consoles. It includes a remote control caddy, media storage drawer, central storage unit, and wire management system.
The Transformer Gaming Center retails for $199.99 (without the fan or the lighting kit, which can be purchased at an additional cost of $59.99) and will be available for purchase May 2008. The Stealth Entertainment Center retails for $399 and will be available for purchase in April 2008.


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Fall and winter. Seasons of crappy photos are here! Let's be happy... or not... >_> Do you have some tips for taking photos in complete dark? Because I can't take a nice picture of my clothes anymore. *sniff sniff*
Anyway. Last thirty days were my shoeporn season. I bought three pairs of amazing shoes I wanted for a while as you probably know from my past posts with wishlists. :D
I also took some photos of clothes I bought recently.
I did some big shopping in H&M sales. Golden pencil skirt was so cheap that I just could not leave it there even it's quite flashy for me and I wouldn't buy it for the full price ever.
On the other hand that navy dress I would buy for the full price because is so much my classy style. But I was lucky and it was in sale too. Perhaps because of missing belt. I really don't mind it because I like to alternate belt as much as I can, so I can change the whole outfit look just with help of different accessories.
The last item from H&M here is swan shirt, that I bought just because it's so pretty it was not in sale but still way too cheap for such unique item. The price really surprised me, I expected at least double of the amount I saw on the tag.
And tiny black and glitter gold belts from Reserved.
Back to shoes!
Awesome classic black enamel stiletto platform pumps! Okay this sounds like from ebay auction. :D I bought them in Reno, reseller of this brand: Tamaris. It was the last pair they have so it was in sale. They were in sale but still expensive because they are made from real leather . So I bought them for a good price and such shoes will never be out.
Okay you are maybe thinking: "Oh gods what a boring shoes. Like everyone own those." It's true but it's for the first time I own such shoes. Long time a thought that I'll never own them because I can't walk in stilettos. How surprised I was when I tried them on back in store and found out how confortable and stationary they are.
Last reason why I wanted these shoes is that I allways was envious of my mother, who has only shoes like these. I was dreaming of the day I can walk in same shoes as my mother... haha that's silly.
Glitters.... that's all. I wanted to have glitter shoes... well I wanted them in pink but it seem like they have the right shade of pink glitter only in Japan so black it be... Also they were so cheap that I almost thought that I bought tights by mistake. :D
And they have interesting heels...
Finally I own shoes with studs! I love them. My boyfriend hates them... like everything too expressive and weird :D I don´t undertand that he is not used to my weird taste in fashion goods after almost two years being together. Nevermind...
So about these shoes. They are awsome. I know it´s just current hit but how could you stand up them, when you see them everywhere on fashion websites.
I bought them in Botovo. They are made from suede with gold studs. I wanted fake leather one with silver studs but they did not have them in my size so I ended up with this pair... They are not very practical for rainy weather which is kinda sad as they are supposed to be shoes for fall, but suede is so in lately that most of pretty fall shoes are made of it and I would probably end up with other suede shoes if I did not buy these handsome.
And in the end I am really happy with the gold. Somehow I start to like this colour...
One more thing... when you walk in them they rattle a little bit. :D
And now more photos...
Sooo after photos of my awesome newbies in closet let´s share some personal info. Right now I am searching for a new home. Finally the day I can live with my boyfriend is here! It makes me truly happy. Indeed, there is lot of work that have to be done but just lokking for flat is kind of fun for me. Well there will be also some disagreements with my mother as allways when something important has to be decided but I am quite used to it. I am looking forward to arrange all our stuff in new flat either decorating new rooms! Aaand lot´s of regular things have to be bought too like frige, washing machine, iron,... so no new clothing for me for a looog time.


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"Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait and wait without anxiety." -Amber Renae
If helping other people become the best version of themselves is what you desire to do, then being a stylist may be the right career for you. Starting out with no clients, no experience and no contacts can make it challenging for someone to get started in this career, that's why having a styling mentor is essential for your business. Many stylists won't share ALL their styling tips with you so when I discovered that Amber Renae, "The Style Engineer" created a styling course to help people grow their styling business, I was overjoyed. Even as an experienced stylist, I have learned essential tips throughout the course that have made me a better stylist.
Amber Renae is a style icon from Australia who is well versed in the fashion industry. She is the Fashion Editor of Australian Women's Health and Fitness Magazine and the resident stylist of Australia's largest media network, Southern Cross Austereo. Amber has also been recognised with her appointment to the board of the inaugural Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival and was selected to discuss 'Innovation in Fashion' with the Australian Government's Parliamentary Secretary for Trade. In addition, she has styled celebrities such as Michelle Bridges, Firass Dirani and Deborah Mailman for red carpet events such as the Cannes Film Festival and the GQ Man Of The Year Awards.
Amber Renae is "The Style Engineer" because she was an engineer before she became a part of the fashion industry. If you're like Amber, then you know what it's like to have a good job but to always seek something more because your passion is in another career. She knew from when she was a little girl that she was destined to become a part of the fashion industry as she used to create pieces for her friends. So she eventually decided that it was time to live her dream.
Amber Renae moved on from design and followed the path of styling because it was the easiest thing for her to do. But little did she know that this was a true blessing because she later realized that the role of a stylist was more suited to her natural gifts and abilities as she loves helping people and changing people's lives.
Although there have been many challenges throughout her career, she has and continues to have many highlights. One of her biggest highlights have been educating other stylists through her online courses.. She loves knowing that she's making an impact on their lives as they're learning what they need to know about the styling industry. She admits that she cries when she gets positive feedback from her students.
At that moment, Amber realized that if she didn't understand what she needed to do to improve then no one else would. Amber understands that there's no need to be selfish with her knowledge and gifts, and therefore decided to create the course so people will know how to be a successful stylist instead of figuring most things out on their own. She's been told that people learn more from her course than some of the more expensive courses with other companies.
Amber Renae believes it is essential for a stylist to join online communities and to learn from experts in order to be successful. She says people need to find like-minded people who are going through the same things as you so you can learn together while learning from someone who is an expert in the business.
Amber Renae's future plans are to continue expanding her online academy to include an online dating profile program that will assist people with personal branding and copyrighting.
Amber Renae has brought her dreams to reality while helping others to do the same in the process. She is truly "The Style Engineer" as she develops solutions to help her clients and students reach their goals in life and I look forward to seeing how her style engineering continues to grow.


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The 3rd annual International Vintage Motorcycle Swap Meet & Bike Show is scheduled for the Lake County Fairgrounds in Eustis on March 7th, 8th & 9th 2014. This year hosted by the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club. The tradition continues, a 19 year history of vintage and antique motorcycles at this location.
To learn more check the web site: www.vintagemotorcyclealliance.com/
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The Eustis Vintage Show & Swap Meet have been a long time traditional part of Bike Week. Don't miss it!


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A lot of people believe that it is easier to work for yourself than to work for someone else. And in some ways that is true. But in a lot of ways, it isn't. It can be hard having your own business. This article has a lot of great tips to avoid the curse that many entrepreneurs have.
2. Hire better people.
One of the most difficult aspects of starting a business is forecasting growth and employment needs. Many times, entrepreneurs find themselves with a new client or a big order, and in the panic of the moment, they hire an employee or two to quickly fill the demand.
Unfortunately, compromising on your hiring practice will cause you far more harm than good. Be sure to spend time considering the needs of the position and interviewing candidates thoroughly to assure they can fill those needs. In a time crunch, it is a difficult balance to manage, but in the end, you will have employees you can retain and who could ultimately be promoted to handle more responsibility.
If you are thinking about starting your own business, you want to read this article and see what it has to say. This is going to help you with making the right decisions and being successful in your business. It won't guarantee that you will be successful, but it will help.
Have a great day and thank you for reading my posts. Please recommend them to your friends and family if you think they can benefit from them.


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The killer clown craze is stupid. Originating in the US, the craze is basically guys dressed in "scary" clown costumes scaring unsuspecting people on the street. It's so stupid the craze has spread to other parts of the world including Singapore.
I know this because there's a YouTube video titled "Killer Clown Scare Prank In Singapore". Uploaded by some guy named "Joel Wong", the video has become well-known in Singapore because…the clown prankster now under police investigations for being a public nuisance.
What? Are you kidding me? Don't the police have better things to do? This is a prank, and the only crime I see is the fact it wasn't a very funny one. Last I check, stupidity still isn't a crime in Singapore. There's a police investigation for a such a harmless stupid prank? Now that's funny.


text: Another beautiful resort in the area is the Fairfield Star Island Resort. Fairfield Star Island Resort is now part of Wyndham Vacation Ownership and located on Lake Cecile in Kissimmee Florida only a few miles from Walt Disney World. Fairfield Star Island Resort has mini suites to 3 bedroom villas and every villa has award winning design furnishings and lavish accents. Units have a whirlpool tub in the master bedroom, marble foyers, private balconies, full kitchen, and separate dinning/living areas. The resort features a world class pool and spa, and is the home of the Vic Braden Tennis College, with 9 tennis courts for all levels of play. This resort offers 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units, the largest sleeping up to 8 comfortably. The Orlando International Airport is 20 miles away. Make the Fairfield Star Island Resort Club your Florida vacation getaway!