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State of the Studios Week of February 20th 2018
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Welcome to the first edition of The State of the Studios weekly update, your one stop source for everything Disney fans need to know this week at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Looking first at the arrival traffic work, vehicles now have a new entrance pattern when entering off Lake Buena Vista Drive. This is a temporary traffic entrance lane that will eventually transform into an exit only after Stars Wars Galaxy Edge opens next year. Disney is also switching all of the street lights in the parking lots to a new LED energy efficient lighting for greater safety and visibility. However, this bright idea results in one section out of the four main sections of the parking lot closed at a time for the near future. Fans plan accordingly and perhaps arrive early for a parking spot. Looking skyward, columns are appearing for the gondola skyway system constructed near the entrance of the park. Most noticeable is this construction activity at the end of the parking lot where the skyway system will connect guests to Caribbean Beach Resort.
Moving on to Sunset Blvd, an old friend awaits guests. The old red trolley car of the past that had been located on Sunset Blvd from 2011 to 2014 has made its return. The trolley welcomes back guests with an assortment of hats, popcorn, soda and other treats.
Off by echo lake, thanks to higher temperatures, we have a new flower display near Vine Street and Keystone Street. It has an Easter feel to it. Right next door Peevy's is now open for frozen drinks for kids and adults alike.
We had two rare character sightings in the park this week! Max, Goofy's son and Stitch were spotted on Commissary Lane. They were meeting guests all afternoon. I will let you know if they returned unless that was just an awesome rare extra magic kind of day for those two!
Hollywood's biggest night of the year is coming up soon (March 4) for The Oscars and you can now feel like you are a part of the 90th Academy Awards celebration. Stop by Walt Disney's Presents attraction to walk the red carpet and receive your award. Have your photo taken with an Oscar statute this week at the Studios. Expect this photo offering up through March 4 when the annual Academy Awards will air live on ABC. Click here for a video of the photo op. Also brand new, A Wrinkle in Time is the preview in the Walt Disney Theater. You can still meet Star Lord and Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. I expect them to hang around until their dance party starts in May over at Epcot.
Heading over to Pixar Place, the construction walls for Toy Story Land has been pushed back to allow a better crowd flow heading to Toy Story Midway Mania. Speaking of which, for the past several weeks the whole inside que area has been under construction. The main part of the regular stand by line and fastpass line is outside. They merge together and enter an exit only entrance where you can see the main que behind construction walls. Something to keep in mind…. from April 9th through May 7th there will be no fastpass available for this attraction due to construction of Toy Story Land.
At the end of Pixar Place more trees have been added behind the construction wall to avoid guests peaking in on Batuu's construction. I have also noticed there is some space between the construction wall and the actual building effort which adds more likelihood that Grand Avenue will continue through the two big gate doors by Harmony's Music shop and proceed all the way to Toy Story Land.
While you can still buy muppet merchandise at Company One Store next to Muppet Vision 3D, take note that Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal plush are available for purchase when you order your food at PizzaRizzos. Speaking of Company One Store, half of the store is still under construction and behind walls since last fall. Stay tuned to these weekly updates for the latest on this renovation.
Our look at Batuu this week doesn't disappoint. Imagineers and construction crews are working hard both day and night. The mountain range is coming along nicely. Unlike last year, during the day you can actually view work activity amidst the sound of construction equipment and cranes delivering materials to the buildings.
Thank you friends for joining me for the inaugural State of the Studios Address. Right below is the podcast version of this update.
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The same genius trio found the second major endocannabinoid in 1995. It is known as 2-AG or 2-arachidonoylglycerol, the cannabinoid that binds with CB1 and CB2 receptors.
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The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a biological system composed of endocannabinoids, which are endogenous lipid-based retrograde neurotransmitters that bind to cannabinoid receptors, and cannabinoid receptor proteins that are expressed…
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List of anime dating games, what are otome games
While it sounds simple, it definitely can get difficult and addictive! Plus, who can say no to this steampunk style otome game? The peace is threatened when unknown entities enter the heavenly shrine and breaks the seal on the seeds of ruin. There are five main plot lines for each girl with multiple endings.
The story revolves around Chizuru Yukimura as she tries to find the whereabouts of her father. Even the most introverted of them all, who enjoy being alone most of the time, may feel lonely at times. The gameplay is not exactly long, but you will have to explore multiple routes in order to really grasp the jist of the story. There are so many mysterious involved in Hakuoki and the political struggle is quite dire, three year age but you will soon find yourself invested in its intricate plots and beautiful imagery.
If you are a fan of otome games, then we are sure that you have at least heard of Hakuoki. You can be a strong man with poor intelligence, or you can be a weak woman who's extremely bright. Can you win him back, or find a new love of your own?
If you can do all those things to them, they can also do the same things to you if certain requirements are met. It is a free-to-play rhythm game so you can groove along with the music. You wake up in a strange place after being involved in a potentially fatal accident. If you don't happen to have any gaming consoles, don't fret.
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Try your hand at flirting at a bus station or even head out on a second date. You get to dress up and play some minigames in the hopes of finding Prince Charming. Consoles are just so expensive. Hanamaki Ichigo has ventured all the way to a remote town in the shape of a crescent moon named Okunezato. If you don't like farming, raise livestock!
After saving her life, the Shinsengumi take Chizuru into custody only to find out that they are both looking for the same person. Not only that, unlike some otome games that have dull and bland heroines, Cardia is what you may call a badass and cool character. Kissed by the Baddest Bidder. The first story is about Cardia who makes the transition from abandoned girl who everyone fears to the center of a harem and a political struggle no one was prepared for. You will be playing as an unemployed loser who plays video games during the day and hangs out at the bar at night.
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The members of the Shinsengumi are no slouches either. You will be playing as a character who is interested in chatting with hot guys so you download a game app. Most of your time, in fact, will be spent slowly building up relationships with them until you're finally able to ask them out on a date. The game was an overnight success with the incorporation of augmented reality and Google Maps technology. However, not all of us enjoy going out and catching Pokemon due to various reasons such as laziness, safety, and weather conditions.
From the beginning of your adventure to the love you will find in each bachelor to starting your life together, you will be eager to see all the sweetness that this game contains. You are tasked with looking after the legendary sword called Excalibur which has been around for decades, until it was stolen by King Arthur. You have to work hard at training your character so that she possesses those traits which said men will find worthwhile.
Mystic Messenger is one of the newer games that is gaining popularity now. The game also features money and complex missions. There isn't a main focus on any one aspect of the game.
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That means fan translated games will not be listed here. What do you think of the games on this list? In this article, we will only list otome games that are licensed in English. Dragon Ball is the ever-popular anime series that to date, there are still games produced based on the series.
In the story mode, the first character you will get is Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of Bleach. Besides that, each Digimon has a Main and Leader skill. Unlike Tokimeki and Love Revo, Dandelion has a lot more to offer when it comes to the story. Her dolls are the only things that can give her comfort, depressing especially after the death of her grandparents. There's so much to do that you'll get lost in the game for days or even weeks.
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Can't decide on a life partner, court them all and have your pick of the litter! One of the basic strategy in the game is to pay attention to the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies, passions as well as their types. There are more than Digimon to collect in Digimon Heroes!
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Whether you're looking for speed dating or to date an elf, this website offers the free games so you can have the dating experience you want. If you grow bored with these games, consider taking a step further by setting up a virtual boyfriend. Unfortunately, there aren't nearly enough English otome games out there as there are Japanese otome games, so when you want to play one, online matchmaking where do you start? Duel Generation is a card game. Minato Ai wakes up only to find herself in a mansion with no real recollection of anything.
Most of the games focus on the rebuilding of a run down old farm. One day, the main character bumps into a love fairy who is bound to make your sex life interesting. The story begins with the protagonist dreaming of being whisked away by a prince when a princess suddenly bursts out of her closet. However, it seems that the times are changing, since some otome games are getting licensed in English. This game encourages people to exercise as they would have to go out and catch Pokemon by swiping on their mobile devices.
Yet, before death can grasp Chizuru, the Shinsengumi save her life and take her under their protection or as their hostage however you look at it. But to achieve his goal, he must battle all the world leaders who happen to be cute women who are named after famous historic male figures. You will be playing as a girl who is a new transfer student in Saint Louis High. You've just moved in so you have new neighbors and some interesting village stories, but your main focus is to rebuild your home into a great farm once more! This can be achieved through various ways, such as by attending classes regularly.
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Indonesian Idol Season Six is a continuation of the Indonesian Idol show in the year 2010. Indonesian Idol came back after a suspension in the year  2009. What is different in this season is the judge of this event is no longer Titi DJ and Indra, who was replaced by Erwin Gutawa and Agnes Monica. Formation of the judge changed to four persons, namely Erwin Gutawa who acts as chairman of the judge, Agnes Monica, Anang Hermansyah, and a guest judge. For the position of the host, remains entrusted to Daniel Mananta which will guide the event this year alone. This season, Indonesian Idol theme is "Be A Superstar". This is the last season where there is a male winner

Starring

Host
 Daniel Mananta : MTV'S VJ, Presenter, & Actor

Judges
 Erwin Gutawa (Ketua Juri) : Composer
 Agnes Monica : Singer, Actress
 Anang Hermansyah : Composer & Singer

Guest Judges :
 Rossa : Singer
 Melly Goeslaw : Composer & Singer
 Ahmad Dhani : Producer, Composer & Singer
 Pasha : Band Vocalist
 Charly : Band Vocalist & Composer

Contributor
 Pasto : Vocal Coach
 Catharina Leimena : Vocal Coach
 Eki Dance Company : Choreographer (Workshop Round)
 Johan Jafar : Choreographer (Spectacular Show - Grand Final)
 Tommy Siawira (Star Harvest Academy) : Public Speaking Class
 Romy : Psychology class (Spectacular Show - Grand Final)

Band
 Magenta Five : Workshop Round
 Oni & Friends : Spectacular Show - Grand Final

Sponsor
 IM3
 Clear
 Indomie

Audition Schedule

Special Hunt
November–December 2009:
 Denpasar
 Palembang
 Makassar
 Manado
 Banjarmasin
 Ambon

Mini Auditions (Using the bus)
 Cirebon 1–4 December 2009
 Tegal 4–7 December 2009
 Semarang 7–10 December 2009
 Solo 10–13 December 2009
 Madiun 13–16 December 2009
 Malang 16–19 December 2009

Large Auditions
 Surabaya Kodam Balai Prajurit, December 21–23, 2009
 Medan Griya Dome, January 16–17, 2010
 Yogyakarta Jogja Expo Center (JEC), January 26–27, 2010
 Bandung Sasana Budaya Ganesha (SABUGA), February 1–2, 2010
 Jakarta Mega Glodok Kemayoran, February 15–18, 2010
 Contestants must be aged 16–27 years at the November 16, 2009 and lived in Indonesia.

Workshop Participants

Female Participants
 Ica - Raizza Intifada, June 30, 1990 (Surabaya)
 Diana - Diana Tuwema, June 19, 1985 (Jakarta)
 Keyko - Keyko Vredhe, April 11, 1989 (Medan)
 Dea - Panendra Larasati, January 18, 1991 (Bandung)
 Mona - Monalisa Lengkong, March 24, 1989 (Manado)
 Tesa - Atresye Novliana Tessa, November 12, 1986 (Surabaya), eliminated April 30
 Zulfa - Zulfa Tisa Shafira, January 15, 1992 (Surabaya), eliminated April 23
 Citra - Skolastika Citra Kirana Wulan, June 5, 1993 (Yogyakarta), eliminated April 16
 QZ - Putri Bilqis Anhudyanti, June 2, 1991 (Bandung), eliminated April 9
 Orin - Corina Reviera, July 30, 1991 (Medan), eliminated April 9
 Mela - Yunita Romela, June 8, 1988 (Palembang), eliminated April 2
 Doremi - Hairani Armaya Doremi, September 30, 1989 (Medan), eliminated April 2

Male Participants
 Fendi - Fendi, March 7, 1991 (Makassar)
 Ray - Ray Generies Tambunan, July 12, 1985 (Medan)
 Windra - Windra E., October 18, 1986 (Medan)
 Igo - Elicohen C. Pentury, February 19, 1993 (Ambon)
 Gilang - Gilang Saputra, September 7, 1991 (Yogyakarta)
 Rio - Rio Rezky Basir, May 6, 1988 (Makassar), Eliminated April 30
 Michael - Michael C. R. Dotulong, June 3, 1985 (Jakarta), eliminated April 23
 Fauzan - Muhammad Fauzan Julian Razak, July 12, 1990 (Bandung), eliminated April 16
 Andi - Andi Subadja, October 12, 1984 (Bandung), eliminated April 9
 Eza - Dimas Riza Mustajab, April 10, 1984 (Jakarta), eliminated April 9
 Sanni - Sannie Legawanta, July 12, 1985 (Bandung), eliminated April 2
 Bagus - Bagus Gede Perdana Putra, April 14, 1991 (Bali), eliminated April 2

Workshop Round

Workshop 1 (April 2, 2010)

Workshop 2 (April 9, 2010)

Workshop 3 (April 16, 2010)

Workshop 4 (April 23, 2010)

Workshop 5 (April 30, 2010)

Wildcard Show
This system always used in Indonesian Idol before, except series 2, would choose eliminated contestants to perform again and some of them will go to spectacular round

Wildcard Contestants
8 of 14 eliminated contestants will perform in wildcard show to get 4 contestants to completed top 14 in the spectacular show.
Mela
Eza
Andi
Citra
Zulfa
Michael
Tesa
Rio
Two contestants that have going to Spectacular Show from the highest vote from viewers was Rio and Citra
Two contestants that have going to Spectacular Show from the Judge's Choice was Tesa and Andi

Spectacular Show

14 Contestants of Indonesian Idol 2010 :
 Andi Subagja : "Bento"
 Rio Basir : "Pemikat Hati"
 Mona Lengkong : "Mutiara Timur"
 Citra Kirana : "Eksotik Jazzy"
 Fendi : "Baby Face"
 Windra E : "Bintang Melayu"
 Gilang Saputra : "Wonder Boy"
 Ica Intifada : "Pop Princess"
 Igo Pentury : "Ambon Manise"
 Tesa Novliana : "Suara Emas"
 Diana Tumewa : "Lady Popera"
 Keyko Vredhe : "Pop Mellow"
 Ray Generies : "Gelegar Medan"
 Dea Larasati : "Mojang Rocker"

Spectacular #1 (May 14th, 2010)
First Spectacular this year place in Hall D2 Kemayoran Pekan Raya Jakarta

Spectacular #2 (May 21st, 2010)
Begin from Second Spectacular Show will attend in Ballroom Hall Central Park, Jakarta.

Mona, contestant from Manado, should be excluded outside the predictions of the judges. The reason Mona mentioned candidates Indonesian Idol 2010.

Spectacular #3 (May 28th, 2010)

Spectacular #4(June 4th, 2010)
From the top 10 onwards, the judges are eligible to exercise a veto power on one eliminated contestant at any given point of the competition and spare them from elimination for that particular week. This power can only be exercised once.

Spectacular #5 (June 12th, 2010)
Especially for this Spectacular, held on Saturday, June 12, 2010 for the June 11, 2010, will show the opening ceremony and opening match 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A match between South Africa and Mexico, where the official TV station RCTI become publishers. Spectacular 5 held on 17:30, due to be aired at 20:00 on 2010 FIFA World Cup Group B match between Argentina and Nigeria.

Spectacular #6 (June 18th, 2010)
Spectacular 6 held on 17:30, due to be aired at 20:00 on 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C match between Slovenia and the United States. Top 8 Contestants also sing duet with their partner

Spectacular #7 (June 25th, 2010)
Spectacular 7 held on 17:30, due to be aired at 20:00 on 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G match between Portugal and Brazil.

Spectacular #8 (July 2nd, 2010)
Spectacular 8 held on 17:30, due to be aired at 20:00 on 2010 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals match between Netherlands and Brazil.

Spectacular #9 (July 9th, 2010)
Contestants will begin sing 2 songs every their performances

Spectacular #10 (July 16th, 2010)

Spectacular #11 (July 23rd, 2010)
Contestants will sing 2 songs: 1 song duet with their idol and 1 song solo performance

Grand Final - Result & Reunioun Show
Citra & Igo succeed to break two positions in the Grand Final of Indonesian Idol Season Six held on July 31, 2010, at 9:30pm in the Ballroom Hall of Central Park, Jakarta.

Two grand finalists will sing three different songs: 1 song judges' choice, 1 song as best performance, and a victory song of creation Anang Hermansyah titled "Kemenangan Cinta".

Elimination

1 On 2nd Spectacular Show, 2 contestants must voted off

2 Starting from Top 10, the judges might use Veto Rights which the judges could rescue the voted off contestants. Veto Rights can only be used one time only

3 5th Spectacular Show was postponed a day because the opening of 2010 World Cup on June 11, 2010

4 On 10th Spectacular Show, 2 contestants must be voted off

5 Judges use their Veto Rights to save Ray from elimination

6 Judges can't use Veto Rights to save their contestant

Theme, Guests & Mentor

Elimination chart

 On 2nd Spectacular Show, 2 contestants must voted off
 Starting from Top 10, the judgess is might to use Veto Rights which the judges could rescue the voted off contestants. Veto Rights can only be used one time only
 5th Spectacular Show postponed a day because the opening of 2010 FIFA World Cup on June 11, 2010
 On 10th Spectacular Show, 2 contestants must voted off
 Judges use their Veto Rights to save Ray from elimination

Awards and nominations

Panasonic Gobel Awards

See also
 Indonesian Idol
 Indonesian Idol (season 1)
 Indonesian Idol (season 2)
 Indonesian Idol (season 3)
 Indonesian Idol (season 4)
 Indonesian Idol (season 5)
 Indonesian Idol (season 7)
 2011 Panasonic Gobel Awards

External links
 Official Site

Indonesian Idol
2010 Indonesian television seasons

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Q: Import syntax for reference to dgrid from TypeScript I am learning TypeScript and Dojo in parallel and this has exposed my limited understanding of AMD. I do not understand how to tie together an import statement to the 3rd party "dgrid/Grid" AMD module, my dgrid.d.ts stub declaration and my consuming class. After 2 days of wasted effort I am looking for any means (hacky or amd best practice) to execute the following:
MyModule.ts
{
    ...
    var myGrid = new dgrid.Grid( { /*col structure*/}, "divId");
    ...
}

Here is my stub declaration file for dgrid.
dgrid.d.ts (edited to sync with Update 1 below)
module "dgrid/Grid"
{
    export class Grid
    {
        constructor ( gridStructure: any, elementId: string);
    }
}

I tried the following references in my consuming TypeScript class but Visual Studio underlines the "dgrid/Grid" literal in red because I guess the TS compiler is unaware of the classic Dojo dojoConfig, baseUrl and dgrid package declarations in the default.htm file.
///<reference path='dgrid.d.ts' />

import Grid = module("dgrid/Grid");

module MyModule
{
   ...
}

Update 1
Since posting I read through chapter 10 in the official TypeScript manual. Previously I had failed to recognise the significance of modules declared as module MyType{} or module "external/thirdparty" {}. An ambient declaration for an external module should be a literal.
Background:

*

*I am using Dojo 1.8.0 referenced from ajax.googleapis.com

*The dgrid JavaScript is hosted locally in /js/dgrid

*I am trying to closely follow the SitePen dgrid tutorial
page showing classic AMD require() loading of dgrid
http://dojofoundation.org/packages/dgrid/tutorials/hello_dgrid http://dojofoundation.org/packages/dgrid/tutorials/hello_dgrid/demo/simple.html
Require statement:
require(["dgrid/Grid", "dojo/domReady!"],
    function(Grid){

A: The following (slightly changed) version of your code compiles fine for me:
MyModule.ts
///<reference path='./dgrid.d.ts' />
module MyModule {
    var gridInstance : dgrid.Grid = new dgrid.Grid("test1", "test2");
}

dgrid.d.ts
module dgrid
{
    class Grid
    {
        constructor ( gridStructure: any, elementId: string);
    }

}

The ///<reference path='...'/> construct brings the internal module dgrid into scope. Prefixing the type name with the name of the module does the job.

A: My first though would be to check that the file is in the locations you think it is for this statement to work:
///<reference path='dgrid.d.ts' />

Is the dgrid.d.ts file in the same folder as your module .ts file?
Update:
Should you module declaration be:
module dgrid {
    export class Grid {
        constructor ( gridStructure: any, elementId: string) {

        }
    }
}

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package org.wso2.carbon.analytics.auth.rest.api;

import io.swagger.annotations.ApiParam;
import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
import org.wso2.carbon.analytics.auth.rest.api.dto.ErrorDTO;
import org.wso2.carbon.analytics.auth.rest.api.factories.LogoutApiServiceFactory;
import org.wso2.msf4j.Microservice;
import org.wso2.msf4j.Request;

import java.util.HashMap;
import javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;
import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

/**
 * Logout API class.
 */
@Component(
        name = "LogoutApi",
        service = Microservice.class,
        immediate = true
)
@Path("/logout")
@Consumes({"application/json"})
@Produces({"application/json"})
@ApplicationPath("/logout")
@io.swagger.annotations.Api(description = "the logout API")
public class LogoutApi implements Microservice {
    private final LogoutApiService delegate = LogoutApiServiceFactory.getLogoutApi();

    @POST
    @Path("/{appName:(.*)}")
    @Consumes({"application/json"})
    @Produces({"application/json"})
    @io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation(value = "", notes = "Logout Request to Stream Processor",
            response = void.class, tags = {})
    @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses(value = {
            @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Authorization Request Successful.",
                    response = void.class),

            @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse(code = 500, message = "An unexpected error occured.",
                    response = void.class)})
    public Response logoutAppNamePost(@ApiParam(value = "AppName", required = true) @PathParam("appName") String appName
            , @Context Request request)
            throws NotFoundException {
        return delegate.logoutAppNamePost(appName, request);
    }

    @GET
    @Path("/slo/{appName}")
    @Produces({"application/json"})
    @io.swagger.annotations.ApiOperation(value = "", notes = "Login type check Request to Stream Processor.",
            response = HashMap.class, tags = {})
    @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponses(value = {
            @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "SSO logout Request to Stream processor",
                    response = HashMap.class),

            @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Invalid Authorization Header",
                    response = ErrorDTO.class),

            @io.swagger.annotations.ApiResponse(code = 500, message = "An unexpected error occurred.",
                    response = ErrorDTO.class)})
    public Response singleLogoutAppNamePost(@ApiParam(value = "AppName", required = true) @PathParam("appName")
                                                String appName, @Context Request request) throws NotFoundException {
        return delegate.ssoLogout(appName, request);
    }
}

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Home » Science » All Tube passengers to get 4G reception by mid-2020s, transport…
All Tube passengers to get 4G reception by mid-2020s, transport…
London's Tube network will have 4G access by NEXT YEAR with the Jubilee line the first to be fitted with the mobile internet
Transport for London announced the feature will roll-out next year
The Jubilee Line will be the first to benefit with a section fitted with 4G in March
Internet will stretch through the tunnels and cover ticket halls and corridors
London's underground stations will be fitted 4G internet by the mid 2020s as the Tube network gets a comprehensive revamp. – starting early next year.
The Jubilee Line will be the first to benefit as the eastern half of the track will get mobile internet access by March as part of a trial.
This trial section will stretch from Westminster to Canning Town – excluding London Bridge and Waterloo stations – and will also cover ticket halls and corridors.
It is also hoped the project will ultimately be upgraded to include 5G connectivity.
Tube passengers are to get access to 4G by mid-2020 and the Jubilee Line will be the first to benefit, with the eastern half to get full mobile connectivity on both the platforms and the tunnels from March next year
4G is the current and most popular form of mobile internet.
Most mobile phones and other cellular devices connect to the network.
It has recently been succeeded by 5G – a much faster version of mobile internet.
4G however will be the main form of mobile connectivity around the UK until 5G is phased in the different cities and towns around the UK over the next few years.
London Bridge and Waterloo stations are due to become fully 4G enabled later during 2020 subject to final approval, TfL said.
There are already 260 WiFi-enabled stations on the London Underground and on TfL rail services.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: 'This is a really important step for the millions of people who use the Tube each year.
'Introducing 4G and, in the future, 5G will help Londoners and visitors keep in touch and get the latest travel information while on the go.
'London is the best place to live, visit and work – and projects like this will help make it even better.'
Shashi Verma, chief technology officer at TfL, said: 'The London Underground network is an incredibly challenging environment in which to deliver technological improvements, but we are now well on the path to delivering mobile connectivity within our stations and tunnels.
'We have begun the complex work to allow our customers to be able to get phone reception within our tunnels from March 2020, with more stations and lines coming online during the coming years.'
The entire project is expected to require 2,000 kilometres of cabling with engineers working week-night shifts to minimises disruption to passengers.
London Bridge and Waterloo stations are due to become fully 4G enabled later during 2020 subject to final approval, TfL said. There are already 260 WiFi-enabled stations on the London Underground and on TfL rail services
WHAT IS 5G AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
The evolution of the G system started in 1980 with the invention of the mobile phone which allowed for analogue data to be transmitted via phone calls.
Digital came into play in 1991 with 2G and SMS and MMS capabilities were launched.
Since then, the capabilities and carrying capacity for the mobile network has increased massively.
More data can be transferred from one point to another via the mobile network quicker than ever.
5G is expected to be launched in 2020 and will be up to 1,000 times faster than the currently used 4G.
Whilst the jump from 3G to 4G was most beneficial for mobile browsing and working, the step to 5G will be so fast they become almost real-time.
That means mobile operations will be just as fast as office-based internet connections.
Potential uses for 5g include:
Simultaneous translation of several languages in a party conference call
Self-driving cars can stream movies, music and navigation information from the cloud
A full length 8GB film can be downloaded in six seconds.
5G is expected to be so quick and efficient it is possible it could start the end of wired connections.
By the end of 2020, industry estimates claim 50 billion devices will be connected to 5G.
The evolution of from 1G to 5G. The predicted speed of 5G is more than 1Gbps – 1,000 times greater than the existing speed of 4G and could be implemented in laptops of the future
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package com.asakusafw.spark.runtime.fragment

import java.util.{ Iterator => JIterator, List => JList }

import scala.collection.JavaConverters._

import com.asakusafw.runtime.core.GroupView

abstract class MapGroupView[K, V](map: Map[K, Seq[V]]) extends GroupView[V] {

  protected def key(elements: Seq[AnyRef]): K

  override def find(elements: AnyRef*): JList[V] = {
    map.getOrElse(key(elements), Seq.empty[V]).asJava
  }

  override def iterator(): JIterator[V] = map.iterator.flatMap(_._2).asJava
}


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Ed Sheeran – Divide
Reviewing an Ed Sheeran album only takes two sentences. Any song where isn't trying to lure a girl to sex disguised as a romance is excellent. Any song where he pretends to feel deep, serious emotions is obviously bad. Of course, two sentences isn't a review and there's more going on here. Ed Sheeran is a star and his love songs are especially popular, so we need to figure out how exactly this crap works and why cheesyy love songs are still pumping out when he should be putting a backwards baseball cap and collaborate with Eminem.
I said this a thousand times before and it dawned me. It's hypocritical to claim Ed Sheeran comes off like an asshole, even a dangerous one when Lostprophets is one of my favorite. These guys are a classic case of music as acting, when the front is completely different than the real person. Solution to this conflict is easy. Fist off, acting is all that's important when judging music. Ed Sheeran can be a fantastic person for all I know, but I review his character here. Second, Watkins never broke character. Sheeran does.
"Shape of You" is the most interesting song here since it merges Sheeran's two sides, and reveals all I said about him. He courts a lady with soft, sensual singing and sounds romantic. Yet listen to the chorus. It's all about the girl's body. Imagine if the song was sung by a heroin junkie homeless in the street or an overly obese dude with glasses and anime dakimakuras. The song is quite creepy in how it goes on and on about how Sheeran desires a body and not the person.
There have been countless songs about sex, but the key is that they sound authentic. When 50 Cent made "Candy Shop", it was all about having fun sex. He never tried to sound romantic – only more into sex as having fun instead of status symbol. "Shape of You" has a fantastic melody, but it's equivalent of a hot guy going on a date with a girl and only telling her how beautiful she is. Something about its bluntness and how Sheeran still sings romantically makes him sound like a person trying to lure girls desperate for romance to easy sex.
Everything else here is easy to digest. There are the ballads, and they're all quite bad. Sheeran can't seemt to find a bit of vulnerability in him. Every ballad is sung with confidence. A slightly low voice doesn't equal vulnerability, especially when "Dive" and "Perfect" explodes into choruses. The latter actually has a decent melody that would be good in the hands of a different singer. He can't even fake sincerity like Coldplay.
It's too clean. When he sings that hearts don't break around here, it's more believable – only it must be Sheeran's heart since women come back to him anyway (See "New Man"). It's hard to pinpoint exactly what is it about him that makes his ballads sucks so much. Wisely, he doesn't do any vocal acrobatics like Adele and his voice is quite beautiful. In style, he's closer to the Weeknd, who is the model when you want to be both a sex icon and a mess. I guess it's because Weeknd always lets darkness in, even when he brags. "Perfect" never touches on the possibility of heartbreak. It's music for the end credits of a bad romantic comedy, as if once a romance starts it never ends and the story's over.
Previously, he could sound more sincere (if unimaginative) when talking about things other than love and how awesome he is. "Happier" should be his moment to show heartbreak. The guitar strums in a defeated way, not trying to produce a melody and it aims for the warmth of an early Dashboard Confessional. Everything is hushed, the singing is lower and the piano is pushed back. Yet it doesn't work. You can still see the stage behind him. Where is the bitterness of heartbreak he is so good at showing at "New Man"? The falsetto at the end is a joke, a gorilla beating on its chest, sounding more macho and confident than a Groove Metal band who are hell-bent on beating Pantera.
Then again, even with better acting these songs will most likely suck. They don't contain a melody, but all lead to an explosion, like Coldplay that's more readily available to stadiums. It's not the source of the bad acting since it was present in his earlier songs. When he gets personal, the only reaction to it is 'why the fuck should I care?'. Many artists wrote songs like "Eraser" (quite good) and "Castle on the Hill" (awful), but none of them sounded so self-centered as he is. Why should anyone of us care about Sheeran's life, considering he made so much money singing pretty ballads?
'Privilege' is a word I didn't want to use. After all, a lot of my favorite rappers are white dudes whose albums are psychotherapies with the listener. Grieves and Atmosphere come off as humble, sharing their stories with the listener with hopes of relating. "Eraser" has a toughness in it, Sheeran trying to convince us he's tough because he survives the pain of being famous. Considering on later songs he brags about fucking – and sounds happy about it – I'd say it's another attempt to impress us. The song is good, though. As for "Castle on the Hill", it has the same idea as Adema's "All These Years" without the darkness. Nostalgia is a painful thing. I know that since I spent 3 years in a military home and seeing a distance growing between me and my old self, me and my friends and all I've known is quite hard. "Castle on the Hill" paints it like it's all happy and nice, taking a trip down memory lane. Don't say 'privilege', don't say 'privilege'.
So it's all crap so long as Ed serious. Smack in the middle of the album you get "New Man" and "Galway Girl", two brilliant songs that will easily rank as among the best of the year. Switching up his demeanor, now he's a playboy who fucks women and women call him up – despite having boyfriends – to fuck. It's believable for once, actually has spirits and Sheeran is into it. The latter is about picking up a girl at the club but there's none of the creepiness of the lead single. Instead, it's just about how she fell in love and they had sex. The former is a bitter break-up song about how the ex-lover's new man isn't that good. The confidence, the venom in that song is fantastic. It's not a rant or a plea for the lover to return. Condescension is the dominant emotion, with Sheeran sneering all the way to next one night stand. It's not a song to sing to convince yourself you're over the break up, but to celebrate how you moved on. No coincidence that both of these are Hip-Hop driven.
Nothing here is too different than previous albums by him. His sound is expanding a bit and there is more than acoustic balladry now, but overall the man remains the same. He cannot break free of being a performer, he cannot get into the act. The difference between him and the horrible Watkins is that Watkins remained in character. Having "New Man" and "Happier" in the same album is jarring, since they're opposites but there's nothing to connect them. Eventually, one side takes over and the most convincing one is the braggadio and macho bullshit. It's funny how that song take shots an ultramacho new boyfriend, because that's exactly how Sheeran sounds like. I have no problem with that, since "New Man" is actually brillaint. I only wish he would let go already. "Galway Girl" has more spirit than any song here.
2 new men out of 5
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on March 5, 2017 Categories music, reviewTags 2017, abstract hip hop, acoustic, acoustic guitar, acoustic rock, act, acting, adele, album review, alex & sierra, andrew belle, andy grammar, anne-marie, arctic monkeys, ballad, bastille, ben howard, birdy, bonoo, boyce avenue, britian, british, britpop, calum scott, castle on the hill, charlene soraia, cher lloyd, christina perri, clean bandit, club, clubbing, colbie caillat, coldplay, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, divide, douchebage, drake, dua lipa, ED SHEERAN, ella henderson, ellie goulding, emeli sande, foy vance, frank ocean, future, gabrielle alpin, gavin degraw, gavin james, george ezra, green day, guitar, hip-hop, howie day, hozier, jack savoretti, jake bugg, jame lawson, james arthur, james bay, james blunt, james morrison, jason mraz, jason reeves, jessie j, joe brooks, john legend, john mayer, john newman, joshua radin, jp cooper, justin hurwitz, justin nozuka, kanye west, labrinth, lady gaga, lana del rey, led zeppelin, lewis watson, linkin park, little mix, lorde, lostprophets, love, love song, love songs, mat kearney, matt nathanson, mcfly, megan davis, multiply, music, music 2017, music album, music review, new music, new music review, newton faulkner, nina nesbitt, nirvana, nostalgia, olly murs, one direction, parachute, passenger, performance, pink floyd, plus, pop, pop music, pop rap, pop rock, pop soul, popular music, radiohead, rap, real music, red hot chili peppers, rixton, romance, ron pope, roo panes, sam smith, seafret, sex, sex music, sexuality, shape of you, shawn mendes, sheeran, soul, soul music, taylor swift, the 1975, the beach boys, the beatles, the chainsmokers, the civil wars, the fault in our stars, the kinks, the vamps, the wanted, the weeknd, the who, the xx, thundercat, tiago lorc, tom odell, tori kelly, united kingdom, vance joy, white, white people, white privilege, zaynLeave a comment on Ed Sheeran – Divide
AlunaGeorge – I Remember
This album should be huge. It's not obscure by any means, with Wikipedia listing at least 9 sites that reviewed it. Still, none of these songs were familiar to me. Even if you don't listen to the radio daily, you will end up hearing "This is What You Came For" or whatever crap Sia is vomiting. So why is my only previous experience with these guys is a feature on a Jack U single, that I only heard about because I'm a Skrillex fanboy?
This isn't a fanboy ranting about his favorite band. I love Little Boots, but her style is too subdued for mainstream success. AlunaGeorge, however, sum up the sounds of the all big hits on the radio. In and of itself, it's neutral since hits on the radio tend to go from horrifingly bad ("The Greatest"), to awesome ("Sugar"), to okay ("How Deep Is Your Love") and future classics (The Weeknd in general). What's amazing is how AlunaGeorge get it right. I'm not snobbish. I can imagine all the sounds on the radio forming to create a decent song. It's just that every time I imagine the existence of such a song, it ends up sounding like "Mean What I Mean".
I mention that song specifically, and not just because its hook is killer. Female empowerment is topical now, and it's another song about bragging about rejecting unattractive guys. Such songs can be obnoxious, especially if the topic takes over the message. Just look at Meghan Trainor's "No". AlunaGeorge just turn it to stomping, cocky Pop song full of real confidence. Aluna sounds more confident than trying to impress. Two rappers are featured in it, they're absolutely boring but Aluna is so good it's easy to forget them.
Aluna is a an excellent vocalist. George supplies plenty of banging beats, but Aluna sings exactly how Pop singers should. She never stretches her voice, always letting the melody drive the song. It's not subduing your personality, but understanding that vocal acrobatics only impressive non-musical people. She has plenty of personality – else she wouldn't be able to pass off "Mean What I Mean" so well – she just never lets it get in the way of the song. Her singing is closer in style to Little Boots. If her personality doesn't come out of one song, it does come out from a full album.
Personality-wise, she's like CHVRCHES' Lauren more fun-loving sister. Although her voice has a childish tint to it, the songs often have an aggressive, determined edge to them. "Mean What I Mean", "Jealous" and especially "Not About Love" have an aggressive edge to them. The lattermost especially has CHVRCHES-worthy lyrics of dismissing a former lover. It's all sang with a bit of placidity, like Aluna actually is above it all. That makes her sound far stronger than all her peers. Even "I'm In Control" sounds confrontational.
Although there are a lot of collaborations here, there's still a uniform sound and concept. "Mediator" may use live drums and "I'm In Control" jumps on the tropical moombahton thing, but it never sounds schizophrenic. I'm not sure it was supposed to. The whole thing plays like a party record, moving from mood to mood without trying to alienate the audience. Even the sequencing supports it, with the bass-heavy "My Blood" and "Full Swing" stuck at the beginning while the middle has the more House-influenced "I'm In Control" and "Jealous". The sounds occasionally change, but the purpose remains the same. It speaks volume of Aluna's personality that it all sounds like products of their own. Instead of jumping on trends, the duo just destroys everyone else who does the same thing.
There were times when Pop music was the butt of critics, when this sort of party music was scoffed compared to 'serious art', like Dream Theater. I don't know if albums like these changed people minds or we simply all grew up. Nevertheless, it's a great example of how contemporary music is in no competition against 'the old classic stuff'. We're talking about 12 songs with great hooks, great beats and a fantastic singer. After this, the idea that some people don't like Pop music looks silly.
3.5 mean out of 5 mean
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on February 25, 2017 Categories music, reviewTags abra, alaska thunderfuck, album review, alunageorge, banks, bebe rexha, blood orange, broods, charli xcx, charlift, clean bandit, dawn richard, disclosure, ED SHEERAN, edm, Electro House, electronic, electronic dance music, electronic music, electronica, ellie goulding, elliphant, empire of the sun, fka twigs, florrie, foxes, glass animals, grimes, jessy lanza, jorja smith, kate boy, katy perry, kay b, kelela, kiiara, la roux, lady gaga, ladyhawke, lion babe, lorde, maroon 5, mia, mnek, moombahton, music, music review, nao, nikki & the dove, phantogram, pop, pop music, pop rock, popular music, punk pop, purity ring, rihanna, robyn, sampha, santigold, sbtrkt, sevdaliza, shura, sky ferreira, sleigh bells, snakehips, sohn, sza, the weeknd, the xx, tourist, tove lo, tropical house, wetLeave a comment on AlunaGeorge – I Remember
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I've Made
Both Social Justice Warriors and the people who hate them are panic-starters. Confirmation bias is their religion, and it's hard to find the truth between all the bullshit. It's hard to find where racism is truly a problem, and not just a normal case where a black person didn't get what they want. It's hard to tell the difference between the actual damage SJW's do, or paranoia.
Macklemore's second album makes it easy. SJW's ruined this rapper. What used to be a confident, inventive and versatile rapper is now a doormat. "White Privilege II" is the centerpiece of the album. Way before you hear it, Macklemore's crippling guilt over rapping while white cripples the album.
That song is easily one of the worst abominations commited to audio. You need to make songs about raping women and killing 'damn niggers' to make something worse. Actually, rappers have done songs about raping women and got acclaim for it.
Where to start with such a trainwreck? It ends with a woman singing about Hip-Hop like it's some sort of ideal. Maybe she should look to Ice Cube or Eazy-E or Phife Dawg, highly acclaimed rappers who made sure to let us know how terrible women are. Women praising Hip-Hip is one of the most hilarious things ever. I can enjoy plenty of misogynistic music, but it doesn't make it right.
In fact, "White Privilege II" proves something more terrible than white people rapping. Okay, so some dudes have a wacky entitlement complex and think their phenotypes mean they 'own a culture'. Still, why are the only living artists Macklemore attacks are women? Why is Miley Cyrus twerking worse than those hundreds of videos and songs about 'hoes' and 'gold diggers', where women are just decorations in a video? Don't criticize people for not wanting to listen to objecitifcation of women. It doesn't matter how oppressed you are. Misogyny cannot be justified.
But Macklemore is concerned with not looking racist. Since we're dealing with appearances, we can sacrifice other groups for our image. That's why we bend over backwards to make sure people won't criticize Islam. So Macklemore is angry over white people rapping and exploitating the precious culture that gave us songs like "A Bitch Iz a Bitch". I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist, or shouldn't be talked about. Just don't be a total moron about it (It's no "The Blacker the Berry", a song that gives the oppressed a voice, makes us understand what it feels like). Delivering coherent ideas in music is hard, but when you're that pretentious is impossible. Hip-Hop is not holy. No one is entitled to Hip-Hop. Don't tell me how Hip-Hop was for the 'oppressed' when misogyny and homophobia are all over the place.
Oh, and Macklemore had fantastic black singers on "Can't Hold Us" and "Thrift Shop". So no, Macklemore, your white skin didn't help you. These black singers did.
Enough about that song, though. For a while, the album hints it might be good. "Light Tunnels" is actually very good. Apologizing to Kendrick Lamar was retarded, but it's an ambitious song that could only come out of a Kanye-esque narcisstic mind. Then again, whining about fame is narcissitic unless you got psychological insight. The song stretches for 6 minutes, changing the beat constantly but still keeping a hook. It's an epic, attention-grabbing opener. Macklemore still sounds inconfident in it, but at least it sees him looking forward and trying ridiculous but interesting ideas.
"Downtown" may be an obvious sequel to "Thrift Shop" but it's a fun one. The aggressive shout-rap is a nice throwback. In truth, the only way it's a sequel to that song is in concept. It's a silly rap song driven by a hook that still pushes the music forward. The duo aren't without talent, they're just crippled by white guilt and over-seriousness.
The album drops in quality more and more as it goes on. It never becomes offensive until "White Privilege II" and sometimes it rises. Mostly though, it's so subdued. Nothing about is particularly different from The Heist in musical terms. The songs switch from serious to fun, to a mix of the two. The musical backdrop is experimental and accessible at the same time ("St. Ides" has a beautiful beat). Both hooks and lyrics are important, but this Macklemore always sounds self-aware this time around.
Even when Macklemore was serious and cheesy, he sounded honest. He might've sounded ignorant, but he sounded like he genuinaly cared. "Neon Cathedral" worked. "Growing Up" and "Kevin" don't. It's as if Macklemore knows this is what's expected of him. The fun tracks are where this is most apparent. "Brad Pitt's Cousin" and "Dance Off" lack any sense of joy, or any hook. Macklemore sounds particularly depressed on the former, referencing Deez Nuts (meme, not the band) in some silly effort to inject silliness. Now, if Macklemore deliberately wrote a song about trying to lift his depression in a party, it'd be brilliant. His voice is light-hearted and sounds odd in serious songs, so it'll be ideal for a song like this one. Instead, Macklemore sounds like he doesn't really want to make music.
The line "I don't like who I am in this environment" in the opener is telling. Both parties rarely sound like they want to make this music. Ryan Lewis has cool ideas and a diverse palette, but the beats aren't attention-grabbing like before. He never takes the ideas to their extreme conclusions. "Need to Know" barely has a beat, as if minimalism is a virtue in and of itself. "Dance Off" is utterly pathetic. It's a banger with no drums and no basslines. You can only tell it's a dance song because someone screams about getting down on the floor.
If Macklemore truly thinks white females are ruining Hip-Hop, then he's a hypocrite. If he just thinks white people are exploiting the culture (No mention of Apathy or El-P or Eminem or Mike Shinoda though), then don't rap. Don't rap especially if you don't feel like it. Even when you leave out the abomination that is "White Privilege II", it's a tired album by two people who just don't want to make that music.
2 popped tags out of 5
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on March 6, 2016 Categories Bullshit, music, reviewTags 2016, african american, afro-american, album, album review, black, black lives matter, blacklivesmatter, chance the rapper, dance music, ED SHEERAN, feminism, grammy, hip-hop, hiphop, iggy azalea, kanye west, kendrick lamar, macklemore, misogyny, music, music album, music review, new album, new music, nwa, police brutality, pop, pop music, pop rock, privilege, racism, rap, rap rock, rihanna, rock music, ryan lewis, social justice, social justice warrior, social network, tumblr, white privilegeLeave a comment on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I've Made
Ed Sheeran – X
There is a brilliant message buried in X. It shouldn't be too hard to unearth. All you have to do is listen to "Tenerife Sea" after remembering Sheeran brags about how girls ask him to fuck in "Don't". There are women who are certain all British men are hot guys in suits, that they're very romantic, nice and will never break your heart. Ed Sheeran is that hot guy, only he's aware that the image of a romantic man can be another way to have sex with as much women as possible.
Or maybe there is no message. Maybe Ed Sheeran believes his own bullshit.
Kid Rock also believes his own bullshit, but it took him some time to start. That's also about the time he lost it. Before that, he tried really hard to convince himself he's a brilliant musician. He did that by drawing from various American music styles – the loud guitars, the aggressive rapping, the country twang and figuring out why these tropes work. Kid Rock never sounded genuine on "Picture" but it didn't sound like he tried. His inspiration for that ballad was not heartbreak but other ballads, but he listened to enough to make it work.
Ed Sheeran is like the British version of Kid Rock, with acoustic guitars instead of distortion and a Unthreatening Nice Guy image instead of redneck-ness. There must be a way to connect bragging tracks with acoustic ballads about love. The underrated Everlast made a career of this and Jason Mraz also had a brief time in the limelight.
Everlast and Mraz had a more focused image, though. Everlast's ballads weren't meant to sound like a Nice Guy. They were meant to sound like the chink in the macho man's armor. Jason Mraz was always an average dude. Ed Sheeran, in one has a lot of sex and in the other is a hopeless romantic.
This isn't the result of expressing a wide range of emotions. Sheeran sounds comfortable in "Sing" and "Don't". After all, he's a famous singer so he must have first-hang accounts of girls asking him upstairs. The problem is that he brings this sexual confidence to his ballads.
Love songs that come from a place of sexual confidence sound either insincere, or pointless. If you're so confident in your ability at wooing, why are aiming for catharsis? The best love songs are those where the singer sounds like he has to get it off his chest. On Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year", the singer sounds like he's exploding from happiness. On Cure's "Lovesong", Smith sounds like he will fall apart if the woman in question won't marry him.
Sheeran doesn't sound happy, sad, confused or any emotion that can lift a love song. He sounds like he's trying to pick up girls. The songs sound no different than any song where a rapper waves his dollar bills and offers expensive drinks for sex. The difference between Sheeran and TI is that Sheeran sounds like he's trying to have one night stands with girls who are dying for romance. TI knows his girls just want a sugar daddy.
This isn't an image that exists outside of the record. Every artist creates an image inside the record that helps connect the songs and bring personality. Some play the same character on every album – Dave Wyndorf is a sexy nerd pretty much all the time. Some change – Marilyn Manson went from being Antichrist Superstar to an old man. If "One" and "I'm a Mess" were sincere enough, they could stand sitting next to "Sing". "Picture" could stand next to a song about how we never meet a motherfucker quite like Kid Rock because Kid tried really, really hard to sound vulnerable.
It may be the set up of just guitar and vocals, which meant to sound intimate but isn't. It can't even count as a rip-off of Nick Drake, because any Nick Drake rip-off would sound a little more sincere. On "Photograph", he rips off the lyrics of Incubus "Love Hurts" and doesn't even bother to add anything. On "Thinking Out Loud", he asks the woman if she will remember the taste of his love. Facebook news feeds moved on, but Sheeran is still stuck somewhere in time. I can't even remember a time these lines meant something.
He's a little better in the other tracks. There are good hooks in "Sing", "Don't" and "Runaway". They would've worked much better in different hands. The toughness in "Don't" would've added a lot to Jason Mraz. Everlast would've dealt with the alcoholism in "Runaway" much better.
"Afire Love" is the track that best sums up the record, the good and the bad. Sheeran is at once convincing, but reveals how weak a songwriter he is. The subject of Alzheimer's is pretty touching, and the melody is beautiful. The lyrics are so anticlimatic, though. The first verse is just a dull chronicle of how a person started losing his memory and that it made people feel bad, with a mentions of the devil and heaven which add nothing to the tone. Imagine how beautiful the song could be if Patterson Hood or Frank Turner – lyricists whose whole point is intimacy – handled them. Look at the song title. Such a serious subject deserves a song that's not titled like another cheap love song.
Maroon 5 are another apt comparison, but they handled their fame better. They were into love songs for the sake of singing love songs, so even with their new sexual confidence their love songs weren't obnoxious. Ed Sheeran never, for one moment, sound sincere. He's full of confidence and arrogance but sings of weakness. Imagine if Snoop Dogg sang Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". It's not a clever contrast. Sheeran doesn't play with these personalities, so they end up working against each other.At best, it's decent pop but until he does something with his image it'll be a glass ceiling. Even the best tracks sound weaker because they're performed by him.
2 cups of ginger ales out of 5
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on July 16, 2015 Categories music, reviewTags acoustic, album, album review, ballad, british, ED SHEERAN, england, everlast, folk, folk rock, grime, hip-hop, jason mraz, kid rock, love songs, maroon 5, music, music review, nice guys, pop, popular music, rap, rap rockLeave a comment on Ed Sheeran – X
Of Monsters and Men – Beneath the Skin
The view from the tallest mountain on Skyrim must be extraordinary. It must also wear itself out if you stare at it for an hour. This isn't an attempt to find a cool way to say "this album is good but monotonous". This album is the pop music equvilant of standing on the top of a snow-covered mountain, looking down while thinking profound thoughts and feeling profound emotions.
That's not a bad idea. It's a good one that becomes fantastic on lead single "Crystals". It finds a bridge between stadium pop and the sort of epic nature the band loves so much. It's the sound of a band discovering where else their sound can take them, and writing better melodies to accompany it. The chorus is so beautiful that the dullness that follows it is jarring.
It's never bad, but the songs tend to blur together. At first you're checking the tracklist, surprised the song changed because the tone and atmosphere didn't. The second time you check tracklist, you're surprised that by "Empire" no idea appeared. "Wolves Without Teeth" only sticks out because it has a better melody than all the rest, but the band's talent for melodies is a given.
Music isn't as simple as just writing good tunes. If you don't surround them with interesting enough sounds, the melodies are wasted. It's not as if the sound the band came up with takes advantage of repetition. Some bands use a uniform sound to trap you in it, or to beat the listener into submission. Even then it's a hard thing to do right. Slipknot couldn't do it with Iowa. What makes Of Monsters and Men think they can do it with their nature pop thing?
There's an attempt here to go darker and more 'artistic', but it's a cover. It's a useless attempt by the band, anyway. They sounded 'artistic' enough compared to their peers. Mumford & Sons just sounded mushy and afraid to be more than background music (except that annoying banjo in "Little Lion Man"). Of Monsters and Men nailed what sitting outside under the shade of a tree sounds like. They had more purpose and more good songs than American Authos, Fitz & the Tantrums and Imagine Dragons.
The addition of glacial and epic sounds are great, but that's the whole album. There is nothing as fun as "Mountain Sound" or easy like "Little Talks". It's all big, profound, looking at glacial and lost at thought. It's never horrible. It will work as a decent soundtrack to Skyrim, but it will quickly fade into decent background music. Maybe it's something the band needed to get out of their system, to prove they can get more serious and 'deep'. There are still a few killer melodies here. Let's hope it's an experiment, and not a sign of things to come.
2.5 glaciers out of 5
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on June 30, 2015 Categories music, reviewTags album review, coldplay, ED SHEERAN, folk, foster the people, glaciers, mumford & sons, music, music review, of monsters and men, pop, rock, skyrim, snowLeave a comment on Of Monsters and Men – Beneath the Skin
Beatport Chart Review #1
This EDM thing is pretty big. There a lot of festivals where people gather together to listen to music and perhaps take drugs. Since major artists rarely release full-lengths – Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Martin Garrix and Nicky Romery from DJ Mag's Top 100 don't even have an album in the works. So, I'll just go over the whole Beatport chart in order to determine whether everything is bad or most of it is bad.
Chart according to 21/12/2014
1. R3hab & KSHMAR – Karate
Is this Melbourne Bounce? The melody in the drop is nice, but the sound is too boring. I heard this horn thing too much. At least Big Room utilized different sounds. I also first thought the drop repeated itself three times. It's too monotonous for its own good. Decent fodder for a DJ set, but nothing much.
2. Dusky – Yoohoo
Deep House at #2. That's nice. Are they playing this stuff for the same crowds who want to see Avicii? Anyway, the drums are great. Four minutes into this, and all I can think about are the drums. Perhaps it has something to do with the other elements lacking. There's a vocal simple that doesn't do anything, aside from telling me that I call it love. The bassline just goes along with the drums. The piano in the middle adds some warmth which is a nice contrast to the cold drums. When it finally finds cool ambient noises it decides to cut back and end. Perhaps not worth the full six minutes, but it was pretty banging.
3. Michael Caflan – Treasured Soul
Beatport lists this simply as house. The drums in the beginning bang, and I love the vocal sample. The warm soft sounds in the drop made me cringe, but the piano and the chopped vocals make up for it. It used them to create rhythm, not these warm synths. I think this is what Knife Party tried to make with "DIMH", but they missed the point.
4. Ed Sheeran – Don't (Don Diablo)
Fuck a build-up! No, seriously, it starts with the vocal sample and then there's a drop. I can live with that. The vocals suit the BPM, and the drop uses sounds that would make someone re-make this as a big room track. It's like as if someone merged Diamond Pistol's "Wrecker" with Michael Caflan's track. Pretty good.
5. Maceo Plex & Gabriel Ananda – Solitary Daze
I don't think this song is finished. It sounds like Dubnobasswithmyheadman-era Underworld, but it goes nowhere during its seven minute voyage. The ambiance is great, but by the time the fifth minute rolls around you're hearing the exact same thing with almost no variation. It's a shame, because that part they repeat is great, but few things are so good they can repeat themselves for seven minutes without changing.
6. Royskopp – Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Remix)
Hello again! This one sounds more like Orbital, and unlike the previous track he gets what makes this style work. It uses melody not to create rhythm, but to create a dreamlike atmosphere. Melody is always more powerful in dance music when it's pushed in the back, and changes as the drop goes on. The buildup/drop structure doesn't really suit this style. It should be one continues thing, but I can forgive that. The most fully realized track here yet.
7. Natema – Everybody Does
Everything you need in a dance track here. There's a great bassline and good vocals, and it keeps bringing new sounds all throughout its length. There's a guitar that comes and goes, and sounds video games think belongs to radars. This one sounds like the work of a band who should have an album out.
8. Tom Swoon & Stadium feat. Rico & Miella – Ghost
There are big, dramatic drums in the beginning. I think the drop is going be either heavy or life-affirming. The vocals are leftover Afrojack and try to make me think this is actually very, very serious. How do people react to this at festivals? Do they all start reflecting about their past one night stands? The female singer has a much better melody and a much better voice. The drop was probably – here it comes – ghost-produced by Avicii. I hope DKS will use the female vocals and make a better remix.
9. Axwell ^ Ingrosso – Something New
I'm glad they put the "^" in their name, but it doesn't excuse this crap. Here come more utterly serious and sincere singing and lyrics from a bad self-help book. It doesn't express happiness. It's faux-positive, saying a lot of pretty, inoffensive things. It's boring, and there's nothing here that creates rhythm. The drop is more of that Avicii crap. You can't dance to this. This is why people think White People Can't Dance.
10. MEM – Ecco (Ummet Ozcan Edit)
Does MEM stand for "Middle East Massacre"? Anyway, we're back to starting with some great drums, and I wouldn't mind a few more seconds of that build-up. The synth stabs at the chorus remind me a bit of Melbourne Bounce, but the drums sound more like Deep House. This weird fusion works. An acoustic guitar appears after the first drop, which makes zero sense in the context of the song even though the melody is pretty. The melody also doesn't sound that bad when the synth plays it. The second drop repeats the first, but I can live with that.
Author The Brain in the JarPosted on December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 Categories chart review, musicTags Beatport, Big Room, Deep House, don diablo, ED SHEERAN, Electro House, House music, KSHMR, Maceo Plex, MEM, michael caflan, R3hab, Royskopp, Tech House, TOM SWOON, Ummet OzcanLeave a comment on Beatport Chart Review #1