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The Christian Parlor Magazine: 1844-1845, Zväzok 1
THE FAMILY INSTITUTION
Ir is natural and creditable to men to regard with a degree of veneration the institutions, monuments and usages of ancient time. That man is not to be envied or trusted who is unconscious of a sentiment of reverence towards the dim and hoary PAST-towards the fathers of empire, the founders of government, the lawgivers of mankind. If this remark be just in relation to things and institutions human in their attributes and origin, much more must it apply to an institution whose origin is coeval with the commencement of man's history, and whose founder is GOD. Such an institution is the Family; the most ancient, venerable, permanent and universal of all the forms of society-commencing with man's history, and ending not until he is no longer a dweller upon earth. The family institution was prior to every other social form. It is not a creation of government, a product of legislation. It is not the offspring but the parent of states and of civil authorities; and it has been the wisdom of states in all ages to regard the family constitution with reverence. "The common law itself," says Lord Bacon, "which is the best bound of our wisdom, doth often prefer the prerogative of the father to the prerogative of the king." Fathers were before kings, and the patriarchal staff before the sceptre of royalty, and the simple majesty of parental rule before the oldest thrones. Kingly and imperial sway are mere ephemera in comparison with the family; the first rude domestic tent of palm leaves ever spread by the Euphrates, was the emblem of a power more enduring and pervading than that of the Cæsars, more majestic than imperial Rome; to be known and honored from the rising to the setting sun, and till the last parent and child of the race pass in the wreck of matter and the downfall of the stars.
No earthly association was ever known comparable to this. We are struck with its permanency. The ocean changes its boundaries often --this never. The history of civil and political forms is a history of changes rapidly succeeding each other in an endless progress—but the Family Form, as if designed to be a similitude of the government of its great author, has survived the decay of the proudest kingdoms, and sustains itself among men of all nations and climes, and whatever changes may yet take place in earthly governments, and whatever the form that shall ultimately prevail, the perma
nence of the family is guaranteed to the end of time.
The moral power of such an institution as the Family cannot but be great. It is organized with a view to efficiency, by the God of Wisdom himself, and whether its influence be good, or through perversion bad, in the nature of the case it must be prodigiously great. There are, say, three millions of families in the United States. Now what would be the impression of statesmen if they knew that there existed within the limits of these States, three millions of small societies, each efficiently organized, its members compacted together by ties of the most inviolable nature; if, too, they had already taken possession of the country,-and were educating our rulers from the lowest to the highest, and training our officers of church and state of every grade? Who would not apprehend the worst consequences from the wrong exercise of their influence; and hail as vitally propitious to the interests of the nation and the world the discreet and wise management of each and every of this vast array of societies? Such are the families of the land and such their sway. The soil is theirs the power is all theirs—the living, thinking, acting population, the men under authority, and the men in authority, are all theirs they are the proprietors and lords paramount of the territory and mind and body of the nation.
It is hardly possible, therefore, to overrate the importance of throwing light and the saving influence of God's Spirit and grace into the families of our country and the world, that a right direction and impulse may be given to their amazing power over the character and the temporal and eternal destiny of mankind. Oh, if our families were but baptized with the baptism of eternal love, the predicted and prayed for day of glory would be already here.
The family is by its constitution and ends essentially a religious organization. Its origin is from God. He designed it as the seminary, not only for the nurture of our physical nature through infancy and weakness, but much more for the inculcation and beautiful growth of those sentiments and principles, which prepare us for the service of God and mankind, in all the offices of love and duty, of patriotism, humanity, religion, and form the character which heaven, through grace in Christ, can admit to its everlasting man
sions. This is the proper scope and purpose of the Family Institution, and no adequate substitute for its agency exists on earth. How beautifully and by what a sweet process, is the education of the heart and its affections, conducted in the bosom of a judicious and holy family, through infancy, childhood and youth! A presence and a power are there hallowing all they touch, felt in the depths of the soul in the visitings of strange joys, in the ethereal dreamings of hope, in the balmy air of love and fond tendernesses, in the soft and holy light that falls from heaven on the family altar, the patriarchal priest, the big old Bible, and the mother's eye so mild and saint-like. What wonder that in all life's changes, roam where we may, and in whatever circumstances, the Christian home of our childhood is remembered with religious yearnings; the green sward, the brook, the cottage, bathed in mellow light, never fade from the past, and thither back from our most distant wanderings, we repeat the gladly made pilgrimage to that "Palestine and Mecca of the mind;" and often amidst the strifes of the world and the vaultings of ambition, we are both reproached and soothed with the hope, that on the spot where our infancy uttered its first innocent lisp, our old age may disburthen itself of sin and care, and slumber as sweetly as we then did upon our mother's bo
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We say there is no substitute on earth for the family influence on the moral training of the heart. Men in their self-sufficient wisdom have tried it, with what results let history declare. Sparta tried it, substituting the state for the parent, aud she reared a commonwealth of brutes. It has been tried repeatedly in a system of divorces for convenience sake. The consequences alike in ancient Rome and modern France, were fearful. Perhaps the most impressive example of the mischievous tendency of renouncing the Family Constitution and the domestic influence, is supplied by the history of the Romish Clergy. The Church of Rome pronounced marriage a sacrament, yet imposed perpetual celibacy upon her priesthood, and this whole order of men were thus excluded from the humanizing influence of family relations. They were forbidden to be husbands and fathers; they were denied the sacred moulding influence of Home, and they became incarnate fiends in the temper of their minds. The sun never looked upon men so bereft of every attribute and sympathy of humanity. Estranged utterly and without remedy from every sentiment of kindness and
compassion, they outstripped in diabolical and cold-blooded cruelty, in intense and unrelenting ferocity, all the world ever dreamed of in its most barbarous ages. They became, says an eminent living author, in every sense, immediate and figurative, the sons and ministers of hell, and their fierce malignity and bitter hate as exhibited in their persecutions, scathed and withered every inch of earth they ever touched. The cruelties of Nero were tender mercies compared with theirs. The fiercest pagan persecution was infinitely preferable to the mildest popish. Who would not have fled from the office of the holy inquisition, and taken refuge upon the pagan rack, or among the wild beasts of the Roman theatre ?" How shall we account for the unbounded and atrocious ferocity of these men for they were men, and once drew life from maternal bosoms. The answer which chiefly explains it is-they had ejected themselves as a body from the humanizing influence of the domestic organization-its soft and gracious sway reached not to them, waked not, nurtured not the natural affections in them. In the language of the writer just referred to, they had no kindly relatierships, no natural cares, no mild hopes,-they were not social, not domestic. They were not husbands, fathers. friends, neighbors, or citizens; they had no fireside, no home," and they became demons Such is the inevitable consequence of invading the order of Providence by forbidding warriage The Institution of the Family cannot be thus set aside without dire and monstrous results. It was ordained to fit men for usefulness, for kindness, for deeds of generous benevolence, love, and mercy, and no substitute for it can be found. As the process by which the fruits of the earth are brought forward from the bud and blossom to finished ripeness and beauty, by which is imparted the inimitable and living blush, the fragrant odor, the perfect flavor, can be carried on only by nature, by laws of assimilation, affinity, and thousand-fold eliminations, above all counterfeiting art of chemist, painter, and sculptor, so the process of forming, training, ripening the heart, can be achieved only by the thousand-fold influence of the Family Institution. All the philosophers and artists in the world cannot make a peach-all the schools and governments in the world cannot make a MAN, and put a warm and gentle heart into his bosom. Alas! how many stupid attempts to do it have been made and failed. Train vines on the north side of an iceberg, moisten their roots with Dead Sea water, and expect juices
THE FAMILY INSTITUTION.
bland and nectarean as from fruits mellowed beneath Italian skies. Train man's heart elsewhere than amid the select and sacred influences and associations of Home, and with equal reason expect from it the gentle and generous beating of humanity. There are no springs of love where there are no gushings of household
The family institution, we hardly need say, derives its principal charm and power, as an elucational agent, and as a source of happiness, from the presence and influence of religion. This is a truth not at all impaired by the fact that many families are found making no pretensions to religion, and yet enjoying a considerable share of social happiness and respectability in the world. So far as happiness springs from natural affection and refined morality, they may attain it but still it is owing to the influence of religion pervading a community that morality and natural affection are not as nearly extin guished there as among the heathen. Religion exerting its influence directly or indirectly, is in fact the source of all the order, harmony, and propriety which distinguish the families of a Christian from those of a heathen land; and in exact proportion as the power of the religious influence is increased in families will be the increase of their blessedness and usefulness. Of the particular mode in which religion tends to this result we only observe generally that it does it by linking the family on earth to the family in heaven; by securing the friendship of Gol; by quickening and sanctifying the social affections, by causing the domestic circle to dwell together in unity and love, and predisposing each heart to the fulfilment of the whole detail of home's sweet charities and gentle offices of love and kindness. And it deserves to be remembered that domestic happiness, the peace and loveliness of the family, are greatly dependent upon the prompt and right fulfilment of these small offices. It has been well remarked by a philosophical observer that the misery of human life is made up of large masses, each separated from the other by certain intervals. One year the death of a child; years after, a failure in trade; after another longer or shorter interval, a daughter may have married unhappily; in all but the singularly unfortunate the integral parts that compose the sum total of the unhappiness of a man's life are easily counted and distinctly remembered. The happiness of life, the happiness of the family especially, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractionsthe little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss, a
smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, these, and the countless other little kindnesses of genial feelings, make a perpetual summer in the household where they prevail. And if there be a spot on earth which angels might long to visit, and where they might fondly linger, it is the loving Christian family, where parents and children, husband and wife, brothers and sisters, bound together in the blessed compact of love, and moving in harmonious spheres of duty and affection, fulfil the holy and beautiful purposes of the Family Institution.
The task which the Christian Parlor Magazine has undertaken is one of delightful yet solemn responsibility. To visit the domestic circle and firesides of our country; to furnish aliment to the mind, and force and freshness to the graceful charities of domestic life; to inspire cheerfulness without levity; to develope the treasures of the heart's deep affections without beguiling the fancy or corrupting the imagination, is an aim worthy of the ablest pens and the loftiest ambition, and a consciousness of success will be a sweet reward.
We conclude this paper by urging upon all the members of the family the importance of each contributing to the ends of its organization. In every important respect the well-being of all social forms depends upon the same principles. The causes of prosperity or destruction which operate in a nation, conduct to the same result in a family. The prudence and economy, the justice and moderation, the intelligence and piety which advance the one exalt the other; the luxury, licentiousness, pride, ignorance, unkindness, discord and impiety, which are ruinous to the one are fatal to the other, with this important difference, that mischief operates much more slowly upon national than upon family character and happiness. But still the God who rules the nations of the earth, rules its families also, and the same great principles of government are applied in both cases.
Internal discord has been one of the most common and fatal causes of national destruction. And no more potent mischief can invade the family. Love is the golden chain that binds the family group, and the only one that can bind it permanently and firmly. Let discord, suspicion, unkindness or alienation enter there, and the garden of its hopes and joys is blasted. Hence, parents and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, masters and servants, should individually and collectively seek to realize the benevolent designs of the
family institution. An unkind word or feeling within this sacred enclosure should be regarded with similar dread to that which is created by mutiny in a ship or civil war in the state. And since the family organization came from God, and was designed ultimately to lead to God, all should feel the indispensableness of pure religion. A family without religion possessed, enjoyed, exemplified, is a temple without divinity or altar; a vessel without steersman or helm, that lies rotting on the sea. Earth has no more melancholy object than a family living, dying without a God. In the midst of a nation's stir
and bustle, it seems not so strange that God should be forgotten. But in the family circle, to find no God-to follow it through all the interesting and solemn phases of its historythrough health and sickness, joy and sorrow, life and death, and hear no prayer or praise, and find no God and no Saviour recognized in its arrangements, shocks a reflecting and serious mind. When such a family separates at the grave who will not mourn ?-when they reassemble in eternity, who will not be filled with
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IOTA.
A VISIT TO GENERAL LA FAYETTE.
Ir is now eighteen years-it seems hardly as many months-since I visited the Friend of Washington, the Hero of Three Revolutions, at his country seat, La Grange, about twenty miles from Paris. I had seen him, a year before, in his triumphal progress through our country. I stood amidst the thronged multitudes of my native city, when wealth, and learning, and beauty, came forth to do him homage; and I seem even yet to see him with his animated gestures and his speaking countenance, at the moment when the populace, with a sudden burst of feeling, had taken the horses from his carriage, and were about to drag him through the streets themselves, how he begged, entreated, commanded them to desist from such a mode of testifying their respect, so unworthy of a free people. The pageant passed by: he left us in a few hours on his way to Boston, to assist in laying the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument; and I thought I had looked upon his venerable form for the last time here on earth.
In a few months, however, my health sunk under the duties of a laborious profession. As a last resort, I embarked for France, about the time of his departure for home in one of our public ships; and arrived a few days after him, while the kingdom was still ringing with the news of his return, and of the reception he had met with among a grateful people. Passing into Italy, I found my constitution gradually renovated under the influence of its genial climate, and was again at Paris in the month of July, soon after the anniversary of our national independence. The Americans there had celebrated the day by a public festival; and LA
FAYETTE was invited in from his residence in the country, to grace the occasion with his presence. He was still in town, and I called on him in company with my friend, Mr. E., who had recently come out from America, to join me in a tour through Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium. The General, with that quick recollection of persons for which he was so much distinguished, instantly knew me; mentioned our having sat opposite to each other at a public entertainment in N- a year before; and invited me to go out with him to La Grange, in company with Mr. E., to whom he felt under peculiar obligations for an act of delicate kindness during his visit to America.
The next day we left Paris, in company with his son, George Washington La Fayette. The General went before us in a low carriage which was built for him, while in this country, on account of his lameness: it was one of the numerous presents which drew the eyes of all classes upon him wherever he moved. After a pleasant ride of three hours, we arrived at Rosay, a town of about. three thousand inhabitants, where we were to leave the high road, and cross the country a mile or two, through the fields. Here it was necessary to report ourselves to the police; and it was curious to observe the different treatment which La Fayette experienced from the agents of the government, and the people of the village. His recent visit to America had made him an object of jealousy and hatred to the King; and it was therefore the business of the police to annoy and humble him, by every act of petty oppression in their power. For this very reason, the people of the
country, wherever he appeared, made double efforts to do him honor, for it gratified their resentment against Charles X., and their affection for the General. Though he had left them but a few days before, all the inhabitants of the place, young and old, came forth in a body from their dwellings to welcome his return. It was beautiful to see with what calmness he endured the insolence of the police, and how he soothed the exasperation and checked the muttered curses of the people, to prevent them from being embroiled with the government on his account. After a short time spent in this way, our passports were ready, and the General took me into his carriage for the remainder of the journey.
We had proceeded hardly a mile, when in the midst of an animated conversation, he suddenly broke off, and pointing to what seemed a forest of about a mile in extent, exclaimed, Voilà La Grange! At an earlier period of my travels, I should have considered such a collection of trees, as a sure sign that we were far from the habitations of men. But I had already learned, that what in our country is the indication of an uncultivated tract in a state of nature, is in the north of France the indication of an extensive domain, in the highest state of cultivation. It is customary there to encircle a large estate with a deep ditch; and to plant the mound which is thus formed, with maples, elms, or apple trees, whose branches intermingle as the trees grow up, forming a dense enclosure, through which the eye of the traveller can scarcely penetrate. Such was the case with the farm of La Fayette. In a few moments we passed the belt of trees, and entering what had seemed a forest, found it to be a richly cultivated tract of about five hundred acres, spread out before us in one open field, with here a patch of wheat, there of rye, barley, oats, peas, &c., in all the variety of French tillage, without a fence or hedge to separate them, and bounded simply by their leafy enclosure of more than three miles in circuit, I which shuts them out from the world. At one extremity, on a beautiful lawn, skirted with shrubbery, stood the family dwelling; and it was exactly such a dwelling as one would have desired for the residence of La Fayette. It was a large feudal castle, five hundred years old, once a hunting seat of Charles IX., standing in the freshness of its age-an apt emblem of its
"Like some bold chieftain
grey in arms,
And marked with many a seamy scar."
Imagine a spot selected in the lawn mentioned above, two hundred feet long, and one hundred
feet broad. At each of the four corners a round tower is erected of massive blocks of limestone, thirty feet in diameter and sixty feet high, surmounted by a conical roof rising fifteen feet higher, and terminating in an iron point. These towers are united by a line of buildings filling up the space between, on each of the four sides, and forming an enclosed court open only to the sky above, and entered on one side by an arched gateway, fifteen feet wide and twenty feet high. Such was the castle as originally constructed; and such it still remained, except that the court was laid open for the free admission of the sun and air, by demolishing, on one of the sides, the line of buildings which extended from tower to tower. As we drove towards the gate, the General pointed out an ivy which threw its luxuriant foliage along the walls of the castle, and hung in festoons over the entrance. It was planted three years before by CHARLES JAMES FOX. In a moment we passed under the gateway, and a hasty glance showed us the court within, surrounded by buildings three stories in height, whose windows looked down from all the three sides on the enclosed area. The lower story was occupied by the eating apartments, the kitchen, and the numerous offices connected with the domestic establishment. The second and third stories were the residence of the family. The carriage drew up at a noble staircase, on the side opposite to the gate. Welcome," said the General, as we alighted, welcome to my house, as every American is welcome to my heart." He led us up stairs as rapidly as his lameness would permit, and in a moment we were surrounded by his family. It was delightful to see the tenderness and veneration with which they all received him. His wife, indeed, was not there. She had sunk under a complication of diseases, produced by her voluntary confinement with him in the prison of Olmutz. But there was a widowed daughter, and the wife of George Washington, who was head of the family, together with a host of grand-children, all of whom crowded around him with the warmest expressions of affection and reverence. He introduced us as friends from America, and we were placed at once on the footing of old acquaintance.
It was nearly five o'clock, and time to dress for dinner. We were, therefore, conducted soon after to our apartments. Mine was in the third story of one of the towers described above, a circular room more than twenty feet in diameter, with tall, narrow windows, looking down through the massive walls five feet thick, on


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Q: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property I'm trying to resolve the problem described here:
https://github.com/seleniumhq/selenium-google-code-issue-archive/issues/4757
by building selenium standalone server locally, after some edits. And after release a get local version of selenium standalone server "selenium-server-standalone-3.0.0-beta1.jar", and it runs. But when I'm trying to connect to server from protractor or from selenium builder I get error:
"WebDriverError: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property; for more information, see https://github.com/jgraham"
How to integrate (or do something) to get selenium standalone serer with integrated firefox driver?

A: The way which worked for me was to clone sources from github by using GIT. Earlier i downloaded zip and it doesn't work, then I clone sources by sunig GIT and do all steps described here: http://shengwangi.blogspot.ru/2014/08/how-to-build-selenium-from-source.html, except "Download 3rd party library" step.

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Home News javier hernandez to west ham will chicharito be the next striker hit by the hammers curse
Javier Hernandez to West Ham: Will Chicharito be the next striker hit by the Hammer's curse?
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This summer has seen yet another striker unveiled in the claret and blue of West Ham, as the club announced Javier Hernandez's return to English football. At £16 million, the 96-cap Mexican seems to be a bargain compared to many other signings made in the summer of 2017.
Hammers fans are salivating at the prospect of their own baby-faced assassin, remembering the Little Pea's goal-scoring exploits in the red of Manchester United between 2010 and 2014. Neutrals also hope he can make an impact – I know of a few people who have been waiting for the deal to be completed so that they can stick him straight into their fantasy football teams.
But some are wary of placing too much expectation on the striker. For one, no longer is he baby-faced, now a 29-year-old who is running out of time to prove he is can be a top striker in Europe. But, more troublingly, it is well documented that Hernandez becomes the 33rd striker signed by co-owners Gold and Sullivan since January 2010, and that 20 of those strikers have failed to score more than three goals for the club. Amongst those strikers were some recognisable names: Benni McCarthy, Robbie Keane Nikica Jelavic and Simone Zaza were all proven strikers who failed to break the three-goal mark for the Hammers.
The story of Zaza's spell at the club last season should inspire particular concern from those wishing Chicharito well. Zaza joined in the summer of 2016, to much fanfare, for a €5 million loan fee from Juventus. A promising Italian international, Zaza had consistently found the net in Serie A with Sassuolo and Juventus. Having missed a crucial penalty for Italy at Euro 2016, the move to the Premier League should have been a chance to kick-start the next stage of his career. However, after 8 league appearances and 0 goals, Zaza returned to Italy. A loan spell at Valencia for the second half of the season saw a return of 6 goals from 18 La Liga matches, sealing a permanent move this summer. The issue was not Zazza. It was West Ham.
It should not be ignored that the only sides that enjoyed fewer touches in the opposition box last season than West Ham were West Brom and Burnley. Michail Antonio top scored for the Hammers last season with 9 goals, his ability to score goals increasingly proven at the top level. What we have to recognise is that the Hammers did not just lack a decent present in the box, they lacked a decent supply to the players there.
But undoubtedly that lack of quality of supply is exacerbated by the lack of a top-quality striker: maybe a decent goal-poacher is the missing piece of the West Ham puzzle? If the Hammers continue to get few touches in the box, then a poacher with a high percentage of shot conversion would surely help.
If that is the case, then is Javier Hernandez the missing piece? In his first 3 seasons at Man Utd the striker reached double figures in the league, but after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson fell out of favour. In the 2013-14 season Hernandez only scored 4 goals from 21 shots in 24 league appearances, his shot conversion rate dropping to below 20%. This lead to a high-profile loan move to Real Madrid, where Chicharito also struggled for game time, scoring 7 goals from 30 shots in 23 league games. In each of those 2 seasons the Mexican managed less than 900 minutes of action – a signal that he would struggle for playing time at a top club.
It was following those two seasons that Chicharito moved to Germany and Bayer Leverkusen in order to get more frequent playing time. The move paid off and 17 goals from 28 games followed in Hernandez's first season. The Mexican's second season was a relative disappointment, with 11 goals from 26 games.
Reaching double figures in an injury-disrupted season may not seem like a bad achievement, particularly as the Hammers did not have a single player reach that milestone last season. However, Chicharito's all-important shot conversion was down and his increased injury-proneness could be a bad sign. Is there a risk that the Mexican goal-scorer is passed his peak? The answer is not yet clear. For this transfer to be a success, that is not good enough. West Ham need a consistent striker if they are to improve on their position last season: Andy Carroll already holds the position of disappointing potential star in their squad.
While this gamble may not appear too expensive in terms of fee, the club-record wages afforded to Hernandez mean that the club could be doing more damage than splurging cash on one expensive fee. What the Hammers could be doing is spiralling the wage demands of potential stars: £140,000-a-week on this striker means that if Hernandez is another flop, the club may have to pay even higher to a more consistently proven goal-scorer.
It is undeniable that Hernandez comes with pedigree. But whether he can be the kind of player who takes a club like West Ham to the next level is left to be seen.
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Blur / Under The Westway CD single
Blur are set to release what is likely to be their last single on Monday 6 August, a week after the massive Blur 21 box comes out.
Under The Westway will be available as a seven-inch single (R 6873) with The Puritan as the B-side, but also, perhaps surprisingly, the song gets a CD single issue (CDR 6873) with the following track listing
1. Under the Westway
2. Under the Westway (Acoustic)
3. Under the Westway (Instrumental)
4. The Puritan
5. The Puritan (Instrumental)
Under The Westway does feature in the Blur 21 box – it's the last track on the fourth of the rarities CDs – but none of the others tracks on this physical release do, so fans may be keen to pick this up.
It is available exclusively from Blur's website (limited to 5000).
Nevermind 30 5CD set
5CD super deluxe • UK
Out This Week / on 23 September 2022
Reissues and releases
Blur / Bustin' + Dronin'
Japan-only compilation issued on vinyl & CD
Gorillaz / Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez
New album • Deluxe CD • Deluxe 2LP+CD • Coloured vinyl Gorillaz new album…
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Category: screenings
Frog Baby Film Festival
A film I edited and audio mixed in December and February was selected for the Frog Baby Film Festival at Ball State University. It was directed by Tyler Engle, and it's a film noir about a doctor at the end of his rope. You can see it at the university on March 30th at 7PM.
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Ingenue Premiere and other film updates
As I've previously mentioned, I've been working on the indie feature Ingénue for the last 6 months or so, here and there, as the visual effects editor and title sequence designer (and DVD menu author and end credits designer, for the record.) It was edited by my friend Katie and directed by Kate Chaplin. Ingénue… Continue reading Ingenue Premiere and other film updates
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Recap – A Night of Indie Film
Last night, our film He Who Watches screened at the Irving Theater in Indianapolis. The night was put on by Kate Chaplin and Karmic Courage, and it was fabulous. The theater location was perfect for the subject-matter and completely packed full, with people even standing in the back and sitting on the floors. It was… Continue reading Recap – A Night of Indie Film
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Another Public Screening
Our 48 Hour Film Project team was invited to another public screening of award winning films last night. It took place at the Monkey's Tale, a bar with a nice outdoor patio area in Indianapolis.
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Pool Sharks
By Jerrad | December 16, 2009
Platform: Shockwave
Categories: browser, candystand, free, game, mac, physics, pool, rating-g, shockwave, silentbaystudios, skill, sports, windows
We here at Jay Is Games like to bring you the best games that the Web has to offer, regardless of genre. Pool Sharks, the new billiards game from Silent Bay Studios, is not just another pool game. With different modes, slick visuals, and the option to bedazzle other players with complex trick shots, Pool Sharks is one pretty piece of work.
Pool Sharks is actually several different games in one; there are three different ways to play against the machine or a friend, as well as a high score mode and trick shot editor. You'll also have options regarding the venue you're playing in and the color of the pool table, as well as whether you prefer a traditional top down view, or the more realistic 3D view. Get everything looking like you want it, and you're ready to play. Whatever type of game you choose, the basic controls are the same. The pool stick can be rotated with the [arrow] keys, or by clicking and dragging the mouse. To shoot, you'll need to either click and hold the mouse or hold down [space], releasing once you've reached the desired power for the shot. There are also options in the bar at the bottom to change the angle of the shot, as well as what part of the cue ball you're hitting. Although the basic rules of each game can be viewed from the menu, you will need some knowledge of the basic rules of pool to be able to be really competitive. Or you can skip the rules altogether and just go straight to making trick shots.
Once you enter trick shot mode, you're free to edit the table however you see fit. Everything is set up for a standard game of 8-ball, but all of the balls can be moved anywhere you like. There are also a number of sticks and triangles that can be placed to set up some fairly amazing shots. Once you've got your shot exactly how you want it, you can record it and share it with other players. If you're having trouble coming up with your own shot, you can browse and rate shots that others have made. There's also a high score mode that will let you try to sink as many consecutive shots as you can, and all of the regular modes support two players, so you can go at this one alone or as part of the community for that warm, fuzzy feeling.
Analysis: In a genre that's inspired countless games, Pool Sharks is setting the standard for what a billiards game should be. The graphics are gorgeous, and the customizable options are a nice touch. Sounds are pretty much what you would expect from a pool game, with some additional ambient noise that fits the venue you're playing in. As for gameplay itself, the ball physics are right on, and there are plenty of different ways to play, so you'll never get bored.
There are a few problems, specifically with positioning of the cue. Depending on the layout of the table, the cue may be placed at different angles, to realistically portray the shot. The problem with that is, if you're not keeping an eye out for it, you can end up grabbing the cue and making the shot when you were just trying to rotate around the cue ball. The cursor changes when it's on the stick, so it's an easy problem to avoid if you're paying attention, and using the keyboard controls rather than the mouse will negate the issue altogether. I also had a minor issue with the game only having one level of difficulty; it would have been nice to start off with an easy opponent and then work my way up to the real sharks.
But those minor issues are more than made up for with the addition of the trick shot editor. In real pool, the best trick I can do is pretending that a shot I made was done intentionally. In Pool Sharks, however, I was able to make some shots that would have impressed even the most seasoned pool player. It takes some time playing with angles and prop positioning to get everything right, but once you've got the basics figured out, you're free to go nuts. Viewing shots others have saved can provide good inspiration, and saving your own is a great way to show off. And we all love to show off.
Despite the number of billiards games out there, Pool Sharks stands out in every respect as one of the best. Dismiss it because of its genre and you'll be missing a very well put together title. So what are you waiting for? Rack 'em up!
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peter • December 16, 2009 11:53 AM
won't load for me (using ClickToFlash in Safari). Ad loads, then there's no flash to load afterwords.
Jay • December 16, 2009 12:13 PM
It's Shockwave, not Flash. You'll need the Shockwave plug-in. Click "plug-in info" in the review header above to visit the download page for the plug-in.
Robin Yang • December 16, 2009 12:42 PM
Hey guys - we've found that sometimes the full version of Shockwave isn't installed by default on Macs (needed to run some of our games).
What we've found is that the version that Adobe provides to Mac users by default (through the Plug-In Info link) is the Slim version of Shockwave. The Full Installer version is needed to run Pool Sharks - which should be listed under both the Mac OS X 10.4 and PPC section of this link:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
The direct link is here: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/default/english/macosx/latest/Shockwave_Installer_Full.dmg
Alternately, users should be directed to this page:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/
and instructed to select the 'Full' installer from the last drop-down menu.
Robin Yang, Community Manager for Candystand
TFB • December 16, 2009 8:32 PM
Linux doesn't support shockwave.
xiefeilaga • December 17, 2009 12:26 AM
It wouldn't hurt to add a button where you can play the same setup again, rather than having to go back through all the menus each time.
Anonymous • December 17, 2009 12:39 AM
Key for a trick shot I learned at the Bak Dor in S.B.
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OverZealous • December 18, 2009 12:15 AM
Crashes my Firefox every time. Mac OS X 10.5, up-to-date.
Also, the installers from Adobe only appear to support 10.4. They might support 10.5 or newer, but I don't want to mess up anything on my main computer.
Shockwave really is an aging technology. (Too bad, too, because it does allow for some nice features unavailable to Flash.)
sillybuttons™ • December 19, 2009 4:18 PM
Glitchy. Flawed Physics and ugh! Shockwave player!!! x.x Not the best pool game around.


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Does Your Home Theater Need a CD Player?
Although you definitely want your home theater to have a device that can play CDs, you may not need (or want) a traditional CD player in your system. A DVD player, which is an absolutely must in a home theater, can do double duty as your system's CD player. You can also play CDs on game consoles, or you can use a home theater-ready PC.
You're shooting for the highest-quality CD reproduction: If you're an audiophile, you might want to spend a considerable chunk of cash on a fancy, no-holds-barred, top-of-the-line CD player that can eke that last bit of musical fidelity out of a disc. If so, check out companies such as Arcam, Naim, and Rega, which make fancy and expensive ($1,000 and up) CD players.
You want special CD features: Some people buy jukebox CD players that can hold hundreds of CDs (so they never need to load a new disc after the hours-long initial setup). Others want a CD player that can also burn (create) CDs. Keep in mind that these features are percolating over into the DVD world as well, but for now, the CD versions of these devices are much cheaper.
You are creating a multizone system: In a multizone system, you can listen to different source components in different rooms. For example, you can watch a movie on the DVD player in the home theater while the kids listen to a CD in the kitchen. You can't do that if the DVD player is your only CD player.
These reasons are all perfectly valid — for some people. Don't let them scare you into buying a new CD player. Today's DVD players do a great job of playing back CDs, so skipping over the standalone CD player is a good way to save a few bucks.
All Blu-ray disc players currently on the market are capable of playing back CDs. So if you have (or are considering purchasing) a Blu-ray player, you probably don't need a CD player.


EDM superstar Marshmello is known for killing it in both the EDM and the pop world. Today, he's making moves to take on the hip-hop game.
The anonymous DJ/producer hinted at the release of his latest track back in November and now he's here to deliver on that promise. The single sees him collaborate with up-and-coming rapper Roddy Ricch and goes by the title "Project Dreams." Typically, the masked legend has always incorporated some EDM aspects into his tracks, but with this new single, he takes a traditional approach to the genre.
The song features a melodic loop laced with Ricch's catchy verses. Marshmello layers his 808 drums, clean snares, and complex hat patterns like a seasoned hip-hop producer. The vibe is undeniably smooth, so it looks like the masked man really can do it all.
Marshmello has had a meteoric rise over the past few years. With mega hits "Alone," "Silence" and most recently "Happier," there's no sign this man is slowing down anytime soon. In the past two years, he has reportedly earned $44 million - and his manager, Moe Shalizi, expects him to rival the income of Calvin Harris in 2019.
According to XXL, Roddy Rich's music career gained momentum with the breakout success of "Die Young," a single he released in July of 2018. Prior to that, he had delivered a mixtape titled Feed Tha Streets in late 2017 followed by a four-track EP called Be 4 Tha Fame in early 2017. Most recently he's garnered a mass of new fans after being featured on Meek Mill's new album.


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The Humane Society of the United States is trying to put an initiative on the ballot here in California this November to ban the use of cages in raising laying hens. Considering Californians purchased 8.2 billion eggs in 2006, you can imagine a successful initiative would have a rather large effect on the $6 Billion egg industry.
What's the fuss? The Sacramento Bee has created a great info-graphic showing the difference between caged and cage-free henhouses. You can see why the cage-free eggs cost more at the store: the space requirements are greater and that means the literal overhead costs are higher.
But are cage-free chickens really better off than their caged sisters? It's not as simple an answer as you'd think.
A team of researchers led by Joy Mench of UC Davis, and Janice Swanson and Paul Thompson, both of Michigan State University is getting $400,000 from the American Egg Board to do the planning phase of a study to find what are the most humane and commercially viable methods for housing egg-laying chickens.
"The primary drawback of a conventional cage system is that it restricts the hen's movement and some of her natural behaviors," said Mench, an animal science professor and director of UC Davis' Center for Animal Welfare.
However, Mench says that hens that roam free of cages, in barns or outside, are more likely to fall victim to cannibalism or to health problems associated with increased exposure to their manure. Furthermore, most laying hens suffer from osteoporosis, and cage-free hens are more likely than caged hens to break bones while moving through the barn or on the range. Mench also notes that the cage-free systems are expensive and would likely result in higher egg prices for consumers.
While there are no simple answers, Mench suggests that one of the most promising alternatives appears to be "furnished cages," which European producers have begun to use in recent years. These larger cages provide areas where hens can nest, perch and dust-bathe -- all important natural behaviors. The cost of producing eggs in furnished cages is comparable to conventional cages, according to Mench.
According to animal behavior experts, a contented chicken only needs room for a dust bath, a nest and a place to perch. Thanks to our Eglu we've got all three of these in our backyard for Sophia and ZsuZsu. No wonder their eggs are so good and plentiful.
So, what does a "furnished cage" look like? Either way (cage or cage-free) these poor birds are really crowded, since that's the nature of industrialized farming. Yes, thank goodness our hens have all of these "basic requirements", plus more: fresh air, sunlight, places to scratch (how could scratching not be on the list of "basic needs?" Chickens LOVE to scratch!), and exposure to weather. Yes, exposure to weather can be good and bad, but it gives them some variety and stimulation to be in the outdoors so much.
Speaking of weather, it will likely reach a HIGH of 15 here today. I'm still amazed that the hens seem to be perfectly able to cope with the cold, snow, and ice so well. Despite it all, every time they hear me coming out the back door, they charge out of their run to stand at the gate and beg for treats: leftover greens and veggie peelings, sunflower seeds, mealworms, etc.


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An Intimate History: Enhanced with Audio and Video
By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | History | Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs
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This enhanced eBook includes original audio recordings of presidential speeches, exclusive chapter introduction videos by Ken Burns and Geoffrey Ward, and special footage about the making of the PBS documentary, THE ROOSEVELTS.
An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of America's greatest political family and its enormous impact on our nation-the tie-in volume to the PBS documentary to air in the fall of 2014.
This engaging, revelatory book is an intimate history of three extraordinary individuals from the same extraordinary family-Theodore, Eleanor, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Geoffrey C. Ward, distilling more than thirty years of thinking and writing about the Roosevelts, and the acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns help us understand for the first time that, despite the fierce partisanship of their eras and ours, the Roosevelts were far more united than divided. All the history the Roosevelts made is here, but this is primarily a book about human beings, each of whom somehow overcame obstacles that would have undone less forceful personalities, and all of whom wrestled in their lives with issues still familiar to the rest of us-anger and the need for forgiveness, courage and cowardice, confidence and self-doubt, loyalty to family and the need to be oneself. This is the story of the Roosevelts-no other American family ever touched so many lives.
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Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward
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Praise for The Roosevelts: An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns
"Ken Burns is America's premier storyteller . . . Burns and Ward not only introduce us to the diverse projects and achievements of the New Deal. They also highlight FDR's Four Freedoms and Second Bill of Rights speeches. Moreover, filling out the experience of the series, the coffee-table-sized companion volume that they have put together—replete with photographs and illustrations drawn from the series—is a true companion to the documentary. So, after you've watched nearly 14 hours of The Roosevelts on your local PBS channel, you can read over and reflect on what you've seen by way of their text."
—Harvey J. Kay, The Daily Beast
"The Roosevelts: An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns, is a companion volume to an upcoming PBS series and is richly laden with images: from period photographs and editorial cartoons to reprints of letters and front page headlines . . . a fascinating, eminently readable, and well researched triple biography . . . The subjects of this book were nothing if not optimistic. They believed they could do great things and they succeeded more often than not . . . Whether it was Teddy's 'Square Deal' or Franklin's 'New Deal' or Eleanor's various crusades, most Americans, especially the less affluent, believed that these three people, so different from them in so many ways, were on their side. This book pays well-deserved tribute to the three remarkable Roosevelts and makes a wonderful read."
"The coffee-table-style book chronicles the lives of distant cousins Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Franklin's wife, Eleanor. It covers almost 100 years in their lives — from Teddy's sickly childhood to Eleanor's death in 1962. It's enhanced with hundreds of photos as the co-authors link the legacies of these political heavyweights."
—Fort Worth Star‑Telegram
"Ward, distilling more than 30 years of research and writing about this illustrious family, helps us understand that despite fierce partisanship, the Roosevelts were far more united than divided. Burns has collected photographs from countless sources to visually tell the story . . . So many excellent books have been written about the Roosevelts it seems impossible that there is anything left to tell, however, Ward and Burns focus on the intimate side of the lives of these three persons. The book looks at this extraordinary threesome through a fresh lens making the book a wonderful addition to the body of Roosevelt literature. Most outstanding are the hundreds of photographs and cartoons of their eras. The Roosevelts were in office a significant portion of the century and left a lasting imprint on our society. Anyone interested in 20th Century American history will find this work important reading."
—Bill Schwab, The Missourian
"For those who prefer reading to watching, historian Geoffrey C. Ward and filmmaker Ken Burns have produced a book version, subtitled An Intimate History. This a heavy book — not in its prose, which streams clearly along through short and generously illustrated chapters, but in its coffee-table heft. The Roosevelts weighs in at 4.7 pounds, a lapful by anybody's measure. Then again, these three people had a weighty impact on history. As the book says in its introduction, 'No other American family has touched so many lives.' But, oh the artwork — 796 photos and illustrations, many of them snapped in unguarded moments."
—St Louis Post-Dispatch
"With 788 photos, this gorgeously illustrated coffee-table book celebrates a political dynasty. Exploring the bonds between Theodore, Elanor and FDR, the work is a companion to Burns seven-part PBS series, airing in September."
—AARP The Magazine (Editors' Pick)
"Burns' longtime writing partner Geoffrey C. Ward also is a major figure on The Roosevelts, contributing superb writing and narrative structure, and also serving as one of several important historians who speak on camera, along with Doris Kearns Goodwin, William E. Leuchtenburg and others. Ward's passion for the work is evident when the historian comes near to breaking up when recounting FDR's encounter with polio . . . Great value not only for Ward's well-written and deeply researched text, but also for the opportunity to more thoroughly study at your own pace the hundreds of rare images assembled for the project."
—Democrat & Chronicle
"Impressively thorough . . . Starting with Teddy's asthma-plagued youth and ending with Eleanor's death in 1962, every aspect of their lives and legacies is touched upon. Hundreds of photos, newspaper clippings, and accompanying captions flesh out the story, which expands to cover their friends and family, enemies, and (alleged) lovers. . . . Part history, part biography, Ward and Burns strike the perfect balance between information and entertainment, keeping the tone casual yet authoritative . . . the perfect coffee table book treatment."
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
"The very definition of 'lavishly illustrated' . . . a lucid text . . . superbly curated photographs . . . documenting such things as bracing hunts in the Rockies, anti-lynching demonstrations in Washington and boats full of teenage soldiers powering toward the beaches of Normandy . . . Excellent, as we have come to expect from the team of Ward and Burns—an eye-opening look at a political dynasty worthy of the name and at a state of politics far better than our own."
—Kirkus (starred)


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Die Baureihe ET22 ist eine Elektrolokomotive der Polnischen Staatsbahnen (PKP), die vorrangig im Güterverkehr verwendet wird. Sie wurde in 1183 Exemplaren hergestellt und zählt als die zahlreichste Lokomotivgattung Polens.

Geschichte

Mitte der 1960er Jahre benötigten die PKP für den stark anwachsenden Güterverkehr neue, zeitgemäßere Maschinen als es die E05 und ET21 waren. 1966 wurden die Rahmenbedingungen für die neue Lok definiert. Sie sollte eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 125 km/h haben, um auch schwere Reisezüge zu befördern. Technisch gesehen übernahm die neue Lok viele Elemente von der EU07, wie etwa die Fahrmotoren, die Federung und viele andere Details.

1969 lieferte Pafawag mit der ET22-001 den ersten Prototyp. Es folgte im Februar 1970 mit der ET22-002 ein zweites Exemplar. Ausgiebige Testfahrten mit ihnen brachten zufriedenstellende Ergebnisse.

Die Lokomotiven waren mit ihrer Dauerleistung von 3000 kW in der Lage, schwere Güterzüge mit 3150 t mit 70 km/h Höchstgeschwindigkeit zu ziehen. Ebenso waren die Loks zur Beförderung von Reisezügen mit einer Gesamtmasse von 700 t bei einer Geschwindigkeit von 125 km/h geeignet. Gegenüber der ET21 besaßen sie somit eine um 50 % höhere Zugkraft. Die Lok war mit 1184 Exemplaren die meist gebaute Elektrolokomotive in Polen und Europa. Eine Schwachstelle der Lokomotiven war ihre Neigung zum Entgleisen. Daher wurde ab der ET22-122 die Verbindung zwischen Drehgestell und Lokkasten überarbeitet, was das Problem weitgehend beseitigte.

EP 23
Es wurde auch eine Schnellzuglok aus der Baureihe mit bis zu 160 km/h Höchstgeschwindigkeit gebaut. Durch Änderung der Getriebeübersetzung von 79:18 auf 73:22 stand solch eine Lok ab 1973 zur Verfügung und wurde als EP23-001 bezeichnet. Nach Probefahrten zeigte sich, dass die Laufeigenschaften der Lok nicht gut waren, und so wurde das Projekt nicht weiter umgesetzt. 1979 wurde diese Maschine wieder in die Ursprungsversion zurückgebaut und erhielt die Nummer ET22-121 zum zweiten Mal, da die ursprüngliche ET22-121 zwei Jahre zuvor ausgemustert wurde. Die Lokomotive ist gesichert abgestellt in Jaworzyna Śląska.

1975/76 wurden 23 Lokomotiven der Bauart mit einigen Änderungen (größerer Lokkasten wegen größerem Lichtraumprofil) nach Marokko exportiert. Von diesesen Loks gelangten elf ab 2003 wieder zurück nach Polen. Die ehemaligen Marokko-Loks erkennt man außer an dem größeren Lokkasten auch an der anderen Nummerierung; so bezeichnet das Unternehmen CTL Logistics seine rückimporten Loks als ET22-R001 bis R003. 2012 gelangten sechs Lokomotiven an Rail Polska und wurden als Eo201-001 bis 006 bezeichnet, die Eo201-007 und 008 gingen an das Unternehmen PHU Lokomotiv Bronislav Plata.

Konstruktion

Bei der Gleichstrom-Lokomotiven wurden viele Elemente ihres unmittelbaren Vorgängers, der ET21, übernommen. 1978 wurden zwei Fahrzeuge mit modifizierten Drehgestellen und Vielfachsteuerung hergestellt. In den 1990er Jahren gab es Überlegungen, die Lokomotiven mit Drehstrommotoren und geänderter Ausrüstung zu modernisieren.

PKP ET22.2000
Im Jahr 2004 wurden die ersten überarbeiteten Exemplare mit modernisierten Drehgestellen sowie geänderter Federung und somit bessere Laufeigenschaften ausgeliefert. Die elektrische Ausrüstung wurde überarbeitet, die Fahrmotoren aber beibehalten. Diese 48 modernisierten ET22-2000 bis 2047 gingen bis 2011 wieder in Betrieb und sind an den geänderten Scheinwerfern sowie den rechteckigen Lufteinlässen für die Klimaanlage zu erkennen. 2011/12 wurden weitere 17 Lokomotiven überarbeitet und die elektrische Ausrüstung, die Klimaanlage und Führerstandselemente verbessert.

Siehe auch
 Liste von Lokomotiv- und Triebwagenbaureihen in Polen

Literatur

 Paweł Terczyński: Atlas lokomotyw 2007. Poznański Klub Modelarzy Kolejowych, Poznań 2007, ISBN 978-83-920757-7-6.
 Jürgen Becker, Peter Garbe: Schienenfahrzeuge aus Hennigsdorf bei Berlin, Band II, 1946–1989, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-933254-72-8

Weblinks

 Internetseite über die Lokomotiven PKP ET22 auf locomotives.com.pl (englisch)
 Bilder von modernisierten ET22 aus dem Jahr 2013 (polnisch)
 Erwähnung der PKP-Reihe ET22 auf spz.logout.cz (polnisch)
 Internetseite des Museum Javorzyna Slaska (polnisch)

Einzelnachweise

ET22
Elektrolokomotive für Gleichstrom 3000 V
Schienenfahrzeug (Pafawag)

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Sillyboy – Nature of Things
Mark Knopfler with a different accent? Pet Shop Boys meets Dire Straits meets Billy Joel? I might be off my rockers trying to classify this one, but we know that's hard when the style is distinctive yet the influences possibly many. The artiste featured in today's blogpost is Athens based 'Sillyboy'. The band name is inspired by the 'David Bowie' single 'Silly Boy Blue' and maybe that's the place that my mind should have wandered to when I attempted to categorize the musical style of Sillyboy.
However, on hearing the album (Nature of Things), which I received via a nice and detailed facebook message a day or so ago, all I can say is there are far too many positives to remain caught in the mundane act of artiste classification. For starters, like all things human, I watched the video of their single 'All the records'. The sound like most of the album is synthpop/britpop/soft-rock. It's a great track which attempts to delve into the many parts of your psyche when you might be caught in the ever so seldom yet fascinating act of introspection. The video (posted above) is metaphorically superb and I don't want to put in spoilers, but to me it was a great way of showcasing how we try to keep superficial order in our lives to try to conceal the chaos within. We might all dream that one day pigs might fly, but for now they are roasted :)! I don't know if the apple in the mouth of the pig was in any way signifying the iPhones/iPads everyone possesses today, but it may well be an unintended masterstroke as a sign of our times or the 'Nature of Things' today.
Now for the album, it starts with the upbeat song 'Name your God', which is upbeat in tempo but obviously a bit downcast in its core message, where the strife involved in keeping you faith is questioned. I thought this was a great beginning and the track is:
The album progresses well with 'Coast to Coast' and 'Selling Plenty', which signify the phase of life when you stop complaining and thinking about the 'Why Me questions'! The tunes are melodious, the songs well written and the vibe is almost effervescent. Then we come to the track whose video we posted above about 'Introspection'!
After this we come to what I would describe as my favourite part of the album: and as always, it deals with the ever-mysterious species 'Women' who we love and sometimes love to hate. The title track deserves a special mention because it made me laugh out loud in a sort of helpless way. Read the lyrics at their bandcamp link and have a laugh yourself. For now, have a listen:
A couple of solid tracks follow in 'Got your Numbers' and 'Over my Name', and the album then moves on to a crescendo-like finish with the three tracks 'The River', 'Supply Chain' and 'Animal'. Personally I loved way the intensity of intimate moments is captured in 'The River' and 'Animal'. The River has a vibe which starts of like something slightly reminiscent of 'Under the Bridge' by RHCP but it progresses beautifully to a place I didn't expect it to and for me is one of the best tracks on this album:
The drums on 'Supply Chain' are captivating and the lyrics bring a smile due to the parallels drawn between relationships and supply chains, but its the slow and tender 'Animal' which I applaud as it sarcastically finishes the album like cranberry sauce on your 'roasted pork'. Dig In:
The album 'Nature of Things' is the second album by Sillyboy and will be out on September 24th via Just Gazing Records and through the distribution of EPM Music. Buy your copies then and for now stay tuned to the band via bandcamp and/or facebook
I wish them all the best and will now listen to their first Album! So long and thanks
September 8, 2012 September 8, 2012 All the Records, Animal, Britpop, Nature of Things, Sillyboy, Soft Rock, Synthpop, The River
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