text:
from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
from south.db import db
from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
from django.db import models

class Migration(SchemaMigration):

    def forwards(self, orm):
        # Adding field 'LiveChat.is_archived'
        db.add_column('livechat_livechat', 'is_archived',
                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
                      keep_default=False)

    def backwards(self, orm):
        # Deleting field 'LiveChat.is_archived'
        db.delete_column('livechat_livechat', 'is_archived')

    models = {
        'auth.group': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'auth.permission': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
        },
        'auth.user': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
        },
        'category.category': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('title',)", 'object_name': 'Category'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['category.Category']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200'})
        },
        'category.tag': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('title',)", 'object_name': 'Tag'},
            'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['category.Category']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200'})
        },
        'comments.comment': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('submit_date',)", 'object_name': 'Comment', 'db_table': "'django_comments'"},
            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'max_length': '3000'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'content_type_set_for_comment'", 'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'ip_address': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'is_public': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'is_removed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'object_pk': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
            'site': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['sites.Site']"}),
            'submit_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None'}),
            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'comment_comments'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
            'user_email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'user_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'user_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
        },
        'jmbo.modelbase': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-created',)", 'object_name': 'ModelBase'},
            'anonymous_comments': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'anonymous_likes': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['category.Category']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'class_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
            'comments_closed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'comments_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']", 'null': 'True'}),
            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
            'crop_from': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'center'", 'max_length': '10', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'date_taken': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'effect': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'modelbase_related'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['photologue.PhotoEffect']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'image': ('django.db.models.fields.files.ImageField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'likes_closed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'likes_enabled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'modified': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'primary_category': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'primary_modelbase_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['category.Category']"}),
            'publish_on': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'publishers': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['publisher.Publisher']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'retract_on': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'db_index': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'sites': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['sites.Site']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
            'state': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'unpublished'", 'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'subtitle': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'tags': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['category.Tag']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200'}),
            'view_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'})
        },
        'livechat.livechat': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-chat_starts_at', '-created']", 'object_name': 'LiveChat', '_ormbases': ['jmbo.ModelBase']},
            'chat_ends_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
            'chat_starts_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
            'expert': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'is_archived': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'is_cancelled': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'maximum_questions': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'modelbase_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['jmbo.ModelBase']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'livechat.livechatresponse': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "['created_at']", 'object_name': 'LiveChatResponse'},
            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['comments.Comment']"}),
            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'livechat': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['livechat.LiveChat']"}),
            'response': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
            'updated_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'photologue.photoeffect': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PhotoEffect'},
            'background_color': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'#FFFFFF'", 'max_length': '7'}),
            'brightness': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
            'color': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
            'contrast': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
            'filters': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'}),
            'reflection_size': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '0'}),
            'reflection_strength': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '0.6'}),
            'sharpness': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'default': '1.0'}),
            'transpose_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '15', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'publisher.publisher': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Publisher'},
            'class_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']", 'null': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '64'})
        },
        'secretballot.vote': {
            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('token', 'content_type', 'object_id'),)", 'object_name': 'Vote'},
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
            'token': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
            'vote': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {})
        },
        'sites.site': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('domain',)", 'object_name': 'Site', 'db_table': "'django_site'"},
            'domain': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
        }
    }

    complete_apps = ['livechat']

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


the British flag on Belfast City Hall.
loyalists while the PSNI refused to intervene, infuriating motorists.
council to reduce the flying of the Union Jack.
has become a particular hate figure for unionists.
young children involved in small protests.
actions, failed to have any effect.
west Belfast were said to be busy.
to the trenches of sectarian coat-trailing".
be exposed "as the lie that it is".
representative of Britain's past," he said.
determinations from the Parades Commission.
envisaged in the Good Friday Agreement.
indeed the North is a new place and will continue to change."
7. Analysis: Change comes dropping slow. Oh so slow.
interests of state security", the Finucane family has been told.
Desmond de Silva was a "sham".
loyalist killers and British forces in the North of Ireland.
late 80's, there were 279 "leaks" to the organisation.
murders and probably many more and scores of attempted killings.
information of plans to attack the two men by the very same death squad.
to have avoided Mr Finucane's fate.
he escaped a murder bid by just 20 seconds.
prospective MP with all the attendant adverse consequence."
UDA colleagues of Nelson in 1988.
black and white," she said.
meant to uphold the law, could have prevented Gerard's murder.
authorities for the last 24 years."
Finucane dismissed the British barrister's report.
renewed her call for a full public inquiry.
exonerating ministers, serving officers and existing security agencies.
truth behind the murder of my husband, Pat Finucane," Mrs Finucane said.
and ministers, to the army, to the intelligence services and to itself."
governments months before his assassination.
family's demand for a public inquiry.
the Human Rights Council, to win support for the Finucane family."
Brian Nelson's role as an agent.
letter of commendation for Nelson.
government, and that they moved to cover it up."
destroy evidence of murder be properly investigated.
use of state-controlled death squads," he said.
with up to one third of PSNI personnel under its direct control.
concerned with justice and the protection of human rights."
hours at a time this week during some the busiest days of the year.
contrast with their heavy-handed response to republican protests.
evening rush-hour. Women and children are often used to block the roads.
and acts of violence, are being ignored.
Christmas shoppers avoiding the city centre.
Dowson and was followed by rioting later in east Belfast.
Ms Long described the violence as "fascist" and "a pogrom".
burned, their homes being attacked, their families being threatened,"
from the building by PSNI.
by masked youths carrying Union flags.
these protests and start policing them," he said.
"Unionist leaders, for some reason or other, may now pretend otherwise.
paramilitaries in all of this."
on the North's main civic buildings.
moderate unionist Alliance Party and other parties.
that the commission is composed primarily of unionist Assembly members.
objected to flying the Union Jack on designated days only.
really quite cynical thing for them to be doing."
issue are finalised early next week.
again for an end to the protests.
protest that resulted in the road being to traffic for over an hour.
protests, and called for talks.
proposals needs cross community support."
facilitated loyalist roadblocks and disturbances.
relating to a sit-down protest by nationalist residents two years ago.
party eirigi, was also arrested and taken to Maghaberry.
controversial Orange Order march past the Ardoyne interface.
standstill by loyalists, had created a lot of anger in the Ardoyne area.
the North of Ireland has not changed, he said.
in Maghaberry for refusing to pay their fines.
peaceful protest in which traffic had not even been blocked.
confined to the footpaths and did not in any way impede traffic.
people and property in an orchestrated series of Drumcree-style actions.
nationalists living in interface areas.
for unionists and another set of laws for nationalists.
their inactions when dealing with unionists."
campaign of harassment against party members and supporters," he said.
nor will it disrupt the party in any way.
are engaged in on a daily basis."
its support for a swingeing right-wing Fine Gael budget.
care, and was immediately expelled from the Labour Parliamentary Party.
disquiet among government back benche.
parties Sinn Fein and the United Left Alliance, and the independents.
between Fine Gael Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
order to leave the chamber by the Dail speaker, the Ceann Comhairle.
grassroots of the Labour Party and I said I would honour Labour values.
It is a gift of the members of the Labour Party and not of the leader,"
need an early conference on the direction of the Labour Party."
Broughan and Patrick Nulty, all of whom have been similarly expelled.
traditional strong links with the party to salvage its own credibility.
"prepared stand over this budget".
protection to," she told him in Dail exchanges.
When Leas [Deputy] Cheann Comhairle Michael Kitt said the word "lie"
government "intends to tax people from the womb to the tomb".
as they try to make sure their kids have a half way decent Christmas,"
grand a year they are well able to pay up.
is an absolutely devastating blow."
two religious traditions narrowing further.
Catholic or brought up Catholic.
were instructive as they had highlighted an ageing Protestant community.
Protestants will die proportionately than Catholics," Mr Beatty said.
shows a Catholic majority in school-age children.
been a narrowing of the gap."
themselves as having no religion.
and Carrickfergus (10 per cent).
religions and philosophies such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism.
25 per cent as Irish and 21 per cent as Northern Irish.
identity, followed by Ards at 59 per cent.
most likely to call themselves Northern Irish.
1.811 million since the 2001 census.
population are for or against".
>>>>>> Analysis: Change comes dropping slow. Oh so slow.
Westminster seat! Great stuff. Get cracking, lads.
up the side of the back gate and the air thick with curses and missiles?
hoist your flag over City Hall 15 or is it 17 times a year.
their flag over City Hall...um... no times. Never. Never never never.
hospitals, bridges, buildings, hospitals, all bear the royal name.
again: whose identity is getting a hard time here?
lot will want to do. Or should that be 'was confident'?
drop in the Protestant population down from 53 per cent to 48 per cent.
they amount to two thirds of the north's population.
councillors initiated with their inflammatory leaflet.
votes it's impossible to say.
inflame the situation by proposing changes to flag-waving at Stormont.
their kith and kin in 1921.


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Randy Travis Versus Lib Hatcher (Country History X)
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For his Hall of Fame career, Randy Travis's ace-in-the-hole behind-the-scenes was his manager, his biggest believer, his staunchest champion, his eventual wife, and eventually, his biggest and most catastrophic adversary, Elizabeth "Lib" Hatcher. This is their story.
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Randy Travis Makes 2nd Surprise Appearance at Cody Jinks Show
The first time Randy Travis showed up to a Cody Jinks show, it was a surprise, as was Randy's endorsement of Cody Jinks in his autobiography. The way Randy came out this time, you could tell a friendship has developed between the two country stars.
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3 Unheard Randy Travis Songs Accompany 'Storms of Life' Reissue
June 2nd marked the 35th Anniversary of the release of the legendary debut album from Randy Travis, Storms of Life. Given credit for righting the country music ship in 1986 with its neotraditional sound while propelling Randy Travis to superstardom, it's an important album in country music history.
Keith Stegall, Kyle Lehning, Randy Travis, Storms of Life
10 Badass Cody Jinks Moments
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That's right, Saving Country Music is brushing off this old feature, and featuring another name from the modern era of country music badasses in Cody Jinks after his recent run over the last few years has made him one of the most formidable names in independent country.
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Randy Travis Sets Alan Jackson Straight About Today's Country
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For years, any time a country music artist lashed out about the direction of country music or the quality of its current stars, they received pretty loud applause for their bravery and leadership from the true country music community. That's still the case, but things are changing as well.
Aaron Watson, Alan Jackson, Alexandra Kay, Ashley McBryde, Blackberry Smoke, Cody Jinks, Cody Johnson, Drew Parker, Eric Church, Loretta Lynn, Luke Combs, Randy Travis, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers
The Tragic Life & Death of Keith Whitley (Country History X)
Welcome to Episode #5 of Country History X, which looks to tell the history of country music, one story at a time. This is story of the tragic life and death of Keith Whitley who died at the age of 34 due to alcohol abuse, and the conspiracy theories that surrounded it.
Charles Harlan, Garth Brooks, George Strait, JD Crowe, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan, Ralph Stanley, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, THe New South, Vince Gill
Randy Travis & Wife Mary Address His Aphasia
It was eight years ago this summer that country music legend and Hall of Famer Randy Travis suffered a series of catastrophic health issues the ultimately took one of the greatest voices ever in country music away from us. A stroke significant affected his speech.
Cody Jinks, Josh Abbott Band, Mary Travis, Randy Travis
Alan Jackson Explains Delay in Music, Gets Praise from Loretta Lynn
Alan Jackson has announced his new 21-song album 'Where Have You Gone' to be released on May 14th after a nearly six year delay in new music. Over that period, many of Alan Jackson's fans wondered why the usually prolific and well-ordered country star was taking so long for new music.
Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Randy Travis, Where Have You Gone
The Embrace of Randy Travis by the Texas Music Scene
Country Music Hall of Famer Randy Travis was born and raised in North Carolina, and made his name in Nashville. But lately here it's been Texas where Randy Travis has not only made his home, but been embraced as part of the community.
Billy Bob's Texas, Charlie Monk, Cody Jinks, Fool's Love Affair, Josh Abbott, Josh Abbott Band, Randy Travis
Iconic Instruments & Big Stars to Benefit Country Hall of Fame
To help in the COVID-19 recovery effort, the Hall of Fame is planning a special live streaming event that will match up many of the iconic instruments in the "Precious Jewels" collection and other displays with many of the best artists and players of today.
Alison Brown, Ashley McBryde, Bill Monroe, Brad Paisley, Carlene Carter, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dan Tyminski, Dave Cobb, Don Rich, Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Kane Brown, Keith Whitley, Lester Flatt, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Marty Stuart, Miranda Lambert, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Crowell, The War and Treaty, Tim McGraw
Kevin Davis on Album Review – Matt Maverick's "American Dream"
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"Even though Hans and me had been recording since 1970, things didn't really start out until 1980, when the 'Korg MS-20' synthesizer entered my living-room. A living-room that would soon turn into a studio. A 'MFB 501' drummachine was added, an 'Electro Harmonix Instant Replay' sampler, bucket-brigade delays, chorus, flanger, phaser, reel2reel recorders, cassette-decks, a 'Portastudio' and of course guitars,bass, sitar, percussion. The tracks made were usually not destined to be 'Tranquil Eyes', 'Frozen Ducks' or ' Cheiron . This usually depended on who came by and who was in the mood to sing.
Hans was a steady visitor, who lived close by, so, he did a lot of the singing. I played all the instruments, often helped by friends such as Ruud Braumuller, and did the production. Not everything Hans and I recorded fell into the line of 'Frozen Ducks'. We did different styles as well. Hans could do a fine falsetto too, so we recorded some tracks leaning more towards 1960's psychedelia. That project was named 'Lemon Dust' and is all unreleased. So, throughout the 80's and 90's we kept buying lots of equipment, recorded and re-recorded our material, until it slowly came to a halt. Of course there had been the 'Contact Disc' releases, but there never was any feedback, no reviews, nothing.
Hans's health was failing in 2003-2004 just after he had started recording with Lex again. Then, in July 2004, he died, quite suddenly. He never knew there was any interest in his music. It wasn't until 2005 when I got contacted through the Internet about possible re-releases. Soon after that Ruud Braumuller, a close friend since 1984, and Lex started working on the tapes. First 'Walks' by 'Tranquil Eyes' was finished, then we did 'Frozen Ducks', and there's more to come. Paul Oosterbaan of 'Tranquil Eyes' and I have teamed up again, and we're working on a new album.
'Frozen Ducks' was never a band as such, they never performed. Hans was not the kind of guy to be on stage. Way too shy, introverted, troubled and burdened. The lyrics say it all I guess."


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World Famous Grassholes | Maine bluegrass band
The home of the World Famous Grassholes, Maine-based bluegrass band
How to play: "Janey"
March 22, 2019 April 8, 2019 / Sam
The title track off The Outlaw Janey Jenkins, this was the first World Famous Grassholes song, written in 2003, just before birth of Sam's first kid. It contains all his hopes and dreams for his daughter's future. Or something like that.
Note that it's important to start the song with a banjo "doo-doo-doo-doodle-doodle-doo" and then a bass "bum-bum-bum" walk up to the D. Very important. Like, you can't play the song without it. Seriously.
Verse: D D C G (for as long as you'd like)
Chorus: A G A D A G A C/G
D C G
Janey cut a switchback down the steep mountainside
Faster to drive her car into town
Asked about her methods, Janey up and lied
Said I swear to God, those trees just fell down
Jane, oh she's an outlaw
Jane, she's such a catch, yeah
Jane, yeah she's an outlaw
A C G
And, Jane, she's coming home to you
Now Janey she's a looker, so you know that no one cared
If she'd a been an ugly girl they'd thrown her straight in jail
But she's the cutest thing you'll see, the boys all stop and stare
They put her picture in a frame and hang it on a nail
Janey drives a pickup, she does donuts on the ice
All the guys, they come around, just hoping she'll drown
But even when she's going down, she can't say nothing nice
Says, "I swear to god, I'm too big for this town"
WICKED AWESOME JAM
Jane, she's such a catch
And make sure you end all staccato on the "such a catch" finish and then mute your strings so it's nice and crisp and clean. If you're any good, everyone will finish at the same time.
Listen here and see if it sounds the same (or better!):
How to play: "Maybe" →
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Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce said the decision had not been influenced by Boeing Co.'s announcement earlier this week of a design issue in the 787 and further delay to the aircraft's first flight. He said discussions with Boeing about the order had started some months ago.
Qantas said it had reached a mutual agreement with Chicago-based Boeing Co. to defer the delivery of 15 Boeing 787-8 aircraft by four years and cancel orders for 15 Boeing 787-9s (which are slightly larger) scheduled for delivery in 2014 and 2015.
Joyce said Qantas remained committed to the 787 as the right choice for the international expansion of Jetstar, its low-cost subsidiary, and as an eventual replacement for Qantas' Boeing 767 fleet.
The 787 is the first commercial jet made mostly of light, sturdy carbon-fiber composites instead of aluminum. Large parts of the plane, such as the fuselage sections and wings, are made in factories around the world and flown in a huge modified 747 to Boeing's widebody plant in the Seattle area, where they are essentially snapped together.
Boeing said Tuesday that it needed to reinforce small areas near the connection of the wings and fuselage before conducting a test flight of the jet.
Boeing spokesman Miles Kotay said Friday that Qantas remains one of its largest customers for the 787, with 50 still on order.
"They are committed to the 787 for their own growthand to replace their aging airplanes," he said.
The cancellation of orders for 15 787-9s would reduce the group's aircraft capital expenditure by $3 billion based on current list prices, Joyce said.
"Delaying delivery, and reducing overall B787 capacity, is prudent, while still enabling Qantas and Jetstar to take advantage of growth opportunities and market demands, both domestically and internationally," he said in a statement.


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Death of a Cure
Dr. Tom Briggs finds answers in short supply and violence in large doses. Searching for his brother's killer, he uncovers the truth about a charity beloved by...
Death on the Cliff Walk
Summer, 1895, and the social season in Newport is in full swing. Among the Four Hundred, grand entertainments are planned, fashionable outfits are displayed...
Death's a Bitch and Then You Haunt
Paranormal investigators enter a haunted house to encounter a troubled spirit and their doom. A group of ghost hunters investigate an...
Some planet in the galaxy must -- by definition -- be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn't it . . . it was an awfully good approximation...
Deceptive Clarity
A man goes missing - a shadowy figure, a phantom, a chameleon. Can P.I. Lisa Martin find him before dangerous forces stop her? International intrigue is set in motion...
Deem
Welcome to the City of Deem, one of the few safe and comfortable places on earth, where a dome will keep you warm and dry, all the energy you could want is on tap...
Late at night, while sixteen-year-old Jack St. Mars and his best friend Eddie Raven are diving for golf balls, they discover a mysterious life-size, bronze statue...
She lived and breathed history, but when Margaux finds herself a hundred years into the past, she knows it's more than an episode of Deja Vu. First it was days, then weeks...
Demeter's Children
Would the Humans' Meeting with the Merpeople Mean the Beginning or Ending of Their New Lives? The survivors of unauthorized genetic experimentation escaped...
Demogorgon Rising
A science fantasy novel set in a Shelleyan world where myth and reality collide.Morgan, gamekeeper to the Temple estates, is perfectly content with his lot. He...
Demon's Eye
Young Kevin Holmes had been having trouble getting his parents to believe his stories after the electrical accident. His parents wouldn't believe a thirteen year-old boy...
Demonkin
As two continents prepare for a world-wide war, a small group of Alceans plot to free the Dielderal elves from the grip of the Federation. The goal is to make...
Demons, Daughters & Father God
He'd been welcomed, cherished, honored for four hundred years. A faithful part of the family...until now. His promises brought death, damnation to the daughters, and Marie was...
Thirteen hundred years ago the world was invaded by demons from beyond the Veil of Night. Mankind was nearly wiped out before managing to drive the demons back...
Descent into Hell
Charles Williams is less well known than his fellow Inklings, like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, but like them he wrote a series of novels which combine...
Desert Bandits
1866-in the Arizona Territory-three friends' quest to earn a reward becomes a dangerous adventure... The old abandoned Bleeker cabin provides hours of fun...


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Ten Questions for Karan Modi
Karan works in Kanha National Park — home to deer, tiger and Indian bison — in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India as a naturalist and safari lodge owner.
Mahouts and their elephants in Kanha National Park
Q: How did you become a naturalist?
My wonderful journey began in the Indian Himalaya. I received my formal training as a trekking guide from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, which is an organisation run by retired Indian Army officers.
I was living in Bombay but hoped to gradually move to a more temperate zone, so I headed toward India's Central Highlands, to the forests of Kanha National Park. The most important lesson I've learnt from my experiences is, 'The more you know, the less you know — and the more you want to know!'. This keeps me going in search of knowledge and truth.
Q: Have you had any frightening encounters?
Honestly, I've had a few — but I've been very lucky to survive them all! One experience that really made me aware of the extreme power of nature was a cloudburst in Ladakh. The rain took away the existence of many people who were in the valley, as roads and entire mountains slopes got swept away. I'd been with a group on a snow leopard expedition in the Markha Valley at the time. When tragedy strikes a community, it unites people and therefore gives them strength, but it is an event I'll never forget.
Q: What have been your career highlights?
Climbing up to 6,400 m (20,997 ft) during my training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering; being educated in Indian flora and fauna by a South African head ranger; the snow leopard expedition in Ladakh; and the opening of the Flame of the Forest safari lodge — my dream come true.
Q: What makes Kanha so special?
Kanha's landscapes are vast, ever-changing and have a very mystical feel. The bio-diversity here is second-to-none and the variety of wildlife, including birdlife, always overwhelms me. The people are wonderful — they have a simple yet very practical way of life.
Q: What's the best part of your job?
It's a blessing to share a true wilderness experience with our guests and make their dreams come true. To share means to multiply and therefore my dream gets multiplied with every guest that arrives. I'm also able to contribute to the welfare of the local community and protect, conserve and reforest the land from which we gain so much.
Q: What is the worst part of your job?
Nothing is the worst when you love to do what you do. And if there's anything you don't like, persevere with it and you will learn from it eventually.
Q: Are there any animals you have not yet seen and would like to?
India has a huge variety of highly nocturnal animals that I haven't been lucky enough to see — leopard cats, honey badgers, clouded leopards, hoolock gibbons, lion tailed macaques and about 1,000 species of Indian bird, not to forget the plants and trees! The more you learn, the less you know and the more you want to explore.
Q: Which are the hardest animals to track?
To name a few only in and around Kanha: badgers, smaller cats, wild dogs, bears, porcupines and civet cats.
Q: What are the main issues facing Kanha at the moment?
Habitat loss and forest degradation.
Q: What impact does tourism have on Kanha?
It creates better conservation awareness, gives livelihood to local people, reduces dependency on forest products and creates vigilance.
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The annual report on anti-Semitism in 2015 (the Report) has been prepared by the Federation Jewish Communities (FJC) forthe internal needs of Jewish communities in the Czech Republic, but also for the needs of other institutions processing the data on anti-Semitism. The Report aims to provide a comprehensive image of anti-Semitism and social climate related to anti-Semitism. The Report brings not only the data from the last year, but also compares recorded manifestations of anti-Semitism with the developments in previous years.


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set -e

readonly WORKING_DIR=$1

readonly JSONNET_REPO="git@github.com:google/jsonnet.git"

function check {
  which $1 > /dev/null || (echo "$1 not installed. Please install $1."; exit 1)
}

function main {
  check git
  check bazel

  local working_dir=$WORKING_DIR
  if [ -z "$working_dir" ]; then
    working_dir=$(mktemp -d "/tmp/jsonnet_gh_pages_XXXX")
    trap "rm -rf ${working_dir}" EXIT
  fi

  if [ ! -r 'doc/BUILD' ]; then
    echo 'No BUILD file found.' >&1
    echo 'Are you running this script from the root of the Jsonnet repository?' >&1
    exit 1
  fi

  local jekyll_tree_zip=${working_dir}/jekyll_tree.zip
  make doc/js/libjsonnet.js
  bazel build //doc:jekyll_tree
  cp bazel-genfiles/doc/jekyll_tree.zip $jekyll_tree_zip

  local gh_pages_repo=${working_dir}/gh-pages
  mkdir $gh_pages_repo
  git clone $JSONNET_REPO $gh_pages_repo

  cd $gh_pages_repo
  git checkout gh-pages
  rm $(git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD)
  unzip -q $jekyll_tree_zip -d $gh_pages_repo

  git add .
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Calling All Wallets
Humble Store kicks off annual Winter Sale with big discounts on PC games
Ready your wallets and pocketbooks, folks: the Humble Store has kicked off its annual Winter Sale.
Dan Thorp-Lancaster
If the other holiday game sales weren't enough to kill your wallet just yet, Humble has launched its annual Winter Sale with big sales on PC games across the board. If you head to the Humble Store now, you'll find a massive selection of discounted games, ranging from Call of Duty: WW2 to Stardew Valley and Destiny 2.
Destiny 2 can be picked up at a 35 percent discount, dropping it to $38.99, and Assassin's Creed Origins is available for $41.99. Meanwhile, you can dive into oldies like South Park: The Stick of Truth and Stardew Valley for $7.49 and $11.24, respectively. And if you've somehow managed to skip over The Witcher 3 for all of this time, it's a solid pickup for $19.99 with all of its DLC.
That's just a sampling of the discounts, and there are thousands more on the full list. Publishers like Activision, Bethesda, Namco Bandai, and THQ Nordic are all currently holding publisher sales on the Humble Store as well. So, if you're wallet needs a little more of a beating, check out the full sale on the Humble Store.
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Songs From Movies About Musicians: Anvil, Metal on...
Songs From Movies About Musicians: Help!
Songs From Movies About Musicians: Gimme Shelter
SONGS FROM MOVIES ABOUT MUSICIANS: WILL YOU?
songs from movies about musicians: Purple Rain
Songs From Movies About Musicians: Anvil, Metal on Metal
Purchase Anvil, Metal on Metal from the documentary, Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
OK, I'm going to start this the wrong way, like some apologist whose nothing but guilty of the thing he's apologizing for…what do they call that, when someone effusively apologizes for something in order to make it seem as if they aren't guilty of the exact thing they are expressing shame about… hypocrisy?
And what exactly will I be protesting? That I don't like Metal. I really don't. I did. But that was a long time ago. I'd rather you not know that. But, now that I've written it, let's leave it where it is.
I'm a little embarrassed at the fact that I used to think the likes of Poison, Cinderella, Dokken, et al were the shit. Big S Shit. I wanted desperately to be able to grown my hair long. I wore a torn and frayed denim jacket, festooned with as many patches as I could fit on it: Def Leppard, Van Halen, Judas Priest, et al. The main back patch was of Iron Maiden's Eddie, dressed a British infantryman from their greatest song, "The Trooper." I wore wrester's high-top shoes (I don't know where that came from, but it was the metal thing to do). I wore a mullet since my hair is naturally curly and the only part that would grow reasonably straight was the back. I looked like a tool.
I was abruptly pulled out of my teenage haze of hairspray and spandex and Ibanez guitars when someone introduced me to R.E.M. It was a simple change over, like a trigger pull. I went from listening to bad music, because that's what everyone else was listening, to being a music snob. Someone who listened to good music. Someone who was openly critical of other's musical tastes. I would hazard that a lot of you were/are the same…you know who you are. It's OK; music appreciation is part intellectual, part tribal, and all an affair of the heart. My development of said musical appreciation is a long history, of which I gone into at varying degrees in my writing for this blog, so I won't digress too deeply into my own tutelage and history. Except to say: sometimes your past isn't at as far a remove as you'd like to think.
Exhibit A: My Spotify library has many of Iron Maidens albums
Exhibit B: I have an ipod playlist called "Hair Metal Faves"
Exhibit C: my obsession with the documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Directed by their former roadie, this film is a documentary about Anvil, a little known metal band, and, is simply put: brilliant. It is both heartbreaking and hilarious, but in the end, as uplifting a human story as I've ever seen. The "tragedy" of the band fuels the emotional drive of the story, and in a sense proves that the tragedy need not be one that moves us to despair to raise the spirit to a place one finds a sense of thankfulness or self-perspective. To get a sense of the film, you should know: Anvil are a Canadian metal outfit that put out an album in 1982 that is considered by most metal luminaries as singularly influential. Metallica and Anthrax, Slash, Lemmy, Slayer all fill the film with stunning testimony to the energy and excitement that Anvil brought to the stage and how they seemed poised to reach the very pinnacle of metal triumph.
And then…nothing. Anvil disappeared from the main stream and seemingly into the lore of bands that "might of." But, they never really went away. The film details the story of how mainstays Steve "Lips" Kudlow (lead vox) and drummer Robb Reiner toiled through decades of obscurity and all the inglorious humiliations of being a band that had tasted success but never quite made it. Nor ever quit. There's a lot to this film that makes it great. It is a meditation of youthful ambition, on failure and will. It is about friendship and family, but mostly it's about grit. About never giving in and never giving up. The movie is at times heartbreaking, but in the end, it's an important film—the message is powerful: stick to what you know you want and what you're capable of, despite what happens along the way and all the people who will tell you that you can't.
I started off talking about how I was embarrassed to admit I used to be into metal. I'm not saying that Anvil was an amazing band—at least not by my standards. I don't really see the "influence" that the people in film talk about. But, their story, their singular story, is inspiring, fable-like, joyously uplifting. You don't have to like metal to hope the members of Anvil have achieved success, finally, and the kind of happiness that would bring. You don't have to like metal to cheer them at the end of the film, maybe even bang your head, if just a little. Because, despite their "tragic" career arc, what you come away from this film is that Kudlow and Reiner are happy, are capable of being joyful, despite the near surreal oddness and frustration of their band's story. And that is where the sheer brilliance of this movie, and their story, come to the fore: rarely will you ever see a lesson of determination illustrated and perfectly as than in the story of Anvil.
If you haven't seen Anvil yet, go get it now. The film will stay with you and you just might get their signature tune, "Metal on Metal", stuck in your head. Which will be a good thing, especially if you need to get off your ass and do something.
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Labels: Anvil, Anvil: the story of Anvil, hair metal, metal, songs from movies about musicians
purchase the film [Help!]
purchase the album [Help!]
You've heard the adage "Good thing come to those that wait." I certainly did because I was brought up the child of missionaries - plenty of Christian mores.
The statement applies here because I have been looking at the Beatles' Help! film as a possible posts, and today's Guardian includes an article about the making of the film. The Guardian article leads off with the comment that the film has been "lost" for 50 years. There are screen shots from the film and some info about the process in the news article, but the [unseen] video itself is up for sale - if you've got $50,000 or so.
Help! from the Beatles comes pretty close to fitting the <Movies About Musicians> theme. It is their second (aiming to build on their success -both after the Hard Days Night film, and their back to back album successes) - but today, the film comes across as almost pathetic .[How the years affect perceptions] What seemed "must view" back in the 60s is now so trite you can hardly watch unless you bring historical perspective glasses with you.
That said ... Help! has value. The album itself has several classics: Help (of course), Ticket To Ride and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away.
Bootleg Beatles:
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Labels: Beatles, Help, songs from movies about musicians
[purchase 20 Feet From Stardom]
One of the best documentaries about musicians was 2013's 20 Feet From Stardom, which focused on the background singers that we all have heard, but often don't recognize by name. Not only was it interesting and filled with great music, the film addresses one of my regular writing subjects—why are some incredibly talented musicians not as famous as they probably should be. 20 Feet discusses many of the reasons—bad advice, bad luck, bad decisions, and even a lack of that certain something that allows you to traverse that 20 feet. I've mentioned the film before, in my piece about Darlene Love, who is probably the most famous of the singers featured in the film.
But maybe the most famous vocal discussed in 20 Feet, and for me the most memorable segment, was about Merry Clayton's searing "rape, murder" vocal part in the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter." Luckily, I don't have to describe the scene in detail, because the video above is a clip from the movie, in which Clayton and Mick Jagger discuss the circumstances. But if you can't watch the video, in short strokes, Clayton was called out of bed to sing for a band that she hadn't heard of, was whisked to the studio, pregnant and in her pajamas, to add a searing and unforgettable part to what would become a classic song. Not only are the vocals powerful, the way her voice cracks only adds to the emotional impact of the part. In the video above, you can hear the isolated vocal tracks, which is cool. Here's Clayton's cover of "Gimme Shelter," featuring occasional Stones sideman Billy Preston:
Clayton, born on Christmas Day (which led to her name) in New Orleans, was a veteran singer by the time the Stones roused her from bed. Her powerful vocals were also featured on, among other songs, Neil Young's "The Old Laughing Lady," and Lynyrd Skynrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" (reluctantly). While Clayton never covered "Sweet Home," she did do a great, soulful version of the song that it responded to:
In addition, she has had an acting career, both musically—Clayton was the Acid Queen in the first London stage production of The Who's Tommy—and in movies and TV. More recently, she contributed vocals to albums by G. Love & Special Sauce and one of my least favorite bands, Coldplay.
Unfortunately, in 2014, Clayton was in a serious car accident that led to her having both legs amputated at the knees. She returned to the public eye in 2015, receiving an award from the Jazz Foundation of America (where Keith Richards performed "Gimme Shelter" in her honor with, among others, fellow 20 Feet star Lisa Fischer, who sang the song for years on tour with the Stones) and supporting Obamacare and the MusicCares charity that installed a chairlift in her home, and reportedly is working on a new album.
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Labels: Billy Preston, Darlene Love, G. Love and Special Sauce, Keith Richards, Lisa Fischer, lynyrd skynyrd, Merry Clayton, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, songs from movies about musicians, The Rolling Stones, The Who
It was hearing this on the radio today that gave me the prompt, on a request show fronted by, of all people, Kim Wilde, adding to the 80s exotica of it all. I should add that I hadn't sought to seek this radio station, it was being played in the cab I was traveling in, as most of the other selections were shite. In respect of the station concerned, I won't mention its name, other than to say it was neither Liver FM nor Lungs FM, but in that general territory. I don't even know whether the song(s), the parent film, or the actress/singer, Hazel O'Connor, is known outside of the UK. I suspect not, somehow, give or take the parts of europe she has variously lived in. And even then, again outside this film, her appeal has been somewhat limited. A bit like a substitute Toyah Wilcox, whom she interestingly beat to get the part in the film. (Toyah Willcox? That's a whole other post, preferably by someone who can stand her.)
So, like the majority of films about musicians, it is a fame to fortune fairy tale, this time with sufficient Brothers Grimm downside to add some grit, as her subsequent fall from fame is graphically displayed as well. Scarcely original, but entertaining. "Breaking Glass" it is called, nothing to do with Nick Lowe, and contains enough of the stereotypes to allow those who lived through the music scene of the late 70s to feel comfortably at home. Austerity had real balls in those days, so this is the world of power cuts and strikes, of anti-establishment benefit gigs being big business, of the emergence of a neo-nazism, blunt and crude enough as to make the current versions seem pussies, if no more or less dangerous. There are drugs, drink, violence, mental breakdown, crooked promoters, crooked managers and a shedload of cameos from musos and thesps a little ahead of their current ubiquity. Likewise some behind. So, as well as O'Connor, there is Phil Daniels, of Quadrophrenia and Park Life fame, erstwhile Roxy and Adam Ant bassist Gary Tibbs and, most notably, Jonathan Pryce, the Jonathan Pryce, in an extraordinary exposition of the bleeding heart cliche of damaged goods musicianship. Also, blink and you miss them, 60s legend, George "Zoot" Money, and the late "Rock and Roll Kids'" Gary Holton. No further spoilers as I actually commend the film as being worth a watch, almost as documentary.
Although there is quite a lot of music in the film, not a lot cuts the mustard, somewhat bombastic 80s, just, glam-punk. But the song I feature is quite different, a delightful ballad, notwithstanding the mawkish lyric, with one of the saxophone riffs of the day, the other being on "Baker Street". Played by the magnificently named Wesley Magoogan, scroll down, it lifts the song and makes it immediately memorable. For this one song alone I forgive all the excesses poured forth elsewhere. And it is still the highlight of her set.
Get the film or get the song, but you will have to get the whole album.
Labels: Gary Tibbs, Hazel O'Connor, Heavy Metal Kids, nick lowe, Phil Daniels, songs from movies about musicians, Toyah Wilcox, Will You?, Zoot Money
purchase [Purple Rain]
I started out on the wrong foot for this theme and it has taken me a few days to get back on track: Musicians in Movies. My belated choice: Purple Rain)
YouTube actually appears to have a copy of the full film:
Purple Rain dates back to the days when I didn't have much in the way of Internet access. More or less nobody did. (Actually, I had X.25 if you want to go down that path.) WWW was invented in 90 or so, but there were direct dial connections to Bulletin Boards such as AOL/Compuserve. Neither did I have main-stream TV access, being outside the USA. And by this time, MTV had become main-stream for many (USA) people. So .. my access to music videos was limited to what people sent me (USPS VHS packages) or what I could grab on a once a year visit to the US.
Back at about that time, I was teaching a class called "Film & Lit" - as the name implies, a study of film and literature. At that time (while still developing the course) our topics included historical films (Great Train Robbery, Citizen Kane, etc) and only near the end of the course moved on to more modern examples. I never braved Purple Rain - but I wish I had.
My resource(s) for film reviews were limited to the Compuserve film review "channel". No small hassle considering the state of the Internet. On my ocassional visits to the US, I would video-tape anything I could get my hands on. And at some point in the 80's, that included nabbing a copy of Purple Rain.
Vaguely aware that there are autobiographical aspects to the film and newly aware of the phenomena of the artist called Prince (at that time), I/we watched Purple Rain many, many times - this was clearly a different kind of film. Not like Singing in the Rain or even Clockwork Orange - something much more visceral here. But- keep the '84 date in mind - tech levels on all fronts were pretty limited. Certainly no such option as personal computer video editing, and anything else for video editing on the market cost 10s or 100s of thousands - check out I Want My MTV with a critical eye if you want to see state of the art video editing.
Purple Rain has its flaws. Several. It is supposedly semi-autobiographical, but hopefully not in terms of the male<>female attitudes/roles.(We may never know.) And it's probably not a thematic model to espouse -it's male brutal in many places. But most critics seem to agree that it was seminal - opening up a genre that hadn't been explored before. And the music is [now] classic.
Beautiful Ones from the same fılm/album strikes me as even more seminal/powerful than those songs that became popular. (Sorry, this copy appears to have built-in jitters, but it is still worth your time)
Labels: Movies About Musicians, Prince


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Having traded K-pop's regimented model for an experimental sound merging modular synthesis with vocal manipulation, the Tokyo-based Yeohee Kim finds a new degree of artistic freedom.
Kim found just that by decamping to Tokyo, adopting the artist name machìna, and going independent. She also gradually shifted from the bouncy sound of her early years to an electronic palette that gives her music a newfound sense of unease. She's come a long way from quirky YouTube uploads. She now performs partially improvised sets and has appeared alongside the wonky experimental producer Foodman. archipelago is her most fully realized work to date. The smartphone smoothness of her pop days has been replaced by a pivot to songs that use modular synthesizer as their foundation and are unafraid to move in all sorts of directions.
Earlier machìna releases retained their pop identity, with electronic elements merely rippling along the edges. Her new analog focus defines archipelago; the touches that once nudged her music towards the Pomplamoose-ian are twisted into new forms, adding tension throughout. Opener "moog, monk, modules" sets the tone for what's to come, with mutating synth squiggles wrapping around a locked-in beat while ethereal vocal samples whizz by, upping the wooziness. Something feels off about the way it clambers ahead, but it still pulls you in.


Are "bad" employees happier under bad bosses - a study recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics asked.
Researchers from Penn State University believe they've found a way to break down waste to grow food for future space missions.
Comics and video games were a staple in my childhood. Many lunch table talks turned into who was the coolest super hero or who had the best powers, and how did Batman afford all that cool gear. No matter who or what anyone threw out there, I would always come back to my main man Wolverine. His admantium skeleton, retractable claws, healing factor and overall badassness made Wolverine reign supreme.
Imagine grocery shopping with your child; they run around to a neighboring aisle and you hear them talking to what seems to be an exuberant clerk. Ninety-nine percent of the time you would scurry around the corner and see flesh, blood, and a color clashing uniform, hopefully about to hand you a slice of Land O'Lakes American Cheese cut just the way you like it. If you were a recent customer in Scotland's supermarket Margiotta this may have not been the case.
Researchers at Binghamton University in New York have developed a concrete they believe will help combat cracked roads and potholes, according to IFLScience.com.