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Miller: I formed PGS in 2007. I wanted a different and cool name for the band so I chose the name of the scheme to steal the gold from Ft. Knox from the James Bond movie ‘Goldfinger.’ Only, I got it wrong! In the movie it was called ‘Operation Grand Slam,’ but I had already named us Project Grand Slam!
IM: How did you come to play the bass; and what players did you admire?
Miller: I took up the bass at 14 because I knew one of the Beatles (Paul McCartney) played bass and I already knew the treble cleff from playing trumpet, so I volunteered to learn the bass cleff. My early favs were Jack Bruce (Cream), Jim Fielder (BS&T) and Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge). My later favs were Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report), Stanley Clarke (Return To Forever) and Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck).
IM: Tell us about recording with Kat Robichaud, (The Voice semi-finalist 2013) How did you both hook up for the recording?
IM: Your new album, The Queen’s Carnival comes out in August; tell us about the album, which features the first single ‘The Rescue’ and how the SONY/RED connection came to be.
Miller: I wanted to do an album that truly reflected my love of rock and jazz and that would push the boundaries of each. I also wanted diversity. So the album runs the gamut from funk to Carribean jazz rock to Celtic rock to Arena rock.
IM: I noticed that the word fusion comes up several times in your bio; I remember the term jazz-fusion being used a lot back in the day; what does fusion mean now?
Miller: Fusion got a bad rap in the ’70s for some reason. But I always loved it. To me it’s the combination of the power and beat of rock with the complexity and improvisation of jazz. When you get it right it’s heavenly!
IM: The accompanying video to ‘The Rescue’ is out too; it has a terrific feel. Tell us how that was put together?
Miller: “The Rescue” was literally the last song that I wrote for the new album. I needed another song and this one came to me one day – it rescued me! I initially was thinking about “Crossroads” by Cream, but the song quickly morphed into James Brown-meets-jazz rock fusion funk. The video was put together by my management team at CEN. It’s upbeat and dazzling – just like the track!
IM: Tell us about the others players in PGS?
Miller: I use a rotating cast of young, terrific musicians mainly out of Berklee Music in Boston. The group on the recording is sort of my A Team. Fabulous, creative, enthusiastic – great fun and joy to play with.
IM: I really love the re-worked Kinks song, ‘You Really Got Me’ featuring Lucy Woodward. We’re big fans of hers; tell us how that song came together?
Miller: People like covers because the songs are familiar. But I have no interest in doing a song just like the original. Instead I try to totally reimagine the song and I lean toward covers of classic rock songs from my era. On the last album, I completely reworked ‘Fire’ by Jimi Hendrix and it came out great. The reception was superb.
This time around I just had an inkling that I could totally reimagine ‘You Really Got Me,’ one of my all-time faves by a great band. I was so fortunate to have the great Lucy Woodward sing it with us. I told her to think about the lyrics as she sang it. The song is about someone totally under the spell of their lover; completely obsessed. She nailed it in one take.
IM: Any other possible remakes down the line?
Miller: There are a million more songs from the ’60s left for me to mess with, so I’m probably going to continue the trend.
IM: What other music are you listening to right now?
Miller: I just got into Snarky Puppy because Lucy plays with them.
How can one adequately sum up the brand new, wonderfully elegant five-star MS Lord Byron? How can we describe this extraordinary vessel that’s truly one of the finest ships of its type afloat anywhere in the world? Quite simply, every single aspect and element is designed to the highest possible specification and our own exacting standards to bring you the very best and most enjoyable river cruising experience, in the most luxurious comfort.
It was only a matter of time until leftists attempted to obtain political mileage from the unhappiness of football fans over the lockout of NFL referees. Today, Brad Plumer of the Washington Post set out to accomplish this.
In an article called (in the print edition) “Wisconsin governor fumbles on Twitter,” Plumer criticized Scott Walker for calling for the return of the “real referees.” Walker is a Green Bay Packer fan, and the Packers were victimized by a bad call from a crew of replacement referees on Monday.
Plumer found Walker’s position “ironic” because Walker took a hard line stance in dealing with Wisconsin’s unionized public employees. Plumer claimed that “in many ways the NFL referee feud is entirely representative of modern battles playing out in Wisconsin and elsewhere.” (A later version of this article on the internet backed off a little, employing weasel words to describe the NFL dispute “fairly representative” of the dispute in Wisconsin).
But there is almost no meaningful relationship between the two disputes. Gov. Walker pushed for requiring public employees to contribute to their healthcare costs and pensions (as other employees do) in order to overcome a $3.6 billion deficit and balance the budget, without raising taxes. Moreover, Walker won an election in which he promised to pursue this course. After keeping his promise, he won a recall election.
The NFL does not face fiscal difficulties comparable to those confronting state governments, and referee pension costs do not threaten the NFL’s long-term financial viability. Thus, the NFL’s hard line stance towards the referees on pensions — which is only one part of this labor dispute — is far less justifiable than Walker’s stance towards public employee pensions. And, unlike in Wisconsin, the NFL’s stance arose wholly outside of any political process in which the public had the opportunity to vote.
Finally, the NFL referees are not a powerful special interest group, and they do not help select those who make collective bargaining decisions that affect them. Public employee unions, by contrast, have significant political clout. And they have taken advantage of it by helping to elect the people who, through collective bargaining, confer benefits upon their members which taxpayers must fund. Thus, the need Walker perceived to limit public employee collective bargaining rights finds no analogue in the football context.
Scott Walker, therefore, did not “fumble.” The fumble — which is probably too kind a word for it — consists of Brad Plumer’s absurd, politically motivated claim that the NFL referee feud is “entirely representative” (or even “fairly representative”) of the battle that played out by in Wisconsin.
Ristorante Ti Amo is a Vail-area staple, even if it is a bit off the beaten path.
Ti Amo is the place to go for authentic Italian fine dining. The scrumptious but not pretentious restaurant was voted as best Fine Dining for its quality ingredients and meals created from scratch. Chef Fernando Ocampo learned from an Italian chef and keeps the menu consistently delicious with favorites such as Petti di Pollo alle Fragole (strawberry chicken), Risotto con Pollo y Pesto, Piccata di Vitello and Ravioli Pescatore.
Ocampo has been with Ti Amo for 21 years, so he knows a thing or two about creatively delicious, authentic Italian food.
“The chef learned from the best, and he is one of the best,” said Julie McCulloch, the restaurant’s manager.
The dining room is generally busy, with new faces as well as return customers who cannot get enough of Ocampo’s Italian cooking. Even though there is an extensive menu, the regulars have a hard time breaking away from their favorite choices and rely on a consistently amazing meal. Don’t forget dessert: homemade tiramisu, cappuccino tortes, Nutella crepe, canollis and decadent gelatos.
Palestinian prime minister announces indefinite delay for July 17 ballot.
PA officials moved ahead with planning, and Hamas last week announced a complete boycott of the polls.
The delay could be related to the ongoing attempt at reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, which runs the government in the West Bank.
Munib al-Masri, a businessman in the West Bank, is preparing to lead a Fatah delegation to Gaza to meet with Hamas officials.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, hopes the delegation can break a years-long impasse between the two factions. Egypt has been mediating reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah.
Maybe, just maybe, this is the month the job number pops.
The March job report will be released Friday morning, and quite a few economists, to the extent that they can be drawn into such discussions, are betting on a number just short of 200,000.
It’s not hard to understand that bet. The weekly unemployment claims have declined steadily, from the mid-400,000s to the neighborhood of 385,000. In almost any other context, the latter would be a grim number indeed. But in this slowest and most sluggish of recoveries, it is a sign of somewhat fewer layoffs.
And the unemployment numbers for February offered signs of hope as well. The economy added 192,000 jobs, and the 12th consecutive month of gains by companies. A comparable gain in March would provide the strongest two-month performance since last spring, when short-term Census hiring was driving the trend and private sector hiring was still weak.
This could lead to a paradoxical moment, however, as the unemployment rate might rise even as jobs are added. It now stands at 8.9 percent. The explanation goes to the size of the work force, which has steadily diminished for several years. Just 64.2 percent of adults are either in the work force, or looking for a job; that’s the lowest labor participation rate in a quarter-century.
Many economists speak optimistically of the spring, but the outlook grows uncertain after that. The international storm clouds are many, from spectacular debt problems in Europe to revolution sweeping the oil-rich Middle East to Japan and its many maladies. And then there is the possibility of a government shutdown in Washington, as the Republican House challenges the White House.
Some of the problems arising from these storms, such as higher oil prices, could take a while to work through the economy and, possibly to erode consumer confidence.
Waterford — Host Waterford had a pair of champions en route to a third-place team finish in the annual Lancer Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday.
Freshman Mason Concascia won the 106-pound title by pinning Killinglyi's Asim Samuel in two minutes while senior Logan Smith, last year's Class M state champion at 106, won the at 113 with a 3-2 win over Killingly's Dan Charron in a rematch of that Class M final which Smith won 9-7 in overtime.
Southington won the team title with 229 points while Killingly was second with 152, Waterford third with 147 and New London fourth with 122.
The Whalers had the other local individual champion with senior Jacob Commander winning at 182 with a pin of Southington's Matt Jacobson in 3:39.
Waterford's Tyler Radack (132) and AJ Sachatello (152) added second-place finishes along with New London's Naaji Powell-Keyton (126), Braydin Rodriguez (145) and Jadien Mackenzie (220).
The Whalers' Yaya Medina (285) added a third-place finish while Waterford picked up fourth-place finishes from Eric Zane (128), Donld Mellon (145), Jackson Harhsberger (182) and Jeremiah Harshberger (220).
• Ledyard had 10 place-winners, including three finalists, to finish third at the Guilford Invitational. The Colonels finished with 182.5 points, trailing only Fairfield Warde (239) and Xavier (218). Connor Doran (106), Tyler Miller (138) and Adam Crawford (170) each placed second while Jacob Foster (126), Cole Dirico (145), Brayden Grim (152) and Andrew Allen (195) added thirds, Caden Foote (132) and Mason Barnett (145) were fourth, and Tim Dorr (220) and Hunter Williams (285) were fifth.
• Montville swept a quad-meet at home by defeating Norwich Free Academy 46-21, Coventry 72-0 and Conard 65-6. Derek Debbis (113), Jayden Colon (120), Quinn Bond (126), Ian Anderson (152), Ioanni Cobena (182) and Derrick Deveau (285) each went 3-0 for the Indians (3-1) while Kolt MacCracken (220) went 2-0 and Chris Jaskiewicz (220) won his first varsity match. NFA won its other two matches by defeating Coventry 78-0 and Conard 48-27. Dominic Renfree (130), Brandon Nieto (138), Theran Vanase (160), Mason McMahon (182) and Eric Planbull (195) all went 3-0 for the Wildcats (2-2).
There were a total of 82,000 millionaire migrants that left for greener pastures in 2016, with Turkey one of the five countries witnessing the greatest such outflow, according to a fresh survey by New World Wealth.
Global wealth migration is accelerating and approximately 82,000 millionaires (HNWIs) migrated in 2016, compared to just 64,000 in 2015, according to the report, according to Visual Capitalist.
France, China, Brazil, India and Turkey saw the highest number of outflows last year.
Among the top five, Turkey experienced the highest increase in outflow last year compared to 2015. While some 1,000 millionaires left the country in 2015, this figure rose to 6,000 in 2016, representing a 500 percent year-on-year increase.
France topped the list for a second straight year, as rich people dodge conditions that they consider to be adverse, according to the report.
France has rising religious tensions and populism, but it also has a tax system that is not particularly friendly to the ultra-rich, it said.
China and India both continue to have net outflows of millionaires, but two of the more interesting countries on this list were Brazil and Turkey, according to the report.
In 2016, Australia was the number-one destination for millionaire migrants, with the United States and Canada being close behind.
Millionaire immigration to New Zealand also doubled, while the United Arab Emirates remained a popular location for the wealthy in the Middle East.
The annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath will begin on June 29, Sri Amarnath Shrine Board which manages the yatra announced on Thursday.
R K Goyal, chief executive officer of the SASB, visited the holy cave, Domel and Baltal base camps in north Kashmir on Thursday, and reviewed all the arrangements being positioned for the Yatra.
Goyal accompanied by a team of officers of the board and other agencies reviewed the arrangements at the Baltal base camp.
"These included those pertaining to water, power supply, sanitation arrangements, repair and maintenance of lanes and drains and creation of other requisite facilities for the yatris, which are in the final phase of completion," a statement issued by the board said.
"Thereafter, he trekked to the holy cave reviewing the yatra-related arrangements en route. He had a detailed inspection of the various arrangements and works at Domel which are also nearing completion", the statement added.
"At the holy cave, the CEO spent considerable time in taking stock of the arrangements in the shrine area. He issued instructions to all the concerned agencies and various service providers to ensure that all the arrangements are on the ground latest by June 28 with a view to securing maximum facilitation and comfort of the pilgrims who will start arriving on June 29."
As introductions go Lewis Capaldi's 'Bruises' was just about perfect.
A stirring piece of songwriting rooted in that incredible voice, the young Scot stated his case in emphatic style.
New cut 'Lost On You' ably builds on this. Subdued but passionate, it's a subtle return yet no less impressive than his debut.
"I wouldn't say the songs are connected in anyway, they're both about relationships but lost on you is more about feeling as though you can't make someone happy no matter how much you try or how much you want to make things work."
"When I'm singing "hope you'll be safe in the arms of another cause I can't take the weight of your love" I'm saying that I hope you'll find someone else who can give you more than I can at that point."
With Tangier Island in the news, film crews from more than 20 countries have descended on the island since last summer.
Tangier Island’s battle against mother nature and the rising sea level has placed the small Chesapeake Bay village in news headlines.
So now, a different form of media coverage is evolving and stepping ashore. Film crews from around the world are setting their sights on the small fishing village on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
“Folks are still interested,” said Tangier Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge.
Eskridge said film crews started to descend upon the island last summer. One of the first groups was from Finland.
“They plan to return again this year to film their documentary,” said Eskridge.
A German film crew arrived on the island this Summer, along with phone calls of interest from videographers in Argentina and France.
“There’s been some international interest in the past but nothing like last and this summer,” said Eskridge.
Since last summer film crews from more than 20 different countries have descended on the island for coverage.
Tangier Island native and recent high school graduate Cameron Evans sells his photography on the docks of the town. He has a front row seat to new arrivals looking to interview residents.
“We’ve been having news crews coming here all the time,” said Evans. He has been interviewed by film crews from Croatia to the National Geographic.
"I’m supposed to have one with a newsgroup in England,” said Evans.
The film crews are gathering video footage of residents’ daily life, including the work of the watermen.
While Evans doesn’t mind answering the repetitive questions from newcomers, he wishes they saw more than the narrow view of shooting video through their camera lens.
“In some cases, the crews are already coming with their opinion and leaving with their opinion. Come for a couple days and do stuff that the Islanders would do and not the tourism,” said Evans.
“But everybody understands that maybe this film or maybe the next will push it over the top and get us the money we need. I think it’s good because our issues are getting out there," he said.
On Aug. 27, Rep. Scott Taylor announced that federal funding had been approved for an estimated $2.4 million jetty project. The state will provide 20 percent of that amount, or $495,000.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the jetty will help protect the harbor and west channel from wave action and, during the winter, from sheets of ice that pile up and damage the islanders' workboats, docks and crab houses.
One film crew is even agreeing to share 15 percent of its profits with the town, he said.
“If it works they will give a percentage to the town. If it did work it’d be a help for the town and tourism,” said Eskridge.
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Evans who is attending Virginia Wesleyan University as a freshman, said he will miss the island.
“I’m going to be thinking about anything that happens on the island and how I’m going to miss that, but I’m not too far away,” he said.
I should know better by now. You put eleven politicians in a room and rarely are anyone’s interests ever served but their own. This was on full display during the debate and vote over campaign donations for candidates in civic elections.
The Saskatoon Municipal Review Commission came up with the reasonable recommendation for the city to ban corporate and union donations to candidates. It wasn’t a revolutionary proposal. The federal government has done it, and the foundations of democracy are still intact.
The majority of city council must have missed that, because councillors voted to keep the status quo. The people of Saskatoon may vote in elections, but it is the corporate and union donations that will fund the candidates and drive the agenda.
Mayor Don Atchison captured the tone of much of the debate when he said that new rules would make it harder to raise money. It was a theme that came back during the debate, as councillors seemed horrified by rules that would make things harder for them.