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Billionaires And the Budget
February 28, 2010 BusinessBudget 2010, Business, IndiaAbhilash Sidd
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TDS just got a little less tedious
February 28, 2010 Business, WorldBudget 2010, Business, IndiaAbhilash Sidd
The Budget has given a big relief to taxpayers whose taxes are deducted at source. Under tax deduction at source (TDS), every person responsible for payment of any sum to any person is required to deduct tax at source at the prescribed rate and deposit it with the central government.
Deduction would be in order if the payments exceeded the prescribed threshold limit. But, the Budget has increased the threshold limit of a number of items (see chart). This will be a relief to ordinary taxpayers and particularly to senior citizens whose total income falls below the taxable income. The threshold limit for rental income has been increased from Rs 1,20,000 to Rs 1,80,000. Take for example, a senior citizen whose total income is less than Rs 2,40,000 and who has a rental income of Rs 1,80,000, which he receives from a company.
According to the existing system, the company will pay him the rental after deducting tax at the rate of 10%. Now, to claim the refund for the tax deducted from his rental income as his total income is less than Rs 2,40,000, he will have to file a return with the department. After filing the return, he will have to wait to get the refund.
Under the new system, the TDS will not be affected as his rental income is not more than Rs 1,80,000. This will save him the cumbersome process of filing the return to get refund.
Similarly, the threshold limit for insurance commission for TDS has increased to Rs 20,000 from Rs 5,000. This will save an agent inconvenience if income is less than the taxable income. Otherwise also, he will not have to wait for a refund. These amendments will take effect from July 1, 2010.
Highlights of Budget 2010
February 26, 2010 BusinessBudget 2010, IndiaAbhilash Sidd
FM prunes tax rates:
Income up to Rs 1.6 lakh – nil Income above Rs 1.6 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh – 10 per cent
Income above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 8 lakh – 20 per cent
Income above Rs 8 lakh – 30 per cent.
Income Tax department ready with two-page Saral-2 return forms for individual salaried assesses.
New tax rates would offer relief to 60 per cent of tax-payers.
Government’s net borrowing to be Rs 3,45,010 crore for 2010-11.
Additional deduction of Rs 20,000 allowed on long term infrastructure bonds for income tax payers; this is above Rs one lakh on saving instruments allowed already.
A unique identity symbol would be provided to the Indian Rupee in line with US Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Euro and Japanese Yen.
Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 per cent and 4.1 per cent in 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively.
Total expenditure pegged at Rs 11.8 lakh crore, an increase of 8.6 per cent.
Gross tax receipts pegged at Rs 7,46,656 crore for 2010-11, non-tax revenues at Rs 1,48,118 crore.
FM appeals to “misguided elements” (left wing extremists) to eschew violence and join the mainstream.
Planning Commission to prepare integrated action plan for Naxal-affected areas.
Defence allocation pegged at Rs 1,47,344 crore in 2010-11 against Rs 1,41,703 crore in the previous year. Of this, capital expenditure would account for Rs 60,000 crore.
Fiscal deficit pegged at 6.9 per cent in 2009-10 as against 7.8 per cent in the previous fiscal.
Finance Minister to continue giving cash subsidy for fuel and fertiliser instead of previous practice of bonds.
Non-plan expenditure pegged at Rs 37,392 crore and Plan expenditure at Rs 7,35,657 crore in budget estimates. 15 per cent increase in plan expenditure and six per cent in non-plan expenditure.
Rs 1,900 crore allocated for Unique Identification Authority of India.
Rs 1,73,552 crore provided for infrastructure.
Need to take firm view on opening up of the retail.
Government committed to ensure continued growth of Special Economic Zones development.
Repayment of loan by farmers extended by six months to June 30, 2010 in view of drought and floods in some part of the country.
One-time grant of Rs 200 crore provided to Tirupur textile cluster in Tamil Nadu.
Allocation for new and renewable energy ministry.
Clean Energy Fund to be created for research in new energy sources.
Rs 500 crore allocated for solar and hydro projects for Ladakh region.
Alternative port to be developed at Sagar Island in West Bengal.
Allocation for National Ganga River Basin Authority doubled to Rs 500 crore.
Government for competitive bidding for coal blocks for captive power plants.
Mega power plant policy modified to lower cost of generation; allocation to power sector more than doubled to Rs 5,130 crore in 2010-11.
Government proposes to set Coal Development Regulatory Authority.
Propose to maintain thrust of upgrading infrastructure in rural and urban areas. IIFCL authorised to refinance infrastructure projects.
Interest subvention for timely repayment of crop loans raised from one per cent to two per cent, bringing the effective rate of interest to five per cent.
Bottleneck of public delivery mechanism can hold us back.
Rs 200 crore provided for climate resilient agriculture initiative.
Government to provide Rs 16,500 crore to public sector banks to maintain tier-I capital.
Allocation for women and child development hiked by 80 per cent.
Government decides to set up National Social Security
Fund with initial allocation of Rs 1000 crore to provide social security to workers in unorganised sector.
Rs 1,270 crore provided for slum development programme, marking an increase of 700 per cent.
Allocation for development of micro and small scale sector raised from Rs 1,794 crore to Rs 2,400 crore.
One per cent interest subvention loan for houses costing up to Rs 20 lakh extended to March 31, 2011; Rs 700 crore provided.
25 per cent of plan outlay earmarked for rural infrastructure development
Road transport allocation raised by 13 per cent to Rs 19,894 crore, says FM.
Allocation for urban development increased by 75 per cent to Rs 5,400 crore in 2010-11.
Indira Awas Yojana scheme’s unit cost raised to Rs 45,000 in plain area and Rs 48,500 in hilly areas.
Allocation for NREGA stepped up to Rs 40,100 crore in 2010-11.
For rural development, Rs 66,100 crore have been allocated.
Plan allocation for health and family welfare increased to Rs 22,300 crore from Rs 19,534 crore.
Plan allocation for school education raised from Rs 26,800 crore to Rs 31,036 crore in 2010-11.
Deficit in foodgrains storage capacity to be met by private sector participation.
Exclusive skill development programme to be launched for textile and garment sector employees.
Plan allocation for Ministry of Minority Affairs raised from Rs 1,740 crore to Rs 2,600 crore.
Plan outlay for Ministry of Social Justice raised by 80 per cent to Rs 4,500 crore.
Government to contribute Rs 1,000 per year to each account holder
Finance Minister says Government hopes to implement direct tax code from April 2011.
Kirit Parekh report on fuel price deregulation will be taken up by Oil Minister Murli Deora in due course.
Government has decided to set up apex-level Financial Stability and Development Council.
FDI inflows steady during the year. Government has taken series of steps to simplify FDI regime
Market capitalisation of five PSUs listed since October increased by 3.5 times.
Nutrient based fertiliser subsidy scheme to come into force from April 1, 2010.
Earnest endeavour to implement General Sales Tax in April 2011.
Status paper on public debt within six months.
Government will raise Rs 25,000 crore from disinvestment of its stake in state-owned firms.
Government to provide Rs 300 crore to organise 60,000 pulse and oilseed villages and provide integrated intervention of watershed and related programme.
Government to continue interest subvention of 2 per cent for one more year for exports covering handicrafts, carpets, handlooms and small and medium enterprises.
Government intends to make FDI policy user friendly by compling all guidelines into one document.
RBI considering some additional banking licenses to private companies, NBFC will also be considered if they meet criteria.
Export in January encouraging.
Need to review the public spending and mobilize resources.
FM stresses on the need to make growth more broad-based.
Need to ensure that the demand-supply imbalance is managed.
Need to review stimulus imparted to economy.
Government conscious of the situation of price rise and taking steps to tackle it.
Erratic monsoon and drought-like conditions forced supply side bottleneck that fuelled inflation.
Double digit food inflation last year due to bad monsoon and drought-like conditions.
Figures for merchandise exports for January encouraging after turnaround in November and December last.
Govt to raise Rs 25,000 cr this year to meet cap expenditure requirements
GST and DTC can be introduced in April 2011
Direct tax code will be implemented April 1, 2011
Final figure may be higher if earnings in last quarters are strong
18.9% growth rate in manufacturing sector in 2009
Concerned over emergence of double digit food inflation
Export figures encouraging; pvt investments can be expected
Double digit food inflation in 2009
Need to review stimulus, move to fiscal consolidation
Signs of food inflation going to non-food items
Steps to reduce public debt, paper to be presented in 6 months
1st challenge: quickly revert to higher GDP growth path of 9%, cross double digit growth
2nd challnge: harden economic growth to make dev more inclusive
3rd challenge: relates to problems in government system
Focus shifts to non-governmental actors
Uncertainity was there on account of delay in monsoon, concerns about production and food prices.
Income tax slabs raised
February 26, 2010 BusinessBudget 2010Abhilash Sidd
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday brought cheers to lakhs of tax income payers by increasing the tax limits which he claimed will help nearly 60 per cent of the tax payers while presenting the Budget for 2010-11.
Making the announcement about increasing the tax limits Mukherjee said that those earning up to Rs 1.60 lakh per annum will now have to pay no tax while those earning between Rs 1.60 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per annum will from now on pay tax at the rate of 10 per cent.
Tax on income between Rs 5 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum will be 20 per cent while those earning more than Rs 8 lakh per annum will pay tax at the rate of be 30 per cent.
New income tax rates
No income tax for those earning upto Rs 1.60 lakh per annum
For people earning between Rs 1.60 lakh per annum to Rs 5 lakh per annum the tax rate will be 10 per cent
Tax on income between Rs 5 lakh per annum to Rs 8 lakh per annum will be 20 per cent
Income tax on income of Rs 8 lakh and above will be 30 per cent
New tax rates would offer relief to 60 per cent of tax-payers
Additional deduction of Rs 20,000 allowed on long term infrastructure bonds for income tax payers; this is above Rs 1 lakh on saving instruments allowed already
Investment linked tax deductions to be allowed to two-star hotels anywhere in the country.
Mukherjee began his budget speech by recalling the hard days of past two years, but with an assurance that the worst was over for the economy and the days ahead were promising though not without challenges.
“Today, as I stand before you, I can say with some confidence that we have weathered this crisis well,” Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha.
“That is not to say that the challenges today are any less than they were nine months ago, when the UPA was voted back to power under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” he added.
He said three challenges he had listed last year remained relevant today — those of quickly reverting to a high growth path of 9 percent and cross over to double-digit expansion; making growth more inclusive and developing infrastructure in rural areas; and strengthening food security.
He said in 2009, when he presented the interim budget in February and the full budget in July, the Indian economy was facing grave uncertainty, the economy slowed down and business sentiment was low.
But this year, the budget has came against the backdrop of the Economic Survey for 2009-10, saying India’s growth can go up to double digit levels in four years, with the country emerging as the fastest growing economy in the world.
The initial market reaction, as the finance minister began his budget speech was guarded, with the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ruling at 16,347.72 points, against the previous day’s close at 16,254.2 points, with a gain of 93.52 points, or 0.58 percent.
Those in the packed house presided over by Speaker Meira Kumar, included Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
Although the Budget speech also contained some policy pronouncements and other steps directed at reforms, it is basically an annual statement of accounts for the upcoming fiscal in terms of receipts and expenditure, along with direct and indirect tax proposals.
The Budget was presented after a quick meeting of the Union Cabinet inside Parliament presided over by the Prime Minister for a customary approval for the proposals.
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A Sixth Grade Field Guide to the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado
Alpine Ecosystem
Sub-alpine Ecosystem
Montane-Mixed Conifer Ecosystem
Montane-Aspen Forest Ecosystem
Montane--Oak Shrubland Ecosystem
Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystem
Riparian Ecosystems
Natural Cycles
Hazards--Drought, Insects, Invasive Plants
Hazards--Avalanches, Fire, Floods
Alpine Ecosystem
Adriana, Brooks, Noah
Up in the high alpine ecosystem there are no trees. The alpine ecosystems are above 11,000 feet in Colorado. The tundras has small insects, and birds. In the winter the snow can build up to 15 feet tall! The treeline lies 11,000-12,000 feet depending on the slope or the top of the mountain. The Alpine Tundra ecosystem in Colorado or the Rockies as you could say, stand at high altitude where trees usually don't grow.
Mountains at high altitude throughout the world
Windy, Cold, and Treeless
Nighttime Temperatures Below Freezing
Well-Drained Soil
Average Temperatures: -4 degrees celsius to 0 degrees celsius
Annual Precipitation = around 11.81 inches per year
Consumers in the Alpine Tundra
Mountain Lions are one of the Alpine Tundras biggest consumers. They can also be known as pumas, cougars and panthers. They can vary in size and weight. The males can reach up to 200 pounds and eight feet in length with his tail. The females are typically smaller. A mountain lion is not spotted and is a lot of the time tan-ish brown. Mountain lions like to prey on deer, though they also eat smaller animals such as coyotes, porcupines, and raccoons.
Mountain Lions can be found in many habitats, from Florida swamps to Canadian forests.
Red foxes are solitary hunters who feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, and other small animals. Foxes will eat fruit and vegetables, fish, frogs, and even worms. If living among humans, foxes will opportunistically dine on garbage and pet food. Like cats, the fox's tail will help it’s balance. In the cold the fox will put its tail over it’s body to keep warm.
Red foxes live around the world in many diverse habitats including: forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts.
Coyote
The Coyote is a fierce predator. Modern coyote’s have shown their cleverness by adapting to the changing American landscape, which means the mountains and the dense forest.The Coyote is a member of the dog family and they just used to live in the desert and prairies, but now it has adapted to the harsh winter and mountains and dense forest. In the spring, females give birth to litters of three to twelve pups and they are born in a den. Both parents feed and protect their young and their territory.
The pups are able to hunt on their own by the following fall. A Coyote can be 15 -46 lbs and can run up to 43 mph and that is a adult maximum speed.
Omnivores in the Alpine Tundra
Grizzly Bear
The Grizzly Bear is a powerful animal, it has little to no fear from other predators in its territory. The tundra grizzly is usually creamy yellow on its back and a brownish chest and limbs. Many tundra grizzlies eat mostly plants, but they also eat rodents and insects. Grizzlies don't usually hunt larger prey. More often they eat abandoned kills of other predators.
Grizzlies can be found on the Alaska and northwestern Canadian tundra.
A major food source for the arctic fox is the lemming, but the tundra voles are another sample. Other foods include birds, eggs, insects and carrion.
In the summer, the arctic fox is dark gray to bluish brown. Its fur color changes to a creamy white in the winter. The arctic fox is considered an omnivore since it will feast upon tundra berries if they are available.
The Brown Bear lives in the forests and mountains of northern North America, Europe, and Asia. It is the most widely distributed bear in the world.These omnivorous( The Brown Bear eats mainly plants but can eat small fish and other insects) giants tend to be solitary animals, except for females and their cubs, but at times they do congregate. Dramatic gatherings can be seen at prime Alaskan fishing spots when the salmon swim upstream for summer spawning.
In this season dozens of bears may gather to feast on the fish, craving fats that will sustain them through the long winter ahead.
Herbivores in the Alpine Tundra
The lemming is one of the smallest animals in the tundra. It is pretty much most animals prey. Because this mouse like rodent weighing 2 ounces to 4 ounces is part of the staple diet of so many animals, changes in population can have serious repercussions.
Their colors vary during summer. In winter, their coats turn white, and they live in burrows under the snow.
In winter, the Arctic hare's thick fur is almost blindingly white, providing really good camouflage against the ice and snow covering the tundra. It has black eyelashes that protect its eyes from glare. Since it doesn't hibernate, it's roly-poly body shape and relatively short ears help it conserve heat. On average, the hare weighs 6.5 pounds to 11 pounds.
With its long hind legs and snowshoe like back feet, the Arctic hare can clear up to 7 feet in a single bound and run at speeds of 40 miles per hour without sinking into the snow.
Birds in the Alpine Tundra
The Sharp Shinned Hawk is mostly found in ranges to 11,000 feet to 11,500 feet. They don’t like areas where the trees are scattered either.The Sharp Shinned Hawk eats songbirds which make up about 90 percent of their diet.
These raptors have distinctive proportions: long legs, short wings, and very long tails, which they use for navigating their deep-woods homes at top speed in pursuit of songbirds and mice.
The Golden Eagle is one of the largest, fastest, nimblest ( alive, quickly,light) raptors in North America. Lustrous gold feathers gleam on the back of its head and neck; a powerful beak and talons advertise its hunting prowess. You're most likely to see this eagle in western North America, soaring on steady wings or diving in pursuit of the jackrabbits and other small mammals that are its main prey. Sometimes they have been seen attacking large mammals, or fighting off coyotes or bears in defense of its prey and young hatch lings.
The Golden Eagle has long inspired both reverence and fear
Mountain Blue Bird
The mountain bluebird breeds in the high mountain meadows with scattered trees and bushes and short grass. It lives at lower elevations in the winter in plains and grasslands. Male Mountain Bluebirds lend a bit of color to open habitats across much of western North America. You may spot these cavity-nesters flitting between perches in mountain meadows, in burned or cut over areas, or where prairie meets forest
Black-billed Magpies are familiar and entertaining birds of western North America. They sit on fence posts and road signs or flap across range lands, their white wing patches flashing and their very long tails trailing behind them. This large, flashy relative of jays and crows is a social creature, gathering in numbers to feed at carrion. They’re also vocal birds and keep up a regular stream of raucous or calls.
Major producers
While sage-grouse will feed on wildflowers, insects and forage crops in spring and summer, they depend on sagebrush for food year round, and especially in winter when sagebrush is the only available food source.Mating season is early to mid-March until mid to late May. Females lay between 8-12 eggs and are responsible for creating the nest and brood rearing. Older sage grouse do not pair-bond, they are not monogamous. Outside of mating, males do not take part in raising the young. Eggs and nests can be lost due to disturbances such as bad weather and predators such as ravens, red fox, raccoon and coyote. They are herbivores which means they only eat leaves and other plants.
American Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides, and in habitats ranging from open woods and empty beaches to town centers. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects and other small animals, seeds, and fruit but also garbage, carrion, and chicks they rob from nests. Their flight style is unique, a patient, flapping that is rarely broken up with glides.
Grasses are typically short plants with long narrow leaves, growing wild.
A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria (or both) living among filaments of a fungus in a symbiotic relationship.
Impacts in the Alpine Ecosystem
Air pollution can cause smog clouds that contaminate lichen, a significant food source for many animals.
Exploration of oil, gas, and minerals and construction of pipelines and roads can cause physical disturbances and habitat fragmentation.
Oil spills can kill wildlife and significantly damage tundra ecosystems.
Human Impacts in the Alpine Ecosystem
The tundra ecosystems have been used by humans since prehistoric times. High terraces were used as butchering and camping sites by early hunters over 7,000 years ago. Domestic sheep have grazed tundra areas throughout the Rocky Mountains since the turn of the century. Butterfly populations have been reduced as meadows were overgrazed. Off road vehicles have ruined sections of tundra, as have hikers who do not use established trails.
Plants in the Alpine Ecosystem
Habitats: The sunflower live in dry areas or prairies and is sometimes considered a weed.
Adaptation: The sunflower has very thick roots and stems.
The sunflower is deciduous because it loses its leaves
They are deciduous. This means they lose their leaves in the fall. They are also low growing plants.
Habitat: They grow best in wet places like by streams and rivers.
Adaptations: They have adapted to live in wet places.
Are they deciduous?
The columbine among many other beautiful flowers is in fact deciduous. (Deciduous: A plant that's leaves fall off in the winter is deciduous.)
What is Their Habitat?
Columbine is found in the sun and above treeline. It blooms in late spring with red and yellow stems. It is pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies.
What Are Their Adaptations?
The Columbine lives 6,000 to 10,000 feet up in the air. It is hard for animals to eat it because it is so high up.
Are They Deciduous: The polemonium is deciduous which means that they lose their leaves in the fall. But in the summer the flowers bloom beautiful light blue colors.
Habitat: The polemonium native land is grassland, woodlands,and meadows.
Adaptations: It has been able to adapt to live in harsh and rugged environments.
Mountain Ball Cactus
This pincushion shaped cactus is covered with spirally arranged bumps that bear rigid spines. One to several brilliant rose purple flowers bloom in the center of the cactus. Mountain ball cactus may bloom from mid April to mid June and late summer in the tundra.
Purple-fringe
The Purple-fringe usually has multiple stems. Each has a dense cluster of flowers. The flowers are dark purple. The flower has yellow tipped stems that make the flower get a fringed appearance. They bloom from early June to early July.
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Salah Hamouri's Administrative Detention Order Renewed
Today, 26 February 2018, the decision was taken by the occupation Minister of War, Avigdor Lieberman, to renew the administrative detention order of Salah Hamouri. His order has been renewed for four months, to begin on 28 February 2018. This means that Salah will continue to remain in prison till at least 28 June 2018, at which point he would have been in prison for ten months. Despite the claim that Salah represents a ‘security threat’, Addameer maintains that Salah has been imprisoned as a result of his human rights promoting activists and his activism. As a documentation field officer, Salah’s is responsible for meeting with ex-prisoners and detainees, and their families, to collect...
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By bringing a significant number of buyers together to approach the developer you’re able to help them by cutting out much of the legwork and the agent fees that would result from selling each block of land individually on the open market.
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Travelshoot announces an investment of $500,000 from these Queensland based investors to help scale its business and maximise global opportunities with its travel partners, including Flight Centre Travel Group, Helloworld and RACQ.
Australian medical innovator receives US$2.6 million Bill & Melinda Gates grant to develop a...
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Unlockd closed a $AU15 million Series A Round in early 2016 from some of the biggest names in the business community, and has recently appointed an advisor to assist with their Series B raise of up to $US30 million
Aussie fashion retailer GRANA is raising a $10 million Series A round led by...
Following the Q1 announcement of its US $6 million in seed funding earlier this year, led by Golden Gate Ventures, MindWorks and Bluebell Group, the GRANA team will move into a new 18,000 square-foot centralised warehouse in Hong Kong this month to manage business growth and plans to double its headcount to 100 employees by the end of 2017.
This new social media app is designed to create stronger bonds within your family
Gerald Ainomugisha - Sep 8, 2016
kin2kin is a kind of private and live family album. Photos are organised by who is in the photo, not who sent them. Simply loving a photo, or making a comment, lets the person in the photo know you are thinking about them and lets you start a conversation directly with that person.
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TheRight.Fit, a website connecting brands and agencies with creative freelancers and talent, has secured $750,000 in a seed capital raise from AirTree Ventures.
This crowdfunding campaign aims to make Sydney the Silicon Valley of APAC by 2023
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A fintech start-up wants to rip the red tape off Australia’s huge mortgage market
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Beer Industry Reacts to ‘The New Yorker’ Cover
All About Beer Magazine - Volume , Issue
The Nov. 3, 2014 cover of The New Yorker features a drawing titled “Hip Hops” by artist Peter de Sève.
The New Yorker released its annual food issue this week and before a hardcopy arrived in my mailbox, my Facebook feed was filled with pictures of the cover. Friends in the beer industry talked about how cool it was and said it’s a sign that beer has “arrived.” The New Yorker asked artist Peter de Sève to draw the cover (called “Hip Hops”) and the magazine goes on to say that the drawing “captures the appropriate seriousness with which beer is handled these days by many Brooklyn restaurants and the people who dine in them.” It wraps up by saying: “It’s an unprecedentedly excellent time to drink beer in Brooklyn, as the cover suggests. Just don’t become a snob about it.”
In my opinion, “Brooklyn” could easily be replaced by “the United States” and this scene could happen in many places (maybe minus the neck tattoo).
Because of the strong reaction and celebration around the cover I reached out to several folks in the beer industry and asked for their opinion on the cover (click on their names to see their responses).
What do you think of The New Yorker beer cover? Join the discussion on Facebook or leave a comment below.
Ray Daniels (Cicerone Certification Program, Chicago)
Oliver Gray (Literatureandlibation.com)
Roger Baylor (New Albanian Brewing Co., New Albany, IN)
Os Cruz (TalkBeer.com)
Greg Koch (Stone Brewing Co. Escondido, CA)
Nora D. McGunnigle (NOLABeerBlog.Com)
Joe Wiebe (Craft Beer Revolution: The Indider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries)
Jeremy Cowan (Shmaltz Brewing Co., Clifton Park, NY)
Christopher Sidwa (Batch Brewing Co., Sydney, Australia)
Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE)
Jeff Cioletti (DrinkableGlobe.com)
Pete Slosberg (Brewer, San Francisco)
Melissa Cole (Writer, London)
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Charlie devereux says:
Love it. Sez everything you need to know about cool dining circa the 20-Teens.
Just J says:
Gotta love how Sam Calagione begins with totally unrelated self-promotion. Maybe he was something ‘back then’, but there are so many others before and after him who just shut up and made real beer. Sorry, but the Dogfish train has left the station.
Sam Handwich says:
This comment goes to show that you are beer snob. How hard is it to accept that there are other people out there that enjoy different types of beer than you like.
If there wasn’t people like Sam it would always be the same boring things.
-Just J
I think you need to re-read Sam’s answer, he drank a bunch of Italian beers & did a collaboration with an English brewery (that he isn’t selling, the English brewery is). He is simply talking about how American craft beers are now influencing the rest of the world, which is the opposite of how things use to be. Whether you like their beer or not, Dogfish Head has been innovating brewing since there humble beginnings & seem to be continuing to do so.
“Just J”, DogFish continue to innovate as they always have.
Sure, DFH is not the fastest brewer in terms of turnaround on specials, seasonals, one-offs or other experimentation. But they’re consistently creative, and they often put WAY more effort into researching a brew first (compared to breweries that experiment semi-randomly and try to sell it).
Case in point is DogFish’s collaboration and support of Pat McGovern’s archeology and ancient brewing recreations. But this is only one of several themes DFH does.
I honestly don’t know if you’re a true beer snob, or simply trolling. I’ve considered myself a beer snob since 1994 (and it’s why I got into brewing), and a long time BFD member, and NO ONE I know would make your comment about DFH.
Perhaps you mis-spoke and meant to say “Red Hook”?
Dirt says:
^J, I feel like you missed the point. He’s simply saying that craft beer is exploding all I over the world, not just in BK, NY, or the US. 15 years ago, the idea of Italian craft brewers was probably pretty far-fetched.
Thom Meyer says:
I agree with you on the issue of variety. I am often asked what style of beer I prefer and have no answer. I appreciate many styles with the exception of fruit and spiced beers which I avoid. I do wish more servers had a greater knowledge of the beers that they offer!
Japan Beer Times says:
Craft beer going mainstream in America is so refreshing to see, and gives hope to fledgling movements, like the one in Japan. 200+ craft breweries and growing!
Jim T says:
HAHAHA @ “Mr. I-only-drink-double-IPAs” from Cicerone Certification Program.
This has been my beef with craft beer for the last couple of years. I’ve been drinking stouts, ambers, and browns lately trying to recover a few tastebuds after getting blown out by over hopped ales.
Who cares? I’ve been drinking all styles for 20 years and since 2006 it’s been pretty much all IPAs. Drink what you enjoy, if it’s Keystone Light, some Belgian or a sour. Why would you have a “beef” with someone’s palate?
Chris LaPierre says:
We don’t need to do that tasting thing. As long as you’re ordering a reputable beer there’s not a 10% chance it will be spoiled.
Unless the distributor let it get hot, or the restaurant has dirty lines, or…
Hopefully you get the point – that there are many potential opportunities for spoilage/issues along the path from brewery to consumer.
Tom Calhoun says:
I’d swear that was a scene from a Portland pub! Beer does deserve a place on the same shelf as wine, and anyone who says otherwise is snobby or naive. I could have chosen beer or wine as a profession, but went the beer route because of all the great, lovable personalities in the business. We sell great beer without pretension or a stuffy suit, and good, long-lasting friendships are made from that.
matt hickey says:
Honestly, I thought it was ridiculing the pseudo-intellectualization of craft beer by people who pretend to know or care anything about what they are drinking, just so they can appear to be hip. It seems to me to be satirizing the classic wine-snob restaurant moment–not celebrating our excellent local beermakers and genuinely informed beer drinkers–and implying that if “beer is the new wine,” the designation is a double-edged sword at best.
heybrewtiful says:
Beer Snobs on New Yorker Cover: Geeks Unsure If They Should Celebrate http://www.heybrewtiful.com/2014/10/craft-beer-mocked-on-cover-of-new.html
I’m 45, and Iv’e all way’s loved beer, even before I was 21, and personally glad it’s finally getting the respect, and attention, it has all ways deserved! Beer Is THE “Nectar Of The God’s”!
Lisa Hinkley says:
I love this cover! It’s great that widely distributed publications like the New Yorker are starting to take notice, and spread the word about craft. It’s about time!
This easily could represent (most of) the US and obviously not just Brooklyn. I’ve been called snob pleantly of times, but its mostly by ignorant (as in not knowing anything about beer) Bud Light, Coors Light or Miller Light drinking people who refer to quality craft beer as “dark beers” and go around saying “I don’t do those fancy dark beers”. I really don’t mind being called a “beer snob” it just means I enjoy quality over crap.
Jeff Linkous says:
The illustration depicts a restaurant, but it easily could be a brewery tasting room as well. Beer is vastly different even now than it was just five years ago, let alone the 30-something years that is the breadth of this flavor renaissance. Give it another five years and perhaps the faces populating the illustration will have changed, as certain elements/facets mature and other undercurrents surface to make their mark.
It appears “The New Yorker” is once again validating itself as the epicenter of all things new and zeroing in on hipster mecca Brooklyn as the center of the craft beer universe.
I echo Greg Koch’s sentiments that your average craft beer drinker is not a neck tattoo guy or an extra from the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video from 1991. People from all walks of life and ages are into craft beer; my 70 year old dad has been drinking them for almost 10 years.
The pull of craft beer is not exclusive to hipsters, indie-rockers, and neo-hippies.
Joseph Schmoe says:
The cover has little to do with beer and a lot to do with Brooklyn hipsters taking themselves too seriously…about anything, not just beer.
And all the beer execs getting their panties in a bunch over it is even funnier. It’s social criticism, not beer criticism.
Some people don’t even know how to look at pictures to let them speak first before the personal biases kick in.
@craftbeerninja says:
it’s fair to say that this is a golden age for beer drinkers seldom has there been such quality & variety available to Joe public. The New Yorker has taken a snapshot (if you will) that could just as easily be London or any large cosmopolitan city. As a UK publican & self confessed beer groupie I’ve endeavoured to wax lyrical about cask ale & craft keg. For the longest time I was the weirdo beer dude who compared beer to wine. Suddenly to my amusement A: I’m almost fashionable (still not sure how I feel about this fact) B: the inevitable incursion of wine snobbery has invaded my once peaceful Beery province or craftdom C: I apparently don’t fit in to the developing scene ( I can only assume my beard isn’t big enough & my jeans do not cut off circulation to my genitals)
Now quality is obviously important but in my opinion so diversity of beer style, breweries etc.so the one act I’ve seen more often than not by the enthusiastic but not so knowledgeable craft beer drinker is the “I only drink pale ales” or whatever the first beer style they stumbled upon was don’t get tied up people try as many style as you can get hold of & try to remember it’s beer not a fashion accessory. There’s a Beery brave New world dive in & drink it all up……
Linda Forrester says:
I was not impressed with the cover of the times??
I never felt I needed to “arrive” as a beer drinker…I have not been in competition with the people that drink wine?? If I had that in mind..I would have been drinking it!
Plus, I am not impressed with the people, nor the bar! This does not represent anybody I know..and the people it does represent would feel the same if it was me in that drawing!!I feel that it was, and is close to being racist?????? I am 73, and and have been drinking beer for many years..in every kind of establishment out there. I do not need anyone to accept me..nor the beverage I choose. Sad commentary on our world!
One Vice says:
I’ve been looking for great beer since before the first “microbrew” – please ABB (anything but Bud in any form by any maker). I love most styles and have probably 150 different beers in my cellar, some 20 years old. I applaud punking the hipster and also the need to stop and think about the beer you are tasting. Find what you like but remember it is still just beer – putting on airs like that hipster is for fools – like speaking latin or going on about which side of the river a wine is from (as if the winemaker had nothing to do with it).
Dan Lang says:
There is a large wave breaking behind the breweries and restaurants….it’s the wave of the homebrewing societies. Catch the VIBE.
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A rendering of what ZED451's rooftop lounge will look like when it arrives this spring. (Photo: ZED451)
. . . is that ZED451 (739 N. Clark St.), the hip dining spot where the culinary team not only prepares the cuisine, but also serves it tableside, will have its grand opening in mid-April. I'm also getting excited about the two-story glass atrium, 451 Lounge, which is comprised of a wine bar, an indoor fire pit, a fully exposed kitchen with chef counter seating and a “green” roof top lounge with an outdoor fireplace.
Last Girl Standing Sarah Preston reports that Wicker Park indie lounge Celebrity bites the dust, making way for Aberdeen at 1856 W. North Ave. on March 8.
Marcus Samuelsson's much-anticipated seafood restaurant C-House (166 E. Superior St.) aims for a late-April debut in the new Affinia Chicago Hotel.
Juicy Wine Co. (1658 N. Milwaukee Ave., 312-492-6620) is getting in the brunch biz on Saturdays with the 5 Buck Brunch. Beginning March 1, Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago chef and instructor Michael Wilison and his students will whip up weekly specials for $5 each. One of the signature dishes is sure to be the Orange Waffles with Harold's Fried Chicken. They'll also have Bellinis, Mimosas and Bloody Marys. 11am-4pm.
And look for the team behind high-end night spots Manor (642 N. Clark St., 312-475-1390) and RiNO (343 W. Erie St., 312-587-3433) to enter the culinary world as they're shopping for a space in the city to open a restaurant right now. Also, their super-duper VIP lounge Stay opens on the top level of Manor this spring.
What the critics are saying . . .
. . . about:
Il Fiasco (5101 N. Clark St., 773-769-9700). "(New chef Eric Aubriot) hasn’t overhauled the menu by any means, but his presence can be felt in every section of it. His rich, twice-baked Gorgonzola soufflé was in a different class from other appetizers offered (many of which Aubriot kept from the previous menu): The cheese was balanced by red wine–poached pears, and the dish had a bigger flavor—and was more sophisticated—than its peers. His crisp corn cakes, topped with a mushroom sauce that had a robust earthiness (a flavor that was missing when I tried the mushroom pizza back in August), similarly impressed. And though it was odd to see french fries listed under appetizers, they showed off Aubriot’s years of experience; he only lightly seasoned them with truffle oil, so you won’t smell like a forest all night but you will remember why truffle oil became big in the first place."—David Tamarkin (Time Out Chicago) Read it all here.
Rockwell Lounge (710 N. Clark St., 312-787-2675). "The old Narcisse space has gone all dark slate, moody blues and sheet metal. The front area houses a cordoned-off seating area while the bar sports two stripper poles and a catwalk for drink-ordering entertainment. Downstairs features much of the same paired-down and muted cool-tone decor, with more modular seating and an additional, pole-free bar. The crowd falls somewhere between those who frequent the neighborhood's ultra-lounges and folks who appreciate Chicago's grittier rock joints."—Fred Schlatter (Chicago CitySearch) Read it all here.
Stretch Run Sports Club & Grille (544 N. LaSalle St., 312-644-4477). "Either barbecue ribs ($8.95) or hot wings ($8.95) will add some life to your meal. A layer of Sweet Baby Ray's sauce coats meaty, tender ribs; sizzling hot sauce blankets the wings. The latter arrive with the usual celery sticks and choice of blue cheese or ranch dressing."—Laura Bianchi (Crain's Chicago Business) Read it all here.
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Sweden vs Saudi Arabia (bad news for Sweden, not contested on a hockey rink)
Saudi Arabia has entered into a diplomatic fracas with a European Union member over monkeys.
Yes, you read that one right.
The pygmy marmosets at Skansen zoo in Stockholm had been destined for a Riyadh zoo.
"They didn't want the monkeys anymore because of the political situation," said Skansen zoo boss Jonas Wahlstrom.
Last month the Saudi ambassador to Sweden was recalled, after Sweden ended an arms deal in a human rights dispute.
Okay technically the Saudis were just doing a little diplomatic quid anti quo after a female Swedish politican criticized the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for not letting sluts behind the wheel.
A co-ordinated campaign by Muslim nations against Sweden is not a fanciful notion. There is talk that Sweden may lose its chance to gain a seat on the UN Security Council in 2017 because of Wallström.
Look, aside from the benefit of not letting women drive (hint: they're all terrible at it, we might consider a similar move here), there's nothing here that should really offend the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, Sweden does $1.3B a year with the Saudis, and that they're throwing money around while other governments aren't hasn't escaped the notion of policy makers everywhere: notice Sweden just last week apparently greased some wheels some but not enough.
Meanwhile, another Middle Eastern country is entering into a diplomatic fracas with a monkey...
Bonus observation: Note the name of the "Islamophobic" politician and the name of the zoo curator. Is that like Johnson/Johnston over there?
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December 5, 2017 nathan.lankford 7 comments
Lists are arbitrary and burdensome, but why not join the fun everyone else is having? We gathered our lists, separate lists for all of us, then combined them into one that had 50 albums. What you get here are the four writers/contributors of ATH, giving you their meaningless opinions on what we thought was the jam in 2017. It’s alphabetical, and we put the initials next to it so you could track down your enemy!
Show Review: Fleet Foxes @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
August 18, 2017 nicole.baumann Leave a comment
Wednesday and Thursday nights, The Moody Theater played host to one of the biggest acts in the indie world, Fleet Foxes. The band was coming in hot after the release of their triumphant third studio full-length,Crack-Up,and droves of excited fans poured into the venue to catch a performance for the first time in a long time. What they got was musicianship at its finest– two nights of precise and profound music that fed the excitement of the crowd as the band seamlessly wove together new and old tracks from their catalogue of folk rock.
Read on for my thoughts on the show, as well as some pics from the ever-awesome B. Gray.
Show Preview: Fleet Foxes @ ACL Live (08/16, 08/17)
Indie folk gods, Fleet Foxes, are coming to our city tomorrow and Thursday and if you don’t have tickets yet you best get to stepping and try to find some, as these two evenings are bound to be nights to remember. The last time Austin played host to Robin Pecknold and company was the 2011 ACL festival, so it will be nice to see the band again with full and proper sets in an intimate setting–the Moody Theater seems like the perfect venue for such a group. A lot of time has passed since then, and with the release of their phenomenal third full-length,Crack-Up,earlier this year, we are on course for two transfixing evenings of orchestral beauties new and old. Personally, I’m stoked to see how the band weaves together the introspective new material with the sweeping folk of the past. With their now expansive catalogue of gems, there really isn’t any way they could go wrong.
To top things off, the band is bringing along the quiet bedroom folk of Bedouine. If you haven’t checked them out yet, take a listen below and get excited for this complimenting opener.
If you don’t already own it and you’re not into holding a 2xLP through the whole show, go buy it on the Nonesuch Records page. Trust me–Crack-Upis one of those records you need to hold in your hands.
Small Feet Hook Up with Barsuk Records
May 1, 2015 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
I make no excuses for my love of really powerful pop music, even if it comes in the simplest of forms. That’s exactly why I like listening to the music of Small Feet…the project of Sweden’s Simon Stalhamre. When you listen, you’ll probably be most attracted to Simon’s voice…it creates the emotion that I remember when I first listened to James Mercer (before he got boring), and perhaps a touch of Fleet Foxes in there too. Also, if you listen closely around the 3 minute mark, I swear you can hear an homage to Third Eye Blind. Barsuk will release From Far Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean on August 7th, so pencil in a date for some pop music.
Greylag Sign to Dead Oceans
July 29, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
A few years ago there was this wave of folk/Americana being remained and tossed out left and right. Bands like Fleet Foxes and Cave Singers dominated my own personal listening playlists, but the genre hasn’t really hit me again until I heard this track from Greylag, who’ve just signed to Dead Oceans. They’ve got similarities to both previously mentioned groups, with the instrumentation resembling the former and the vocals harkening to the latter. Their album will be self-titled, and it’s set for an October 14th release…should make great times for fall listening.
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
November 19, 2013 Joey Bagnasco Leave a comment
Rating: ★★★½ ·
Harlequin Dream is the second LP from Australian folk-rock band Boy & Bear. Like their 2011 debut, Moonfire, this is a great sounding, very well produced record with several memorable tunes.
Boy & Bear work within the same reverb-soaked modern folk-rock style of bands like Fleet Foxes and Band of Horses. Vocally, it’s hard not to hear a major Fleet Foxes influence here. Still, Boy & Bear have found their own sound, and their tunes are generally more driven and upbeat than their contemporaries.
Harlequin Dream feels more pop and less folk-influenced than Moonfire. The first five songs are all fairly bright, high-energy tunes. The album slows down for the first time and takes a slightly reflective turn with “A Moment’s Grace”, before picking back up with the folk-sounding “End of the Line”, which has enough banjo in it to feel like a Mumford and Sons piece. The next song, “Back Down the Black”, feels very out of place here, maybe because its subject is so much more serious than anything else on the album. The last two songs are my personal favorites, especially the mellow, meditative “Arrow”.
The vocals throughout Harlequin Dream are quite strong. There are some really well done, smooth harmonies as well as some impressive displays of range. The title track in particular is incredibly hard to sing along to, although it’s catchy enough to make you want to try and fail (I did).
Lyrically this feels like a fairly straightforward rock record, with many of the songs covering such inexhaustible subjects as desire and loss. The mood stays lighthearted throughout the album, but there’s still room for some complex lyrical structures in songs like “Real Estate.”
I like how Harlequin Dream expands upon the Boy & Bear’s already solid sound. I definitely think that this band is only going to get more popular, and I don’t really have any criticisms of this album other than the fact that the ridiculous cover makes my eyes hurt.
Poor Moon – s/t
Rating: ★★★ · ·
Side project of two members of Fleet Foxes or not, Poor Moon is essentially the child of Christian Wargo, bassist/vocalist for the aforementioned band. For years, Wargo wrote and recorded songs on his own before he decided to bring along Casey Wescott, as well as Ian and Peter Murray to help bring his bank of demos and songs to fruition. Thus was born Poor Moon—a band to adapt a collection of songs into a collective album.
Naturally, with musicians from such a well-known band in the folksy/indie scene, people will be drawn to Poor Moon for its ties, but those who come looking for the vast dependency on warm harmonies and big, swelling folk sounds will have to keep on looking, because for the most part, this effort showcases folk sound on a smaller, minimalist scale. Take the first song “Clouds Below” for example, begins with some gentle guitar plucking and the soft vocals of Wargo, which meander in coolly, harmonizing with the impossibly higher backing vocal to create a serene and simple opener. This sets the tone for the album, alluding to signs of a peaceful, folksy sound.
But, the band picks it up a bit from where they leave you after “Clouds Below” especially on the third track “Same Way,” where things get groovy. One of the strongest on the album, the song employs some opening ‘ooh’s’ and is backed by strong melodic xylophonic sound as well as big echoing drums that fill the previously empty background of the song. There is a quite an enjoyable breakdown towards the end of the song that is just long enough to give you a taste of the musical ability of the members of this band and it makes you desire a bit more depth from the songs of Poor Moon. Through the rest of the album, you listen for little pieces of this depth that the band demonstrated on this song, but sadly they are in short supply. It isn’t the lengthy and full storytelling and serene folk album that feels right for the genre and it comes across as a group of songs that were forced to sound similar, as opposed to the authentic and natural production of an album.
Most of the songs are relatively short for folk numbers that are reaching to be meaningful and impress a feeling upon their listeners, which leads me to my biggest complaint about this album; there just isn’t enough on here to really make an impression on those who take a listen the first way through. With repeated listens, it’s possible to grasp and really hold on to the music that has been so meticulously laid out for its audience.
December 12, 2011 RayRay 14 comments
We’ve already brought you our songs of the year and Texas albums of the year, so now it’s time for the much anticipated albums of the year list. I’m sure many of you will notice some big names off the list and you will be ready to plead your case about why we are wrong. We’ll hear ya out… Feel free to drop us a comment with your own list or just to debate with us. Follow the jump for list.
50) The New Tigers – s/t
49) Secret Cities – Strange Hearts
48) AM & Shawn Lee – Celestial Electric
47) Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing
46) Blue Skies for Black Hearts – Embracing the Modern Age
45) Geoffrey O’ Connor – Vanity is Forever
44) Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams
43) Destroyer – Kaputt
42) Obits – Moody, Standard and Poor
41) The Rosebuds – Loud Planes Fly Low
40) Tim Cohen – Magic Trick
39) Bad Sports – Kings of the Weekend
38) Chelsea Wolfe – Apokalypsis
37) Chad Van Gaalen – Diaper Island
36) Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts
35) Crystal Stilts – In Love With Oblivion
34) Cold Cave – Cherish the Light Years
33) Devon Williams – Euphoria
32) Okkervil River – I Am Very Far
31) Sonny and the Sunsets – Hit After Hit
30) Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
29) Wax Idols – No Future
28) Grooms – Prom
27) Cut Off Your Hands – Hollow
26) The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
25) Ducktails – Ducktails III
24) Papercuts – Fading Parade
23) Atlas Sound – Parallax
22) Mind Spiders – s/t
21) Craft Spells – Idle Labor
20) Yuck – s/t
19) The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
18) Comet Gain – Howl of the Lonely Crowd
17) The Drums – Portamento
16) Snowmine – Laminate Pet Animal
15) King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
14) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Belong
13) Girls Names – Dead to Me
12) Light for Fire – s/t
11) Other Lives – Tamer Animals
10) Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
9) Iceage – New Brigade
8 The Antlers – Burst Apart
7) Seapony – Go With Me
6) Pure X – Pleasure
5) Cloud Nothings – s/t
4) Real Estate – Days
3) Gold Leaves – The Ornament
2) The Twerps – s/t
1) Wye Oak – Civilian
So that’s it ladies and gents, we are officially putting an end to 2011. What do you like and what do you not like? Let’s hear it.
Gold Leaves – The Ornament
August 17, 2011 nathan.lankford Leave a comment
Rating: ★★★★½
Every once in awhile, you come across a record that fits into your life perfectly, filling the empty emotional space, revitalizing your spirit. Just one listen to Gold Leaves is all it takes to find that The Ornament seeps into your soul, establishing itself as an album that meets all your musical needs.
“The Silver Lining” is one of those perfect pop songs, carefully constructed for the maximum benefit of listeners. It’s a gentle number, similar to the recent work of Camera Obscura (in construction at least). But, what makes the track stand out is Carl Olsen’s voice. It waivers somewhere between Ward and Banhart, touching every emotional chord for those with a hankering for all things sad-bastard. While there’s a bit of solemnity to the opener, “The Ornament” provides a bit of brightness with just the slightest change in pacing. You’ll find that same careful arrangement with every bit of accompaniment propelling the song’s essence. It’s not a track to be taken lightly, echoing in your memory long after the song has skipped onto the next.
“Endless Dope” opens a new chapter for Gold Leaves. While other tracks have featured lush arrangement, this track seems more sparse in those regards, though elements still remain. But, Olsen’s vocals play the main role here, drawing you into his poetic verse, as opposed to letting you get washed away with waves of pop brilliance. Similarly, “Cruel & Kind” refuses to rely upon the maximum arrangements, carefully meandering through your mind. Inside this track you’ll find yourself getting lost, but in a manner that only the best of music can accomplish; it’s simplicity lets you drift in and out of consciousness, always drawn back by the inherent melody built within the tune.
Even when The Ornament doesn’t draw itself out with meandering tracks, a great deal can still be accomplished. For instance, “Hard Feelings” is one of the shortest songs on the record, but in a short span you’ll find trickling guitar lines, string pieces swirling in the background, and Olsen at the center of it all. Eventually, it crashes spectacularly in the middle, switching things up just slightly. There’s a denseness to this number, as it seems filled to the brim, but in writing in that fashion, Gold Leaves still leaves room for the melody and the emotion to find its way to your inner ear.
If you haven’t found room in your day for this collection, then you need to put down everything immediately. The Ornament is the kind of album that begs to be listened to, begs to be played over again and again. After one listen, you’ll end up clearing your schedule, finding yourself lost inside the depth and emotional pull of everything Carl Olsen has managed to put together for this outing. Not a note goes wasted, and that in and of itself, is something to praise–but this record is so much more. So stop reading this now, and drift away with Gold Leaves.
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More New Music from Gold Leaves
Awhile back we brought you an early listen to “The Ornament,” the first single from the upcoming album, The Ornament, by Gold Leaves. It’s really easy to see comparisons to other folk acts such as Fleet Foxes, but one thing I enjoy that is a bit different is the lush arrangements behind the sound on each track. We’ve got another one today, and you’ll hear hints of the kind of orchestration you usually find on the quiet tracks of Papercuts records. Yeah, those are great qualities to have, so you won’t hear any complaints coming from my end right now. Be sure to pick up the record on August 16th via Hardly Art.
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NOAA: ‘Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season’
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is “predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The organisation said, “This outlook forecasts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance of a below-normal season. The hurricane season officially extends from June 1 to November 30.
“For 2019, NOAA predicts a likely range of 9 to 15 named storms [winds of 39 mph or higher], of which 4 to 8 could become hurricanes [winds of 74 mph or higher], including 2 to 4 major hurricanes [category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher]. NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. An average hurricane season produces 12 named storms, of which 6 become hurricanes, including 3 major hurricanes.
NOAA graphic showing hurricane season probability and numbers of named storms
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“New satellite data and other upgrades to products and services from NOAA enable a more Weather-Ready Nation by providing the public and decision makers with the information needed to take action before, during, and after a hurricane,” said Neil Jacobs, Ph.D., acting NOAA administrator.
“The 2019 hurricane season marks the first time NOAA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites includes three operational next-generation satellites. Unique and valuable data from these satellites feed the hurricane forecast models used by forecasters to help users make critical decisions days in advance.”
NOAA graphic showing 2019 Atlantic tropical cyclone names
“NOAA’s National Weather Service is making a planned upgrade to its Global Forecast System [GFS] flagship weather model – often called the American model – early in the 2019 hurricane season.
“This marks the first major upgrade to the dynamical core of the model in almost 40 years and will improve tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts. NOAA is driving towards a community-based development program for future weather and climate modeling to deliver the very best forecasts, by leveraging new investments in research and working with the weather enterprise,” added Jacobs.
“Also, this season, NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft will collect higher-resolution data from upgraded onboard radar systems. These enhanced observations will be transmitted in near-real time to hurricane specialists at the National Hurricane Center, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center and forecasters at NWS Weather Forecast Offices.
“NOAA’s outlook is for overall seasonal activity and is not a landfall forecast. Hurricane preparedness is critically important for the 2019 hurricane season, just as it is every year.
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Time Shall Tell says:
Near normal hurricane season, you say? Now I’m worried. If you had said this was going to be the worst hurricane season in Bermudas’ history then I would have been alright with that. The predictions for local hurricanes seem to often be the opposite of what is stated. Emily comes to mind as one of the worst hurricane predictions (though not the only one) in recent Bermuda history. Let’s wait & see if your upgrade to the American model proves to be more reliable. Either way, I still appreciate the heads up on such matters. Thank you, guys.
Bob & Margaret says:
Wow, awesome insights. By my analysis I concur that it will most likely be a near normal hurricane season. That is to say not definitely near normal and not necessarily normal, but not far off. I guess we will just have to wait and see…
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MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle Opens Up About 'Real Struggles' of Balancing Motherhood and a Full-Time Career
At age 36, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle took a risk by moving from her high-paying banking career to one in media — where she had no experience and was warned not to pursue.
“A mentor of mine said, ‘Don’t go back to journalism school,’ ” Ruhle, now 43, tells PEOPLE.
So as she continued to work in the banking industry, Ruhle started doing public speaking to recruit girls to study math and science.
“One day I was giving a speech for a nonprofit called The White House Project, which is a group that was aimed at helping women just advance,” she recalls. “I said I’ve always wanted to work in the media and there was a woman at the table who said, ‘I work at Bloomberg and I think you’d be great.’ ”
The next day, Ruhle met Andy Lack — then the chairman and CEO of Bloomberg Media Group — and began her transition into the world of on-camera news reporting.
“Making the transition to Bloomberg was an easier transition for me because I knew the content so well,” the New Jersey native says. “I went there with two kids. While I was there, I had a third, which is always challenging in a new career.”
Now, as the anchor of two shows on MSNBC and a contributor on the Today show, Ruhle says she’s happier than ever.
“I didn’t expect this,” the MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle host says. “The best part about getting older is I’m actually happier as a 43-year-old than I was a 33-year-old and a 23-year-old because I’m trying to be somebody else and fit in somewhere that I don’t.”
Finding that balance hasn’t come without making demands in the workplace. For example, Ruhle takes her daily 6 a.m. meeting from home so she can spend the mornings with her husband, Andy Hubbard, and three kids.
“For working parents, specifically working moms, everything that does go wrong at home — and that’s obviously a lot — the thing I struggle with is I always blame myself,” Ruhle admits. “I always think, if only I was there, if I saw their face in the morning, or after school. One of the real struggles for women in having careers and families, we don’t have generations before us that were like, she did it, she did it, she did it. I’m just trying to get through the day.”
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Ruhle constantly advocates for working moms on her show and through blog posts on NBC Better. She’s also defended celebrity mom Amy Schumer when mom shamers criticized the comedian for getting back to work after welcoming son Gene in May.
The news anchor hopes to additionally empower stay-at-home moms who want to get back into the workplace, a topic she’s discussed previously on Today. “Moms don’t realize all the work they were doing,” she says. “If you are the head of your PTA, if you are running a kids’ little league team, if you were organizing a charity, if you were just running your family, think about the management and organizational skills.”
At the end of the day, Ruhle knows, “Everybody is trying to take care of their families and live their best life,” she says. “I’m super lucky. I’ve had so many awesome blessings and I want that for the next generation. I get to live the American dream.”
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Your West Chesire
Volunteer helps the borough spearhead the recycling revolution
Cheshire West and Chester Council supports volunteering and the work done by the hundreds of volunteers throughout the borough every day.
Residents across west Cheshire also support the commitment to recycling too, with 58 per cent of residents’ waste now being recycled, placing the borough in the top six per cent in the country for recycling performance and leading the way as cultural change sweeps the UK.
Since 2012, residents have separated their rubbish between different containers for food waste, garden and dry recycling.
One man who has contributed to helping change behaviour is council volunteer Jim Struthers from Kelsall.
Jim volunteers for the council’s Waste Reduction Volunteers Programme, which aims to reduce food waste through the “Love Food Hate Waste” scheme by, amongst other things, promoting composting. Jim visits school and community groups to spread the message.
In addition, he volunteers as a driver for the Cheshire Community Development Trust, which is partly funded by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
He is one of hundreds of volunteers across the borough helping to create a thriving community by giving up their free time to support the smooth delivery of council services.
When the new waste recycling scheme was introduced in 2012, he helped deliver the new bins and advised residents how they should be leaving their waste at the kerbside. He then visited households, whose bins had not been collected because they had been filled with the wrong materials, to help them recycle correctly.
Jim said: “Of course some people didn’t like the fact that their boxes hadn’t been emptied. Others would give very implausible reasons why there were things in their boxes that shouldn’t have been. We found that as long as you approached people in a non-confrontational way then we could find a way forward.
“We started with lots of households where recycling boxes hadn’t been emptied, but we got the numbers down in no time by getting the message across in the right manner, which led to fewer a fewer boxes being rejected. The reason we were doing this was to encourage people to recycle more and reduce the amount of material that goes to waste.”
Jim continues to spread the recycling message to school pupils. He added: “We take our own rubbish into the school and get the children involved; asking them which type of recycling box the rubbish goes into. The children are very receptive and will go back home and say to mum and dad: that does not go in that bin it goes in this bin.
“I think volunteering is infectious, because there is a real feel good factor. People appreciate what you do and you want to keep on doing it. You will choose other jobs and will also do some other volunteering roles.”
Councillor Louise Gittins, Cabinet Member for Communities and Wellbeing, said: “As the nation marks National Volunteers Week, Cheshire West and Chester Council is celebrating the people who offer their time by volunteering. The volunteers help the borough achieve its aims of creating a thriving place with thriving people.”
View: Councillor Louise Gittins's profile
Jim also drives elderly residents to hospital, shopping trips and social visits in his volunteering role for Cheshire Community Development Trust.
He said: “A lot of people I deal with when I am driving are very lonely people. Loneliness is a real problem these days. You become a friend and I suppose a bit of a volunteer confessional. It is nice when people trust you.
“I volunteer because I know that I am doing something that is worthwhile. Most people are appreciative, they know you have helped them and you are doing it of your own free will and in your own time.
“Apparently there is some sort of medical evidence that because volunteers have a feel good factor they actually live longer. Volunteering is good for people and maybe they live longer because they have got a good outlook on life.”
If you wish to become a volunteer for the council then contact please email: Volunteering@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk.
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#10 UCSB @ #4 BYU
Can I just tell you how much I LOVE home games?! I really like Reed, so it's really nice to have him around all the time. The games this weekend were so fun!
Friday night the Cougars won in 4! Should've won in 3, but hey, we'll take it. Reed had 2 kills, 46 assists, 3 digs, 5 blocks, and set the team to a .319 hitting percentage.
Saturday was so awesome. Once again, they should've taken it in 3, but settled with a 4 set win. But it was a record breaking night for the Cougs. They set a BYU all-time record of 24.5 blocks! Teammate Futi set a new BYU blocking record of 15 blocks! The blocking was crazy good! I get all excited just sitting here remembering the games! haha! Reed had 49 assits, 2 service aces, 8 blocks, and set the team to .377 hitting percentage. He's so good! Go to byucougars.com to see this weekend's highlight video.
And this little Cougar turned 8 months yesterday! He's such a trooper at the games-it's loud and past bedtime, but he does really well. He's a gym rat already!
I just can't get enough of this little face! He also pulled himself up for the first time today!
#7 USC @ #4 BYU
Oh man-we've had a busy, but awesome weekend! Where to begin?!
This weekend we had Reed's parents and his brother and his family from Arizona here for games. It was so much fun to have so much family around! Evan got to meet his Arizona cousins for the first time. And Grandma Chilton was loving having 3 or her 5 kids and 5 of her 7 grandkids around! It got a little crazy sometimes, but it was so fun.
Speaking of cousins, Evan got a brand new one on my family's side! Little Penny arrived Friday afternoon and we are so excited! We can't wait to meet her!
Then of course there was volleyball! Even though BYU is ranked higher than USC nationally, they are tied in the conference. So it was a big weekend for both teams. Friday night was so intense! Almost all of the 4 games went past 30! They were so close. Good news...BYU won! They should've had it in 3, but we'll take it in 4! Reed played so well! He had 5 kills, 4 blocks, 10 digs and 65 assists! This kid was all over the court! He was doing it all. It was so fun!
On Saturday we had a little birthday party at our house. March is a big birthday month in the Chilton family. It was Reed's Dad's birthday on Saturday, our nephew's birthday is on Monday, and his older brother's (who was MIA working at the BYU bball game in OK) birthday this week! So we filled 4 of those 5 grandkids (sorry Evan!) with sugar and then sent them to the park! Aunt Marie also brought over some liquid nitrogen and we made our own ice cream with it. We throw really great parties!
The Cougars entertained us with that sweep we barely missed Friday night! Reed played so well again. The whole team had a really great weekend. Reed set the team to .394 hitting percentage! So fun!
If you missed the games this weekend, don't be too sad. The Cougars are at home again this weekend taking on UC Santa Barbara. Really, if you've never been to a home game, you're missing out. You should come. It's so much fun! And...you'll get to see us!
Friday and Saturday at 7 pm in the Smith Fieldhouse
BYU @ LBS Active Ankle Tourney
The Cougars were off the Long Beach State this weekend to play in the Active Ankle Tournament. My parents also surprised us last Sunday when they told us they were flying me and Evan down for the tournament! We loved having one less lonely weekend and loved the warm weather. I was so nervous to fly with Evan alone, but he did really well (thank goodness!). Evan had a good time playing with Grandma and Grandpa Jo and his Uncles Ryne and Trae. Unfortunately Evan was busy getting his 3rd tooth and was a little grumpy...poor little guy!
We were lucky Thursday night to be at home when Ryne opened his mission call...he'll be serving in the Billings, Montana mission! He reports to the MTC on June 16. We are so excited for him and couldn't be more proud of him!
Friday night BYU played #9 Penn State. It was a really fun game to watch...and we won in 4! The team played really well and Evan enjoyed seeing his dad.
Saturday night BYU played St. Francis. They are a small school from Pennsylvania. The coaches decided to sit some of the starters and put some of the other guys in. So Reed didn't get to play. The Cougs won in 4. So it was a very good weekend for our team. Reed was able to come home with us Saturday night and then fly out Sunday morning.
This weekend BYU hosts USC at 7pm in the Smith Fieldhouse...come see us!
#1 Pepperdine at #4 BYU
It's been a while since I last posted...things got a little crazy here for a little bit! Last weekend the team traveled to play at Hawaii. Because of the time difference and all the traveling, this trip is 2 days longer than normal trips. Then there were the tsunami warnings. I was pretty worried for a little while, but thankfully it turned out to not be much. Unfortunately, the Saturday night game was postponed until Monday night...so the trip was extended another 2 days! Believe it or not, no one was happy. The team couldn't enjoy Hawaii because they had to rest for their game. And then to make things worse, they lost. Everyone watching for a tsunami from their balconies.
After being on the road for a month, the Cougars were finally at home this weekend! It's been so nice to have Reed home! My parents and little brother came up to see their first home game (because of all the delays, they beat Reed here!). It was so fun to have them here! Evan loved having other people to play with after spending a week with no one but Mom. Evan was so excited to get his very first Cougar hat!
On Friday, my little sister, her husband, and little girl came down too! Her baby, Bailey, is just about 2.5 months older than Evan, so it was fun to see them together. Evan tried to suck on Bailey's toes and Bailey pushed Evan over. They had a good time together!
Friday night's game was awesome. We had a really good crowd and we won in 4! It was so fun! It was the perfect game for my parents to come to. Reed played really well and had fun doing it! It was one of those games that reminded him why he does this and why he loves it so much. Evan meeting Cosmo for the first time! Evan LOVED playing with cousin James after the games!
Saturday's game was not as fun. We lost in 3. Reed played so well in the 1st game! He had some awesome digs, a crazy pancake, and set really well. Then, for some unknown reason, he got pulled out. That's why we lost. BYU has always beaten Pepperdine when Reed plays. It was a hard loss. But overall, we had a really fun weekend. Reed's parents were also in town for the games, so Evan had grandmas everywhere! It was so fun! Thanks everyone for coming out!
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Valrhona launch at The Hotel Café Royal
Fine chocolate brand Valrhona launched a new chocolate, and I had the chance to go to the party, taste, and investigate.
Much of what I do is meeting, tasting and recording the new creations of artisan chocolatiers and small-batch chocolate makers. These chefs are working at the cutting edge of chocolate innovation, in that they play and invent, taking chances on new flavours, experimenting with new cacao origins or processes. But as passion for chocolate only grows, and globally pastry chefs are increasingly savvy about the potential of my favourite ingredient, so the larger fine chocolate...
The Best of Italy – A.Giordano
As the final 2014 heats of The International Chocolate Awards are underway, here is a look at a two time world award winner.
A. Giordano is one of those specialist traditional food businesses that have died out in such number, as things become centralised, economies of scale win the financial battles, and tastes become bland and homogenised. But A.Giordano is a shining example of survival, rescued from its potential fate by a combination of passion, hard labour and a good dose of luck. [caption id="attachment_2419" align="alignnone" width="506"] The famous gianduiotti in all sizes.[/caption] Established in 1897, and masters in the...
Patricia Hodgkinson at I Wanna Cocoa
A great new talent is unearthed. Very definitely one to watch!
One of the greatest joys of writing about food, and judging and consulting on chocolate, is witnessing passion and creativity. I recently came back from Paris, where I spent a day in the inner sanctum of La Maison du Chocolat, one to one with Head Chef Nicolas Cloiseau, tasting recipes, interviewing him, and gaining stunning insight into that globally successful fine chocolate company. Nicolas Cloiseau is a big deal, it was a privilege. (More of...
The Chocolate Show London – 2014
An important date for your diary and chance to indulge. Get mingling with the finest chocolate makers at this not-to-be-missed event.
Do you like chocolate? I know, stupid question, but there is the odd freak out there that doesn’t. Although what they would be doing reading my articles is a little uncertain. So, assuming you do like chocolate, love chocolate, worship chocolate, or even make it your life’s work, you MUST be sure to have the 17th-19th of October blocked out in your diary for The Chocolate Show 2014 at London’s Olympia. [caption id="attachment_2377" align="alignnone" width="506"] Scrumptious...
The Best of Italy – TortaPistocchi
As the summer holidays draw to a close, here is a taste of something wonderful found on travels of mine, that I can happily still get at home.
It is a truism that Italy is all about family, family and food. At the Tuscan workshops and showroom of TortaPistocchi, the burgeoning chocolate empire of Claudio Pistocchi, this could not be more the case. During the late morning visit I paid with Italian chocolate expert Monica Meschini, we met not only Claudio and his sister but also his wife, two year old daughter, parents, cousin and a close friend. This was a normal day...
Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume Restaurant
Humour me for straying from chocolate once again. L'Enclume was an experience too special to keep to myself.
L'Enclume, Simon Rogan's two Michelin starred restaurant in the village of Cartmel, is hardly on the beaten track. It occupies the old blacksmith's (enclume is French for anvil) in the heart of a Cumbrian village carved out of characteristic grey stone, nestled in amongst the hills of the Lake District. But while it may not be a place you are likely to wander past, it is absolutely worth the journey, consider it a pilgrimage. I...
Afternoon tea at Cocolicious in Kent.
As Afternoon Tea Week approaches I thought I would bring you a gem of a tea from my favourite cafe.
In the UK afternoon tea has a unique place in our hearts, and the elaborate meal that has developed to fill the unscalable gap between lunch and supper can be a very special thing indeed. Sadly, because of the worldwide fame of our afternoon tea ritual there are a plethora of formulaic, badly executed excuses for it in hotel dining rooms and village tea shops throughout the nation. It isn't that we want innovation, at...
Daniel Clifford’s Ultimate Box of Chocolates
A world class chef, whose chocolate is well worth a pilgrimage.
Just over a year ago I was lucky enough to eat at Midsummer House, Daniel Clifford’s two Michelin starred restaurant on the edge of Midsummer Common in Cambridge. I am currently doing research for a series of articles for Four Magazine, including one on how exciting, informed and adept chefs are getting with chocolate. Looking at the notes of my glorious experience in the hands of one of the UK’s finest chefs it seemed like...
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Wildrose raised big cash in 2012, Tories fell behind.
12 Comments on Wildrose raised big cash in 2012, Tories fell behind.
Falling behind in fundraising, Premier Alison Redford and MLAs Peter Sandhu and Steven Young count their pennies.
Unofficial political donation records published by Elections Alberta yesterday show that Premier Alison Redford‘s Progressive Conservative Association is not in the robust financial situation its leaders are accustomed to over the past four-decades in office.
At least not in 2012, when the Tory Party was eclipsed by its main rival in fundraising amounts.
Danielle Smith‘s Wildrose Party smashed political fundraising records in 2012, raising an incredible $5,916,565 over the course of the year. Contributing to the $5 million figure was $3,122,670 of revenue reported from the 2012 election and $2,793,895 raised outside the campaign period. In their non-campaign period, the Wildrose Party recorded a $175,133 deficit and $405,361 in net assets.
While the Wildrose Party attracted large donations from medium-sized oil and pipeline equipment companies, the large majority of that party’s donations came from individual donors. This trend suggests the Wildrose has harnessed a fundraising machine similar to the Conservative Party of Canada. With close ties to the federal party, it is no surprise that the Wildrose has chosen to mimic this successful fundraising goal.
Premier Alison Redford
The Conservatives under Prime Minister Stephen Harper were the first federal political party in recent history to succeed in effectively cultivating a large base of individual donors to fund their political operations. This energized base of individual donors helped free the Tories from having to depend on the large corporate donations that for decades fuelled the Liberal Party of Canada.
The test for the Wildrose Party will be whether they can sustain this level of fundraising in the years between election periods.
Meanwhile, Alberta’s PC Party reported a $3,055,621 deficit after last year’s election that had been whittled down to $794,767 in liabilities at the end of 2012. Relying heavily on corporate donations, the Tories raised $1,607,581 during the 2012 election and $2,331,592 in the non-campaign period.
Manmeet Bhullar
The Tory fundraising numbers from the 2012 election are lower than expected and are somewhat misleading as many Tory candidates raised astonishing amounts of funds on their own accord. For example, Calgary-Greenway Tory Manmeet Bhullar‘s campaign spent $133,294, Fort McMurray-Conklin Tory Don Scott‘s campaign spent $110,955.44, Edmonton-Whitemud Tory cabinet minister Dave Hancock‘s campaign spent $121,233.35, and Calgary-West Tory candidate Ken Hughes‘ campaign spent $111,796.33.
Despite the old saying that Alberta’s PCs strived to always have enough money in their coffers to run two back-to-back election campaigns, the party is struggling with a smaller donor base and growing debt wracked up in last year’s election.
Brian Mason‘s New Democrats reported impressive revenue of $1,380,659 outside the campaign period in 2012, but remain strapped with a $554,883 debt from previous election campaigns. Raj Sherman‘s Liberals reported $478,795 in revenue in the non-election period and a $30,015 surplus in funds at the end of 2012.
Tags Alison Redford, Brian Mason, Danielle Smith, Dave Hancock, Don Scott, Ken Hughes, Manmeet Bhullar, Peter Sandhu, Raj Sherman, Stephen Harper, Steven Young
← Mayor Mandel on the warpath, keeps re-election plans secret. → Spreadsheet: Tracking Alberta political party fundraising from 2004 to 2012.
12 replies on “Wildrose raised big cash in 2012, Tories fell behind.”
Change Albertasays:
Good Article Dave. It looks like Liberals spent the least per seat and per vote. Sounds like they have a case to say that they are efficient spenders and are able to maintain a budget. Its It looks like ND’s had almost 3.5x the revenue that ABLibs had and still the ND’s got less seats, despite all that money and Federal ND handholding and coddling.
Its fair to say then, while ND’s had donations from Unions and WR and PC got its donations from Corporations, it seems the Alberta Liberals have made very respectable show of personal donations from real Albertans. The ND’s have peaked in Alberta, the Tories have mislead and lied to almost everybody and campaigned on a fake budget with billions in deficit, the Wildrose had politically contentious candidates, who WR leader did not remove quick enough. Liberals appear to be strong financial managers and that is a huge plus.
Jasonsays:
In all seriousness, is this the first time that we have had actual evidence that the ALP debt has been repaid? The Betkowski debt?
Artsays:
Change Alberta,
So the Liberals raise less than any other party in the Legislature, and only 29% of what they raised in the last election year (over $2million in 2008) and they are on the move?
Bad, bad, spin Jonathon.
Hey Art, its hard for some haters like you to see value. Liberals DID NOT have the huge corporate help. The media fueled Lakes of Fire Hysteria, stole the election from the WR, decimated the Alberta Party before it even had a chance and the Liberals took a direct hit, but still got 5 seats.
They had only a new leader for barely even a year. How is a new leader supposed to raise millions of dollars that quickly, it would have been monumentally inhuman to be able to do that in such a short time. Esp. at a time, when other leadership candidates were airing dirty laundry on an almost daily basis.
The ordinary and uninformed, lost their marbles to thwart the Wildrose boogeyman. Like Dominoes, they piled on and hedged their bets AGAINST the Wildrose and the Tories benefitted by default.
Most voters don’t care to be considerate and think carefully, nor do they care to use their memory of how the Tories have screwed Albertans and saved NOT ONE PENNY. That is unfortunate, people need to start thinking again, even if for a few minutes to place a vote more thoughtfully.
The Tories can afford at election time to be everything to everybody, because they have huge corporate donors that use the Tory Party to further their own financial agendas. Edmonton Media, is lazy and compliant and even biased, perhaps because much of their revenue depends on the Public Affairs Bureau, (also jokingly known as the Tass News Agency). Most people believe what they read and see, once they see it thousands of times over and over. A misleading spin told in Edmonton Papers over and over again, becomes believed. The same trick is used in repressive regimes all over the world, yes it is.
Esp. Academia, those so-called political scientists and health law ethicists that wish to secure Tory funding for their institutions, during the entire election, they spewed some of the most biased garbage, one-sided reporting and journalism that would make the Cruelest of Dictators Green with Envy.
Democracy is extremely weak here in AB. Checks and balances of healthy democracy are almost non-existent. The Tories control almost every political committee and veto anything that calls for more transparency.
Its sad that some of you ascribe to two right wing parties running this place and what is even worse, almost nobody here, is asking for accountabilty or any checks and balances, its truly shocking. BC and Ontario Liberals never had to put up with such a deeply entrenched and willingly daft population and such a biased media.
You want to see good media coverage, just goto any of the other province’s legislatures. Heck even Australians, use their grey matter to question those in office and the bureacracy. You will see them asking sledgehammer questions and keeping politicians, esp those in office, accountable and answerable, at all times.
Sorry but, some of you or none of you believe in accountable governance, checks and balances and democracy.
Its absolutely deplorable, and stupid to criticize any party that has always stuck up for the average middle class citizens and that has moderate, sensible policies.
Go move to China, if you really love dictators and don’t want any checks and balances, accountability or transparency.
Its time the centrists and progressives unite under the Liberals and change things this time. So much can be accomplished under this flag. YES it can.
40 yrs folks, this place is in dire need of some turnover, don’t you think?
Fred Ziffelsays:
Dave – is the PC party trust fund “off the books” or does it get included in their reported assets?
Ryansays:
As I recall, the PCAA party got demolished in fundraising in the election, but their CAs had a far more respectable showing relatively. It wouldn’t surprise me if they reported some high CA fundraising figures when those come out.
Also, does anybody know the exact size of the TAPCAL party trust fund?
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jerrymacgpsays:
@Change Alberta, it is misleading to say “while the NDs got donations from unions…”, when in fact the NDP also got a lot of money from individuals. Yes, union donations were a significant portion of NDP contributions, the campaign & annual disclosures shown on the Elections Alberta website (BTW Dave, your link is broken; it should be http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/efParties.cfm?MID=FP) show dozens of individual donors over the $375 disclosure threshold.
Have I gone through and added up the total amounts from individuals vs unions and labour groups? No. That would be tedious & time-consuming, and I’m surprised the disclosure forms don’t already have those totals (it would be one quick spreadsheet cell on the original documents). But just a cursory inspection reveals that saying the NDP is funded by unions doesn’t tell the whole story.
Oh, and by the way, the NDP is supposed to be the party of labour; why then should unions not contribute to it?
Mayors, potholes and KLM | Edmonton Blog Watch | The Unknown Studiosays:
[…] Dave Cournoyer wrote about the fundraising prowess of the provincial Wildrose Party. […]
Concerned Albertansays:
A couple of years ago, I read in The Herald that the Wildrose was given $3 million in start-up money by the oil boys.
1. If this is true, how is that allowed by election rules?
2. If this is true, it’s due to no great feat of brilliance by anyone involved with the party, then, that it has done well for itself and will no doubt do even better next election as the deliberately set-up fallback for the failing Tories. Everyone knows that moneyed campaigns usually win elections.
“…what Alison Redford taketh away….. Alison Redford giveth back?” | Chris LaBossieresays:
[…] is looking more like a Premier than the Premier. They are beating the PC’s at their own game, raising piles of money from a very broad base of support, and they have very much softened their policy positions. The Wildrose will not make the same […]
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NEIL YOUNG Archives - Vol. 1 (1963-1972) (REPRISE) (via Spotify)
SIMON H. FELL Frank & Max (Bass Solos 2001-2011) CD (BO'WEAVIL)
ALAN WILKINSON Practice CD (BO'WEAVIL)
HESSION/WILKINSON/FELL Two Falls & A Submission CD (BO'WEAVIL)
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mp3s of ALICE COLTRANE on Piano Jazz with MARIAN McPARTLAND
mp3s of THE SILVERTONES "Young At Heart" b/w FREDDIE McKAY "Love Is A Treasure" 12" (STUDIO ONE)
mp3s of LES TOUAREG Avec les Seigneurs des Sables (DISQUES ALVARES)
BILL FAY Time of the Last Persecution (DERAM) (via Spotify)
BLUES CONTROL & LARAAJI FRKWYS Vol. 8 LP (RVNG INTL.)
SEX CHURCH Growing Over LP (LOAD)
SKOAL KODIAK Kryptonym Bodliak LP (LOAD)
I continue to have, but barely use, Spotify. Not because it isn't awesome, because of course it's awesome. Not even because they only pay the artist something like .002456 cents per play. (I don't know what it is exactly, but I'm pretty sure the amount starts with a point-zero-zero-two.) I already tweeted about the very first search I typed into Spotify, Ash Ra Tempel, and how it got zero results, which I'll admit I still haven't really forgiven them for. I also haven't really figured out how to use any of the social or discovery options... I realize that's because I'm not trying very hard, but so far there's nothing as inspiring as Turntable.fm chat, or even the good ole "suggestions" column on YouTube. And that's just it, the real reason I barely use Spotify is simply because I'm doing just fine with iTunes, YouTube, and, let's not forget, my own stereo. I'm already comically behind on the listening I need to do, let alone want to do, and at this point Spotify feels like an unnecessary complication.
I've mainly been using it to look up current hip-hop and pop songs that people talk about, because I don't buy that stuff at all. In fact, there's really only one album I've been using Spotify to listen to so much that I'm probably going to reach my free-account limit. The only other album to even get close has been Ford & Lopatin's Channel Pressure when I binged on it over a couple awesome days this summer (and then promptly bought the 12"), but the winner is Neil Young's Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) 10 Blu-ray or 8 CD or whatever set. All 125 tracks are on Spotify, and in all those listens I still haven't even gotten through half of it, and I haven't had to mess around with 10 Blu-ray discs to do it, not to mention a Blu-ray player. (Then again, um, the actual set does sound really, really nice: "Also found on these 9 multimedia discs are 20 special feature videos, film clips, and film trailers, an additional 55 audio tracks of rare interviews, radio spots, and concert raps, and an array of interactive features, including image galleries of archival photos, press, lyric manuscripts, documents, biographies, tour dates, and complete lyrics, as well as an interactive timeline feature which presents an in-depth overview of Young's life and career." You also get "a digital download card to access MP3 files of all 128 audio tracks, a lavish 236 page fullcolor hardbound book that features additional archival materials, tapes database, and detailed descriptions of the music and artwork, a foldout Archives poster, a custom keeper for the 10 sleeved discs, and more." Apparently in there somewhere is a DVD of Young's lost/shelved debut feature film Journey To The Past, and I think I also heard that the audio discs will play film of a cozy burning fireplace on your TV while you listen to the tunes.)
And of course, the tunes are the single most important thing, and this is one fine listen, starting at the very beginning, disc 0, with some stray tracks Neil cut in Canada before he was famous, mostly with a band called The Squires. I read about these sessions in Shakey, which was somewhat deprecating of them, but man, from the surf instrumental "Aurora" to a very early version of "Don't Cry No Tears" from Zuma, here called "I Wonder," I think they sound absolutely choice, with my fave being the perfectly sublime "I'll Love You Forever." After the Squires jams, disc 0 rounds out with a few early (and honestly not quite 'there' yet) solo hotel-room-style performances of various songs including "Sugar Mountain" and "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," and then disc 1 goes right into the great Buffalo Springfield songs, including what might still be his finest achievement, the Jack Nitzsche-produced "Expecting to Fly." Disc 2 takes us through his eponymous debut LP all the way to some of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, and then disc 3 takes a welcome detour to a single live solo gig somewhere on the way, the sublime Live at the Riverboat from 1969. Disc 4 gets into the rest of Everybody Knows and the first half of After the Gold Rush, disc 5 is another detour to a single gig (this time Crazy Horse live at the Fillmore East in 1970, drool), and so on all the way through Harvest. Thanks Spotify! And thanks for paying Neil Young one cent USD so far for my listening to, instead of buying, Volume 1 of the Archives. (That's .002, the cents-per-play royalty rate which I did just see quoted after a cursory google search, multiplied by, let's say, 500 songs played, if I've played this album 20 different times on Spotify, and listened to an average of 25 songs each time I did. Which is a lot of usage... when I buy an album fair and square, I very rarely listen to it that much, which definitely proves something about something.)
Neil Young Archives Volume 2 hasn't been released yet, but it has been announced that it will cover the years 1972 to 1982, which means it will not only give us the entire Ditch Trilogy (Time Fades Away/On The Beach/Tonight's the Night) but will also take us all the way up through the mighty Trans, in other words incorporating every single one of his truly great albums (though I might throw in Sleeps With Angels and Harvest Moon as almost great... hell, Le Noise too). Jeez, maybe I should just buy both of these sets... it'd be cheaper than the new washer & dryer I hafta get... I guess Spotify does sell records!
This might be the first time I've actually heard British jazz double bassist Simon H. Fell, though he's been on my radar for a good 15 years, around which time he was recording some hardcore British free improv jazz jams with saxophonist Alan Wilkinson, who was in turn recording some hardcore British free improv jazz jams with guitarist and key link between free jazz and punk/industrial music (not to mention punk/industrial film criticism) Stefan Jaworzyn, all deep within the pre-internet bowels of the early-mid 1990s. Now we have here a new CD of solo 4- and-5-string double bass performances by Mr. Fell, assembled from recordings spanning ten years, released in an edition of 300 copies by the Bo'Weavil label. There are two venues, or at least locations, where these tracks were recorded, apparently at various times over the years, though I never got the sense that any one piece sounded 10 years older or newer than any other piece, which means Fell must be a remarkably consistent player. I was also struck by how all or nothing this music is... you've got to turn it up and listen closely to every single note for the music to really be rewarding. You get out what you put into it, as they say. When I listened to it at lower volume, while cleaning up around the house with the kids running around doing stuff, I was asking all kinds of questions of free improvisation as the music made its jagged and often obtuse way. Am I even able to listen to it anymore? Has it served its purpose? (Which seems to have been a two-year crash course in increasing my capacity for musical logic, somewhere in the aforementioned pre-internet 1990s, lessons that I still consider today.) Is that why the music no longer comes to life for me, because I've internalized all the lessons? Or is it simply not turned up loud enough?
Speaking of Alan Wilkinson, and hardcore British free improv jazz, Bo'Weavil also sent along a new edition-of-300 CD by him too, also of solo performances, this one called Practice. I don't think I've ever actually heard his playing before either. Right off the bat it connects more than Fell's stuff. It might be because I have it on louder, by myself at work, without kids running around, but also because it totally swings and reminds me more of Thelonious Monk. He doesn't even use any "extended techniques" until close to the 3-minute mark! But don't get me wrong, he certainly extends himself throughout the disc, and it's a long one at over 65 minutes. Great player though, he can get as blasted and extended as any of the other post-Brotz lions I've heard, but he's also very nimble and capable of lightly skipping stuff. He does a very good 8-minute version of "Lonely Woman" that takes that old chestnut and makes it new in certain ways. And wait, what's this, Bo'Weavil has also put out a new trio album in which Fell and Wilkinson are joined by their longtime cohort Paul Hession on drums! First time hearing Hession too as far as I know. And honestly, this one is kind of going in one ear and out the other. It's a live gig, so you've got some enthused audience reaction, which is cool, but the sound has more of a venue ambiance that isn't as crisp and in-your-face as it is on the solo discs. That means you've got to dig in even further to hang on every note (Fell's bass is particularly low in the mix, which is so common for live free jazz recordings that it almost seems like it might be a requirement), and it just isn't happening for me right now. Still sounds like a good high-energy trio, and I'll have to check it out on headphones. The title is Two Falls & A Submission and this one is an edition of 350 copies.
After the Fell/Wilkinson/Hession extravaganza, the previously listed new albums by Village of Spaces and Dan Melchior und Das Menace got another well-deserved go-round on the 5-disc changer, still in there from last time, both going on my "Best of 2011" list (due sometime in mid-2012). Then I switched to the turntable for more new stuff, because I got hold of a copy of the Blues Control & Laraaji collabo (thanks Zum) (sounds great on wax), and also because a new LP from Load Records is always a must-check for me. For something like 15 years Load has broadcast and distributed the worldwide voice of weird punk, weird heavy rock, and weird noise, and it's important to understand the weird, because thriving colonies of weirdness ensure biodiversity of the species, and biodiversity promotes survival during any sort of near-extinction scenario. Didn't think it was so humanistic, did you? Well it's not, I was actually talking about microbes.
Anyway, we've gotten not one but two new albums from Load this quarter. The first is Growing Over by Sex Church. I knew nothing about this band upon receipt, though it seems that they're from Vancouver BC, and this is a fine little LP of grinding dirge punk rock. Did I say little? Actually, it's kind of big and a bit overlong as an 11-song LP, but the band has a good heavy sound in which they know where to leave space so that the listener can begin to parse the words that are being sung, and breathe in between the impacts of various loud and amplified ensemble dirge rock moves. The cover art and album title even work together nicely. In an earlier post I called another current band of today "meat and potatoes" and it could apply to Sex Church too. It's meant as praise, because these are the bands that keep us nourished and grounded in between visitations from the divine. Such as....
Second new one from Load is a ripper by Skoal Kodiak, which is a band that has apparently been playing in Minneapolis for 6 years. Kinda weird that I just heard about 'em this month, because I thought I'd been keeping tabs on Minneapolis ever since Prince and Twin/Tone Records came along, and especially ever since the late-90s heyday of my all-time favorite Minneapolis label, the unfortunately under-distributed Freedom From. I've even kept tabs on two of the three members of Skoal Kodiak in the past... drummer Freddy Votel during his stint as the last drummer ever for The Cows (1995-1998, according to Wikipedia), and way back in September 2001 (believe it or not, six days before 9/11) I saw vocalist/electronicist Markus Lunkenheimer, credited on this LP with "confusion," perform a 5-minute solo noise set on modified bleach bottle at a Phi-Phenomena event that Freedom From staged in Minneapolis, to celebrate the then-concurrent Phi-Phenomena tour. A month later, as long as I'm fully disclosing, I even played guitar and saxophone in a band with Markus and Freedom From proprietor Matthew St. Germain and another guy named Bob. We opened 6 shows for Reynols on their 2001 US tour, and those were the only 6 times we ever played together. I don't even think I've seen Markus since, but believe me, Skoal Kodiak is ten (or 600) times better than our band was. They are another one of those trios that make a perfect triangle foundation, like ZZ Top, Budgie, Meat Puppets, or Sun City Girls . . . the rhythm section of Freddy on drums and Brady on bass (first names only) not only lay down a heavy noise-rock surface, they also give each tune a subtle and dementedly funky nightclub lope undercurrent that is very addictive. I know it's cliche to work in a Prince reference when discussing bands from Minneapolis, but track two "Hollidazzle" actually sounds like a runaway Prince production... not the popular stuff under his name, I'm talking about some of his weirdo new wave rippers like "One Day I'm Gonna Be Somebody" by The Time or "Drive Me Wild" by Vanity 6, only the Skoal Kodiak version includes transformation by lead vocalist into some sort of frothing were-Prince. Markus is particularly good in the traditional post-Yow post-Am Rep shouter/barker mode, and I think he's probably singing right into that modified bleach bottle, because his vocals are constantly melting into something more like strobelight effects at said theoretical funky nightclub. And where are all those crazy keyboard-type synth-type melodies and tones coming from? Is that the bleach bottle too?? I guess I could watch YouTubes. Either way, it's a hell of a formula and I think Skoal Kodiak is my favorite Load Records signing since Sightings. (And what label did Sightings' debut 7" come out on? Well, as a matter of fact it was......... Freedom From.)
VARIOUS ARTISTS Ska Bonanza (HEARTBEAT)
KING TUBBY Herb Dub - Collie Dub (JIGSAW)
FUNKADELIC Maggot Brain CD (WESTBOUND)
JOVONTAES Things Are Different Here LP (HELLO SUNSHINE)
Ska Bonanza came up on the shuffle and sounded so luxurious that I was moved to tweet something about how third wave ska, especially during its 1990s heyday, got so terrible that I'm only just now, 20 years later, able to appreciate what a great band The Skatalites were. One of the great R&B bands period, especially if R&B is an creation of the entire African diaspora, and not just something that happened in the mid-20th Century United States. Here's a couple Skatalites burners featuring Don Drummond:
I also already tweeted about how heavy the Herb Dub-Collie Dub album is, released more or less anonymously in 1976, in the killer sleeve below. No artist or band credit, just "Mixed by King Tubbys" [sic] on the label. As far as I can tell, when the album was reissued in 2001 (in a much worse sleeve) it was billed as by King Tubby & the Skatalites, I guess in that the Tubster was remixing Skatalites rhythms, which is weird, because, uh, the rhythms on this album are not ska rhythms at all, right? They are slow roots rhythms? Unless I'm crazy, or Tubby slowed the tape down to like less than half speed, which isn't true...
THE POLYPS Ants on the Golden Cone LP (HELLO SUNSHINE)
YOKO ONO Fly 2LP (APPLE)
mp3s of VARIOUS ARTISTS Rock Steady Coxsone Style (COXSONE)
mp3s of CABOLADIES Psychic Birthmark (SMOOTH TAPES)
mp3s of TIGER HATCHERY s/t one-sided LP (PIZZA NIGHT)
an mp3 of "A Dread At The Controls" radio show, December 1978, JBC Radio, Jamaica (DL)
mp3s of VARIOUS ARTISTS Krypton Ten: Christchurch 1981-87 2LP (UNWUCHT)
More new music! This time it's two LPs from Hello Sunshine, a vinyl-only sub-label of Woodsist Records. The first is by Jovontaes, a band from Lexington, Kentucky, probably named after this dude. Lexington has been one of my favorite music towns ever since the Hair Police marched outta there in full riot gear over ten years ago (yes, it's really been that long). In fact, Hair Policeman Trevor Tremaine wrote a blurb for this record that says, in part, "[Jovontaes] emerge from (and possibly define) my town's peculiar skate/Kraut/nihil/garage axis," which is certainly enticing to this mind's ear. As for "skate," this record was recorded in a skate shop (with a killer name: Void) that one of the members owns. The "Kraut" descriptor also makes sense, because these are minimalist spaced-out groove instrumentals with a psychedelic edge, although it honestly took me a couple listens to even realize it. I dug the warm and fuzzy skate shop sound right away, but the grooves really didn't even register at first. The second time I was prepared for the elusiveness, and could enjoy that great shivery sound a little more, especially noting the subtle and potent low end (booming floor tom and distant crawling bass guitar). Still, very minimal stuff. Do I wish they made these jams more into songs? I'm not sure, and that in itself is something. Maybe it is in fact the "nihil." I'm also just noticing that the press release calls this "improvised music," which adds another layer of explanation. I listened to it for a third time last night, and it sounded even better. I think I'm about to listen to it again... it does go well with night-time... now playing, track 3 "Falcon", the best one on here... what was I thinking, these guys are totally grooving.....
Also on Hello Sunshine is an album by The Polyps, who is a guy I've never heard of before named Raf Spielman, who does a label I've never heard of named Eggy Records, but I've played his record like 5 times now, even more than I played the Jovontaes record, even beginning to approach the number of times I played the Stare Case record a couple months ago. I don't know what it is, but it's definitely something, and it's not chillwave, even as it layers electronics, drone, dream-sounds, goofball industrial damage, and slow Funkadelic voices until a couple weird shattered and gauze-wrapped pop songs wobble to the surface before sinking again... regardless of how much I like it (I honestly have no idea), he brings more the table than most . . . Ferraro, for example, brings even more but he doesn't bother to have a table to put it on... just dumps it on the floor... no matter what the style, music has to be foundational and architectural, and the reason I've listened to this record a few times is because it is.
My goodness Yoko's Fly sounds better than ever, not only for its time (1971), but for right now and the foreseeable future. A lot of the intense avant solo female styles that bubbled up from the underground in the 2000s, like the recently discussed Inca Ore, were already right here in full flower, and in my opinion this is Ms. Ono's masterpiece. Her Plastic Ono Band debut had the awesome opening double shot of "Why" and "Why Not," but they were also total John Lennon jam sessions, one fast, one slow, and I can't really remember anything about Side 2... oh yeah, that's when Ornette Coleman shows up! Talk about jam sessions! Fly does not shy away from those same extended Lenono one-chord groove-jams, and in fact even stretches one out to 16 minutes ("Mind Train"), but the 4 LP sides are brilliantly balanced by many uniquely crafted and memorable shorter pieces, such as the Fluxmania of "Toilet Piece/Unknown" and "Telephone Piece," pieces featuring Joe Jones and his invented "automatic instruments," even a few good old 4-minute-or-less songs like the intense "Don't Worry Kyoko" and the stunningly beautiful melancholy of "Mrs. Lennon," which was Yoko's first true solo single (as you can see her and John explain on The Dick Cavett Show before showing a video they made for it, clip below). And then on Side D, specifically balancing Side A's "Mind Train," we get the 22-minute non-verbal free-form solo-voice title track, a more potent statement of nudity than the cover of Two Virgins... if you ask me...
What's up with the iPod constantly pulling up another great Studio One rocksteady comp that I didn't even know was on there? Still liking the Studio One stuff better than the more acclaimed Treasure Isle rocksteady. It has a fuzzier sound, because it was a one-track studio (!) at this point and Coxsone had a certain way of gathering the musicians around the mic. At least I think that's what I read in a book, maybe Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley or somewhere deep in the vastness of Solid Foundation by David Katz. Here's my choice cut from this comp, "Let Me Love You" (aka "Love is a Message") by a very young Jacob Miller:
More new(ish) music! Also with a Lexington, KY connection! I'm talking about the Caboladies and their 2008 album Psychic Birthmark! Still seem to always like this band better than the Emeralds! Funny how most of the "brand new" music I'm writing about is actually from 2008 or 2009! This Tiger Hatchery self-titled one-sided 12-inch probably is too... ah, it was recorded in 2009, released in 2010... time sure is flying... frying... fading away...
lovely image from the Mimaroglu Music Sales web store
The Krypton Ten double LP is a fantastic compilation of music from the Christchurch, New Zealand underground punk/rock scene, "previously released between 1981-87 on locally distributed cassettes & records." I'm surprised how very little I had ever heard about these bands before this... I guess Dunedin got all the ink. The only band from 1980s Christchurch I could've named off the top of my head is The Pin Group, who aren't even on here, and I've only even heard of a mere five of the bands that are: Scorched Earth Policy, The Axemen, Alec Bathgate, George D. Henderson, and Henderson's long-running band The Puddle. Apparently Bill Direen is on a couple of these tracks, but I only have MP3s and haven't read the apparently informative liner notes (this thing seems to have sold out of distros a couple weeks ago when I wasn't paying attention). Pretty much everyone else on here is completely new to me, like G.O.D. and The Limbo Dancers and Dillinger's Brain and Drowning Is Easy and so many more, and I swear there is not a dull moment over 30 tracks. And hey, Tony Rettman interviewed the Unwucht label founder/proprieter who put together this massive release, read it here.
SIENKO PREDICTS DANZIG TANTRUM!
In earlier times, from The Real Glenn Danzig
Not only did I have to wince when I read this blow-by-blow account of Glenn Danzig being a Prima Glenna last weekend at Fun Fun Fun Fest, I also had to laugh, because the whole thing was more or less just predicted by longtime Blastitude contributing editor Chris Sienko! He happened to catch the Danzig Legacy tour when it stopped in Chicago on October 7th, and he sent me a great e-mail about it three weeks ago on October 19th, which included this particularly insightful section:
....Danzig and Doyle stomped out for one of four remaining times that Glenn's supposedly going to sing these [Misfits] songs. "I hope you fuckers are getting your rocks off, because this is it!" spat Danzig. Actually, his inner wants and needs were pretty well telegraphed through the whole show. "We're up here sweating our asses off for you guys!" meant "it's too hot in here." "This ain't no Tom Petty, motherfucker, so you better believe we're playing it loud!" meant "it's too loud in here." And "any other fuckin' act would be back in their dressing room right now, combing their hair in front of the mirror" meant "I wish I were back in my dressing room, combing my hair in front of the mirror." Just SAY you don't want to be here, Glenn! Then fucking play the songs we're here to see! The whole crowd chanted along with the wordless choruses and chants, and got all riled up for "Bullet" and "Last Caress." I think he did maybe seven or eight Misfits tunes, tops?! before stomping back off, after which the scrim again became the Danzig skull and he came out for two more of his current songs and "Mother." Couldn't end on a high note, could you?
VARIOUS ARTISTS Mojo Rock Steady (STUDIO ONE)
PASCAL ROGE After the Rain... the Soft Sounds of Erik Satie (LONDON)
KURT VILE Constant Hitmaker CD (GULCHER)
VIVIAN JACKSON (YABBY YOU) Conquering Lion (PROPHET RECORD)
AUGUSTUS PABLO East of the River Nile (SHANACHIE)
CIRCLE Prospekt (EKTRO)
KING TUBBY Explosive Dub (CLOCKTOWER)
MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO Horizontal Structures (HONEST JON'S)
SUN CITY GIRLS Funeral Mariachi CD (ABDUCTION)
VILLAGE OF SPACES Alchemy of Trust CD (CORLEONE)
DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE Catbirds and Cardinals CD (NORTHERN SPY)
ELEVEN TWENTY-NINE s/t CD (NORTHERN SPY)
SOFT MOON Total Decay EP (CAPTURED TRACKS)
BLUES CONTROL Local Flavor (SILTBREEZE)
Mojo Rock Steady is a superb rough-and-tough rocksteady compilation album. It was put together by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd of Studio One, who they say was surpassed as a producer by Duke Reid of Treasure Isle during the rocksteady years, but this just sounds tougher and more together than even Duke's Treasure Chest to me. Sure, Duke's stuff is a little more elegant and romantic, but that's precisely why I prefer Coxsone's streetwise sound. Just take the Sound Dimension jam called "Psychedelic Rock," which was renamed "Rockfort Rock" because a sound system in the Rockfort neighborhood adopted it as their theme song; the LP even features a tag added to the front of the tune in which an anonymous DJ introduces the tune as "Rockfort Rock," big-upping the neighborhood. This album also includes a few sublime jazzy rocksteady instrumentals such as sax master Roland Alphonso's "Take Me" -- Coxsone always was known as a jazz head, and an awesome jazz presence is where ska and rocksteady trump the American R&B they were otherwise so obviously influenced by.
Back in 2007 (has it really been that long?) I attended a live show by Circle and it was great, but today I wasn't feeling that Prospekt album at all really. It's from 2000, and the description I read made it sound like it was one of their best. On the other hand, their 2007 album Tower Featuring Verde is SO GOOD (and nothing like the live show I saw).
Finally catching up with the latest Moritz Von Oswald Trio double LP release, Horizontal Structures, released earlier this year. Side one "Structure 1" has got some kind of faraway ghost-of-Eddie-Hazel ticklish lead guitar going on, which is unexpected and nice, and I now see that it was played by Dominican old head Paul St. Hilaire, who has been collaborating with the Basic Channel crew for some time now. Throughout the album his guitar blends with the sci-fi rain-forest atmosphere of deep dubby percussion and surreal electronics to create another great release by the Trio. The rhythms seem even more overlapping and multilayered than they were on the Vertical Ascent debut, and there are sections on the download-only "Structure 5" that get so spaced-out they basically sound like Harry Bertoia.
Funny how just last post I'm going on about how I never listen to new music, and never talk about it on this blog, and then tonight, without planning to whatsoever, I spin something like 7 brand new and recent albums in a row. It was triggered by listening to WNUR on the way home from work. In addition to a great song (that I have now determined to be "The Light") from the self-titled Hush Arbors album that was released about 3-4 years ago on Ecstatic Peace (2008 to be exact), and which I once had a generic promo CD of that I failed to review at the time and unfortunately can no longer find, the DJ played two tracks from the Sun City Girls' swan song Funeral Mariachi. It sounded so good that I had to dust a copy of it off when I got home, the nearest of which was my lovely gatefold CD edition on Abduction, which made me do the unthinkable: turn on my CD player and use it to listen to music. The album sounded as great as it did last year when it came out and I played it constantly, and then, after it whispered to a gentle close, what should emerge from the speakers next but something wholly appropriate, with a similarly sublime recording clarity rendering still more slow, haunted, elegaic-but-smiling new American folk music. It turned out to be the new CD from Village of Spaces, which I put in my CD changer 2-3 months ago when I received it in the mail, but have not gotten to until tonight, because like I said, I very rarely listen to CDs. I believe this band lives in Maine, and they used to be called Uke of Spaces Corners County, and then just Uke of Spaces Corners, and then Village of Spaces Corners, and now Village of Spaces, and they've always been good, but this Alchemy of Trust album is really a their-masterpiece-to-date kinda thing. And then what should come on next and next in the ole 5-disc changer but two more very new releases, both on the Northern Spy label, the Dan Melchior Und Das Menace full-length called Catbirds and Cardinals, and the self-titled debut by Eleven Twenty-Nine. The Melchior sounded just as good as it did the first time when I tweeted about it, the third song "Forest of Tin" especially standing out this time with its haunting refrain of "Can you hear my feedback, feeding back/from deep within the forest of tin?"
Eleven Twenty-Nine, which is apparently blues lingo for a one-year prison sentence, is in this case the name of the guitar duo of Tom Carter (Charalambides, et al) and Marc Orleans (Sunburned Hand of the Man, et al). These guys have been duking it out in the underground for a good 20 and 10 years respectively, probably more, and there is no doubt that they are superb guitarists. Mr. Carter gets a life-time pass for the always-massive Charalambides (hell, he'd probably get one for The Mike Gunn alone), although in the mid-00s he was roving around the country guitar-slinging, and I personally ran across what seemed like 3 or 4 sort of ad hoc group-improv albums he jammed on in a row, and while I wouldn't call any of them "bad," none of them felt especially essential. In retrospect, I'm glad he was keeping his chops up, because now that he's in a highly focused duo with Orleans, who really seems to be at the top of his own game (stunning work on the new Meg Baird LP, for example), sparks are flying. These extended avant/blues/folk jams sound composed, but I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't either, beyond the album's dedication/inscription to Jack Rose, which seems to fire the whole album up with his huge heartfelt spirit.
And then, when I give the CD player a break and head back to the ole iTunes album shuffle, the brand new stuff just keeps coming with the new four-song Soft Moon EP on Captured Tracks. This is a (one-man?) band based in San Francisco, and I'm not sure what makes his/their music better than all the other retro-coldwave retro-post-punk bands these days, but it really is. Why do I like it 100 times better than Cold Cave, for example? Well, it does have extremely fresh and well-produced hypnotic krautworthy grooves, and a great "mineralized being" vocal presence that communicates sharply written tunes. At no point does he even try to sing like Ian Curtis! Here's a song that also works an Eno/Roxy-style electronics solo and some out-of-nowhere bongo frenzy into the mix:
And wow, iTunes album shuffle knows what's up, jumping from Soft Moon to another band that is 100 times better than [insert closest competitor here], but I already said that last week: Blues Control, and their absolute megalithic masterpiece from 2009, Local Flavor. Still sounds wonderful.
INCA ORE Silver Sea Surfer School (NOT NOT FUN)
SOUND DIMENSION "Heavy Rock" b/w "Heavy Dub" (COXSONE) (best horn line & trombone solo, great tune)
JACKIE MITTOO "Our Thing" (BAMBOO) (version!)
CAN Soundtracks (MUTE/SPOON)
PORTER RICKS Biokinetics (CHAIN REACTION)
PRINCE FAR I & KING TUBBY In the House of Vocal Dub (GRAYLAN)
MICHIGAN & SMILEY Downpression (GREENSLEEVES)
THE NEW BLOCKADERS & ORGANUM Salute (FRUX)
THE UPSETTERS Return of the Super Ape LP (UPSETTER)
INCA ORE Birthday Of Bless You (NOT NOT FUN)
GROUPER/INCA ORE split LP (NO LABEL)
It's nice to have the Inca Ore record first up there, because when I list what I'm listening to on a day or a weekend like this, I'm always amazed by how rarely anything new or remotely current gets played, and since I list things in the order I listen to them it's even more rare for a recent record to be listed first, which is the only way its name will show up on my twitter and make it look like it's actually about new music, like a real music writer's twitter would be. Sure, I like plenty of new music, and I keep up pretty well, but whether it's iTunes album shuffle or LPs stacked by my stereo, it just tends to be older stuff. I guess I hold the controversial opinion that anything recorded in the 1960s on up can still be interpreted as technologically and culturally new. Even if we just started at a year like 1964 and worked towards the present, we'd be mining old music recordings and coming up with beautiful new (to someone) gems for as long as we have electricity and speakers. Strewn throughout the last five decades were vast deposits of musical gold that seem to be even more abundant than crude oil, and unlike oil, recordings of good music are extremely reusable.
Even the Inca Ore record was released two years ago in 2009, so this is hardly a timely mention I'm giving it, but it does seem to be her most recent, which makes it still current, right? Also, I listened to it twice just now, and I'm still not sure what to say about it. Maybe this record needs to be 40 years old before I can begin to grasp it. I really liked her Birthday of Bless You release (2008, also Not Not Fun), and her side of the split LP with Grouper (originally a cassette from 2007). Both of those seemed really focused, clearly stated, and legitimately spooky, and though Silver Sea Surfer School seems ambitious in new ways, which is a good thing, it also seems more stylistically jumpy and unsettled. So yeah, not sure, but I'll keep it on my iTunes for future shuffles to turn up. (Side note: the Discogs page for this record lists style as "Abstract, Noise, Poetry, Therapy." That's the first time I've seen therapy listed as a style... that could be listed for a lot of records, right? Discogs apparently already has it listed for 639. Blood on the Tracks isn't one of them.)
The YouTube channel that hosts the above Sound Dimension "Heavy Rock extended with Heavy Dub" clip is great and I've listened to a bunch of stuff on it this weekend. Great sound, pics of the original labels, lots of seamless mixes between A side tunes and B side versions, and a selection that looks to be entirely pre-digital. For just one great example, check out this mix of Sugar Minott's "I Need A Roof" with the Studio One "Consumer Dub." Thanks PabloWKingStoned!
Raise your hand if, back in the 90s, your copy of the Porter Ricks CD cracked a month after you got it because of that otherwise rad metal tin it came in! Now raise your hand if you forgive Chain Reaction anyway because the album is so awesome!
Two of the heaviest stylists in reggae history unite on the ephocal In the House of Vocal and Dub, Prince Far I the "voice of thunder," and you know what Tubby does (mix of thunder). Checked out the Michigan & Smiley album because in Check the Technique, KRS-One talks about how their song "Dangerous Diseases," big in New York at the time, was an influence on Boogie Down Productions, as was reggae in general. I do love "Dangerous Diseases" aka "Diseases," cut over one of my favorite dancehall-era rhythms which is indeed known as the "Diseases" rhythm (or sometimes as the "Golden Hen" rhythm, though I'm not sure why yet), and can be heard on a bunch of tracks like another fave of mine "Dance in a Montreal" by Brigadier Jerry. "Diseases" is a funny song too ("I said the most dangerous diseases/I said the most dangerous diseases/I'm talkin' like the elephantitis/The poliomyelitis"). That said, though I do dig a lot of digital '80s dancehall tunes, especially up to like '82 or so, and will surely continue to find more, these days I'm completely happy to spend most of my time listening to reggae recorded before the 1980s digital boom. As mentioned above, the well will never run dry (despite what Prince Alla might advise). (UPDATE: I knew the "Diseases" rhythm didn't start with "Dangerous Diseases," I just knew it!)
I don't really have an original edition-of-75 copy of the Organum & New Blockaders cassette on the Frux label as listed above, I just downloaded it off of a blog. It was recorded in 1984 and it's definitely killer stuff, grinding low-end synth, intangible electronics, clattering concussion/percussion, sounds of large objects being torn apart, perhaps more, perhaps even less... When it first came up on the shuffle I thought it might have been some early No Neck Blues Band... that group actually had a dark industrial vibe at first (circa 1992-1994 or so?), gradually replaced by a somewhat lighter extendo-groove kind of thing, and then fragmenting and reassembling from there. They are still going and I still like their music. I now wonder if the New Blockaders were a direct influence on those initial NNCK jams....doesn't matter of course, but I did just manage to write more about NNCK here than I did about the New Blockaders.....
Love these cheap Lee Perry LPs that are out there, I got Return of the Super Ape for $8.99 at Laurie's Planet of Sound this weekend, possibly Chicago's best non-Reckless record store. And if you really want some nice price reggae vinyl, hit up Ernie B!
Relistened to all three aforementioned Inca Ore records just now. The first two are indeed excellent, and while I still agree with what I wrote at the beginning of this post, I'm starting to get a handle on the third one. There's a tune called "Shine On from the Heaven Above" that really hits a yearning spaced-out spot...
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JAH LION Colombia Colly (MANGO) (Lee Perry-produced toasting record from 1976)
NICOLAS JAAR Space Is Only Noise (CIRCUS COMPANY)
PARAMETER Galactic Ramble (SHADOKS)
VARIOUS ARTISTS Duke Reid's Treasure Chest (HEARTBEAT)
MIGHTY DIAMONDS When the Right Time Come/I Need A Roof (VIRGIN)
BORED YOUTH Touch & Go EP (LOST AND FOUND)
nice 4-song reggae-on-random-shuffle playlist (see below)
SANTANA Caravanserai LP (COLUMBIA)
AME SON Primitive Expression (SPALAX)
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Nothing Here Now But The Recordings (INDUSTRIAL)
The Nicolas Jaar record is a nice one, which seems to work with some pretty hip contemporary sounds like deep house, dubstep, chillwave, autotune, pitched-down R&B, but actually does the unthinkable and uses them all to make not half-baked genre exercise but MUSIC (in this case just good downtempo haunting-yet-wry new-wavey soul tunes, comparable to another dry'n'wry electronic contemporary, Tin Man). Click here to listen to "Space Is Only Noise If You Can See" (which dare I say has Arthur Russell vibes).
Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label is generally regarded as the premiere label for Jamaican rocksteady, the transitional style between ska and reggae circa 1966-1968, and the Treasure Chest comp is two CDs compiling the greatest hits he produced during that period. Here's one you might recognize, "The Tide is High" by The Paragons. Some other greats include "Come On Little Girl" by The Melodians, the self-explanatory "Rock Steady" by Phyllis Dillon, and the exquisite Curtis Mayfield reimagination "Queen Majesty" by The Techniques.
I've sung "I need a roof / over my head" to myself at least 2,000 times in the last couple days, after listening to the Mighty Diamonds Right Time album a couple times. It's such a great song, although the version I've heard the most is Sugar Minott's, and I feel like I've also heard it as a truncated phrase echoing through seemingly ten different dub tracks over the years, or maybe just one, or maybe zero. I love the Diamonds' version too, especially the wonderful counterpoint from the background vocals. The Right Time album is regarded as a classic, although the sound always takes a couple minutes for me to adjust to... I'm more used to "dread" roots (dubbed-out, foggy recording, songs in minor keys, scary), and this is more "sweet" roots (more clean and dry recording, more major keys, wistful and melancholy). I just made up that dread/sweet distinction, don't go quoting me at Deadly Dragon or anything, and these are still sufferer's songs... when Tabby sings "I Need A Roof" it's because he lives in a tin shack and he really does need a roof.
The Bored Youth EP was supposed to be released in 1982 on Touch & Go, the same year as the debut Negative Approach EP, but it didn't get pressed up until someone in Germany booted it in 1990. According to their guitarist Jon Katz, as quoted in Tony Rettman's Why Be Something That You're Not? Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985, "I had just got a new amp and was having trouble getting it to sound right and Rob had a real sore throat, so we just decided to scrap the whole thing." Damn, sounds incredible to me! If this had been released in '82, who knows what history would look like? There might just be some strange butterfly-effect differences. You can listen to it on YouTube:
Random shuffle reggae playlist came out very randomly rocksteady (and speaking of the Duke, the middle two of these four cuts are on the aforementioned Treasure Chest comp): Ken Parker "Have A Good Time" (nice Sam Cooke cover); Alton Ellis "Cry Tough (extended version)" (one of the all-time great rocksteady tunes and rudeboy cautionary tales, here inna dub style); Joya Landis "Moonlight Lover"; New Establishment "Darling" (can't find the last one on youtube but it's a good tune)
French band Ame Son was formed by renegade members of a Daevid Allen backing band, and they've recorded spaced-out free-prog on and off since 1967, including Catalyse, a 1970 release on the notorious BYG/Actuel label. The Primitive Expression release gathers some archival material recorded between 1967 and 1976, and was apparently released in some form in 1976, and reissued on CD in 1998 by the almighty Spalax label. I wish I had a copy because I'm listening to the Mutant Sounds version and I'm not sure which tracks are from what time period. It's all worth a listen, and I'd like to give it a closer and more informed one, but I can tell you this, there is a stunner on here called "Je Vieux Juste Dire," which starts as a weird drony number with delicately sung vocals, and then develops into a highly involving 26-minute jam! Here's part one, listen to it while tripping on the Kirby-damaged cover art! (Or click here to listen to the whole 26-minute jam in youtube playlist form.)
And I leave you for today with a bonus embed of one more super-tough tune from the Treasure Chest!
NEIL YOUNG Archives - Vol. 1 (1963-1972) (REPRISE)...
VARIOUS ARTISTS Ska Bonanza (HEARTBEAT) KING TUBBY...
JOVONTAES Things Are Different Here LP (HELLO SUNS...
VARIOUS ARTISTS Mojo Rock Steady (STUDIO ONE) PAS...
INCA ORE Silver Sea Surfer School (NOT NOT FUN) SO...
JAH LION Colombia Colly (MANGO) (Lee Perry-produce...
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