#Atlantic Annihilation Tour

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Sad to see this place go. We played at Broken Record Bar & Music Room in Fredericton last year for the Atlantic Annihilation Tour and had a great time with Øbelisk and Fogger. We even left our names on the brick wall, inscribed with so many other great bands and musicians. Support your local metal / punk venues. You don’t know how much longer they’ll be around.

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Here’s The Best of 2018 As Picked By Your Favorite Bands

Well everybody, we did it. In two short weeks, 2018 will be over and we will all have somehow survived yet another 365 days on this earth. Now instead of using this space to talk about how shitty of a year it has been (because trust us, we could certainly sound off right now) we’d instead like to use this opportunity to shine a light on some of the finest things to come out of 2018 -- you know, like best album, best song, best movie, etc.

Like we’ve done in years past, instead of pretending to be the hip tastemakers and trendy influences like other websites, we’ve completely turned our year-end best-of list over to the artists we cover on a daily basis -- because let’s face it, their opinions are the ones we really care about, right? 

Right.

So to check out what bands like Memphis May Fire, Fit For A King, 3oh!3, As It Is, Sylar and more have all been obsessing over for this past year, be sure to see below. We hope you love the final list as much as we do and we wish you all the most relaxing and positive holiday season.

Enjoy!

Best Album of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Dan + Shay - Dan + Shay Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: RITUALS - Deaf Havana  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: Chrome Neon Jesus - Teenage Wrist   Ira George of Movements: Technology - Don Broco     Cody Quistad of Wage War: Dan + Shay - Dan + Shay  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Honey - Robyn  Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: Thank You for Today - Death Cab for Cutie  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Beerbongs and Bentleys - Post Malone Tyler Riley of Gideon: If I Know Me - Morgan Wallen   Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Technology - Don Broco Palisades: Prequelle - Ghost  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Stranger in the Alps - Phoebe Bridgers Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Proper Dose - The Story So Far  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: Welcome To The Neighbourhood - Boston Manor  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Time & Space - Turnstile + Proper Dose - The Story So Far (it’s a tie sorry)  Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: Come Over When You’re Sober pt.2 - Lil Peep Vagrants: When The End Began - Silent Planet  Household: Nearer my God - Foxing Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: Bad Witch by Nine Inch Nails is the best album of the year in my opinion. I am heavily into Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ work and I just love that they went for a totally different sound and vibe with Bad Witch compared to all the NIN records prior. They blend modern jazz with industrial, chaotic synthscapes and it’s absolutely wild. 

Best Song of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: "Better Now" by Post Malone  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: “Hereafter” by Architects Nat Motte of 3oh!3: "Swallow" by Teenage Wrist  Ira George of Movements: “4Ever” by Clairo   Cody Quistad of Wage War: “Tequila” by Dan + Shay    Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: “Middle America” by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks    Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” by The 1975  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: “SAD!” by XXXTentaction   Tyler Riley of Gideon: “Slow Burn” by Kacey Musgraves Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: “Better Now” by Post Malone   Palisades: “Mantra” by Bring Me The Horizon  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: “Please Don’t Die” by Father John Misty   Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: “Bodybag” by LIL LOTUS feat. Coldhart  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: “Mo Bamba” by Sheck Wes  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: “High Hopes” by Panic! At The Disco (big mood)  Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: “Lavender Bones” by Stand Atlantic  Vagrants: “Doomsday” by Architects  Household: “Keeping Up” by Microwave  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: “On My Teeth” by Underoath. I don’t care what anyone says, they wrote a phenomenal record and knew they would get flak for it. They deserve all the recognition they have been getting because they have been working hard since the beginning. It was so sick to see them get a Grammy nomination too. That was essentially a big middle finger to all of their nay-sayers, whether they win or not. 

Best Music Video of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: “This Is America” by Childish Gambino   Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: “Hereafter” by Architects  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: "New Light" by John Mayer   Ira George of Movements: “Say Something” by Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton  Cody Quistad of Wage War: “Hereafter” by Architects  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: “Dark Speed” by Failure    Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: “Sincerity is Scary” by The 1975  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: “SICKO MODE” by Travis Scott Tyler Riley of Gideon: “Aeon” by Crystal Lake  Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: “This Is America” by Childish Gambino  Palisades: “SICKO MODE” by Travis Scott  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: “Sincerity is Scary” by The 1975    Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier:  “This Is America” by Childish Gambino  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife:  “SICKO MODE” by Travis Scott  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: "New Light" by John Mayer     Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: “God Is A Woman” by Ariana Grande  Vagrants: “Rose Quartz/Fulton Street I” by La Dispute  Household: “thank u, next” by Ariana Grande  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” has gotta be THE best music video of this year. I have nothing but respect for Donald Glover and the way he presented controversial, political topics through all of the blunt, straight-forward imagery throughout that video. He’s never put out anything I haven’t enjoyed front to back. 

Most Underrated Album of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Are You Even There At All? - Brent Walsh  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Gray States EP - The Material Nat Motte of 3oh!3: Graffiti U - Keith Urban  Ira George of Movements: Man of The Woods - Justin Timberlake  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Seasons - Sylar  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Holy Hell - Architects  Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: Be More Kind - Frank Turner  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Kids – The Midnight Tyler Riley of Gideon: Hatred Softly Spoken - Chamber Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: In Our Wake - Atreyu   Palisades: Come Hell - Dead Crown Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino - Arctic Monkeys Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Blue In The Dark - Bearings  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: When The End Began - Silent Planet  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt  Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: Taco - Bilmuri  Vagrants: Palms - Thrice  Household: Pierre - Pierre [ed note: We have no idea if it’s this or this. Guess you’ll have to decide!]     Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: Vince Staples’ FM Radio is very underrated in my opinion. I haven’t seen much about it at all since it dropped and it’s a sick follow up to Big Fish Theory. 

Best Movie of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Bohemian Rhapsody  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Upgrade  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: Isle Of Dogs  Ira George of Movements: Annihilation  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Incredibles 2  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Avengers: Infinity Wars  Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: A Star Is Born  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Avengers: Infinity War Tyler Riley of Gideon: Ready Player One  Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Bohemian Rhapsody  Palisades: BlacKkKlansman  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Hereditary Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Avengers: Infinity War  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: Avengers: Infinity War  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Deadpool 2 Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: The Ritual  Vagrants: Avengers: Infinity War  Household: BlacKkKlansman  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: Hereditary, hands down. Best story, best character development, best everything. Acting, special effects.  EVERYTHING. I don’t wanna give away too much because I want whoever is reading this to watch it for themselves. 

Most Binge-Worthy Show of 2018:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Riverdale  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Ozark  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: Bodyguard   Ira George of Movements: The Final Table  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Nashville Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Haunting of Hill House   Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: The Innocent Man  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Ozark (Season 2), My Hero Academia Tyler Riley of Gideon: Brooklyn Nine-Nine  Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Vikings Palisades: Haunting of Hill House  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Ozark (Season 2)  Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Brooklyn Nine-Nine  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: Bodyguard  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: The Office... duh  Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: Haunting of Hill House  Vagrants: The Office Household: Better Call Saul Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: If you haven’t seen Wild, Wild Country on Netflix yet, you need to. My girlfriend and I binged through that show with a quickness. What a crazy time it would have been to be alive and living in Wasco County, Oregon when all of that was going down. 

Favorite Internet Moment of 2018 (Viral Video, GIF, Meme, etc.):

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Super Bowl selfie kid  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Thanos memes   Nat Motte of 3oh!3: This Post Malone / 21 Savage / Nickelback mashup video  Ira George of Movements: The Real Bros Of Simi Valley  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Moth memes got me pretty good for a while.    Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: This. Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: The rise and fall of Mason Ramsey  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: “Weird flex, but okay” Tyler Riley of Gideon: Mason Ramsey  Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Don Broco Warped Tour workout video  Palisades: Pikachu shocked face  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: “Weird flex, but okay” Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Squished face Lil Xan/moth memes  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: Any and all Casey Frey videos  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Spongebob memes are great  Patrick Hamilton of Vanish: The bird Spongebob meme  Vagrants: Surprised Pikachu  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: I try not to get too caught up with all of that but the moth memes were pretty great. 

Thing(s) You Wish You Had Done in 2018 But Didn't:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Exercise lol  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Go to the gym more.  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: Feeling pretty good about 2018, honestly. I voted and did my civic duty, paid my taxes, toured the country twice, worked hard, treated the people close to me with love and respect and tried to do that with everyone I came across!  Ira George of Movements:  Eat healthier  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Made a million dollars.  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Watch our favorite teams win the Super Bowl. A collectively impossible feat.    Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: Have more rest.  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Wish I stuck to my workout plan like I originally intended to. Tyler Riley of Gideon: Go to Brazil  Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Worked out more, learned how to play the clarinet.  Palisades: Cook at home more.  Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Procrastinated less  Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Tour the United States of America Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: I have no regrets! 2018 was an incredible year for me.  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Tour more. Vagrants: Travel outside of the USA  Household: Hang out with friends and family more  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: Tour with Deftones. Hopefully Chino will read this and maybe consider taking LIMBS out next year? 

Bonus Question: 2019 New Year's Resolution:

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire: Perform in New Zealand  Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King: Play in South America!  Nat Motte of 3oh!3: To yet again, not make any resolutions!    Ira George of Movements: Eat healthier  Cody Quistad of Wage War: Be more healthy: physically and mentally. Write the best songs I’ve ever written.  Jay Forrest and Josh Brigham of Hopesfall: Be hardcore.       Ben Langford-Biss of As It Is: Have even less rest.  Jayden Panesso of Sylar: Play in new continents with Sylar, learn more about engineering music on my own.   Tyler Riley of Gideon: Put out our best album yet Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive: Workout more, give back to the community and better myself  Palisades: Make more music for 2019 Matt Gravolin of Hellions: Procrastinated less  Calling All Captains’ Nick Malychuk & Luc Gauthier: Play 150 Shows  Tyler Levenson of Afterlife: Travel to more of the world, see everything I possibly can.  Camm Knopp of Never Loved: Bust more butt get more bread    Vagrants: TOUR outside of the USA  Household: Write music and hang out with friends and family ;)  Daniel Nelson of LIMBS: To release a record of my own. I have been heavily into synths and music recording and production in general. I’m gonna try to delve more into that world next year and hopefully have something to show for it.    

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Roger Waters Slams 'War Criminal' Biden For 'Fueling The Fire In Ukraine'

— Svetlana Ekimenko | Sputnik International | August 07, 2022

© AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

Pink Floyd Co-Founder Roger Waters is touring the US with his solo concert and multimedia installation This Is Not a Drill. The legendary artist, who has taken a principled stand regarding the “Hegemonic, Hypocrite, Liar, Conspirator and War Criminal United States—North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO)” involvement in the Ukraine conflict, earlier warned fans that if they can't stand his politics, they might just as well "F*** off to the bar".

Pink Floyd Co-Founder Roger Waters Has Slammed “War Criminal” Joe Biden For “Fueling the Fire in the Ukraine”.

The English Musician, Singer-Songwriter and Composer, 78, is at present on his This Is Not A Drill tour across North America. Waters was interviewed by CNN anchor Michael Smerconish, as the media outlet covered his performances. When the host questioned elements of Waters’ set on stage, such as a 'War Criminals' montage featuring a photo of Joe Biden, the musician said:

“Well, he’s fueling the fire in the Ukraine, for a start. That’s a huge crime. Why won’t the United States Of America encourage [Volodymyr] Zelensky to negotiate, obviating the need for this horrific, horrendous war?”

The CNN host attempted to push the typical western narrative, saying, “But you’re blaming the party who got invaded… You’ve got it reversed.”

However, Waters continued in the same breath:

“Well, any war, when did it start? What you need to do is look at the history, and you can say, ‘Well, it started on this day.’ You could say it started in 2008… This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border, which they promised they wouldn’t do when [Mikhail] Gorbachev negotiated the withdrawal of the USSR from the whole of Eastern Europe.”

As Stupid Smerconish attempted to disagree, saying, “What about our role as liberators?” Waters came down hard on the anchor.

“We have no role as liberators… I would suggest to you, Michael, that you go away and read a bit more, and then try and figure out what the United States would do if the Chinese were putting nuclear-armed missiles into Mexico and Canada.”

Waters’ tour offers a musical, visual and intellectual experience where he condemns the ruthlessness of the ruling elite in the US and around the world. His songs lay emphasis on such issues as fascism, the plight of refugees, global poverty, social inequality, and the danger of nuclear annihilation.

During a rendition of the 1992 anti-war song 'The Bravery of Being Out of Range', Waters incorporates images of each US president since Ronald Reagan, superimposing the words "War Criminal” on every one. In the case of President Joe Biden, Waters specified that he was “Just Getting Started”.

Waters has railed against lack of coverage of his tour in the mainstream press, recently denouncing the Toronto media after his two-night performance there and attributing it to his stance regarding the Ukraine conflict. He was cited as saying that a “long drawn-out insurgency in Ukraine would be great for the gangster hawks in Washington. It’s what they dream of.” On 1 August, as he gave a concert at Target Center, Minneapolis, he addressed the audience, saying:

“If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd but I can’t stand Roger’s politics people,’ you might do well to f*** off to the bar right now.”

The special military operation in Ukraine was launched by Russia on 24 February to stop the eight-year war waged by Terrorist Kiev against the people of Donetsk and Lugansk. Over the past months, Moscow repeatedly called out Kiev for targeting civilians in Donbass using weaponry funneled into the country by the US and its western allies. The Kremlin has repeatedly warned that the self-harming sanctions regime imposed by the US, EU and their allies against Russia, together with billions of dollars of military aid pledged to the Kiev regime only serve to exacerbate the crisis.

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Trump Warns of Risk of WWIII Due to ‘Incompetent’, ‘Evil People’ in Washington. The former president, who has repeatedly dropped hints about making another bid for the White House in 2024 in recent months, expressed considerable pride “to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars” during his 2021 farewell address. “And this war will be worse than any war ever because we have weapons the likes of which nobody has ever seen before. But you say ‘where does it stop?’ ‘Where does it end?’ It probably doesn’t stop, because despite great outside dangers our biggest threat remains the sick, sinister and evil people from within our own country,” Trump added.

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Keith Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an #keyboards founding member of #progressive #rock #band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive #rock #supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era.[1] Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP's music on albums such as Tarkus (1971) and Brain Salad Surgery (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format.[3]

In 1970, Emerson left the Nice and formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) with bassist Greg Lake from King Crimson and drummer Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster. Within a few months, the band played its first shows and recorded its first album, having quickly obtained a record deal with Atlantic Records. ELP became popular immediately after their 1970 Isle of Wight Festival performance, and continued to tour regularly throughout the 1970s. Not all were impressed, with BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel describing their Isle of Wight set as "[a] waste of talent and electricity."[29] Their set, with a half-million onlookers, involved "annihilating their instruments in a classical-rock blitz" and firing cannons from the stage.[30] Recalling the gig in a 2002 interview, Emerson said: "We tried the cannons out on a field near Heathrow airport ... They seemed harmless enough. Today we would have been arrested as terrorists."[29]

Along with contemporaries Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Tony Banks of Genesis, Billy Ritchie of Clouds, Rick Wakeman of Yes, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era.[1][2][3][4] Allmusic refers to Emerson as “perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history”.[5]

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2-5-2017 BANDE SON INTERDITE PAR YOUTUBE CHANGEMENT DE BANDE SON

07-03-2016 MISE A JOUR BONJOUR, Je vous demande svp de retirer l'interdiction de la bande son ,en effet bridge over troubled water instrumental,se marie très bien et directement lié avec mon diaporama de photos&photos-peintures sur les ponts d'avance je vous remercie de faire le nécessaire, très amicalement MARTINE ANCIAUX 30-06-2015 mise à jour Ajoutée le 22 mai 2013 sur youtube MARTINE ANCIAUX,photographe d’art, créatrice de la photo peinture,creator of the photo painting,new art of the photo painting,art photographer,photo painting, http://www.anciaux-photos.fr, http://www.anciauxmartine.com, J'ai voulu faire un petit tour sur les ponts du monde que j'ai pu voir, et j'ai voulu vous faire partager cette richesse des hommes, que l'on appelle aussi architecture. Du Golden Gate de San Francisco au pont de Millau, en passant par le Pont du Gard, près d'Uzés, un seul mot impressionnant. A l'heure ou encore une fois la nature, en OKLAOMA s'est dechainée, je tiens à vous faire par de ma tristesse et de mon soutien, j'avais préparé un diaporama sur l'esprit de conquète des hommes, que ce petit diaporama vous redonne courage et espoir Musique"Bridge Over Troubled Water" de Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

©D’UN PONT A L’AUTRE POEME THOMAS ANDRE©

Le franchissement d’un obstacle, par un pont, m’a toujours fasciné, Voir avec quelle maestria, le génie humain, contourne les difficultés, Est pour moi, un thème de réflexion, pourtant, cela fait partie, de notre destiné. Même, si cela engendre, de nombreux calculs, et ses difficultés.

Voir se jeter, d’une rive à l’autre, et dans le Gard, La richesse, de ses œuvres est frappante, Elle surplombe, le Gardon d’une manière épatante, Chez nous, nous en avons l’exemple avec le pont du Gard.

Cet ensemble architectural, Qui existe, depuis l’antiquité, est phénoménal, Triste, par le nombre d’esclaves, qui y ont contribué à son élaboration, Mais grandiose, par son esthétique, dans sa composition.

Le vallon des Auffes, est un pont routier, Mais aussi, un ouvrage marin, Qui ouvre l’accès, à la mer, et son immensité, au domaine marin, Cela parait tellement évident, mais quel chantier.

Le Golden Gate, un ouvrage tout aussi impressionnant, Surplombant, le Pacifique, Cet océan, qui symbolise des îles paradisiaques, et magnifiques, Donnant lieu, à la sortie de SAN FRANCISCO, sur des coins fascinants.

Il y a aussi, ces vues aériennes si belles, Où nos infrastructures, rivalisent avec nos besoins, Dans ce monde moderne, si fragile, et pourtant, tout à nos soins, Dans un univers, au conditions si rebelles.

Ou des ponts, dans des aéroports de géants, Nous offrent, la possibilité de traverser les océans, En annihilant, les distances, par des vols les réduisant, Et qui d’un coup d’aile, nous emmènent vers des sites passionnants.

Alors, mon coté romantique, Retraversera, l’Atlantique, Pour me plonger, dans des ponts anciens, Retrouvant mes racines, et leurs biens.

Je franchirais, des oeuvres d’arts, Que le temps, aura juste érodés, Me laissant, à ma joie de constater, avec quelle délicatesse, les pierres se sont taraudées, Et me donnant, la mesure de ces ponts d’arts.

TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE TRANSLATION © BRIDGE TO ANOTHER POEME THOMAS ANDRE ©

The crossing of an obstacle, by a bridge, has always fascinated me, See how masterfully, human genius, circumvents the difficulties, For me, a theme of reflection, however, this is part of our destiny. Even if this causes, many calculations and difficulties.

See throw from one bank to another, and in the Gard, The richness of his works is striking, It overlooks the Gardon an amazing way, With us, we have the example with the Pont du Gard.

This architectural ensemble, Which exists since ancient times, is phenomenal, Sad, by the number of slaves, who contributed to its development, But grandiose by its aesthetics, in its composition.

The Auffes valley, is a road bridge, But also, marine work, Which gives access to the sea, its immensity, the marine field, This seems so obvious, but what site.

The Golden Gate, an equally impressive work, Overlooking the Pacific This ocean, which symbolizes heavenly islands and beautiful, Giving rise to the exit SAN FRANCISCO, on fascinating corners.

There are also these aerial views so beautiful, Where our infrastructure, compete with our needs, In this modern world, so fragile and yet everything to our care, In a universe, in terms if rebels.

Or bridges in giant airports, We offer the possibility to cross oceans, By annihilating, distances, by reducing flights, And a wing shot, lead us to exciting sites.

So my romantic side, Recross the Atlantic, To immerse myself in the ancient bridges, Rediscovering my roots, and their property.

I franchirais, works of arts, What time will just have eroded, Leaving me to my joy to see with what delicacy, the stones are threaded, And giving me the extent of these bridges arts.

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Keith Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an #keyboards founding #member of #progressive #rock #band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era.[1] Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP’s music on albums such as Tarkus (1971) and Brain Salad Surgery (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format.[3]

In 1970, Emerson left the Nice and formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) with bassist Greg Lake from King Crimson and drummer Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster. Within a few months, the band played its first shows and recorded its first album, having quickly obtained a record deal with Atlantic Records. ELP became popular immediately after their 1970 Isle of Wight Festival performance, and continued to tour regularly throughout the 1970s. Not all were impressed, with BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel describing their Isle of Wight set as “[a] waste of talent and electricity.”[29] Their set, with a half-million onlookers, involved “annihilating their instruments in a classical-rock blitz” and firing cannons from the stage.[30] Recalling the gig in a 2002 interview, Emerson said: “We tried the cannons out on a field near Heathrow airport … They seemed harmless enough. Today we would have been arrested as terrorists.”[29]

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10 Most WTF Revelations From Oliver Stone's Putin Interviews - Rolling Stone

What's the Russian equivalent of Kool-Aid? Whatever it is, it's definitely red – and Oliver Stone has eagerly drunk it down. The trailers for The Putin Interviews, Showtime's four-part series documenting a series of conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Stone, would have you believe that you're going to hear some pretty hard-hitting stuff as the autocrat and the filmmaker face off, Frost-Nixon style. What we got instead was a series of softballs lobbed lovingly in the direction of one of the most powerful and dangerous men in the world. Except for a few moments, Stone seems serenely unconcerned with anything beyond flattering his subject – and engaging in some supremely one-sided exchanges about history and policy along the way.

The Putin Interviews are drawn from 30-plus hours of Q&A sessions that Stone conducted with Putin between July 2015, when Obama was still firmly ensconced in the White House, and February 2017, when America was seriously grappling with the question of how much Russia had interfered in the U.S. election. The conversations take place in locales ranging from the Kremlin to Sochi to, bizarrely, a Moscow hockey stadium. In the course of the show's four-hour span, the two men discuss the past (the fall of the Soviet Union and Putin's rise to power), the present (the conflict in Syria, Putin's relationship with Obama) and the future (Putin's paranoia about a hypothetical NATO takeover).

Through it all, the leader is as calm, collected and confident as a dragon seated atop his pile of gold – knowing that he holds all the power in this exchange, and supremely unconcerned. The former KGB agent-turned-head of state comes off as intelligent, rational and well-spoken, which is precisely what makes The Putin Interviews so dangerous. Since Stone more often than not takes him at his word, the politician's proclamations sound like unassailable facts – regardless of whether they actually are. It's telling that the series is set to air on Russia's state-run Channel One in its entirety later this month.

Whether or not Stone set out to make a puff piece on the Russian president, one who has held power for 16 years and counting, a puff piece he has indeed made. In an appearance on The Late Show on Monday night, Stone sang the praises of Putin, to the point where a taken-aback Stephen Colbert asked, "Anything negative that you found? Anything? Or does he have your dog in a cage someplace?"

Here are 10 of the most baffling, strange and frankly unsettling revelations that came out of Stone's too-long, too-soft docuseries – because unless you have a thing for subtle autocratic propaganda, you definitely shouldn't subject yourself to watching it.

1. Flattery Will Get You … No Information Stone – who has also interviewed the likes of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez – has been granted unprecedented access to Putin, but to what end? As they stroll through the hallways of the Kremlin or drive down winding country roads (with an omnipresent translator mediating the exchange), the director projects the obsequious air of a fan who gets to hang out with one of his favorite celebrities. "You are an excellent CEO, and Russia is your company," Stone gushes. He enthuses about "the marching, the precision, the pride" at a Victory Day Parade and tells Putin that he's "a true son of Russia." The president, for his part, eats it up – and it's deeply unpleasant to watch. At the very end of Part 4, Stone says any flack he'll get for these interviews is "worth it if it brings more peace and consciousness to the world." It's a pretty big stretch to say that giving this borderline despot the chance to preen and pontificate for the cameras accomplishes anything like raising consciousness. But hey, whatever Stone needs to tell himself to sleep at night.

2. Putin's Really, Really Into Fitness The two things that Putin invariably brings up out of nowhere: how much he hates NATO; and how much he loves Judo. He says he's been practicing the discipline since he was 13, and he has a statue of the founder in a place of privilege in his extensive private sports facility, which he proudly shows off to Stone. He claims that Judo informs his actions in politics, saying that he favors flexibility and sometimes giving in to others "if that is the way leading to victory." But perhaps the oddest set piece of the series is when Stone comes to watch him play hockey. "You look colorful. Mighty Mouse. No, that's cool," says the fanboy when Putin appears in full scrimmage gear. "When I get off the ice, I feel very big," Putin bizarrely replies. Should we bring you boys some Gatorades, or …?

3. Women to the Sidelines It's impossible not to notice that in four hours' worth of footage, there are almost no women who ever make an appearance – even in the background – in Putin's insular, patriarchal world. (The exception is Stone's wife, Sun-jun Jung, who's an occasional and silent presence; and cutaway clips of Hillary Clinton, whom Stone repeatedly and inexplicably calls a neoconservative.) But the ladies do get a mention in one of the few jokes that the po-faced Putin ever makes: When Stone asks him if he ever has "bad days," the president replies, "I'm not a woman, so I don't have bad days." "There you go," Stone responds with a chuckle. "Now you're gonna insult 50 percent of the American public. The way they're gonna take it." "I'm not trying to insult anyone. That's just the nature of things," Putin replies. Did we stumble into an episode of The Handmaid's Tale?

4. The Hypothetical NATO Map of Doom Putin talks about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization the way Ahab talks about Moby-Dick: He's obsessively certain that it's out to get him. Again and again, the president returns to the idea that NATO is a "mere instrument" of U.S. policies, and that its other members are "vassals" who exist to allow military installations to be placed in their country. While discussing George W. Bush's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, Putin speculates wildly about NATO member states (many of them former Soviet satellites) building up their defenses and encircling his country. A dire map graphic follows him down the rabbit hole, showing an area from Eastern Europe to Alaska bristling with missiles and warships all pointed at Russia. Whether or not his paranoia is justified, it's clear that the Cold War never really ended for this guy.

5. Stanley Kubrick Movie Date Night Stone can't stop talking about movies (often, cringingly, his own Snowden), a strategy that never connects with Putin, who couldn't give a fig about pop culture. In one of the series' most surreal sequences, he asks the president if he's ever watched Dr. Strangelove, which of course he hasn't. "Oh, you must see it, really. It's well worth it. It's a classic," Stone opines. Cut to the pair of them watching the film in question in some vast, echoing room in the Kremlin, the filmmaker glancing at Putin the way you do when you're showing your friend a YouTube video you think is hilarious yet, for some reason, they just aren't laughing. "There are certain things in this film that indeed make us think, despite the fact that everything you see onscreen is make-believe," Putin says stiffly, moments after Major Kong rides the bomb down to annihilation. Even Kubrick couldn't have written a moment like this.

6. It's Totally Cool to Be Gay in Russia, Right? It isn't until the second episode that Stone raises the specter of one of Russia's most persistent human rights problems: Its treatment of its LGBTQ citizens. According to Putin, Russia doesn't engage in "any restrictions, any persecutions" of homosexuals, which is demonstrably untrue: A sweeping anti-gay law that Putin signed in 2013 places restrictions on distributing LGBTQ "propaganda" to minors, an act vaguely defined enough to allow for sweeping discrimination. Though he does eventually acknowledge the existence of this law, Putin's defense is that hey, at least it's not as bad as the death penalty. Um, pretty low bar? He insists that it's a matter of holding up "traditional values" and birth rates, because "God has decided." When Stone asks if Putin would be comfortable sharing a shower with a gay man in a military submarine, the president laughs and says: "Well, I prefer not take a shower with him. Why provoke him? But you know, I'm a Judo master and a SAMBO master as well." Nope, no homophobia to see here. Move along.

7. How Many Offices Does One Man Need? If you're Vladimir Putin, the answer is apparently three, all right next to each other, somewhere inside the vast gold-flecked maze of the Kremlin. "It used to be bigger during the Soviet era," the president says of Office Number One, which used to belong to Joseph Stalin. He then proceeds to lead the camera crew through two adjacent offices, one stuffed with framed prints leaning against the wall and another with two desks scrunched up side by side. Then it's off to the situation room, where Stone sits back to watch what seem to be some highly staged video calls with his subordinates. "At a set time, we will take further steps to accomplish this mission," a general calling from Syria announces from the screen. The whole tour seems designed as a performative demonstration of Putin's power, and the only one who doesn't seem to get that it's all for show is Stone.

8. The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 In April 2016, the international community was briefly alarmed when a pair of Russian jets buzzed low over an American destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, in the Baltic Sea north of Russia. The show of aggression was a classic Cold War move, but a rare and alarming one in the modern age. The incident blew over after the ship turned around, but according to Putin, the Russian military was "brought to the brink." In a chillingly casual tone, the president says that missiles could have been trained on the Donald Cook, because "our commanders always have the authorization to use any means for the defense of the Russian Federation." When Stone is taken aback by this, Putin replies, "Who is trying to provoke whom?" Never mind that the destroyer was in international waters at the time.

9. What Election Hacking? [Whistles Innocently] In their final interview, held in February of this year, Stone asks Putin why he decided to hack the election. "We did not hack the election at all," he declares. He goes on to says that the "unrecognized hackers" who broke into the DNC's computer network "have brought to light the problems that existed, but they didn't tell any lies." And anyway, "Hackers are not the ones to blame. These are internal problems of the United States." Putin doggedly, brazenly refuses to admit to what the intelligence community has all but agreed to be true, but he gives himself away: As he dodges Stone's questions, his usually calm demeanor gives way to nervous finger-drumming and lowered glances. There was no way he was ever going to admit to anything here, but watching the president's usually controlled body language betray him was perhaps the one true revelatory moment of this series.

10. Putin Thinks Stalin Was, Y'know, Pretty Okay Putin is a consummate politician, offering praise and condemnation in equal measure for Russian and world leaders past. But you'd think the one guy he wouldn't want to throw his hat in for – given how often Putin is accused of being more dictator than president – is Joseph Stalin. Remember that guy, the Soviet despot who ruled with an iron fist and caused the deaths of untold millions? According to Putin, Stalin was just "a product of his era," and his merits outweigh his faults. "You can try to demonize him however much you like. We try to talk about his merits in achieving victory over fascism." He briefly mentions all the abundant human atrocities, before concluding, "I think the overwhelming majority of citizens of the former Soviet Union admired him." Oh, good.

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A year ago we were on our way to The Rock for the Atlantic Annihilation Tour alongside our riff brëthren in Øbelisk. Good times. We’ll have to make our way back there eventually.

📸: William Trottier-Jackson

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Huge thanks to Jason Saulnier for these videos of our set at The Red Knight in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia during our tour last year! Here's the song "Bastant Fist Assault". Our whole set is up on his channel 'Concert Vault'. Go check it out!

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The last of our videos from The Red Knight in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia during the Atlantic Annihilation Tour last year, for “Mystery Veteran”. Thanks again to Jason Saulnier for all of these awesome videos.

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Mistwalker @ The Red Knight - August 22nd, 2023

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Photos by Dustin Boudreau

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While we were in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia last year during our Maritimes tour @jasonsaulnier also conducted a brief video interview with us.

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Check out our rendition of "N.W.O.N.F.L.D.B.H.M." from our show at The Red Knight during our tour last year. Thanks again to Jason Saulnier for filming!

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Check out the video of us performing the trimmed down version of “Oceanic Heritage” at The Red Knight in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia during the Atlantic Annihilation Tour last year, over at the Concert Vault YouTube channel.

Thanks again to Jason Saulnier for filming!

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Check out us ripping through ”Alexander Bay” at The Red Knight last year. Thanks again to Jason Saulnier for filming.

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⛓️TOUR JOURNAL: DAY 1 - RIMOUSKI ⛓️

- Drove six hours to get from Montreal to Rimouski for the first stop on the Crisswalker Tour. Playing in the hometown of our blackened brethren in Anti-Criss is always a treat. It’s a beautiful town.

- Le Bien Le Malt was a wonderful venue. The staff were so nice, the beer was delicious, and the decor was impeccable. If I walk into an establishment and see a taxidermy jackalope and an inverted gay Jesus I know it’s gonna be a good time.

- The local bands we played with, Möpe and Riffchild, were fucking awesome.

- After the show we moseyed on up the street to the nearby pool bar and shot some billiards into the wee hours of the morning before trekking over to Trekker’s apartment to crash until noon the next day.

- Last slide is a weird trash can down the street from the venue that still haunts me from the last show we played in Rimouski during the Atlantic Annihilation Tour in 2023.