#Daniel Greaves

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Power outage at prison impacts inmates and security

HMP Northward (CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has finally confirmed that HMP Northward lost power on Sunday. While officials have remained extremely tight-lipped about the consequences, CNS understands there have been significant security concerns. Power was lost as the Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) was conducting routine maintenance. Continue reading Power outage at prison impacts…

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Lost by Crippled Black Phoenix (featuring Vincent Cavanagh) from the album Ellengæst

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Peponi: "D̷͈͒ä̸̤̲́̅m̵̩̚n̴͔̼̾͌̂e̴̫͑̀ͅd̵̪͒́ ̴̜͉͎̕ḉ̷h̶̠͙͎͂̚ị̷̛̳̥̅̏l̵͇̮̚d̴̠͗͠!̷̪̖͔̎ ̷̢͇̍͗̇͜Y̷̰͗̿ơ̶̹͕̫̚u̸̱͐ ̶̧̀p̶̬̱̋̿o̷̡͉̰͐̅ḯ̶̺̪͓̾̍s̸̨̎̚͝o̴͎̤̗͐ņ̶̭̣̄̈́e̴͔̦͈͝d̷̝̲̑ ̸̯̬̾̈͑t̵̡̓h̶̡̩͑̄̆ì̷͚̗̻s̸̡̫̣̍͑̚ ̵̢̹̗͐͛f̷̢͂̏͌ȃ̴̢̖͙m̷̖͂͘i̵̤̣̓̀l̷̮̗͍̽ÿ̴̱́!̷̳͖̠́̇"

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My Heart is a Chainsaw is a fucking mess, but i will say i actually am very compelled by what's going on with Jade now that i understand what Her Deal is. i think it's profoundly clever using third person limited from Jade's perspective, because the reader still doesn't know almost anything about her until the very end despite it. Jade sees herself as someone who exists in the margins of life, and even when the thing she always wanted (in a way) happens, all her slasher film knowledge becoming necessary when her town is besieged by what seems to be a real slasher, she still doesn't even let herself get involved.

instead, she prepares a random girl she latches onto to be the protagonist of Chainsaw. she doesn't even know this girl. they aren't even friends. but Jade cannot conceive of a world where she has enough value on her own to be the protagonist, or, in this case, the "final girl." she seems herself as fundamentally broken, dirty, and ruined, so she projects everything she wants onto Letha; the ideal protagonist, the ideal teenage girl, someone she can use an extension of the escapism she gets from slasher films.

Letha is just another way for Jade to escape everything wrong in her life, everything wrong about her, and it crushes her every time Letha doesn't do what she wants her to do. Letha can read her like a fucking book, and it leaves Jade on the defensive while still trying to cling to this false narrative of Letha as the final girl. and, in the end, she realizes that no one is going to save her but herself, though Letha is still there too. moreover, it's more about Jade accepting that her life has value in and of itself. she's more than her trauma, self harm, and the slasher films she has made her entire life.

there are people who genuinely love and care about her, and would do anything to help her. but she helps herself first, and it's kinda the first step. she can't accept anyone's help bcs she doesn't see why anybody would bother with a broken girl. i don't plan on reading the rest of the trilogy, but i hope Jade heals up from all the bad in her life. i mean, there's gonna be more serial killers n stuff but like aside from that, i hope Jones gives her a personal win KRJF.

[nakeddeparture]

Bridgetown, Barbados. What’s in your news for Friday, September 8, 2023

https://youtu.be/ahFwUTX31IE

Accused and convicted pedophiles. I’ve already told you, incest and child-attracted adults is RAMPANT in Barbados. Naked!!

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[jayhawksofficial]

Jayhawks Tour Update October 2024

🎄🎄 HOLIDAY SHOW(S) ANNOUNCED 🎄🎄

'tis the season for The Jayhawks annual Holiday Show. This year it will be twice the fun: 2 nights at the wonderful The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul on December 20 & 21. We're also thrilled to announce that our old friend and tour mate Matthew Sweet will be starting off the night. This will be a very special double bill.

================== UPDATE 10/23 In light of the recent news about Matthew Sweet's health crisis, we're working on coming up with a new opener for our December holiday shows in St. Paul. More news soon. ===================

The new venue for the holiday shows isn't the only change. The shows this year will feature a more "acoustic" approach, which presents all kinds of exciting possibilities for the setlists and staging.

Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, October 11 at 10am CT. This is a reserved seat venue so get in early for the best selection.

There is an exclusive artist presale that starts at 10am CT on Wednesday, October 9.

Presale code is PECAN

Ticket links Friday December 20: https://bit.ly/3BCiMJq Saturday December 21: https://bit.ly/4gP7zFv

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We still have a few short runs on the calendar for October and November.

Tour dates & ticket links: bit.ly/JayhawksShows

Tour schedule (as of October 23) October 24 - Fall River, MA - Narrows Center For The Arts October 25 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater (with Tommy Stinson) October 26 - Newton, NJ - The Newton Theatre (with James Mastro) November 7 - Toronto, ONT - The Great Hall (with Daniel Greaves from The Watchmen) November 8 - Toronto, ONT - The Great Hall (with Daniel Greaves from The Watchmen) November 9 - Brant, ONT - Paris Presbyterian Church November 10 - Burlington, ONT - The Burlington Performing Arts Centre December 20 - St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater December 21 - St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater

2025 January 16-20 - South Walton, FL - 30A Songwriters Festival (exact schedule released in January)

[i-may-not-be-first-class]

StEx Appreciation Month Day 1: Rusty 🚂

Bobbie Collins (Japan Australia Tour 1987, first cast) & Colin Munro (Bochum 1991, swing)

Favourite Actor: Marcel Brauneis, Daniel Ellison, Jack Greaves and a little shout out goes to Sean Grant (understudy on Broadway) for serving the looks

Favourite Songs/Scenes: the original Call me Rusty ✨ - just perfection, but I also enjoy his parts in Coda of Freight, Only He (UK Tour) and This is gotta be the Day

Favourite Costume: Broadway (love the Make Up) and also Bochum (post 2018)

Favourite Ship: Prusty 🎀

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Before the 2023 BlackStar Film Festival happens in August, make sure you attend the William + Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar happening 3/16-3/18. Hope to see you all there! Posted @withregram • @mellonfdn 🎥 BlackStar Projects (@blackstarfest) is leading a global multimedia arts movement. Based in Philadelphia, BlackStar produces year-round events and programs for BIPOC creators and audiences–including the annual BlackStar Film Festival which has premiered the work of pioneering artists and filmmakers, including Ava DuVernay and Naima Ramos-Chapman. In addition to these events and programs, BlackStar has developed groundbreaking collaborations with media heavyweights, like Netflix, to expand audiences’ access to curated selections of work by artists of color. With Mellon’s support, BlackStar will continue to cultivate the creative skills of BIPOC artists, generate narratives by creatives of color for audiences of color, and engage in community building. #MakingChange Visit the link in our bio to learn more. 📸 by Daniel Jackson (at BlackStar Film Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coihv2lLmgv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[Album + live] Neues Album von bdrmm: "Microtonic" erscheint Ende Februar!

Heute meldet sich das Quartett bdrmm aus Hull mit der neuen Single „John on the Ceiling“ zurück und kündigt sogleich das neue Album „Microtonic“ für den 28. Februar 2025 auf Mogwais Label Rock Action an. 

Das pulsierende Late-Night-Feeling von „John on the Ceiling“ steht stellvertretend für ein neues Album, das die Band einige Schritte nach vorne bringt. Die Anfrage, Daniel Avery zu supporten, und ein Ausflug zum Field Day für einen Gruppen-Rave waren beides entscheidende Momente für die Entscheidung der Band, mehr Dance-Music-Elemente in einen Sound einzubauen, der sich in den letzten Veröffentlichungen bereits stetig weiterentwickelt hatte.

Die erste Single „John on the Ceiling“ ist ein Song, für den die Band schon früh in ihrer Karriere das Fundament gelegt hatte, der aber eine Richtung repräsentierte, für die sie zu diesem Zeitpunkt vielleicht noch nicht das volle Selbstvertrauen oder Know-how besaß. Die Fertigstellung der treibenden Single sollte den Grundstein dafür legen, wie sie den Rest von „Microtonic“ angehen und den Präzedenzfall für ihr drittes Album als Ganzes schaffen.

Sänger und Gitarrist Ryan Smith äußerte sich wie folgt zu der neuen Single: „Die Themen, die John on the Ceiling umgeben, sind die der Verwirrung und der Zweifel. Wenn etwas zu Ende geht und ein neues beginnt, gaukelt man sich ein falsches Gefühl der Sicherheit vor, dass die gemachten Fehler nicht wieder passieren werden. Das passiert immer wieder, bis man in der Schwebe gelähmt ist. Können sich Menschen jemals wirklich ändern?“

Das 10-Song-Album „Microtonic“, das mit dem langjährigen Bandkollegen Alex Greaves aufgenommen wurde und Gastauftritte von Syd Minsky-Sargeant (Working Men's Club) und Olivesque (Nightbus) enthält, ist zweifellos ein kühner Sprung für die Gruppe, die sich ein breiteres Spektrum an Klängen und Atmosphären zu eigen gemacht hat.

„Ich fühlte mich gezwungen, eine bestimmte Art von Musik zu schreiben, die zu dem Genre [für das wir bekannt waren] passte, aber dann hat sich etwas gelöst und ich fühlte mich freier, das zu schaffen, was ich wollte“, sagt Ryan. „Und was ich im Moment zu tun scheine, ist eine Menge elektronischer Musik - mit Einflüssen aus verschiedenen Bereichen der elektronischen Musik, von Tanzmusik bis zu Ambient und experimentelleren Quellen.“ 

bdrmm's Trademark-Sound ist keineswegs verschwunden, die eher gitarrenlastigen Anfänge der Band sind eine Blaupause und ein Einfluss auf viele der Gruppen, die sich im Hier und Jetzt durchsetzen, einer Zeit, in der Shoegaze sein stärkstes Revival seit seinen Anfängen in den 80ern erlebt, aber diese Gitarren sind jetzt in eine breitere, expansivere und abwechslungsreichere Klangpalette eingebunden.

Tracklist "Microtonic":

goit (ft Working Men’s Club)

John on the Ceiling

Infinity Peaking

Snares

In the Electric Field (ft Olivesque)

Microtonic

Clarkycat

Sat in the Heat

Lake Disappointment

The Noose

Die Band kündigt heute außerdem eine Tour für 2025 an, die auch zwei Termine in Deutschland beinhalten wird: 22.03.25 Köln - Club Volta 23.03.25 Berlin - Säälchen  Booking: Z|ART

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Mindset Monday Book Reviews: Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

Emotional Intelligence 2.0, authored by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, presents itself as a timely, accessible guide to understanding and improving emotional intelligence (EI) in an increasingly complex world. Drawing from the foundational work of Daniel Goleman, who popularized the term in the 1990s, Bradberry and Greaves endeavor to move EI from a theoretical framework to a pragmatic skill…

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House of Fools by Crippled Black Phoenix featuring Vincent Cavanagh

[deathbysatellite]

Specter Household: Week 1

TW: Character death

The week kicks off with Olive’s son, Nervous, inviting her downtown.

Ophelia successfully gets her aunt’s permission to go out this evening.

*Sigh* Nervous, we just got you away from the Beakers. Why are you hanging out with them?

Everyone except for Nervous immediately flocks to the chess tables. This particular game of chess started a surprisingly easy friendship between Olive and Patrizio Monty.

Ugh, an evil witch left roaches, and Olive decided it would be a good idea to stomp on them. She’s lucky she didn’t get the flu.

After returning home, Ophelia heads out again with Johnny Smith.

Olive wanted to hire a maid, despite having 10 Neat points and autonomously cleaning all the time. Yeah...Remington Harris has no idea what he’s in for.

Like most teenagers in my game, it was only a matter of time before Ophelia rolled a Want to get a cell phone.

Olive gets along really well with Patrizio. I’ve never seen a Sim gain relationship points so quickly from a phone call!

As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t like hurting or killing Sims, but I feel like I ought to play along with the storyline. And since Olive is heavily hinted to be a serial killer, someone’s gotta die.

Yes, I’m ignoring the Sims 3′s retconning of her backstory. Being unlucky might explain the deaths of her husbands and family members, but it doesn’t explain the deaths of random service NPCs and townies, Lyla Grunt, or her ex-fiancé very shortly after leaving her at the altar.

But I don’t want to kill every Sim that visits, so I’m limiting myself to townies and NPCs, only doing one Sim per day, and flipping a coin to determine if they live or die that day.

Remington got lucky the first day with the coin landing on heads.

Makoto St. Julien, Carlos Contender, and Meadow Pederson show up to welcome Olive and Ophelia to the neighborhood.

Apparently the most popular teen in my game, Gordon Nott comes home with Ophelia. Also the bus keeps glitching on this lot. It just disappears once Ophelia steps off, resulting in no homework, and any Sim she brings home appearing in the middle of the lot. This doesn’t happen with any other vehicle.

Yeah, I shouldn’t be surprised Olive is trying to start an argument.

Poor Makoto got tails, so he’s locked in this conveniently empty room between the kitchen and Olive’s bathroom. He doesn’t seem too upset about it, as he’s able to continue his game of kicky bag with Meadow all the way across the lot.

And the ghosts are already out. We get two or three per night.

Despite the doors being locked, Makoto still managed to leave once it got late enough. Eh, if he managed to escape, then I say he gets to live.

Poor Ophelia experiences her first of many ghost scares.

The two of them head into town because Ophelia wanted a game, while Olive wanted to buy some new clothes. Here, she tries on some PJs.

The next morning, and Gordon still hasn’t left.

Alright, I had Olive tinker with the garbage compressor to break it. Gordon managed to fix it, so he gets to live.

The chest pounding continues to spread like a plague.

This time, Ophelia brings Elizabeth Ng home with her from school.

And after inviting Johnny, who brought along Chloe Curious, it’s starting to look like a party. A birthday part, in fact.

Well, at least your outfit looks sort of decent.

One of the first Wants she rolled was to move out, which is understandable. I ended up locking the Want, because I’m still torn on whether to mover her out or not.

We apparently have the outfits of the victims. Including the service outfits.

The almost party continues with a game of kicky bag.

While free styling, Ophelia discovers her passion for Music and Dance!

The ghost of Danielle Greaves gives Olive a good scare.

“You’ve been a bad host and I’ve had enough. I’m packing my bags and going home early.”

Dude, it’s the night after you initially got here. You’ve been here over a full day. And unlike Makoto, I didn’t lock you in the house. You could have left at any time. It took getting scared by ghosts for you to finally leave. I’d hardly call that “going home early”.

Olive and Ophelia spend the day in Bluewater Village, as I update Ophelia’s wardrobe.

Peter Sims kept picking fights with Olive, and the two became enemies by the time we left the clothing store.

Olive’s bad luck continues, as she ended up getting food dropped on her by the clumsy waitress. My friend joked that that waitress is dead now.

While at the park, Ophelia runs into Benjamin Kimbrell, who she became very interested in, very quickly.

Back at home, Ophelia receives a phone call from Jenny Smith.

Then, she tries out her new bass.

She randomly rolled a Want to buy a florist bench, so the empty room is now a flower arranging workshop. I actually ended up with a pretty good idea of what I could do with the flowers.

Lay them out in front of the graves!

Willow, that’s not how cars work.

Ugh, Willow left quite a mess.

Apparently, flower arranging counts towards the Arts and Crafts hobby, not the Nature hobby.

Aww, Beasley’s back! Unfortunately, he left immediatly after being greeted.

Ophelia goes on a date downtown with Benjamin. Even after all his wants ended up being Fortune related, it still ended up being a dream date.

Too busy playing poker, Mrs. C. was none the wiser.

Benjamin stops by later that day to drop off a bouquet of roses.

Ophelia’s been playing bass so much, she got a magazine subscription!

Yup, the coin landed on tails today, though Remington seemed unperturbed at first.

“Booyeah! This week was amazing. Let’s make next week more of the same.”

NOW’S NOT THE TIME OPHELIA!!

Remington’s NPC programming kicks in, and he heads straight into the fire to sweep up ashes!

The dark deed is done.

Rest in Peace, Remington Harris.

The hobby instructor broke in to invite Ophelia to the My Muse Studio. He also extended the invitation to Olive a few days later.

Daniel Pleasant heard through the grapevine that Ophelia’s great to hang out with.

So the group heads over to the Solar Merchant, a restaurant I build for Pleasantview, to grab a—

Wait....

Daniel, you idiot!! What were you thinking, inviting your wife and both of your side chicks?!?!

Unfortunately, no drama occurred, as I made the mistake of starting the outing with dinner, wasting precious time. For some reason, some of the group (John Burb, Ophelia, and Daniel) were seated outside, while the rest (Benjamin, Mary Sue Pleasant, Kaylynn Langerak, and Marylena Hamilton) were seated inside.

After the group outing ended, Kaylynn and Marylena decided to dine again together.

Yeah Kaylynn, I don’t think that’s a conversation you want to have with Marylena...

I seem to be on a roll with chance cards lately, because choosing “Sing” managed to net me $40,000!

Ophelia invited Daniel over the next day, who brought along Coral Oldie, and the bowing also continues to spread.

Olive has been rolling wants to increase her cooking skill, which has gained her enough enthusiasm in Cuisine to get a magazine subscription.

Yeah, sure. Why not?

They start off the date by getting their picture taken (and later return to the photo booth for other activities).

Ophelia’s newfound social life is having a positive effect, as she’s managed to get her reputation up to “Distinguished Do-gooder”!

These two are crazy about each other. So crazy about each other that...

This was not the plan. Really! I was going to have Ophelia and Johnny get back together once Johnny gets placed into a dorm and actually ages up to young adult. The only reason I had Ophelia start a relationship with Benjamin at all is because she ended up with Romance as a Secondary Aspiration, and she kept rolling wants to go on a date.

But the heart wants what the heart wants, and when you’re doing Wants-based gameplay, you listen to the two Sims whose hearts want each other.

I might still have Ophelia get back together with Johnny. Like I said, she’s a secondary Romance Sim.

Here’s a brand new sentence: The maid’s crying over his own death.

Poor Coral ends up being Remington’s first victim.

Wow, thanks!

Yeah, you deserve that, Olive. He ended up scaring her twice that night, and I think if she got scared one more time, she would have ended up dying of fright.

While out grocery shopping, Ophelia finally meets her cousin’s step-son, Tycho.

Then she and Olive head over to My Muse Studio, to experiment with the instuments and try to win a dance contest.

Well, you’re certainly not going to win with that attitude. And she didn’t. I tried twice.

That night, Beasley comes back, and Olive tries to get to know him. Perhaps during the next round, she’ll befriend him enough to get bit.

[jollyfoxanimations]

AX1000: Contextual Studies in Animation (Semester 1) 

Week 4 we have been asked to look at a few short animations outside of university lessons, first I looked at two animation first one is called Slim Pickings and second is The Cowboy both by Phil Mulloy, I don’t like the animation or character designs for either films. The stories are both politically motivated and both try to highlight the social confusion, maliciousness and the greed of man.

The second film I was asked to look at was animation called Little Wolf by  An Vrombaut, I feel even though the animation and design style is a vast improvement from the previous animations it’s still not my favourite style, personally I don’t like the outer proportionate body limbs of the characters and the animation I feel is slightly lazy, in contrast I find the story is fun and enjoyable at it consists of a short story about little wolf who gets stuck hanging onto the moon but until the moon sets and he is able to jump down.  An Vrombaut is also known for creating the children’s animation cartoon called 64 Zoo Lane, there is a similarity in the design style of the characters on Little wolf to characters from the other show.

Next, I was required to look at an animation by Darren Walsh called Angry Kid, this animation is well known to me as I saw the first series when it was released in the late 90′s, the Claymation is very good, and the episodes are very comical.

The following animation after is by Daniel Greaves and is called Flatworld, the visual design style of the animation appears as if the characters are 2d cut out drawn paper images, there is even reference to the strengthen this when the main character uses an eraser to shave his facial hair away, the animation is very clever plus the story is entertaining and comical.

The final animation i was asked to research is by Frederick Back called The Man Who Planted Trees, this animation is visually beautiful. The art style almost has a chalk on paper appearance to it and the story is interesting and captivating. The story itself is narrated and is about a person who comes across a lone shepherd in a barren valley and the single-handed quest the Shepard has created to re-forest the valley with trees.

[jayhawksofficial]

Jayhawks Tour Update November 2024

Two updates concerning opening acts for some of our upcoming shows.

-- Daniel Greaves is unable to appear at our November shows in Toronto so the fantastic Dave Rave will be opening for us instead.

-- As was widely reported a few weeks ago, Matthew Sweet suffered a serious stroke while on tour and is now facing a long road of recovery and rehabilitation. More info and GoFundMe page HERE. In light of this, he has cancelled all of his concert appearances for the foreseeable future, including the opening slot for our two holiday shows in December at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Our pal Freedy Johnston has stepped up at the last minute and will now be kicking things off at these shows. Freedy has opened for us several times over the last year and we're very excited to be sharing the stage with him for these special nights.

As fans noticed on our recent east coast run, we're rolling out a new stage presentation with a more intimate and "acoustic" feel. It's a work in progress but we're excited about the new possibilities. A couple of new songs were introduced at these shows and we're working on some new arrangements for some of the songs from our back catalog too. The inspiration for this was the 2001-2002 "Acoustic Trio" tour that was documented on the the two Live at the Women's Club albums. But, fear not, we've left room in the setlists for some Jayhawks classics presented in all of their electric glory.

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Tour dates & ticket links: bit.ly/JayhawksShows

Tour schedule (as of October 31) November 7 - Toronto, ONT - The Great Hall (with Dave Rave) November 8 - Toronto, ONT - The Great Hall (with Dave Rave) November 9 - Brant, ONT - Paris Presbyterian Church November 10 - Burlington, ONT - The Burlington Performing Arts Centre December 20 - St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater (with Freedy Johnston) December 21 - St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater (with Freedy Johnston)

2025 January 16-20 - South Walton, FL - 30A Songwriters Festival (exact schedule released in January)