#John Moehring

[undergroundrockpress]

Donovan, 1968. Art by John Moehring.

[affiches-concerts]

The Mothers of Invention / Alice Cooper -1969. Poster artist : John Moehring.

[anotherdayinbliss]

Retina Circus: A Journey in Light flyer by John Moehring and Wes Wilson, ca. 1969.

[youngtough]

John Moehring

[scottwellsmagic]

643: Jody Baran - Stories from the O.G.

This week’s guest is affectionately called an “O.G.” because the commonly held definition for the “Old Guy” term means, “a slang term for someone who's incredibly exceptional, authentic, or “old-school.” Jody Baran certainly personifies that definition because of his decades of performances including years aboard cruise ships and 17 years performing in a hotel in Maui, Hawaii. His associations with some of the legends in our community have taught him a lot which he shares with us this week.

Jody shares lots of stories in this episode from his life that were taught to him by his friends like John Moehring, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Channing Pollock, Jay Marshall and so many more. This episode contains more advice and wisdom than you can get from anywhere else. I think you’ll agree that this is a good one!

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Gebaroff Sign. Screen print poster. @thedoors, The Crome Syrcus, P.H. Phactor Jug Band, Union Light Co. (light show) July 23 & 24, 1967 From the book 'Split Fountain Hieroglyphics.' Courtesy of Scott McDougall & Glen Beebe. scottmcdougall.net — in Seattle, Washington.

Crome Syrcus postcard by John Moehring

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REVENGE OF THE DEVIL BAT (2018) Belated sequel to The Devil Bat!

REVENGE OF THE DEVIL BAT (2018) Belated sequel to The Devil Bat!

Revenge of the Devil Bat is a 2018 American satirical science-fiction horror film about the grandson of a mad scientist seeking vengeance on a small town. The movie is a very belated sequel to The Devil Bat (1940) which stars Bela Lugosi.

Written, photographed, edited and directed by Ted Moehring (Camp Blood 666; Invasion of the Reptoids; Bloodbath in the House of Knives), the movie stars John…

[contrabassconversations]

637: Robert Landfermann on free jazz

I was introduced to Robert Landfermann by WDR Big Band bassist and former podcast guest John Goldsby. 

Robert is a mainstay on the German jazz and new music scene. He’s played for years with the Pablo Held Trio, and does his own albums and projects. He teaches at the University in Essen.

We dig into topics like what it’s like performing free jazz, the influence of Paul Motian, Gensler strings and their fascinating properties, the Cologne jazz scene, and much more.  Enjoy, and be sure to check out his recent albums Brief and Topaz.

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D'Addario Strings

This episode is brought to you by D’Addario Strings! Check out their Zyex strings, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut.

  Steve Swan String Bass

Steve Swan String Bass features the West Coast’s largest selection of double basses between Los Angeles and Canada.  Located in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco, their large retail showroom holds about 70 basses on display. Their new basses all feature professional setups and come with a cover at no additional cost. Used and consignment instruments receive any needed repairs and upgrades before getting a display position on the sales floor.

The Bass Violin Shop

The Bass Violin Shop offers the Southeast’s largest inventory of laminate, hybrid and carved double basses. Whether you are in search of the best entry-level laminate, or a fine pedigree instrument, there is always a unique selection ready for you to try. Trade-ins and consignments welcome!

Upton Bass String Instrument Company

Upton's Karr Model Upton Double Bass represents an evolution of our popular first Karr model, refined and enhanced with further input from Gary Karr. Since its introduction, the Karr Model with its combination of comfort and tone has gained a loyal following with jazz and roots players. The slim, long “Karr neck” has even become a favorite of crossover electric players.

  Modacity

  Modacity is a practicing app that helps musicians be more effective at practice.  They help you get the results you want, while keeping you encouraged and motivated to stick with it and reach those goals – however big, or small, they may be. 

  Kolstein Music

The Samuel Kolstein Violin Shop was founded by Samuel Kolstein in 1943 as a Violin and Bow making establishment in Brooklyn, New York. Now on Long Island, over 60 years later, Kolstein’s has built a proud reputation for quality, craftsmanship and expertise in both the manufacture and repair of a whole range of stringed instruments, and has expanded to a staff of twelve experts in restoration, marketing and production.

A440 Violin Shop

An institution in the Roscoe Village neighborhood for over 20 years, A440's commitment to fairness and value means that we have many satisfied customers from the local, national, and international string playing communities. Our clients include major symphony orchestras, professional orchestra and chamber music players, aspiring students, amateur adult players, all kinds of fiddlers, jazz and commercial musicians, university music departments, and public schools.

nkoda

nkoda is a sheet music app for iOS, Android, and many platforms. It includes music from over 100 of the major music publishers like Boosey & Hawkes and Barenreiter. Practice, play and perform your sheet music, and mark up your parts as needed.  This subscription service has received praise from Sir Simon Rattle and Joyce DiDonato.  Start your free trial at nkoda.com.

Contrabass Conversations production team:

Jason Heath, host

Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing

Mitch Moehring, audio engineer

Trevor Jones, publication and promotion

Krista Kopper, archival and cataloging

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John Moehring poster

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New Post has been published on https://techcrunchapp.com/this-uk-fintech-startup-looks-to-cash-in-on-buy-now-pay-later-model-secures-1-35m/

This UK fintech startup looks to cash in on ‘buy now, pay later’ model, secures £1.35M

Purple Dot, a London-based fintech startup provides a plug-in for websites that allows customers to request the retailer drop the price of an item by anything between 10 to 20%, which the company called as ‘worth-the-wait’ payment option. This financing option enables both parties to make a clear, informed decision on the sale. 

Raised £1.35 million funding

Recently, the Purple Dot raised £1.35 million seed funding led by Connect Ventures, with support from AI Seed, Moxxie Ventures, Andy Chung and Philipp Moehring from AngelList, Vijay Pandurangan (ex-Twitter), Alex Roetter former SVP of Engineering at Twitter, and the family office of Paul Forster, co-founder of Indeed.com.

Madeline Parra, CEO of Purple Dot, commented: “When shopping online today, customers can either pay the retail price or walk away. When they do walk away, the item goes through the discounting process, becomes unprofitable for the merchant, and is resigned to landfill. This binary system isn’t working for anyone – the customer loses out on the item, because it may go out of stock in their size before they attempt to purchase it again, and the merchant loses the sale. Purple Dot tackles this problem head-on by providing a new way to shop, taking on unsustainable, unrelenting consumerism, poor pricing tactics, and profit-crunching sales at the same time.”

Buy now, pay later

Similar to Klarna or Clearpay, Purple Dot aims to help fashion brands tackle wasted inventory, drastic sales tactics, and the profit erosion that comes with it. 

Unlike other financing options, which lets customers pay upfront, the Purple Dot offers a ‘buy now, pay later’ option, thereby not dragging consumers into unsustainable debt. 

Right now, the company is working with various small boutiques across the country and is currently in discussions with several major UK and US high street brands. 

Snoop, a money-saving app that aims to put more into your wallet bags £10M in crowdfunding

SPOKE to partner with Purple Dot

The first major brand to partner with Purple Dot will be menswear retailer SPOKE and is expected to go live in the upcoming days. Notably, SPOKE will use Purple Dot to pre-order and then sell their line of ‘Beta’ clothing. 

In general, this pre-order feature will help brands better manage inventory and production levels, with increased visibility on sales-levels ahead of a season, claims the company. 

Help reduce losses during the end of season discounting

From the retailer’s point of view, the Purple Dot model allows them to choose to sell their products at a reduced price mid-season, rather than being forced into panic sales at the end of it. 

As per the company claims, the full price remains in play all season, they never need to strike it through, it maintains the value to the consumer of getting the item immediately. 

London travel tech startup Duffel expands to New York

By giving the brand visibility on the list of ‘worth-the-wait’ shoppers vs full-price sell-through, the brand can make an informed decision on how much of their inventory to sell at the ‘worth-the-wait’ price.  

Further, the ‘worth-the-wait’ price does not fall below a 10-20% reduction from the recommended retail price (RRP), helping retailers reduce losses from the end of season discounting. 

Founded in August 2019 by senior Skyscanner employees Madeline Parra (CEO) and John Talbott (CTO), Purple Dot is backed by Connect Ventures, AI Seed, Moxie Ventures as well as prominent angel investors. 

Pietro Bezza, General Partner at Connect Ventures, commented: “For Connect Ventures our investment in Purple Dot extends our thesis of investing in teams who leverage software and a product-first approach to solving real-world problems. Purple Dot’s innovative proposition benefits retailers by creating a solution to their inventory problems. End of season ‘panic sales’ have long caused financial uncertainty for retailers and a negative impact on the environment in equal measure. We’re very proud to have partnered with Madeline and John in their mission to change the way we shop and to rewrite the rules of retail.”

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[affiches-concerts]

Donovan, Seattle, Washington, 1967. Art by John Moehring.

[anotherdayinbliss]

Poster designed by John Moehring for a 1968 Donovan concert

[scottwellsmagic]

389: Alan Howard - Passing the Torch

This episode is entitled "Passing the Torch" because Alan Howard will be the next Editor and Chief of the M.U.M. journal for the Society of American Magicians. The "torch" will be passed from Michael Close and, to continue the analogy, Alan is a juggler so he is used to passing torches...literally.

We had the opportunity to chat with Alan Howard when he was in Houston for the memorial service for long time friend, John Moehring. Alan traveled from Florida just for this special occasion to honor his friend, and former Editor of the M.U.M.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:05:55- Alan Howard reflects on his friendship with John Moehring then talks about his work as a juggler, his work as an editor for "Juggle" magazine, and his upcoming job as the new editor for M.U.M. magazine.

00:35:27 - Charlie Randall, of H&R Magic Books, reflects on his friendship with John Moehring.

00:44:02 - Product Review: "MoneyMorphosis" is a "self-folding bill" effect where the bill morphs into an origami butterfly. Recommended.

00:50:38 - Product Review: "Cool Beans" by Paul Brook - loyalty cards from coffee chops that have stamps and built-in mentalism tricks. Recommended.

00:53:32 - Product Review: "Loyalty" by Paul Brook - key fob tags with bar codes and company names and logos which you can predict. Clever ideas on this one. Recommended.

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For just $3.99 Released on July 18, 1947: Hopalong Cassidy helps the Sheriff put California Carlson in jail when money stolen from the bank winds up in California's suitcase. Genre: Action Duration: 1h Director: George Archainbaud Actors: William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Andy Clyde (California Carlson), Rand Brooks (Lucky Jenkins), Andrew Tombes (Mayor Frank Patton), Leonard Penn (Dunning), Jeff Corey (Jed, hotel manager), Mary Ware (Gloria Patton), Donald Kirke (Sheriff), Mike Ragan (Ace), Gil Patric (Jay), Frank Henry (Bart), Victor Adamson (townsman), Hank Bell (townsman), Roy Bucko (townsman), Bob Burns (square dancer), Tex Cooper (townsman in hotel), Ben Corbett (townsman), Rube Dalroy (bearded townsman), Tex Driscoll (townsman), Jack Evans (townsman), Johnny Luther (fiddle player), Robert Milasch (townsman), Kansas Moehring (townsman), Jack Montgomery (townsman), John Powers (townsman), Glen Walters (tall woman at dance) *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, please contact me so we can solve this or any other questions. Note: All my products are either my own work, licensed to me directly or supplied to me under a GPL/GNU License. No Trademarks, copyrights or rules have been violated by this item. This product complies with rules on compilations, international media, and downloadable media. All items are supplied on CD or DVD.

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631: Helen Svoboda on finding your voice

I was introduced to Helen Svoboda by jazz bass mainstay and past podcast guest John Goldsby.  Helen is exploring a variety of interesting solo and collaborative projects on the bass, including her Vegetable Bass series, her bass and tenor sax duo Meatshell, her chamber-oriented Sprout project, and more.

Helen is pushing into fascinating new territory on the bass and is a compelling and original artist.  Enjoy!

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Contrabass Conversations is sponsored by:

D'Addario Strings

This episode is brought to you by D’Addario Strings! Check out their Zyex strings, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut.

  Steve Swan String Bass

Steve Swan String Bass features the West Coast’s largest selection of double basses between Los Angeles and Canada.  Located in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco, their large retail showroom holds about 70 basses on display. Their new basses all feature professional setups and come with a cover at no additional cost. Used and consignment instruments receive any needed repairs and upgrades before getting a display position on the sales floor.

Upton Bass String Instrument Company

Upton's Karr Model Upton Double Bass represents an evolution of our popular first Karr model, refined and enhanced with further input from Gary Karr. Since its introduction, the Karr Model with its combination of comfort and tone has gained a loyal following with jazz and roots players. The slim, long “Karr neck” has even become a favorite of crossover electric players.

The Bass Violin Shop

The Bass Violin Shop offers the Southeast’s largest inventory of laminate, hybrid and carved double basses. Whether you are in search of the best entry-level laminate, or a fine pedigree instrument, there is always a unique selection ready for you to try. Trade-ins and consignments welcome!

Modacity

  Modacity is a practicing app that helps musicians be more effective at practice.  They help you get the results you want, while keeping you encouraged and motivated to stick with it and reach those goals – however big, or small, they may be. 

  Kolstein Music

The Samuel Kolstein Violin Shop was founded by Samuel Kolstein in 1943 as a Violin and Bow making establishment in Brooklyn, New York. Now on Long Island, over 60 years later, Kolstein’s has built a proud reputation for quality, craftsmanship and expertise in both the manufacture and repair of a whole range of stringed instruments, and has expanded to a staff of twelve experts in restoration, marketing and production.

A440 Violin Shop

An institution in the Roscoe Village neighborhood for over 20 years, A440's commitment to fairness and value means that we have many satisfied customers from the local, national, and international string playing communities. Our clients include major symphony orchestras, professional orchestra and chamber music players, aspiring students, amateur adult players, all kinds of fiddlers, jazz and commercial musicians, university music departments, and public schools.

  Contrabass Conversations production team:

Jason Heath, host

Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing

Mitch Moehring, audio engineer

Trevor Jones, publication and promotion

Krista Kopper, archival and cataloging

Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!

Check out this episode!

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In Shutting Out Threat, Seniors In Continuing Care Communities Feel Shut In

With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and Janice Showler are getting on each other’s nerves.

Most days, Tom, 76, likes to drive out of their community ― Asbury Springhill in Erie, Pennsylvania — to the store to pick up a few items.

“If you follow the right protocols, the likelihood is quite low that we would come down with coronavirus,” Tom said. “If I didn’t go out at all, I’d feel like the walls were closing in on me.”

Janice, 72, doesn’t think that’s a good idea. She has rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that raises her risk of becoming seriously ill from the virus. Her father died of pneumonia, and “what terrifies me more than anything is not being able to breathe,” she said.

With her fear and Tom’s need for independence, “it’s become a bit of a power struggle,” Janice admitted.

Across the country, seniors’ lives are being upended as continuing care retirement communities take aggressive steps to protect residents from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

These communities offer a spectrum of services ― independent living, assisted living and nursing home care — serving older adults with disparate needs, from the very healthy to the very ill.

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Since mid-March, aided by guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many places have instituted strict policies. Most often, group activities are being canceled. Nonessential visitors aren’t allowed. Dining rooms have closed, and meals are being delivered to people in their rooms. Staffers are screened (this includes a temperature check) when they enter and exit campuses.

And all residents, including seniors in independent living, are being asked to stay in their rooms most of the time. Leaving campus is strongly discouraged.

Minimizing the risk of contagion and ensuring the safety of residents is a top priority, said Henry Moehring, senior vice president of Asbury Communities, which operates eight of these communities in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, including the center where the Showlers live.

Across the nation, there are about 1,900 such communities. Yet there’s no national data about the number of residents or staff members who’ve become infected with the coronavirus or died.

Nor is there reliable information about the extent to which testing for the virus is available in these communities. Anecdotal evidence suggests it is hard to get, as is personal protective equipment for staff.

This month, the CDC published the first study of COVID-19 in a Seattle community that combines independent and assisted living. One key finding: Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 did not have symptoms. This calls into question the common practice of focusing on people with symptoms while trying to prevent the virus’s spread.

Another finding: The community’s early measures to contain the coronavirus appear to have succeeded. This may be because residents were able to practice social distancing and had relatively little contact with health care providers, researchers suggest.

Janet Schroeder, 86, lives at Three Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois, an independent living and assisted living community where three residents were found to have COVID-19. Two have died. So far, state and local health officials have declined to test other residents. They say testing isn’t recommended for people who are asymptomatic.

Three Crowns has closed its garage, so residents can’t take their cars out. People are being asked to stay in their rooms. If they leave campus, they will be “asked not to return for the foreseeable future,” according to materials from Three Crowns cited in a local news report. The facility’s executive director did not respond to several requests for comment.

“Absolutely, I’m beginning to feel cooped up. Sometimes, I get very tired of my apartment. I want to get out and go someplace,” Schroeder said. “I miss seeing people.”

Initially, she said, she was “shocked and scared” to learn that COVID-19 was in the community, but now “I feel very confident that people here are taking good care of it and taking good care of us. As long as they hold the line and we all do what we’re supposed to do, I think it’s going to be OK.”

At Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which has about 1,400 residents, Mary Ellen Bliss, 78, has been helping to form “clusters” of residents who regularly check in with each other and “provide backup for anyone who has a problem.” She lives in an independent living section of the community called “the village,” where people have small houses.

Over the past several weeks, Bliss has noticed a marked change in attitude among friends and neighbors: “Even a week ago, some people were pretty indignant at the restrictions being put into place. They felt they were cautious and the rules shouldn’t apply to them: They should be allowed to come and go as they wished.”

But as reports of COVID-19 patients flooding hospitals and dying in nursing homes have multiplied, “pretty much everyone is all on board and what sounded excessive a few weeks ago now seems quite reasonable,” Bliss said.

As of last week, Asbury had reported two COVID-19 cases at its Gaithersburg campus: a resident, who was self-quarantining and asymptomatic, and a staff member who hadn’t worked on the campus since mid-March. None of its other communities were known to be affected.

Of course, some residents just won’t listen and insist on venturing out to stores or to see family. This has been an issue at Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers in New York, where three residents tested positive for the coronavirus at the end of March.

“We are working to keep everyone safe inside the building. Residents heading outside our gates community at this point [are] asking for trouble. YOU must help me here as some of our residents do not realize how serious this is,” wrote John Hunt, executive director, in a March 29 advisory to residents.

A corporate official at Five Star Senior Living declined to comment.

“Every community will find there are certain people who have difficulty complying with requests,” said Kristin Hambleton, vice president of marketing for Presbyterian Senior Living, which operates 12 continuing care retirement communities in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Ohio.

“We are addressing each of those people on an individual basis and discussing with them how their choices can impact the people they live with and the staff that works here.”

At the start of April, two staff members at Presbyterian Senior Living tested positive for COVID-19. “No residents were exposed while they were exhibiting symptoms,” Hambleton said.

Within the communities, threats other than COVID-19 abound. Without regular contact with other people, older adults can become lonely or depressed. A change in someone’s health status that might have been noticed if they didn’t show up for dinner can now go unobserved. Without stimulation, motivation and cognition can decline.

Communities have responded by having staff check in regularly with vulnerable residents, offering to arrange video visits with family members, organizing Zoom interest groups for residents and creating programming, such as exercise sessions, broadcast over closed-circuit, in-house television stations.

Sustaining residents’ and staffers’ spirits over the difficult weeks ahead is a priority for Stephen Colwell, executive director at NewBridge on the Charles in Dedham, Massachusetts, which has 256 independent living apartments, 51 assisted living apartments, a 40-apartment memory care unit and a 220-bed nursing home on a 162-acre campus.

“We’ve made so many changes so quickly, we’ve treated this like a sprint,” he said. “But the fact is, this is going to be a marathon for all of us.”

“Their efforts really help to smooth out what is an incredibly difficult time here,” said Benita Ross, 71, who lives in a two-bedroom cottage on the campus. Every day, though, she worries about her three sons, who are physicians, and friends in their 80s and 90s whose health is fragile.

“There’s intense anxiety that your family or friends may get sick and die,” she said. “It’s terrifying, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.”

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