#March 2018 CD

[clouds-of-wings]

Power Metal reddit currently has a discussion about Nuclear Blast, about what has changed with them and why, and man I have learned a lot of disturbing facts about what has happened there in the past 5 years. Someone posted an in-depth investigative article about it (from November 2021), which you should read if you speak German and are interested, otherwise or if it's too long here are the main points...

If you're into Nightwish, Sabaton, Blind Guardian etc., this is relevant information.

In 2018, the French Believe Music, which is a large corporation that mainly specializes in digital distribution, became majority owner of NB

Believe is not really interested in physical media like CDs and vinyls even though the people who worked at NB told their new corporate overlords that metal fans like physical media, both because many fans of especially the oldest and most successful bands are 50+ and because it's more ingrained in the subculture. Believe doesn't care and doesn't listen. They have their experiences from pop and hip-hop, where phone-based streaming subscriptions are the norm, and that's all they want to know. They are also ignoring printed magazines and don't advertise there much anymore.

Less focus on physical media means that bands now earn less, that they rank less highly in album charts, which in turn means that they lose negotiation power when they try to plan tours and negotiate with venues etc., because they "look" less successful

Believe has been dealing with this by signing mainly bands that are easy to market digitally and ending co-operations with bands that aren't, even ones that had been with NB for decades (like Rage and Nile, who went to Napalm)

The personal cooperation between bands and NB has really suffered, everything is more profit-oriented and impersonal, a lot of budgets have been decreased and the real decisions are made by Believe in Paris, not by any specific NB team

Believe has been stock market traded since 2021. Their stock value went down at first, was at about the price it had started out at when the article was written - I looked it up and in March 23 it's down 40% from its original value. Ouch.

The original founder of NB started a new label, Atomic Fire, and took "Amorphis, Helloween, Opeth, Sonata Arctica, Meshuggah, Primal Fear, Agnostic Front, Rise Of The Northstar, Silver Lake, White Stones and Michael Schenker Group" with him, also because Believe didn't really do much to keep many of these bands

It's certainly interesting to learn about, also because I had already wondered if NB, and some of their bands, had intentionally taken a more "commercial" approach in recent years, but I didn't know about the Believe thing. I thought it maybe had something to do with losses from the pandemic or something. Turns out they have a new owner.

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Misconceptions About No Phun Intended

No Phun Intended refers to the 6-track EP released by Tyler Joseph in 2008, and it is also used by fans to refer to any music made by Tyler in this 2007-2008 period regardless of its actual appearance on the EP. There is a lot of misinformation and confusion surrounding NPI. Underlined words are hyperlinks.

Misconception 1: "NPI is a 20*-track album released by Tyler Joseph"

Firstly, NPI is not really an album. It was a 6-track EP released by Tyler Joseph onto his PureVolume account on November 30 2008. The songs on this original release include Taken By Sleep, Drown, Tonight, Save, Hole In The Ground, and Blasphemy. The most commonly known version of NPI is the 19*-track bootleg (the heading is not a typo, the 20th track would be Chords/Words discussed below).

The aforementioned 6 songs were the only songs released by Tyler. Most of the songs on the bootleg were leaked by allphunintended, aka Joe, on Periscope around 2015. The songs Going Down and Track 07 were discovered in 2018 by ultrawafflehous.

*Edit: Originally said 19 and 18-track. My mistake.

Misconception 2: Minister's CD

For anyone interested in NPI, the first post I would recommend reading is u/AlexanderPANASONIC's "No Phun Intended - Everything We Know: History, Trivia, and Mysteries (Solved?)" post. It is a very well put together deep dive into NPI that is an amazing resource overall. There is, however, one big issue with the post: the theories hinge on the existence of the Minister's CD.

In 2018, shortly after Going Down and Track 07 surfaced, this Google Drive was created by Avizemo. It was claimed that the NPI tracks in the drive were ripped from a CD given to someone by a minister at Tyler Joseph's old church. What was especially notable about it were the alternative names to songs ("Wash Me, Drown Me" rather than "Drown," for instance) along with the presence of "7 Chords and Words," "The One Gone," and "The Trees" (see later sections).

On March 10 2024, Avizemo admitted that the Minister's CD was a hoax. The person who sent Avizemo the CD lied about receiving it from a minister at Tyler's church, and they also created the fake song titles.

Misconception 3: Chords/Words

"Chords/Words" is a alleged NPI-era track. As I have already made an in-depth post about this, I will keep it brief here.

"Words," which you can see here, is most likely an alternative title for Hear Me Now, as they have the same length and Hear Me Now begins with the lyrics "Words of mine/Words of yours."

"Chords" and "Chords/Words" do not seem to exist. Remember to check my other post for more information if you are interested.

Misconception 4: "Goner is on NPI"

Like Chords/Words, I have already made an in-depth post about whether or not Goner was an NPI-era song.

The version of Goner included in most NPI track listings is the 2012 accordion version. Also, this version created by Who Isn't Blurryface is a hoax. Remember to check my other post for more information if you are interested.

Misconception 5: "Trees is on NPI"

Trees is certainly an old song, but at this time we do not have proof that it was a fully recorded NPI-era song. The version commonly featured on NPI track listings is the Regional at Best version.

NPI-era songs were made in Garageband. Songs made by Tyler Joseph in Logic Pro certainly come after this era.

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BTS Through time 2017

This is the year BTS gained a large global following.

BTS Memories 2017 (released 27 June 2018)

Bon Voyage 2 – Hawaii

Seasons greetings 2018 [released 171215]

Summer package released 21st August 2017

Burn The Stage- (filmed 2017 aired in 2018)

The Wings Tour in Seoul DVD

Japan Edition 2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR [170621] 

The ‘BTS 3RD MUSTER ‘ARMY.ZIP+” DVD: 

Blood Sweat & Tears (JPN ver)’ CD

JAPAN OFFICIAL FANMEETING VOL.3 ~Reaching You

Here are the yearly links

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This year BTS released WINGS - You Never Walk Alone with Spring Day.

Later in the year they released the first of the Love Your Self Trilogy with Love Yourself - Her

2017 Awards

This was the year BTS won the social award at the Billboard Music Awards

2017 lives

2017 concerts

2017 interviews

2017 fansigns

2017 Festa

2017 Run & Gayos

2017 music shows

2017 Magazines

2017 really was a turning point for BTS where they firmly established themselves as Global superstars.

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[hooked-on-elvis]

Elvis Presley, "Let Me Be There" (LIVE, 1976)

Source (FULL ALBUM): Elvis Presley Concert CD (Youtube channel)

Audio from Bootleg album "A New Kind Of Rhythm!", released in 2007 by Madison label. This CD contains full soundboard recording from an Elvis concert recorded live at the Riverfront Coliseum on March 21, 1976 (evening concert at 8:30 pm), Cincinnati, Ohio.

PICTURES: Elvis concert Riverfront Coliseum on March 21, 1976 (evening concert, 8:30pm).

FUN FACT: Elvis performed twice that day at the Riverfront Coliseum. For the afternoon concert (2:30pm), EP was wearing the "Blue Egyptian Bird" suit, but at given moment the rear end of that suit teared up due to his movement onstage (no surprise it happened right after Elvis performed "Polk Salad Annie"). He briefly went offstage and changed into the "Rainfall" suit, in which the show moved along. There's another bootleg CD from this concert, with the title "Rippin' It In Cincinnati" (released in 2018 by Straight Arrow label), a clear reference to that one incident onstage. For the evening concert (8:30pm) Elvis wore the "Rainfall" suit again.

After changing his outfit (afternoon concert), picture above shows Elvis showing the rip to his audience. Riverfront Coliseum on March 21, 1976. There's footage of that moment too. You can watch it, here [Dailymotion]. In spite what happened, the Blue Egyptian Bird suit was fixed and Elvis wore it again in many occasions after that one incident.

Source (all the pictures): elvisconcerts.com

FULL CONCERT [Riverfront Coliseum on March 21, 1976 — Evening concert at 8:30 pm]. If you'd like to know what EP said about the ripping suit incident (yes, he mentioned it on the evening concert), you can listen to it on this soundboard recording (begins at 29:06). EP mentioned it briefly. Take your time to appreciate the full concert, seriously. This concert is AMAZING! "Steamroller Blues" (at 15:53)? Uhh! ❤️‍🔥

[yyh4ever]

Hello, Does yu yu hakusho also have Drama CDs?

Yu Yu Hakusho DRAMA CDS

There are two "Yu Yu Hakusho Shueisha Drama CD" released in 2004 and 2005. The voice actors are all the same as the anime version.

CD 01: December 2004

TRACKS

Spirit Detective Saga: the encounter between Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei

01. Sanbiki no Youkai (Three Youkai)

02. Kizuna (Bonds)

03. Jagan no Otoko (The man with the evil eye)

TWO Shots Gaiden

04. Sesshoku (Contact)

05. Kyoutou (Joint Struggle)

CAST

Yusuke Urameshi: Nozomi Sasaki

Kazuma Kuwabara: Shigeru Chiba

Kurama: Megumi Ogata

Hiei: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Keiko Yukimura: Yuri Amano

Botan: Sanae Miyuki

Gouki: Norio Wakamoto

Shiori Minamino: Kumiko Takizawa

Mirror of Darkness: Tomonichi Nishimura

Maya Kitajima: Yuki Matsuoka

Yatsude: Osamu Kato

Hedoki: Ikuo Nishikawa

CD 2: March 2005

Inter-dimensional Cannon Arc (events from the epilogue of the manga)

Yusuke is spending his peaceful days running a ramen stand when he receives news that Genkai has collapsed. Furthermore, the Gate of Judgment in the Spirit World is occupied by those who seek the elimination of youkai from the Human World and the re-establishment of the barrier between the Demon World and Human World. If their demands are not accepted, they say they will fire the inter-dimensional cannon into the Human World. Yusuke and his friends gather together again and head to the Spirit World, but...

TRACKS

01. day by day

02. Reikai e (To the Spirit World)

03. Gekitotsu (Clash)

04. Noru ka Soru ka (All or Nothing)

05. Sore kara (And then...)

06. Messages from the VA: Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata and Nobuyuki Hiyama

CAST

Yusuke Urameshi: Nozomi Sasaki

Kazuma Kuwabara: Shigeru Chiba

Kurama: Megumi Ogata

Hiei: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Genkai: Hisako Kyouda

Botan: Sanae Miyuki

Keiko Yukimura: Yuri Amano

Atsuko Urameshi: Yoko Soumi

Shizuru Kuwabara: Ai Orikasa

Yukina: Yuri Shiratori

Otake: Hidetoshi Nakamura

It's great that after more than 10 years, "Two Shots" and "All or nothing" were finally made into OVAs in 2018.

There's also an original mini drama story written and directed by Shigeru Chiba (Kazuma Kuwabara VA). Part 1 was released in the Music Battle Edition 2 (1994), and Part 2 in the Yu Yu Hakusho Memorial CD BOX (1995). The cast is Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama and Botan.

"Yu Yu Hakusho Special Mini Drama ~ The Hungry Warriors" (Part 1 & 2)

This is a drama that makes fun of the lack of eating scenes in anime, where Yusuke and his friends argue over what to eat. Among them, Hiei wants to eat monjayaki. In the manga, when Hiei melted Bui's axe, Kuwabara says "It melted like chocolate''. In the anime, his line was changed to "It melted like monjayaki''. So, it was probably an in-joke between the voice actors, using the mini drama as reference.

I don't know if there's any translations. I remember someone told me they were translating the mini drama, but I haven't heard anything since then. Does anyone know if there's any translations?

[whipplefilter]

Another round of the great CD roadtrip! The one where I try to play every CD in my car by changing them out at each gas fill up.

This was the CD that originally inspired this project, because I realized I’d just kept it playing from March through August. Its perennial listenability is proven. It’s one of two mixes I put together in 2018, this being the classic rock edition. I did it concert style, so it starts with high-energy jams, takes a slower pace in the middle, and then amps up to a big finale. My one critique for this CD is that it’s Nothing But Hits, and so perhaps misses out on additional aural interest that might be captured by some B-side songs. The least “known” song on this is probably “Prison Grove” by Warren Zevon. But clearly that hasn’t stopped me from playing forever and then some more.

This run lasted 380.0 miles from Costco to and around Toronto, and then back to Costco, which I am now parked outside of waiting for it to open, ahaha. Save me Costco

[foxes-that-run]

2020 Haylor Timeline

Timeline Tag, or years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

21 January - Andrea treated for brain tumor and chemo

29 January - Harry shoots the watermelon sugar MV in Malibu. The director later says “The production process was fast! We shot in a location in Malibu. It was a private beach at this amazing house. Harry actually owns a watermelon farm in a secret location that we can’t disclose. So the day before the shoot we went with our whole crew, make-up artists, set decorators, focus pullers you name it! We all rolled up our sleeves, got stuck in and did the biggest harvest anyone in the USA has ever seen!”

31 January - Miss Americana documentary released.

2 February - Harry at Glenne Christiaansen's (Jeff's GF) birthday in Los Angeles. Huge whale cake that gets on his face.

3 February - Harry arrives London

14 February - Harry played Two Ghosts on Radio 2, the only time since 2018, anniversary of Style MV release. He also covered Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi.  Taylor also in London for NME awards, Joe goes with her. She says hello to every one there including Matty Healy. Harry is robbed at knifepoint.

18 February - Harry at Brit awards, went to same after party as Kendall

23 February - Harry's Tiny Desk Concert recorded in LA, the Lover CD Is in the background. Taylor was there in October.

24 February - Taylor and Joe in London for his birthday, arrived under umbrellas carrying a dictionary, Ed laughing.

26 February - Harry on today show in colour block cardigan. Xander watches with Jeff rumour he then visited Xander Ritz in phlli.

28 February - Harry's Sirius XM Secret Session for Fine Line. Harry tells a story about wawa with Xander. Seen with Xander in ny

29 February Roman Farrow said he’s a swiftie and has framed a letter she wrote him after Catch & Kill https://x.com/RonanFarrow/status/1233562581094293504

1 March - Harry SNL after party

2 March - Harry's last pre-pandemic show is at the Bowery Ballroom. Replaces the Beachwood cafe with Bowery ballroom in falling.

5 March - When Howard Stern asked Harry about marriage his response was "People’s relationships are different now, everyone’s open 👀 and people have different things."

6 March - Taylor released the man BTS where she said “this is a family show”

13 March - US Travel ban (except UK), California Shelter in place orders. 17 March UK Travel ban. 16 March Taylor posts asking fans to cancel plans and stay home, shares photo so Meredith

17 March UK travel ban

18 March - Harry driving in La with Xander

25 March - Announced HSLOT rescheduled to 2021

27 March - Harry releases “at home with Harry styles” pandemic playlist with Zane Lowe. ‘This will be our year’ is #13, 27 songs. Includes blue nile, later mentioned on TTPD

March - June Taylor and Harry stuck in LA for 3 months. Harry told Zane Lowe he was in LA, stayed home for 6 weeks then booked and went to Shangri-la studio to record. LNT, Daylight, keep driving and Sushi. (24 Mins)

2 April - Harry seen riding a motorcycle beside Kendall Jenner and Fai Khadra.

5 April Harry seen in la and again

11 April - Harry drives his mercedes convertible in Beverly Hills same as Taylor had in Begin Again

17 April - 2020 Lover Fest tour postponed to 2021, later cancelled. Told Zane Folklore started then. Joe IG photo of Benjamin

18 April - Taylor soon you'll get better

29 April - Joe instagram photos

19 May Taylor releases City of Lover

21 May - Harry rode electric bike LA

25 May - date Too Much Sauce leak recorded. Still in LA

31 May - Taylor records video in Long Pond about home studio. Joe school thing

22 June - rumours Harry messaging Daisy Lowe.

29 June - Harry seen in London

9 July - Harry Styles Sleep story

18 July - Harry back in uk, drove to Italy and back with Tomo Campbell, he talks about this in the Zane interview. Driving moustache photo in HH CD

Over the summer Styles took a road trip with his artist friend Tomo Campbell through France and Italy, setting off at four in the morning and spending the night in Geneva, where they jumped in the lake “to wake ourselves up.” At the end of the trip Styles drove home alone, accompanied by an upbeat playlist that included “Aretha Franklin, Parliament, and a lot of Stevie Wonder. It was really fun for me,” he says. “I don’t travel like that a lot. I’m usually in such a rush, but there was a stillness to it. I love the feeling of nobody knowing where I am, that kind of escape…and freedom.” Harry for Vogue

20 July folklore announced 17 hours before its release. William Bowery is credited for Exile and Betty. Released on 1D's 10 year anniversary. In the Zane interview, Taylor says they continued working on Evermore.

31 July - Harry with a fan in Italy in an outfit in his later post about making Harry’s House. Also driving a tractor in Italy.

13 August - Harry followed Yan Yan on IG and liked some posts

17 August Harry in Studio in Bath. Recorded Daylight, Sushi, Keep Driving and Late night talking in this period.

3 September - Taylor posts about iHeartAwards from home

? September - Long Pond was recorded with Joe as WB and Tis the Damn Season written, Doretha already written.

6 September - Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudekis at beach in Malibu with Nanny and kids. In the 2022 Nanny tell all the Nanny said they were happy then but Olivia told Harry it had been over for a while when it had not been.

11 September, Olivia Wilde met and cast Harry in Don't worry Darling, filming began October.

16 September - Taylor performed Betty in person at ACM awards in Nashville.

18 September Harry in London

22 September - Harry driving car and boat in Italy filming golden

27 September Harry in LA

6 October - Harry dinner with mystery girl

25 October - OW carrying Bode bag later thought about Harry

26 October - DWD starts filming

28 October - Harry signs a record and a fan posts a letter than his car broke down and he fed their fish. Deux moi said it was a cover because his friend with benefits was house sitting. The friend with benefits is thought to be Nicole branch.

5 November - DWD halts production due to COVID on set. In tell all the Nanny said Olivia moved out down the street 'that is how she left us' because of COVID on set which was true. Jason Sudukis also later says to GQ they broke up in November

11 November - Harry films Valiant Roar scene in DWD, which includes Dita Von Teese who later repeats the Scene in the Bejeweled Music Video. Also described in Rolling Stone article with OW and possibly referred to in loml as valiant roar. Date odly specified in DWD BTS, also dinner party scene, OW wears Harry's pink beanie in the BTS during dinner party scene.

12 November Deux Moi posts that a “one direction heartthrob” and “a list singer” used the same private chef

13 November - Harry on cover of Vogue, after this the Peace ring only appeared occasionally

25 November long pond sessions on Disney + Joe announced as William Bowery

26 November Harry returns to la to film DWD, California maybe written here

3 December - DWD filming palm springs. Fan says they served Harry and OW at Apple Pan

11 December evermore released, taylor’s zane lowe interview, at 49:34 she pauses a lot and struggles to talk about Joe being William Bowery.

19 December Harry jingle ball seems flat

30 December - 7 photos of Joe and Taylor thought to be taken 31 December 2016 hack/leak. Only 7 photos?? She is wearing a pink wig while he shaves. OW wearing necklace she later says was a gift from Harry.

Continue to 2021

[cyberkatsworld]

Kitze's Music Wishlist

🌸ㅤ ° . · . ✧ ° . ੭

now playing 💽*⁠.⁠✧: I just wanted to make a list of albums/CDs/EPs(extended play) that I want to buy next!! As well as let you guys in on what I like to listen to ^^ maybe you'll find your next favorite album!!!

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Albums/EPs🌸ㅤ ° . · . ✧ ° . ੭

° 2 ; gidle ; album

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 20 mins 57 secs

ʚĭɞ~ track list: 8 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: January, 29th, 2024

° kiss of life ; kiss of life ; EP

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 18 mins 6 secs

ʚĭɞ~ track list: 6 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: July, 5th, 2023

° what is love ; twice ; album

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 20 mins 6 secs (physical ver)

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 6 songs (physical ver)

ʚĭɞ~ released: April, 9th, 2018

° super real me ; ILLIT ; EP

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 9 mins 36 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 4 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: March, 25th, 2024

CDs 🌸ㅤ ° . · . ✧ ° . ੭

° crybaby ; melanie martinez

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 46 mins 48 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 13 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: August, 14th, 2015

° when the pawn ; fiona apple

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 42 mins 39 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 10 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: november, 9th, 1999

° k-12 ; melanie martinez

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 46 mins 27 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 13 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: September, 6th, 2019

° three cheers for sweet revenge ; mcr

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 39 mins 36 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 13 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: June, 8th, 2004

° love. angel. music. baby ; gwen stefani

ʚĭɞ~ run time: 48 mins 27 secs

ʚĭɞ~ tracklist: 12 songs

ʚĭɞ~ released: november, 12th, 2004

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QOTD : what's your fav album or song ^^?

[yuurei20]

Seiyuu Birthday: Rook's Itokawa Yojiro

Happy birthday to Rook’s voice actor Itokawa Yojiro!

Rook is Itokawa’s only voice acting role in a video game and only his second-ever voice acting role overall (outside of two drama CDs, one in 2017 and one 2018).

He is best known for his performances in the stage musical adaptations of Touken Ranbu, Ace of Diamond and Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-.  

From October to November he performed in musical MAHOROBAKANATA, was lead character Otori Akira in the action stage show HELIOS: Rising Heroes in December, performed in Musical “Tamakagiru: new theory Hakkenden” in February of this year and was Abel in the musical WIDERSTAND in March.

On May 10th (just over two weeks ago) he established his own official website, https://yojiro-itokawa.com/

His schedule lists his recent performance in “the Nippon Broadcasting Murder Case” (with Azul’s VA Tamaru Atsushi), the upcoming “ACTORS☆LEAGUE in Baseball 2023”...

...and “Disney Wonderland Fes,” about which he cryptically tweeted, “Ever since Twst was released I often see people asking if I am really the voice of Rook Hunt, since we sound so different. You’ll finally be able to judge for yourself…👀”

More here

[crevicedwelling]

You've talked a bit about your favorite centipedes and arachnids, do you have a favorite millipede? I get super tiny ones in my apartment in the PNW and they're always my favorite bugs to see.

I don't pick favorites, so here are some pretty millipedes from Earth

[memorableconcerts]

The Bolshoi - "Away"

The Bolshoi were an English London-based music group prominent mostly in the mid to late 1980s. They are best known for the hits "Sunday Morning" and "A way" or "Away" (the name is interchangeable and has been noted as both on different albums/singles).

The band formed in 1984 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Trevor Tanner, drummer Jan Kalicki, and bassist Graham Cox. Tanner and Kalicki had previously played together in the short-lived punk band Moskow, where Trevor performed as Trevor Flynn (his mother's maiden name). Early gigs supported the likes of the Cult, the March Violets and the Lords of the New Church. After eight gigs bass player Graham Cox was replaced by Nick Chown. In 1985, the band released their debut single, "Sob Story", followed by the mini-album, Giants, and their hit song "Happy Boy". Word of mouth was such that the Bolshoi were able to sell out many of their early headlining performances.

The band moved to London in 1985, and their line-up expanded to include Paul Clark on keyboards (born 12 June 1962, Leeds, Yorkshire). In 1986, they released their first full-length album, Friends, and expanded their touring schedule to the U.S., South America and Poland. It was followed in 1987 by the album Lindy's Party, on which the sound was more pop-oriented. TC Wall, reviewing the album in Underground magazine, described Lindy's Party as "completely confident, commercial, professional, and dangerously catchy" and "a fine album that'll be caressed for generations."

Stylistically, the Bolshoi were difficult to categorize. The band has been described as a proto-goth band, similar in their live act to fellow Beggars Banquet signees, Bauhaus. Tanner was recognized for his dark, pensive lyrics that belied a social responsibility and awareness.

After the release of Lindy's Party, the band recorded a fourth album, but problems with their record label management impeded its release, and they disbanded as the 1980s drew to a close. The previously unreleased fourth album, titled Country Life, had been lost for years, but has now been resurrected by Beggars Banquet with extensive help from Tanner's current record label-head and Creative Director, David Paul Wyatt Perko. This new release is now available as one of five CDs in Beggar's 5-CD box set, put out via Beggar's imprint, Arkive.

In December 2018, the Bolshoi's official Facebook page announced that Bolshoi frontman, Trevor Tanner, and Bolshoi keyboardist, Paul Clark, were developing a new project, tentatively titled, The Bolshoi Brothers.

[lboogie1906]

Alton Sterling (June 14, 1979 - July 5, 2016) a victim of a police killing, was born in Baton Rouge. He worked as a CD vendor and had five children. He was known by residents as someone who loved to cook for everyone at the shelter.

Police received an anonymous tip that a man in a red shirt was selling CDs outside a grocery store and threatening another individual with a gun. They confronted him, forcing him to the ground and pinning him down by kneeling on his chest and thigh. Officer Blane Salamoni claimed Sterling was reaching in his pocket for a gun, and fired six shots at close range. He was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back by EMS staff who arrived on the scene.

According to the witness videos, he did not pull a gun or threaten the officers. The bodycam footage of the officer who shot him shows that seconds after Salamoni came to the aid of another officer, Howie Lake, who was in the process of trying to restrain him, Salamoni drew his gun and threatened to shoot him if he moved. The store’s owner, Abdullah Muflahi, confirmed that he, known in Baton Rouge as “CD Man,” had begun carrying a gun only a few days before the incident, citing recent robberies of other CD vendors.

The Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation on July 7, 2016, and announced on May 2, 2017, that it would not file charges against officers Lake and Salamoni, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced in March 2018, after reviewing the evidence, that no charges would be filed against the officers because they had acted “reasonably and justifiably.” On March 30, 2018, Officer Salamoni was fired for violating the use of force policy, and Officer Lake was suspended for three days for losing his temper.

In 2021, his family accepted a $4.5 million settlement with the City of Baton Rouge. He is survived by his five children, his aunt, Sandra Sterling, the mother of three of his children; Andricka Williams; and other family members. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #blm

[thegreatlukeski]

MARSCON 2024 March 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2024 Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN Comedy Music Track website: http://marsconcomedy.com Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2024/index.php

Andy Merrill is a comedian, voice actor, writer, and multi-talented creative known for his significant contributions to the early years of Cartoon Network, Williams Street, and Adult Swim. Merrill's breakthrough role was as the voice of the lovable and eccentric character "Brak" on the groundbreaking animated talk show "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast." Premiering in 1994, this show was a pioneer in adult-oriented animation and played a crucial role in the establishment of Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim.

Merrill continued his work with the character Brak in "Cartoon Planet," a show which started out as a showcase of classic cartoons from the Turner library with interstitial segments featuring Space Ghost (George Lowe), Zorak (C. Martin Croker), and Brak. With the popularity of the interstitial comedy sketch segments and funny songs surpassing the classic cartoons being shown, the show switched to being composed entirely of their sketches and songs, some of which were improvised. On both "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast" and "Cartoon Planet", Andy's comedic timing and distinctive voice brought Brak to life in a way that resonated with audiences and contributed to the show's success. Cartoon Network released three albums featuring music from both "Cartoon Planet" and the two-part variety show special "Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak", which are prized CDs of any comedy music fan. Dr. Demento has played many tracks from them on his radio / internet show since the mid 90's.

In 2000, Merrill went on to create and star in the Adult Swim series "The Brak Show," a spin-off from "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast" that focused on Brak, his best friend Zorak, Brak's Mom and Dad, and their daily sitcom adventures. The show continued the tradition of having excellent funny songs and musical episodes, and ran for 3 seasons. Merrill expanded his involvement with Adult Swim, lending his voice to various characters in popular shows like "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" where he played the recurring role of Oglethorpe the inept alien invader. As the years progress, his voice work continues to extend to notable shows like "Adventure Time," where he brought his unique style to James the Ice Cream Bar.

Merrill showcased his musical versatility by covering the Suicidal Tendencies song "Institutionalized" in character as Brak on the 2018 album "Dr. Demento Covered in Punk". Some people (or at least some people named Luke Ski anyway) say it is the best track on the amazing collection.

Andy makes regular appearances at conventions in the midwest, as well as performances in stand-up clubs where he brings his ukulele and cracks up the crowds with his hilarious jokes and catchy songs. We at the MarsCon Comedy Music Track have been wanting to have him as our guest for many years, and we are very honored to have him join us as our 2024 Comedy Music Guest Of Honor. All hail Brak.

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CD Collection Upate (March 12 2024)

Master of reality- Black Sabbath (1971)

Back in Black- ACDC (1980)

Ride the lightning- Metallica (1984)

Master of puppets- Metallica (1986)

...And justice for all- Metallica (1988)

Violator- Depeche Mode (1990)

Self Titled (Black Album)- Metallica (1991)

Nevermind- Nirvana (1991)

Kerplunk- Green Day (1992)

Siamese Dream- The Smashing Pumpkins (1993)

Self-titled (Blue album)- Weezer (1994)

Insomniac- Green Day (1995)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)

Nimrod- Green Day (1997)

Self Titled- Slipknot (1999)

Origin of symmetry- Muse (2001)

Hybrid Theory- Linkin Park(2001)

God hates us all- Slayer (2001)

Absolution- Muse(2003)

St. Anger- Metallica (2003)

Three cheers for sweet revenge- My Chemical Romance(2004)

American idiot- Green Day (2004)

Black holes and revelations- Muse (2006)

Sam's town- The Killers (2006)

The Black Parade- My Chemical Romance (2006)

Infinity on high- Fall Out Boy(2007)

Minutes to midnight- Linkin Park (2007)

Brand new eyes- Paramore (2009)

21st century breakdown- Green Day (2009)

The resistance- Muse(2009)

Danger Days: The true lives of the Fabulous Killjoys- My Chemical Romance(2010)

Nightmare- Avenged Sevenfold (2010)

Diamond eyes- Deftones (2010)

What doesn't kill you eventually kills you- Gay For Johnny Depp (2011)

Save Rock and Roll- Fall Out Boy(2013)

Self-titled- Royal blood (2014)

Hesitant alien- Gerard Way (2014)

Drones- Muse (2015)

Blurryface- Twenty One Pilots (2016)

After Laughter- Paramore (2017)

Simulation theory- Muse (2018)

1981- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME(2018)

Holy hell- Architects (2018)

Amo- Bring Me The Horizon (2019)

Razzmatazz- I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME(2020)

Self-titled- Erra (2021)

Typhoons- Royal Blood (2021)

Eternal Blue- Spiritbox (2021)

Classic symptoms of a broken spirit- Architects (2022)

Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition- Linkin Park(2023)

Back to the water below- Royal Blood (2023)

So Much (For) Stardust- Fall Out Boy (2023)

The Fear of fear- Spiritbox (2023)

Saviors- Green Day (2024)

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The Utility Journey

I've had some time to sit on the past weekend of trialing. There are a handful of you that have been following me for the past four years as I trained and started trialing in Utility. Maybe a few of you from when we were working on Aayla's novice title. I'm terrible at keep records but the earliest record I have of Aayla in Novice A Obedience is in March of 2018. So five years of obedience.

The first time I entered rally I spent some time sitting outside of the obedience ring and watching for a bit. I remember thinking, nah. That's not for me. So I kept working on rally and hoping I could get into Agility. Then with a few nudges from my the people who were teaching me Rally to try obedience I started training and entered novice.

I remember then more intently watching all the levels. I though, I'll just get Aayla's CD, then maybe think about open. Forget Utility. Scentwork? Go outs? A class almost no one qualifies in? The dogs and people looked stoic and frankly no one looked like they were having any fun. I remember clearly telling myself "I'm never doing utility"

While training to enter Open I started thinking, why not train for Utility? If we get there we get there. Yet I started watching utility more and more. There was something about it, the difficulty, the challenge and the overall achievement of making it to a level that a lot don't get to. In 2019 I started training Aayla on scent articles. Thinking if I can get her to do scent articles, I can for sure train the rest.

Well we ended up training scent articles. It took us about two years but Aayla got solid enough that I started training for the other exercises. While I always thought that scent articles would be the hardest, we were heavily challenged by the go outs on directed jumping and more recently the directed retrieve.

In May of 2022 we tried for Graduate Open, so the baby Utility class. We NQed, but went home with homework and had an idea of what to work on. Then in June 2022, we tried entering the Utility ring for the first time. Both trial days we NQed. More homework, more things to work on. Then we tried three trials for a total of 6 days in September. We managed to barely scrape by with one Q. I was elated for that Q, it was a small glimmer of light that maybe we could do Utility. Yet the following 5 NQs showed that she was just not ready. I pulled out of trials and we worked on more proofing and confidence.

After 8 months of work we again entered but I thought I wanted to switch her to preferred. First day I entered her in graduate open again for the confidence building. She Qed, and then got 1/3 Qs for preferred Utility the following three days. She felt okay but was having issues with her directed retrieve. Overall performance was good but not great yet. Felt like our performance was shakey. I read more in preferred Utility and felt frustrated that it was going to be a longer road to get a POC or anything else because we would have to start over with preferred Open as well. So I decided to switch her back to regular, meaning that her preferred utility leg would mean nothing.

A few months later we entered another four day trial. Graduate Open and three days of regular utility. She Qed in Utility one day, but even the days she NQed felt stronger in the exercises. Like she was getting it. Two legs down and one to go. I was still unhappy with our Q rate and was really starting to wonder if we would get this class down well enough to even have a shot at UDX let alone OM or OTCH.

Then I ended up entering Aayla in a Wildcard Utility class for ASCA. (Regular Utility but it doesn't count for anything, since she didn't have her CDX title with ASCA yet) Out of two days she had a solid Q one day and a NQ the second with her directed retrieve being the issue. Yet this meant that Aayla's Q rate was increasing. She Qed in utility at least one day at the past three trial weekends. I was starting to feel better and hope was growing.

Then this weekend she was entered in Utility three days in a row. Day one she was very solid on all of her exercise. Only issue was with the cleaning I did on the articles. She NQed cause she didn't bring me the first one. She found it, picked it up and spit it out like it was gross, searched hard again but ended up not wanting to bring it to me. So handler error. Yet everything else was very very good. For the first time it was a confident and correct run on every exercise.

Then the following two days she Qed easily with minimal issues. Getting her highest scores and equally Qing in Open both days a well. She Qed 4/5 Obedience classes and it would have been 5/5 if I had not mishandled my articles. She was confident and so good! We had some little hiccups like an autofinish and a crooked go out. Yet overall the main components are there. Now just to chip away at the little errors. Yet her Q rate is phenomenal this weekend. I now am back to feeling like we can get her UDX, and we have a higher chance for both a OTCH and OM than I have ever thought.

Yet having a UD behind Aayla's name makes me want to tear up. This dog had done so much for me. She has tried so hard and learned so much. She has a Utility Title, she is my first Utility dog. My Novice A dog that got all the way to UD for me. I didn't think we would get here, but here we are. We've reached this goal and are now running for the stars. Don't know how far we will get before she or her body decides no more, but there is a part of me that is content now. Content that she has achieved this. Content that she has a title worthy of her. That my first dog to get all the way to a UD was her.

Now onwards and up to see what else we can do together.

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Sandbox

Modus Arts presents Sandbox - a space for sound artists to share and experiment with their practice. Join us at The Hub, Bernie Grant Arts Centre from 7 - 9pm.

On Monday 18th March we welcome Joe Banks to present "Rorschach Audio – Art & Illusion for Sound".

Joe Banks is a researcher and sound artist, and founder of the pioneering sonic and visual arts project Disinformation. Initially concerned with exploring the creative potential of noise produced by electromagnetic (radio) phenomena, Disinformation was founded by Joe in 1995. Joe’s early research resulted in the production of CDs, LPs, compilation tracks, gallery installations and performances etc, which focussed on VLF and shortwave radio noise, produced by live mains electricity, trains and metro systems, information technology hardware, electric storms and even the sun. These interests led to research into the psychology of interpretation of broadcast voices, and to the initiation in 1999 of the psychoacoustics research project “Rorschach Audio”. From 2007 to 2012 “Rorschach Audio” research was funded by the AHRC and hosted by Goldsmiths College and the University of Westminster, resulting in the publication of the book "Rorschach Audio – Art & Illusion for Sound". Joe has to date delivered 50 public "Rorschach Audio" lecture-demonstrations (most recently at Chisenhale Gallery in November 2018).

Facilitated by Annie Goh and Wajid Yaseen.

Sandbox is a regular, informal space where leading sound practitioners share their work, meet other sound artists in London.