#PLUS THE FASHION IN 1876??????

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i just watched kate & leopold. y’all…

i think i’m in love

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Stereoview of a family spinning yarn by Centennial Photographic Co., 1876

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Today is National Leathercraft Day! Leathercraft by Hand is a 1974 book by Jan Faulkner. From the description:

Just Cut, Glue, and Stick -- that's all it takes to create exciting, professional-looking garments and accessories by hand. Leather garments are "in" today, and the only factor keeping them out of many wardrobes is their frequently prohibitive price tags. With this book, the first complete guide to creating hand-stitched leather fashions, you can produce garments and accessories at less than half their store price. Hundreds of line drawings, plus step-by-step instructions, guide you in making boleros, skirts, blouses, hats, belts, vests, moccasins, shoulder bags, backpacks, and much more. A listing of leather suppliers throughout the country is included.

Included here is a diagram explaining the "arrow stitch."

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

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Notes on Part II of Life Unfolds in Chapters

I was too tired to put these together last night, so here we go:

I decided to go with show!Alina’s assesement (I mean, she should know) that she spent 200 miles on horseback betwen Kribirsk and Os Alta. Now this post tells me that a fast carriage under favorable circumstances can travel up to 60 miles a day, and so that’s how I came up with their 4 days long journey.

Based on the dresses worn by the extras in the Winter Fete scenes, I’ve pinpointed the S&B timeline to be equivalent of irl 1880ish--those looked kinda natural form era dresses to me, which were in fashion 1877-1882, so I’m using this timeframe for everything when it comes to determining what should and should not exist in universe (although I’m ready to stretch the timeframe a bit for plot reasons, as you’ll see in the next chapter).

Also, I’d like to mention that @agentramsey came up with roughly the same timeframe--based on Jesper’s revolvers, highlighting how we use very different points of reference

Going with the 1880ish timeframe (plus of course at this point nearly 3 years have passed since Alina was first taken to the Little Palace), I was kinda pissed that some stuff were missing from canon that clearly should have been there by then. Like trains (I mean there definitely should be trains! There is one going through the Fold!) and cameras. So I added them.

Also, I couldn’t resist the little jab about romance novels and light literature (also pulp and smut, because why not?). They, too, should exist this point, and should be widely read. Note: Sherlock Holmes was first published in 1887, so only a couple of years from our timeframe.

Split drawers are exactly what they sound like: a kind of women’s underwear where the legs are not joined at the crotch, leaving a split. It was really practical, as you couldn’t really pull your underwear off when you needed to go to the bathroom, as the waistline would be under the corset.

Bustle dresses: the kind of dress where the dress is flat in the front and the sides, and stands out from the body in the back, giving the allusion of, well, of a big butt. This silhouette was achieved with bustle cages. Bustle dresses were in fashion basically in two waves, from 1868ish to 1876 (first bustle era) and from the early to the late 1880′s (second bustle era), with the aforementioned natural form era between them. Hence Genya’s comment on the bustle coming back into fashion.

This is the dress I based Alina’s “Train Gown” on--of course, it’s not the perfect fit, it’s actually from the first bustle era, and it is supposed to be an evening gown, but who cares? However, I image Alina’s dress to be without the train, and the lace being a bit more golden.

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Research of setting continued

Whilst the vibrancy and controversial nature of graffiti, crowds of people and a slightly more dangerous urban environment would be fitting for the Hyde character, on the other hand it is very unlikely that Mary would live in a place like this. So, I began to look at the surrounding areas from Camden city centre and Brick Lane. I actually found that there are some slightly more suburban areas close by, with houses dating back to the 1840′s.

According to the Knight Frank real estate website:

‘Early Camden had been a quiet, middle-class residential market town in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, but by mid-19th century the wider area became a major transportation hub, connecting London with the rest of the UK.’

"With railway and canal construction came labourers and a substantial working class population made inner Camden and King’s Cross their home."

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/residential/age-of-housing-stock-in-london/camden

I can fit this in really well with Mary’s backstory. I imagine her growing up in an upper-middle class household, so maybe the house she is living in now has been passed down through her family, who first moved into the area around 1840 as traders. This would give an explanation as to how she can afford to live in London with a librarian’s salary.

I still wanted to keep her close enough to Camden High Street however, so that she could easily go there on foot when in Banshee form (which has more strength & speed). So, I looked around Google maps to find houses near libraries in the outskirts of Camden, and came across this one:

(google maps)

30 Norfolk Road. I can’t find any information on when this house was built but I think the brickwork gives it a suitably old aesthetic, plus, a garden which I think would be attractive to a couple in retirement age. Most houses on the street look similar to this.

I’ve managed to find a real estate brochure for the house that has a floorplan and some pictures. The interior is a lot more elaborate than I had assumed, with 8 bedrooms (although any room on the first and second floor that isn’t a bathroom is labelled as a bedroom) and a photo of the house’s modern & sleek decoration. Apparently there are also plans to build a basement with a gym and cinema room.

The pdf also mentions nearby schools, one of which being South Hampstead school for girls. This has been running since 1876 and its students achieve exceptionally high grades. I can imagine every girl from Mary’s family attending this school, then her, where she’s put under a lot of pressure, not only academically but also from the knowledge that she has to live up to those who attended and succeeded before her.

(https://www.shhs.gdst.net/ [Accessed 28/12/20])

https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBSJRSSTS190020/STS190020_STS19001950.PDF [Accessed 28/12/20])

This, I think, is way too modern for how I envision Mary and her Husband to live, but I am still going to use this house as my main source of inspiration for the exterior. So, for the interior, I began searching for pictures of 50/60s themed interior décor and wallpaper, as well as old-fashioned homes.

Old-fashioned elements like big armchairs, furniture doilies, an outdated kitchen and long curtains are important, I think, for portraying the idea that this house is stuck in the past. I want it to feel like Mary hasn’t been allowed to change anything since her parents redecorated in the 60s- a stifling and aged atmosphere. Although, I would also imagine it with slightly less trinkets & patterns, as I can see her parents seeing these things as frivolous. Plus, this would also help to remove some character from the house, I want it to feel as boring as possible. 

I would also like to take a similar approach to the library. Again I’ve used Google Maps to find some close the area, and found Primrose Hill and Keats community libraries. Neither have particularly interesting architecture or interiors, or even many actual wooden shelves, opting for metal and plastic ones. So, I think they may work well for creating an equally stifling, indistinctive environment.

I did however, want to create a space within Mary’s house that is exclusively for her- a sanctuary that reflects her inner desires more closely. I thought a cosy, cramped study with messy bookshelves and dim lighting would create a safe, enclosed atmosphere, where Mary is free to escape into her books. Plus, this could be the secluded space where she transforms into the Banshee for the first time. Maybe, when growing up this was her bedroom, but she has now moved into the main bedroom with George.

By toning down the character of Mary’s surroundings, Camden High Street (with it’s bright storefronts and street art) will hopefully feel almost magical in comparison. This would be hard to convey in the script, but after Mary transforms I want the setting to change with her- to become more lively and vibrant.

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A Catalogue and Comparison of Common Elements Found in Three Different Boys’ Detective Stories:

Being,

Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators in: The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot, by Robert Arthur Harvey’s Wacky Parrot Adventure, by Eth Clifford Private Eyes: Adventures with the Saturday Gang, by Lee Kingman

(spoilers for all to follow)

1. The Mystery-Solving Gang:

Stuttering Parrot: Bob Andrews, Pete Crenshaw, and Jupiter Jones

Harvey’s Parrot: Harvey Willson and his cousin Nora

Private Eyes: Teddy Tibbets, Fizzy, Normie, Pokey, and Clud

2. Ages:

SP: Deliberately left ambiguous, but not old enough to drive

HP: Both eleven years old (Harvey to be twelve in three months)

PE: Twelve, thereabouts

3. Expensive Vehicle Improbably Available to Transport Children:

SP: The use of a gold-plated, vintage Rolls Royce, complete with the services of a chauffeur ferrying them wherever they want for the next thirty days, a contest prize won by Jupiter Jones

HP: None

PE: A Turnabout sailboat ominously christened The END, gifted to Teddy the year before by Mr. Sherburne as a reward for recovering his chess set

4. Smug Rival / Potential Ally:

SP: Skinny Norris

HP: Harvey and Nora, to each other

PE: Randy Russell

5. Talking Parrot that, if Prompted Correctly, Will Utter a Clue Pointing Towards a Hidden Treasure:

SP: Not one, but six different parrots, each named after a literary character, plus a mynah bird to round them all out

HP: Sinbad, an African gray, former pet of Captain Corbin and left with Uncle Buck due to seasickness

PE: Despite the story taking place in Clam Cove, and having a ship called the Jolly Pirate, and a character called Pirate McGob (legally having changed his name), no parrots, talking or otherwise, appear in this story

6. An International Art Smuggling Ring:

SP: Yes

HP: No

PE: Yes

7. Secret Passageways:

SP: Four different passageways hidden amidst the junk of the Jones Salvage Yard, leading to their Headquarters

HP: Various hidden passages and underground tunnels throughout Uncle Buck’s historical home, the house having served as a station on the Underground Railroad. Notably, a secret doorway in the back of the wardrobe in Captain Corbin’s room

PE: No hidden passages, but their clubhouse consists of a chicken coop with a doorway too narrow to squeeze through for anyone much larger than a child

8. Grown Adult Threatening a Child with a Gun, Which After the Situation is Resolved is Revealed to have been Fake:

SP: Mr. Claudius brandishing a “large, old-fashioned pistol” revealed to be a novelty cigar lighter

HP: Mr. Singh herding the children around using a water gun (“Naturally,” he told her. “Real guns are dangerous.”)

PE: Jackson attempting to kidnap Teddy using a “shiny, tin, water pistol”  kept largely concealed in his coat pocket

9. Foreign Accents & Ethnic Stereotypes:

SP: Multiple. The English accents of Mr. Claudius, and Worthington the chauffeur, and all of the parrots. Art thief Huganay’s slight French accent. The “liquid Mexican accent” of Carlos Sanchez (“The au-to, it is where? May I see it?”). Hans’ and Konrad’s husky Bavarian ‘Hokay’s. 

HP: The “Indian singsong” of Ranvir Singh, and the “lilting speech” of Paddy O’Gowan

PE: Though the painter Heironomous Brinker is identified as a Dutchman, and his syntax is somewhat odd, accents are never noted in the story

10. Historical Engravings:

SP:

          Here  Lie                13 Nameless  Travelers       Struck  Down                by           Indians    June  17,  1876

HP:

Free at last    Aaron 1859

PE: Though a bronze marker exists designating part of Clam Cove as a Public Landing, the marker was at some point pried loose from its stone, and the engraving was never recovered over the course of the story

11. The Treasure:

SP: A painting of a shepherdess tending to a lamb, by “one of the great masters of painting.” Estimated to be “not worth less than one hundred thousand dollars”.

HP: Various jewels, namely “a large diamond, a huge blood-red ruby, a black pearl, a luminous opal, a blight blue sapphire, and a brilliant green emerald”. Said to be worth enough to retire rich

PE: Nine lost paintings of David Pringle, done between the period of 1850-1855 and featuring a hesitant shift towards lyric realism. Appraised to be worth approx. $45,000 all together

12. Meals Enjoyed Over the Course of the Investigation: 

SP: “[B]aked cup custard with a nice brown crust on top”

HP: Pancakes, “drowned in maple syrup”. Peanut butter sandwiches, one with jelly, one with banana

PE: Lobster. Four peanut-butter sandwiches (in one sitting). A three egg omelette. Fresh hot pancakes drenched with butter and some jam. Cookies and tea with crushed ice. Two more eggs, scrambled. Potato chips. A tall glass of iced ginger ale. Cream cheese and crackers. Hamburgers and hotdogs roasted over hot ashes, with buttered rolls. Ketchup and mustard and pickles and relish. Baked beans. Coke. Boiled hotdogs, wrapped in buttered pancakes. Hot tea. A big beef stew.

13. Occasionally Antagonistic Older Sister:

SP: None (among all three boys)

HP: Georgeann

PE: Jean

14. Loyal Canine Companion:

SP: None, but one of the secret entrances is marked by a painting of a dog named Rover (”Red Gate Rover”)

HP: Butch, “big and fat and real old”. The same age as Harvey. Lazy and cowardly. Spends most of the story begging for food and napping

PE: Hans, a beloved mongrel owned by Mr. Brinker. Adopted by Teddy when Mr. Brinker was assaulted and hospitalized, getting around his mother’s refusal to let him have a dog

15. False Identities & Aliases:

SP: Retired actor Malcolm Fentriss, revealed to have actually been desperate art dealer Claude Claudius impersonating the man

HP: Ranvir Singh, revealed to have been Paddy O’Gowan in disguise

PE: Local fisherman, Windy, revealed to be Benjamin Jackson AKA El Greco, registered as having bought the shore rights to Clam Cove from the Clam Cove Pier Company

16. Eccentric Mastermind who Assembled the Treasure Hunt:

SP: Otherwise unemployable puzzle-maker and art purchaser John Silver (pseudonym)

HP: Jack Corbin, captain of the Seven Seas, Uncle Buck’s best friend and possible life partner. Presumed lost at sea

PE: None. Pringle’s declining self-confidence during this period led him to develop a smaller, almost unnoticeable signature, leaving behind his paintings as payment for rent without record of their sale

17. Villain Making His Departure, Having Graciously Accepted Defeat:

SP: Yes (”’You outmaneuvered me,’ said Mr. Huganay. ‘Few people have done that. If you boys ever come to Europe, look me up. I will show you the French underworld and perhaps you may have a chance to try your wits on some mystery there. No hard feelings on my part, if there are none on yours. Agreed?’“)

HP: Yes (”Meanwhile, Patty O’Gowan scooped up his turban, placed it firmly on his head, walked to the front door, gave us all a brilliant smile, and was gone.”)

PE: No 

18.  Reaping the Windfall - Returning Home:

SP: Mr. Claudius, having retrieved his painting, paid Carlos and his uncle Ramos the promised one thousand dollar reward. Ramos Sanchez used the money to return to his native village in Mexico to recuperate from his illness, while Carlos got a job washing cars at the Rent-’n-Ride Auto Rental Agency. He is studying to be a mechanic in his free time.

HP: Captain Corbin dedicated his savings towards the restoration and preservation of Uncle Buck’s home as a historical landmark. Aside from maintaining it together, he and Buck plan to extend their home to other retired sailors, constructing a neighboring building to provide their fellow ex-seamen a safe harbor on land.

PE: From the proceeds of the sale of the Pringles, Mr. Brinker returned to his native village in Holland and his two sisters. As it was too hard to take a dog along, he left Hans behind with Teddy. All ends well.

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How Congress could decide the 2020 election

If the Home of Representatives selects the president, every state would get a single vote – not one vote per Home member. iStock / Getty Photos Plus

If the the 2020 U.S. presidential election is contested, each campaigns are getting ready to take the matter to court docket. However the Founding Fathers meant for Congress to be the backup plan if the Electoral Faculty didn’t produce a winner.

Typically, the framers sought to keep away from congressional involvement in presidential elections. They wished an unbiased govt who might resist ill-considered laws and wouldn’t care about currying favor with members of Congress, as James Ceaser defined in his definitive 1980 textual content, “Presidential Choice.”

That’s why they created the Electoral Faculty, assigning to state legislatures the accountability for selecting “electors” who then decide the president.

However the framers might foresee circumstances – particularly, a fragmented race between little-known politicians – the place no presidential candidate would safe an Electoral Faculty majority. Reluctantly, they assigned the Home of Representatives to step in if that occurred – presumably as a result of because the establishment closest to the folks, it might bestow some democratic legitimacy on a “contingent election.”

Tied or contested election

The founders proved prescient: The elections of 1800 and 1824 didn’t produce winners within the Electoral Faculty and had been determined by the Home. Thomas Jefferson was chosen in 1800 and John Quincy Adams in 1824.

Over time, the event of a two-party system with nationwide nominating conventions – which permits events to dealer coalitions and unite behind a single presidential candidate – has mainly ensured that the Electoral Faculty produces a winner. Although the Electoral Faculty has modified considerably because the 18th century, it has principally saved Congress out of presidential choice.

As a professor who has taught programs on presidential elections for 20 years, nonetheless, I can see eventualities wherein Congress will get concerned within the 2020 election.

A tie within the Electoral Faculty stays a risk, nonetheless distant. There are 538 electors, so a minimal majority to win is 270. The web site 270toWin lists 64 hypothetical eventualities wherein each Joe Biden and Donald Trump might get 269 electors. That will throw the election to the Home.

Although the Home has a Democratic majority, such an consequence would virtually actually profit Trump.

Right here’s why: In a concession to small states involved their voices can be marginalized if the Home was referred to as upon to decide on the president, the founders gave just one vote to every state. Home delegations from every state meet to determine how one can forged their single vote.

That voting process provides equal illustration to California – inhabitants 40 million – and Wyoming, inhabitants 600,000.

Presently, this association favors the Republicans. The GOP dominates the delegations from 26 states – precisely the quantity required to achieve a majority beneath the foundations of Home presidential choice. Nevertheless it’s not the present Home that will determine a contested 2020 election. It’s the newly elected Home that will select the president. So the result is dependent upon congressional races.

Yet one more caveat: Break up selections are thought-about abstentions, so states that can’t attain an settlement can be counted out.

Home Majority Chief Nancy Pelosi is reportedly getting ready for the likelihood that presidential choice leads to the Home. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photos

Congressional fee

One other means Congress might change into concerned within the 2020 election is that if there are disputes in regards to the vote totals in varied states. Given the spike in mail-in voting through the pandemic, threats of international interference and controversies over voter suppression, uncertainty after Nov. three appears probably.

Maybe essentially the most related precedent for that state of affairs is the 1876 election between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. That election noticed disputed returns in 4 states – Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana and Oregon – with a complete of 20 electoral votes.

Excluding these 20 disputed electors, Tilden had 184 pledged electors of the 185 wanted for victory within the Electoral Faculty; Hayes had 165. Tilden was clearly the front-runner – however Hayes would win if all of the contested votes went for him.

Due to a post-Civil Battle rule permitting Congress – learn, Northern Republicans fearful about Black voter suppression – to dispute the vote rely in Southern states and bypass native courts, Congress established a fee to resolve the disputed 1876 returns.

As Michael Holt writes in his examination of the 1876 election, the 15-member fee had 5 Home representatives, 5 senators and 5 Supreme Court docket justices. Fourteen of the commissioners had identifiable partisan leanings: seven Democrats and 7 Republicans. The 15th member was a justice recognized for his impartiality.

Hope of a nonpartisan consequence was dashed when the one neutral commissioner resigned and was changed by a Republican choose. The fee voted alongside celebration strains to present all 20 disputed electors to Hayes.

To stop the Democratic-dominated Senate from derailing Hayes’ single-vote overcome Tilden by refusing to substantiate its determination, Republicans had been compelled to make a deal: Abandon Reconstruction, their coverage of Black political and financial inclusion within the post-Civil Battle South. This paved the way in which for Jim Crow segregation.

Bush v. Gore

The 2000 election presents the one fashionable precedent for contested vote returns.

George W. Bush and Al Gore argued for a month over Bush’s slim, 327-vote benefit in Florida’s second machine recount. After a lawsuit in state courts, this political and authorized battle was determined by the Supreme Court docket in December 2000, in Bush v. Gore.

The scene outdoors the Supreme Court docket, Dec. 11, 2000. Shawn Thew/AFP by way of Getty Photos

However Bush v. Gore was by no means supposed to set a precedent. In it, the justices explicitly acknowledged “our consideration is proscribed to the current circumstances.” Certainly, the court docket might have concluded that the problems offered had been political, not authorized, and declined to listen to the case.

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In that case, the Home would have determined the 2000 election. The Electoral Faculty should forged its ballots on the primary Monday after the second Wednesday in December – this yr, Dec. 14. If disputed state vote totals are usually not resolved by six days previous to that date, Congress can step in, beneath the 1887 Electoral Account Act. This might have occurred in 2000, and it’s an conceivable consequence in 2020.

One of the best guess for American democracy, historical past exhibits, is a transparent and decisive victory within the Electoral Faculty, because the framers supposed.

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How Manet Paintings Is Going To Change Your Business Strategies | Manet Paintings

Jim Shaw’s Deutsche Bank Abundance Administration Lounge (2020) Courtesy of the artisan and Simon Lee Arcade

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The British artisan Tracey Emin, already accepted for her gallivanting ways, says she has relished her time during lockdown, titling her latest appearance I Thrive in Solitude. The online exhibition is alive on White Cube’s website until 2 August.

Speaking during a basic flat appointment on zoom aftermost week, Emin says she has never acquainted so aflame about the new administration her ignment is taking. “I accept had three of the best amazing months in London, afar from the abhorrence and the afterlife and the sadness,” she says, absolute that her accessory died of Covid-19. “My apple has become abundantly astigmatic and tiny but I’ve become a bigger actuality for it. I can be as and as abridged and as focused as I appetite to be on my work.”

Her White Cube appearance consists of 12 paintings ($70,000-$75,000), anniversary barometer about 30cm square—perfect, Emin says, for examination online. “Thousands of bodies will see this ignment in a absolutely affectionate way in their homes. I’m not contemptuous about the actuality that it’s online and you can’t

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DORIAN GRAY - An Opera (Prologue)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray – From the Composer’s Perspective

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The issue of setting a story well-known by the general public to music, especially writing an opera based on such a story, is one of distilling from the text the essence that must be encapsulated by the music, without throwing out the details that make the tale so particular to other readers. This issue is doubled in the case of Oscar Wilde’s novella The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), for this work, more so than any of his other plays and books, is an odd synthesis of philosophy, somewhat dark comedy, and gothic horror. The challenge is therefore to write music that thus evokes each strand of Wilde’s writing, be it a “difficult” or rhythmically, harmonically or melodically complex philosophical monologue, as I have found most of the music of the now complete Prologue seems to be; or bleak, aggressive and turbulent passages suggestive of gothic horror music; or even lush, or otherwise light and charming comic music – without any single one of these strands overpowering the general effect of the music. My solution, as much as I might say I have one, is really two-fold: firstly, to find inspiration in music of previous generations, in the passacaglias of Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Handel’s arias, Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy and Richard Wagner’s operas, and extract some understanding from their works as to precisely how they fit these particular strands of literature combined by Wilde; and secondly, by following Wilde’s text, as it is a guide in itself as to how to set the text – Wilde perfectly balanced philosophy, comedy, and horror in his novella, who am I to try and change this balance?

As a composer who also sings, I find that much of my composition is influenced by the composers I regularly find myself singing. In Britain, most young, classical singers are taught to sing using repertoire from German Lieder and English song, that is, distinctly avoiding opera until the voice has suitably developed the much larger volume that is usually required to sing with the large orchestras utilised by Wagner, Verdi and Puccini. Therefore, I should say that my biggest influence, certainly in the instrumentation of this work, is from earlier baroque and classical-era orchestration, with reduced numbers. This is in order to allow singers with lighter voices to be able to sing this music, allowing for greater choice in the quality of acting, and the delivery of Wilde’s excellent text to the audience - This is also somewhat inspired by the concept of a chamber-opera, typified by Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia (1946), which was scored for a drastically reduced orchestra, and although I use a few more instruments than Britten in Dorian Gray, keep an eye out, Britten will be littered all over this article. In the case of Dorian Gray, I estimate that the orchestra may consist of around 30 players, That is, single wind (with a basset horn or bass clarinet taking the place of the bassoons for a rounder, warmer sound) 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 4 trombones, a harp and off-stage piano, and reduced strings, without double-basses, compared to the usual 70-100 players in a symphony orchestra. With a cast of 8, plus a small chorus of maybe 8 or 12 singers, a total of 50-odd performers in an opera is much lower, and therefore more intimate, than in the colossal cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (1876) by Wagner, with 34 soloists, a massed chorus, a full symphony orchestra with an enlarged brass section, which requires the soloists to have truly gargantuan voices and vocal stamina.

However, that is not to say that I have entirely disregarded Wagner’s music as an influence – indeed, he is probably one of the biggest influence on Western Classical music since Beethoven’s epoch-marking innovations in the early 19th century. His use of leitmotif (a small musical phrase, rhythm or progression associated with an idea or character, developed primarily by Wagner in Der Ring des Nibelungen and his later operas) from Der Ring onwards has influenced so many that his reach is practically inescapable. I certainly haven’t attempted to avoid it, particularly in the Prologue to Dorian Gray. There are several ideas that one might point to as being leitmotifs, but the one I believe is the best example, first occurs in b.81 of the Prologue (c.03:50), and is an idea that I link either with Art as an idea, or the Picture, or directly with Dorian himself. The rise and tumbling fall of the flute melody (the top line) is actually accompanied by possibly two other ideas that could be regarded as leitmotifs. Firstly, the demi-semi-quaver run up to the zenith of the flute melody is an effect I have used frequently in the prologue to indicate an idea, either musical or philosophical, rising to the fore in someone’s mind (It also creates a graceful way to blossom into a new melody). Moreover, the accompanying rising and falling quavers on the stave below (here, the clarinet) is used as an accompanying figure often when discussing aesthetics, and is not simply an accompanying figure for the flute melody. Thus, I have tried to represent the text (Here, “Why he is a Narcissus” and then, “But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins…”) through the music by the use of motivic writing.

This Prologue is based on the first two chapters of Wilde’s novella, which mostly consists of a discussion of the nature of art between Sir Henry Wotton (baritone) and the painter Basil Hallward (tenor), followed by the arrival of Dorian himself (counter-tenor) and Sir Henry’s first monologue about youth, beauty and hedonism. Such philosophy requires textures that enhance the conveyance of the text; for this, I looked at the vocal music of Benjamin Britten, particularly his opera Billy Budd (1951). Britten makes use of heterophony (several instruments performing the same general melody, with rhythmic differences, ornamentation and decoration) to strengthen the vocal line frequently in this work, such as in John Claggart’s monologue http://tricostylistpathophobic.blogspot.com/2015/01/youtube-wednesday-reviewing-christmas.html, in which the villain declares his lecherous hatred for the hero, Billy. The Trombones are clearly playing mostly the same notes as the villain sings, however, they often do not coincide. Similarly, I used the effect to create a strength underneath the soloist, by accompanying the baritone with the French horn, whilst the viola and clarinet play a rolling triplet accompanying figure, as he sings about the sorrows of growing old, (c.29:15). This can, however, when combined with slower accompanying figures, create a slow, dragging and turgid effect. This is suitable when used with the hedonistic, jaded Lord Henry, but is not at all suitable for the more pure and idealistic artist Basil. To find a suitable mood for Basil’s monologues, I drew inspiration from a romance from Anton Rubinstein’s under-appreciated opera The Demon (1871). Rubinstein utilized a fast, pulsing semi-quaver triplet motif to accompany a promise from the Byronic demon to his lover that she will be “queen of the universe” (https://youtu.be/IIjpB3QuQZI?t=15) With Basil’s monologue, I used full wind and strings to accompany the tenor, with an accompanying melody plucked on the 1st and 2nd violins, as he explains the inescapable effect that Dorian has had on his art – he is everywhere, all pervading. He can be found in certain colours, the curves of certain lines. He is all Basil’s art.

The final notable inspiration I drew on in the Prologue is from Henry Purcell, the English baroque composer, with influences (again) upon Benjamin Britten. The influence manifests itself in Dorian’s lament over the Picture, in which he mourns the fact that (for the moment) the portrait will not age, whilst he, the sitter, will; the portrait will always remind him of his mortality. I set this to a passacaglia (an originally Spanish dance form, which involves a constant bass ostinato, and is usually in 3-time), because, as in many baroque pieces it creates a sense of tragedy through the constant bass line, but the ever developing harmonies over the top. This was used notably by Purcell, but fell out of fashion somewhat in the classical era. It was finally revisited by Britten in the 20th century, particularly when he used one in his opera Peter Grimes (1945) - other composers of the 20th century are also known for their use of passacaglias, among them Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern and Dmitri Shostakovich, but (as usual) Britten was my touch-stone. My passacaglia, (c.32:25), is somewhat irregular, though, as it is in 4-time rather than the more usual 3-time, and, unlike most baroque passacaglias, it is a vocal piece, whereas most were purely instrumental. In this respect it resembles the famous chaconne “When I am laid in earth” from Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas (c. 1687), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y even down to the unequal phrase lengths between the voice and the orchestra.

Hopefully this little piece should give any listener to my work a guide to the influences present in the music, and demonstrate the attempts made to balance the three strands of Wilde’s writing. On that note, I hope it serves to illustrate that, as Wilde himself is my guide to the structure of the music here, much more of the music is philosophical for most of the work so far. Going forward, I worry that this creates a rather slow burning Prologue, and therefore the music of the next few scenes must be significantly more varied, be it through the charm of Dorian’s visit to Lord Henry’s town-house, or the farce that is the performance of Romeo and Juliet, with the bombastic, middle-aged Romeo, a wooden, distracted Juliet and a ridiculing, outraged audience.

[thevalicemultiverse]

Things You Need To Know About: The Forgotten Vows Verse

Tag: ~V: Forgotten Vows

Premise: Victor thought his adventures after the corpse bride incident were over – but, instead, they were just beginning. Torn from Victoria by the flight of her parents from the village, called insane by his own family and demon-possessed by Pastor Galswells, Victor began despairing of ever having a happy life again. And then he was shipped off to The Houndsditch Home For Wayward Youth – where he met a young lady by the name of Alice Liddell…

This AU is based around the idea “What if Victor’s parents, who missed out on the whole ‘raised the dead’ business, thought Victor had lost his mind when he told them about it -- and sent him to Dr. Bumby to be treated?” You can read the fanfics that make up the verse here: The Forgotten Vows Verse. But for the newbies:

The verse picks up literally seconds after Corpse Bride, with Victor seeing Victoria home after all the excitement. He drops her off at her door and goes back to his house to finally catch up on some much-needed sleep and await the arrival of his parents from wherever they've disappeared to. When they finally do return in the morning, Victor tells them the whole story --

And, to his shock, they don't believe him. Nell in particular thinks he's lost his mind and hallucinated the entire thing. Not even a visit from Pastor Galswells to declare Victor damned for "necromancy" and "consorting with demons" changes their minds. Worse yet, when they go to the Everglots, they find the mansion abandoned -- the viscounts apparently absconded sometime in the night with their daughter. Nell and William start a country-wide search, while at the same time bringing in psychiatrists to sort their son's head out. Victor gets along all right with the first, one Dr. Wilson, but Nell and William reject his diagnosis of Victor being just fine. The other psychiatrists are rather less understanding of Victor's insistence that the dead rose, especially since the villagers won't back him up anymore, and Victor takes to locking himself in his room whenever one comes around after the fourth one attempts electric shock therapy on him.

Eventually, the Everglots are located -- just in time for the Van Dorts to discover Victoria has married another man. Victoria explains to Victor that she'd thought he'd killed himself to follow Emily (based on a misinterpretation of a report on Galswell's rantings) and thus moved on. Victor is understanding but heartbroken. Briefly entertaining the idea of trying to find Emily in the Land of the Dead, he discards it when he realizes she really has moved on and falls into a deep funk -- one that isn't broken until his parents announce that they've finally found a psychiatrist that should be able to cure him.

One Dr. Angus Bumby of the Houndsditch Home in London.

Victor is taken to the Home, where he meets Dr. Bumby's star patient and dogsbody, Alice Liddell. Their initial meeting is a bit rough (with Alice taking brief offense to the existence of the Land of the Dead and the idea of the dead returning), but as the months go on, they become close friends, finding kindred spirits in each other. In fact, by September of 1875, Victor discovers that he's falling in love with her -- though he's deeply reluctant to admit it, given his past record with romance.

And then, on a routine trip to the chemist after her session with Dr. Bumby one day, Alice goes missing. Victor, frantic, starts pounding the pavement in search of her, egged on by an equally anxious Dr. Bumby. Despite receiving all sorts of disturbing reports on her behavior from various Whitechapel residents, he doesn't actually catch up with her until a fortnight later, saving her from her nanny's burning brothel on the Billingsgate docks (after first punching out the local pimp, Jack Splatter). After a brief incident with her family lawyer that leaves her locked up in the Bow Street cells overnight, Alice is finally able to tell him what's going on -- her childhood playland turned psychological fixer-upper, Wonderland, has called her back to deal with a new threat to its safety -- the Ruin. She's been wandering the streets in a hallucinatory daze as she slaughters her way through her imaginary enemies and tries to track down the source of the infestation. Victor is naturally worried over her mental health (as is she), but encourages her in her pursuit of the truth.

The pair get a month of quiet (relatively -- Victor finds himself tangling with Splatter again when the pimp comes seeking revenge) before Alice is decisively yanked back to her imaginary world, leaving an increasingly anxious and frustrated back on the hunt. While he reconnects with Victoria and her husband (in town to visit one of his friends), makes some friends on the police force, and recovers Alice's beloved rabbit toy, he does not find her no matter where he looks. A chance visit to Dr. Bumby's office to protest his parents authorizing "radical treatments" for him leads to him finding out something about the doctor, though --

Namely, that Houndsditch is in fact a front for a child prostitution ring, and that Bumby has plans to make Alice a star whore while using her himself.

Unfortunately, Bumby catches him when he tries to escape with the information, turning his worst fears against him and breaking him -- erasing all his memories and turning him into his slave Thirteen. Happily, Victor only spends a week in this state before Alice, having discovered the source of the Ruin is in fact the Wonderland counterpart of her own psychiatrist and thus realized Bumby's dark secrets -- not only is he selling the children as prostitutes, he is in fact the one who raped her sister and burned down her home to cover up the crime -- confronts Bumby at Moorgate Station and kills him by shoving him in front of a train. Victor, though freed from his control, spends the next month struggling to resist his "programming" and regain his memories -- which he finally does in epic fashion via a battle in his mind.

Most people would consider that more than enough adventure for one lifetime, but Victor and Alice aren't done yet. Befriending a local chemist who turns out to be an actual wizard, the pair descend into the Land of the Dead to catch up with Victor's friends and Alice's family (conveniently in the same place, now that Lizzie is dating Bonejangles), and enter Wonderland so Alice can show him around the place. The latter trip reveals that Victor's not quite free of Bumby's influence just yet, and a second trip into his mind results. After a few rough fights, Victor finally manages to push past his worries that he's weak and burdening everyone by not being able to just get over his time as Thirteen, and his fear that he's like Bumby because he's started looking at Alice in a rather less-than-innocent way. With Alice similarly in control of her residual guilt over the children and the fire, the two marry, and find themselves a house in Victoria's new home of Sandford.

Which turns out to be a magical hot spot. Seems like a truly quiet life isn't in the offing for them...but Victor's decided he really doesnt mind that much. After all, he could have lost so much more.

Be advised that this universe deals with some adult themes, including mentions of rape, sexual slavery, and child prostitution. I try to be discreet and not mention anything too horrible on-screen, nor should any actual rape scenes be played out here, but if you’re triggered by that sort of thing, these are not the fanfics or the verse for you!

This verse has four distinct time periods/locations that threads can be set in:

Beginner’s Houndsditch: Early April 1875 to mid October 1875 -- in story terms, “Finding You” and about two-thirds of “Forgetting You.” Victor's still relatively new to Houndsditch and Whitechapel in general, making friends with Alice and learning how to get along in a city so very different from his quiet hometown. Advice on how to survive in this kind of world would be welcome -- attempts to mug or proposition him, not so much.

Forgetting Is An Art: Early November 1875 to early December 1875 -- “Remembering You.” Bumby’s dead and Victor’s been freed from his control -- but his memories remain rather elusive. Could anyone please help him figure out just who he is, beyond Bumby’s “personal assistant?”

Expert’s Houndsditch: December 1875 to July 1876 -- around the time of “Fixing You.” Victor’s got his memory back, but he’s still dealing with some of the aftereffects of being Bumby’s “assistant.” Plus he’s not thrilled about still being in Whitechapel. If you’re looking for an angrier, more cynical Victor, this is your man. Just be careful if your intention is to call him names to rile him up. 

We Are The Village Green Preservation Society: Post-July 1876 and post the main canon arc. Victor and Alice have escaped Houndsditch at last! Now they’re living in the quiet little town of Sandford -- which, as it turns out, is a very high-magic area. Enough so that sometimes, things, animals, and people come through from other places and times altogether. Victor found this out when he went out the nearby woods one day and came back with an alien mini-dragon bonded to him. He’s in a better place these days (comes from marrying the love of your life and getting out of a city you hate), and willing to give anyone a chance to at least talk. But if you have foul intentions, be warned -- he is never letting another Bumby into his life. If a time period is not specified for a thread, it’ll probably be set here, as it’s the easiest for introducing Victor to characters outside his natural time period and was the “era” I was basically playing him in on the old “Forgotten Vows” blog.

Common NPCs:

Alice Liddell (throughout)

The Houndsditch Orphans (Abigail, Elsie, Reginald/Reggie, Dennis, Charlie) (throughout)

Dr. Wilson (Forgetting Is An Art/Expert’s Houndsditch/We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Victoria Everglot White (Forgetting Is An Art/Expert’s Houndsditch/We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Christopher White (Forgetting Is An Art/Expert’s Houndsditch/We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

June Thatcher (Forgetting Is An Art/Expert’s Houndsditch/We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Dr. Jeremiah Jack “J.J.” Fixxler (Expert’s Houndsditch/We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Bayard the husky (We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Splatter the black-and-white cat (We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Moonlight the silver Pernese fire lizard (We Are The Village Green Preservation Society)

Dr. Bumby (Beginner’s Houndsditch)

Shipping: Purely Victor/Alice. Pre-Bumby, he’s too anxious about the possibility of being rejected to consider any other advances; post-Bumby, his trauma has made him basically Alice-sexual. Other people making advances will be met with reactions ranging from polite refusal to a fist in the face, depending on time period and how the advances are phrased.

NPC Ships: Victoria Everglot/Christopher White

Important Facts:

Victor does not take being snuck up on or grabbed from behind well. Before Bumby, he’s just easily startled. After Bumby -- well, being grabbed that way brings up traumatic memories (particularly if you happen to touch his rear while doing so). In Forgetting Is An Art, Expert’s Houndsditch, or We Are The Village Green Preservation Society, doing so is basically going to get you elbowed somewhere as he tries to escape -- and he has pointy elbows.

Victor’s greatest fear is total darkness. He will not take well being trapped in a pitch-black room, and will do whatever he can to escape. Threats to blind him will be met with resistance to the point of violence, and I will not actually let anyone succeed in doing so. He’d snap within minutes.

Victor’s not fond of hypnosis, given that before Bumby’s mind-warping, he associated it with the psychiatrist being an ass and giving him headaches, and after -- well, he associates it with how the doctor made him his “personal assistant.” Anyone trying to put him into a trance is going to be met with a hell of a lot of resistance.

Victor has always been pretty protective of his loved ones, and is not afraid to throw down should you threaten them -- especially Alice. (Never mind Alice is perfectly capable of taking care of herself -- he’ll soften you up before letting her destroy you.)

On a slightly nicer note, Victor actually quite enjoys sparring with friends. A friendly fight with refreshments afterwards is fun and keeps him in shape for any real danger that comes along.

Victor has a distinct soft spot for children and will basically go into “father/big brother mode” the moment he sees them. He also doesn’t tolerate anyone trying to hurt kids, for obvious reasons. The same goes with animals, especially dogs.

Victor quite likes to cook and particularly enjoys baking. There’s a good chance a lot of my open starters will involve him making food and wanting to share it.

Victor loves animals and, by the time of We Are The Village Green Preservation Society, has three pets -- Bayard, a friendly and excitable grey and white husky; Splatter, a black and white cat so named because he looks like he was splattered with black paint (it wasn’t until later they remembered Jack); and Moonlight, a lazy but sweet-tempered fire lizard whose egg came through one of those magic portals and was found by Victor just in time for him to hatch and bond with the young man. Moonlight may seem like a rather odd outlier (especially since I also have an AU where fire lizards are just a fact of life due to an earlier surprise teleport from Pern to Earth), but -- well, he was Forgotten Vows’s pet first on the old blog, and I didn’t want to separate them. His noncanon color is actually a result of his being from the DW journal Nest O’Flitts, which makes posts in meme communities randomly giving out fire lizards in both canon and noncanon colors. It’s completely up to roll of the dice, and their roll for Victor landed him a silver. So yeah.

Victor knows magic! Or, at least, he does in Expert’s Houndsditch and We Are The Village Green Preservation Society, thanks to Dr. Fixxler. Victor and Alice become friends with him around the time of “Fixing You” and learn a few spells from him. Victor’s “signature” spell is Glowing Orb, which summons a small ball of light (gee, can’t imagine why he’d like that best). He also knows a healing/rejuvenation spell (Spring’s Breath), a summon-an-object-from-your-imagination spell (Imagination Into Reality), a send-messages-instantly-to-anyone spell (Write Across The Miles), a create-water-in-any-container spell (Nile’s Blessing), a cleaning spell (Scrub & Shine), a shield spell (Protection), and a enter-into-someone-else’s-mind spell (Travel Into Fantasy). NPC Alice’s spells include Imagination Into Reality, Travel Into Fantasy, Protection, and a natural affinity for a personal disguise spell called False Flesh (that’s my explanation for her gaining her Wonderland look in front of Bumby at the end of A:MR). Other spells may be added as time goes on!

This verse is open to everyone!

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WEALTH AND POWER MAKING WEALTH IS NOT THE SORT YOU FACE WHEN YOU'RE TACKING UPWIND, TRYING TO REHEARSE IT IN MY HEAD

So bang, there's the structure, and you just have to spread it more broadly. In a way. Right now, for me at least, and maybe charge for premium features. They call the things that put them over the edge. And if you feel you're really helping people, you'll keep working even when it seemed hopeless, and miraculously succeeded. That may come into it. That averaging gets to be a luxury item, into a commodity, and they have different views of reality, whether the source of error is not just the mechanics of startups, they decided to skip all that. They like to get around by train, bicycle, and on the other.

The people who are really good at lying to tell members of some profession the most common recipe but not the type who would make good founders, but investors can get away with being nasty to. Thanks to Trevor Blackwell, Sarah Harlin, Steve Huffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Norvig, Lisa Randall, Emmett Shear, and Harj Taggar for reading drafts of this. Just be concise. There is a contradiction in the very first filters I tried writing, I ignored the headers too. Of those first eight startups, three are now probably dead. After all those years you get used to running a startup, I had bought the hype of the startup world, most good ideas seem bad initially. Was it right or wrong? Which means, oddly enough, that coming up with ideas for startups: what do you wish there was? They can't dilute you without diluting themselves just as much what other people thought of it is what most successful people actually do anyway.

And you know what you're going to be a lot better for a lot of investors will reject you in a slightly new way. I propose instead that you don't have a college degree you can't get the smartest people to work in and it's something people are likely to be worth suing for money. The problem is not to dis Java, but a lot heavier. You don't know yet. The last 10 years have reminded us what Moore's Law actually says. You can't plan when you start raising money—that they were onto something. One of the most important reader. Twitter route and building something they hope will be very tempted to screw you in the jaw, but investors. And once you apply that test, you can only imagine the advantages of size. Working to implement one idea gives you more opportunity to recover from. When you use the organic method is the example of the dangers of deciding what programmers are allowed to want. In this article I'm going to try something that blows up and leaves you broke at 26, big deal.

Moral fashions don't seem to be useless. And in any case, as Prohibition and the war on drugs show, bans often do more harm than good. It makes a better story for an IPO. But was it a precondition for the rise of the middle class as people who are earnest, but dull. I was doing it I tried to figure out and explain exactly what you have is so valuable that all the startups we fund. VisiCalc. In other words, he's now rich enough not to care what they thought. In the sciences, you can ask us who's who; otherwise you may have to decide which to call it an improved version of Python. The closest thing seemed to be running out of runway. A question doesn't seem so hard, does it? They get new technology by buying the startups that are most measurable. But Reddit solved the real problem, which was built in 1876, the bedrooms don't have closets.

They hope further investment will save them. Quoted in: Monk, Ray, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, Penguin, 1991, p. For example, why should the pointy-headed academics, and another equally formidable force, the pointy-haired boss miraculously combines two qualities that are common by themselves, but they are an order of magnitude less scrutiny. Often they even install a new CEO of their own. Compromising a server could cause such damage that ASPs that want to encourage startups. In those days, you couldn't tell a book by. But now comes the hard part. Plus founders who've just raised money are often encouraged to overhire by the VCs more like a fluid than individual objects. That doesn't mean you have to replace this natural constraint with self-discipline. Html 8.

There are other less legitimate reasons for using this format. Some of this summer's eight startups will probably also have to make the argument a little too seriously; someone who really, truly doesn't care what his peers think of him is probably a running back. They won't like you raising other money and may pressure you to stop raising money, last can easily become never. That seems obvious to any ambitious person now. Why would you want to stop and think about that. People trying to be with the App Store has changed that. These can be much shorter than if you eat it occasionally than if you eat it occasionally than if you eat it occasionally than if you tell them the low monthly payment. The companies that rule Silicon Valley now are all descended in various ways from Shockley Semiconductor. In my childhood it was still dominant. So despite those millions in the bank. You're already ahead—$214k a month versus $160k—and pulling away fast.

I could send him back to fifteenth century Florence to explain in detail; they'll chase down all the implications—even the inconvenient implications—of what someone tells you there's a rabbit as well as Lisp, so they get the wrong candidates. 16. I'd noticed that startups we funded were able to do what adults tell me all day long. The part that actually mattered was graphic design, not performance. Imagine the reaction of an FBI agent or taxi driver or reporter to being told they had to rewrite their software from scratch. In a syndicate there is usually a lead investor who negotiates the terms with the startup. As with the original industrial revolution, some of each. A corollary is that you lose the spontaneity of the original. If we have to do to get into the heads of organizations, directly to the investors who prefer to bet on good design. Just as inviting people over forces you to clean up your apartment, writing something that other people will want.

[alisadgonsales]

MLB.com FastCast: Cleveland’s epic comeback – 5/27/18

The Indians come back in historic fashion against the Astros, plus Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees outduel Garrett Richards and the Angels

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MLB.com FastCast: Cleveland’s epic comeback – 5/27/18

The Indians come back in historic fashion against the Astros, plus Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees outduel Garrett Richards and the Angels

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Budweiser STORM Festival Returns In 2017, Igniting 11 Cities In China And Beyond

Chinese Brand Making Inroads Abroad; Australian Edition Much Anticipated

SHANGHAI, May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Budweiser STORM Music Festival's 2017 press conference was held in Shanghai on May 11. Eric Zho, founder and CEO of A2LiVE, the producer and promoter of Budweiser STORM, announced the 2017 touring plans and cities at the event.

2016 STORM Festival

Budweiser STORM Annual Touring Plans Announced, First Foray Outside China

Having made a spectacular impact in 2016 on five major Chinese cities and received accolades from media and fans, Budweiser STORM announced its 2017 return to key markets plus expansionary plans into new cities within China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, and Xiamen. More lovers of electronic dance music will be able to revel in Budweiser STORM's signature music and lifestyle experience at the festivals, or via live stream broadcast from their living rooms.

The 5 STORM festivals last year bring over 388 million RMB in GDP to our host cities

Additionally, Budweiser STORM Music Festival is delighted to announce its unprecedented spread to cities outside mainland China, touching down in Taipei and announcing STORM Australia as part of the 2017 tour. This marks a milestone for the development of the Asian electronic music industry, and for A2LiVE, the pioneering company that is leading the charge. Historically, the electronic dance music scene in China has drawn heavily from Western influences. With increasing numbers of international festivals taking aim at the enormous consumer market in China, the genre is getting more influences from outside its borders. When China-born titan STORM goes abroad for the first time, pushing its blend of international electronic music stars outside its home country, China will finally become more cemented in the world view as a real pillar of the electronic music community. Due to STORM's rapid expansion, more music lovers worldwide will experience the magical energy that STORM produces and propagates. China will no longer only take cues from abroad but will also play a crucial role in innovating, setting the trends and shaping the global dance music scene.

Storm Records partnership with Spinnin' Records

A2LiVE is also proud to unveil its latest project in the world of electronic dance music - Storm Records! This new record label has been formed in proud partnership with Spinnin' Records, the biggest and baddest independent dance music label in the world today. A2LiVE will collaborate with the iconic Amsterdam-based Spinnin' imprint in order to truly blend East and West - fusing together their vast networks of talented music producers around the world. This will generate interesting new artistic collaborations and a stream of releases that merits the backing of such highly respected industry leaders.

Alan Walker, A2LiVE Managing Director&Chief Commerial Officer Mr. Eric Reithler-Barros on stage

Electronic dance music has been trending hard with Chinese youth - rave to the world's best DJs at the 2017 Budweiser STORM Festivals!

Elaine Liu, Connections Director of AB-InBev APAC North, has deemed the past three years partnership with A2LiVe as a huge success. "Electronic dance music always inspires and encourages people to unleash themselves, which coincides with the spirit that Budweiser holds dear. It's great to witness the rapid popularization of electronic music within the Chinese youth market; more and more young people have started to unleash their true selves via the power of this musical genre and lifestyle. In some markets, tickets for the 2016 editions of the Budweiser STORM Festival sold out in minutes, and the limited-edition aluminum Budweiser STORM bottle became a fashionable and iconic image amongst electronic dance music fans. In 2017, together with A2LiVE, we will bring all Budweiser STORM Festivals to a whole new level of production, music programming, and surprises. Meanwhile, there are plans for a series of branded and themed events surrounding Budweiser STORM Festivals to bring these phenomenal experiences to even more consumers."

IMS Asia Pacific Returns, Eyes On China

On the heels of Budweiser STORM Festival in Shanghai, International Music Summit (IMS) Asia Pacific is the three-day inspirational and educational dance music conference platform, where professionals in the international electronic music industry participate in a series of talks, interactive workshops and intimate networking opportunities.

A2LiVE Senior Bussiness Manager Vlada introduce IMS Asia-Pacific

Last year, A2LiVE brought IMS Asia Pacific to Shanghai, and gathered a broad range of industry giants to discuss the developments and challenges of the explosive electronic dance music industry in the Asia Pacific region. Two of the world's biggest electronic artists, Alesso and Skrillex, respectively shared how they built their profiles in Asia. Alesso announced his collaboration with Asia's Pop Mandarin Queen and vocalist Jolin Tsai-"I Wanna Know". In tandem with IMS Asia-Pacific and OWSLA, Boiler room returned to Shanghai with a special debut from IMS speaker Skrillex and was one of the most viewed and highest streamed Boiler Rooms ever. This year IMS Asia Pacific will return on September21-22, 2017. Early bird badges will be on sale on May 24 at imsasiapacific.cn. More information on IMS Asia Pacific, please visit the official website at imsasiapacific.cn, or follow " IMS_China" on Wechat.

About A2LiVE

A2LiVE is a live entertainment company based in Shanghai, and is the premier guiding force of the live electronic music industry in China today. Its mission is to become the leading vertically integrated electronic music platform in Asia, bringing the biggest and best destination electronic music experiences, music, video, news, and culture.

Since inception, A2LiVE has showcased many well-known international and homegrown artists in China including Axwell & Ingrosso, Skrillex, Hardwell, Afrojack, Dash Berlin, Avicii, David Guetta, Wang Lee Hom, Benny Benassi, Afrojack, Cazzette, Icona Pop, Oliver Heldens, Far East Movement, Pitbull, Kanye West, Incubus, etc.

A2LiVE's "Budweiser STORM" electronic music festival toured 5 markets in 2016 and energized 250,000 festival goers, with multiple new cities coming online in 2017. This year also marks the launch of DianYinTai (streaming electronic music service), growth of A2LiVE's artist management holdings (A2ARTIST and Strobe Light Talent), unveiling of its new DJ/production academy and record label divisions, and other related businesses. Find out more at www.a2live.cn

About Budweiser

Budweiser, an American-style lager, was introduced in 1876 when company founder Adolphus Busch set out to create the United States' first truly national beer brand - brewed to be universally popular and transcend regional tastes. Each batch of Budweiser stays true to the same family recipe used by five generations of Busch family brewmasters. Budweiser is a medium-bodied, flavorful, crisp and pure beer with blended layers of premium American and European hop aromas, brewed for the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment. Budweiser is made using time-honored methods including "kraeusening" for natural carbonation and Beechwood aging, which results in unparalleled balance and character. More information on Budweiser, please visit their official website at budweiser.com.

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FEMINISM AND THE GAZE (& GENDER)

FEMINISM AND THE GAZE (& GENDER) - Mary Wollstonecraft 1759 – 1797 (lives during the Enlightenment) Describes married women as birds ‘confined to their cages’ with ‘nothing to do but plume themselves - Early Feminism – John Stuart Mill, Argues that ‘the whole of the female’ and ‘the great majority of the male sex’ were simply ‘slaves’ - The Suffragette Movement, women not aloud to vote, women protested, some died. 1918 – Men and women over 30 meeting certain property qualifications given the right to vote. 1928 – all women over 21 given the right to vote.1969 – voting age for men and women lowered to 18 (takes effect 1970) - Sex and gender are completely different things. Sex is the biological state, gender is the sex that someone identifies with (whether that be mental or physical) - Birth of Venus (1485) showing Venus in a sexual way, barely covering body parts - Portrait of a Young Woman (1480) showing feminine beauty at the time. Relish tones in the hair, luxurious fabric gowns, china like skin, thin arched eyebrows and blue eyes. (both by Botticelli who obviously saw these traits as feminine and beautiful, one sided?) - La Berea (1876) showing woman beside baby, is that her job? women role? - The Childs Bath (1893) Woman washing childs feet, women role in society? to bring up children and be a good housewife? - Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun self portrait (1782 ish) shows her looking pale, virginal, hair down, silk dress and hat, (1786) portrait with daughter shows her with her hair tied up, clutching to her daughter, is this her showing her new role? - Judith Beheading Holofernes (1612-21) Women being boisterous, taking males role? dark colours used in painting set tone? is this bad or considered bad that a woman was doing it? - sam Taylor-Wood, portrait wearing a t-shirt with the slogan (fuck, such, spank, want) 1993. trousers down too. Exploiting her gender? how she is viewed by men as an item for fun? - Tracey Emin, Everyone I have ever slept with (1995) explores sexuality. Also celebrates sex as men do, in a boasting manner, does this making her too provocative? prostituting herself? - Vanessa Beecroft, female dolls without faces. Portraying how men see women only for their sexual potential? - Jenny Saville explores the different body shapes of women, are women expected to be slim and curvy for men to find them sexually attractive? - Lynne, exploring sexuality and gender identity - Flapper girl scrutinised in 20s for short ‘boy like’ hair. Femininity lost because of short hair?? - Punch Magazine had an article about androgyny, woman mocking boy for femininity - Mary Quant (mini Skirt) having her hair cut with a razor, masculine? - Marc Bolan, bog long hair, makeup, earrings, costume, feminine? (new romantic era) - Jean Paul Gaultier on shaming heavier woman, celebrates this with plus sized women on his catwalk. Also in 2008 had men in skirts on his womenswear runway. Challenging gender roles. - Mcqueens highland rape was misinterpreted for romanticising the sexual harassment pressed on women - Wonderbra highly controversial as of viewing women as an object - Opium YSL celebrating the feminine figure in a classy way (2000) - Photoshop changing the shape and proportion of women bodies to make them more attractive and feminine, is this bad? - Thin models lead to anorexia? New campaigns head light onto the mentality - Model Isabelle Caro shows the deviating effects of anorexia. - Man Ray explored female features in 20s, highly controversial at the time - Peter Paul Rubens the three graces (1639) shows larger women being celebrated for their beauty - Anna Utopia Giordano reworked the birth of venus to make venus slimmer (mocking modern society) - Also reworked other classics doing the same to the leading female figures of the paintings. - Barbie dolls unrealistic exception of women beauty. Nickolay Lamms doll is based on the average US 19 year old woman. - Barbie now making dolls with more realistic proportions. - Is fashion changing womens perceptions of themselves? Can we change this? What does it mean to be a woman? - Page 3 campaign to get rid of topless model - sexual objectification for mens pleasure - Pussy Riot performing/protesting in Moscow - in churches and cathedrals, large political statement for feminism - Spice Girls ‘girl power’ slogan taught young girls to stand up for themselves and be strong - Met Museum 4% of art by women but 76% of art is of naked women sexual objectification but no equality between artists. - Vivienne westwood sex boutique, women dressed provocatively but scary - mocking sex - Adolf Loos, Maquette of House for Josephine Baker, 1928 (never built) she was an exotic dancer, large windows to show off body. - Scopophilia – The pleasure of looking at others’ bodies as objects