#W Magazine Volume 2 2023

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JIMIN X W KOREA FASHION FILM 2

Jimin the global ambassador for Dior ✨✨

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Masterlist: Lesson Recommended Readings

Masterlist

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✨Lucy E. Thompson, 'Vermeer's Curtain: Privacy, Slut-Shaming and Surveillance in "A Girl Reading a Letter", Survelliance & Society 2017 ✨Gregor Weber, 'Paths to Inner Values,' in Gregor Weber, Pieter Roelofs, and Taco Dibbits, Vermeer, (NewYork: Thames & Hudson, 2023) ✨Bernard Berenson on Masaccio, panel in National Gallery, 1907 ✨Giorgio Vadari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (online translation published, 1912) ✨Marjorie Munsterberg, Writing about Art ✨Paul Binski, Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets: Kingship and the Representation of Power, 1200-1400, 1955 ✨Toby Green, A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the River of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, 'Rivers of Cloth, Masks of Bronze: The Bights of Benin and Biafra', 2019

✨Pieter Roelofs, 'Girls with Pearls', extract from 'Vermeer's Tronies' in Gregor Weber, Pieter Roelofs, and Taco Dibbits, Vermeer, (NewYork: Thames and Hudson, 2023)

✨Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1986)

✨Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1963)

✨Decolonial/Postcolonial Voices

✨Honour, Hugh and Fleming, John.  A World History of Art. London: Laurence King Publishing. 7th ed, 2005

✨The Painter of Modern Life, Charles Baudlaire, 1863 Part 2, Part 3 Other Quality

✨The Photographers Eye, John Szarkowski, 1966

✨Elkins, James. Stories of Art. London: Routledge, 2002

✨Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, Sol Lewitt, 1967

✨Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England. London, volume 1, The Cities of London and Westminster, 1973

✨Annie E. Coombes, Reinventing Africa: Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England, 'Material Vulture at the Crossroads of Knowledge: The Case of the Benin "Bronzes", 1994

✨Hatt, Michael and Klonk, Charlotte, Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods, 2006

✨Meyer Schapiro, H. W. Janson and E. H. Gombrich, ‘Criteria of Periodization in the History of European Art’, New Literary History, 1970 ✨Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, ‘Periodization and its Discontents’, Journal of Art Historiography, 2010

✨Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, The Benin Plaques: A 16th Century Imperial Monument, 2018

✨D'Alleva, Anne. How to Write Art History. London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2010/2013/2015

✨Christopher Wilson, The Gothic Cathedral: the Architecture of the Great Church, 1130 - 1530, 1990

✨Anne D'Alleva, Methods and Theories of Art History, 2005/2012

✨Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987 ✨Paul Binski, Ann Massing, and Marie Louise Sauerberg (eds.), The Westminster Retable: History, Technique, Conservation, 2009

✨Christa Gardner von Teuffel, ‘Masaccio and the Pisa Altarpiece: A New Approach’, Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, 1977 Part 2

✨John Shearman, ‘Masaccio’s Pisa Altar-Piece: An Alternative Reconstruction’, The Burlington Magazine, 1966

✨Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, ‘Art and/or Ethnographica?: The Reception of Benin Works from1897–1935’, African Arts, 2013

✨Eliot Wooldridge Rowlands, Masaccio: Saint Andrew and the Pisa altarpiece, 2003

✨Svetlana Alpers, The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century, 1983

✨Clementine Deliss, Metabolic Museum 2020 ✨Laura Sangha, ‘On Periodisation: Or what’s the best way to chop history into bits’, The Many Headed Monster, 2016 ✨A Gangatharan, ‘The Problem of Periodization in History’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 2008

✨McHam, Sarah Blake, "Donatello's Bronze David and Judith as Metaphors of Medici Rule in Florence," Art Bulletin, 2001

✨Eve Borsook, ‘A Note on Masaccio in Pisa’, The Burlington Magazine, 1961

✨Gombrich, E.H. The Story of Art, London: Phaidon Press Ltd, numerous editions

✨Paul Binski, 'The Cosmati at Westminster and the English Court Style', The Art Bulletin 72, 1990

✨Lindy Grant and Richard Mortimer (eds.), Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati Pavements, 2002

✨Peter Draper, The Formation of English Gothic: Architecture and Identity, 2006

✨Paul Crossley, ‘English Gothic Architecture’, in Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987

✨James H. Beck, Masaccio: The Documents, 1978 ✨R. A. Donkin, Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-Fishing: Origins to the Age of Discoveries, 1998

✨Nanette Salomon, ‘From Sexuality to Civility: Vermeer’s Women’, National Gallery of Art, Studies in the History of Art, 1998

✨Irene Cieraad, ‘Rocking the Cradle of Dutch Domesticity: A Radical Reinterpretation of Seventeenth-Century “Homescapes” 1’, Home Cultures, 2019

✨Walter D. Mignolo, ‘Delinking: The rhetoric of modernity, the logic of colonility and the grammar of de-coloniality’ in culture studies (2000)

✨H. Perry Chapman, ‘Women in Vermeer’s home: Mimesis and ideation’, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek,2000

✨Christopher Wilson, ‘The English Response to French Gothic Architecture, c. 1200-1350’, in Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987

✨Johann Joachim Wicklemann (1717 - 1768) from Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture

✨Antonie Cotpel (1661-1722) on the grand manner, from 'On the Aesthetic of the Painter'

✨Andre Felibien (1619-1695) Preface to Seven Conferences

✨Charles Le Burn (1619-1690) 'First Confrence'

✨Various Authors (Reviews) on Manet's Olympia

✨Zionism and its Religious Critics in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Robert S. Wistrich, 1996

✨Sex, Lies and Decoation: Adolf Loos and Gustav Klimt, Beatriz Colomina, 2010

✨Women Writers and Artists in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Helga H. Harriman, 1993

✨Fashion and Feminism in "Fin de Siecle" Vienna, Mary L. Wagner, 1989-1990

✨5 Eros and Thanatos in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Sigmund Freud, Otto Weininger, Arthur Schitzler, 2016

✨Recent Scholarship on Vienna's "Golden Age", Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele, Reinhold Heller, 1977

✨Maternity and Sexulaity in the 1890s, Wendy Slatkin, 1980

✨Andre Breton (1896 - 1957) and Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940) 'Towards a Free Revolutionary Art'

✨Sergei Tretyakov (1892 - 1939) 'We Are Searching' and 'We Raise the Alarm'

✨George Grosz (1893 - 1959) and Weiland Herzfeld (1896 - 1988) 'Art is in Danger'

✨Paul Gaugin (1848 - 1903) from three letters written before leaving for Polynesia

✨Siegfried Kracauer (1889 - 1966) from 'The Mass Ornament'

✨Victor Fournel (1829 - 1894) 'The Art of Flanerie'

✨Various Author's (Reviews) on Mante's Olympia

✨Rosalind Krauss (b. 1940) 'A View of Modernism'

✨Clement Greenberg (1909 - 1994) 'Modernist Painting'

✨Clive Bell (1881 - 1964) 'The Aesthetic Hypothesis'

✨Catherine Grant and Dorothy Price, 'Decolonizing Art History', Art History 43:1 (2020), pp.8-66.

✨Terry Smith (b. 1944) from 'What Is Contemporary Art?'

✨Geeta Kapur (b. 1943) 'Contemporary Cultural Practice: Some Polemical Categories'

✨Chin-Tao Wu 'Biennials Without Borders?'

✨Edouard Glissant (1928 - 2011) 'Creolisation and the Americas'

✨Rasheed Araeen (b. 1935) 'Why Third Text?'

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Doom & Gloom 2022: The Year In Bootlegs

So many bootlegs! If you need to get caught up, here's a handy list of these Doom & Gloom exclusives. Some of the old standbys, some new faces. Thanks to all the tapers out there, you are the real heroes.

What will 2023 bring?! I don't know, but I'll still be here. Oh and hey, have you signed up for the Doom & Gloom Substack yet? It's a good time.

#SummerOfPavement

John Fahey - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, July 14, 1976

Through Hills and Valleys, Over Creeks and Rivers: Crazy Horse’s Deep Cut Epics, 1984-2013

Public Image Limited - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, April 4, 1983

Low - Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1, 2016

The Velvet Underground - Music Hall, Cleveland, December 1, 1968

Sonic Youth - Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 14, 1982

Lou Reed - Mile End Sundown, London, United Kingdom, November 1, 1972

Richard Thompson - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, October 16, 1994

John Cale - Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge, England, May 13, 1975

Elkhorn - Volume 2 at Never Ending Books, New Haven, Connecticut, September 12, 2022

Lou Reed - Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan, October 26, 2000

Lou Reed - Palace Theater, New Haven, Connecticut, March 7, 1996

Lou Reed - The Bottom Line, New York City, February 25, 1983

Neil Young & The Transband - Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, West Germany, October 11, 1982

The Necks - Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 26, 1998

R.E.M. - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, April 14, 1982 / October 6, 1982 / July 17, 1983

jaimie branch’s FLY or DIE - Boot and Saddle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 18, 2016

John Cale - Oxford Ale House, New Haven, Connecticut, June 20, 1979

Silver Jews - 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, March 10, 2006

Air with Amiri Baraka - WDR Studio, Köln, Germany, March 20, 1982

King Sunny Ad�� - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, February 7, 1983

Patti Smith w/ Lou Reed - Central Park, New York City, June 27, 1977

John Fahey - Unknown Venue, Santa Barbara, California, January 1968

Neil Young - Acoustic H.O.R.D.E.

The Willies - The Peanut Gallery, Haledon, New Jersey, April 24, 1983

The Slits - Dingwalls, London, United Kingdom, May 13, 1977

Neil Young with Poncho and the MG’s - Rock Am Ring Festival, Nürburgring, Germany, May 18, 2002

Neil Young with Booker T. & the MGs - Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California, June 9, 1993

Lou Reed - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, June 27, 1992

The Feelies - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 19, 2022

Robyn Hitchcock - Robyn Sings Again

Wilco - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, September 16, 2000

The Feelies - The Grotto, New Haven, Connecticut, August 30, 1986 / Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, May 11, 1991

Sonic Youth - This Ain’t No Picnic Festival, Oak Canyon Ranch, Irvine, California, July 4, 1999

Lou Reed - ZigZag Magazine, Conversation with John Tobler, December 1971

Television - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, December 1, 1992

Tom Verlaine - Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut, October 10, 1981 / May 26, 1982

Jerry Jeff Walker & David Bromberg - WBAI-FM, New York City, 1969

The Replacements - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 5, 1981

Lou Reed - The Robinson Apartment, New York City, March 1971

[4jnismo]

[230106] — 🐥 upgrade: JIMIN X W KOREA MAGAZINE

Guess Who will be the cover star of Volume 2 2023 of W Korea? This celebrity’s greatness is jaw-dropping!

He is called an “accomplished artist” with gorgeous dance and an attractive voice. We’ve prepared a #WGuessWho sneak peek for you before the official publishing date of Volume 2. Cause we know that you are dying to see this star ;) What a best new year’s present!

[behind-the-screen-of-bangtan]

Jimin (지민)

Real name: 박지민 (Park Jimin)

Birth date: 13 October 1995

Home city: Busan

Instagram account

BU character: Park JiMin

BT21 character: Chimmy

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Biography

As a kid, Jimin used to have lots of hobbies, following anything that piqued his interest. However, when he discovered dance, he realized this was his calling and took lessons for two years while in middle school before getting into Busan High School of Arts. He interrupted his scolarity once he got recruited by Big Hit. He’s the last member to have joined BTS, two years before their debut. Always hard-working, Jimin has illustrated himself through his dance and his acrobatic figures but he also know for his kindness towards the members and the fans.

For a more complete biography, you can check these ressources:

biography from the volume 5 of the Japan Official Fanclub magazine (trans by kocchi, Kimmy Yang)

interview with Kim Ki-yoon, the owner of the dance school in Busan, where Jimin used to go to (English translation)

Jimin has also shared tidbits of his daily life:

[VLOG]  Let's take a picture of Paris and go to Hawaii (2019)

팔찌공방 VLOG (Bracelet workshop) (2022)

Birthday albums: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Recommendations

Music

Spotify playlist

You can find Youtube playlists of the songs he shared on Spotify and on Twitter or during interviews.

Books/Movies/Series/Anime

Google sheet of his recommendations

Solo activity

Music (discography)

Jimin & V - “95 graduation” (2014)

Jimin & Jung Kook  - “Christmas Day” (Origin. Justin Bieber - Mistletoe, 2014)

Jimin, JK - “We don't talk anymore” (gift for the Festa, 2017)

“ 약속  (Promise)” (2018)

“Christmas Love" (2020)

지민(Jimin) X 하성운(Ha Sung-Woon) - “With you” (우리들의 블루스 (Our Blues) OST, 2022)

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TAEYANG - 'VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS)' (2023)

FACE (2023) (see this post) (2023)

NLE Choppa, Kodak Black, Jimin of BTS, JVKE, & Muni Long - “Angel Pt. 1″ (FAST X OST) (2023)

JVKE, Jimin of BTS, Charlie Puth, Muni Long - “Angel Pt. 2″ (FAST X OST) (2023)

MUSE (2024) (see this post)

For more details about the songs that don’t have their own post, I listed all the info I had here. For Chapter 2 songs, please check here.

Shows

구오즈 만다꼬 (95z Mandaggo) (2015, anchor)

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Pixid (2023, guest): teaser, show

Brand endorsement

Global ambassador for Dior (2023): tweets, Jimin’s Instagram post, #2

House ambassador for Tiffany & Co. (2023): tweets, Jimin’s Instagram post, Youtube video, TikTok video, WWD: “EXCLUSIVE: Tiffany & Co. Releases Jimin’s First Campaign, Costarring Zoë Kravitz and Gal Gadot”

Magazines

W Korea 2023 Vol.2 (January 2023): tweets, Q&A, Behind the scene

Daman magazine February/March issue: tweets, interview

L’Officiel Malaysia March issue: tweets, interview

ELLE Hong Kong March issue: Instagram reel, interview in Cantonese

Vogue Korea April issue N°321: tweets, interview

AERA magazine No.16: tweets, interview translation

GQ Korea November Issue: tweets

Harper's Bazaar JP 2024 March issue: tweets, Youtube video, interview (in Japanese)

Interviews

BE comeback interview: “I’m the kind of person who likes to be loved”  

Butter release interview: “There’s people who’ve been rooting for us throughout this difficult time”

Proof release interview: “I want to be better, and cooler”

Trivia

Due to his round cheeks, Jimin earned the nickname of Mochi or Manggaetteok, which is a rice cake wrapped in manggae leaf.

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Scans from W Magazine, Volume 2, Director’s Issue, 2023.

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Jimin - Volume 2 W Korea Magazine 2023

[1864-66readingproject]

This is a sideblog for my own sort of personal reading project for the next couple of years. Based on the Reading Like a Victorian website, I have picked six/seven books published serially during 1864-1866 and will 'follow along' throughout 2024-2026, probably also reading some of the other publications from those years in their correct 'serial moment.'

See below the cut for the works I'll be reading and how I'll be tagging, etc.

Why 1864-66?

It lines up with my more general reading goals (at some point in 2024 I hope to move from a focus on literature from 1837-1859 to a focus on literature from 1860-1879)

It's the two-year period on RLV with the most novels I haven't already read (which have librivox recordings available - I have a chronic illness and have to spend a lot of my non-working time lying down, so the vast majority of my 'reading' is in audio form.)

The books I'll be reading serially are:

Luttrell of Arran by Charles Lever in 15 monthly parts, Dec 1863 to Feb 1865 (I didn't decide I was going to include this one in time to begin in Dec 2023, so read 2 parts in Jan 2024, and will otherwise follow schedule until Feb 2025) [This one is the only one not on librivox - I'm using a text-to-speech app instead]

The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon in 12 monthly parts, Jan to Dec 1864 (Jan to Dec 2024)

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens in 19 monthly parts (the last month having approx twice the normal number of chapters, as a sort of double-installment), May 1864 to Nov 1865 (May 2024 to Nov 2025)

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell in 18 monthly parts, Aug 1864 to Jan 1866 (Aug 2024 to Jan 2026)

Armadale by Wilkie Collins in 20 monthly parts, Nov 1864 to May 1866 (Nov 2024 to May 2026)

The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope in 16 twice-monthly parts, May 1865 to Jan 1866 (May 2025 to Jan 2026)

Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest by R.D. Blackmore in 16 monthly parts, May 1865 to Aug 1866 (May 2025 to Aug 2026

The 'other' works from 1864 to 1866 I hope to read at the corresponding 'serial moment' are:

Henry Dunbar, the Story of an Outcast by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, published as a 3 volume novel in May 1864 following previous serialisation (May 2024)

Brother Jacob by George Eliot, a short story published in a magazine in July 1864 (July 2024)

Enoch Arden by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a (narrative?) poem published November 1864 (Nov 2024)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, children's story published in one volume Nov 1865 (Nov 2025)

Felix Holt, the Radical by George Eliot, a three-volume novel published in August 1866 (Aug 2026)

I'll also be 'binge' reading other works (mainly Victorian, initially focusing on the period 1837-1859, then moving on to the 1860s, then on to the 1870s), so I'm not going to be *strictly* staying in the 'serial moment'... but it will be an interesting project for me nonetheless.

Tagging:

The reason I'm doing this on a sideblog rather than my main is that I want to post fairly unfiltered thoughts, and not to spend much time dithering over a post; therefore please be aware that this blog is highly likely to post untagged spoilers for the works, and probably untagged triggers.

For the most part, I will also not be using the standard tags for the works, as I don't want to clog up the main tags. I'll be using alternative tags like so:

#LoA (Luttrell of Arran)

#TDW (The Doctor's Wife)

#OMF (Our Mutual Friend)

#W&D (Wives and Daughters)

#Arma (Armadale)

#TBE (The Belton Estate)

#CN (Cradock Nowell)

#HD (Henry Dunbar)

#EA (Enoch Arden)

#AiW (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

#FH (Felix Holt)

I may also tag with the month & year (e.g. #Jan 1864) and serialised part (e.g. #part 1). When I tag characters, I think I will generally do first name & work initials (e.g. for Bella Wilfer from Our Mutual Friend: #bella OMF) unless I want the post to go in the main tag for that character.

Things I hope to pay particular attention to:

Serialisation: serialised parts, how the part-breaks are utilised (or not), how characters who have been out of the narrative for a few months are recalled to mind (or not), etc

The characters of Cynthia Kirkpatrick (Wives and Daughters) and Bella Wilfer (Our Mutual Friend)... W&D and OMF are the only two books of the above that I've read before, and I don't think it would really have occurred to me to compare them as they are so different in setting and tone, but actually - once I began thinking about it - I realised that both of them explore, in different ways, the psychological effect of financial insecurity on lower-middle class young women, and how that affects their approach to life and the choices they make and so on, so l think that will be an interesting thing to consider as I read. I will also consider if characters in any of the other works also explore similar ideas.

Social class as it relates to romantic storylines (again, I think there are some possible parallels to be drawn between W&D and OMF at least)

Class more generally, and all the different things that contribute to class and perceived class (wealth, posessions, income, occupation, education, birth & family, company & connections, 'manner', 'respectability', etc)

Women and reputation

Women in sensation plots...

Sensation plots more generally... In particular, I want to see if I can figure out why I've never seen anyone categorise OMF as a Sensation novel, despite it being from the right time period and including a lot of the hallmarks of the Sensation genre, including questions of identity, deception, crime, scheming, moral dilemmas, etc. I'm hoping that reading it alongside a few Sensation novels (Cradock Nowell is apparently a sensation novel, as are Armadale and both Braddon novels) and a few novels from authors associated with non-sensation literature (Gaskell, Trollope and Eliot), will help me figure out what I'm missing... [Actually, between writing the above and posting, I found this from the review of OMF by E.S. Dallas, published in The Times 29 Nov 1865: "The story, of course, we are not going to tell. It is very ingenious, and the plot is put together with an elaboration which we scarcely expect to find in a novel published in parts. All we shall say of it is, that those readers who pant for what is called "sensation" may feast in it to their heart's content on sensation; and that those who care more for quiet pictures and studies of character will also find that the author has provided for them. Mr. Dickens's range is wide, [...]"]]

Crime and morality

Violence

The role of the urban and the rural

Wives and Daughters contains a woman who becomes the wife of a doctor, and based on the title, I rather assume The Doctor's Wife does too... this could be a very shallow parallel but I guess I'll find out!

The last installment of W&D... I'm wondering if (by that time) being used to the 'rhythm' of the novel's serial publication will shed any sort of light on how things might have played out, beyond what is explicitly given...

Possible queer readings, esp of Our Mutual Friend

Other things worth mentioning:

The illustration used in my header and icon is by Marcus Stone, for the original serialisation of Our Mutual Friend.

I will also be attempting to do some relevant academic reading around some of the themes, etc, but 1) I want to avoid spoilers for the works I haven't already read, and 2) I don't have a lot of time/energy due to being both chronically ill and employed, so I don't know how successful I'll be at that.

[sidewalkstamps]

Citizens Construction Co Contractors 1929 with a hand-scrawled 5-28 date added (Photo taken by Scott Fajack in Elysian Heights on March 27, 2023)

This might be Citizens Construction & Development Co. of Los Angeles, California whose directors were J. H. Hollywood, W.A. Clark, G.W. Snell, M. W. Lewis, O. A. Topham, A. T. Canfield, and J.H. Chapman (American Globe: Investors Magazine, Volumes 6-9, 1909).

Unfortunately, Citizens Construction & Development Co. were listed among "Domestic Corporations Forfeiting Charters" in Certified Copy of Compiled Statement of Domestic Corporations Whose Corporate Powers Have Been Suspended, and Foreign Corporations Whose Right to Do Intrastate Business Has Been Forfeited, California Office of State Controller, 1914.

Not sure if they are related companies, but, if not, the above is wrong, as I just found "Citizens Construction"'s Articles of Incorporation from 1927 listed in a finding aid for the Seaver Center for Western History Research. The officers were F.M. Smith, M.B. Kugler, and G.R. Smith (Los Angeles County Incorporation Records (Second Series) 1903-1939, Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).

It is unclear to me what they were dealing exactly, but Citizens Construction Co. of Los Angeles, California were include in a 1953 "List of Dealers Subject to the Provisions of Regulation VIII, Section 2 (Revised January 31, 1953)" of the Housing Act of 1954 (United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Housing Act of 1954: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 2889, S. 2938, and S. 2949, Bills to Expand and Extend Title III, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, National Housing Act, and Housing Act of 1949, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954).

[onlinediscussion]

10 Best Sources For Crypto News 2023

Crypto news websites will keep you up to date on important news that might flip your cryptocurrency holdings upside down.

In a short period, cryptocurrency became the riskiest source of income. You may become a billionaire in a matter of days or go bankrupt instantly.

Becoming familiarised with cryptocurrency can be complicated if you are new to it. Finding reputable, trustworthy sources for your crypto news is essential to understanding what's happening in the crypto world.

Here are the ten top cryptocurrency news websites in 2023 in no particular order:

 

1. Blackhat World Community

The Blackhat community is a small but attractive site that covers a variety of crypto trading themes such as bitcoin, blockchain, and critical events in the sector. This site is for you if you like a clean, straightforward design with honest and truthful news.

If you want to vacation from crypto, there are other stories in politics and sports. Some of these themes also include bitcoin so you will be pretty close.

2. CoinMarketCap

This website focuses on market analysis, including price charts, market capitalization, and crypto trading volumes. You may access both daily and historical trade volumes. Segments such as coins in circulation are available.

CoinMarketCap also focuses on new and emerging coins and tokens, allowing users to determine what's hot and not quickly. There is news and other stuff, but it is an extension of the facts offered.

3. Daily Coin

Daily Coin delivers crypto news worldwide. Most of their material is international and reports on bitcoin events from around the globe. There are various authors on the site, so that you will hear many different views and opinions.

Daily Coin covers Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Altcoins and educates newbies on how to get started with cryptocurrency. There's also a section dedicated to legislation and worldwide rules that you can look at if you're frequently on the go.

4. Forbes

Forbes covers various issues, including technology, money, gaming, and even some off-topic discussions. The cryptocurrency section is small, although more extensive than most other sites.

The suggestions and techniques in many of their articles are the finest features here. Forbes covers expert interviews and provides their findings in well-written paragraphs. If you want to understand more about crypto trading, go there.

5. Coin Telegraph

CoinTelegraph has some relevant topics on everything crypto and blockchain. The blogs are informative and educational, covering all aspects of the cryptocurrency and bitcoin market.

One of the most enticing features of CoinTelegraph is the graphical explanation formula. Every article has a colourful banner and a visual representation of crypto trading and other businesses.

6. NewsBTC

At NewsBTC, you'll find a wealth of bitcoin news. Aside from bitcoin, the website covers events on other popular cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Altcoin, and many more.

There are also several opinion pieces and forecasts on the performance of bitcoin and Ethereum. Because these articles are created for experienced traders, the language may be a little dry for novices. Another exciting aspect of NewsBTC is that they conduct several expert interviews in which they provide advice and thoughts.

7. Bitcoin Magazine

As the name suggests, this online magazine publishes everything relating to Bitcoin. This is one of the first magazines to publish articles just about Bitcoin. Even though it began as a website dedicated to Bitcoin news, it includes other cryptocurrencies. It mainly focuses on reviews, pricing analysis, research, and other related topics.

Expect in-depth coverage and breaking news regarding Bitcoin technology and crypto trading. Aside from information, Bitcoin Magazine offers instructional tools for those new to cryptocurrency.

8. CryptoPanic

A single app and website called CryptoPanic are intended to assist cryptocurrency users in tracking market changes and crypto news.

You can filter out the noise with CryptoPanic and set up notifications for particular currencies or phrases so that you always know what's happening in the market. The app also has a robust user community where people are eager to express their perspectives on recent news.

In addition to traditional media outlets, blogs,  online forums, and social media sites are included in CryptoPanic's feed. As a result, it ranks as one of the complete aggregators in the cryptocurrency field.

The notifications created by users are CryptoPanic's finest feature. Users may configure specific notifications for any term, phrase, or currency with these. You will be aware of all news if you're interested in following a particular coin or subject.

9. Coin Spectator

Coin Spectator is a free service offering real-time cryptocurrency updates, news, and other relevant information. The platform has several capabilities, including a social network feed, price alerts, and portfolio tracking.

Over 400 cryptocurrencies may be tracked by CoinSpectator, which is one of its finest advantages. As a result, it ranks as one of the industry's most complete crypto news platforms. The site also provides a broad scope of services, including price notifications and a social media feed. A comprehensive cryptocurrency news platform, like CoinSpectator, is a great choice.

10. CryptoGoat

CryptoGoat is a neutral crypto news website. It is best for those who want to be up-to-date with recent cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology advancements. CryptoGoat guarantees that its visitors only receive high-quality content.

Additionally, there are no social media feeds since they would complicate the site in the opinion of CryptoGoat. Additionally, consumers may avoid interruptions by getting their news directly from reliable sources.

Furthermore, this website categorises news to give people a broad picture of what's happening in crypto.

Final Words

The news outlets mentioned above are only a handful of the top crypto trends 2023. With so many choices, you should have no trouble locating one that meets your requirements. Before investing, remember to investigate any digital asset, and only ever invest money you can afford to lose.

[blogmoderne]

[bangtang-boys]

Jimin of BTS the cover star of Volume 2 ! 2023 for W korea. ✨✨

[twatkcox]

[#2021]

Really, 2020, what has gotten into you? It only took more than a couple of months before everything went haywire and causing a worldwide problem that’s so difficult to manage and control. I’m specifically referring to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, which is still ongoing as of this post.

Anyway, let’s take a recap of all the things that happened in 2020:

I’ve published a total of 42 posts on TWATKcox-WP this year, which is slightly higher than last year.

I officially have a new job for the first time in six years, though I’m currently on a pay-per-work basis. Right now, I still don’t have my TIN (taxpayer’s identification number) and I don’t know if my previous company had already filed my TIN application at the BIR office in Makati. Well, I don’t want to risk getting multiple TINs, which is punishable under Philippine law.

TWATKcox’s 7th anniversary post features the seven things about me. Of course, it includes a very serious accident that left a scar on my scalp as a revelation, the last one on the list.

Taal Volcano in Batangas (south of Metro Manila) erupts, causing damage to houses and crops. Surrounding areas were also affected by the ash fall, prompting those living in nearby areas to hoard face masks.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019), originating from Wuhan, China (ugh, China!), infects millions of people in almost 200 countries. Several planned events here and abroad (mainly concerts and conventions) were either postponed or canceled for safety reasons.

In late January, I managed to capture some interesting scenes during the Chinese New Year celebration in Binondo, Manila. As a safety precaution due to the possible threat of COVID-19 in the country, I decided to wear my face mask in the area.

I visited the newly-opened Ayala Malls Manila Bay right after Valentine’s day (which turned out to be the final mall-hopping trip before the lockdown), as well as some of the malls (particularly SM Mall Of Asia) in the Bay City area (Pasay). I managed to see my previous employer’s new building along Macapagal Boulevard up close, right next to W Mall (Waltermart).

I bought a lot of manga books earlier this year, including Attack On Titan (volume 9), Nura: Rise Of The Yokai Clan (volume 2), and Buso Renkin (volume 8). Aside from that, I also bought two large plastic storage boxes and four shoe boxes to store my manga collection and my collection of old magazines.

Since March 15, Metro Manila (and the rest of the Philippines) was placed under community quarantine in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. For more than two months, I was stuck at home writing fewer posts for my blog as well as downloading tons of stuff. I find it unimaginable not to leave the house at a time like this, but I managed to do so a few times.

For a while, we have to rely on food deliveries and online shopping sites, mainly for groceries, fresh produce, meat products, and essential items.

In June, an online portal (powered by Weebly) and a third Tumblr site (focusing on my own literary works and fan fiction) were launched. TWATKcox’s Weebly site still remains operational, though no longer updated since last year. Also, all of my Tumblr sites are now using the Strongest theme by Glenthemes.

The Otaku Diaries (previously as The Anime Diaries on TWATKcox-Tumblr) debuted on TWATKcox-WP with a different introduction. I’ve already published a few posts under that series.

In September, I had a third smartphone, a Mi A1 (which is passed down to me by my brother, who had just got a new phone) which is currently running a customized OS that is based on Pixel OS. It took me almost a week to set it up and then I messed it up with a bugged update, As a result, I had to set up the Mi A1 again. Right now, it didn’t get a lot of use since I still have my second smartphone (the Vivo Y53), but I’m actually using it to do various jobs off PC, such as writing various drafts, editing photos, and surfing the internet. Once the pandemic is over, I’ll be using it as a primary phone with the Vivo Y53 as a secondary/music phone, effectively retiring my first smartphone, the LG Optimus L3 II, which I’ve been using since 2014.

I celebrated my 30th birthday with a simple dinner. Nothing special, really. But I think it would’ve end up differently had the pandemic not happened.

A couple of strong typhoons hit the country: Typhoon Goni (Rolly) and Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses). Both typhoons caused serious damage to various parts of Luzon, including Bicol region, Cagayan Valley, Rizal province, and Marikina.

I managed to buy a lot of stuff, some of the items are bought online via Lazada. Among those I bought are a couple of micro SD cards (64 and 128 GB), a 10000 mAh power bank, and a USB hub with SD card reader. My PC got an upgrade too, including a brand new 4 TB hard drive to replace the failing 2 TB hard drive. Of course, I initially have plans to buy some new clothing and accessories, but I decided to hold off for now until the pandemic ends.

I celebrated my tenth year with WordPress. It’s been ten years since I joined the blog-hosting site (WordPress.com) to host my blogs The Kin Keihan Times (second iteration, December 2010 to January 2013, now called The Kin Keihan Times Archives) and The World According To KCOX (since January 2013). More than two years later, in January 2023, the latter will celebrate its tenth year in the cyberspace, another major milestone for my current blog.

As far as Christmas and New Year’s celebration is concerned, I couldn’t enjoy it despite my extreme anticipation for the holidays. Private gatherings are limited to about 10-20 people. Public gatherings are still prohibited, so there will be no New Year’s celebration parties around the country, as well as in other parts of the world.

Before the year ends, I created a new banner for TWATKcox-WP, using one of the edited pics from last year. Nothing special, really.

Right now, I don’t want to get my hopes up (I’m extremely disappointed about my canceled plans for this year, that’s what) so I won’t be listing down any of the upcoming events here. Same thing goes for my upcoming plans. The only things you should look forward to this 2021 are the main blog’s 8th anniversary and a handful of special posts. Whether or not I’ll get to finish the planned literary special and the autobiography will depend on the COVID-19 situation in the country. If things won’t improve by then, I might be forced to drop these projects altogether.

Frankly speaking, 2020 doesn’t deserve a place in world history. I was hoping that this cursed year be erased from this planet’s existence.

The world is greatly suffering from COVID-19 and it will take a while for this pandemic to end. So, it looks like I won’t have a great new year ahead as well.

And so, I won’t end this with a greeting. Just stay safe, stay healthy, and together, we’ll beat the sh*t out of this f***ing coronavirus that ruined our lives. Yeah, 2020, you’re the worst year in history, ever.

[behind-the-screen-of-bangtan]

j-hope (제이홉)

Real name: 정호석 (Jung Hoseok)

Birth date: 18 February 1994

Home city: Gwangju

Former stage name: Smile Hoya (2008)

Studio name: Hope World

Instagram account

BU character: Jung HoSeok

BT21 character: Mang

(src)

Biography

For a more complete biography, you can check these ressources: 

biography from the volume 1 of the Japan Official Fanclub magazine (trans by kocchi)

pre-debut timeline

Thread about his participation in a musical in 2008

Central Sauce’s article by Elliot Sang “J-Hope’s Journey: From Teenage B-Boy to BTS’ Rap Star”

j-hope has also shared tidbits of his daily life:

HOPE WORLD!😳 (he introduces his 2018-2019 studio)

[VLOG] Very Important Business (2019)

확신의 J VLOG (J VLOG of certainty) (2022)

Letter from #jhope (eng)

A letter to help us wait while j-hope performs his military duty

Birthday albums: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 , 2024

Recommendations

Music

Spotify playlist

You can find Youtube playlists of the songs he shared on Spotify, on Vlive/Weverse and on Twitter or during interviews.

Books/Movies/Series/Anime

Google sheet of his recommendations

Solo activity

Music (discography)

V, j-hope  - “안아줘 (Hug me)” (gift for the Festa, 2015)

“1 VERSE” (2015)

Hope World (2018) (see this post)

RM, SUGA, j-hope - 땡 (Daeng) (for the Festa, 2018)

j-hope feat. Becky G - “Chicken Noodle Soup” (2019) (see this post)

“Blue Side” (2021)

--- Chapter 2 ---

Jack In The Box (2022) (see this post)

Crush (크러쉬) - 'Rush Hour (Feat. j-hope of BTS)' (2022)

“On the street” (feat. J.Cole) (2023) (see this post)

HOPE ON THE STREET VOL. 1 (2024) (see this post)

For more details about the songs that don’t have their own post, I listed all the info I had here. For Chapter 2 songs, please check here.

Shows

Hope On The Street (anchor)

j-hope films himself dancing. Note, however, that there are other videos of him dancing that are not associated with the name Hope On The Street

Twitter (another one with Jaesang)

Youtube:

Hope on the street @150920

Hope on the street @151008 - 1

Hope on the street @151008 - 2

Vlive(now on Weverse):

160126 BTS Hope On The Street Live

160126 BTS Hope On The Street Live 2

160413 BTS Hope On The Street Live

화개장터 (Hwagae Market) (2015, anchor)

pre-open

episode 0 [ 대국민사과방송 ] (national apology broadcast)

episode 1 [ 요지부동 ] (try to not react)

episode 1.5 [ 벌칙수행 ] (penalty execution)

SOPE 👨‍❤️‍👨필리핀에 오다! (Came to the Philippines!)

솝 꿀피부를 부탁해😆 (Please take care of my honey-soft skin)

해체 발표 (disbandment announcement) for April Fools

&TEAM Academy : season 1 EP.01 (with. j-hope of BTS)

Brand endorsement

House ambassador for Louis Vuitton (2023): tweets, J-Hope at the Men’s Fall-Winter 2023 Show, j-hope for Men’s Fall-Winter 2023

Magazines

W Korea August release (2022): tweets

Esquire Korea August issue (2023): tweets, interview, #StayTuned, Louis Vuitton 2023 Fall-Winter Men's Collection Behind Scene, j-hope's precious selfies

Interviews

BE comeback interview: “Even just one, single love is beautiful, but we’re getting love from all over the world”

Butter release interview: “I’m not the kind of person to settle for their life as it is”

Proof release interview: “I’m going to look for the way that’s right for me”

Trivia

He forms the group Sope with SUGA. As this subunit, they made the show  화개장터 (Hwagae market) and the Japanese song “Otsukare”.

[charlotteswebbbbb]

Scans from W Magazine, Volume 2, Director's Issue, 2023.