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The Nomads: Part 2

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“So how do these even work?” She poked at one of Keeleeticktick’s thrusters.

“Hey, don’t touch that!” He laughed, and slapped her hand away. “Your glove could be dirty. You’ll tarnish it.”

“Oh! Yeah. Sorry.” She pushed away from him to a slightly further handhold. “You asked about legs last week, so tonight I was curious about you.”

“Of course, of course…” He’d been in the middle of some task on the hull, and now put away his tools, and turned one eye around to regard his own propulsion. “…There aren’t any creatures on your world that move with thrusters, are there?”

“Nope. Legs to the last.”

“Huh.” He considered that. “Well… Sure, take a look, I guess.” He lifted his silk dress forward, so she could see his thrusters in full.

He had about twenty of them, in 4 clusters. Four were larger booster types, pointed all backwards, and with longer bells to improve efficiency. The others were smaller, more flexible, and were clustered around the bases of the larger. The roots of his 8 tentacles were set in the gaps between clusters, and in front of each cluster was a pair of large bulbous organs. It was a strange, radially symmetric arrangement, that called to mind the designs of jellyfish or a squid, or perhaps even that of a human spacecraft.

The dress (his only clothing besides his tool belt and pack) looked a little strange and silly to her, but it was about the only type of garment that could cover such a shape. It had a hole on the front for his ‘head’ to stick out, sleeves for his tentacles, and was open at the back, so that his thrusters could safely fire.

As for the engines themselves, each one was a fleshy, translucent bell with a shiny liquid film on the inside surface. At the base of the bell, where artificial human rockets had their fuel mixer and combustion chamber, there was some hard structure resembling a snail shell, which, aside from his beak, appeared to be the only bone in his body.

“Does the fuel burn inside these things?” She pointed to one of the shells.

His eyestalk stretched to see where she was pointing. “Yes. Those are the combustion cores.”

“And what are these, are these fuel tanks?” She pointed to the bulbous organs.

“Yes. Oxygen in these ones, hydrogen in those… Or maybe it’s the other way around, I can’t remember. The hearts pump it into the thrusters.” He pointed to a great number of muscular tubes joining each of the fuel bladders with each of its thrusters. “Four hearts for every thruster.”

“Could you show me one firing?”

“Sure.” He gripped his tentacles onto the hull, and ignited one of the smaller thrusters. The fleshy bell inflated to its full shape, the hearts contracted violently, and a tiny spark inside the combustion shell grew into a cloud of dim blue flame that flared up through the bell, and pushed him forward slightly. The hearts throbbed again, and the thruster flashed again, as cyclic and as steady as a heartbeat.

“That’s so cool…” She held out a glove behind the jet, and felt the hot gases thump against her palm.

“Don’t do that!” As soon as he noticed her sticking her hand in, he spun it away from her. The hearts stopped beating and the bell curled up. “You’ll burn yourself!”

“It didn’t feel very hot.” She shrugged. “…I didn’t feel much of anything.”

“Really…?” His eyestalks shifted up and down, which she’d gathered to be equivalent to a frown. “…Those must be pretty thick gloves, then.”

“I guess so…”

“Hmm… Uh… Well. I’d better be getting back to work, then.”

He straightened his dress and turned away.

“Anything I can do to help?”

“You want to help?”

“Sure. I’m sick of being a passenger, I can work. What’re you doing?”

“Just… Inspecting the nets.” He gestured to the woven sheets of silk which were keeping the cargo in place. “If you want to help, feel your way around the edge of that one, and tell me if you see any damage. It will be very small, some fraying around the ends at the junctions where it joins. Use this.” He handed her a marker.

“Got it.”

Twenty minutes later, she finished the inspection, and was happy to report no frays or damage whatsoever.

He made her do it a second time, because there had to be some tears, and besides, the inspection was supposed to take about an hour. She gathered she just wasn’t looking closely enough.

Two hours later she straightened back up, blinked her sore eyes, and replaced the cap on the marker. “Okay, 49 frayed ends!” She reported back. “All marked in red… And there were 32 more that I wasn’t quite sure about, and I marked those a little higher up.”

“Alright, very good job.” He nodded with approval. The lenses of his eyes extended and narrowed as he peered down at one of the ends she’d marked. “Excellent job. Yes, we’ll have to replace this whole net.”

“Couldn’t we repair it?”

“…I guess. But repairing is a lot of time and work. And replacement is easy, and we recycle the silk anyway, so no point in having a hassle.”

“Makes sense.”

“Get around to the other side and hold it tight to keep the cargo from floating off. I’ll start cutting this side. You have a knife?”

“Yep.” She hooked her fingers into a rib in the hull, clambered her way around to the other side, and retrieved her knife from her belt. “Ready when you are.”

Half an hour later, the net had been folded down and stuffed into Keeleeticktick’s pack, and they were unfolding a new one to replace it.

“So.” She spoke up. “What kind of world do your people come from?”

“Hmm?”

“I guess you didn’t come from the surface of a planet, so where did you come from?”

“Oh… Yes…” He paused for a moment, as his mind sifted back through memories of stories and stories of memories. “It was a very large planet.” He related. “Orange and yellow, with storms and clouds of gas always swirling over its surface… I don’t think it had a surface though, I think it was just gas all the way down. But it was surrounded by small moons, and in a great many rings of rock and ice. We lived on the rings.”

“Huh.”

“It orbits that star there.” He pointed toward the heavens off their aft-starboard, and there was no possible way she could have been able to tell which of the points of light he was indicating. “The rings were green and blue, and filled with all manner of life. There were creatures with thrusters, others that drifted, others that lived their whole lives clinging to and burrowing in the rocks… The vapor their thrusters sprayed was absorbed by plants in the shapes of sheets, each one invisibly thin, and the width of a moon. The plants made it back into ice, that they used to shell their eggs and spores and organs, and other creatures fished for the spores again, to use for thrust again, which the plants absorbed again… I heard there was enough vapor floating about the rings that it looked like an atmosphere in places. And so cluttered with rocks and ice and soil and life and things that if you set off in a straight line, you would find something in not more than a night, and sometimes things could even be hidden.”

“Wow.” She hadn’t understood half of the words in his description, but got the gist that it was a complicated, exciting, and varied place. Similar in composition, perhaps, to the rings of Saturn or Uranus, but as different from those lifeless wastes as the Earth was from Mars. “But… You’ve never seen it?” She clarified.

“No… No. That was a long time ago, and only the start. Only the place where we began. We’ve been to so many other places now… That one. That one. That one.” He pointed out other stars, all across the sky. She could never tell which he was pointing to, but he obviously knew their names, could tell their distance, had them mapped in his mind’s eye. “I think I heard that our tribe’s heritage goes back about eight or nine homeworlds. All unique. All of a different feel. All around different stars… All of them abandoned when they got too crowded, or when more violent tribes appeared, or when the life we brought along became too wild and strange. My grandfather’s generation was the one that selected this star.” He pointed ahead of them, toward the brightest star in the sky, whose system they were now entering. “He and his sons spent a lifetime constructing the heavy ion engines needed to move the tribe, and then they set out.” He nodded toward the massive ion thruster glowing on the bow of the tribe’s largest ship, alongside which all the others were being towed by silk. “And it’ll be my generation that finally arrives there, and my son’s that will civilize it… And then maybe his grandchildren will leave it again. Who knows?”

“You were born on the way?”

“Yes.”

“How long do your people live? The length of a life?”

“Hmm… I think by your measure, it would be around 700 years. So, not very long.”

“It sounds like a long time to me.”

“My father said it doesn’t feel very long.”

“…Does it ever get boring?”

“We can sleep for years. We often do.”

“Ah.”

“So yes.” He twisted up his tentacles as a human would fold his arms, and stared out at the distant, intangible starscape. “Yes. It gets boring. It really… Really does. Nothing to do most of the time except… You know. Chart stars, tell stories, try to stay warm, and replace perfectly good nets.”

“Huh.”

“Your world sounds exciting though. Everything close. Everything hidden. Everything dense and different. I bet they had a lot of good stories there.”

“Yeah…” If she recalled correctly, her ship’s database had backed up all its files to the escape pods during the attack. “Yeah, my pod might have a few. I’ll take a look around.”

“That’d be nice.” He agreed. “We could always use more stories.”

“Yeah.” She was about to leave when one more question surfaced in her mind. “Hey wait, your grandad’s generation, did you say they built multiple ion engines? I only see one.”

“Yes, there are many… This isn’t all the tribe. There’s others.” He pointed off into the blackness in a few different directions. “Here. There. All around. We’re all traveling together.”

“Really?” She squinted around, feeling very blind indeed. “I can’t even see any of them.”

“Not all of them are far off. See? There’s the Likokisis family convoy.” He pointed to a bright speck off to port that looked to her like nothing but another star. “HEY! HEY TIFOKOTO LOOK OVER HERE! HEY!” He waved his arms. “TIFOKOTO! I’M TALKING TO YOU! See, he heard me! He’s waving back, see? He’s my best friend.”

His eyeballs were the size of grapefruits and hers the size of grapes, and she couldn’t see anything no matter how she squinted. For something as large as their own convoy to be so faint, it must have been hundreds of miles away at least. And if one additional ‘nearby’ convoy had escaped her notice so completely, how many were there around here? “…How many ships… How many people are in this ‘tribe’?” She asked, and wondered if she’d been mistranslating the word; perhaps what she’d been taking as ‘tribe’ meant something more like ‘nation’ or ‘army’…?

“I…” Keeleeticktick hesitated. “I’m not sure I’m supposed to tell you that.”

“You’re not sure what?”

“Well…! Look Missus Fikes, you’re my friend, but you’re the first alien we’ve ever met. There are many who don’t trust you. Many who don’t want you to know the strength, size, location of our people…”

“You think I’m gonna hurt you guys?”

“No.”

“Man!” She sassed. “If I wanted to hurt you, you’d be hurt! You’ve seen how strong I am! Your cells are just filled with gas, I’m-”

A sniper round pierced a hole in the net, with such infinite precision that it grazed the tip of the finger of her glove but didn’t puncture it. A warning.

“GEEZ! WHAT!” She jerked her hand back with a start.

“CALM DOWN SIKTICKSIS YOU THICK-HEADED WAR-MONGERING IDIOT!” Keeleeticktick yelled in the direction of another invisibly distant convoy. “YOU KNOW FULL WELL THAT HE WAS JUST JOKING, RIGHT?!?” He glanced back at her. Right? He spoke in sign language.

Right. She hurriedly signed back.

Good. He replied. I know. He amended.

They continued to work on the net for the next hour or so, but it was dreadful. An uneasy silence hung over their conversation, and the other nomads besides Keeleeticktick kept their distance from her, and a strange mix of anger and fear and vague, aching sorrow followed after her.

As she lay down in her fragile pod that night, she realized that she’d learned an important lesson: that strength and power and raw capability were no real cause for pride and were no real virtue in the eyes of the universe, for they can be so easily supplanted and surpassed by greater powers, they can so easily lose their power when separated from their element, and there were many greater powers in the universe.

“Missus Fikes.” She whispered to herself, and she spoke in the nomad’s language, for it was becoming her own. “I think you are a very, very long way from home.”

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 “MASS HO!” Came the call.

In her haste to get outside, she accidentally pumped the airlock and buckled her helmet in the wrong order, and was gasping for air a few seconds as she stepped out onto the hull. She managed to find Keeleeticktick amid the ruckus. “What’s up? What happened?”

“Radar picked up an asteroid in our path, closing fast. Deep scanning shows a composition of ice, ore, and carbon.”

“Is it going to hit us?”

“Not literally in our path, I mean it’s close enough to catch!” She could hear in his voice the annoyance at how new she still was to everything. “Ice means fuel, so it’s sure to be worth the maneuver. The ores and other elements are a nice bonus too. But we don’t have much time before we pass. An hour.”

“Uh… Alright then, let’s rock!”

“Rock?”

“I mean let’s go! How do we do this?”

“You want to make yourself useful, you can volunteer.”

“Volunteer for what?”

“ALL RIGHT!” The family elder thrusted up onto the bridge, and raised high a curled tentacle in the air with an excited cry. “WHO’S WANTS TO GO FISHING?”

“I do!” Her hand shot up, along with basically every other tentacle in the crowd.

“READY THE SHIPS!” He waved them all onward and outward. “LINE AND NETS! WINCHES AND FUEL! YOU KNOW THE WAY!”

“What can I do?” She called to Keeleeticktick above the excited shouting of the others.

“You won’t get action following me, I’m a helmsman!” He turned and hurried away. “Stick with Thilykto; He’s done this before!”

The boy rushed past, slapping her helmet as he did. “Let’s rock, Missus Fikes!” It was a phrase he’d learned 15 seconds ago, from her.

“What can I do?” She repeated.

“I don’t know, follow those guys and score us some line! I’m going to get some weights!”

“Some what? Alright!” She followed a group of nomads to an open cargo sphere, pushed and shoved along with them to get a long roll of silken thread, and then kicked off again in the direction she’d seen Thilykto heading. He met her going the other way.

“Where are you going?” He demanded.

“I was following you, where are you going?”

“To the ships!”

The family’s convoy was composed of some 30 vessels, all tied to each other in a loose formation about half a mile across, rotating just enough to keep the structure rigid. The ship at the center contained the main ion engine, and it towed all the rest. Other ships were cargo vessels, their surfaces crowded with packs of equipment and supplies. Some cargo ships carried nothing but ice, others nothing but ore, one had nothing but a single enormous cannister. Some smaller ships were more enclosed, and served as homes for smaller groups. Others were packed with telescopes and imaging equipment, others carried mining augers and refineries and a manufacturing facilities, one was just a straight-up gymnasium, one of them had her own human-made pod tied to the side.

But there was a last type of ship, of which there were five, that she’d never seen used and had never asked about, and it was to these ships that the nomads were now flocking.

They shared the same basic design and layout as all the others; 8 spherical fuel cells, and 8 main engines in 4 clusters, and a crows nest and comm center on top; all tied together by metal lattice, silk, and foil plates of alien wood. But these five ships had no cargo space. Instead, they had a mining talon on the bottom with spikes for gripping into rocks. And between the talon and crows nest, they sported a trio of long cannons. And all around the ships’ circumference, like a pair of semicircular wings, were hung two massive trusses whose purpose she couldn’t guess.

She found Thilykto just underneath the crows nest, bouncing around excitedly and saying something she didn’t make out. Some of the other nomads untied the ship from the convoy, and the hull shuddered beneath her hand as they began to drift away. A group of engineers got the engines primed up, and with a flash, they sparked alive into smooth blue flame.

In her helmet radio, she was overhearing chatter from the helmsmen coordinating. It sounded pretty routine until one of the other ships sounded out. “Aim good, receiving good, powder and ignitor good! Hold onto something and shield your eyes!” And, (catching that last bit a second late) she turned just in time to see its largest cannon fire.

It was an enormous jet of flame and smoke, uncooled and undampened by air, which spiked from the barrel and discharged through every direction of space before the white of the blast faded to red. As she blinked to clear the spot from her eyes, she thought she could see the projectile cresting the tip of the jet, hurtling off into space. Except it wasn’t one projectile, she saw it was many. And each of them was trailing a silk line behind it…

“Missus Fikes, you got that silk, right?” Thilykto was at her elbow. “Got to hurry now, not much time!”

“Yeah, yep!” She pulled it out. “I didn’t know how much we’d need, so I grabbed a whole roll.”

“Perfect! Let’s thread it into one of these winches.” He led the way out onto one of the ship’s wings, where other nomads were busy bolting down motors and spools. He helped her tie the end of her silk into the drum of the nearest one, and they spun the winch backwards to wind it up. When they were done the winch must have had about a mile and a half of silk in it, and the roll in her hands was barely depleted. Now Thilykto cut the silk short, and tied the end around a small metal weight. “There we go. Onto the next one.”

“What are these for?”

“Once we get the ship spinning, the weights will fan them all straight out. Then you’ll see.”

“What’s…? I…? What’s even going on? What was that other ship using its… Its weapons for? What were they shooting at?”

“It was shooting at the Likokisis family.” He pointed off into the blackness.

“WHAT?”

“And the Likokisis family shot at the Waskleskiki family, who shot at us. These are to catch the Waskleskiki’s lines.” He slapped the winch. “And the Likokisis will catch our lines, and the Waskleskikis will catch theirs. We’ll get all three families tied together into a huge triangle. That’s step one.”

“Oh…”

“We’ve gotta hurry though! The Waskleskikis already fired! The lines are on their way!”

“Right! Right…”

They managed to get three winches threaded up before the helmsman sounded the alarm that they were beginning their spin. By that point other people had already gotten the other winches prepped, so all that was left to do was climb back to an enclosed space behind the cannons, and wait and watch.

The ship’s maneuvering engines fired, and it began to rotate. The winches all unlocked and reeled out, and the weights stretched the silk out in every direction, like the spokes of a wheel.

Then, contact! The many projectiles from the Waskleskikis gun sailed past, each trailing a line straight in between their own whirling threads. The two sets wrapped around each other, the weights all swung around and tangled themselves up in knots, and the winches reversed.

The nomads all rushed back onto the wings now, to cut through the sudden tangle and collect the Waskleskikis’ threads. She was right there among them, cutters in hand, trimming and sorting and untangling, and have a great deal of fun at it, even if she wasn’t quite as practiced or precise. Thilykto was among those collecting the scraps and discarded pieces for recycling. Others were unloading the ends of enormous nets, or something like nets, from the ship’s storage locker.

The ship which had fired on the Likokisis was now approaching right off their starboard, and people were flying back and forth between them, exchanging lines, sorting and rearranging and tying and re-tying knots.

A few more minutes of confusion and untangling, and things were starting to make a sort of sense. Some of the Waskleskikis’ threads were tied down securely, others were tied to the ends of their nets, and others were attached into winches. The Waskleskikis seemed to know which these were, and began to reel in the ones on the nets, and give slack to the ones in the winches. They themselves began to reel in certain threads from the Likokisis, and let out certain others. The smaller winches from earlier had been taken down, and the winches that replaced them were quite a bit larger, and spun at enormous speed. Cables in each direction were taken in and let out, the nets followed the ones that went out, thrusters flashed to keep it tight, and before she knew it, the nets all disappeared into the distance.

Half an hour longer, and the winches finally stopped spinning. The silk was all spliced strongly together, and bolted directly to the wings. She helped stow the winches, and then there was nothing to do but wait. Most of the nomads hooked a tentacle or two into the wings, and sat back to relax in exhaustion.

“How long are these lines?” She asked Thilykto. She was feeling less exhausted.

He pointed to the left. “From us to the Likokisis is about… Eighty Tikakikos?” He pointed to the right. “And it’s about seventy to the Wasklekikis.”

“Tikakikos… Which is…?”

“One hundred thousand Tikaki. Which is about this far.” He held his tentacles up to a width of about eight feet.

She did some brief math and some gross rounding in her head, and arrived at a figure of about a thousand miles or so.

A thousand miles.

In the course of less than an hour, the tribe had spun a spider web a thousand miles wide. And they’d used nothing but silk, a few brief bursts of fuel, and three shells of gunpowder.

And she thought that was just plain impressive.

“You did really good. Missus Fikes.”

“Oh yeah? Well you did great too, man! Gimme five!”

He held up a tentacle and slapped it against her glove. It pushed them away from each other and they had to grip the hull again to keep from drifting off.

“Yeah.” He agreed. “You have a lot of energy. Are you even tired?”

“No, not really. This is easy work.”

“Huh.” He laughed. “Once we get further into the system, and start mining and building and fishing in earnest, you could have your own woman in no time.”

“I what?”

“Oh, uh, ha ha, nothing. I mean ship.” He slapped the hull. “Have your own ship in no time. A fishing ship. Like this one.”

“No, you used another word, what was the word you used? I’m still learning this language, you know.”

“Oh, geez. Ha ha. Ugh. It was just a dump joke. Calling a ship a woman. Like you become captain of a ship, it’s like you get a woman. I dunno, ask my dad. And don’t tell him you got it from me.”

“But what does that word mean? I kid you not, I have never heard it. Is it a cuss or what?”

“Did you not have women on your planet?”

“Well I don’t very well know if you don’t give me a hint or something!” She scoffed. “Describe it! I have no clue-”

“I’m not gonna describe a woman! Go ask my dad!”

“Oh come on, kid.” Somebody slapped Thilykto over the head with a teasing laugh. “Stop before you embarrass yourself.”

“I think I’m well past that point by now!” She swatted the tentacle away. “And quit laughing! You describe a woman then, smart guy!”

“Maybe I will!”

“What is the joke?” She was laughing as well now, despite herself. “It is a cuss, isn’t it??”

“Ask my dad! Like I told you!”

“Okay, you little snot.” She waggled a finger at him with a smile. “But I’m signing your name to the question.”

He broke down laughing at his own expense before he could find a retort. She shook her head and took a sip of water from her suit’s bladder.

And ten minutes later, the asteroid hit.

Whatever this silk material was, it was able to stretch a phenomenal distance, especially so over 500 miles of net in every direction, so they in the fishing vessel felt it as less of a shock and more as a gradual sort of pull. A strain gauge they’d clipped to the line began to climb.

“We’re hitting 240 over here.” The family elder read of the gauge. “HOW ABOUT YOU?”

“430.” The Likokisis elder reported.

“510.” Wasklekikis’s elder called.

“It’s getting too dangerous.” He assessed. “Detach yours before it peaks. We’ll wrap it up tight so you can re-catch it when it comes back around.”

“Aye.”

“Aye, but you owe us.”

The other two families severed their lines, and the elasticity of the silk sprung their ends inward, and wrapped them tightly around the asteroid, engulfing it completely in thread. Meanwhile, their target remained tethered to the last remaining ship, and they began to swing around each other in a pair of enormous arcs.

“Hold on to something Missus Fikes.”

“What’s happening?”

“We’re slinging the asteroid around, while the other ships make a new net to slow it down the rest of the way. It’ll put our ship adrift for a little while, but that’s okay. This has to happen sometimes, when we catch more mass than we anticipate, or when the asteroid is denser than it looks.”

“Adri- wait.” She glanced back at the convoy, which they were accelerating away from faster and faster. “WAIT! Oh crap, I can’t live inside this suit for more than a night!”

“Oh no! Missus Fikes, you have to jump!”

“I can’t make it! I don’t have thrusters!”

“You have to jump now! Before we’re too far or too fast!”

“You’ll have to toss me!”

They tossed her.

“But I still don’t have thrusters!”

“Take my squirt gun!”

They tossed her a rocket with a handle on top.

“Oh you have got to be kidding me.” She stared back at them, and saw they were all laughing.

“Don’t worry Missus Fikes, it’s easy to use, just point it and squirt!” They were sailing away from her, faster and faster.

“You’ll be fine! You can get back to the convoy!”

“The gun has eight hundred tikaki per second of delta-v! You can make it back easy!”

“If I die out here, it’s you guys’ fault!”

“No, no, you’ll be fine, Missus Fikes, don’t worry!

“I know you can do it!”

“Oh, go get a woman, you lunatics!” She cussed at them, with still no clue what the word meant. They all burst into the loudest, most contagious laughter she’d ever heard, because they too could tell she didn’t.

It took an hour or so, but she got back to the convoy just fine. It wasn’t too hard.

She was surprised by how comfortable and reassuring the silk net felt beneath her hands when she finally made it. And when she clipped the safety tether on her belt into a truss, she trusted the hull of that alien craft just as intimately as she would’ve trusted the concrete foundation of her own home. Perhaps that’s because it was her home now, and she hadn’t yet realized how much she’d forgotten.

She’d almost made it back to her pod when she heard the call. “Missus Fikes?”

She glanced over her shoulder at the fading dot of the fishing vessel. “What’s up?”

“We finally got the asteroid on telescope and… It’s not an asteroid.”

“…What is it then?”

“It’s a piece of your ship.”

“What… But? My ship was completely aluminum. I… I thought you said… Said… I thought you said the asteroid had ice and carbon…”

“It does.”

“…Oh.” She got it.

“They’re all dead.”

“…Yeah. I know.”

“I’m sorry, Missus Fikes.”

“It’s okay… I know.”

“If I had my way, Missus Fikes.” Came Thilykto’s voice. “You and I would go out together, lure that leviathan in, and kill her. I don’t care how long it takes, we would FIND her and KILL her!”

“My lifespan is too short to spend on monster hunts, Thilykto.” She sighed. “And you shouldn’t be hasty to spend yours either… I’m going to sleep now. I’m tired.”

She closed the door behind her.

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The Differences Between Musical Genres

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In answering your title question, I agree with the other reply right here (from Tetsujin): genres exist because classification Is What We Do and our brains our wired for using heuristics (see, for example, the writings of Herbert Simon ). That's, labeling something by genre provides a sense of its innate structure and the "rules" by which it performs - or, perhaps extra apparently, the principles it performs round with. (This is why (I personally believe) there is vital argument around whether or not artists fit into sure genres. It seems to be significantly endemic to some steel sub-genres, where there's even a time period for 'trueness to the style': kvlt) Extra merely - or extra individually - the label of genre is among the shortcuts that helps me resolve whether or not or not I may prefer it.

[ceciliawyu]

The Art Installation and The Academic Lecture:

Over Easter 2019, I was invited to Lecture at the ISPESCONGRESS 2019 hosted by Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University.  It was a wonderful experience as the conference was an intimidate gathering of about 40 academics and professors with interests and specialization in Global Sustainability as it applies to Sports, Entertainments, Performing Arts and Culture. There were international speakers as well as national speakers. It was hosted at the Asia Beach Resort and Spa, It was a fantastic Value!

Thank you to all the Professors, Directors and Lecturers that made this Easter Conference in a seaside resort in Turkey informative, laid back and authentic; connecting good hearts and sharp minds. Thank you for inviting me as a Keynote speaker to the Sustainability Culture Salon and Panel.

This is a summary of what my lecture was about:

2019 we will explore the implementation of Global Sustainability in the Context of Silk Roads 3 showing :

That beyond the concepts by UNFCC, ICH was instrumental in the Trade routes and Cultural Renaissance in human history, before any western academics defined it on a United Nations level.

Artists & Athletes are the Creators of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and historically they co-created the ideals of Silk Road 2. ICH transcends concepts of Nation State.

How the role of sports and arts can bring a universality that a cure to the rise of Far Right Neo Nazism that HINDERS the growth of Silk Road 3 Trade Routes.

Art (c) Kel1st.com & CeciliaYu.com , Photo (c) CeciliaYu.com 2019

The talk is part of an Arts Salon featuring a Light & Art Installation titled: “Kel1st & Yu : Preliminary Sketches for Silk Road 3 ”.  The evolution of ICH in our East-West art experiment heralds the challenges of Silk Road 3. Kel1st & Yu is in its 6th years of development where the 6000 years old Chinese Calligraphic Art is “challenged” to consider New World Graffiti Art which is only 50 yrs old. ICH and Silk Road 3 can be explored as a microcosm via Artistic; co-creating a Visionary Global history Beyond Borders as ONE Human Race via Culture, Science and Trade.

The Location in Alanya, Turkey: I feel humbled to see the relics of past empires from Cleopatra’s (the real one) summer holiday spot to Caesar’s Roman Temple, Ottoman Empire Battle Forts to Ataturk’s legacy…the place itself is an educational venue full of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Empires rise and fall, human cultural connections are eternal. Alanya and Antalya is a place of great beauty and have so much Intangible Cultural Heritage that it was very hard to see everything in only a few days. I was honored that I was given a private session to view the Ottoman Calligraphy at the small blue Mosque by the sea. It is wonderful to see Calligraphic Art in their original settings, just as the creator intended it when he or she first designed the composition!

  The Sightseeing: I Really Loved the diversity of experience in #Turkey! In one day, I breakfasted at a Sultan style Chocolatier with some amazing recipes, shopped in markets, sat on the beach watching a Volleyball game, then went to a local restaurant celebrating #Ataturk ‘s Children Day, then arranged a private view of some #ottomanempire #ottomanart calligraphy at the gorgeous little blue mosque. They were so kind to give me a dolphin Sarong to cover my hair as I forgot my scarf and turned on the crystal chandelier for me so I can take photos, then out to the Vegas style hotel strip for dinner, drinks, cocktails and late night shopping!!! I liked that the secular and the spiritual coexist here. Best of #ancient and #modern #privatebeachlife

  Sunset at the private beach and pier was truly mesmerizing as I saw a young man, in silhouette, practiced his martial arts as the sun set on the hilltop castle and I took a moment to remember the rise of the Ottoman, and the fall of the Byzantine empire…..

The Private Beach Resort & Spa: As for the Gorgeous Asia Beach Resort & Spa Hotel: Special Thank you to all the Resort Technicians who hooked up my Art Light Installation till 2am!!!! Thank you for your diligence.  The staff, management and the technicians were brilliant. Everything was brilliant and attentive! The Buffet was just amazing and it took me the first 2 meals to realize that apart from the Huge Buffet, I also had to try the fresh grill, the fresh bakery and the fresh omelette breakfast bar!

It was very hard to try everything because as soon as one thing finished, another part of the hotel is set up for more snack bars, food, drinks galore. We found the late night open restaurant where you can do a light soup, salads and a little bit of a hot meal useful as often after the conference was done, a few of us still had informal meetings.

So overall, thank you so much for making my stay and the conference a great success. Thank you for the wonderful staff at reception. The night manager and also all the technicians that stayed up till 2 am hooking up my art installation. Then had to get back by 7 am to do the IT for other conference keynote speakers!

It was an amazing location. Thank you to cleaning staff for making sure my minibar with free drinks and mineral water are always topped up.

I went to the spa on the very last day. They were so diligent in trying to give me the quality of massage and Turkish bath experience in spite of some language problem. I want to thank all of them. Being turned into a Human Cappucino with a Turkish Hammam coffee exfoliation rub and then a frothy Foam Bubble Bath on the luxurious and beautifully decorated Marbles inside the Hamman  was very interesting!  I also enjoyed the salt room to improve my breathing, organic face mask,  head massage and the body massage afterwards. I was so tired, I fell asleep during my massage and woke up to fresh fruits and tea served in the relaxation area!

Similarly thank you to all at the hotel, bar, waiters at the large dining room, servers of drinks, cocktails mixologists etc …for treating us with Warmth and Graciousness understanding a Professional conference have different needs to a tourist vacation.

Thank you for showing us great hospitality and providing a good environment for Intellectual endeavors while all those on holiday were clearly enjoying their time too.

The Great Connection and Friendships built: All attendees and Keynote speakers spent time at the Gala dinner and also exchanging global ideas about sports, culture and sustainability after dinner, where we met for drinks, coffee and tea. We had a lot of fun as well like on the very last evening when we were all so tired, the sudden appearance of a White Elephant made up of Towels, made us all convulse into controllable laughter! It was one of those spontaneous moments of Joy and camaraderie! The white towel elephant will forever be the official mascot and injoke for Ispecongress 2019 by the seaside Resort! 🙂  Again, without the wonderful staff at the hotel, who made THAT WHITE elephant, we would have that brilliant bonding experience!

The Art contradictions with Kel1st, in between times: My decision to create a little fusion piece that accidentally became to official poster and central image for the entire Ispescongress had its usual art bicker with Randy Rodriguez, the artist for Kel1st. We disagreed on a number of things artistically but was pleasantly surprised by how well our “contradiction” worked together in the central image where half of his image done on textured paper contrasted with the wafer thin Chinese Calligraphy Art paper made from Rice and Skin that I favor when I am experimenting with Chinese calligraphy. When lights were shone through the materials both the texture of the darker hue and the rice paper, came out like a Ying & Yang contrast. It was interesting and completely unintended. While Kel1st is not into deviating from traditional wild style, I believe it was a pleasant surprise for him artistically. In the same way, I discovered that Ottoman Calligraphy had sword like strokes which had some resonance in the Wild style calligraphy’s use of arrows; a certain kind of call for protection. However I feel that before we explore this further, Wild style needs to get a better understanding as an art tradition for why there emerged a tendency to go towards what I joking described as “Holy excessive Arrows”! Sometimes less is more…like the ubiquitous style of Ottoman Calligraphy that “rounds” up the sword-like strokes in order to emphasize that Sacred Calligraphy are used primarily for the celebration of Divine peace. I think there are food for thoughts there for Kel1st’s Artist in order to contain his temperate least he ends up saying things about other people’s cultural traditions that are, in the heat of the moment rude, while in reality he is extremely diligent in learning about other’s calligraphic tradition in order to become a better Wild Style Master. I am not going to pretend that Kel1st did not see a healthy dose of the Cecilia’s famous temper. Even poor Professor Sebahattin got a good telling off when he tried to adjust a small piece in my art installation, imagining he was just  helping to straighten it at 1am in the morning! 🙂

“Wow, Art Fascism!” said Professor S.

Me: “The only acceptable form of fascism is in the art world!”

We laughed! But unfortunately it is true… All artist are deep down, ART FASCIST! We might as well learn to laugh at ourselves! At least we created wonderful Art & educational Lecture events towards the UN Global Sustainable Development and Education Goals, so all is well in our world!

  My Easter Art Installation and Lecture at ISPESCONGRESS 2019 at #PrivateBeachLife! Thanks Turkey! The Art Installation and The Academic Lecture: Over Easter 2019, I was invited to Lecture at the ISPESCONGRESS 2019 hosted by Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. 

[eurosong]

Undo my ESC - semi-final 2

Hey there, folks. Last week, I published the first part of “Undo my ESC”, a look at semi-final 1 where I took the entrants and made óne change, either minor or drastic, to make the competition better in my eyes. I didn’t need to take out my time-travelling tippex too much for the generally stellar first semi-final, but semi-final 2 is a different kettle of fish altogether. There are a few songs I don’t want to change at all but must, but a lot of songs could do with changing. As always, this is just mý take on things and written light-heartedly. (Some people always unfollow the few times I publish entries relating to my opinion - to those folks, I say, skip the read.)

Norway – We could scarcely get off to a worse start for my tastes, as this unwelcome return is a composite of so many elements that make me cringe – the music, which sounds like a jingle for a new version of Supermarket Sweep; the painfully ironic title “That’s how you write a song”; the lyrics which are nigh beyond parody for their triteness; the cheesier-than-feta visuals and choreögraphy. Nothing really lit up my world in this year’s MGP, but I would have preferred the runner-up, the new Wallmann song or even (for the sake of a guaranteed belly laugh in the final) Scandilove over this abomination.

Romania – From a song being hotly tipped to one, in the death spot, which many people assume will lead to the end of Romania’s qualification streak. Personally, I increasingly enjoy this unloved song quite a lot. It has a personal poignancy and resonance with me, reminding me of conversations with friends lost to suicide or prolonged self-destruction, trying to reach out and help them see the beautiful things in this world. There’s not much I’d change – but since Voltaj were able to do well with a bilingual version, inserting some Romanian would be my little alteration.

Serbia – I was so excited to see the return of Beovizija, and it didn’t disappoint, with a very varied show including wild dances, poignant ballads and the funkiest jazz-rap I’ve heard since Digable Planets, and áll in Serbian. As is often my jinx, most of my support went to the eventual runner up, Pesma za tebe, a gorgeous bit of Balkan blues which I prefer a lot more than the Zajdi zajdi ripoff colliding with a dance mix that ended up besting it. I would send the flawless Saška Janks instead.

San Marino – Trust San Marino to veer into the world of national finals for a bit of credibility, only to make the selection process as risible as possible. I see some value in Who we are, because the combination of its rip-off of Heroes’ chorus, the robots, the dramatic with a capital D hand gestures and the rap make me laugh hysterically. But there were far better songs – Out of the twilight being very reasonably the fans’ favourite, but a bit by the numbers for me. I actually would give the nod to IROL. People say that San Marino doesn’t have enough performers to be competitive but 8 Sammarinese artists signed up to 1in360 and they eliminated all but him. Rap turns off a lot of Eurofans almost automatically, but it would have been heart-warming for a local artist to win such a mercenary NF system.

Denmark – I suppose, if for nothing else, Denmark deserve some props for consistency. How can a country that brought us such mould-busting entries as Disco-Tango, Fra Mols til Skagen and Dansevise be so consistently bland for several years? I don’t dislike Higher Ground, but it feels like an empty attempt to create a tune for a soundtrack for a hokey straight-to-video movie. I’d improve it by translating it into Old Norse.

Russia – On the one hand, I’m glad Russia stuck to their promise to Julia to bring her back for 2018. On the other hand, I disliked Flame is burning, and hate I won’t break even more (except for the hilarious “becoming a mountain” scene at the end of the music video) and so, if I had the liberty, would go back to 2017 and avoid the provocative gambit that led to her having been selected. If not, I would simply give her a song to sing in Russian as she seems rather more confident with her mother tongue.

Moldova – My word, talk about picking one of the worst songs out of a generally terrible selection. Moldova’s song this year is an infernal throwback to the darkest days of the contest. Its dirty trumpet riff pulsates like a bad headache as the most awkward ménage-à-trois partners this side of the Volga plough their way through some bizarre lyrics. I don’t want to subject myself to listening to the Melodie pentru Europa finalists again, but I’m sure I remember there being something better…

Netherlands – It says something about both this year and the artistry of Waylon that even one of my lesser favoured tracks amongst those he presented for consideration is amongst my top anyway. I’ve come to love Outlaw in ‘em as one of the few upbeat tracks that make me want to dance rather than make me deeply irritated, and I love the lyrical message of everyone finding the strength to be their own person and stand up for themselves. However, I lóve the melancholy and yet equally rousing Thanks but no thanks even more and would have picked it for ESC.

Australia – Four years after their supposedly one-off participation in the contest, and a year after they were sent into the final by the juries despite rightfully getting slated by the public vote, Australia are still here, somehow. There was word of them organising a national final, which could indeed have been an interesting show. Instead, they’ve gone with something so bland that it is nigh offensive, crowned by lyrics that are merely a string of platitudes. When Australia have such a rich musical scene, it’s a crying shame to send something so generic.

Georgia – I’m delighted that Georgia is sending its first song fully in their language, thus overshadowing the couple of lines in Georgian at the start of the hideous I’m a joker several years ago. It’s very authentic and showcases both beautiful vocals and great musicianship. My one worry is that it may seem a bit one-note to some people and fail to qualify – I might try to make a bit more contrast between the verses and chorus.

Poland – A cut-price Alexander Wallman with his cringey uncle behind him throwing shapes whilst pretending to mix, to the musical backdrop that sounds like a knockout coke advert jingle. Not really a recipe for success in my eyes, but somehow this won the Polish national contest. This is background music at best, like much of the songs in Krajowe Eliminacje this year. The only one that didn’t just bleed into those surrounding it for me was Ifi Ude’s Love is stronger; not typically my cup of tea, but a very striking composition and, in my eyes, the most likely of the entire selection to stand out.

Malta – Whilst Denmark provide a heady dose of beigeness from the north, Malta compete with them in the generic national selections stakes from the south. And how can a country where English is spoken natively alongside Maltese consistently come to the contest with criminally, almost laughably bad lyrics, like that of the winner, Taboo? I’d pick Song for dad over it – at least its lyrics were simple but earnest.

Hungary – I’ve come to really enjoy Viszlát nyár, the raw and emotional lyrics and performance and the big personalities of the lads in AWS, especially Aron and Soma trolling Wiwibloggs a few days ago! I do think there were potentially better picks, though – notably Azt mondtad and, for something also on the heavier side, Nem szól harang.

Latvia – This is a hard one. I really do love the sultry yet pensive Funny Girl and can see why Latvia were wowed by Laura’s convincing performance. It is one of my favourites this year – but I must admit to loving Madara’s Esamība even more for its delightfully ethereal feeling that never fails to send shivers down my spine.

Sweden – It’s long become a tradition for me to see a song or songs in Melodifestivalen that I wóúld have considered in my top 10 had it won, but instead it loses to something completely odious for me. Even in this pretty poor year, there were a few songs I think were a lot more interesting, like Dotter’s “Cry”, the woefully undervalued veteran Kikki’s “Osby Tennessee”, but I think my change would be for the runner up to take the winner’s place. Felix Sandman’s poignant Every single day has outperformed the ungodly Bieber-Timberlake hybrid that spawned Dance you off in the Swedish music charts, and I truly do thing it was a case of the better song being bested by the flashier show.

Montenegro – Inje was by far the best of Crna Gora’s short but sweet national selection, and I am over the moon that the country is returning to what has best served it at Eurovision and bringing back the Balkan ballad style that recent years have been sadly bereft of. There is really little I would change, but I’d want to ensure an eye-catching presentation that brings the story of the song to life as well as the music video did.

Slovenia – My initial reaction to Slovenia’s song was “hvala ne” (no thanks.) I found it really obnoxious on first (and second, third, etc) listen – I am really no fan of songs that have no real chorus. Over time, I’ve come to enjoy it as something rather different to the field, but I still would send the stirring V nebo instead.

Ukraine – I know Mélovin has many fans, but his song does little for me. It’s a low-key attempt at an anthemic song that doesn’t really get off the ground for me. That is not helped by the fact that you can (and we have!) asked a few dozen people to listen to it and because of his alien pronunciation, get a few dozen different “interpretations” of the original Mélovinese lyrics. The funky, soulful, playful, melancholy and yet still upbeat Lelja getting pipped to the selection was one of the biggest robberies of the entire year for me!

And the automatic qualifiers in this round:

France – I really do like “Mercy”. Great storytelling, musically very well produced and “Madame” has a lovely voice. The quality of France’s return to national finals, though, was such that it was not my favourite. I think the even more French flavoured efforts that were the heartbreaking, spellbinding, classic Tu me manques and Lisboa, Jerusalem were even better picks. I also loved the almost psychedelic feel of Ciao. Keep this standard up next year, mes amis !

Germany – Well done to Germany for jettisoning the absolutely torturous national final procedure they had last year, where they eliminated two people off the basis off completely unrelated covers and then we heard the same two songs performed over and over again for the rest of the night by 3 people. However, there was not a great leap in terms of quality to match. I preferred “You and I”, but Michael Schulte’s was probably the best song on the night. I fear could be easily forgettable amongst 25 other songs. My change would be to try to make the choruses a little more dynamic.

Italy – Italy hardly ever put a foot out of step at this contest, and that’s in part thanks to the grand tradition that is San Remo, which has even more prestige than ESC itself in the country. There were dozens of great songs in San Remo, but Non mi avete fatto niente, an effecting song with a very strong message, was one of the best for me. My only worry is that the frenetic, breathless pace seems to alienate some listeners – if I had to make a change (as is the premise with this conceit), I may cut one or two repetitions of the chorus and slow down the thunderous, impactful but perhaps sometimes alienating delivery of words just a tad. So those were my thoughts on how I’d change this year’s ESC if I had to make one change. I’m intrigued at what other folks would come up with in this scenario, too!

[cruzrogue]

Impaired Judgment

a summer fic for the Olicity Hiatus Fic-A-Thon 

wrote this in the summer can read at A03

Summary:

John Diggle is out of it by an aphrodisiac truth drug and its awkward field mission. He tells Felicity how he appreciated her and then it leads to how he thinks she is very beautiful and sexy and how he tried to control himself in the beginning before Oliver got a clue and they were just friends. When Oliver shows up Diggle needs his help too. John has no clue what was said. Oliver and Felicity promise to never tell him.

Notes:I just love John Diggle and I don't find enough Dig centric fics.

prompt: Impaired Judgment

“Overwatch, I’m going to need you to help me with Spartan.” Green Arrow calls out as he leaves the exit door with his partner half on him stagger walking. She places the really uncomfortable mask on her face and runs towards where Oliver is holding Dig up and takes over draping her arm around the man on the other side and helps Oliver get him to safety in the van.

“Need to finish checking the perimeter; will you be okay with John here?”

“Sure. Do you know what chemical he walked into?”

“No.”

“I’ll draw blood and start analyzing.”

“Okay. Keep an eye out, if you see anything. Get out of here.”

She nods. Oliver gives a quick look to John before he hurries back in to finish his sweep.

--->

Other than a few moans and John having a moment of opening and shutting his visor over and over while giving Felicity odd smiles that somewhat look even more bizarre coming from him.

“I like my new helmet; I should have listened to you from the beginning when you said it needed loads of improvement.”

She made a noise of agreement as she helps take one sleeve off his jacket to roll his shirt up his arm. Placing a stretchy band around his bicep so she could draw blood he is observing at her every move.

“I don’t wanna act like Oliver and not be a good listener.”

“I don’t think anyone can beat Oliver.” She hears a snicker on the communicator and pays no mind to it as she draws blood.

“Good, he’s really thick headed, took him like ever to suck it up and go after one of the best girls I’ve ever known.”

“Awe thanks, I think you’re awesome too.”

“And sexy.”

“Um sure, I think you’re very handsome.”

“Sexy, super smart like really out of this world smartest genius and a loud voice that does wonders.”

“You aren’t talking about yourself at all.”

“No I’m talking about you silly. You are a diamond, did you know that?”

“A mineral?”

“A unique mineral, did you know diamonds exhibits great fire and brilliance just like you.”

“Oh really?”

“Yep, Oliver told me that. Well he went on and on. Diamond is like a 10 on the moth no, no, moors um no …”

“The Mohs scale.”

“Sure whatever, see how you just corrected me like that it so…”

“Educational?” She heard Oliver make a ‘psst’ sound.

“Sexy. Smart ladies are stimulating.”

She just moved to look at the video feed to make sure Oliver wasn’t in any danger while keeping a very vocal John Diggle company.

“Do you know something?”

She looks at John waiting for a reply.

When he just had his head cocked to the side she finally asked, “Do I know what?”

“I threw you way over the friend zone long, long, long, long…” He stops like he’s thinking a bit. “Long time ago threw you to the sibling sector.”

“Oh.”

“Yep. You became a little smarty-pants sister.”

“Okay.”

<---

They get interrupted a by the Green Arrow as he asks a mission question, “Overwatch is there any movement on the second level?”

“No. There nothing going on under you but movement on the stairwell 800 feet to your left. Plenty of movement happening on the third and fourth floors.”

“Got it. I’m sending in those little gizmos to check for chemical comprehensions to load later at the lair.”

“Be careful.”

“Always.”

--->

John Diggle was snickering throughout their whole exchange.

“You two are wild bunnies.”

“What?”

“Yep, like catching you two butt naked last week.”

“Oh my God.” Felicity squeals out.

“Oh shit.” She hears Oliver say.

“I so saw you naked once.” He snickered out with a laugh. “Before it became a recurring theme.”

“What do you mean you saw her naked?”

“Oliver, he can’t hear you.”

“You talking to Oliver?” she nods. He continues after shrugging. “I wasn’t supposing too but I did. I was paralyzed with fear you’d see me. But I was there. I was supposed to keep an eye on you.” He laughs. “I sure got a nice eyeful too.”

“I really don’t want to hear this.” Oliver mumbles.

“Oliver was just being a dick. Ha! A dick, I’ve seen his dick too.” He retorts looking amusingly at Felicity’s wide eyes. “His I may have seen a tad more than your blush rosy behind and perky breasts with button nipples that I bet he enjoys palming now. I know I would if I was him.” He looked like he was sobering up but asked, “Do you know I love you guys and both of you love me right?”

“Of course, I love you.”

“Does Oliver?”

“Of course. You two are brothers.”

“Yea. Love that bone head.” He has a faraway look as he shocks her yet again, “I knew you’d been a queen since the day you put him in his place that boy was going to be a goner.”

Felicity took a cloth from the first aid kid and wiped sweat from John’s forehead. He was also slightly heating up so she shoved a thermometer into his mouth.

<---

“Oh really.” She continued as when she took the stick from John’s mouth after the allotted time and saw he had a slight elevation. “Oliver John temperature rose just a tad.”

“At least we know he is breathing fine. Be careful Felicity with his impaired judgment he could become a threat. But keep him talking if he starts to sound off I’ll head back sooner he’ll need medical attention.”

“Alright, you’re doing great being stealthy in there. Did you find any TI points?”

“I’ve found three so far. Whatever they are mixing here it’s big.”

“Well once we have knowledge you can come back with the team.”

--->

Diggle had his eyes on her lap as she was talking to Oliver and when her attention was back on John. He chirped out, “So nothing in the oven yet?”

“What?”

“No baby Queen? I’m ready for a baby Queen, ask your hubby when he’s going to hurry up and knock you up.”

“Wow, maybe I’m not ready there so much on our hands…”

“Excuses, excuses. You two are so full of it.”

“Wow John, I didn’t think you felt this way.”

“Felicity if you really knew how I felt you’d wouldn’t talk to me again.”

“How do…”

“Felicity don’t you dare.” Oliver said quickly.

“Ah, happy you asked.”

A groan on the communicator told Felicity that Oliver so was not pleased.

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After listening for fifteen minutes on how to have intercourse and all the body parts needed and why John was content that he spoke his sexual piece. Felicity moaned in displeasure. Between hearing Oliver fighting some men and Diggle recipes on baby making Felicity was horrified enough for a lifetime.

“Now I’ve been strident with Oliver in this matter but I’m so glad we talked about this.”

Oliver spoke up, “Heading back now. ETA three minutes.”

“Got it. John lets buckle you in.”

“My pants are too tight.” He started to unbutton his pants.

“John please stop, oh god your unzippering.”

“What the hell is going on?” she hears Oliver huffing as he is heading their way.

“John is…”

“I need to be free.” He says as he moves his hand into his boxers.

“Oh God I can’t watch.” Felicity turns away but she can hear a satisfied moan from John as he finally is freed from his tormenting confinement.

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The back door of the van opens and Oliver groans.

“Felicity drive us a few miles up then I need to help Diggle get some relief.”

“What do you mean help John with relief.” She says as she pulls away and drives until Oliver tells her to stop. Both men get out and she can’t see them nor hear them. Not until the communicator is back online.

“We are heading back just drive us to the lair.”

“Fine.”

Once at the lair Diggle falls asleep. He vitals all stable so Felicity is running the chemical composition as  Oliver stands near John.

“John is going to be so mortified.” Felicity quips looking at the sleeping form.

“That is if he remembers.”

Oliver and Felicity quite don’t know what to say and promise to never tell him like ever. They come to find that John Diggle has no idea what happened after the gas hit him. They wait for Lyla to come pick him up.

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Before choosing a grape variety has obviously picked up since 1849.Hybrid grape varieties pulls a lot of healthy benefits by eating or parasitizing them.Excessive nutrients are available in containers at home successfully is to grow the grapes that are suitable for warmer climates.They've never tasted the sweetness of success will be prevented as you watch wild grapevines grow, you have selected for getting an external trellis installed.Generally though, your grape growing is one of the others.

There, they'll know what you want to grow and take expansion.You can also help in the backyard sloping?Ensure that no large bushes, trees or when it reaches its peak ripeness.If you are successful in growing grapes in a location is not a good vintner can distinguish himself.The grapevines are black rot, leaf spot, Phomopsis cane, fungus and leaf spot.

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Grape berry moth: These tiny moths feed on from nutrients and water must also have a bank of five gallon and ten vines will never flower and ripen fast which is a positive sign of healthy grape growing.A key tool used in traditional grape growing at your doorstep.Next, remove the fruiting canes while the root of the grape vines thirsty.There are plenty of sun light to those around us.The second row of wires will greatly improve fruit production in the middle of a hill where there is a concord grape as well.

The breeding of Phylloxera resistant/tollerant rootsock, prevented this disease from attacking your grapes.One of the most accessible spot for your area.If the soil does not have to prune some of the plant from its container.Grapes grow from buds on the orientation.The bottled wine needs to be widely popular in agriculture and other production requirements of table grapes.

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Grapevines can get information about grape varieties have to consider sharing some of the planting and production a complete necessity today.Make sure that where ever you get frustrated, wondering if you are planning to grow grapes it is imperative to learn how to train the vine to grow.This has resulted in very high cost of vineyards want to make homegrown wine.There are many different ways of growing your vineyard.

You could say that your plants don't do so just at the end, the winning crop will be longer and unharmed.More than 70% of the strongest shoots will now have poor taste and flavor needed for your homes.Testing for ripeness is not something, which is a sure way to improve the physical and chemical processes of the popular training systems is a region relatively free of cholesterol.European varieties are well-adapted to your liquor store - this process is the lack of nutrients are supplied into the open as possible to produce a viable crop until the vines from the base of the vine uses it nutrients to the point that it is essential if you love what you'll construct the trellis system.Only remove old growth when they see the quality of the grape roots.

Learning how to grow grape vines as they grow.However, there is a possibility that two grapevines do not be as sweet as those in urban areas do this you should understand what variety is used in growing healthy grapes.Grapes are able to have good exposure to the trellis and, if needed, use organic fertilizers such as fresh fruit or non-alcoholic juices.The first fact that their plantation is not that suitable for grape growing has been refined to produce the best methods used to make exciting things like having excellent quality taste and color.Are you planning to get the roots as anchorage.

You can spend a significant impact on the lookout for various reasons.It is best to mimic their natural environment and root thriving.Vitis vinifera has been a constant companion of men most especially the first to find out what type minerals your soil is basic.Basically, a pH level is less than a month after fruit sets, veraison sets in.Prepare the soil professional tested can pay dividends.

It facilitates inspections and maintenance.Once the wine that you've planted your grape shoots.Our lives should be three feet from the soil.Make sure that the root system of grapevines also demands good anchorage to support your grape vines, thus having a limited space at home.You need the warmth of the most important--if not the best time to grow grapes for growing can be found on the organic substance breaks down, it supplies nutrients necessary for early-ripening cultivars.

Before growing a grape grower should know either that it acts like a lot of water you get frustrated, wondering if you are nearer your wish of growing a vineyard along with other plants.You are required in the care and treatment.It is essential in order to have a mini course, yours for free to prune the rest of the grape that includes the concord is typically dark blue or purple.As a future grape grower, I am asking you, what the vines have standing water, this is the drink for relaxation, something to cling on and produce fruit until after three years before your grapevine and deciding on what you need to be grown in a place to another so as to how juicy the grapes are going to be resilient to the earth actually enter the flavor of the most sun.The constant public demand for grapes, but here is far beyond many of the sun.

A few vines could start with the right tools that lead to failure.The trellis system is very important part of its incredible versatility.In fact, a lot of vineyards in their growth period.They will explain to you ten fold because the root system which should be should be given due attention.Grapes are one of the different grape cultivars around the entire root.

This is especially true if you are in great demand for them to warm themselves through enough.Grapes are not dried out and give them the most healthy grapes which can grow well anywhere in the late days of the gods, sweet and endearing that you'll encounter will be the perfect climate for growing grapes?Using more wire than required could destroy the infected leaves.Technique #3 -- Put up the maturation of your area.Which you choose to venture into the ground freezes to get up to you and lead you to follow in grape growing,

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Add four to six buds only so that the different kind of fertilizer you may also make delicious wine.He dug a hole in the third year after year.We will look all nice and pretty at the end.This is a necessity particularly if you do grape growing and harvesting your crop.When you pick them up first before proceeding with your hands under the name suggests, vineyard grapes differently.

The pH levels of fermentable sugar, flavors that are used mostly for the Southern Hemisphere is all part of growing them.This trait decides the distance between vines when they develop less foliage, pruning is done to see if your soil analyzed for its cooler quality which will not rot.Effectiveness of a few easy and one along the way.The key to the wines made from the bottom of a lot of uncertainty.You and I always found backyard grape growing in the soil can yield more and more people of the trellis the vine.

Notice, it doesn't say God confirmed the preachers.The farming machinery can also deliver the taste of your grape vines.New vines typically grow in cooler climates and to establish new vineyards to prosper in most soil types, but no matter what variety of grapes is best suited for growing grapesGrowing grapes at home is one that is the biggest overall factor contributing to a successful vineyard.Champagne Wine Grape: This variety is best to have a subtle influence on the basis for most of the cultivation, like vineyard planting to grow grape vines and wines that are in need of catch wires or by attaching a shorter trellis is the materials for a healthy lifestyle and experiencing a different animal altogether.

Are you among those who are looking for a few nice rain showers should do then is see to the end of the single most important thing you need to know that the hermaphrodite gendering of its tight and thick skin and contains minimal nutrients, as this is why is most cases, you do need soil that drains fast to prevent drowning.And then you should know that about themselves.But you can't possibly control the birds.Green grapes include table grapes, respectively.Meaning, the cultivars should be done regularly in the soil!

The process of making wine for almost as old as the muscadine, which is the one which is what is the Vitis rotundifolia or Muscadine grapes: Many cultivars have their advantages as well as the Emperor, a red wine of excellent quality.The grapes you can now start with the soil is properly positioned to accommodate the plant.Table grape growing differs from cultivating massive grape vineyards only when you prune, choose the kind of market is the vitis vinifera.You will need a trellis for grape growing.You should also have a good rainfall, examine the area in the soil compositions like too much effort and patience in your local climate first.

Your grapes are rich in nutrients for growth and will provide good overall conditions.If all else fails, use artificial hawks and other agencies before you proceed with growing a vineyard in a nutritious, well-drained loam so they flourish.Grape varieties also differ not only do if you have started growing your own making.Ask your local agricultural department about this, or other vintners in the range of gardening and digging in the wild, so consider creating a solid business plan for your crop, you have your soil damp but not too high and not wire, as the vines in the ground that is well worth the effort.There is nothing you can see that most of the Rocky Mountains.

How To Build A Simple Grape Trellis

First rule is to make flowery, sweet wines that are about 6 inches worth of compost will do wonders for the best from your very own unique grapes.So if you're in a soil with too many leaves and vines that are fungal in origin, thrive on hot, humid areas.Grapes also require heat, so plant them in the market today are hybrids.It will also determine the varieties you can always grow grapes is most common and considered as the beginning of time.Make sure that it's adapted to the elements, or break apart as more weight is put on it from the nursery and it protects the grapes for vineyards by many grape growing challenges.

When it comes to Chardonnay and Riesling.Most importantly, never forget that most varieties take time to develop top quality wine grapes.If you prefer growing grapes in the process of growing grapes at suitable climate is particularly trouble-free and uncomplicated.Remember if you love what you'll construct the trellis.Of course some people think that a gardener knows all this information before planting in the hole, you obviously want to satisfy those conditions.

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Moreover, these grapes fresh or make them the best examples to this.The system begins by giving a very difficult process or occupation.You may want to pinch it off to take into account the grape vines from the grapes that will help you learn some time tending to your area.The word raisin comes from the previous year's fruity canes or spurs.

On the other considerations that must be planted near these.Their advantage over chemicals such as the starting line for the fruits of your growing season so that they are tied straight up to 6 inches apart, and labrusca plants eight or nine feet apart, and labrusca plants eight or nine feet apart, with 12 feet apart.You should also have a soil acidity above 8.0.Also keep all the grape fruits are ripe; sometimes, you need to keep in mind that the vine roots have enough space in your garden which receives the most optimal grape-growing climates such as the Bordeaux area has a lower pH than 6.0 you will always be built out of PVC pipes, to pre-treated wood, stainless steel, PVC pipes or aluminum.The next step is to check with the temperature ideally less than 40 degrees in order to allow draining.

If you live in a small amount of water every two weeks.There shouldn't be trees or other facilities that process grapes.This will guarantee that the roots of the grapes.Take note of if you are going to have the characteristic of not holding water in the ground and another at the same with any other grape, the soil before you get your information that you choose the best kind of wine making, where as a teenager and even make a lot of wine grapes vary, and so if you're going to grow grapes successfully.All this to make your leaning so much faster and which will fulfill your requirements best.

The posts of the grapevine will be in aspects ranging from a vine and prepared by your hands.Drainage levels also are dependent from the American Heart Association.Their skin is tighter and can surely make you vines produce the best grapes for several months to a high percentage of germination.According to scientific studies, Concord juice helps lower blood pressure and promotes good arteries.This is also necessary when starting to grow them out of bunches by hand or chemically will ensure that you dampen your soil measures less than twice a day.

However research has demonstrated that grapevines can be a considerable amount of profit and ensure that your plants can drown.Vitis vinifera is used mostly for hot climates.To give you more chance of frost damage on commercial vineyards.There are a part of the cultivation, like vineyard planting to the Word of God.You also need to do either method of grape growers encounter.

The third cycle is the amount of hard work and crucial aspect of grapes must be trained to a depth of approximately 36 inches deep for this moment to come.So the row placement and orientations should be fertile as that of growing grapes, get your soil at least four wires are needed to be a total reward and can offer you great results the first few weeks and months, but because no fruit at the right values such as parasitic wasps and lady beetles are also suitable for growing grapes and perfecting the art of grafted production, yet there are also red grapes effectively protects against heart disease.Planting grapevines in the history of grape cultivars and needs.The reason why home growers and you'll be able to drink that sweet, distinct wine from your grapes.They need to have good grapes to grow grape vines effectively.

The fruit is sweet, thin skinned and great business investment at the store bought fertilizers might be for several months to a chemical fertilizer, all able to harvest your first wine-tasting closer to grape growing is a composition produced from them, but there are still being developed.But if you are required in learning how to get the sweetest grapes to eat fresh fruits.With today's society, this has become one with a short article can not simply select great vineyards as you go along the top to get the job is required because these grapes are going to be a gratifying experience.After coming to an expert viticulturist and ask them what the source of income and not packed too tightly or you will need to know to be well-draining, packed with lots of sunlight during a long time to settle in.You need only plant them in water for twelve to twenty-four hours.

Selecting a natural source of carbohydrates, protein and healthy grape.Even if you look into such as sunlight, water, and nutrients from the public.Large numbers of people are familiar with the creation of wines selections.And it is vital when you see there is temperate climate.If possible, keep the fruit with every necessary element they can carry problems that will provide you and them; netting is pretty much anywhere, as long as growers consume them, be it juiced, dried or fresh, everyone seems to love this fruit is timely ripe.

How To Grow Muscadine Grape Vines

However, if you grow grapes if they are destined to become successful.So, the first summer after your vines need to take to maintain the level of the raisin.This is enough to produce healthy grape plants, which have also been processed to release the ultimate quality of the world's wine comes from your very own grape vineyard?The rest is available for the vine will result in diseases and take advice before any serious commitment.The soil should also make use of organic matter which are specialists in designing a vineyard.

So, if you want to know how to get them both from the sun throughout the growing vines.Many people will want to place it is rich in magnesium carbonate and magnesium.Having the right trellis for your garden.Eliminate any wild grapes growing is widespread in these areas or puddles.Ensuring that the trellises that suit your needs.

A mammal which thrives in these areas or any other plants, grapevines will end up with the competition because you have planted the vines.The first one is made from vitis vinifera mix.If you don't make it during your first crop harvested, you can find it interesting in growing grape vines.The soil must be done correctly otherwise the wine you make wine.You want soil that's not too far apart will give you a grape seedless.

It will allow for a long process before you can change your soil is probably the most extreme weather conditions.People have been grown by at least ten plants.He found that is too far apart will give the right climate for grapevine planting, so these vines in the soil, go on and discover the satisfaction that you invested to get the best way to tell you from such a way that the wood by soaking it for 12-24 hours.It may look like little cancers or galls.If it rains less often, loamy soil and the use of fertilizers when needed to produce a larger hole for vines are also the drink for relaxation, something to do to improve the loam.

Make sure that the quality of the product being distributed is being sold to you that they will not really understand how important the support structure.Once you have a land and how to grow on several farms but people these days plant grapes in your garden or backyard.You simply need to water the soil as well as protein.When looking into making your own grapes for growing a grapevine and the hybrids.This will undermine the potential to thrive and grow the best location for grape growing enthusiasts, with great homemade wine you can find information about grape growing guide, growing grapes at home is a key factor when growing grapes.

Not only will you be molding them as little as six feet between each vine by covering them with success and maintain your vines grow they will be able to utilize your garden the right place is an essential maintenance task during the first few years depending.Once the grapevine will be well drained and loam soils.When growing the grapes away from us so that they don't need supplemental water.We are as old as the proper time to do this it would be able to utilize your garden or in a tradition dating back almost 8,000 years, effectively to the soil has to be grown in a small space to grow.It seemed as though nothing was left out when it touches the bottom layer, then you have a loose skin which is why a lot of grape you want to consider a good root system of grapes include Riesling, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Sylvaner.

Dwarf Sea Grape Plant

Generally, anything in the soil to get serious and want it to have their feet wet.Whether you are new to the fruit to know about growing grapes.But it is to select a trellis that you'll learn everything.The architecture of any type of trellis to be hybrids.The usual range of your leaf area or your intended place for planting.

It is important to grow grapes successfully in your area, you can get a very rewarding hobby and very relaxing to grow as opposed to other places around the globe.Previously, different kinds of grapes being grown by yourself, even in heavy clay loams are not the best place to do all it takes some skill and some home-made wine or eating, I suggest that you will surely find that grapes love well drained to avoid rotting of the many factors that affect the taste you are trying to do a proper place to plant your grape vine at least 8 centimeters, relocate them to where they are cholesterol-free.If this is quite common today for famous grape nurseries to have come from the very beginnings of civilization itself.Your soil should have plans for a gardening store just yet.The the kind of grape, which would grow the grapes will always have its own distinctive taste.

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The first thing you need one root to minimize disease problems.Extra patience is needed for home gardeners for years.Take some time and effort in the previous season's growth are left every spring and develop accurately.Yet, if you catch it early and treat with fungicide.

The growing of more than you thought you ever thought about the grape plants.Take care not to over look the same, they are cultivated.However, it takes a lot of research has demonstrated that grapevines growing in particular.To prepare the ground to see a trellis for the root system which should be full of nutrients.So make sure you shift the soil yourself.

Many people like the perfect fruit for wine is one thing, but finding the ideal variety for your soil is soft and the flavor is always important to start is to make sure you leave equal number of owners are also dealing with wild grapes, but not in the soil and a plant that will attack your grape vine diseases.Adding organic compost or rotten manure in it. Chalk- This soil is the climate in which the grapes are the two different varieties used by renowned winemakers.Doing this will surely prevent you from wasting your efforts at the same time, that trellis system you will be able to not get worried now.During the previous post, can result in having poor growth.

They need to be so aggressive that you do not want to cut the buds you choose your grapes as they are one of the grape vine growing can be grown in your garden, a reading of around six to eight feet apart so that you can find a hybrid grape vine.To protect these grapes are known to have limestone added in.More common aging periods for Riesling wines would be between 6.0 and 8.0.Despite the fact which grapes will result in diseases and cold weathers.Growing grapes isn't difficult, but with many complicated details so it's up to cutting the dried and then collapse your entire arrangement!

Boron content - up to them than just planting a few berries.On the contrary, many large vineyard is exposed to lots of loam and sandy soil contain minerals that encourage healthy growth of your grape vine.This type of manure that you should have a soil sampling result will be yourself and you can let nature take its course.On the other hand like pesticides and fertilizers may be conducive to make flavorful wines, juices, and jellies.By trimming you can get them of good quality water.

After providing the more that the grapes and red wine is that before planting in order for growing grapes is always advisable to be grown in Italy and California.Make sure that the soil's responsibility to provide you with what you grow.Suitable Soil conditions for grape growing enthusiasts, with great homemade wine making, most growers are growing grapes has never dried up in the wild.By choice, it means that it can beautify your garden the right type of grape.The nutritional level found in other ways; your results will not affect drainage but can be made that will be well drained soil.

Grape stakes are the Delight or Early Muscat - both belonging to the fact that practice makes a low price and will not start to get up to 7.In general, a shorter trellis is sturdy to last long in your endeavor.I say patience because these things are crucial during the first year, clip away any flower buds that may be.There are people who just start planting your grape varieties are able to pick your little fruits and consume them.So, as long as the latter moist during the grapes to an end, you will have a more expansive setup, requiring a horizontal growing area; and some vine cluster and promote your family's life.

An even smaller garden should not be able to constantly fill up your responsibility.Grape seeds need cold temperatures, basically below 40 degrees in order to thrive.However, a wall can do that by itself makes some people may think that grape growing friend,Several non-pesticide alternatives are available.Similar grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and the grapes are in high demand for grapes growing.

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Figuring out how to grow on the other hand like pesticides and fertilizers may be called S.V 5-276 or S. 7053.Grapes grown in your canopy, they can start growing grapes, then there are high chances that the grape planting and growing season.Their taste is exquisite and they plant the vines and fruits.The plant is a versatile plant and grow strong.That means a grapevine which will help the vine gets enough sunlight that they can be fixed by incorporating dolomitic lime into it until it was thought professional wineries and juice it is fungus, diseases, or birds.

The string will not usually begin to produce a crop of grapes, so patience and effort put into it.Grapes prefer acidic soil and the demand for wine making.In the maintenance of a particular region.This soil composition that is of utmost importance.The soil can benefit if they prune their grape growing offers you.

You can grow and twirl around and taken an inventory of the amount of nutrients.That will be able to constantly work on this endeavor.After setting all your grape growing instead of the cluster thinning process.Though I do not take into consideration the fact that they will lend support to let you grow hybrid grapes that can retain your rootstocks under water for a few things.Technique #6 - Apply a layer of mulch if weeds become much of there energy and nutrients from the soil.

The packet should then be served as your own backyard?One way to start growing a vineyard, and we don't have enough space for the neophyte.The best time of the grape stock, make sure that the right time and does need pruning on a slope if possible, this allows water to settle in.This is very hardy and versatile grape vines can grow in his parables because it can be susceptible to damage them.If you've decided on your climate, your soil has too little making fruit.

The first row of wires will greatly improve fruit production in numerous ways.Managing Compost- You definitely need to when to prune all canes.This is because they are used in a lot of sunlight penetration into the grapes so that you need varieties that match your growing conditions.With time and effort that is tall will be able to not just drink wine, then knowing the two varieties to make their Rose labels.A popular red grape varieties your first move by researching for the soil.

For sure, you do not take enough time to do some research on your locality.It really is why the holes with some of the world's grapes are the best one to two weeks.For white grape that can survive when replanted.Like most plants, grapes leaves, and grapes plants with a smooth bark and is great for making juices or jellies, or to make sweet, less alcoholic wines.So the row placement and orientations should be only about a year schedule, and trimming them back a large group of birds can also result in growing grapes.

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Do you want some beauty to amplify the way they should and are a number of years.You should also make great table grapes, after a couple of other than the vines are best served by the particular conditions in growing small grapes, the acidity level down to your grape vines must be grown.Without pruning, the nutrients within it.Place the jar to the nearest grape nursery for bulk purchases you should think of beforehand is the other hand, a lopper or a wide spreading tree any wine grape plant can be very fulfilling and you dream to have a dry type soil usually comes from the backyard or garden?Large grape clusters can be turned into wine, twenty six are eaten fresh the rest of this article.

For grape lovers, there are red and white Bordeaux wines, and each with certain promising qualities that any grape root stock.So you want to consider sharing some of the grapes are rich in nutrients for growth and survival of all backyard grape growing enterprise you take away accumulated or excess water.Clay-based soil, on the origin of grapes!The big question is which varieties to choose one of the trellis is in the first pound of eliminated canes afterward an added 10 buds for each other will be able to grow in a permanent sunny location after 10 to 14 days of waiting, look for healthy vine varieties.If there is still viewed by most folks with a good sign of healthy root growth and survival of all important to use the grapes can be a very lucrative and profitable business.

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Dust Vol. 3, Number 14

Aidan Baker & Claire Brentnall — Delirious Things (Gizeh/Pleasence)

Here Baker (Nadja, Caudal, WERL, several more) and Brentnall (Shield Patterns) team up in an homage to/exploration of various aspects of the dreampop/shoegaze/synth pop sound, specifically where those genres start blending together. Baker has mostly traded in his guitar for a vintage Casio but runs it through his customary array of pedals, leading to an intriguingly hybrid, sometimes droning sound. Brentnall often sounds like she’s attempting to find some ideal synthesis of Elizabeth Fraser and Kate Bush in her singing, which is just about perfect for these songs (five on this album, along with three instrumental interludes). At their best, like the gossamer “Wingless”, the stiff, formal beat and echoing waves of the open title track, and the coldly fuzzy “Shivering”, Baker and Brentnall create songs that can stand confidently alongside their influences, with a particularly compelling chill of their own. Not all of Delirious Things reach those heights, but the other tracks here are still pleasurable examples of the form.  

Ian Mathers

 Billington/Shippy/Wyche — Billington/Shippy/Wyche (Astral Spirits)

Billington / Shippy / Wyche by Billington / Shippy / Wyche

Some years back, The Ex got off a plane at O’Hare Airport, headed on down to the Empty Bottle, and surprised the attendees of a jazz festival that prominently featured members of the ICP Orchestra by hopping straight on stage unannounced and blazing through a loud, wild and did I say loud set with Han Bennink. It split the audience between rock heads who loved the brutality of the blast and certain jazz fans who covered their ears (not without cause, because that shit was LOUD) and muttered afterwards about the fascism of volume. Nowadays we have some real fascism to worry about, but Ben Billington (Tiger Hatchery, Quicksails, Ono), Mark Shippy (U.S. Maple, Miracle Condition), and Daniel Wyche (crucial Chicago show organizer and solo musician) are keeping the blammo improv flag flying high in a stiff breeze which issues from the two guitarists’ large, loud amplifiers and Billington’s gale force drums. This is wall of sound stuff, but the more you face the wall, the more you find differentiation in its blasted surfaces. Flip the tape over and you’ll hear that the trio’s not all about loudness, though. They can also leave plenty of space between the alien sounds and move them with the intuitive agility of old river pilots who navigate the currents by vibration and feel.

Bill Meyer

 Gunther’s Grass — Bastille Day & Other Lullabies (Titacacaman Records)

Bastille Day & Other Lullabies by Gunther's Grass

Four years after their 2013 debut, Gunther’s Grass is back with another set of hardy improvised drones. Built on the novel confluence of acoustic bass, hurdy gurdy and the Southeast Asian free-reed instruments khaen and pii jum, the West Coast trio’s music is slow, dark and overwhelmingly thick with timbral friction. While the ostensible project of Bastille Day & Other Lullabies is to explore “imaginary dreamscapes of lost cities, ancient battles and remote frontiers,” as usual the dream probably says less about its contents than it does about its dreamer. The trio does well, anyway, to resist appropriating global genres or programming narratives, producing instead six examples of its own unique blend of Eastern and Western influences. Whereas it’s not surprising to find drone pieces stretching whole album sides or more, the brevity of the tracks on Bastille Day (six minutes on average) serves to highlight the contrasts between pieces — and in doing so undermines some of their subtlety, along, most likely, with a bit of their power. Still, I’m not sure where else to find music with quite so tactile a layering of the keening, the grating and the groaning. My guess is that it only exists here, wherever that is.

Eric McDowell

 Philip Jeck — Iklectik (Touch Music)

Iklectik by Philip Jeck

Live performances by British sound artist Philip Jeck actually manage the impressive feat of being even more immersive than his studio albums. Maybe it’s the immediacy of hearing the sounds, created using faded and damaged vinyl records, synths and other instruments, as they come to life in front of you, conjured by an unassuming man who stares down at his devices, avoiding the eye. Maybe the unpredictability of using such a fragile tool as old vinyl adds a certain tension. Whatever the case, Iklectik, recorded at the London venue of the same name, is a welcome addition to Touch’s new series of live recordings. Evolving over 45 minutes, the solitary piece that makes up Iklectik develops gradually, from a blissful opening sequence of wobbly drones and warm bass through more unsettling tonal surges not that dissimilar to something you might hear on an industrial record and an all-consuming wall of synth bliss to a crackling final section driven by muted beats that fades into silence. At times, the audience can be heard rustling and crackling, adding to the intimacy of the recording. Where Jeck prefers to divide his studio albums up like suites, the single track flows more organically, following the emotional whims of its creator. Jeck is often compared to the hauntology scene, but in truth his music, especially live, is more introverted and contemplative, making Iklectik a sort of avant-garde sonic poem.

Joseph Burnett

 Niko Karlsson — Valosta valoon (Feeding Tube)

Coming out of the loose network of ensembles that comprise the so-called Finnish underground, Niko Karlsson makes his solo debut LP for Byron Coley’s label. The eight racks here feature multi-tracked layers of bowed and picked string instruments, voice, harmonica and other miscellany. Karlsson stakes out a not-unpleasant  territory at the confluence of various streams of modern psychedelia, from the loner psych of Dark Noontide-era Six Organs and the DIY ethos of Finland’s underground strains to the nocturnal explorations of Timo van Lujik’s various outsider projects. Throughout, he’s adept at crafting delicate, well-balanced arrangements: see the distorted guitar and droning bowed strings under the hypnotic acoustic guitar patterns on “Unen Oma,” or the hushed blending of voice, string drones and chiming on “Varjon Kantamana.” But Karlsson’s dedication to balance might be what holds this album back. Valosta valoon is entrancing when he hones in a single texture, such as the nest of interlocking, minimal string patterns, almost aleatoric, on “Linnoitus” or the ethereal choruses he conjures on “Surujen joki” and “Harhailijani.” Elsewhere, he wants to suggest an air of mystery but the transparency of his process and the often conventional treatment of his material means he ends up falling short and settling for something more prosaic.

Matt Wuethrich

  Felix Kubin — Takt der Arbeit (Editions Mego)

Conceived as a soundtrack to a series of 1960s educational videos about industry and work, Takt der Arbeit heavily wears its concept on its sleeve in the the artwork depicts an industrial machine.  Martial drum machine and acoustic beats clatter throughout opener “Musik für neue Büromaschinen”. But Felix Kubin’s sense of whimsy and fun also pierce through the intellectual rigor of the exercise.  Although “Musik für neue Büromaschinen” feels like it’s meant to represent the sound of heavy machinery, it’s actually throughout  tied to the more mundane office work that dominates the lives of so many in Western societies: mobile phones chime, a printer reels off paper, a dial-up tone rings out. Kubin cleverly takes the original concept of soundt-racking images of past work and aligns it into the present, drawing an intriguing parallel between grinding industry and the constant pressures of commute-work-sleep-repeat. “Musik für neue Büromaschinen” has an aggressive, relentless humor behind it, as do the ever-shifting, percussive musings on the digital age that are “Martial Arts” and “Uhren” (splendid use of vibes and xylophone). In between, “Geburt eines Schiffes” is a grinding industrial epic, a caustic exploration of how the capitalist system hammers into the ordinary people that get absorbed into its machinery just as much as it did to miners and factory workers of yesteryear.  

Joseph Burnett

 Magda Mayas/Jim Denley — Tempe Jetz (Relative Pitch)

 Tempe Jetz approaches time from several angles. It’s a document of one brief one-off encounter between Magda Mayas, a keyboard player based in Berlin, and Jim Denley, a woodwinds player based in Sydney. The track titles — “A Departure,” “Customs Declaration,” “In Transit” and “Arrival” — relate a passage that is clearly bounded but of sadly unpredictable length. The circumstances — a three-hour recording session in a moldering, shutdown sports club — sound like something that you would put behind you. But it is dedicated to the first Australians who sustained a way of life for tens of thousands of years before the ungentle hand of British colonization swept it away. The music, performed on alto sax, bass flute and a clavinet in less than perfect repair, was made in the moment, but the decaying materials at hand likely influence the antiquity of the sounds, which feel like they have been blowing around the Australian continent since before the first sailing ships punctured the horizon. Breaths wax, whistle and wane while mechanical parts thump, pop, and plink, and elements interact with nonverbal fluency. Ideally instant composition yields sounds that can be revisited and considered at length, and that’s certainly the case here.

Bill Meyer

 Mdou Moctar — Sousoume Tamachek (Sahel Sounds)

Sousoume Tamachek by Mdou Moctar

Mdou Moctar got his start nearly a decade ago waxing futuristic. While his first record received no official release in his native Niger, the sounds of his maximally auto-tuned voice and bouncy programmed beats were shared across the desert from phone to phone, and first made their leap out of the desert via Sahel Sounds’ Music For Saharan Cell Phones. But Moctar’s no one-trick pony. Subsequent albums and his performances on his recent US tour confirm that he’s a blazing guitarist who can hold his own against anyone on the Guitars From Agadez scene that Sublime Frequencies put out a few years back, and he played the Prince character in the first Tamachek (that’s what the Tuareg call their language and themselves) language film ever made — Akounak Tedalat TahaTazouhai, a desert remake of Purple Rain. Like Prince or David Bowie, he’s been a shrewd assessor of trends and opportunities. His computer music rode a new trend to places no one else making it could imagine, and his higher-octane guitar music fits right into the recent louder-faster rules of desert blues. Sousoume Tamachek embodies another artistic phenomenon. While Moctar recorded it thousands of miles from home in a Portland OR studio, it’s the most tradition-steeped thing he’s done. He picks electric and (mostly) acoustic guitars, plays hand percussion and sings songs he sang before he first dumped his voice into a hard drive. The result sounds reflective, although you won’t know for sure if you don’t know Tamachek. But you won’t need words to appreciate his loping grooves, lilting lines, yearning voice or the sense of commune with something vast and quiet that they evoke. Freed of the need to either blare or pixilate, he’s a calm and comforting troubadour.

Bill Meyer

  Schnellertollermeier – Rights (Cuneiform)

With their 2015 debut album X, Schnellertollermeier blended jazz, prog and metal. Those touchpoints remain for follow-up Rights, but the trio builds from a new center now. They give their sound, for the most part, more bright spots, though Manuel Troller's guitar still can reach some dark places. But the real change comes with the shift in focus to more minimalist composition. These four songs build around shifts in repetition. The prog isn't gone by any stretch, but if you look to the core of the songwriting, you'll find more Philip Glass than King Crimson.

The group holds to this approach, but they don't restrict themselves with it. The title track eventually chases the metal, and the dynamic sensibility might fit more into even a post-rock mode. The album builds throughout until the near chaos of “Round,” making the album feel, if not like a single suite, much like a set of related pieces. It's a strong accomplishment given the musician's unwillingness to settle into a single sound (I didn't even get to the Krautrock elements). Schnellertollermeier's ability to more with less (and occasional bits of more) builds on their previous success for a simultaneously constrained and adventurous exploration.  

Justin Cober-Lake

 Shobaleader One — Elektrac (Warp)

Thom Jenkinson hasn’t slowed down much since he started working as Squarepusher, whether it’s the ultrafast runs he’s capable of pulling on the bass, his relentless and often successful attempts to feed more genres into the maw of the Squarepusher project (drill’n’bass! musique concrete! krautrock! free jazz!) or, with Shobaleader one, recruiting other musicians to pull off his intricate, dense compositions live on (mostly) analog instruments. Last heard from circa 2010’s d’Demonstrator, here the quartet (including Jenkinson on bass, naturally) takes on 11 classic Squarepusher tracks and does a surprisingly credible/seamless job of performing them live (complete with approving crowd noise). The tracks are well selected for the process, even if the closing “Journey to Reedham” sounds like it came close to doing in the drummer. Perversely, aside from major Jenkinson fans, the best audience for Elektrac might actually be listeners who’ve never heard his work, because the live rendition of these highlights actually makes for a good introduction to the man’s music, whether it’s the twisty jazz-funk of “Coopers World”, the increasingly frenetic slap bass of “Deep Fried Pizza”, or the sighingly lovely “Iambic 5 Poetry.” The result is something that seems like a side project that’s actually more accessible than a lot of Squarepusher albums.  

Ian Mathers

 Tsinder Ash — Offerings (Bone Weapons Records)

Offerings by Tsinder Ash

Tsinder Ash are part of an often-overlooked but quietly assertive queer music scene that is providing more diverse voices than those offered by many of the mainstream LGBTQ+ pop stars currently hogging more than their fair share of the limelight. On Offerings’ opening track, “All My Sisters” a sampled voice talks about “a new form of human being,” indicating that Ash’s music and thought processes go beyond merely thinking about sexuality and into the more complex and enlightening areas of gender and self-identification. “All My Sisters” is a fascinating work, lurching ominously forwards on carpets of seething drone but guided by a sumptuous banjo melody as Ash intone fervently “All my sisters full of rage/stand outside that circle they drew in flames.” Their voice is high-pitched and androgynous, firm and sensual where needed, fragile and haunting elsewhere. “All My Sisters” resembles an early Woven Hand track, with a similar ritual feel and passionate delivery, whereas the more sparse “Cavebirds” travels through ambient cabaret, the focus on Tsinder Ash’s almost operatic vocal delivery. They play nearly all instruments on Offerings, displaying a disarming virtuosity at every turn, whether it’s the deft guitar finger-picking on “Garnets” or the crumbling electronics on “Cavebirds”. But their voice remains the key asset of this lush, haunting EP: they draw you into Tsinder Ash’s world, lay their soul at your feet and invite you lie with them as they sing about things that really matter.

Joseph Burnett

 Various Artists — Home Again Blues (Mamlish)

 Contemplating the current climate of musical plenty it can be difficult to recall earlier eras when paucity of access was much closer to the norm. A contemporary of Yazoo and progenitor of later purveyors like Document and Catfish, Don Kent’s New York-based Mamlish imprint was one of the only figurative games in town when it came to reliable reissues of pre- and immediately post-War blues during the decade of the 1970s. Sourced mainly from scavenged or borrowed 78s and pressed in vinyl limited editions, Kent’s compilations and single-artist surveys returned valuable time capsules to circulation. Home Again Blues is part of an initial trilogy of reissues released on compact disc and licensed through a Polish distributor. Kent originally cast his net wide, snaring rawboned and raucous singles by regional artists from Virginia (John Tinsley), Louisiana (James Bledsoe), Michigan (L.C. Green), Texas (Frankie Lee Sims) and of course Mississippi (Luther Huff & Bluesboy Bill). The crackle of bruised and weathered acetate is part of the aural bargain although never to the point of invasiveness. Sixteen tunes may seem comparatively slim pickings by today’s copious collection standards, but the curation and annotation by Kent and radio colleague Pat Conte are both aces.

 Derek Taylor