This high-powered music is truly unique,
As The Glove cuts the rhythm to the hip-hop beat.
Hе moves like a madman as he spins his disc;
Hе's the number one scratcher on the DJ list, he's Reckless.
Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat Ice T - Reckless
A-T-4 152 David Storrs & Chris "The Glove" Taylor featuring Ice-T
I've learned more about David Storrs. After graduating from UCLA Storrs (as David Stores) shows up as a dancer in Toni Basil's Word Of Mouth video, this is the video that kickstarts her pop career and you can see the video here. Basil had been a dancer and choreographer in Hollywood since the 1960s she was also a founding member of the street dance group The Lockers
Most of the tracks in this post will be from the films Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (Breakdance in Europe). Shabba-Doo who plays Ozone in these films was also a member of The Lockers. Toni Basil's Word Of Mouth video leads to two specials being made for the BBC, Toni Basil Tape 1 and Toni Basil Tape 2, Shabba-Doo is in both of these specials
In early 1980s in the MacArthur Park area of LA was a place punk rock bands rehearsed but on Fridays between 11pm and 5am it became a club called Radio. This was a fashionable hotspot that attracted celebrities like Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, and Toni Basil. Being on the scene David Storrs visited Radio Club and it was here where he met DJ Pebo who worked for JDC Records. DJ Pebo introduced Storrs to the Radio Crew. Radio Crew was an impromptu name for the DJ's and MC's who performed at Radio Club. The name came about in 1983 when director Topper Carew produced a documentary about the Radio Club called Breakin' 'n' Enterin'. The Radio Crew were Egyptian Lover, Chris "The Glove" Taylor, Ice T, and Radio Club owner Super AJ (Alex Jordanov). A rare as hens teeth five track Radio Crew EP was pressed up for the Breakin' And Enterin' documentary crew
One of the featured b boys in Breakin' And Enterin' is (the other guy credited with teaching Michael Jackson the backslide) Boogaloo Shrimp. He was a well respected b boy at Radio Club and would be cast as Turbo in the films Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
David Storrs and DJ Pebo formed a record label called ElectroBeat and promptly signed The Glove, Ice T, and another Radio Club MC 14-year-old Kid Frost. Rough Cut by Kid Frost would be first release for ElectroBeat
David Storrs seems to be a bit of a polymath. As well as dancing with Toni Basil he had a BSc in Electrical Engineering and was in-house composer, producer, and musician at Valley of the Sun Publishing (see Sunday's post). Storrs released New Age music for Valley Of The Sun as a solo artist and as part of the group Upper Astral. Kid Frost gave Storrs the name "The Alien Wizard" for all the creative and unique tracks that he laid. In 1985 Kid Frost and David Storrs would release Terminator, a track that was popular in the UK thanks to its inclusion on Street Sounds Electro 9, this being my era I can still recite all the words to this track
The Glove was a scratch DJ but on Kid Frost's Rough Cut they use World Class Wreckin Crew DJ and future member of NWA, Yella. ElectroBeat's second released was Ice-T's double A-side Killers/Body Rock. Ice-T's name for David Storrs was "Davey PHD". It wasn't until ElectroBeat's third release that David Storrs would collaborate with The Glove, the result is the remarkable Itchiban [not Ichiban] Scratch
The studio engineer Victor Flores also worked on Itchiban Scratch, Flores had worked with The Glove earlier producing megamixes like the ones I shared here
I've also shared Itchiban Scratch but as this is David Storrs and Chris "The Glove" Taylor's first release together here's an extract from the long b-side
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Chris “The Glove” Taylor & Dave Storrs with Karlos Z and Victor Flores - Itchiban's Bonus Beats (extract) everybody loves a 303
DJ Pebo and David Storrs timing couldn't have been better. After watching Breakin' 'n' Enterin' a representative of Cannon Films turned up at Radio Club with an offer to film a low-budget movie there. Carmelo Alvarez who had been given the building accepted. Working in David Storrs' garage studio The Glove and Storrs produced an instrumental called Reckless which they submitted to be used in the film. Ice T and the Glove were given parts in the movie, essentially playing themselves. Ice T added a vocal to Reckless (and apparently this inspires Eminem to take up rapping). The film was Breakin' and it was the surprise hit of the summer. Storrs, The Glove, and Ice T also contribute a second track to the film, Tibetan Jam which is used in the famous first battle scene
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Here's the instrumental (don't worry I'll get to Reckless)
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Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat. Ice T - Tibetan Jam
You may have noticed that the graffiti behind Ice T and The Glove in the above film clip reads Radio♥︎Tron. The writer Craze originally sprayed up Radio Club but Super AJ protested. The word "Club" got buffed and replaced with "Tron" (probably because of the movie Tron). The name stuck and between 1983 until it closed in 1986 Radio Club became the legendary RadioTron, a cultural mecca for West Coast breakers and grafitti artists
Tibetan Jam isn't included on the Breakin' soundtrack album but it does appear as the b-side of the single version of Reckless released by major label Polydor
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Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat. Ice T - Reckless
Reckless is a well respected track and it gave the soundtrack to Breakin' some authenticity. The Breakin' OST is at all bad
Chaka Khan contributed her and Rufus's 1983 hit Aint Nobody to the Breakin' OST. When it came to the video for her next single I Feel For You in the Autumn of 1984 a set was built to look like RadioTron. The Glove was cast again as the DJ. Breakin' stars Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp were featured dancers along side other RadioTron regulars Bruno "Pop N Taco" Falcon and Ana "Lollipop" Sánchez - both of whom appear in Breakin'
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Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat. Ice T - Reckless (Instrumental)
Capitalising on the box office success of Breakin' and the time sensitive popularity of breakin' (which would fall out of fashion in the US but as with turntablism and graffiti would be kept growing in Europe then make its way back to the US in the late 1990s) Cannon Pictures quickly put out Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo by the end of 1984. This might seem an incredible feat if you don't know Cannon Pictures
Chris "The Glove" Taylor and Ice T reprise their roles in the second film. Although Chris "The Glove" Taylor, David Storrs, and Ice T don't appear on the Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo soundtrack album their tracks are used in the film in key scenes. The first is a new version of Reckless with different words known as "Reckless Rivalry Combat" or simply "Combat"
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Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat. Ice T - Reckless Rivalry Combat
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Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs feat. Ice T - Party People (Go Off) then there's this "Party People (Go Off)" from the RadioTron club scene
David Storrs also released the single "Dancing On The Planet" in 1984 but it's a bit meh. He would continue with ElectroBeat for another year and then move into soundtracks (including one opposite Chaz Jankel). Whilst doing this Storrs would continue to make New Age music. His contribution to West Coast electro and hip hop is sadly forgotten
Chris "The Glove" Taylor now goes by the name Glove. He would become a producer and engineer for Death Row and Aftermath Records. His own group Po' Broke & Lonely were signed to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. He's rightly considered a West Coast hip hop pioneer
Al Taylor: Early Works, Text by Robert Storr, Interview with the artist by Ulrich Loock, Designed by Matthew Polhamus, Zwirner & Wirth / Steidl, Göttingen, 2008
Alaska State Rep. David Eastman (R), an Oath Keeper who attended the Stop the Steal rally on Jan. 6, sparked outrage on Monday when he asked whether there could be economic benefits to the deaths of abused children.
Eastman made the befuddling remarks during a State House Judiciary Committee hearing this week that focused on how adverse childhood experiences, like physical or sexual abuse, can negatively affect an individual throughout their life. During the hearing, a representative from the Alaska Children’s Trust delivered a policy briefing to legislators focused on the fact that fatal child abuse and neglect can cost the family and broader society over time an estimated $1.5 million in health care expenses and potential lifetime earnings.
When it was his turn for questioning Eastman used data from the policy brief to claim that the death of an abused child could be “cost savings” for the government.
“It can be argued, periodically, that it’s actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they might otherwise be entitled to receive and need based on growing up in this type of environment,” he said.
“Can you say that again? Did you say, ‘a benefit for society?’” Trevor Storrs, president and CEO of the Alaska Children’s Trust asked in response to Eastman’s question.
“I’m not even sure how to answer that,” he said, adding the loss of a child is “unmeasurable” to a family.
It’s not the first time Eastman has come under fire for making outlandish and offensive remarks. And the state lawmaker’s very position in elected office has come under scrutiny. A former constituent filed a lawsuit after the Jan. 6 insurrection arguing that Eastman’s membership in the far right Oath Keepers group made him ineligible to hold office in Alaska. There were some indications that he might be booted from office back in September, but ultimately a Judge ruled in his favor, allowing him to keep his position in the state House.
State Rep. Cliff Groh (D) said he was “disturbed” by Eastman’s line of questioning, according to Anchorage Daily News. His Republican colleagues aren’t thrilled with the remarks either.
“I wished that he asked questions with a little bit more sensitivity to the listeners and how they’re perceived, and I can have that conversation,” Republican Rep. Sarah Vance, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, told the Daily News. “But he’s there on his own accord and only represents himself.”
Correction: This article initially misstated Eastman’s status with the Oath Keepers. He is a LIFETIME MEMBER. TPM regrets this error.
A legislature in Alaska caused outrage after questioning whether the death of child abuse victims could be "a cost savings," because it would mean they don't need "government services" later in life.
Republican David Eastman, who sits in the Alaska House of Representatives, made the comment on Monday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
The committee was meeting to discuss how children are impacted by physical or sexual abuse, as well as witnessing domestic violence within their family home.
Lawmakers were shown a study indicating each incident of fatal child abuse costs society $1.5 million, a figure reached by assessing the impact of trauma and the child's loss of earnings over a lifetime.
However, Eastman was unimpressed, and questioned whether fatal child abuse could be economically beneficial to wider society, an argument he claimed to have heard.
Eastman said: "It can be argued, periodically, that it's actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they might otherwise be entitled to receive and need based on growing up in this type of environment."
The remark horrified Trevor Storrs, president of the Alaska Children's Trust (ACT), who hit back describing the loss of a child as "unmeasurable."
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Democratic Representative Cliff Groh, who used to work as a prosecutor covering child abuse allegations, said he was "disturbed" by Easterman's comment.
Representative Sarah Vance, the Republican who claims the House Judiciary Committee, said Easterman, who doesn't serve on any committees, had been at the hearing "at my invitation."
According to the Anchorage Daily News, she added: "I wished that he asked questions with a little bit more sensitivity to the listeners and how they're perceived, and I can have that conversation.
"But he's there on his own accord and only represents himself."
Vance later suggested Eastman had been trying to make an argument against abortion, which some consider to be "child abuse."
Speaking with the Anchorage Daily News via text message, Eastman said: "I was pleased to hear ACT advocating against child abuse, but a child's value comes not from future productivity, but from the fact that every child is made in the image of God."
Newsweek has contacted Eastman to ask if he stands by his original remarks.
Eastman, a former soldier, was reelected to the Alaska House of Representatives in November 2022.
A lawsuit was filed attempting unsuccessfully to bar Eastman from office due to his membership of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing paramilitary group.
A number of Oath Keepers have been convicted over their role in the storming of Congress on January 6 2021, it a bid to stop the 2020 presidential election result being certified.
Eastman was present in Washington, D.C. that day but there is no indication he took part in the disturbances, which he condemned. He later promoted a discredited conspiracy theory, suggesting the violence could have been committed by left-wing movement Antifa.
There's just something that comforts me about 80s and 90s Dunkin' Donuts. Dunkin is kind of a joke around where I live, unfortunately. It's always hit or miss - mostly miss.
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Maybe 'cuz Fred the Baker from the commercials isn't up at 4am making the donuts fresh anymore, who knows. He retired in 1997.
Hey look, it's a real Fred the Baker from 1993. Steve O'Brien would wake up at 2am!
Lots to unpack here:
-that Dunkin wallpaper!
-Dunkin used to be a place where you would sit at a counter and chill. Here's a video of one in Massachusetts in the early 80s.
-I wonder what Mel Gee's wife really thought about him going right back to Dunkin after dinner instead of staying with her?
-I miss chicken salad and tuna salad sandwiches at Dunkin! I only had one once or twice at the Dunkin near my house that was barely a Dunkin, but they were heavenly.
-I wanted to know if just maybe this Dunkin was still open. There are two Dunkins on Orange Avenue in Orlando. There was one that looked way too new, and then there was this one:
(2007)
Is this the one?!
Mel and his friends couldn't smoke in most Dunkin's after 1995 though.
Thankfully Mel didn't hang out at one of the stores that recorded conversations! Dunkin said heck no and shut it down.
Mel and his friends also didn't eat bagels back then either. Dunkin didn't get bagels in all its locations until around 1996! Back then they had 12 varieties! They usually only have two or three vanities at the ones near me.
I bet Mel got his girl one of these for Christmas. Notice that separate round disc. You affixed that to your dash with the included sticky stuff, and slid your cup into the disc. Life before cupholders.
Dunkin became hip to hang out at in the Philippines .
Unfortunately this Exxon franchise in Memphis flew too close to the sun too early in 1990, and their venture serving Dunkin at their stations fell flat within five years. I like Janice's uniform.
On that note, I remember the DD's in the convenience stores at the Air Force base (PX?) always had the most saddest driest munchkins.
Wait, Dunkin owned some Chili's?! According to a Boston Magazine story the investment "sent stocks into a spiral". 1
Does anybody remember the Kaluha coolatta?
I read this wrong at first, and thought that someone shaped a munchkin to look like a shaft, not someone arranged munchkins to look like a Weiner and balls. I think Sandra was just seeing stuff.
David's Dunkin Customer Complaint site even has a wikipedia page. Here is the 1998 archive.
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1.Storrs, Francis. “Dunkin’ Donuts Run: An Oral History and Love Story.” Boston Magazine (blog), August 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313174853/https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2010/08/30/dunkins-run-a-love-story/
Alaskan Republican David Eastman claiming that child abuse fatalities could, actually be a very good thing.
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Experts testified before Alaska lawmakers Monday about the widespread, long-term harm child abuse has on the state — to the economy, to the workforce and to taxpayers when traumatized children and the adults they grow up to be rely on government services.
But, in questioning one of those experts, state Rep. David Eastman (R) zeroed in on a possible “benefit.”
“How would you respond to the argument that I have heard on occasion where, um, in the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it’s not good for the child, but it’s actually a benefit to society because there aren’t needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child’s life?” Eastman said.
In the days since the committee meeting, Eastman’s remarks have caused an uproar. His colleagues called them “despicable,” “atrocious” and “indefensible.” On Wednesday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 35-1 to censure him. Rep. Andrew Gray (D), in introducing his censure motion, said Eastman had brought “great shame on this House.” The only lawmaker who voted against the motion was Eastman, who was also censured in 2017 for saying that some Alaskans try to get pregnant “so that they can get a free trip to the city” to get an abortion. He was the first Alaska House member in history to be censured, a formal admonishment that otherwise carries no repercussions.
Eastman said in a text message that he was playing devil’s advocate at Monday’s hearing, where Alaska Children’s Trust President and CEO Trevor Storrs told the Alaska House Judiciary Committee that when a child dies from abuse, it results in an estimated $1.5 million hit to Alaska, a figure that includes “productivity losses” because they don’t grow up to join the workforce.
“I asked them to respond to some of the arguments we hear regularly as pro-life legislators that there is an economic benefit to society when unwanted children are aborted since [Alaska Children’s Trust] was arguing the opposite in committee yesterday. What better organization to hear from on this issue than [the trust], as their mission is the prevention of child abuse?”
In the past, Eastman has described abortion as “the ultimate form of child abuse.”
At Wednesday’s censure hearing, Eastman defended himself and decried the push to formally reprimand him.
“The outrageous accusation that somehow I and members of my district support the extermination of people or support child abuse when I’ve staked my entire political career arguing for the opposite is not acceptable in this body,” he said.
Eastman started Monday’s exchange by asking Storrs about the $1.5 million figure and whether there were any cost savings because a dead child doesn’t need any services that would tap government coffers.
Storrs seemed taken aback by the question.
“Can you say that again?” he asked Eastman. “Did you say a benefit to society?”
“Talking dollars,” Eastman responded. “Now you’ve got a $1.5 million price tag here for victims of fatal child abuse. It gets argued periodically that it’s actually a cost savings because that child is not going to need any of those government services that they might otherwise be entitled to receive and need based on growing up in this type of environment.”
“I don’t even know how to answer that — that there’s a cost savings to the death of a child,” Storrs said. “The impact that that has on a family and us as a society when a child is lost, especially to child abuse and neglect, is unmeasurable, and it’s hugely tragic.”
About 1½ minutes later, another member of the judiciary committee, Rep. Cliff Groh (D), said he was “disturbed” by Eastman’s questions. “As someone who’s prosecuted child abuse cases, it was very sad and terrible,” Groh said at the hearing.
“Rep. Eastman’s comments … and his line of questioning were despicable, over the line, and I was stunned when I heard them,” he told The Washington Post on Wednesday.
At Monday’s hearing, Gray, the Democratic lawmaker who would motion to censure Eastman two days later, chimed in as the proceedings drew to a close. As Eastman sat just inches to his right, Gray told the committee he’d had “an intense reaction” to his colleague’s comments.
Four years earlier, Gray and his husband had adopted their son, who had been in foster care and suffered serious trauma. Now, his fellow representative, perhaps unintentionally, was suggesting the state might save money if children like his died.
“My child is the greatest joy I’ve ever had,” Gray said. “There is no price tag on that.”
From his website:
But i guess is abortion could be viewed as cost savings he might change his tune.
So obviously everyone has different headcanons for the newsie characters names and even gender identitys,here's the difference between me and stillts headcanons.
Stilts:
Jack Kelly (He/Him)
David jacobs(he/him)
Race: Luca Higgins (He/Him)
Crutchie: Evangeline Morris (She/They)
Spot: Sam Conlon (He/Him)
Specs: Benji Samuels (They/Them)
Romeo: Rowan De Jesus (He/Him)
Buttons: Brielle Davenport (She/Her)
Sniper: Noelle Wah (She/Her)
Smalls: Tessa Davidson (She/Her)
Roxy Jacobs (Trans Fem Les) (She/Her)
Katherine Plumber-Pulitzer (She/Her)
Sarah Jacobs (She/Her)
JoJo: Josephia Jorgelina de la Guera (She/Her)
Micah Guzman (Genderfluid, so depends)
Ike: Issac Guzman (He/They)
Myron Hernandez (He/Him)
Elmer Kasprazak-Zas (They/Them)
Abby Dasilva (Trans Fem Albert) (She/They)
Henry Rios (He/Him)
Finch: Robin Cortes (She/Her)
Tommy Boy: Theresa Domeski (She/Her)
Kenny: Kenneth Ellenbury (He/Him)
Hotshot: Peter Ferrari (He/Him)
Blink: Louis Batteli (He/Him)
Mush: Charles Skyes (He/Him)
Skittery: Richy Brooks (He/Him)
Boots: Grover Gibson (He/Him)
Bumlets: Eddie Livingston (He/Him)
Snipeshooter: Percy Harris (He/Him)
Dutchy: Levi Burns (He/Him)
Itey: Felix Mitchell (He/Him)
Odette Delancey (Trans Fem Oscar) (She/They)
Morris Delancey (He/Him)
Barney Peanuts: Ginny Scott (She/Her)
Snitch: Harley Brooks (He/Him)
Tumbler: Owen Glenn (He/Him)
Pie Eater: Max Livingston (He/Him)
York: Jasper Rowe (He/Him)
Joey Higgins (She/They)
Rafaela Storrs (She/Her)
Hildy Keller (She/Her)
Stray: Becca Bailey (She/Her)
Lucky: Dani Wildman (She/Her)
Splasher: Will Stelle (He/Him)
Splint: Lily Evans (She/Her)
Scope: Cherry Saroki (She/Her)
Ritz: Alyssa Moss (She/Her)
Pips: Kitty Cony (She/Kit)
Knobs: Dallas Bead (He/Him)
Mack: Jeanie MacDonald (She/Her)
And Here's mine
(Just to clear up there's 2 Mike's and 2 snipers due to a personal headcanon and technically there like 3 smalls and also 2 Splashers but I'm only adding leader of the bronx smalls and the older Splasher,I'll explain why I did this in a later post)
Jack kelly|he/him
David jacobs|he/him
Race:Diego Higgins|he/him
Crutchie: casey morris|he/him
Spot: Riley Conlon|any pronouns
Specs:linus willamsburg|he/they
Romeo:cosmo howard|he/him
Buttons: Benji davenport|he/him
Sniper(queens):Nikola Alekseev|he/him
Sniper(Brooklyn): Elaine wah|she/her
Smalls(bronx): Enya Gallagher|she/he
Les:Leshem jacobs|he/him
(This is inspired by someone else here on tumbler I can't remember them for the life of me)
Kathrine pulitzer|she/her
Sarah: Sarahya jacobs|she/her
Jojo:Josephino Jorgelino de la guerra|they/he
Mike(Manhattan): mike sawyer|he/him
Mike: Miguel Cardoso
Ike: Isaque cardoso
(I believe the idea for Mike and ike's first names are from sparkedblaze on here but I'm not 100% sure)
Myron windsor|he/him
Elmer Ostrowski|he/him
Albert DaSilva|he/him
Henry day|he/him
Finch: patrick cortes|he/him
Tommy boy: carter Simeon|he/him
Kenny: Kenneth Phillips|he/him
Hotshot: Issac jones|he/him
Kid blink: Kesten Bennett|he/they
Mush: Gabriel Myers|he/him
Skittery: dakota riggs |he/him
Boots: Avery clive|he/him
Bumlets: noah lopez|he/him
Snipeshooter: Bernard Melvin|he/him
Dutchy: Ruben brouweer|he/him
Itey: Nicos franco|he/him
(OK the delanceys are next and so I headcanon them using "fake" names so I'm gonna include there legal names and there "fake" names)
(He/him)Oscar-
Legal name: Oskar Antosha Ehrlich
"Fake":Oscar Guillaume delancey
(He/him)morris-
Legal name:Maurice Pascal Ehrlich
"Fake":morris beau delancey
Barney peanuts: Emerson Truman|they/them
Snitch: Allen Sommers|he/him
Tumbler: Sanjay robbins|he/him
Pie eater: vernon Kingsley|he/him
York: Virgil smith|he/him
Joey: joesph Hudson|he/him
rafaela Haddad|she/her
Hildy: Hilda Swanson|she/her
Stray:Cheyenne willamsburg|she/her
Lucky: Della Patterson|she/her
Splasher(Brooklyn): William Steele|he/him
Splint: Cassidy Harrison|she/her
Scope: Juliet Tudor |she/her
Ritz: Lydia Harrison|she/her
Pips: sawyer Andrew|she/her
Knobs: Johannes Theodore Andersson|he/him
Mack: jeanie Macdonald|they/she
(Oh my God that took so long I'm going to explode, I know some of my names are really weird but my irl name is odd aswell,I don't know I'm tired)
I'm going to publish a post on David Storrs and East Coast hip hop legend Chris "The Glove" Taylor tomorrow
Chris "The Glove" Taylor would be integral to development of gangster rap
David Storrs was a Californian new age hippy who was a wizard on the synths. Alongside the classic hip hop he worked on in 1984 he also released this new age tape
For the "siren" archetype; a villain with mind control powers through music.
Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music by Lawrence Sherman, Dennis Plies
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art by Anjan Chatterjee MD
How Music Works by David Byrne
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas
Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste by Nolan Gasser
Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty by Ben Ratliff
Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds by John Powell
The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
Music, Math, and Mind: The Physics and Neuroscience of Music by David Sulzer
Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer
Musical Emotions Explained: Unlocking the Secrets of Musical Affect by Patrik N. Juslin
The Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past and Imagining the Future by Elizabeth H. Margulis (Editor), Psyche Loui (Editor), Deirdre Loughridge (Editor)
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook
The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell: How to Create Hits in Today's Music Industry by Eric Beall
On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone by Philip Ewell
The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain by Donald Hodges (Editor), Michael Thaut (Editor)
The Science of Music and the Music of Science: How Music Reveals Our Brain, Our Humanity and the Cosmos by Michael J. Montague
How to Listen to Jazz by Ted Gioia
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth by Michael Spitzer
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin
MUSIC AND THE MIND by Anthony Storr
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics by Gordon Graham
Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain by Joseph P. Huston (Editor), Marcos Nadal (Editor), Francisco Mora (Editor), Luigi F. Agnati (Editor), Camilo José Cela Conde (Editor)
Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger by Albert Hofstadter (Author, Editor), Richard Kuhns (Author, Editor)
Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) by Steven M. Cahn (Editor), Stephanie Ross (Editor), Sandra L. Shapshay (Editor)
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts by Pablo P. L. Tinio (Editor), Jeffrey K. Smith (Editor)
Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World by Nina Kraus
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross
I was tagged by @peregrination-studies thank you for the tag!
I do have a Storygraph, but I don't really update it, but I might have to start using it. I also mostly read non-fiction books, because thats what I enjoy.
Non Fiction Books:
Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell
Word by Word: Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow (I got through half of this, and had to stop, so I need to restart)
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
Your Story Matters by Nikesh Shukla
A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries by Henry Notaker
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building by David J. Peterson
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair
Autobiographies
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolese
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
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HARTFORD, CT - On the first day of the NHL draft, the Nashville Predators selected UConn's Matt Wood at number 15.
Wood slipped down a bit further than he was expected to be selected partly because Anaheim, picking at number two, and the Arizona Coyotes at number six, made surprise choices that gave some other teams an opening to select differently than they had wanted or planned to.
Speaking to ESPN's Emily Kaplan right afterward, Wood was very complimentary of his UCONN coaches led by Mike Cavanaugh. "(I was) really happy to be there and play for my coaches and they helped me to get ready for this."
Wood was the fifth UCONN player since joining Hockey East to be drafted. He wore #71 for his idol Evgeni Malkin.
In speaking to Kaplan, incoming Nashville GM Barry Trotz, who's replacing the retiring David Poile, was succinct in his initial evaluation, "Short term, we'll let him develop (back at UCONN). We look at the profile; he's a big body that can score. He's got a long way to go. If you wanna go far in the playoffs, you gotta score. We hope he'll exhibit (his scoring) and he checks all the boxes."
Nashville has two former Huskies under their umbrella, Czechs Jachym Kondelik, the Huskies all time-assist leader, and goalie Tomas Vomacka, who they both drafted and played in the minors with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) and the Florida Everblades (ECHL), respectively.
Wood played very solidly as a 17-year-old freshman. He led the Huskies in scoring with 34 points in 35 games. Wood was superb in the IIHF U-18 bronze medal game for Canada with the game-tying goal in the last minute with the goalie pulled and made a beautiful feathered short pass to Macklin Celebrini for the game-winner in OT 4-3 win over Slovakia.
Wood had a three-point performance, garnering a plus-12 and 13 points in just seven games in the tournament.
He will return to Storrs next season, be among the top players in Hockey East, and is WJC eligible for Canada.
He turned down an offer from the WHL Regina Pats, who drafted him and ex-Pack championship head coach, the current Regina head coach and VP of Hockey Operations John Paddock, to play there and with the first overall selection, Connor Bedard.
Instead, Wood chose to come to UCONN and chart his course. At 6'4, he surpassed Tage Thompson as the highest-drafted Husky ever.
A total of 10 Huskies have been drafted in the short Hockey East history of the program.
RANGERS SELECTIONS
The Rangers drafted 23rd overall and selected were able to have a strong player fall to them in Gabriel (Gabe) Perreault. He has lots of offensive upside potential and is heading to Boston College (HE) with linemates Will Smith (San Jose) and Ryan Leonard (Washington). They were together on the USNDTP (USHL) last fall.
All three will face Wood at the XL Center when BC comes to play UConn at the XL Center in a marquee matchup.
Perreault broke the team record for scoring held by Auston Matthews with 159 points.
"It's cool because he's one of the guys I look up to and one of those guys to look up above you," said Perreault to ESPN.
Hockey is a big part of the Perreault family. His sister Liliane just completed her collegiate career at Mercyhurst (Erie, PA) (AHA), and his brother Jacon plays with San Diego.
His father, Yanic Perreault, is the skills development coach in Chicago and, for eight consecutive seasons, held the NHL's best faceoff percentage at an average of 62.89%. He played 859 games with three tours in Toronto, LA, Nashville, and his hometown Montreal.
NOTES:
UCONN got another commit for next season in New Hampshire native LW Ben Muthersbaugh, who played for the NJ Titans (NAHL) last year after spending time previously at Tilton School (NHPREP).
Ex-Sound Tiger Paul Flache takes a second stab as an assistant coach with the Flint Firebirds (OHL) after being with Atlanta (USPHL Premier) for the last three years. Joining him is a former Ranger from the early-to-mid 1980s and two-time Stanley Cup winner in Edmonton making his North American return is Reijo Ruotsalainen. The 63-year-old Ruotsalainen had been coaching in Europe, though not over the last three years. His previous coaching assignment was with, Kiekko-Vantaa (Finland-Mestis) as an assistant coach.
While he had a successful NHL career of 443 games and 344 points and was voted the best defenseman in the 1980 WJC (his third) tourney, had he been playing hockey today, he would rival Erik Carlsson of the San Jose Sharks in the skill game from the blueline in this more free-wheeling era of hockey.
After leaving the NHL, he played in three World Championships, one Olympic tournament for Finland, and another 402 games in Europe (Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland).
He hasn't been to North America since 2001 as an assistant coach with the long-defunct New Orleans Brass (ECHL), featured one-time Rangers head coach Ted Sator at the helm, and had former New Haven Senator Jeff Lazaro as a player.
Ross Colton (Taft Prep), who scored the game-winning Cup-clinching goal three years ago for the Tampa Bay Lightning, was traded to the Colorado Avalanche.
Connor Doherty (Sacred Heart University) re-signs with the Maine Mariners (ECHL).
After four years in Denmark and nine in Europe, Mike Little of Enfield, the SonderyskE team captain last season, has left the team. Is this the end of the road for the 35-year-old, or is he likely to play a few more years in a new destination?
Derek Barach (Salisbury School) heads from Ässät Pori (Finland-FEL) and takes the risky proposition and signs with Vityaz Moscow (Russia-KHL) to continue his European-only career.
The newest college hockey program was announced at the Bridgestone Arena in Tennessee, the site of the NHL Draft. It will be the first at a historically black college and university (HBCU). The club will be Tennessee State and play at the ACHA club hockey division level. The coaching staff is yet to be determined. The project was an all-in process as the NHL, NHLPLA, and College Hockey Inc. were all involved.
The program will start in the 2024-25 season with a look toward going varsity Division-1 level down the road, and it will be the first hockey at an HCBU, hopefully leading to more significant participation of Blacks, Latinos, and other ethnic groups in the sport of hockey in the US and around the world.
The college hockey season is over by nearly three months activity continues as Quinnipiac University stands at the mountaintop.
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