#filmore in orange

[cagneyblooms]

hello what does my tier list say ab me

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LMFAOAOAOO

yess i met the triplets october 10th, at the Filmore show, in Silver Spring Maryland!

im a chris girl so i was decked the fuck out in orange, and chris told me i fucking looked good... like bitch i want you too tf?

anywaysss... me and him talked about tour, and i told him about me going to collage soon (literally fucking 2 years so not soon😭), and what im planning on majoring in.

(also the pics we got together i fucking hate, but hes so sexc)

i miss him so much.. like please.

-🪐

Did my man smell good please tell me how he smells i’m going to pass out how DOES HE SMELL

[worlds-largest-juice-container]

PRESIDENTS, BASED ON HOW PRESIDENTIAL THEIR NAMES SOUND

46. John Tyler. Literally just two first names, none of which have authority.

45. Franklin Pierce. Who the fuck is this guy lmao two first names again, slightly higher than tyler cause of what i call the two syllable rule, elaborated later

44. Donald Trump, donald is NOT a presidential sounding name, neither is trump, more of a business name. Two syllable rule strikes again

43. John Adams. Adams is a good last name, so slightly higher. Lots of johns on here.

42. James Madison. He had three terms and I think thats whack, name sounds like a kid.

41. James Monroe, similar to Madison but monroe is more presidential sounding, has more professionality.

40. Chester A Arthur, first middle initial, could be baller but chester is a really stupid name lmao ( no disrespect)

39. William McKinley, I think the Mc-names are copouts presidential sounding wise, ads an unneeded syllable.

38. Herbert Hoover, sir your name is a vacuum now also two syllable so higher

37. James K Polk (Napoleon of the stump) Cool tmbg song, two first names, higher cause polk is uncommon and middle initial.

36. Millard Filmore, honestly just alright. two syllable rule works in favor, but filmore is a NERD ASS name.

35. John Quincy Adams, a different adams. I like the name quincy

34. William Henry Harrison, Trying too hard to sound presidential, nice name but the three two three just doesnt flow.

33.Calvin Coolidge. Alright two syllable rule, this name has two or more syllables in BOTH names, adding much more authority. Calvin is the name of that tiger kid BUT coolidge is so goddamn swag.

32. Andrew Jackson, two syllable rule, two first names but first names that fit together well.

31. Benjamin Harrison. Solid name. Benjamin is not all that respectable but harrison is, solid last name.

30. William H. Taft. I like that Middle initial, but that last name? Get out of here, so cool. points off for william, unoriginal.

29. Franklin D. Roosevelt. copied the cooler roosevelt, still one of the best last names. Anyone I can call frank does not scream authority, but rather respectable low ranking construction worker who loves his wife and kids a lot and is a really great guy when you get down to it.

28. James A. Garfield. Thats a caaaat. Middle Initial and Garfield is inherently funny to me. would be higher without orange lasagna feline

27. James Buchanan. That last name though, First name boring, But Buchanan? Awesome. they all called him Mr Buchanan, nobody called this mf james

26. Zachary Taylor. Honestly despite being so high up, this one is not too presidential. I just really think this name fucks hard so honorary president points.

25. Grover Cleveland, I like this guy, two non consecutive terms? Swag name as well.

24. Thomas Jefferson, Classic name, good name, strong name. Though just cause you could call this man tommy its knocked down.

23. George Washington. I do not like the name george but come on. Washington is the most presidential word in the english language.

22. Grover Cleveland, Haha i did the joke where he is in here twice. because of his non consecutive terms

21. Harry S. Truman. Middle Initial, two syllable rule. Good president name. Harry though? could do better, how about Harrier? would be much higher if was that, more syllables= more president.

20. Joseph R. Biden. Name shortened to Joe, which is average, but that R initial and the fact that Biden is a very uncommon last name is pretty good in his favor.

19.George Bush, George is a bad first name for this list but i dont know the bush just screams president name.

18.George W. Bush, exact same as previous but middle initial.

17. Jimmy Carter. Carter is VERY professional last name, Jimmy not so much. Carter does lots of heavy lifting in this arrangement.

16. Ronald Reagan. Two syllables, Reagan is a nice name. would be higher but i dont like the guy.

15. Richard M. Nixon. Nixon, great last name. thats all

14. Gerald R. Ford. Dont like ford, but Gerald is a baller first name, very authoritative, and that R initial is pretty nice too.

13. Dwight D. Eisenhower. That last name is probably my third favorite overall last name, though dwight is bringing it down a bit.

12. Lyndon B. Johnson. Very nice name, rolls off the tongue well.

11. Bill Clinton. I like bill cause Bill is like the dollar bill and that last name works hard too.

10. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Such a good name. we getting into the good ones one.

9. Barack Obama. Obama is just a fun word to say. Obama. Obama. read it out loud it flows very nice. Barack is cool too.

8. Woodrow Wilson. Fucking Woodrow. that name fucks hard. perfect early 20th name.

7. Andrew Johnson. Like jackson's name, but better.

6. Theodore Roosevelt. the better Roosevelt. Theodore is just a good name all around.

5. Martin Van Buren. Put van Buren on a nice first name like Gerald, and that would take the cake, but martin is just an average name, keeping him out of the big boys. the top 3.

4. Hard Decision but Rutherford B. Hayes is number 4. Incredibly hard name, so good, but the others just smack it out of the park with presidentiality

3. Warren G. Harding. Initially what i considered by top pick, usurped by the other two. This name is so good. Two syllable rule, uncommonness of first and last, as well as the G initial being very nice to look at. supreme pick.

2. Ulysses S. Grant. This fucking name hoo boy. Ulysses is possibly the hardest first name ever. So fucking good, Middle initial, but the last name grant is just ever so slightly holding it back. but the real winner was never a question

Abraham Motherfucking Lincoln. The best name anyone has ever had. I don't feel the need to elaborate. this man's name is the most fucking bad ass name, even his nickname, which as you saw knocked some people out, is so fucking good. toppest tier name. Goodnight now.

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Filmore: Brush your teeth! Now BOOM orange juice, that’s life.

[roamingberry]

Here's all the Coonstagram profile pics from FBW, some of them are unused so I'll go into detail about them.1st row: Billy Turner, in the final game The Coon at the begining mentions he follows Coon and Friends and that he's a ginger even though in the show and here, he isn't. In the E3 2017 gameplay he can be seen on Coonstagram along with your buddies using their Superhero names on it, in the final game they use their real names and Call Girl is the only one who uses both. Super Craig's was the only one which remained in the files in the 11th row. In the 2nd,3rd and 5th row are: Coon and Friends, Coon Pals and Freedom Pals icons, they were supposed to appear next to the New Kid's pfp, in the final it's just NK's pfp. Coon Pals was also how the reunited FP and CaF were supposed to be called instead of Freedom Pals. In the 4th row next to Filmore are his parents, according to some unused text they were supposed to be located in Filmore's Haunted Basement and NK was supposed to beat the crap out of them. 5th row: Heidi, she only appears as a ped near the school if you wait long enough but she doesn't say anything nor can you take a selfie with her. 7th row: Kevin McCormick, he appears at Kenny's house but you can't take a selfie with him. 10th row: Nelson, he appears at The Peppermint Hippo but you can't take a selfie with him, thanks to unused text to take a selfie with him you had to bring him an item: "Last known surviving ovum of Shub-Niggurath. You could destroy it and vanquish evil forever, or just give it to Nelson for a selfie." also New Kid's parents, in SoT you could get them as friends, but sadly not anymore in FBW. Also in the 10th row is the old man with the orange shirt, he was most likely supposed to be found at Shady Acres.

[falloutdialogue]

How is the Institute structured?

The Institute is divided into four main divisions, each with specific areas of expertise. Here’s a list of each division, who’s in it, and what they do. (Including synths and ex-members. Not including add-ons or other games. (x)

Special thanks to @curodole for the corrections. 

Synth Retention Bureau (SRB)

Director: Justin Ayo

Color: Black

Purpose: Responsible for tracking down and retrieving escaped synths, courser training, synth wiping and monitoring the Commonwealth. Employs completely obedient Generation 3 synths known as coursers.

Members:

Dr. Justin Ayo

Alana Secord

X4-18

X6-88

X9-27

Z2-47

Robotics

Director: Father

Color: Orange

Purpose: Responsible for synth construction, development and maintenance. 

Members:

Alan Binet

Eve (social experiment synth)

Max Loken

BioScience

Director: Clayton Holdren

Color: Green

Purpose: Responsible for genetic and bio-engineering, medical care, FEV experimentation, crop production and pharmaceuticals. 

Members:

Dr. Clayton Holdren

Brendan Volkert

Dean Volkert

Dr. Brian Virgil (formerly)

Isaac Karlin

Advanced Systems

Director: Dr. Madison Li

Color: Blue

Purpose: Responsible for advanced technological research and development, including laser weapons and synth armor. 

Members:

Dr. Madison Li

Rosalind Orman

T.S. Wallace

Evan Watson (also controls power distribution for Facilities)

Shaun (S9-23)

Nathan Filmore

Facilities

Director: Allie Filmore

Color: Yellow

Purpose: Responsible for life support, security systems, power distribution, food and housing, mechanical engineering and maintenance. This division doesn’t have their own quarters, because they span the entire Institute.

Members:

Dr. Allie Filmore

Enrico Thompson

Lawrence Higgs

Newton Oberly

[rockbrary]

Philadelphia hosted one of the most brutal festivals on the East Coast, and Decibel Magazine threw a great party for the masses to gather. The third annual Decibel Metal and Beer Festival took place at The Filmore, where many metal fans lined up to try the numerous beers that had arrived at the venue. The fans were thirsty and wanted to rage as metal bands delivered their best riffs on stage. The lineup consisted of acts like Exhorder, legendary death metal purveyors, Obituary and the recent sensation Baroness. It was two days of brutal assault.

  The Filmore is a phenomenal venue, with its warehouse like lobby, and a monstrous floor for all to mosh pit, there was plenty of room for all the breweries to display their savory craft beer. Breweries like Metal Monkey Brewery presented their sours and IPA’s while Cigar City brought a delectable blood orange beer in partnership with Obituary, great citrus notes and smooth finish. As beer was poured and consumed bands like Tombs masters of brutal metal delivered a killer performance. With Mike up front, and guitarist the sound was beyond perfection. They played tracks like “November Wolves” and “Cold” to entice the masses and they successfully amped all the headbangers. All members of this band played tight, with precision and aggression this band has delivered numerous killer performances, and this has to be one of their best yet. They performed at the Knotfest meets Ozzfest two years ago and they have this intensity to their set it will make you want to see them each time they are in town.

The night was young, and the stage was just about to get dark, as Uada, black metal act conjured a sacrilegious performance. The stage went dark, as you are left with nothing, but the logo lit in the background and fog is released setting the ominous ambiance Uada rises out of the shadows and performs an intense show. Their maelstrom of riffs and heavy drumming (Josiah Babcock) is only one part of their unleashed fury, the lead singer Jake Superchi growls like a ravaging demon perpetuating the evilest of sounds. The shadows made sound, and with their ambitious performance they won the dark souls of everyone at the venue. They played tracks like “The Purgin Fire” and “Cult of a Dying Sun”, some which were filled with nothing but black metal elements that would ensue a ritual on any given day. Nothing could stop this malevolent sound, and metal heads raged relentlessly to it.

  By this point, some people must have already been feeling the effects of the luscious golden liquid, beer, as moshers were intense during the Exhorder performance. Exhorder, from New Orleans are the east coast Death Angel, they played some insane thrash metal and unleashed their energy on stage. Exhorder is working on a new album, to be released via Nuclear Blast Records and for those who saw the performance they are pumped about this news. Their lead singer Kyle Thomas sings high notes as both guitarist Vinnie LaBella and Marzi Montazeri from Heavy As Texas, attack you with their speed and ear piercing guitar solos. During this violent attack, drummer Sasha Horn releases all the heavy pows to make your head roll complimented by a destructive bass (Jason Viebrooks), Exhorder unleashed their fury for all to see. The night was killer, and so was the next band.

  Obituary, the Gibsonton, Florida locals and master of heavy death metal decapitated their fans. Obituary went on stage heavy as always, they delivered a barrage of pain to the listeners as they played “Slowly We Rot”, “Cause of Death” and many more of the classic favorites. Tom Hardy was destructive as usual with his powerful person on stage, swaying his shampoo commercial long hair. Seriously, what kind of vitamins do these guys use. Trevor Peres, on guitar delivered a perplexed plethora of rhythmic guitars as Kenny Andrews slay the masses with his ear piecing solos and rapid fire. The obliteration of the masses was a guaranteed event, as you hear the double pedal by Donald Tardy complimented by the head pounding bass line by Terry Butler. Obituary, once again demonstrated why they are the masters of classical Florida death metal purveyors. The headliners went on soon after the mayhem settled, The Baroness lit the stage bright with their energy and heavy music. The Savannah, Georgia natives went on stage, ready to party. John Baizley goes on stage and delivers some killer guitar work.

The other energetic guitarist, Gina Gleason, delivers great lead riffs, enticing the fans with her charismatic persona and guitar skills. The band plays a tight set, and the fans loved each track performed with skill by The Baroness. Sebastian Thomson, on drums plays phenomenally and beats his drums relentlessness; as depth is added to this band’s sound by bassist Nick Jost. The night came to an end, as beer coolers emptied out and stumbling joyful metal heads walked out of the venue all bands implanted a brutal memory on fan’s brains, with a few bruises from the mosh pit. Decibel magazine has done a phenomenal job with the lineup and brewery selection. Next year might be hard to top, but we will leave it for the experts.

  Day two we saw a collection of tunes from bands like Enslaved, Triptykon among many. We arrived as soon as the lights went out, and the Norwegian progressive death metal band Enslaved climbed the stage. Amidst the fog, and darkness Enslaved rage on the stage to classic songs and new ones alike. The presence of Ivar Bjornson and Arve Isdal on stage is palpable. With their glorifying metal, Enslaved made the crowd go wild and headbangers and crowd surfers enjoyed a compilations of riffs and melodies of the purest form. With Their furious set, even photographers were headbanging, I don’t blame them I missed a few shots to enjoy this marvelous performance. Enslaved was followed by the post black metal band Deafheaven, they are packed with energy and amazing sounds. Their set was a very intense one, delivering a magnificent performance and pumping the crowd with rage and nostalgia. The band has been touring heavily and at each venue you can always hear new fans talk about their live performance. George Clarke is filled with energy, and rages on stage as if it is his last performance, hadbanging, and connecting with the crow he delivers a tantalizing performance. It was a well lit stage, and they delivered a sublime performance. To close the night and the festival, no-one other than Triptykon rised to the occasion. Members of Celtic Frost went on stage and delivered what is a heavy performance. The band played some classic Celtic Frost tunes and some new work, the fans partied hard. On stage, the band played their part and projected a  dark aura, a synergy that embellished all the fans and made them rage. The metal and beer festival by Decibel Magazine brought many metal heads together, to enjoy some dark ales, sours, IPA’s and Obituary’s own blood orange beer, quite delectable. Triyptikon, Enslaved among other bands raised hell. The third annual Decibel Metal and Beer Festival concluded once more, and fans left the venue raving about each aspect of this phenomenal gathering.

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Decibel Metal and Beer Festival 2019 Philadelphia hosted one of the most brutal festivals on the East Coast, and Decibel Magazine threw a great party for the masses to gather.

[skateofministry]

Nas and Lil Uzi Vert model Heron Preston’s Calvin Klein collection

Fashion designer Heron Preston has debuted his collection for Calvin Klein and the ad campaign is star-studded. It features plus-size model Ashley Graham, skateboard trickster Stevie Williams plus rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Nas, among others.

Nas and Uzi recently shared photos from the shoot and brief commercials on their Instagram accounts. The snippets are part of a full ad put together by director duo Jason Filmore and Simon Davis. Decked in items from the collaborative collection, Nas peels an orange in a miniature room and Uzi freestyles over the ringing alarm of an open car door.

“This shoot was probably the COLDEST weather day this year! Good ole NYC weather baby. Heron is doin great things. Calvin Klein is a brand I go way back with, thanks for the luv,” Nas wrote below a picture of him wearing an indigo rinse denim jacket. Uzi kept it simple by encouraging his followers to “drank water.”

The entire gender-neutral collection, dubbed “Heron Preston for Calvin Klein,” took a year to develop, according to WWD. It features Calvin staples like underwear, hoodies, T-shirts, shorts and denim with Preston’s flair. In an interview with Calvin Klein’s head of product strategy, Jacob Jordan, Preston said he grew up seeing the brand’s “black-and-white campaigns.”

“I wanted to create a collection for real people. I saw this collection speaking to not only my specific friend group but the rest of the globe,” Preston said. “These pieces are so minimal and basic, how do you make them stand out? … I wanted to make a distinction between wearing clothes and then living in them. This is a collection that I really wanted people to live in.”

“I’m a designer who finds authenticity super-satisfying,” he added. “Respecting how people are living and how consumers want to wear clothes … I envision this as the uniform for New York City.”

Preston’s collection is available now on Calvin Klein’s website. Items range in price from $36 to $298. Most of the clothing can be purchased for under $200.

Renell Medrano/Heron Preston/Calvin Klein

Renell Medrano/Heron Preston/Calvin Klein

Renell Medrano/Heron Preston/Calvin Klein

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03/02 Chicago, IL – House of Blues 03/03 Minneapolis, MN – First Ave 03/05 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre 03/06 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex 03/08 Seattle, WA – Showbox 03/09 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom 03/10 San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom 03/11 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues 03/13 Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater 03/15 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues 03/16 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee 03/17 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater 03/19 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live 03/20 Dallas, TX – Canton Hall 03/21 Houston, TX – Warehouse Ballroom 03/23 Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theater 03/24 Ft/Lauderdale, FL – Revolution 03/27 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom 03/28 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel 03/30 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls 03/31 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory 04/02 Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall 04/03 Boston, MA – Royale 04/04 New York City, NY – Playstation Theater 04/05 Baltimore, MD – Filmore Silver Spring 04/06 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre 04/07 Mount Clemens, MI – Emerald Theatre

[pacifymebby]

aw this is cute!!! thank you for the tag!!! Pretty in pink / psychedelic furs

All I Need / Radiohead

Come in Alone / My Bloody Valentine

If You Need Someone / The Field Mice

Filmore Jive / Pavement (best close to an album ever)

Young Americans / David Bowie

Mandarin / The Pastels

Everything Flows / Teenage Fanclub

Bigmouth Strikes Again / The Smiths

Beetlebum / Blur

You Little Shits / Stereolab

Fucked with the colours so teenage fan club could be orange like the album cover haha

I'm tagging @fenderenderender @lasttomakeithome @daughter-of-ophelia

🎶 Turn your URL into song titles 🎶

I saw this on another blog and thought it would be fun… who wants to play?

C: Cheetah Tongue - The Wombats

A: Always - The Snuts

T: This is the Last Time - The National

B: Between Love and Hate - The Strokes

F: Formidable Cool - Wolf Alice

I: Is It Me - The Kooks

C: Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys

S: Sidewinder - CATB

I’ll tag @followtheheartibelievein @hankmoonbeam @icouldntfindquiet @christiloveit @somethinglikethatyeah83 @youlovehermadly @fluctuatte @rock-n-roll-fantasy @itsflowerpowerbaby @carmccannt

Some of you have such long urls! Only play if you want and feel free to play even if you’ve not been tagged I have too many lovely mutuals to tag everyone 💕

[cprokansascity]

California firm buys Jacksonville apartments for $20.7 million

California-based Laguna Point Properties has purchased The Woods of Filmore, a 200-unit apartment complex in Orange Park, for $20.7 million. The property located at 622 Filmore Street was brokered by CBRE’s Joe Ayers and Cliff Taylor.

“The Woods of Filmore represented one of the most compelling value-add stories that we have seen in Jacksonville in this current cycle,” Ayers said in a statement. “In 2018, previous ownership assembled fifty separately owned buildings under a single ownership,…

[thehealthgeeksdiary-blog]

Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Brownie with Apricots, Pistachio & Hemp Protein accompanied by Blackcurrant Conserve at Filmore & Union Harrogate. Seriously Satisfying 🤩🤩🤩#filmoreandunion #veganharrogate #glutenfreeharrogate #veganchocolatebrownies #glutenfreechocolatebrownie

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Manuel Neri’s Chromatic Chaos

Manuel Neri, “Joan Brown Seated, (1959) aluminum with Alborada patina; oil-based pigments with yellow glaze, cast 1963, re-patina applied 2016, 30 1⁄4 x 12 1⁄2 x 27 inches; pedestal: 30 x 19 x 27 inches (all photos courtesy of the Anderson Collection unless otherwise noted)

Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure, on view at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University through February 12, 2018, offers up a choice selection of sculptures in plaster, marble, and bronze, and also works on paper by Manuel Neri, the 87 year-old dean of Bay Area figurative sculptors. Inspired by a gift from the Manuel Neri Trust to the Anderson Collection of three sculptural works and eight works on paper and supplemented by loans and a work already in the Anderson Collection, the exhibition demonstrates how the artist has engaged the human figure — most often female — as an expressive vehicle across time and media.

Neri’s first experiments with sculpture came after his army service during the Korean War. While attending the California School of the Fine Arts (CSFA) (now the San Francisco Art Institute) on the GI Bill, one of his instructors, Richard Diebenkorn, suggested to the young painter and ceramicist that he give sculpture a try. In his debut exhibition in 1956, Neri exhibited life-sized plaster and cardboard figures alongside mixed media and assembled sculptures made from cast off materials including wire, cardboard, wood, and scraps of his army fatigues.

Installation view of Manuel Neri Assertion of the Figure with “Untitled Female Figure” (l.) and Untitled Male Figure, (both c. 1958) (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)

In the years that followed, plaster figures built over metal armatures became Neri’s trademark. The earliest works in Assertion of the Figure are an “Untitled” 1958 male/female duo in painted plaster that have been placed at the top of the Anderson Collection’s grand staircase. Armless and headless — like broken, ancient idols —and slathered with wide strokes of red, yellow, blue, and ochre enamel, they share a stylistic kinship with nearby Abstract Expressionist canvases by Clyfford Still, Frank Lobdell, and Joan Mitchell. Already apparent in these early works is a kind of dualism: they reference classical forms while also radiating contemporary anxiety and subjectivity.

Leo Holub, “Manuel Neri, Benicia” (1984) gelatin silver print, image: 10 x 10 in. sheet: 18 x 14 in. mat: 20 x 16 inches

When Neri first adopted it, plaster was widely regarded as a second-rate material suitable only for maquettes and lamp bases, but he quickly seized on it’s quick-setting properties and receptivity to common tools. In 1998, on the occasion of an exhibition of his work at the Orange County Museum of Art, Neri spoke about why he preferred working with it.. “It’s a blah material,” he philosophized, “a dumb material. It doesn’t dictate to you at all. You can do anything you want to with it, practically, from a polished, glass-like finish to a rough, broken surface.” At $3 per bag, which Neri could only sometimes afford, plaster was also a forgiving material that allowed mistakes and improvisation: a poor man’s marble that could be hacked into submission. There is a certain implied violence present in the many nicks, scrapes, and gouges that mark Neri’s plaster figures. They are evidence of the artist’s intensity and physical struggle while in the throes of his process.

Joan Brown, who Neri met in a CSFA class taught by Elmer Bischoff — “She was wild as hell,” Neri later recalled — once observed how “Manuel would put on plaster real fast, cut that arm off, throw it away, and twenty minutes later he’s got a new arm there.” Brown, who became both a muse and collaborator, appears in a seated pose in an aluminum cast of an original 1959 plaster, created in the same year that Neri and Brown graduated from CSFA, left their spouses, and moved in together. They would go on to marry in 1962, have a son together and then divorce in 1966. Bluntly expressive and ruggedly formed, “Joan Brown Seated” (1959) represents a kind of stylistic intersection between Neri and Brown’s artistic concerns and working methods.

Although they had a short, rocky marriage — they got along well in the studio and poorly outside of it — the couple influenced each other tremendously. According to the Anastasia Aukeman, in her book Welcome to Painterland a history of the artists working in the Filmore area of midcentury San Francisco, their relationship was later remembered by their mutual friend Mark di Suvero

Installation view (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) “Standing Figure II” (1982), pigment on plaster, 69 1⁄4 x 17 7/8 x 19 1⁄2 inches

as “amazingly symbiotic,”. In fact, Brown sometimes painted on Neri’s sculptures, and he was known to add strokes of paint to her thickly encrusted canvases. Both artists brought to their respective works the hybrid approach of Bay Area figuration that fused the spontaneity of Abstract Expressionism with figurative imagery. In a 1963 piece for Artforum magazine, editor John Coplans lauded Neri as “powerful,” while also detecting a “crazy mixture of something both passionate and sloppy.”

In the many plaster figures Neri executed in the decades that followed, the same kind of wild energy prevailed. Often working of groups of similar armatures, developing two, four, six or even eight figures at the same time, Neri alternately shaped, molded, and smoothed a universe of plaster figures, often adding strokes and patches of strong color to the final product. During a ten-day exhibition at 80 Langton Street in San Francisco in 1978, Neri, fueled by coffee, worked through the midnight hours on a set of eight related figures that were revealed — in progress — to daytime visitors who stood amidst piles of Neri’s plaster chips. It was a bravura public performance of Neri’s transformative power and confidence.

The addition of color — which Neri has contextualized as following the ancient Greek custom of coloring figures with tempera — has been Neri’s way of baptizing his figures in chromatic chaos. To some, Neri’s addition of color has seemed a stroke of genius, while striking others as an annoyance. In a 1989 interview with the William James Association Prison Arts Project, Neri reveals that when he began carving in Carrara, Italy in the mid-1970s, the locals were at first “outraged” when he added swaths of oil-based enamel to his marble sculptures.

“Makida III,” a 1997 carving on view at the Anderson Collection, is partially wrapped in feathery pale pink and blue strokes, a delicate and counter-intuitive

Manuel Neri, “Makida III” (1997), 24 x 16 x 22 in., marble and oil-based enamel, marble base: 4 x 16 in. diameter

application of color that somehow works in concert with the head’s luxurious smoothness. Marble brought out another side of Neri: his refinement. Jason Linetzky, the Director of the Anderson Collection, says that seeing the assembled works in “Assertion of the Figure” has shown him Neri’s impressive ability to adapt to different media.

Across the upper margin of one of Neri’s drawings is an inscription in pencil: “Arte de la verdad de nuestra vida” (Art gives truth to our life). The phrase offers an insight into the motivation of an artist who has worked exceptionally hard and who in the 1989 interview said that making art “is not fun for me.” Seen in the context of the Anderson Collection, where the energies of his works are shared by a magnificent group of Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area figurative works from the Anderson Collection, Neri’s work somehow looks focused, more connected with a longer line of artists working in those traditions. Dis-interested in theories and fashions, Neri has spent his career reaching for something unwavering and ancient: the magic and power of the human form.

Again, in the Prison Arts Project interview Neri said, “I wasn’t the first guy who came along who used the figure.” He certainly was not, but when seen outside the Anderson Collection, where seven of his bronzes are also now on view, not too far from the Cantor Center’s magnificent group of Rodin sculptures, Neri’s work seems to have found the right setting where his true concerns can shine. Neri stayed with the figure (and in California) while abstraction rose to dominance in the contemporary art scene, and by this loyalty created an oeuvre that has considerable vitality and an unwavering sense of artistic purpose. When the plaster chips were flying and the paint was dripping, Manuel Neri always knew what he was looking for.

Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure, continues on view at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University through February 12, 2018.

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[newsagogos]

[ID: a tweet by Bob Filmore @BobFilmore that reads, "Shit..." And a broken YFrog link. Attached is a deep fried picture, a very low quality picture with a grainy orange overlay, of a hand that looks covered in blood. /End ID]

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TOP 10 Most Expensive Gemstones in the World

1. Jadeite – more than $3 million per carat This gemstone is actually a pyroxene mineral, usually of apple green, emerald green, bluish green or leek green in color. There have also been some that are either greenish white or white with some green spots. Jadeites are colorless in the thin section of the stone. The more intense the green, the more expensive the stone will get. The Chinese, however, also value the white jadeite with green spots. A deep blue-green jadeite that emits a translucent hue has also been discovered in recent times in Guatemala. While it is considered valuable because of historical reasons as the Mesoamerican Olmec used it, the rarity of this specific kind of jadeite has yet to be established. Once the Guatemalans start actively mining for it and confirms its rarity, the value may increase even more.

2. Red Diamonds – $2 million to 2.5 million per carat This gemstone is very rare. Most of it are actually purplish red, and not crimson or pure red. A mining company located in Australia gets to find only a small number of red diamonds every year. These are then sold at an auction once every couple of years, and you can just imagine the interest, demand and price that the red diamonds command.

3. Serendibite – $1.8 million to 2 million per carat The serendibite gemstone is an extremely rare mineral that bears boron. Only two areas have been known to produce quality serendibite, namely Ratanapura in Sri Lanka and Mogok in northern Burma. Most of the serendibites found are blue green, grayish blue or pale yellow with a white streak.

4. Blue Garnet – $1.5 million per carat There are many kinds of garnet in the market. You can find it in a variety of colors, from black, brown, green, orange, pink, purple, red and yellow. There have even been some that do not have any color. But none can compare to the price of the blue garnet. This gemstone was discovered in Madagascar in the 1990s, though it has since been mined in Russia, the United States and Turkey as well. While it has a blue green shade, the generous amount of vanadium in the stone makes it emit a purplish hue when it is held against incandescent lighting.

5.Grandidierite – $100,000 per carat Alfred Grandidier was a natural historian famed in the archaeology world for his discovery in Madagascar of the skeletons and remains of an elephant bird that weighed half a ton and that has been extinct for thousands of years.  He is also famous in the world of gemology for discovering in Sri Lanka a rare stone that transmits blue, green and white light. Initially, they thought it was the gemstone serendibite, but after closer scrutiny, gemologists concluded that it was a totally new stone. It was thereafter named after Grandidier.

6. Painite – $50,000 – 60,000 per carat Discovered in the 1950s by the Englishman Arthur C. Pain, painite is a rare borate material. It has a natural hexagon shape and has an orange-red or brownish-red color. Trace amounts of iron, vanadium and chromium are present in the stone.  While it used to be the rarest stone in the world, more have been unearthed and discovered in Burma recently.

7. Musgravite – $35,000 per carat This gemstone is actually a silicate mineral that was first discovered in Australia in an area called Musgrave. While similar minerals have since been unearthed in Madagascar, Greenland and Sri Lanka, it is still considered very rare. There are trace amounts of aluminum, berrylium and magnesium present in the stone.

8. Bixbite – $10,000 per carat This gemstone is also known as the red beryl emerald. It is very rare and has been found only in a couple of places in Utah called Juab County and Beaver County, and in Sierra County in New Mexico. Most of the red beryl that are gem-grade can be found in Violet Claim. This is located in the Wah Wah Mountains of midwest Utah. A Filmore, Utah local named Lamar Hodges discovered the bixbites by accident. He was a mineral prospector who was actually looking for uranium when he stumbled upon the red beryls.

9. Black Opal – $2,355 per carat Opal is the national gemstone of Australia, which produces 97 percent of the world’s supply. The southern portion of the country alone produces 80 percent of all opals. Opal is not a mineral, as it is actually an amorphous form of silica that is related to quartz. Up to 20 percent of the stone’s weight is made up of water.  The internal structure of this gemstone makes it diffract light, and it may come in a variety of colors ranging from blue, brown, gray, green, magenta, olive, orange, pink, red, rose, slate, white and yellow. But the most rare and most expensive are the black opals. The stone has also been unearthed in Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Mali and Ethiopia.

10. Jeremejevite – $2000 per carat This gemstone is actually made of aluminum borate mineral with fluoride and hydroxide ions. Pavel Vladimirovich Eremeev discovered it in Siberia. Most of this stone are colored blue or yellow. White and colorless versions of this gem have also been discovered. Jeremejevite has since been unearthed in other areas as well, notably in Namibia, the Eifel District in Germany and the Pamir Mountain area in Tajikistan.

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TOP 10 Rarest and Most Expensive Gemstones Ever

1. Jadeite – more than $3 million per carat This gemstone is actually a pyroxene mineral, usually of apple green, emerald green, bluish green or leek green in color. There have also been some that are either greenish white or white with some green spots. Jadeites are colorless in the thin section of the stone. The more intense the green, the more expensive the stone will get. The Chinese, however, also value the white jadeite with green spots. A deep blue-green jadeite that emits a translucent hue has also been discovered in recent times in Guatemala. While it is considered valuable because of historical reasons as the Mesoamerican Olmec used it, the rarity of this specific kind of jadeite has yet to be established. Once the Guatemalans start actively mining for it and confirms its rarity, the value may increase even more.

2. Red Diamonds – $2 million to 2.5 million per carat This gemstone is very rare. Most of it are actually purplish red, and not crimson or pure red. A mining company located in Australia gets to find only a small number of red diamonds every year. These are then sold at an auction once every couple of years, and you can just imagine the interest, demand and price that the red diamonds command.

3. Serendibite – $1.8 million to 2 million per carat The serendibite gemstone is an extremely rare mineral that bears boron. Only two areas have been known to produce quality serendibite, namely Ratanapura in Sri Lanka and Mogok in northern Burma. Most of the serendibites found are blue green, grayish blue or pale yellow with a white streak.

4. Blue Garnet – $1.5 million per carat There are many kinds of garnet in the market. You can find it in a variety of colors, from black, brown, green, orange, pink, purple, red and yellow. There have even been some that do not have any color. But none can compare to the price of the blue garnet. This gemstone was discovered in Madagascar in the 1990s, though it has since been mined in Russia, the United States and Turkey as well. While it has a blue green shade, the generous amount of vanadium in the stone makes it emit a purplish hue when it is held against incandescent lighting.

5.Grandidierite – $100,000 per carat Alfred Grandidier was a natural historian famed in the archaeology world for his discovery in Madagascar of the skeletons and remains of an elephant bird that weighed half a ton and that has been extinct for thousands of years.  He is also famous in the world of gemology for discovering in Sri Lanka a rare stone that transmits blue, green and white light. Initially, they thought it was the gemstone serendibite, but after closer scrutiny, gemologists concluded that it was a totally new stone. It was thereafter named after Grandidier.

6. Painite – $50,000 – 60,000 per carat Discovered in the 1950s by the Englishman Arthur C. Pain, painite is a rare borate material. It has a natural hexagon shape and has an orange-red or brownish-red color. Trace amounts of iron, vanadium and chromium are present in the stone.  While it used to be the rarest stone in the world, more have been unearthed and discovered in Burma recently.

7. Musgravite – $35,000 per carat This gemstone is actually a silicate mineral that was first discovered in Australia in an area called Musgrave. While similar minerals have since been unearthed in Madagascar, Greenland and Sri Lanka, it is still considered very rare. There are trace amounts of aluminum, berrylium and magnesium present in the stone.

8. Bixbite – $10,000 per carat This gemstone is also known as the red beryl emerald. It is very rare and has been found only in a couple of places in Utah called Juab County and Beaver County, and in Sierra County in New Mexico. Most of the red beryl that are gem-grade can be found in Violet Claim. This is located in the Wah Wah Mountains of midwest Utah. A Filmore, Utah local named Lamar Hodges discovered the bixbites by accident. He was a mineral prospector who was actually looking for uranium when he stumbled upon the red beryls.

9. Black Opal – $2,355 per carat Opal is the national gemstone of Australia, which produces 97 percent of the world’s supply. The southern portion of the country alone produces 80 percent of all opals. Opal is not a mineral, as it is actually an amorphous form of silica that is related to quartz. Up to 20 percent of the stone’s weight is made up of water.  The internal structure of this gemstone makes it diffract light, and it may come in a variety of colors ranging from blue, brown, gray, green, magenta, olive, orange, pink, red, rose, slate, white and yellow. But the most rare and most expensive are the black opals. The stone has also been unearthed in Brazil, Mexico, the United States, Mali and Ethiopia.

10. Jeremejevite – $2000 per carat This gemstone is actually made of aluminum borate mineral with fluoride and hydroxide ions. Pavel Vladimirovich Eremeev discovered it in Siberia. Most of this stone are colored blue or yellow. White and colorless versions of this gem have also been discovered. Jeremejevite has since been unearthed in other areas as well, notably in Namibia, the Eifel District in Germany and the Pamir Mountain area in Tajikistan.

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