#goob diy

[goobstergoo]

i’m so proud of her i had to put her into the world!!! my flower lamp!!!!!!

[terrafurry]

been playin vrmintieb 2 recenntly,, itz so goob dat i maed witch hunter hunter Terra :3c (90% stolen gear,, 10% diy)

[junonboi]

An oldie i forgot to post, please enjoy my murder wife

[somalifaces]

"When I was a young child, I contracted measles but survived. It however left me with a lasting impression. I was born in a village in eastern Sanaag. We were a family of 5, my 2 siblings and my parents. When I was a couple of months old, there was a measle outbreak in the village. Unfortunately, there was no health facility in the village or a health specialist. My mother, I and my 2 other siblings contracted the disease. Usually, there are some traditional practices that Somalis use but can, unfortunately, make it much worse. For instance, we were brought to a room that was hot and where a supply of oxygen was limited, which made things much worse. Sometimes we were given particular animal fat but that made matters worse. My mother and I survived but my 2 siblings sadly passed away. A couple of years later, my mother who was heavily pregnant developed hypertension (high blood pressure). Again, there were no doctors in sight. Although I was small, I still remember specific episodes that haven't left my memory. The situation was so severe that I remember seeing my neighbours and family visiting our home. They tried everything possible to help my mother. They were so worried. Their hearts were in the right place but they were powerless. My mother reached a point where the pain was unbearable and fell into periods of comatose. I remember seeing her shake a lot; it was extremely scary.   They thought she was possed so brought her a wadaad who recited Qur’an over her. It reached a point where she started shaking madly, and it took a whole village to calm her down. There was so much noise that day. If they only knew that a person in that state requires absolute silence, reduced light in the room and place them on their left side so that some of the symptoms are alleviated, and the most important thing: visit a health facility as soon as possible. Unfortunately, my mother didn't immediately receive the care she required, and I don't blame the village for the knowledge wasn't there. They forced me outside the house and I remember crying a lot and refusing to go to the neighbours. In the end, my mother was brought to a nearby town called Erigabo where she survived. Unfortunately my unborn sibling died. The family decided in the end to leave the village and move to Erigabo. I finished my secondary education in Erigabo and moved to Hargeisa and became a nurse after finishing studies in Hargeisa. I had a good job, working in a children's hospital. However, my mind was not at rest for Hargeisa is a big city full of skilled health specialists. I started thinking about the numerous women and children who live in remote villages and have no access to health facilities. I resigned from my work and moved to Sanaag and became a team leader for a mobile medical team. We started providing help to children affected with measles in villages. I started seeing how some of these children were still being treated using traditional practices that do not work so we gave some of the villagers medical training that they can administer. We started teaching mothers practical skills on how to help their children or diagnose them if they are no health facilities nearby. Even though it's quite hard working in the rural area, I'm happy and emotionally connected for I've experienced the same stuff that they are going through. They deserve the best."

(Erigabo)

"Markii aan ilmaha yar ahaa waxaa igu dhacay jadeeco, alxamdullilah waan ka ladnaaday, hase yeeshe waxa igaga tagtay wax aanan ilaawayn. Waxana ku dhashay tuulo ku taala gobolka Sanaag gaar ahaan dhanka bariga qoyskayaga waxaan ahayn 3 caruur ah, hooyo iyo Aabbe. Anigoo oo dhowr bilaad jira ayaa waxaa deegaankii ka qaraxday xanuunka jadeecada. Tuuladana kama jirin goob caafimaad xataa mu joogin qof xirfad caafimaad leh waxaa jadeecadii ku dhacday 3-dayadii caruurta ahayn iyo hooyaday waxaanu gaadhanay dhamaantayo heer aad u xun oo jadeecadu sababtay maadama oo aanan helin dawayntii iyo adeegyadii caafimaad ee aanu u baahnayn. Isla markaa waxaa jireen waxyaabo ay Soomaalidu dhaqan u leedahay inay is ku daweeyaan oo naloo samayn jiray dhamaantoodna ah kuwa ug sii dara qofka xaaladaan ku jira sida in qof la dedo oo meel huur ah la geliyo hawadan laga qariyo taasina waa hab aad u xun oo qofka ama ilmaha jadeecadu hayso waxa kowaad ee uu u dhiman karo ayaa ah xumad marka lasii huuriyo isga oo xumadoonayana xaaladii waa lasii xumeeyey. Mararka qaar subag oo kale nala cabsiin jiray si naloo caawiyo taasina caafimaad ahaan waa arin kale oo ugasii daraysa xaalada ilmaha ama qofka xanuunkani ku dhacay. Wakhtigaa jadeecadii nagu dhacday waxaa u geeriyooday 2-dii walaalday ahaa nasiib wanaag waxaa ka badbaaday aniga iyo hooyaday Alxamdullilah. Isla dhowr sano uun ka dib anagoo goobtii weli degan ayaa hooyaday xanuunsatay iyada oo markaas uur lahayd waxaana  ku dhacay dhiig karka nooca uur ka la xidhiidha markaasna goob caafimaad iyo shaqaale caafimaad midna kama jirin. Xiligan anigu ilaa 5-6 sano ayaan jiray wax badan kama xasuusan karayo xaaaladii hooyo markaas ay ku suganayd laakiin waxa jira waxyaalo maskaxdayda raad ku sameeyey oon iloobi kari waayey waxaa xaafada so buux dhaafiyey dadkii aan jaarka ahayn iyo qaar aan family ahayn dhamaantood waxay isku dayayen inay hooyo caawiyaan ama naxariis u muujiyaan laakiin weli dhamaan waxyaalaha la samynayey waxay ahaayeen kuwo uga sii darayey xaalada hooyo markaa ku suganeyd. Hooyo waxay gaadhay heerka ugu xuna ee xanuunkani dumarka uur ka leh gaadhsiin  karo sida inuu qofku gariir sameeyo ama koomo galo waxaa hooyo xanuunkeeda loo maleyey inuu jin iyo wax la mid uu yahay waxaan loogu yeedhay nin wadaad ah si uu Qur’aan ugu akhriyo way gariiraysay deedna waa la qabqabanaayey dad badan ayaa la joogay meesha buuq badan ayaa ka jiray, Qofka markuu sidaan noqdo waxaa lagu caawin karaa in jabaqda ama sanqadha laga yareeyo xataa iftiinka laga xidho in bidixda loo jiifiyo si loo caawiyo qulqulka dhiiga iyo in si dhakhso ah loo gaadhsiiyo goob caafimaad waa waxyaalo aad u fudud oo qofka lagu caawin karo xataa adigoon dawooyin iyo qalab caafimaad haysan laakiin nassib daro hooyaday xiligaas intaasna maysan helin waayo aqoonta dadka ayaa aad u yarayd. Aniga dibada ayaa la iiga saarayey kolba laakiin maan fogaanayn si aan hooyo xaaladeeda wax uga ogaado waan diidayey in xaafado kale la i geeyo mararka qaar waan ooyayey.Waxaa hooyo loo qaaday Ceerigaabo oo dhakhtar ayaa la dhigay nasiib wanaag way badbaaaday laakiin ilmihii wuu dhintay xiligaas reerkaygii waxay u wareegeen Ceerigaabo. Dugsigaygi sare waxaan ku dhamaystay Ceerigaabo, kadib waxaan usoo guuray Hargeysa, waxaan noqday lalkaaliso caafimaad kadib markaan dhamaystay waxbarashadaydi, waxaan haystay shaqo wacan, waxaan ka shaqayn jiray dhakhtarka caruurta. Si kastaba ha noqoto’e niyadaydu kuma qanacsanyn in aan ku dego Hargeysa sababtoo ah waa magaalo wayn oo ka buuxaan dhakhaatiir kala duwan. Waxaan bilaabay in aan ka fakaro haweenka iyo caruurta ku nool dhulka fog ee miyiga, hadana aan haysan xarummo caafimaad, shaqadaydi waan ka tagay waxaan dib ugu noqoday Sanaag, kadib waxaan noqday hogaamiye koox caafimaad oo wareegta. Waxaan bilownay in aan caawino caruurta kunool tuulooyinka ay ku dhacday xanuunka jadeecadu, kadib waxaan arkay sida ilaa maanta loogu daweeyo caruurta hab dhaqameedkii aynu isticmaali jiray wakhtiyo hore lakiin aan waxba u tarayn caafimaadka ilmaha yar. Markaas waxaanu siinay kooxo ka socda tuulooyinka tababaro caafimaad Waxaanu bilownay in aan tababaro siino hooyooyinka si ay u caawiyaan caruurtooda hadii ayna u dhawayn xarummo caafimaad. Inkastoo ay adagtahay in laga shaqeeyo dhulka miyiga ah, hadana waan ku faraxsanahay in aan ka shaqeeyo, waxaan ka fa’iiday waayo aragnimo xaalada ay kujiraan ah, waxay mudanyihiin waxkasta oo wacan in loo sameeyo."

(Ceerigaabo)

[electricdazemag]

Skelevision: Interview

by Tasha Bielaga

Portland’s finest surf punk pysch band is alive and well, in fact, it’s whole music scene is. Skelevision, formally known as Thong, has been around for a little over a year. Two EP’s, a tour, and a few festivals later, Skelevision is gearing up for their first full-length album and making a name for themselves. Vocalist and guitarist Gage Nelson, drummer Philip Zevenbergen, and bassist Gavin Houck spend their days balancing work, school, and each other’s sarcasm. We talk about their infamous Plasma Blasts, how music and art sculpts their lives, and the DIY community.

Electric Daze: The band just went through a name change & recently transitioned from “Thong” to “Skelevision”. Why?

Skelevision: We honestly just thought that there could be a better name. Thong was something we came up with kind of last minute. It gives us the wrong vibe now, and puts us in a certain crowd. Our sound has changed as well since we lost a member and changing the name seemed fitting, like a fresh start. It’s also going to be easier to approach labels and other people now.

ED: How do you feel your sound is changing now that you have one less member, as well as just becoming better musicians throughout the past year?

Gage: We’ve become a tighter band now. When we write, I introduce the idea, Gavin gets his bassline, and then Phil does the drums, and it almost always works out. I’ve started to have to play lead now and I’m learning how to play it better.  I have to write our songs in a way that I can play lead and rhythm, and it’s different but it’s nice.

Phil: We’ve been forced to change the way that we play and the detail in how we play.  I play very rhythmically now to try to make it feel just as full as it did before, but I think we’re becoming better musicians as we push ourselves.

ED: Do you think the DIY house show, lo-fi route that you’re taking is better for the band instead of going the route of trying to get an agent and a label right away?

Phil: Definitely. We’ve developed as a band so much by playing shows, and if we had recording an album right off the bat, our songs would be so much less exciting and not composed as well as they are. We’ve only kept a few of our original songs. It’s awesome that we have a fanbase in Portland now, people who we can count on to be at our shows and they wear our shirts. It’s like if you’re trying to get a label to sign you and they realize that no one in your hometown has ever given a fuck about you, they’re not going to think you’re important.

Gavin: The hardest part right now is that we don’t really have music online right now. It’s also cool to do everything ourselves, Phil manages and I record. When we do get a label, everything’s going to change. 

 ED: I head there’s a new album in the works. What was it like writing that set of songs?

Gage: It’s going to be around 12 songs, hopefully to come out in August. I wrote all the lyrics. I’ve always been good at poetry, but I mostly make up the words on the spot. I’ll jam the song and just sing whatever the vibe gives me, that way I can get the structure right. Then I go back and listen to what I said and keep anywhere from 40 to 80% of the lyrics, and rewrite the rest.

ED: What’s the goal around Jeff’s Plasma Blast?

Skelevision: The goal is to have a Jeff’s Plasma Blast as a tour kick off every time we head out on tour. The next one will be on August 18th at the Hawthorne Theater, featuring bands like The Goobs, Fringe Class, Mean Jeans, and Wampire. Once we have more publicity around it we really want to get Jeff Goldblum to come and be our MC.

ED: Phil does all the booking for you guys. What’s it like self-managing, reaching out to these bigger bands, and getting your shows set up?

Phil: It’s a mix between being personal and being business-y. For Plasma Blast, I reached out to Rocky from Wampire personally, and I hit up all the local bands personally too. But lately with bigger bands, I’ve started reaching out to their agents because that’s ultimately who I end up talking to.

ED: Do you guys have a favorite part of playing shows?

Gage: For me, it’s fun to share what I’ve written. The attention is nice too, usually at parties or shows I just talk to my close friends but when we play everyone’s listening and it’s not awkward.

Phil: I just like to freak somebody out or make someone laugh. Goofing off and playing the drums is like the one way I can be myself and be a nut.

Gavin: It’s cool to have everyone listening to you and moving together, everyone’s on the same page when we play shows.

ED: Best part of the DIY community?

Phil: The other band heads that I get to work with. Everyone’s really chill and interesting. I love booking with Dererk Housh, Darin O’Brien, and Nik Barnaby. I love the people come out to our shows, but I’m so bad at taking positive feedback.

Gavin: It’s nice being known in a community. I can go to a show and people know who I am.

ED: Two of you attend school, and you all of jobs. What’s it like balancing school, jobs, and the band?

Gavin: My boss is pretty respectful about letting me take the time off for touring and shows, sometimes I might have to miss a gig but it works out.

Gage: I only work in the morning so that’s easy for me, but I definitely weigh the band above school. I also have a solo project that I’m writing. School kinda sucks so it’s easy to push off.

Philip: For me it’s harder. Skelevision is one of many things I do. I’m also a full time student, the publicity coordinator at 5th Ave Cinema, I work at the nickel arcade, and my top priority is my horror movies that are produced under the name Bad Taste Pictures. Skelevision is cool because we can make it work between all of us and always find time that works for everyone. It’s hard, but it makes it so when we do have time to be together we get stuff done.

ED: What was the thing that pushed you to pursue art and music?

Gavin: Art is very important to human culture. There’s a lot of shit going on in the world and if you can focus on art it’s a good escape.

Gage: Everything else is just kind of terrible. School is terrible, except the learning aspect, and work is usually mundane. But with art you’re not worried about anything but your art. It’s an outlet more than anything.

Phil: For me it’s a little different. I’ll see something I want to do, and then figure out how to do it. Before Skelevision, I was in a different band. We played one house show but it didn’t come out the way we wanted it to. G*U*N played before us and the crowd was going off the walls and I went “I want that for us, for us to play and be able to make people move like that.” Once Skelevision got together and started jamming, I realized we were good and we started booking shows.

ED: Phil, you’re planning on moving to New York when you’re done with school. What is Skelevision’s future when that happens?

Gavin: If Skelevision is doing well then, and Gage wants to do it, I’m happy to move to New York.

Gage: I think if we’re still together and where the band is, I would go.

Phil: New York is a good city for bands as well. If they end up not going, I’m happy for them to continue without me and turn into something else or just foster. I would love us to conquer the East Coast as a band.

ED: The three of you are pretty young (19), do you think that’s a hindrance or that it’s helpful?

Gavin: People don’t expect us to be young. I think it’s super helpful in the long run that we’re young. We’re getting a headstart doing all this stuff now, so by the time we’re 21 we already know how to do it.

Phil: The most annoying part is people who say things like “it’s crazy how good you guys are for how young you are,” and this comes from our fellow musicians. Now that people know who we are, people respect us. Jeff’s Plasma Blast definitely gave us a lot of credit.

ED: Last Question: If Skelevision had a catchphrase what would it be?

Skelevision: “We got the rhythm, we got the most fun”

Connect with Skelevision on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Listen to Skelevision on bandcamp at https://skelevision.bandcamp.com/ 

RSVP to Jeff’s Plasma Blast 2.0 here

Check out Philip’s horror movies under Bad Taste Pictures here.

This interview was conducted for the PDX Summer 2017 issue of the Call Your Mom zine presented by Electric Daze. Check back here to read the other interviews and view photos of Portland bands. 

View Tasha’s work for the magazine here.

[warganenews]

#Somaliland: Suxufiyad Sharraxday Waxqabadka #Shacabku ka Filayo #Madaxweynaha la Doortay “Doorashadii Madaxtooyada Somaliland ee uu jagada Madaxweynaha ku guulaystay Mudane Muuse Biixi waxay ahayd mid muhiim u ah dadka reer Somaliland, ujeeddaduna may ahayn oo keliya doorasho madaxweyne, balse waxay tahay in mar kale si dimuqraadiya la isugu wareejinayo hoggaaminta dalka Somaliland ay u noqonayso astaan muujinaysa biseyl iyo deggannaansho siyaasadeed,” Sidaa waxa qortay haweenay suxufiyad madaxbannaan (Freelance) ah oo gobolka Bariga Afrika wax badan ka qortay oo la yidhaa Megan Lecabini de Fazio oo warbixinaha iyo qoraallada ay ka samayso gobolka inta badan ku daabacda Aljaziira, El Paris iyo kuwo kale.Warbixinta oo shabakado iyo wakaalado badan lagu daabacay 1-dii bishan December, waxay suxufiyaddu ku sheegtay in doorashadii Madaxtooyada Somaliland ay dadkeedu rajo wayn ku qabaan inay u soo jiidi karto aqoonsi ay ka helaan dalalka caalamka, taas oo xustay inay ahayd mid goob-joogayaashii caalamiga ahaa iyo kuwii dalka ee kormeerayey ay caddeeyeen inay ku soo gebagebowday si nabadgalyo oo xor iyo xalaal ah, inkastoo ay xuseen inay jireen waxoogaa cabashooyin ah oo la sheegtay, balse aanay ahayn mid wax u dhimaysay habkii doorashadu u dhacday.