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[scottwellsmagic]

782: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day Four Report

Wednesday, August 9th

24 hours Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration, Kiosk

10:00 a.m. - Noon General Session for PURPLE, Showroom 10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE

Twisting it with Juan Caplla and Rubi, French Quarter

Redefining Sponge Magic, Xulio Marino, Bienville G

Close-Up Clinic, Esplanade M 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for WHITE, see above

2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. General Session for WHITE, Showroom

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for PURPLE, see above

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for PURPLE, see above

Live Tonight!

5:30, 7:25, 9:30 p.m. Downstage, Showroom

6:00 - 10:00 p.m. (continuous showing) Reel Time,, Dauphine D

10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Black & White Farewell Party, Esplanade

10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Souvenir Program Handout, Esplanade

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[deliciousgears]

Ryuunosuke, after meeting with Shinobu at school.

Ryuunosuke: Have you ever been in love? I'm in love.

Lum: Since when?

Ryuunosuke: Half an hour ago. It's great! I feel restless and I'm dizzy. It's wonderful. Bet I don't get any sleep tonight.

Lum: That sounds more like indigestion.

[upcomingtvshow2020]

Upcoming Tv Show 2020

2020 is underway, and you know what that means — more televised content than any human being could reasonably consume. Hey, they don’t our era “Peak TV” for nothing! Between the networks, cable channels and streamers (including new and emerging streamers like Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, and NBC’s Peacock,) there are countless upcoming TV shows to put on your radar for the year, across all genres and featuring some of the most exciting talents in the game, in front of and behind the camera.

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Upcoming Tv Show 2020 

Aquafina Is Nora from Queens

Image via Comedy Central

Premiere Date: Jan 22

Network: Comedy Central

Fresh off her critically acclaimed, quieter than usual work in Lulu Wang’s dramedy The Farewell, Awkwafina’s next big project will feel more familiar — she’s literally playing herself. Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens refers to her real name, Nora Lum. And the Comedy Central program, produced and written in part by Awkwafina, will tell a semi-fictionalized, louder-than-real-life story of her arrested development in her 20s, trying to figure out what to do with her life while living at home in Queens with several of her family members, all of whom are perfectly cast. Her dad? BD Wong, having fun playing with lower energy than usual. Her grandmother? Lori Tan Chinn, who recently crushed in Orange Is the New Black. And her cousin? The rising comedy superstar Bowen Yang, currently scorching the earth on Saturday Night Live.

The show comes in part from Lucia Aniello, who serves as executive producer and directed the pilot. Her last Comedy Central show was Broad City, and it’s not hard to see some of that influential show’s DNA in the first looks at Nora from Queens — bright colors, loud voices, bold attitudes, and a light touch of the surreal. But Awkwafina’s work looks to be uniquely personal, an examination of her own life and family situation that’s about as one to one as a family sitcom can get (just look at the family members she name-checked in her Golden Globes speech and see how much they line up with who’s in this show). Awkwafina has been a relentlessly engaging, interesting voice in the comedy sphere since she first blew up, and I’m looking forward to seeing her drive her own vehicle. — Gregory Lawrence

Star Trek: Picard

Image via CBS All Access

Premiere Date: January 23

Network: CBS All Access

To be honest, I haven’t gotten much out of the post – J. J. Abrams era of Star Trek. The recent reboot trilogy featured some delightful performances (in particular Karl Urban absolutely crushing a subtle DeForest Kelly impression to play Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy), but the shift of focus from traditional science fiction to Star Wars-style action really disappointed me. Star Trek was never an action franchise, and that’s not what I liked about the Original Series or The Next Generation. I experienced the same lukewarm response to Star Trek Discovery, the first CBS All Access Star Trek series that sticks more closely to the Abrams formula of solving every conflict with epic space battles and phaser fights. Again, these things are objectively awesome, but they aren’t what I like about Star Trek (for example, in TOS and TNG, the phasers are rarely used and almost never effective against the episode’s threat).

Star Trek: Picard seems aimed more at curmudgeonly old Trek fans like myself; it’s a nostalgia grab on its face, and it’s peppered with cameos of popular characters from TNG and Voyager, including Ryker (Jonathan Frakes), Troi (Marina Sirtis), Data (Brent Spiner), and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan). But Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard didn’t become one of the most beloved Star Trek characters of all time for no reason, and I’m genuinely pretty excited to see him return. Even though the trailers tease a very Star Wars story, in which Picard seems to be occupying an Obi-Wan Kenobi role mentoring a young “chosen one” warrior, I can’t wait to watch this goddamn show if for no other reason than to see Picard hang out on his sweet,

[carolinerecords]

EXXXTRA > SPECIAL PEQUOD HOME SESSION

Matilde Luchi, 28 anni, psicologa e musicista toscana laureata in Flauto Traverso presso il Conservatorio Boccherini di Lucca. Insegna flauto all’Associazione Culturale Quattroquarti nella stessa città. Alle spalle diverse esperienze nelle orchestre sinfoniche dei Conservatori Italiani ed esperienze di Ensemble Musicali. Si è avvicinata alla musica Rock durante il Tour polacco “The Wall Orchestra”, una rivisitazione in chiave classico-moderna dell’album dei Pink Floyd (The Wall - 1979).

Federico Gambina, 30 anni, polistrumentista autodidatta e scrittore, professionista nel digital marketing. Inizia il suo percorso musicale a Marsala, sua città di origine, fondando due diverse band rock. Con la maturità si innamora dei grandi cantautori italiani e internazionali e del loro sound folk popolare che lo accompagnerà nella realizzazione dei suoi progetti musicali futuri.

1- Ciao Matilde, ciao Federico. Com'è nato il vostro progetto musicale?

- Ciao, nonostante ci conoscessimo già da diverso tempo (2009) il progetto Pequod nasce solo nel 2015 a Cesena dove condividendo un mini monolocale (30 mq) abbiamo capito che l’unico modo per sopravvivere ai momenti di studio del flauto e alla scrittura di brani folk era quello di unirli. Una volta capito che il progetto sarebbe potuto andare avanti abbiamo fantasticato sul fatto che, così come le grandi aziende californiane nascono in un piccolo seminterrato, anche il progetto Pequod avrebbe potuto raggiungere gli stessi risultati. Il nome Pequod si ispira alla nave sulla quale si imbarcano Ismaele, Quiqueeg e gli ufficiali: il capitano Achab, Stubb e Starbuck, parliamo di Moby Dick di Herman Melville. Così come la Pequod salpa per un lungo viaggio alla ricerca di un mostro marino leggendario, anche noi andiamo alla ricerca del nostro personale mostro marino, il viaggio verso una meta quasi irraggiungibile.

2- Qual è stato il vostro percorso fino al lockdown?

- Spostati da Cesena abbiamo iniziato a suonare live nelle Associazioni Culturali di Lucca tra le quali anche lo Spazio LUM, abbiamo aperto i Gonzaga al Wom Fest del 2016 e partecipato all’evento “Guarda che é l’una”, una manifestazione in Piazza S. Francesco a Lucca contro le restrizioni orarie serali per la musica live. Nell’inverno del 2018 ci siamo trasferiti a Roma e abbiamo avuto il privilegio di essere invitati da Diana Tejera e Angela Baraldi a suonare per diverse serate del format “Riprendiamoci Trastevere” presso il Big Star di Roma, famoso per aver ospitato grandi musicisti della musica italiana come Lucio Dalla, De Gregori etc.

3- Come vi siete reinventati in questo improvviso periodo lento?

- Questa chiusura forzata verso il mondo ci ha permesso di concentrarci sulla realizzazione di nuovi brani, ancora adesso in fase di sviluppo: ciò che c’è mancato di più è l’adrenalina del palco e il calore del pubblico che siamo riusciti a contrastare in parte con la realizzazione di alcune dirette streaming su Instagram, dove oltre ai nostri pezzi abbiamo riarrangiato delle cover che ci venivano suggerite di volta in volta dai nostri followers.

4- Raccontateci della vostra Home Session per noi: com’è nata l’idea di questa canzone?

- Devi sapere che già nel periodo in cui vivevamo a Roma, la presenza di spazi verdi accanto alla nostra casa ci ha ispirato la realizzazione di video homemade: le Home Sessions sono iniziate proprio lì con il primo video del brano “Senza di Te” (QUI). Successivamente, non molti giorni fa, in questo periodo di quarantena abbiamo girato un video live di uno degli ultimi brani che abbiamo scritto dal titolo “Però”. Considerato il privilegio di questa intervista per Caroline Records, abbiamo pensato di realizzare una Home Session in uno scenario completamente diverso dai precedenti, abbiamo voluto mostrarvi la bellezza della terra lucchese dall’Osservatorio Astronomico di Vorno. Il pezzo che ascolterete si chiama proprio “Terra” e racconta una regione piena di contraddizioni ed estrema bellezza, la Sicilia. Una regione che nonostante i numerosi sfruttamenti e abusi è sempre riuscita a emergere vincitrice.

5- Come vi immaginate il futuro musicale e quali sono i vostri progetti?

- Tra i progetti più prossimi c’è quello di pubblicare il nostro primo EP al quale stiamo iniziando a lavorare. E nel futuro come ci vediamo? Speriamo che questo possa diventare non soltanto una grande passione o la necessità di raccontare i nostri pensieri, ma una professione a tutti gli effetti. Ringraziamo di cuore Matilde e Federico, per averci raccontato un po’ di loro e per averci regalato “Terra”, il brano dei Pequod in ESCLUSIVA per Caroline Records, dolcissimo e potente allo stesso tempo. Buon ascolto!

[nicocolaleo]

TOO LOUD! Episode 1! It's here! Can you believe it? Starring Kelsy Abbott, James Urbaniak, Gregg Turkington, Emily Brundige, and lil' old me. This episode is setting things up and the ride's just getting started. More new episodes every Sunday all summer!! Created, Written and Directed by: Nico Colaleo

Voice Talent: Sara: Kelsy Abbott Jeffrey: Nico Colaleo Mr. Gregory: James Urbaniak Miz Abbott: Gregg Turkington Molly: Emily Brundige

Storyboard Artist: Natasha Kline

Animation: Vivienne Medrano Marie Lum Josh Herron MC Griffin

Backgrounds: Kati Prescott

Additional Writing: Matt Brailey Additional Clean-Up: Ethan Harper David De Rooij “Too Loud” Theme Composer: Dave Neff Executive in Charge of Production: Melanie Augustyn Executive Producer: Birkner Rawlings

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Racism in Canadian Law Enforcement

Christian Saad -214163208

Dr. Ethel Tungohan

POLS 4103

 Racism in Canadian Law Enforcement

 Okay, well after reading my last two blog posts, you may be convinced that Canada is a terrible place. That’s not necessarily true, and just as that isn’t true, it isn’t necessarily a perfect or great place either. Now the point of these blog posts isn’t to focus on Canada’s status as being a good place or not, the point is rather to make the public aware of problems that will inevitably affect us all. In doing so, awareness and addressing such issues bring us knowledge about the problems we face. And what comes with knowledge? Power. The power we need to face these problems head on and fix them, so we can build a better Canada, because building a better Canada, cannot be completed with a single task, it is rather requires a constant and communal effort to fix our problems together.

Now where should we begin. Racism in law enforcement. Who wants to hear about that right??

I know, I know. It’s not important right? Duck hunting, a buck for beer is what many Canadians care about these days right? Well, this is important. You might want to listen, because for millions of Canadians, racism in law enforcement can mean Life or Death.

(Photo obtained from CBC of Abdirahman Abdi, 37).

The photo above is of a Somali-Canadian man. His name was, Abdirahman Abdi. He was suffering from a wide variety of mental health issues throughout his life (Nease, 2017, pp. 2). Abdi was allegedly in an Ottawa store, when reports where made to police, of a man of his description, “causing a disturbance” (Nease, 2017, pp. 7).

Okay, so what happened? Apparently, Mr. Abdi was “harassing a customer”, “more than one”, with customers attempting to pull him out of the store (Nease, 2017, pp. 9). When an officer emerged from the Police vehicle, he did so “very rapidly pulled up right in front of the building ... immediately jumped into the altercation and administered a number of very heavy blows to the head and face and neck of Mr. Abdi” (Nease, 2017, pp. 17).

What happened next? Abdi was “subdued and handcuffed”, with cellphone videos showing Abdi “laying on his stomach” (Nease, 2017, pp. 18). An ambulance was called for Abdi, taking “15 minutes to arrive and perform chest compressions”, but when Abdi was rushed to the hospital, doctors reported that he had “been dead for 45 minutes” (Nease, 2017, pp. 19-20). Who was responsible for it? Let’s display their pictures, and their names.

(In a photo obtained from CBC, Const. Dave Weir, left, and Const. Daniel Montsion, right, are seen kneeling by Abdirahman Abdi).

 Wow. Where do I begin? Okay he was mentally ill, and out of control, right? He was dangerous, I mean this is what needed to happen right? Well, what about Alexandre Bisonette? Remember him? Here he is below.

(Quebec City Terror Attack Perpetrator, Alexandre Bisonette, wearing MAGA hat)

When Quebec City Terror Attack perpetrator Alexandre Bisonette terrorized and killed worshipers at a Quebec City Mosque in 2017, he was arrested, without incident or bodily harm (Lum, 2017, pp. 19-20). Okay, so police responses are not based on levels of violence, they are not measured by perceived danger, so what determines the way police handle people in different situations?

Well, 30-year-old Gregory Ritchie wasn’t as lucky as terror perpetrator Bisonette was. Ritchie, an Indigenous man, of Ojibwe heritage, was on his way to a pharmacy in Ottawa, this February to pick up medication. When police were called to an Ottawa Strip Mall over a “suspicious incident”, a man, believed to be Ritchie was “seen entering the building with a knife in his hand” (Police, 2019, pp. 3). When police arrived, an altercation ensued, during which Ritchie was “reportedly shot multiple times” (Police, 2019, pp. 4). It was known locally that Ritchie was “living with mental illness and struggled to cope in public and crowded spaces” (Police, 2019, pp. 4).

Okay, wait a minute, let me get this right. Two mentally ill men were killed by police, within almost instantaneous contact, but a terrorist who called 911 and reported to operators that he had a gun, and just killed several people, was apprehended peacefully? This is weird. This cannot be. Something is going on here. There appears to be some sort of trend.

Oh, I get it. It appears time after time again persons of minority backgrounds tend to be targeted and end up dead or injured after interactions with police and law enforcement. Okay so I did some research just to make sure I wasn’t overthinking things. It turns out, my theory may be right. An Ontario Human Rights Commission, who conducted an inquiry into ongoing racial profiling and discrimination, found and concluded that minorities, but especially, Indigenous and Black Canadians, are “grossly over-represented” in “violent interactions with police” and law enforcement (How, 2018, pp. 1-2).

Is this not what our Indigenous and Black friends have been telling us all along. My neighbour, Jonathan, who I was living with a few years ago in the York University area, was practically an older brother to me. He had come to Canada, very young from the Ivory Coast. We lived in two adjacent rooms together, and he would give me advice on everything from school, to employment, to life and relationship advice. I noticed Police around the area one day driving, and I mentioned to Jonathan that I found something about their presence to be a little odd. He then told me he had been carded (back when they still had carding) over 19 times in that year alone. I was absolutely disgusted. It was then, I knew not only on an academic level, but on a personal one too, that this has become all to normal. I had seen this on television all the time, but living in a predominantly black community, I came to see it first hand.

Law enforcement’s duty is to serve and protect, not to target. We need to make it clear to Law enforcement, and firstly and foremost, our politicians that this type of behaviour and conduct is intolerable, deplorable, and highly unacceptable. We need to come out strong as a public, as this represents a danger to us all. At this instance, I am reminded of the poem First They Came, by a German Pastor. They poem describes the actions of the Nazi army and Gestapo Police. It describes the cowardice of the German public for not standing up to the Nazi army and Gestapo, and when the same evil that singled out minorities in Germany finished their purge, they begun the same purge on elements of the German population, deaf, blind, then political opposition.

It is our duty to rise up, and fight for what is right. When we hear stories like this targeting our Indigenous and Black Canadian friends, we must be reminded that this can and will happen to all of us. This is why we must come together, and fight for our rights, for all Canadians. If law enforcement is going to commit murder on our streets, we must find a politician that stands against that behaviour and opposes it. Although there are many, if we cannot find a politician that will reform the current rotten state of our law enforcement and police agencies, then perhaps it’s time to try something new. Perhaps it is time to run for office, and institute the change we want to see, ourselves.

            Works Cited

1.      N.a. (2018). How can we tackle racism in Canadian policing? CBC Radio. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/how-can-we-tackle-racism-in-canadian-policing-1.4945685

2.      N.a. (2019). Police shoot and kill Ojibwe man in Ottawa. APTN News. Retrieved from https://aptnnews.ca/2019/02/02/police-shoot-and-kill-ojibwe-man-in-ottawa/

3.      Lum, Z.A. (2017). Alexandre Bissonnette Identified As Quebec Mosque Shooting Suspect. Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/01/30/alexandre-bissonnette-mohamed-khadir_n_14495374.html

4.      Nease, K. (2017). Ottawa police officer charged with manslaughter in man's 2016 death. CBC News. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/abdirahman-abdi-ottawa-police-siu-findings-1.4008142

Boisvert, N. (2018).

Human Rights Commission releases 'unprecedented' report on racial profiling by Toronto police.

CBC News. Retrieved from

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ohrc-police-profiling-report-1.4936547

[pilgrimjim]

We the People: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

"America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee..." The beauty and power of these poetic voices reminds us of our common origins as strangers and sojourners in this land.

Artist: Shepard Fairey / Photographer: Ridwan Adhami

At the beginning of this century, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago asked me to compile texts of the immigrant experience for a public reading in celebration of America’s rich diversity. In this shameful time of immigration bans and brutal deportations, may these voices remind us of our common origins as strangers and sojourners. In a country…

[wickedskiing-blog]

Skier: Gregory Lum  Photo: Mitch Winton Photography Location: Whistler, BC, Canada

[carolinerecords]

WOM vs WØM FEST

WOM nasce nella testa di David Martinelli e Francesco Sala. In una notte  d’estate del 2015. Per le vie del centro di Lucca. Forse tutta quella gente in giro fino a tardi, senza luoghi dove poter andare a sfogare la propria giovinezza, forse il tasso di gin-tonic nel sangue che aveva superato la soglia consentita dalla legge morale, forse la voglia di chiudersi in una stanza con i propri simili e alzare il volume della musica fino a farsi sanguinare le orecchie, hanno dato vita a quella scintilla dalla quale tutto è iniziato. Nell’ultimo anno e mezzo i due amici hanno dato in pasto alle fauci dei loro coetanei dj set tiratissimi, after party in location mozza fiato, concerti in biblioteca, concerti al chiuso, concerti all’aperto, portato in città promesse (mantenute) della scena indie italiana e, non di meno, fatto nascere nuovi amori. Il prossimo passo di WOM, trasformatasi nel frattempo (in una cabina telefonica stile Superman) in associazione culturale, si chiama WØM FEST. WØM FEST è un festival di musica che avrà luogo dal 26 al 28 maggio a Villa Bottini. Gli ospiti principali che calcheranno il palco del nuovo evento lucchese sono Gazzelle, Giorgio Poi e Lucio Corsi. I partecipanti troveranno nel giardino della villa non solo musica, ma anche un’area expo curata da gruppi di artisti locali (Spazio Lum, Borda!Fest, Fitti Fatti, …), un vinyl shop, un’area food&drink e un prato su cui stendersi.

1 - Ti svegli su un’isola deserta. No panic: hai potuto portare con te tre cose e una di queste è un album.

Francesco - Un cuscino, Tame Impala – Currents, giradischi per ascoltarlo. David - Un accendino, Beach Boys – Pet Sounds, Occhiali da sole (graduati).

2 - On the road: c'è un'autoradio con dentro una musicassetta. Dentro ci sono almeno tre canzoni da cantare a finestrino aperto.

Wom -  The last shadow puppets – Sweet Dreams, Ornella Vanoni – Ti Voglio, Canova - Portovenere

3 - Hai rimandato, hai rimandato, ma oggi tocca a te. La playlist dal dentista per non sentire il trapano nelle orecchie.

Wom - Moderat – A new error, Moderat – A new error, Moderat – A new error, Moderat – A new error, Moderat – A new error.

4 - Qual è il tuo memorabilia musicale a cui non potresti mai rinunciare?

Francesco - la cartolina delle Lollipop, mia sorella mi portò a vederle alla Casina Rossa. David - l'autografo di apl.de.ap dei Black Eyed Peas, me lo feci fare sul pacchetto di sigarette da 10. Quando arrivai a casa gasato per farlo vedere ai miei, mi ricordai all'ultimo che non sapevano che fumavo. Quindi lo tenni per me. Ce l'ho ancora.

5 - Guilty Pleasure : quella canzone che ti fa vergognare, ma che non puoi proprio fare a meno di ascoltare.

Wom - Gigi D’Agostino - L'amour toujours

6 - Film o serie tv : questa volta sceglilo per la colonna sonora.

Francesco - The Snatch / Stranger Things David - Blade Runner / I segreti di Twin Peaks

7 - La chiavetta nello spazio: la band o il musicista di cui la terra non ha proprio bisogno.

Wom - De Gregori (MERDA!)

8 - Il 1999 per noi Caroline Records è stato l'anno in cui abbiamo cominciato a diventare quello che musicalmente siamo oggi: tu a che punto eri?

Francesco - Blink 182 – What’s my age again David - Elvis - Greatest hits.

9 - E invece un album degli ultimi 12 mesi che tutti dovrebbero ascoltare?

Wom - Giorgio Poi – Fa niente

10 - Dal vivo: il miglior concerto che hai visto, quello che rimpiangi di aver perso e quello che non vuoi assolutamente perdere. 

Francesco - U2 allo Stadio Olimpico di Roma / Oasis – Milano (sciolti il giorno prima) / WØM FEST David - The Cure al Forum di Assago / David Bowie al Lucca Summer Festival / WØM FEST

▼ foto di Beatrice Taccini