#pyzik

[picote]

Poland, 2002 // designer: Pawel Pyzik.

[theonlyadawong]

Purlie Victorious: : A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Written by Ossie Davis

Directed by Kenny Leon at The Music Box Theatre, 2023

The work follows a traveling preacher, Purlie, who returns to his Georgia hometown to save the local church and the cotton pickers working on Ol' Cap'n Cotchiepee's plantation.

(Photos by Marc J. Franklin)

[nicklloydnow]

“Looking from East to West in the 90s, like Alice through the looking-glass, one could feel as confounded as the residents of Animal Farm. The Russian premier Boris Yeltsin spent the 90s spearheading "shock therapy" for the former Soviet Union. This process of economic liberalization, privatization and asset-stripping led to the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of an oligarchic elite, leaving the rest of the country to impoverishment, psychological shock, endemic organized crime and corruption. To the benefit of its leaders and the detriment of its people, the East became a mirror-image of the West's worst excesses. The Manics' critique of Western capitalism and its turbocharged adoption by the East, allied to their lack of faith in the practical application of communist ideology — though not the ideology itself — makes "Revol" an extension of the axiom of post-communist cynicism which states that Soviet leaders "were lying when they told us about communism, but were telling us the truth about capitalism."

The Manics' use of Soviet imagery in a post-Soviet world was not new, but The Holy Bible, with its lyrical preoccupations the band's adoption of military uniforms and the semi-logo of a Soviet war medal, saw it become something more definitive. How much of this was aesthetic opportunism, and how much politically earnest? Like the Manics, I grew up in impeccably Old Labour territory and, way before discussions on how to be a fan of problematic things, remember being starry-eyed about the Soviet Union. Any yearning for the USSR, though, had less to do with the reality of its final days and more to do with its symbolic opposition to a Conservative regime which was then laying siege to the industry, economy and community of my part of the country. I looked East in the way one might look to the stars in the hope of arbitrary rescue by occupants of interplanetary craft, with expectations about as realistic.

What had been a source of fear and fascination in the 1980s was, in the postmodern vacuum of the 90s, safely powerless and therefore kitsch. Fascination with the communist past — dubbed Ostalgie — tended to be denied any political dimension, allowed to manifest only in ironic or mocking forms, and very rarely linked with contemporary anti-capitalist critique (Pyzik, Poor). The Holy Bible's suffusion in Soviet chic, though, had more to it than ironic recuperation. Nicky Wire, when asked, "What do you think makes sense?", responded: "Certain kinds of socialism, where everyone is given a chance. A true egalitarian society where everyone is offered an education." As basic and uncontroversial as this is — and note the cautious "certain kinds" of socialism, pre-empting the conflation of socialism with Stalinism — it highlights the band's commitment to keeping the idea alive in politics and culture. The later Manics' Labourism appears almost uninterestingly mellow in comparison to The Holy Bible's morbid fascination with the extremes of Soviet communism, but neither approach denies the contemporary relevance of political history, or presents it merely as kitsch.” - Rhian E. Jones, ‘Unwritten Diaries: History, Politics and Experience through The Holy Bible�� [p. 76 - 78]

“Ballard, Saville, The Holy Bible all use shock tactics, aesthetics of gorgeous abjection to assault the viewer. Ballard does it with crashed bodies and psychologies smashed to shards; Saville with bloated bodies out of control, tragic flesh of saints, sanctified for their suffering with no meaning, of no purpose beyond the physical carrying-through of their existence. The Holy Bible does it with its ruptured squabbles, soul sores leaking pus of humanity's capitulation to the dark side, rotten missives, accusations, breakdowns and weaknesses, as if it can't stop shaking anymore.

All three want to make their mark on you, perceive their own mission as one of violence upon the spectator: a moral mission because amidst all the white noise and static of the information-entertainment world, the jeering is too loud, and the crying is all but drowned out. In the service of truth, the artist must lacerate, and the profound abjection of the body, the scarification of the self, the breaking of the taboo of the illusion of sanctity of the body as self-contained whole, is a perfectly acceptable way for encroaching on the complacency that allows us to live complicit lives. Aesthetic butchery is thus a moral enterprise. Obscenity, critically modulated, pulls you out of your comfort zone and makes you confront yourself, or at least the parts you hide daily in order to live in polite society and in good conscience with yourself.” - Daniel Lukes, ‘Fragments Against Ruin: The Books of Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible’ [p. 226, 227]

“The present absence of Richey endured even through the years immediately following his disappearance, when the band was most vociferously separating from their past. Speaking in 1996, Nicky stated, "We'll never fill that gap. We'll never get anoth er guitarist. James will never go over to that side of the stage" (qtd in Maconie, "We Shall Overcome" 88); the space of stage right became a sacred site of remembrance for the band, but also a heightened, present absence for fans. In the documentary for the tenth anniversary edition of The Holy Bible, James describes his discomfort whilst playing Reading Festival in 1994 as a three-piece (at this time, Richey was hospitalized), which included the fact that some of the fans "were staring at the space of the stage where Richey should be, refusing to look at me." This desire to look at the empty space usually occupied by an object perceived as valuable is arguably an expression of the connection between emptiness as an index of a sign that holds symbolic meaning; the absence ironically brings more meaning to the surface than was originally recognized in the object itself. In his discussion of the spectators who flocked to see the empty space in the Louvre from which the Mona Lisa had been stolen in 1911, Darian Leader posits that this incident makes manifest the split between art and the space it usually occupies, thereby prompting an interrogation of the usually unseen or hidden meaning in the artwork that typically isn't in question. In becoming a signifier of totemic mythologies of tortured genius and martyred rock stars, Richey's absence became an index for that signifier, whereby spectators intuit meaning even by staring into the void of the lost signifier. These mythologies then perpetuate a kind of lovely knowledge because they fit into an already established perspective and narrative of popular culture. Within the last twenty years, the proliferation of music magazine covers featuring Richey have played into this lovely knowledge, rather than confront the difficult knowledge his disappearance evokes.” - Larissa Wodtke, ‘Architecture of Memory: The Holy Bible and the Archive’ [p. 302, 303]

All passages from Triptych: An Examination of the Manic Street Preachers’ Holy Bible (2017)

[willcodehtmlforfood]

"You get a job offer with some basic information that sounds very interesting, and there is a link where they say that if I click, I'll see a presentation with details of the organisation and the job role," says Jedrzej Pyzik, a recruitment consultant at financial recruitment firm fTeam.

"Then, after clicking through the link, there's usually some kind of landing page where they require you to download something and log in and give personal details - this is the most common one I've come across."

That personal data can then be used to steal the jobseeker's identity, or even to open bank accounts or apply for credit in their name.

Another frequent scam is to ask "successful" job applicants to hand over money upfront, with a promise that they'll be paid back - commonly known as an advance fee scam. They may be told that this will cover training, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks into their criminal record, travel fees such as visas, or equipment needed for the job. However, if a cheque ever arrives to cover these costs, it bounces."

[lokaleblickecom]

Kürzere Wartzeiten auf einen Termin und engmaschigere Kontrollen:

„Team-Sprechstunde“ der Rheumatologischen Fach-Assistentinnen macht es möglich Meerbusch-Lank. Immer mehr Patienten finden ihren Weg zu den Rheuma-Spezialisten im St. Elisabeth-Hospital Meerbusch-Lank. Dies hat allerdings auch deutlichen Einfluss auf die Terminwartezeiten. Das soll sich nun durch ein Team von „Rheumatologischen Fach-Assistentinnen“ ändern. Rheumatologische Fach-Assistentinnen sind ausgebildete medizinische Fachangestellte mit einer umfassenden rheumatologischen Zusatzausbildung. Sie bieten für Rheumapatienten mit einem stabilen Krankheitsverlauf nun mehrmals  in der Woche eine „Team-Sprechstunde“ an. Zusatzangebot zur ärztlichen Sprechstunde Diese „Team-Sprechstunde“ findet im Wechsel mit der gewohnten ärztlichen Sprechstunde statt. In dieser Team-Sprechstunde übernehmen die Rheumatologischen Fach-Assistentinnen die körperliche Untersuchung, Kontrolle der Blutwerte und das Ausstellen der benötigten Rezepte. Die finale Besprechung erfolgt dann wieder durch die betreuende Ärztin. Patienten haben viele Fragen Sechs exzellent ausgebildete Assistentinnen mit langjähriger Erfahrung umfasst das interdisziplinär arbeitende Team. Jede kommt im wöchentlichen Wechsel zum Einsatz, so dass Krankheits- oder Urlaubsausfällen vorgebeugt werden soll. „Einen weiteren Vorteil haben wir Assistentinnen gegenüber den behandelnden Ärzten“, berichtet Kerstin Kopka, Leiterin der Ambulanz im St. Elisabeth-Hospital. „Wir werden von den Patienten viel mehr gefragt, weil uns gegenüber die Hemmschwelle geringer ist.“ Und so gehören Fragen zur richtigen Ernährung, Gewichtsabnahme, zu empfohlenen Lebensmitteln und zur Impfung auch zu dem, was die Patienten von den Assistentinnen wissen wollen. Ausgesprochen positive Resonanz gibt es zur „Team-Sprechstunde“ von den Patienten, da sie nicht mehr so lange auf einen Kontrolltermin warten müssen. „Das gibt ihnen viel Sicherheit“, erzählt Kerstin Kopka. Regelmäßige Kontrolltermine sind wichtig „Ziel ist, dass wir die regelmäßigen Kontrolltermine unserer Patienten einhalten können – trotz der starken Nachfrage. Denn das ist bei dieser Krankheit sehr wichtig. Dabei hilft uns dieses gut ausgebildete Team sehr“, freut sich Dr. Stefanie Freudenberg, Chefärztin der Klinik für Innere Medizin und Rheumatologie. Vorschlag für Bildunterschrift: Die Rheumatologischen Fach-Assistentinnen und die zuständige Ärztin. (v.l.) Giulia Abdullah, Madlin Schrörs, Maggie Pyzik-Ponzelar, Dr. Stefanie Freudenberg, Gabi Panczyk, Sabine Kullick. Es fehlten: Kerstin Kopka und Petra Reiske-Runge.                 Foto: St. Elisabeth-Hospital Meerbusch-Lank Read the full article

[periodicresetofcivilizations]

Heroes: Bowie

[grupaok]

Libuše Jarcovjáková, Self-Portrait, 1972

[bellsofsaintclements]

“3 vuivres de Fieffes” by Polish artist Witold Pyzik (*1961).

[kunstmull]

my BRANE is BROEKD

So I’m reading this review of Owen Hatherley’s new book and come across this line:

For five years, Hatherley spent time in Poland and the former Eastern Bloc. In an echo of Walter Benjamin, drawn to Moscow in pursuit of Asja Lacis, Hatherley followed then-partner Agata Pyzik into the heart of Soviet Constructivism, deepening his understanding of the ‘failed experiments in non-capitalist systems’. 

I know who Walter Benjamin and Agata Pyzik are, but who’s Asja Lacis?

...

::asks Dr Google::

Oh, hi Brett, fancy seeing you here!

NO, NO BRANE THAT IS NOT BRETT, PLEASE ADJUST YOUR FILTERS

[keita-writes]

i want it. would you get this tattoo?

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credits go to David Pyzik on Pinterest

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“‘Window Cleaner’ Gets 3-Year Term,” Toronto Star. May 25, 1932. Page 2. ---- Stole $2,000 Worth of Jewelry From Customers, Wouldn’t Help Recover Loot ---- Frank Wynd alias Delaney, pseudo window cleaner, [PICTURED] was convicted in police court to-day of theft of a considerable quantity of jewelry from houses he had worked in.

Mrs. M. Meaden and other ladies identified accused as having visited their homes and also testified how diamond rings, watches, jewelry, and other valuables had vanished.

In one instance $7 was missing from a maid’s purse in a house where he had ‘worked.’

Five charges resulted in convictions and two were deferred, as complainants were ill, and unable to attend.

Detective Silverthorne said accused failed to assist them to recover the stolen property. Mrs. Meaden’s unrecovered jewelry alone was worth $400. In all the jewelry not recovered was worth about $2,000.

The bench then sentenced the accused to three years on each charge in Kingston penitentiary; sentences to run concurrently.

Railroad police were active on Victoria Day and 21 trespassers on C.P.R. and C.N.R. property appeared in the police court to-day.

Mike Cusick from Calgary was fined $10 or three days; Thomas Plumtree and John Fitzgerald for crossing the tracks in North Toronto $10 or 10 days; Stanley Melling and Fred Douglas, boys on the line at North Toronto depot, $2.00 or 10 days Thomas Lawas and Harry Dunahie, sleeping box cars at the Don yards, $10 or five days; Stanley Pyzik, Hon Tulko, Joe Guco, and John Matick, waiting for a train at the C.N.R. Spadina yards, $10 or five days.

Arrivals by freight train from points west at 11 p.m., yesterday; James Thompson, Fred Turner, Sutton Baker and Ronald Jones were remanded in custody till May 28 for a clean-up. James Fitzgerald on C.P.R. property for an unknown reason was fined $10 or 10 days. Found in the Bathurst St. yards, Monty Jayownkis, Hungarian, was fined $10 or 10 days; his two companions, Phillip Setenstein and Edmund Jones, were remanded in custody for a week for a clean-up.

Found wandering in a lane, G. Barker, a well-dressed young man, was remanded at the request of the police till June 4. His bail was set at $200.

Trespassed at Track Patrick Adams pleaded not guilty to trespass on the wholly enclosed premises of the Ontario Jockey Club, to wit, the Woodine race track.

‘I saw him on Queen St. and then he hopped over the fence to the track,’ swore a witness.

‘He was in the stables, I caught him as he was making his way to the public lawn,’ swore a second.

Accused produced an admission card which it was alleged he picked up.

‘How many times have you been put off that track? You know you are not wanted there. This time I will fine you $10 or 10 days,’ ruled the magistrate.

The only Victoria Day celebrant out of a list of ten to be fined was Charles MacDonald who was assessed $50 or a month.

Six Days For Theft Harry Fortnum, convicted of theft last week, was sent to jail for 60 days. The accused stole some jewelry and claimed he had been drinking when he did so.

When they had pleaded guilty to stealing three pairs of stockings from a department store. Joseph Davis and Frank Stickler, were sent to jail for ten days each.

David Ramsay, married with a family of children, took some clothes from the same store; he was given a ten-day term.

Gave Himself Up Off a farm at Whitby the conscience of William Wilcox bothered him because he stole a bicycle last year, so he walked into the police station and ave himself up.

‘And how did you get to Toronto, ride the bumpers?’ asked the crown. ‘Yes, sir, I have been riding them all winter.’

The bench remanded accused for sentence and told him to go back to Whitby and stay there.

William Scott, who appeared in his shirt sleeves, and who also confessed to stealing a bicycle, was given a chance on probation for one year.

The vigilance of P.C. Brown (200) was ordered brought to the attention of the police commissioners and Edward Taylor and and George Bray were each sent to the Ontario reformatory for 18 months definite and six months indefinite, following their conviction on a charge of attempted shopbreaking.

Officer Brown spotted the accused in a lane on Church St. where they were manipulating the back door of a Chinese restaurant. In a statement Bray said he had gone to act ‘as lookout’ for Taylor, who wanted to get some money as he had a bill to pay.

Jack Silk, charged with receiving a diamond ring, stolen by the convicted man, Frank Wynd, pleaded guilty. Accused said he sold the ring for Wynd in a second-hand jewelry store for $10. After his arrest he told the police where the ring was.

Accused acknowledged four previous convictions.

He said he got $2 as his share of the proceeds of the ring sale and was now out a work: he had been working at Camp Borden.

‘You may know where the rest of that jewelry is,’ remarked the bench. ‘You will be remanded in custody for sentence for a week: perhaps your memory will revive in the interim.’

Has Dice in Court Convicted of theft and fraud Roland Teale who has already been in jail for 11 days was to-day placed on probation for six months and ordered to pay back certain money derived as a result of his activities from a military organization that was holding a reunion.

W. B. Horkins gave a demonstration in court to-day of the methods of playing the ancient game of crown and anchor, this being in the course of his defence of Raphael Cheavaini and Alex Carmach, alleged operators thereof.

Two boars and two sets of dice were produced in court, but counsel urged that Carmach was merely a player but not an operator.

Cheavaini was fined $50 and his boards ordered confiscated and Carmach was given the benefit of the doubt introduced by counsel and discharged.

[AL: Wynd or Delaney was 31 at the time of conviction, an electrician ostensibly, married, a Presbyterian, and had no apparent criminal record. He was convict #2680 at Kingston Penitentiary, and worked in the electrician’s gang. In July 1932 he was transferred to Collin’s Bay Penitentiary, becoming convict #426, but was returned October 24, 1932, as convict #2823, apparently for supporting a strike there in solidarity with the Kingston Penitentiary riots that month. He was a troublemaker for much of 1933, but was eventually put in an outside work gang. He was released December 1934. He would be back again in 1941 and as late as 1956, his method of operation - according to his RCMP file - being the same as in 1932: posing as a window cleaner and rifling homes.]

[blairemclaren]

Gary Pyzik Death - Obituary, Cause of Death

Gary Pyzik Death – Obituary, Cause of Death

Gary Pyzik Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Gary Pyzik was our friend & co-worker for many years. He passed away last week unexpectedly. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 28, starting at 6pm, we will have a Memorial for Gary up here at Strokers Ice House. Gary’s family will be here & they would like to have his friends come out to meet them before they have to return home to Florida.…

[30atv]

Thanksgiving Catering at Sandestin

New Post https://30a-tv.com/events/thanksgiving-catering-at-sandestin/

Thanksgiving Catering at Sandestin

Sandestin chefs are cooking up a gourmet Thanksgiving feast that can be picked up or delivered. Advanced orders are required. Orders can be placed online, by contacting Chelsea Pyzik at

ChelseaPyzik@Sandestin.com or through phone. A menu is available online.

Website: www.sandestin.com/blog/post/thanksgiving-sandestin

Address: 9300 Emerald Coast Pkwy W, Miramar Beach

Phone: (850) 267-7794

[lepszy-dzien]

-pyzik ty chuju zachlany

-chuj ci w dupe kurwa

[pcfuckyou]

Klub Świętego Ludwika to zespół muzyki dawnej powstały w 1996 r. z inicjatywy: Jacka Kowalskiego i Jana Gołaskiego, specjalizujący się w wykonywaniu muzyki dawnej: staropolskiej i starofrancuskiej na instrumentach dawnych, w sposób najbardziej zbliżony do sposobu, w jaki muzyka była wykonywana, w okresie jej tworzenia. Początkowo skład zespołu uzupełniali: Ewa Pezacka (śpiew, flety) i Karol Olejniczak (gitara). W 1997 r. do zespołu dołączył Tomasz Dobrzański, twórca aranżacji i rekonstruktor dawnych instrumentów muzycznych. Pełniąc rolę kierownika muzycznego zaprasza on do współpracy w realizacji różnych programów Klubu wykonawców z kręgu muzyki dawnej. Z zespołem grali między innymi: Paweł Iwaszkiewicz, Paweł Muzyka, Jarosław Kopeć, Anna Śliwa, Jacek Muzioł, Agnieszka Obst, Marek Nahajowski, Julia Kosendiak, Henryk Kasperczak, Olga Czernikow, Milena Bukowska, Arkadiusz Wróblewski, Michał Micker i Kazimierz Pyzik.

[bellsofsaintclements]

“Elissa” by Polish artist Witold Pyzik (*1961).