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sisilafami · 6 years ago

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2018

same shit, different year.

Rap:

My RAOTY is 03 Greedo - God Level i guess, then

70th Street Carlos - youtubes & 777

BlocBoy JB - Simi

Blueface - Famous Cryp & Two Coccy

Chief Keef - Ottopsy, Mansion Musik & Back From The Dead 3

City Girls - PERIOD & Girl Code

Co Cash - Foolhardy

Daboii - Neva Lookin Back

Drego & Beno - Sorry for the Get Off

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

G Herbo - Swervo

Goonew - Goonrich Urkel

Gunna - Drip Season 3

JPEGMAFIA - Veteran

Kevin Gates - Luca Brasi 3

Kodak Black - HeartBreak Kodak & Dying To Live

Lil Dude & Goonew - Homicide Boyz

Lil Durk - Signed To The Streets 3

NBA YoungBoy - Until Death Call My Name

Playboi Carti - Die Lit

Saba - Care For Me

Sada Baby - youtubes

Smino - Noir

SOB X RBE - GANGIN II

Trouble - Edgewood

ZMONEY - Chiraq Mogul

HM :

1TakeJay x Rucci - The Winning Team

21 Savage - I Am > I Was

Bandhunta Izzy - Code Blue

BbyMutha - Muthaz Day 3

Black Fortune - Ossh Rock

Busdriver - Electricity Is On Our Side

Chris Crack - Being Woke Ain't Fun

Fmb Dz - The Gift 2

Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs the Sirens

Husalah - H

Jayo Sama - Out On Bond

Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine

Key Glock - Glockoma & Glock Bond

Koran Streets - Late 20’s

Lil Tre - Unexpected

LUCKI - DAYS B4 II

Maxo Kream - Punken

Meek Mill - Championships

MIKE - War in my Pen

Migos - Culture II

Payroll Giovanni - Big Bossin vol. 2

Rico Nasty - Nasty

Roc Marciano - RR2꞉ The Bitter Dose & Behold A Dark Horse

SahBabii - Squidtastic

Saweetie - High Maintenance

SD - Pay Attention

Sheck Wes - MUDBOY

Shy Glizzy - Fully Loaded

$ilkMoney - I hate My Life…

Starlito & Trapperman Dale - Trapstar

Tierra Whack - Whack World

Trippie Redd - A Love Letter To You 3

YG - Stay Dangerous

YNW Melly - I Am You

Young Nudy - SlimeBall 3

Vince Staples - FM!

R’n’B:

Jacquees - 4275

Mariah Carey - Caution

Ravyn Lenae - Crush

Tamia - Passion Like Fire

Brent Faiyaz - Lost

Digital Beats:

RP Boo - I'll Tell You What!

Byrell The Great - Chopped Cheese

Iglooghost - Clear Tamei & Steel Mogu

Martyn Bootyspoon - Silk Eternity

EQ Why - East 37Th Street & Footwork Tracks Vol.2

Proc Fiskal - Insula

Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones - Vicious Circles

Sabiwa - Sabiwa

P. Adrix - Álbum Desconhecido

Crystallmess - Mere Noises

Stun Pool - STUN POOL

Various - Príncipe Mixtape (2018 Special Edition)

Contemporary Music:

Vanessa Rossetto & Matthew Revert - Everyone Needs A Plan

Lucio Capece & Marc Baron - My Trust in You

Graham Lambkin - No Better No Worse Vol 2

Lee Fraser - Cor Unvers

Thomas Ankersmit - Homage To Dick Raaijmakers

Christopher Fox - Topophony

Alistair MacDonald - Cabinets de curiosité

Arek Gulbenkoglu - A gift like a hollow vessel

Cassandra Miller - Just So & O Zomer

Etelin - Hui Terra

eRikm - Mistpouffers

Francisco Meirino - The Ruins

Kate Carr - I Ended Out Moving To Brixton

Monty Adkins & Paulina Sundin - Beyond Pythagoras

MP Hopkins - Aeroplanes & Puddles

Peter Blamey - Five Fertile Exchanges

Jamie Drouin & Lance Austin Olsen - Moon Watcher

Savvas Metaxas - Wetlands

Clara de Asís - Without

John Tilbury & Keith Rowe - Sissel

Masayuki Imanishi - Worn Tape

Graham Lambkin & Áine O'Dwyer - Green Ways

Hong Chulki & Will Guthrie - Mosquitoes and Crabs

Eli Keszler - Stadium

Simon Whetham - Open and Closed Circles

Exael - Collex

Matthew Atkins - Cryptic System

linda catlin smith - wanderer

Tonus - Intermediate Obscurities I+IV & Texture Point

Jörg Widmann - Drittes Labyrinth / Polyphone Schatten

Mathias Delplanque - Témoins

Pascal Battus, Anne-F Jacques & Tim Olive - Trois Conseillers

Data Dump:

Aclds - ['b7nb95c

Aclds - {Qa.-br.e

Aclds - 3øºEg-x-8xd

Aclds - Fuadain Liesmas Appendages

Dalglish - I'[]nf]c_T_

Scald - (Kyjch Uyr[st

Autechre - NTS Sessions

Post-Techno / Ante-House:

2814 - Pillar New Sun

Clouds - Heavy The Eclipse

De Leon - De Leon

Diptera - Antenna

DJ David Goblin - Ork Music

Dolo Percussion - Dolo 3

Facechain - Accensor

Galcher Lustwerk - 200% GALCHER

Hieroglyphic Being - The Red Notes

How Du - Landing

Kolorit - Workshop XXI

Loidis - A Parade, in the Place I Sit, the Floating World (& All Its Pleasures)

THUGWIDOW - DESIGNER VOID

Topdown Dialectic - Topdown Dialectic

Young Paint - Young Paint

Zuli - Trigger Finger

Robert Mallet-Stevens Music:

Nico Niquo - Timeless

Organ Tapes - Into One Name

Foodman - Moriyama & Aru Otoko No Densetsu

Aqueduct Ensemble - Improvisations on an Apricot

Motoko & Myers - Basis Key

Lolina - The Smoke

James Ferraro - Four Pieces For Mirai

Jon Hassell - Listening To Pictures

Gossiwor - Lighthouse

Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of

New Old:

Carl Stone - Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties

Iannis Xenakis - Persepolis

Luc Ferrari - L’Escalier Des Aveugles

Pablo's Eye - Spring Break

Christian Zanési - Grand Bruit ⧸ Stop! l'horizon

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natlong · 2 years ago

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That season, United lost both of their meetings with Brentford: 4–0 away on 10 October 1936 and 3–1 on 13 February 1937 those were United's most recent defeats to Brentford prior to this. This was United's seventh straight away defeat in the league, their worst streak since a run of 10 in the 1936–37 season, which ended in relegation from the First Division. The rest of the game went goalless, but it meant United went bottom of the league table. Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbeumo all scored without reply before the clock had reached 38 minutes. United then suffered another defeat to Brentford, the first time they had started a league campaign with consecutive losses since the 1992–93 season. Lisandro Martínez and Christian Eriksen made their debuts for United alongside Tyrell Malacia who came on as a substitute.

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Pascal Groß scored twice in the first half for Brighton before they conceded an own goal by Alexis Mac Allister in the second to give United their first ever home defeat to Brighton. The league season began with a home loss against Brighton & Hove Albion on 7 August. The 2022–23 Premier League fixtures were released on 16 June 2022. Sancho 12', Fred 30', Martial 33', Pellistri 76' Amad Diallo scored first early in the second half before Álvaro García equalised nine minutes later. The next day, United played another Madrid club, Rayo Vallecano, in a match that featured Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time. A week later, United suffered their first defeat in pre-season against Atlético Madrid, following a late goal from João Félix. Four days later, United led Aston Villa 2–0 in the first half via Sancho and a Matty Cash own goal before goals from Leon Bailey and Calum Chambers equalised for the Birmingham club. On 19 July, United led Crystal Palace 3–0 first via Martial, Rashford, and Sancho before a goal from Joel Ward pulled one back for the London club. The tour resumed in Australia, where United came back from a goal down – scored by Chris Ikonomidis – to beat Melbourne Victory 4–1 goals from Scott McTominay, Martial, Marcus Rashford and an own goal from Victory youngster Edmond Lupancu maintained United's 100% start to pre-season. United began the tour with a 4–0 win over rivals Liverpool goals from Jadon Sancho, Fred and Anthony Martial put them 3–0 up by half-time, before Facundo Pellistri added a fourth less than 15 minutes from the end. A home match, Erik ten Hag's first as United manager, was confirmed against Rayo Vallecano for 31 July. A trip to Norway was also confirmed for a fixture against Atlético Madrid. A third friendly in Australia was later added, against Aston Villa. Surprises can come from anywhere in the space of five days when the transfer window winds down, but Memphis returning to Manchester United would certainly be up there.United confirmed the first of their tour destinations, travelling to Bangkok, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia to face Liverpool in the Bangkok Century Cup, Melbourne Victory and Crystal Palace. The former Ajax boss will know Memphis and have green lit the transfer himself should it go ahead – which should fill Man United fans with confidence. Ten Hag is trying to change the culture inside the dressing room bit-by-bit which would be stunted should egos get out of control. The Red Devils must ensure, if they are to push forward with this transfer, that the Dutch international is coming for the right reasons and not just financially incentivised to do so. With the arrival of Robert Lewandowski, coupled up with Barcelona’s financial woes, it makes sense as to why they want Memphis off the books. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) Getty Images League match between Manchester United and Liverpool FC at Old Trafford on Augin Manchester, England. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag looks on during the Premier.

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expatimes · 4 years ago

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Congo heading to polls as Nguesso seeks to extend 36-year reign

Voters in the Republic of Congo will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a president in a vote boycotted by the country’s leading opposition party.

President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has ruled the oil-producing country of five million people for 36 years, is seeking a new five-year mandate. The 77-year-old incumbent faces six opposition challengers but is widely expected to win.

Nguesso first served as president from 1979 until 1992, when he finished third in the Congo’s first multiparty vote. But he retook power in 1997, following a brief civil war in which his rebel forces removed then-President Pascal Lissouba, and has ruled ever since.

He was elected in 2002 and then again in 2009, for what was to be his second and final seven-year term. But in 2015, Nguesso pushed through constitutional reforms that removed the 70-year age limit that would have barred him from contesting polls the following year. The referendum also removed the two seven-year term limit and introduced three five-year terms.

The 2016 polls were then followed by violence leading to the deaths of at least 17 people after the opposition accused Nguesso, who garnered 67 percent of the votes cast, of rigging the poll. Two opposition figures, Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko and Andre Okombi Salissa, were later found guilty of “undermining the internal security of the state”.

“The lessons learnt from the 2016 presidential election have led the authorities to protect themselves against any unpleasant surprise,” Alphonse Ndongo, a Brazzaville-based analyst, told Al Jazeera. “Nguesso will be re-elected, but the problems that people face on a daily basis will remain.”

The challengers

In late January, the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), the country’s main opposition party, said it had decided not to field a candidate in Sunday’s vote, arguing conditions were not conducive for polls and that an election would only lead to more divisions in the country.

Instead, UPADS – the party of the late Lissouba, the winner of the 1992 elections – proposed a transitional period and polls in 2023, with long-serving Nguesso not on the ballot.

More than 2.5 million people have registered to take part in the election. Polls will open at 7am (06:00 GMT) and close at 5pm (16:00 GMT). Members of the security forces cast their ballots on Wednesday.

Hoping to unseat Nguesso is Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, leader of the Union of Humanists Democrats. A 61-year-old economist by training and former minister, Kolelas finished a distant second with 15 percent of the vote in the 2016 election. His father, Bernard Kolelas, was briefly Congo’s prime minister in 1997 during the civil war.

Mathias Dzon, a former finance minister under Nguesso, is also contesting the election on the Patriotic Union for National Renewal ticket. The 73-year-old registered to take part in the 2009 poll but pulled out days before the election day alleging issues with the voter register. Dzon boycotted the 2016 vote, claiming it would not be free and fair.

Albert Oniangue, an evangelical pastor, is also seeking the country’s top seat. The former army colonel is a newcomer to the political scene, contesting the presidency for the first time and has branded himself as the candidate for change.

Three other candidates are also on the ballot: Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mbougou, a former UPADS member; Anguios Nganguia Engambe and Dave Mafoula, who, at 38, is the youngest challenger.

But analysts and civil society leaders say the six candidates have no chance of beating Nguesso.

“The election is organised by the Independent National Elections Commission, which is anything but independent,” Fonteh Akum, executive director at the Institute for Security Studies, told Al Jazeera. “The ruling party will continue to be in power and will govern by divide and rule tactic which it has perfected over 36 years,” he added.

“This election is not seen as one that could usher in a change. Since 2016, there has been a consolidation of power by the ruling Labour Party. The political space, especially for human rights activists, has shrunk.”

Joe Ebina, a human rights campaigner, also said the outcome of the vote is already pre-determined.

“Congo is a dictatorship. It is impossible to have a free and fair election. Two former presidential candidates are in prison. Journalists and civil society leaders have also been jailed,” Ebina told Al Jazeera. “There is no credibility whatsoever in this election. Everyone knows the president will win,” he added.

The issues

The election comes at a time when the coronavirus pandemic and a drop in energy prices have battered the oil-reliant Congolese economy, which contracted by 8 percent last year, according to the International Monetary Fund. Congo’s ever-increasing debt burden is also weighing heavily on the economy. In 2019, the IMF estimated the debt at nearly $9.5bn.

The presidential candidates have all promised to improve the economy and lift more people out of poverty. According to the World Bank, 72 percent of the population in 2018 was surviving on less than $1.90 a day.

“Factories have shut down and unemployment has shot up. Also, the scars of the civil war are still been felt in the country’s bread-basket region,” Akum said.

“But Nguesso has learnt his lesson when a struggling economy, trade unions and dissenting army forced his hand in 1992. Many trade unions and civil groups are thought to have been compromised now. Force and repression are also another way he will continue to retain power,” he added.

Corruption is another major problem, with Transparency International ranking Congo 165 out of 180 countries in its 2020 Corruptions Perceptions Index.

In 2019, Global Witness, an anti-corruption campaign group, accused the president’s son, Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso, of embezzling $50m between 2013 and 2014.

The group also accused the president’s daughter, Claudia Sassou-Nguesso, of spending $7m of state funds to buy a luxury apartment in the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York. The Nguesso family denies the allegations.

All the candidates, including Nguesso, have promised to tackle corruption.

“It’s hard to think that he will change things in five years after he has been managing the Congo for 36 years,” Ndongo, the analyst in Brazzaville, said.

Follow Hamza Mohamed on Twitter: @Hamza_Africa

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farsouthproject · 7 years ago

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Reflections on the Year in Reading, 2017

Of all of the books I read this year it’s hard to say ‘this was the best,’ or ‘that was the least interesting.’ The ones that struck me most were Mathias Énard’s Compass and Zone (both translated by Charlotte Mandell). I ‘enjoyed’ Zone a little more while reading perhaps, but it’s Compass that stays with me, its images and ideas frequently re-arising throughout the year.

Pascal Qignard has become a must-read for me but I wasn’t too impressed by Wooden Tablets. And I detected a certain reluctance in myself to engage with The Hatred of Music at first, but soon got drawn into the aural world that Quignard evokes, from the first sounds in the womb to the horror generated by the Nazis forcing prisoners in concentration camps to play music they once loved while other prisoners were force-marched to their deaths. Among the deep insights generated by this book is the recognition of the psyche as an echo chamber: what we perceive, or perceptions we seek out, reverberate in conscious thought and also arise as images in dream. The meeting of perceptive impressions with the base ground of the unconscious produces new hybrids, or stimulates new and unique creations. Lots of echoes for me in this, and awakening of insights into consciousness and creativity. Quignard is a masterful writer in his insights, a brilliant thinker, and stylist.

In everyday dealings with the world, Jean Luc Nancy has become something of a touchstone, particularly this year with reading The Sense of the World (translation by Jeffrey S. Librett), and Coming (another Charlotte Mandell translation). Corpus is another work of Nancy’s that has had a major influence on me particularly since I’ve been exploring Butoh and trying to develop a creative practice in body art and performance.

The books that I reviewed for www.3ammagazine.com (free online, a wonderful source of literature) were each of them brilliant in their own way. Kingdom Cons by Yuri Herrera conjures that world between consciousness and unconscious in its evocative unnamed border territory. Brothers by David Clerson was a superb and surreal novella, like an adult children’s story gone haywire. John Haskell’s The Complete Ballet was another tour-de-force from a writer who is a master at weaving strands of high and low culture, fiction and nonfiction, into his inimitable prose style. Chris Kraus’s After Kathy Acker was a virtuoso and intense biography of a writer that meant a lot to me particularly during the late eighties and nineties.

Reading the Conrad Aiken issue of www.thescofield.com (all issues are free online, another extraordinary gift to the world of literature) took me to A Heart for the Gods of Mexico, Aiken’s fictional rendition of Malcolm Lowry’s journey that led to his writing of Under the Volcano and more. Being invited to write a short piece for The Kobe Abe edition of The Scofield led me to revisit Abe’s Secret Rendezvous and The Ruined Map, as the realisation dawned that Abe shares a similar aesthetic to Ricardo Piglia, one of my favourite South American writers.

The beauty of the book production by Peter Owen Publishers for the novel Ice led me back to Anna Kavan. Such a wonderfully enigmatic writer: image upon recurring image. On the William Burroughs front, Taking Shots, the Photography of William Burroughs by Patricia Allmer and John Sears was inspirational, and Malcolm McNeill’s two beautifully illustrated books, The Lost Art of Ah Pook is Here and Observed While Falling equally so.

I had a bit of a Patrick Modiano jag for a while. I can’t help sinking into his nostalgia for past loves and obsessions, and his reiterations of themes and images.

I enjoyed three Australian noir writers, particularly Andrew Nette’s Gunshine State, Emma Viskic’s Resurrection Bay and Mark Brandi’s Wimmera.

New big discovery is Ann Quin with Tripticks. Looking forward to more of her books in the New Year.

Here are some twitter connections to writers to whom I’m grateful for their creative works and to bloggers for their recommendations: @hskll @Patricia_Allmer @whitesubway @roughghosts, @TheScofieldMag, @3ammagazine @magistrabeck @yuri_herrera @avecsesdoigts @messy_tony @mb_randi @EmmaViskic @pulpcurry @jenniferhodgson www.timesflowstemmed.com. Follow them all.

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hjfoley · 7 years ago

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The late Matthias Pascal 1925

Also know as Feu Mathias Pascal French silent movie written and directed by Marcel L’Herbier . It was the first film adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s novel Il fu Mattia Pascal . French Intertitles only Le Feu Mathias Pascal is perhaps one of the lesser-known works of L’Herbier, best-known for his work during the avant-garde period (L’Homme du Large, L’Inhumaine) and one of the most prolific…

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#comedy #drama #Feu Mathias Pascal #French silent film #Ivan Mosjoukine #Marcel L&039;Herbier #Marcelle Pradot #Michel Simon #Movies 1925

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seventh-victim · 8 years ago

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still image of Ivan Mosjoukine and Marcelle Pradot in 1925 French silent drama, Feu Mathias Pascal (The Late Matthias Pascal)

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nitrateglow · 8 years ago

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Movies watched in 2017 (21-30)

Vampyr (dir. Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932)

From what I understand, Vampyr was a reaction to Universal’s smash hit, Dracula. Dreyer wanted to make a vampire story that was heavier on horror and mystery with less Hollywood glamour. The result is a film that feels like a nightmare you might have while delirious and ill—incredibly unsettling and almost incomprehensible. I don’t think anyone could give you a clear synopsis of what happens in this movie; everything operates on the logic of a dream, to the point where Lynch’s Eraserhead feels more straightforward and clear. I will admit I checked my watch a few times on this one; it is very slow-going even for someone who likes slow movies, more about atmosphere than plot, but it is worth seeing for the horror film enthusiast or those fascinated by early sound cinema. (9/10)

Vagabond (dir. Agnes Varda, 1985)

A lot of films have borrowed from the storytelling of Citizen Kane, but few have pushed it farther than Varda’s Vagabond. Vagabond starts with the discovery of a dead body, that of a homeless young woman named Mona. No one knows who she was or how she came to freeze to death in a ditch. The movie proceeds to show us the last few days of this woman’s life through the eyes of those she came into contact with: a fellow vagabond with whom she has a brief affair, an academic who allows her to live in her car for a few days, a sleazy opportunist who wants to put her in pornographic movies. All have different ideas about who Mona is (a victim, a lazy loafer, a scheming user, a sex object, a curiosity), but neither they nor the audience ever get a full picture of Mona. Unlike Welles’ Kane, we never unravel the enigma of the central character. It is a brilliant, raw work of art, one everyone should see at least once. (10/10)

American Aristocracy (dir. Lloyd Inghram, 1916)

A decent little comedy from the 1910s, nothing to write home about and quite dated in a way that makes it of more interest to historians than general audiences. Douglas Fairbanks does some cool athletics. (6/10)

Mutiny on the Bounty (dir. Frank Lloyd, 1935)

A classic adventure story, complete with shirtless Clark Gable and Charles Laughton as a great, great villain. I enjoyed how brutal the movie was willing to be about how eighteenth century sailors were treated. The heroic characters came off as very admirable and inspiring. (8/10)

Henry VII: Winter King (dir. Guila Clark and Stuart Elliott, 2013)

An hour-long documentary about the most unsung of the Tudor dynasty, that of its founder, Henry VII (though his grandson Edward VI might be close competition). It was not as in-depth as I would have liked, but it is a good primer as to how he got the throne of England and spent his reign paranoid about keeping it. (8/10)

Bob le Flambeur (dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)

Most people date the beginning of the French New Wave to 1958 with Truffaut’s stellar debut, The 400 Blows; however, there were a few films that, while not of the New Wave entirely, paved the way for the likes of Truffaut, Godard, Varda, and all the others. Melville’s Bob le Flambeur is one of these, an unconventional heist movie that features a few of the techniques to be adopted by the New Wave: the hand held camera, the jump cut, the abandoning of a more classical, non-self-conscious style. It also has a good story, able to hold its own alongside other 1950s heist films like Rififi and The Killing. The characters are excellent too, a very memorable bunch. (9/10)

The Late Mathias Pascal (dir. Marcel L’Herbier, 1926)

Part of my life’s mission is to get more people to watch Ivan Mosjoukine movies. He’s one of the most underrated talents of the silent era, a veritable combination of John Barrymore, Buster Keaton, and Lon Chaney in many ways, though his style comes off as all his own. The Late Mathias Pascal was one of his biggest projects, the story of a miserably married man who is mistaken for dead while he is abroad. Taking the opportunity to start all over, he allows the mistake to go uncorrected, wins a fortune through gambling, and pursues a young woman whose father wishes to marry her off to a loathsome suitor. The tone is all over the place, going from romantic comedy to domestic drama to farce in minutes, but somehow it all works. Mosjoukine shows off his great range, playing his juicy part well. I do think the film could have used a slightly faster pace at times, but overall, the film is so enjoyable, the three hours of runtime just fly right by. If you haven’t seen Mosjoukine before, I would suggest you watch The Burning Crucible or Michel Strogoff before this one though—they work better as introductions to his unique talents. (9/10)

Through a Glass Darkly (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1961)

Another great Bergman film. While not as grand in scale as The Seventh Seal, it covers many of the same themes, such as the question of God’s existence and the brotherhood of mankind. The film feels very theatrical, strictly structured like a three act play; one can easily imagine what it would be like on a stage. The atmosphere is one of uncertainty, gloom, and madness. Harriet Anderson is excellent as the schizophrenic young woman whose illness alienates her from her family. (9/10)

Two Arabian Knights (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1927)

A fun adventure-comedy from the late silent era. Sometimes the plot got a little too convenient, but otherwise it’s certainly never boring. William Boyd and Louis Wolfheim are a lot of fun as the two American POWs who escape from Germany to the Middle East (somehow), and young Mary Astor, while stuck with the flat love interest role, is still a total babe (who is destined for better roles in the sound era). (8/10)

#movies watched in 2017 #thoughts

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swimmersdaily · 6 years ago

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The best eight are the same eight from 2016

The same eight made the quarters as in Belgrade 2016: today Hungary, Montenegro, Greece and Russia joined Serbia, Croatia, Spain and Italy, as expected. The Hungarians had to fight hard to oust the Netherlands, Greece and Montenegro offered convincing performances while beating Germany and Romania respectively, and Russia brought down the French.

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1 SHUBLADZE Nikoloz GEO (Red Cap) GEO – TUR Georgia (white caps) vs Turkey (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Semifinals 13-16 place 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

5 FOUNTOULIS Ioannis (C) GRE GER – GRE Germany (white caps) vs. Greece (blue caps) Men Quarter Finals Qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

5 FOUNTOULIS Ioannis GRE GER – GRE Germany (white caps) vs Greece (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/18 Piscines Bernat Picornell Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

5 KHASZ Enzo CF FRA FRA – RUS France (white caps) vs. Russia (blue caps) Men Quarter Finals Qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

3 OLIVON Mathias AR FRA FRA – RUS France (white caps) vs. Russia (blue caps) Men Quarter Finals Qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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1 WAGENAAR Eelco GK NED HUN – NED Hungary (white caps) vs. Netherlands (blue caps) Men Quarter Finals Qualification 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Pasquale Mesiano/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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Time Out GREECE GER – GRE Germany (white caps) vs. Greece (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

2 REIBEL Ben GER 2 GENIDOUNIAS Konstantinos GRE GER – GRE Germany (white caps) vs. Greece (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

4 ZALANKI Gergo HUN 10 JANSSEN Pascal NED HUN – NED Hungary (white caps) vs. Netherlands (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

7 CAMILLERI Steven MLT 3 ZATOVIC Juraj SVK MAL – SVK Malta (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Semifinals 13-16 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

8 CAMILLERI Jordan MLT 7 TKAC Maros SVK MAL – SVK Malta (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Semifinals 13-16 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

7 CAMILLERI Steven MLT MAL – SVK Malta (white caps) vs. Slovakia (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Semifinals 13-16 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

2 BRGULJAN Drasko MNE 3 NEGREAN Tiberiu ROU MNE – ROU Montenegro (white caps) vs. Romania (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

2 BRGULJAN Drasko MNE 9 GERGELYFI Robert ROU MNE – ROU Montenegro (white caps) vs. Romania (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

3 NEGREAN Tiberiu ROU 5 RADOVIC Duro MNE MNE – ROU Montenegro (white caps) vs. Romania (blue caps) Barcelona 22/07/2018 Piscines Bernat Picornell Men Quarter Finals 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships – Barcelona 2018 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

Hungary overcame some difficulties before downing the Netherlands with an 8-minute rush in the middle two periods. With 5:54 to go in the second, the Dutch were 5-6 up as they scored some amazing and some lucky goals – then the Magyars showed something from their real skills at both ends of the pool and with 5:23 to go in the third they led 11-6. Their lefties, who had struggled in the prelims, Marton Vamos (4 goals) and Gergo Zalanki (3) led the charge and the 6-0 rolling did the damage to their rivals. The Dutch fought on, though, and after a scoreless period of 12:13 minutes could find the back of the net again, came back to three goals at 12-9, had two more man-ups in the last two minutes but missed both and had to bow to the favourite side. The next one is going to be another classic, a quarter-final showdown with Serbia.

Germany also had a flying start, scored from its first two possessions only to see the Greeks striking back firmly, with three goals in 96 seconds. Two more came still in the first period in 1:59 minutes but for the Germans it was an even bigger blow that they lost their key player, the team’s top scorer Julian Real with the third major leading to a penalty. Though Georgios Dervisis missed it but it didn’t matter that much in view of the second period which saw three Greek goals and none from the Germans. This 1-8 rush after 2-0 was enough to settle the match by halftime, the Greeks kept their rivals in safe distance and comfortably marched to the quarters where they’ll meet host Spain for a late night show in two days time.

Montenegro also did a clean job against Romania. They staged a strong start and even though the Romanians climbed back to 3-2 after 3-0, soon they were left behind. The World League winners netted five unanswered goals to lead 8-2 while did some tremendous defending and shut out their opponents for 9:09 minutes. That killed the excitements for the rest of the game and it ended in a 10-goal triumph for the Montenegrins who now face arch-rival Croatia.

Russia had a dream start netting three in 114 seconds which floored the French. They could never recover from this, while the Russians were recalling their heydays as they offered some sparkling display in offence. They led 8-2 by halftime and even though they didn’t push so hard in the following periods and the French showed some signs of life – scored four in the third – but couldn’t get inside three goals as the Russians always had the answers.

Thus an interesting scenario has been set up: in the upper half of the draw there are the three former Yugoslavian countries, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro plus the Hungarians, while in the lower half is the Mediterranean area with Italy, Spain and Greece, with Russia as a special guest.

In the games for the bottom places the favoured sides claimed easy wins, Georgia beat Turkey, while Slovakia pushed aside Malta.

European Championships, Day 9

Men’s quarter-finals Hungary v Netherlands 12-9 Germany v Greece 5-13 Montenegro v Romania 15-5 France v Russia 9-12

For places 13-16th Georgia v Turkey 15-10 Malta v Slovakia 6-12

Schedule for quarter-finals, 24 July (Revised) 17.00 Serbia v Hungary 18.30 Croatia v Montenegro 20.30 Italy v Russia 22.00 Spain v Greece

Fixtures, Day 10

Women’s quarter-finals 17.00 Greece v Russia 18.30 Italy v Hungary 20.30 Netherlands v Germany 22.00 France v Spain

For places 9-10th 15.00 Israel v Serbia

For places 11-12th 13.30 Croatia v Turkey

Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Giorgio Scala

BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 8 – Men’s Eight-finals The best eight are the same eight from 2016 The same eight made the quarters as in Belgrade 2016: today Hungary, Montenegro, Greece and Russia joined Serbia, Croatia, Spain and Italy, as expected.

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The Coolest Photography Links Of The Week

The world of photography has been very active this week, with new articles and photographs being published everywhere that represent the very best the field has to share. This weeks list of links is composed of tutorials, special features, and great photography, all hand-curated by Toad Hollow Photography to ensure that there is something here for everyone. We really hope you like this weeks list as much as the Toad did in bringing it to you.

TUTORIALS

A Brief Introduction To Adobe Photoshop – this primer article is published here on Light Stalking, and it discusses a short overview of Photoshop, what it does, and how to interpret the interface as a new user. Screenshots included throughout the article shows you the various items covered, helping to reveal a few of the mysteries of this very powerful image production software.

Chrissie

How to Create More Visually Interesting Street Photography – this article will take you from 0 to 60 in a moment as you learn about some of the basic premises behind capturing great candid street photography. Sample shots are included as you read along, helping you to see how to apply the concepts in your own work.

Learn how to do three-point lighting like a pro – a brief 7-minute video presentation is embedded in this primer article that covers a simple portrait lighting setup. Each step is explained in detail in both the article and video, making it much easier to visualize how to apply this yourself while shooting portraits.

Anja Pietsch

An Easy Tutorial for Getting a Great Wedding Photo – check out this short video presentation that talks about how to get a great wedding photo, every time. There are, of course, countless opportunities for great images during these celebrations, and with this concept in your pocket, you are guaranteed to come away with a winner of a shot.

9 Tips for Shooting Stunning Cityscapes: Steps in Urban Photography – capturing stunning cityscapes is something that most everyone wants to try at some point in their photography practice. This short article covers 9 tips and tricks and includes some absolutely amazing examples to help get you started.

Коля Саныч

Three Methods to Convert Photos to Black and White in Lightroom – black-and-white images will always be a genre of photography that is in-style, with applications both personally as well as professionally. This 15-minute video tutorial covers three different ways of performing this transformation in Lightroom, giving you the tools you need to apply the method that works best for your desired results.

How to Store and Handle Old Photos Without Damaging Them – many of us have access to old family or archival photographs, and knowing how best to handle them is important in terms of maintaining them for future generations to enjoy. This short video presentation takes us through doing this in less than 5 minutes.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Grizzly Bear Photography in Khutzeymateen British Columbia – our love for Grizzly Bears is no real secret, so when we see posts like this one published here by Anne McKinnell we dive into it with all our hearts. Anne’s adventures result in a stunning series of intimate and candid shots of these amazing creatures in their natural habitats, living undisturbed as they have for years. For those who love wildlife photography, you won’t want to miss checking this post out.

Rolf Dietrich Brecher

Photography at 200mph – An interview with motorsports photographer Kurt Bradley – the fast-paced life of a race photographer comes alive in the great interview with a leader in the field today. This behind-the-scenes look at how someone goes about working in this specific genre of photography provides amazing insight and inspiration for those of us who love this style.

The Ultimate Guide To Taking Beautiful Pictures – with so much great learning material published online in the field of photography, it sure is great to have an article that compiles some of the best pieces into a singular list that discusses the intricacies of getting great shots. This article covers several key topics in regards to capturing great shots by sharing a select list of links to great resources covering various aspects of photography.

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How I Found My Niche in Professional Photography – this in-depth interview features insights from a professional photographer working in the field today with a focus on large-scale industrial and architectural subjects. A great selection of sample photographs is included as the article progresses, instantly giving visual feedback and a touch of inspiration for those looking to set out on a career of their own.

The dark world of Thomas G. Anderson will make you turn the lights on – prepare to be utterly creeped out in this collection of photographs from a well-known horror photographer. These dark images are framed by the interview of the artist, giving you a little insight into what drives someone to makes images like this.

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY

Castle – Germany is well known for its old buildings and castles, making it a perfect location to head to when looking for these character-rich structures. Pascal Schirmer captures and shares a terrific shot of a massive ancient castle that features a stunning reflection in a still body of water that sits in the foreground.

Curtis Jones

Morning Beauty – Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming – this incredible photograph of the world-famous Teton Mountains comes to us from Len Saltiel who shares some personal insights into the experiences he has while photographing these subjects alongside the image itself. The picture features beautiful golden light as it dances across the mountain tops, creating drama and a sense of depth that adds to the natural majestic beauty of the setting.

Grass Roofs – Daniel Casson uses a cinematic post-processing technique with this shot to highlight the feel of the location that features buildings and homes with grass roofs sitting in front of a dramatic mountain. A wonderful waterfall rushes down in the backdrop, adding a perfect element to the shot.

Theo Crazzolara

Moody Haifoss – let’s head over to Iceland where a world-famous waterfall dominates a rugged landscape created by eons of erosion. Johannes Hulsch’s shot takes advantage of the low lying fog that creates a muted veil over the setting, adding an ethereal feel to a shot that reveals a breathtaking view.

Seward Harbor Aerial – Ron Niebrugge shares a terrific downward looking shot of a marina lined with boats captured in Alaska. The lines from the docks and the shapes of the boats work in harmony together to create an almost abstract looking image at first glance that also has terrific detail when looked at more closely.

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Autumn Tracks – all the wonder and romance of a steam locomotive comes to life in this beautiful themed shot by Alexander Riek. As the train rounds the corner of the tracks and heads towards the camera billowing smoke, a canopy of beautiful autumn colors helps to create a frame for the scene.

Moraine Lake is gorgeous! – the Canadian Rocky Mountains are a very frequently photographed collection of mountains that reveals different personalities and sights with the changing seasons and weather. This shot was captured and shared by Jim Nix and showcases some of the intense dramatic beauty the region has to offer to those who make the trip.

Angelo Brathot

Trillium Lake at Dawn – beautiful colors and tones dance across a still lake in the early morning in this delightful photograph by Angela Chong. A lone duck slowly drifts across the water creating a gentle wake as a thin fog covers the scene to add to the incredible sense of tranquility captured here.

Street art à la Butte-aux-Cailles: “le retour (1)” – Mathias Lucas shares a terrific collection of photographs featuring various subjects and vignettes captured on the streets in France. These colorful and thoughtful compositions and vignettes showcase different aspects of life in the region, and when enjoyed as a set they also tell a wonderful story through a visual medium.

Allan Hack

New boys on the block – you can’t help but marvel when you see this terrific photo of a trio of young owls sitting about as a low sun paints the landscape around them. Jon Albert captures them at the perfect moment in this shot, as two of the feathered creatures stare back at the camera and one stares off camera right at something that has caught its eye.

Ghost Signs – Lisa Gordon does a wonderful job of capturing a set of photographs depicting various “ghost signs” in her area. These painted logos and ads on the side of buildings were completed years ago, and time has caused them to fade and weather, adding to the rich artistic tension that may soon disappear from the community’s vernacular.

Graeme Scott

Dubai – a vibrant sunset paints the sky in incredible colors as the contemporary and dramatic architecture of this famous city casts incredible forms in this amazing shot by Herbert A. Franke. Crisp details in the buildings draw the viewer into this frame where terrific features and elements await discovery.

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Regional Transit Authority – if you are waiting at the stop for this particular bus, you’re likely to be late for your appointment. Check out this terrific black-and-white shot from Michael Criswell of a long unused bus sitting in a nest of vegetation as time continues to ravage it through the art of decay and rust.

Bled Sunrise – Rossano Ferrari finds a terrific elevated perspective to capture this beautiful lake in Slovenia, finding a stunning sunrise full of color and joy articulated by an amazing sunburst in the photograph. As you take in the image, the tiny island in the middle of the lake that houses an ancient monastery creates a stunning anchor into the shot itself.

Timothy Neesam

Limestone Anchorage II – west coast photographer Ehpem shares a terrific monochromatic shot that looks out over the still waters of the ocean with a pair of dark islands or land masses standing as silhouettes against the sky. The waters create gentle rippled reflections of the seascape, adding a wonderful finishing element to this composition.

we missed the red tram – a quintessential winter scene greets the viewer in this amazing photograph captured during a snowstorm in the heart of a city. A red tram makes it way down the road as pedestrians walk amongst the snowflakes, creating an image that is an instant classic from e&e photography.

Thomas Hitz

Harvest Moon – a beautiful color palette covers the sky as a huge full moon lingers in the sky above the silhouetted landscape below in this shot from JayJacy Photography. A thin band of clouds creates a great texture for the colors to play with, making this picture stand out as a dramatic and beautiful example of nature’s light play.

autumn light – a muted reflection fills the front portion of this photograph as incredible colors in the autumn leaves on the trees that lead down to the pool dominate the back portion. Tiger Seo’s shot is full of rich details, adding to the inherent beauty of a fall scene.

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All the Books I Finished Reading In 2017

Since my attention span barely reaches this comma, it seems more important for me to list the books I finished reading in 2017, more than my “favorite” books of 2017—they are not necessarily the same thing. For example, one of my favorite books this year was Mathias Enard’s “Zone” which in the end (my version of its end) I saw no reason to complete. I got mad at myself this year for the 25th year in a row for wasting my time reading Henry James because I think I’m supposed to read Henry James to be smart. (Writers also published articles again this year on why you should read Henry Green if you want to be cool.) I felt more like Annie Hall, with some asshole boyfriend thinking “I’m not smart enough,” more this year than in any other year. Maybe it's all the information at my fingertips but I seriously doubt information has anything to do with it. Last night I re-watched Annie Hall and then I read 22 pages of “Death in Venice” and thought to myself, this is the best book of 2017, but there’s no way I have the mental ability to finish "Death in Venice" for at least 15 years. I am getting dumber and dumber: no Shakespeare this year, barely any Homer, Virgil, Dante, Beckett or Joyce or Wallace, instead a lot of smooth contemporary poetry/personal essays cyber-obtained in moments of kinetic isolation, very little that will never die. An overwritten fear that too many opinions have already formed, too many corners have been turned, a constant regret that anything new I come across I should have come across sooner, five days before the prime of youth. I feel fat, I feel mentally malnourished. Books I thought constantly about re-reading this year but did not re-read: complete Salinger; You Shall Know Our Velocity; Private Citizens; The Pale King…..some 2017 books, like Eugene Lim’s “Dear Cyborgs” and Anonymous’ “The Incest Diary” I read twice, the latter being the most powerful not-Thomas-Bernhard book I read this year, a triumph of fatherfucking will. The list below, Books I Finished Reading in 2017, is mostly in chronological order from late December 2016 to the present day. I’d like to thank the Evanston and Chicago Public Libraries, Amazon.com, and independent bookstores throughout the United States and in the District of Columbia.

Andres Newman: How to Travel Without Seeing— Dispatches From the New Latin America

Amy S. Greenberg: A wicked war — Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. invasion of Mexico

Bret Easton Ellis: Less Than Zero (Re-read)

Amie Barrodale: You are having a good time, stories

Jens Malte Fischer: Gustav Mahler (this is the longest biography I’ve ever finished reading)

Primo Levi: Survival In Auschwitz

Lina Wolff: Bret Easton Ellis and Other Dogs

Ingeborg Bachmann: Malina; Selected Prose and Drama; Letters to Felician

Don DeLillo: White Noise (re-read)

Milan Kundera: Testaments Betrayed, The Curtain; Encounter (re-read)

Michel Houellebecq: Submission (re-read)

Greg Jackson: Prodigals (re-read)

Steve Coll: Private empire : ExxonMobil and American power

Haruki Murakami/Seiji Ozawa: Absolutely on Music: Conversations

James Wood: How Fiction Works; The Irresponsible Self; The Nearest Thing to Life; The Broken Estate; The Fun Stuff

Alberto Moravia: Conjugal Love (re-read)

W.G. Sebald: Vertigo; The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Austerliz, Campo Santo; On the Natural History of Destruction (re-read)

George Steiner: Grammars of Creation, Language and Silence; Real Presences; My Unwritten Books; On Difficulty

Thomas Bernhard: On the Mountain; Frost; Gargoyles; The Lime Works; Correction; The Loser; Wittgenstein’s Nephew; Woodcutters; Concrete; Yes

Richard Jensen: Illinois, A History

Grace Paley: Collected Stories (re-read)

Dan Egan: The Life and Death of the Great Lakes

Leo Bersani: Caravaggio's secrets (re-read)

Eugene Lim: Dear Cyborgs (twice)

David Nirenberg: Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition

Elizabeth Goodman: Meet me in the bathroom — rebirth and rock and roll in New York City, 2001-2011

Matthew Klam: Who is Rich?

Imre Kertesz: Kaddish for an Unborn Child

Anonymous: The Incest Diary (twice)

David Graeber: Debt — The First 5,000 years

Scott McClanahan: The Sarah Book

Saul Bellow: There is Simply Too Much to Think About, Collected Non-Fiction

David Mikics: Bellow's people : How Saul Bellow made life into art

Claudia Roth Pierpont: Roth unbound : a writer and his books.

Pascal Bruckner: The Wisdom of Money

Jenny Zhang: Sour Heart

Norman Finklestein: The Holocaust Industry — Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

Laurie Weeks: Zipper Mouth (twice)

The Ferguson report : Department of Justice investigation of the Ferguson Police Department

Stephanie Danler: Sweetbitter

Tao Lin: Taipei (re-read)

Artaud: Anthology

Sontag: Under the Sign of Saturn (Artaud)

John Corbett: A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation

Benjamin DeMott: The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Race

Deleuze & Guattari: Anti-Oedipus

Patti Smith: Devotion

Amiri Baraka: Blues People: Negro Music in White America

#year end list #2017 #books #literature #amwriting #OG

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6 biggest takeaways from Day 3 of the NCAA Tournament

A predictable first round has one direct result: better teams and more juice in the second round. College basketball fans would be treated to match-ups that they dreamed about when the brackets were revealed. Top seeds, previously unscathed, would be faced with tough tests in order to reach the Sweet Sixteen next weekend. Even if Cinderella didn’t show up to the ball, March would bring us Madness.

Day three of tournament play did not disappoint, with surprises and upsets across the slate, highlighted by the defending champs going down.

1.) Wisconsin confirms they were under-seeded, beats defending champs

Villanova entered this tournament as the top overall seed and the reigning national champions. The Wildcats had the swagger of a successful team, and the leadership and determination to steady themselves in tough moments. Yet, somehow, it did not come as an overwhelming shock when Villanova was beaten by Wisconsin in the second round of tournament play.

First off, Wisconsin was among the most under-seeded teams in the tournament. The committee’s placement of Minnesota and Maryland as a 5 and 6 seed, respectively, but the Badgers as an 8, was confounding (and led to loud complaints). Wisconsin started the season 21-3, then stumbled and lost 5 of 6 late in the season. Aside from that stretch, the Badgers always looked like a top-25 team. Even in the Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin made a run to the title game. Serving this Badgers team to the No. 1 overall seed in just the second round was never a fair shake.

On top of that, Wisconsin proved to be a match-up nightmare for Villanova.

With a front court of Nigel Hayes and Ethan Happ, the Badgers’ ability to pound inside and stretch the Villanova defense was a key factor in the upset. Villanova’s rotation features only seven players, only one of whom is a legitimate big man, Darryl Reynolds. Other Villanova forwards, Mikal Bridges, Kris Jenkins, and Eric Pascall are versatile athletes, but not suited to stop Happ or Hayes.

The Badgers move forward with a major notch on their belt, added to a team that already has Final Four experience. No one in the East Region should be excited to see this Wisconsin team advance to New York.

2.) Gonzaga ends Northwestern’s dream run, with some controversy

After earning the school’s first ever tournament win, Northwestern was tasked with an upset bid of top-seeded Gonzaga. The Wildcats were outplayed and outworked for most of the game, appearing to be headed home. Northwestern got hot late, however, and mounted one last charge at the win.

In the midst of this push, Gonzaga center Zach Collins blocked a layup attempt late in the second half. As the Zags turned the ball back down the court, Northwestern coach Chris Collins went berserk on the sideline, storming on to the court, and was whistled for a technical foul. Video replays showed conclusively that the Gonzaga player’s hand was inserted in and through the rim when he made the block – an obvious goaltending call (video here).

The refs absolutely missed the call and cost Northwestern two points, without question. On the other hand, Coach Collins has to keep his composure in that spot, at least enough to not elicit the technical foul. No matter how wrong the call was, Collins went ahead and cost his team two more points (and possession) by entering the court.

Regardless of that play, Gonzaga was the better team all day. College basketball fans deserved to see if they could have held off the Wildcats’ run without the benefit of a wild official’s mistake.

3. Salt Lake City had a second referee controversy

Both West Region games played in Salt Lake City on Saturday featured controversial calls late in the game. First was the missed goaltending call in the Northwestern-Gonzaga we already covered, and then there was a call that affected the Arizona-St. Mary’s game late.

St. Mary’s was down 65-60 with 1:55 left and was trying to come back when they missed a 3-pointer and got called for a foul during the scrum for the rebound.

Yet another NCAA tournament game decided by a blown call http://pic.twitter.com/7lh7pfF9g8

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 19, 2017

Jordan Hunter was called for a foul even though a replay showed he was pushed by Lauri Markkanen. That sent Arizona’s Allonzo Trier to the line, who made two free throws to make it 67-60 in favor of Arizona.

Instead of St. Mary’s retaining possession and making it potentially a one-possession game, Arizona extended their lead.

Just like what happened earlier in Salt Lake City, a bad call robbed fans of what could have been a better finish.

4.) Xavier smokes FSU, shows it’s dangerous

When a double-digit seed finds their way into the second round, they often find themselves in a blowout, facing a more difficult match-up. The opposite was the case in Orlando, where 11th seeded Xavier charged into the second round, dismantled 3rd seeded Florida State, and pulled off a second upset to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

The Musketeers were unfazed by the Seminoles athleticism, carving up Florida State’s zone defense for tons of points.

Xavier has blossomed into a dangerous team on both ends of the floor, despite struggles this season. After losing point guard Edmond Sumner to injury, the Muskies couldn’t beat anyone except Big East doormat DePaul for a stretch late in the season.

The players replacing Sumner have learned their roles and stepped up, like freshman Quentin Goodin.

5.) West Virginia’s press defense remains a force

Notre Dame’s offense is as good as any in America. Mike Brey has built a machine in South Bend, driven by open threes and Bonzie Colson dominating in the paint.

West Virginia turned that machine on its head, pressuring the Irish up and down the court for 40 straight minutes.

Notre Dame looked like a mess, with only two days to prep for the vaunted West Virginia press. The Irish struggled at times to even inbound the ball or cross half court. Numerous Notre Dame players found themselves trapped in corners throughout the day, stifling any chance to find a scoring chance.

West Virginia kept the Irish at bay with effective offense, including 5 of 6 shooting from outside the arc in the second half. Anytime Notre Dame looked to make and run and cut into the lead, the Mountaineers answered with a dagger.

The next team to face West Virginia will have to deal with its press, but at least will have more time to prepare for the match-up.

6.) Four seeds complete the sweep of five seeds

In the East and Midwest Regions, the fourth seeded teams faced interesting match-ups from fifth seeded teams, but we saw very different results. In the East, Florida routed Virginia in a game that was never close. The Gators shared the ball and attacked relentlessly, while swarming the Cavaliers offense. Virginia managed only 39 points — a disappointing showing in the final game for senior London Perrantes. Florida moves on to Madison Square Garden, with top seeded Villanova removed from their path to the Final Four.

Meanwhile in Milwaukee, it appeared Purdue was poised to match Florida’s blowout, as the Boilermakers jumped out to a 22-point lead after halftime. Deonte Burton led a second half charge from the Cyclones, erasing the entire deficit with a series of dunks and dribble drives, forcing Caleb Swanigan to defend on the perimeter.

Swanigan proved to be too much for Iowa State in the end. The monstrous sophomore finished with 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Most notably, when teammate Dakota Mathias missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw opportunity, Swanigan held off four Cyclones in the paint to grab the board and give Purdue another chance to seal the game. The Boilermaker big man is one of the toughest players to match-up with in this tournament and can affect the game in a litany of ways.

In addition to Florida, Purdue, and the aforementioned West Virginia, Butler was the other four seed to win. They got out to an early lead against Middle Tennessee State and never looked back, as they did not trail at all during the game.

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