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<title><![CDATA[Insinyur Teknik Penerbangan yang Nulis Novel]]></title>
<link>http://aerospaceitb.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/insinyur-teknik-penerbangan-yang-nulis-novel/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mukhlason</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Teknik Penerbangan Kelompok Bidang Keahlian Kesusasteraan Andi Eriawan dilahirkan di Rangkasbitung, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Teknik Penerbangan Kelompok Bidang Keahlian Kesusasteraan</p>
<p>Andi Eriawan dilahirkan di Rangkasbitung, 06 Oktober 1979 dan menyelesaikan studinya sejak tanam kanak-kanak di Kota Bandung. Selain berprofesi sebagai penulis, sarjana Teknik Penerbangan ITB ini masih aktif melakoni hobinya sebagai Load Engineer di sebuah BUMN.</p>
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<p>Awalnya saya tertarik membaca novel Bung Andi dengan alasan dia alumni Teknik Penerbangan ITB. Penasaran, seperti apa novel yang lahir dari seorang insinyur. Novel Always Laila, saya baca waktu saya tingkat satu. Sangat bagus. Apalagi didukung dengan beberapa nama tokoh dan tempat yang sama sekali tidak disamarkan membuat membacanya menjadi terasa nyata. Gaya menulisnya unik. Alurnya yang kadang disusun melompat-lompat justru menjadi keunikan yang membuat pemahaman pembaca dibuat naik turun dengan bumbu rasa penasaran. Dari segi romantisme kisah, Always Laila begitu menggigit meski tidak dengan happy ending.</p>
<p>Novel keduanya, Love for Show, yang terbit tahun 2007 Bung Andi ngocol abis. Gaya melucunya begitu menarik diikuti. Oya, saya menyebut Andi Eriawan dengan sebutan &#8216;Bung Andi&#8217; di posting ini karena di novel keduanya ini dia marah-marah dipanggil &#8216;Mas&#8217; karena merasa bukan orang jawa.</p>
<p>Masih ditahun yang sama, Andi Eriawan menulis satu novel lagi yang diinspirasi dari lagu Letto : Ruang Rindu dan diberi judul yang sama pula. Pernahkah Anda menemukan ending dari sebuah kisah justru ditemukan di Prolog? Di Ruang Rindu Anda akan menemukannya, tetapi sebelum selesai membaca Anda tidak akan tahu bahwa itu adalah ending kisah novel ini.</p>
<p>Dijamin tidak menyesal membelinya! Bung Andi, maaf jika saya telah membaca ketiga novel Anda tanpa membelinya. Tapi sejak Anda mengabarkan terbitnya novel terbaru Anda, saya mencari target. Setidaknya sudah tiga orang berhasil saya kompori untuk membeli novel kedua dan ketiga Bung Andi. Dan dari merekalah saya ikut membaca. Kedua novel terakhir ini sekarang lagi hot diangkatan saya, sering dibaca disaat kuliah.</p>
<p>November 6, 2007 oleh azki</p>
<p>Sumber : <a href="http://azki.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/insinyur-teknik-penerbangan-yang-nulis-novel/">http://azki.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/insinyur-teknik-penerbangan-yang-nulis-novel/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Di Udara Toro Berbisnis Kargo]]></title>
<link>http://aerospaceitb.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/di-udara-toro-berbisnis-kargo/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mukhlason</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Megantara Air, Semuanya Dimulai dari Tugas Akhir toro &#8211; nama panggilan Sofyan Danu Siswantoro,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Megantara Air, Semuanya Dimulai dari Tugas Akhir</p>
<p>toro &#8211; nama panggilan Sofyan Danu Siswantoro, 35 tahun, adalah contoh pengusaha muda yang membangun dan membesarkan bisnisnya dengan visi yang kuat dan teruji. Pengalaman menjalankan bisnis yang beragam telah melatih ketajaman instingnya dalam menemukan visi dan meyakini visi itu di saat-saat yang menentukan (moment of truth).</p>
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<p>Beberapa hal yang dapat dicatat dari Toro adalah : Jiwa dan keterampilannya berbisnis terasah ketika dia menjadi mahasiswa. Ini membuktikan bahwa entrepreneur dan pendidikan itu dapat berjalan seiring di usia-usia emas. Dia melakukan bisnis lebih karena alasan mencari kesibukan, dan bukan karena keterdesakan ekonomi. Ini membuktikan bahwa motivasi bisnis tidak mesti datang dari keterdesakan ekonomi. Bisnis yang digelutinya dia persiapkan dengan baik, memanfaatkan momen tugas akhir, meski waktu untuk belajar tidak terlalu lama.</p>
<p>Di Udara Toro Berbisnis Kargo<br />
Setelah sempat membuka usaha kursus pendidikan, jual-beli sofa, sampai wiraniaga pintu ke pintu, kini Toro meraup jutaan dolar berkat visi bisnisnya. Kesibukan Sofyan Danu Siswantoro, 35 tahun, menjelang akhir tahun ini bertambah padat. Ia sedang menambah armada pesawatnya dengan mengincar Boeing 737-300F. &#8220;Ini untuk memperluas rute baru yang sudah direncanakan,&#8221; ujar Presiden Direktur Megantara Kargo, yang mengibarkan bendera bisnis Megantara Air, itu kepada Tempo.</p>
<p>Kejelian Toro-nama panggilan akrabnya- memilih masuk ke bisnis kargo udara praktis tak direncanakan sejak awal. Mulanya, alumnus SMAN 8 Jakarta yang lulus pada 1991 itu melanjutkan kuliah ke jurusan teknik penerbangan di Institut Teknologi Bandung. Begitu diterima, alih-alih serius kuliah, Toro malah membuka les privat untuk anak-anak SMA. Tak dinyana, tempat lesnya diminati sehingga ia harus mempekerjakan 40 orang pengajar, yang semuanya lebih tua dari dirinya. Peserta kursusnya sendiri ratusan orang,&#8221; katanya mengenang.</p>
<p>Tak cukup berlaku sebagai pengajar, Toro juga mencari tambahan pendapatan dari berdagang furnitur sampai menjadi wiraniaga door to door. &#8220;Pada dasarnya saya memang suka kesibukan, bukan karena kebutuhan untuk pendapatan ekonomi,&#8221; katanya. Semua kegiatan dijalankannya secara simultan bersama kuliahnya menjelang tugas akhir. Saking enaknya berbisnis aneka rupa, kuliahnya molor sampai delapan tahun. &#8220;Itu pun karena pembimbing saya terus mengingatkan sampai saat terakhir saya hanya tinggal punya waktu satu bulan untuk menyelesaikan tugas akhir,&#8221; katanya. Sampai di sini, Toro masih membayangkan dirinya akan menjadi karyawan selesai meraih gelar dari ITB.</p>
<p>Namun, masa kerja praktek di Pelita Air Service membuatnya menyadari akan adanya sebuah peluang cemerlang yang jarang dilirik orang: bisnis pengangkutan kargo udara. Sebab, kebanyakan mahasiswa yang menggeluti disiplin ilmu seperti Toro lebih menyukai ide untuk berkiprah di bidang penerbangan komersial.</p>
<p>Menyadari dirinya sudah mendapat sebuah visi berharga, Toro mulai terobsesi untuk mendalami lika-liku dunia kargo udara di Tanah Air. &#8220;Tugas akhir yang saya pilih adalah menentukan tarif dasar kargo (TDK) dengan pesawat yang berbeda-beda,&#8221; katanya.</p>
<p>Setelah lulus pada 1999, Toro meninggalkan semua pencapaian bisnis sebelumnya dan memfokuskan diri untuk memasuki industri dirgantara dengan bekerja di beberapa maskapai penerbangan sambil berupaya membuka bisnis kecil-kecilan bersama sejumlah kawannya dengan mengibarkan bendera PT Megantara Nusa Perkasa pada 2001. Perusahaan ini merupakan authorized dealer untuk produk-produk Jeppesen di Tanah Air.</p>
<p>Setahun kemudian PT Megantara Kargo, yang dirancang untuk memenuhi pelayanan kargo bagi maskapai-maskapai domestik, berdiri. &#8220;Saya memang menghindari bermain di bidang kargo perorangan (retail) karena, jika klien saya maskapai penerbangan, biaya yang mereka keluarkan untuk 8 kilogram kargo itu setara dengan biaya untuk 20 kilogram kargo perorangan. Keuntungan kedua, dengan mengambil yang 8 kilogram, saya masih punya lebih banyak space untuk dijual,&#8221; ujarnya memberikan perbandingan.</p>
<p>Insting bisnis Toro menemukan jalurnya. Satu demi satu maskapai domestik, seperti Seulawah NAD Air (rute Jakarta-Medan-Aceh) dan Kartika Airline (Jakarta-Batam-Medan-Aceh), menunjuk Megantara Cargo sebagai general sales agent (GSA) mereka. Sedangkan Transmile Air, yang memiliki rute internasional Jakarta-Singapura-Malaysia-India-Thailand-Hong Kong secara bertahap menunjuk Megantara Kargo sebagai CSA pada 2004 dan cargo sales &#38; service representative (CSSR) pada 2005.</p>
<p>Mimpi Toro sepenuhnya tercapai pada 7 Mei 2007. &#8220;Dari itu Departemen Perhubungan memberikan izin resmi kepada Megantara untuk memulai penerbangan perdana dengan pesawat sendiri,&#8221; katanya. Pesawat pertama yang mereka operasikan adalah Boeing 727-200F, yang mampu mengangkat kargo sampai 23 ton v.v. (kapasitas penuh). Lima bulan kemudian, Toro menambah armada dengan Boeing 737-200F, yang memiliki kapasitas pengangkutan kargo 14 ton.</p>
<p>Namun, jumlah armada pesawat yang terus bertambah ini tetap membuat Toro berhati-hati dalam mengembangkan ekspansi bisnisnya. &#8220;Bisnis kargo udara ini sangat kompetitif karena harus bersaing dengan maskapai sendiri yang juga menjual ruang pesawat mereka untuk membawa kargo,&#8221; ujarnya. Karena bisnis utama maskapai adalah membawa penumpang, pendapatan tambahan dari penyewaan ruang untuk kargo bisa membuat perusahaan kargo partikelir seperti Megantara Air ketar-ketir. &#8220;Sebab, harga yang mereka tawarkan bisa jauh lebih murah dari yang kami berikan,&#8221; ujar Toro.</p>
<p>Toro di depan salah satu armada Megantara Air</p>
<p>Di sisi lain, dia juga optimistis karena pemain di bidang layanan kargo udara ini baru tiga perusahaan, sementara rentang geografis Indonesia demikian luas. Maka potensi untuk bisnis ini masih terbuka lebar. Dan jangan lupa, harga minyak dunia, yang sempat mencekik leher beberapa bulan lalu, kini sudah merosot tajam hingga mampu membuat Toro lebih optimistis lagi. &#8220;Saat ini omzet usaha per bulan sekitar Rp 1 juta dolar,&#8221; katanya.</p>
<p>Sama sekali bukan jumlah yang buruk bagi orang yang pernah membuka usaha les kursus bagi murid-murid SMA.</p>
<p>AKMAL NASERY BASRAL</p>

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<title><![CDATA[BEST MOVIES FROM 1990-1999]]></title>
<link>http://maxkoljonen.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/best-movies-from-1990-1999/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Max Koljonen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I went back to the 90&#8217;s and made up a list of the 30 best movies from 1990-1999. Enjoy. I will]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I went back to the 90&#8217;s and made up a list of the 30 best movies from 1990-1999. Enjoy. I will not take any shit for placing The Godfather part III so high up on the list. It is an excellent motion picture and it makes me cry every time I see it.</p>
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<li><strong>Schindler&#8217;s List (1993)</strong> <em>Director: Steven Spielberg</em></li>
<li><strong>Goodfellas (1990) </strong><em>Director: Martin Scorsese</em></li>
<li><strong>The Godfather part III (1990) </strong><em>Director: Francis Ford Coppola</em></li>
<li><strong>In the Name of the Father (1993) </strong><em>Director: Jim Sheridan</em></li>
<li><strong>Silence of the Lambs (1991) </strong><em>Director: Jonathan Demme</em></li>
<li><strong>JFK (1991) </strong><em>Director: Oliver Stone</em></li>
<li><strong>Casino (1995) </strong><em>Director: Martin Scorsese</em></li>
<li><strong>Pulp Fiction (1994) </strong><em>Director: Quentin Tarantino</em></li>
<li><strong>Eyes Wide Shut (1999) </strong><em>Director: Stanley Kubrick</em></li>
<li><strong>The Big Lebowski (1998) </strong><em>Director: Joel Coen</em></li>
<li><strong>Scent of a Woman (1992)</strong> <em>Director: Martin Brest</em></li>
<li><strong>Groundhog Day (1993) </strong><em>Director: Harold Ramis</em></li>
<li><strong>As Good As It Gets (1997) </strong><em>Director: James L. Brooks</em></li>
<li><strong>Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) </strong><em>Director: James Cameron</em></li>
<li><strong>Shine (1996) </strong><em>Director: Scott Hicks</em></li>
<li><strong>Shawshank Redemption (1994) </strong><em>Director: Frank Darabont</em></li>
<li><strong>Leaving Las Vegas (1995) </strong><em>Director: Mike Figgis</em></li>
<li><strong>A Few Good Men (1992) </strong><em>Director: Rob Reiner</em></li>
<li><strong>The Remains of the Day (1993) </strong><em>Director: James Ivory</em></li>
<li><strong>Dances with Wolves (1990) </strong><em>Director: Kevin Costner</em></li>
<li><strong>The English Patient (1996) </strong><em>Director: Anthony Minghella</em></li>
<li><strong>Heat (1995) </strong><em>Director: Michael Mann</em></li>
<li><strong>The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) </strong><em>Director: Henry Selick</em></li>
<li><strong>American Beauty (1999) </strong><em>Director: Sam Mendes</em></li>
<li><strong>The Fugitive (1993) </strong><em>Director: Andrew Davis</em></li>
<li><strong>Magnolia (1999) </strong><em>Director: Paul Thomas Anderson</em></li>
<li><strong>Donnie Brasco (1997) </strong><em>Director: Mike Newell</em></li>
<li><strong>Misery (1990) </strong><em>Director: Rob Reiner</em></li>
<li><strong>Se7en (1995) </strong><em>Director: David Fincher</em></li>
<li><strong>The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) </strong><em>Director: Anthony Minghella</em></li>
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<p>THE TRAILERS FOR THE TOP 3 BEST MOVIES OF 1990-1999</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le sombre héros de l'amer]]></title>
<link>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/le-sombre-heros-de-lamer/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lamateur75</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Baby Bird There&#8217;s something going on(1998, Echo) En 1995, un drôle d&#8217;oiseau venu de Shef]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">En 1995, un drôle d&#8217;oiseau venu de Sheffield, Angleterre, débarquait les poches remplies de chansons qu&#8217;il semait à la volée au fil de quatre albums ébouriffants, enregistrés pour la plupart à la maison et publiés en rafale en l&#8217;espace de quelques mois. Lesdites chansons révélant une créativité folle, le monsieur (Stephen Jones aka Baby Bird) finit par attirer l&#8217;attention et décrocha quelques tubes rutilants en 1996 avec son album <em>Ugly beautiful</em> (&#8220;Goodnight&#8221; ou &#8220;You&#8217;re gorgeous&#8221;) . Pour ceux qui voudraient en savoir plus, je les invite cordialement à aller voir par ici ou par là , cela m&#8217;évitera de me répéter.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Derrière le côté bricoleur de génie, capable des plus belles fulgurances avec trois francs six sous, on sentait chez Baby Bird un évident côté obscur. Au détour d&#8217;un trait d&#8217;humour tordu, d&#8217;un texte malade, d&#8217;un morceau poignant posé au milieu de ce fatras peu commun, on percevait chez notre oiseau des signes de mauvais augure. Ces impressions furent un peu éclipsées quand Baby Bird décrocha la timbale, celui-ci prenant un malin plaisir à brouiller les pistes derrière son air goguenard. Et pourtant, deux ans après le succès, il n&#8217;est plus temps de rire sur ce <em>There&#8217;s something going on</em>. Le noir est mis et il est d&#8217;encre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le canard en plastique au crâne fracassé et sanguinolent représenté sur la pochette rappelle la pochette tordue de Bad shave mais c&#8217;est bien ainsi, tout fracassé que nous apparaît Baby Bird. Une chape de plomb semble s&#8217;être abattue sur cet album et l&#8217;on y entend un homme tourmenté, blessé, parfois profondément poignant. Disque malaisant, n&#8217;ayant rien pour séduire si ce n&#8217;est quelques bribes de charme pop laissées ici ou là. Musicalement, Baby Bird continue de faire montre de sa facilité et de son art de touche-à-tout, annexant par exemple à plusieurs reprises le territoire trip-hop sans apparaître dépaysé. Mais on entend aussi à plusieurs reprises comme de la lassitude, comme un poids trop lourd pesant sur ses épaules.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Au final, le disque apparaît comme un imposant disque malade, pas forcément toujours convaincant mais extrêmement touchant. On retiendra ainsi le glaçant &#8220;Bad old man&#8221; introductif, et ses paroles détraquées: &#8220;He puts razorblades in ice creams / Shots paedophiles in a wet dream&#8221; . Les textes sont d&#8217;ailleurs constamment sombres et quand notre homme proclame &#8220;You will always love me&#8221;, il faut bien y entendre une menace (&#8220;You will never be free&#8221;) . Baby Bird frappe réellement au coeur avec le déchirant et magnifique &#8220;Back together&#8221;, morceau de désarroi amoureux comme on en connait peu. Impossible aussi de ne pas se sentir glacé par le terrifiant &#8220;Take me back&#8221;, chanson d&#8217;enfant perdu ressassant des images effrayantes, chanson d&#8217;homme seul dans le noir. On mentionnera quand même quelques instants de semi-répit, avec ce &#8220;If you&#8217;ll be mine&#8221;, qui essaie d&#8217;être charmant sans y parvenir vraiment, ou l&#8217;apaisé et conclusif &#8220;There&#8217;s something going on&#8221;, comme une accalmie dans la douleur.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Je n&#8217;ai plus entendu parler de Baby Bird pendant longtemps après ce disque, un autre album paraissant en 2000, <em>Bugged</em>, puis Jones disparaissant jusqu&#8217;en 2006 pour revenir avec <em>Between my ears there&#8217;s nothing but music</em>. J&#8217;ai appris récemment que le bonhomme avait refait surface l&#8217;an dernier avec un nouveau projet, joliment intitulé Death to the Neighbourhood mais j&#8217;avoue ne rien en avoir écouté encore.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 Matt Bushen &ndash; 10/2/2009 Update]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-1022009-update/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fpsblog</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Friday, October 2, 2009 11:40 AM, EDT This morning we lost our beloved Matthew.&#160; As much as our]]></description>
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<p>This morning we lost our beloved Matthew.&#160; As much as our hearts ache with desperation and sadness, we know that Matt is dancing once again in Heaven.&#160; His heart will remain young forever.&#160; Matt always said he never wanted to grow old.&#160; Matt never worried about the small things in life, and he definitely lived life to the fullest.&#160; We love and miss Matt more than words can describe.&#160; He will forever be in our hearts.&#160; We will embrace Matt&#8217;s spirit that lives on in his son, Elias Matthew.&#160; Please pray for all of Matt&#8217;s family, but be assured that Matthew is up above with our Heavenly Father and is reunited with all of his family members that have preceded him.&#160; </p>
<p>Once funeral arrangements are made, we will send out another update.&#160; Thank you for showing Matt and his family how much they are loved.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal"><u>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal</u></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 - Matt Bushen 10/1/2009 Update]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-1012009-update/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-1012009-update/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:19 PM, EDT So far, not a great day for Matt and his family.&#160; The n]]></description>
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<p>So far, not a great day for Matt and his family.&#160; The nurses called Kathy in the middle of the night to report that his oxygen levels dropped.&#160; They called the doctor in and they completed a couple x-rays/scans of matt&#8217;s lungs.&#160; They did a thoracentesis on Matt&#8217;s left lung, and removed a little fluid from the left lung.&#160; The doctors emphasized how sick Matt is and how bad his lungs are right now.&#160; They are sure that Matt has ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.&#160; They are wondering if Matt&#8217;s arterial line (an IV in his artery) may be infected, and are probably going to change the site of that line sometime in the near future.&#160; Matt&#8217;s temperature continues to be high and Matt is also tachycardic, his heart rate is higher than it should be.&#160; Please pray for Matt and our family during this emotional rollercoaster.&#160; We love Matt so much. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal"><u>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal</u></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 &ndash; Matt Bushen Benefit Dinner]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-benefit-dinner/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-benefit-dinner/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:02 PM, EDT Two of the nurses that work with Kathy at Gerber Memorial ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:02 PM, EDT</strong> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/tres/images/photos/1/4/5/2/145240/l.XzFXWZrDRLhdtnSz.jpg"><img src="http://www.caringbridge.org/tres/images/photos/1/4/5/2/145240/t.XzFXWZrDRLhdtnSz.jpg" /> </a></p>
<p>Two of the nurses that work with Kathy at Gerber Memorial Hospital in Matt&#8217;s hometown, Fremont, MI, have requested that we post information regarding a benefit dinner for Matt.&#160; The details are as follows:    </p>
<p>October 17th     <br />4pm-8pm     <br />Reeman Christian Reformed Church     <br />Live and silent auction with a spaghetti dinner     <br />Slideshow of Matt and family     </p>
<p>If you have any questions or would like to help in any way, please contact Nancy Hills or Beth Delong at Gerber Hospital.&#160; <br />Thank you!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal"><u>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal</u></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 &ndash; Matt Bushen Update]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-update/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-update/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Monday, September 28, 2009 10:47 AM, EDT We just spoke with the trauma doctor and his team.&#160; We]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Monday, September 28, 2009 10:47 AM, EDT </strong></p>
<p>We just spoke with the trauma doctor and his team.&#160; We are discouraged.&#160; Matt has problems keeping his blood pressure and oxygen levels up last night.&#160; They added another medication for this.&#160; His pneumonia doesn&#8217;t seem to be improving.&#160; They started a different antibiotic.&#160; He continues to have very high temps.&#160; We really feel the need for your prayer support today.&#160; We just want our beloved Matthew healed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal"><u>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal</u></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un homme très fréquentable]]></title>
<link>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/un-homme-tres-frequentable/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lamateur75</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/un-homme-tres-frequentable/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Katerine Mes mauvaises fréquentations (1996, Rosebud) Dix ans avant la tornade &#8220;Louxor j]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Katerine <em>Mes mauvaises fréquentations</em> (1996, Rosebud)</strong><br />
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Dix ans avant la tornade &#8220;Louxor j&#8217;adore&#8221; et l&#8217;electro-pop mâtinée de glam de <em>Robots après tout</em>, il était bien difficile d&#8217;envisager comment allait tourner l&#8217;étonnant Vendéen à l&#8217;écoute de ce remarquable disque. Après deux albums passés plutôt inaperçus, où notre actuelle bête de scène préférait le plus souvent se cacher en faisant interpréter ses compositions par d&#8217;autres (et notamment sa soeur Bruno (!) ) tant l&#8217;angoisse l&#8217;étreignait à la vue du micro, Katerine affirmait déjà une identité des plus originales.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Au sein d&#8217;une scène française alors bien pauvre, Katerine osait afficher des influences qui en intimideraient plus d&#8217;un. Avec son chant et ses poses de dandy décalé, Monsieur Katerine entend ici en découdre avec des aînés aussi prestigieux que Joao Gilberto, le meilleur Henri Salvador et surtout la grâce et la fantaisie inégalées du  merveilleux tandem Legrand/Demy. Katerine aligne ainsi en un peu plus d&#8217;une demie-heure quinze vignettes précieuses et brillantes, à l&#8217;instrumentation finement ourlée et à la richesse mélodique éclatante. Entre easy-listening, bossa nova, chanson française et notes jazzy, Katerine redonne son sens le plus percutant au terme souvent moisi de variété française &#8211; à l&#8217;instar à l&#8217;époque d&#8217;un Dominique A ou d&#8217;un Miossec, dans des champs d&#8217;expression radicalement différents.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Alors que retenir de ces trente minutes graciles et gracieuses? Le bel emballement du chavirant &#8220;Mon cœur balance&#8221; ou la guitare crépusculaire du sublime &#8220;Chanson des jours bénis&#8221;? Le duo burlesque et grandiose &#8220;Parlez-vous anglais Mr Katerine?&#8221; , pas si loin des élucubrations géniales de Divine Comedy? Ou bien encore la reprise si évidente de &#8220;La joueuse&#8221;, entendue dans la BO de <em>Cléo de 5 à 7 </em>et réalisée à l&#8217;origine par le duo Varda / Legrand? Katerine ne se laisse jamais écraser par le poids de cette référence majuscule et s&#8217;en sort au contraire avec une élégance déconcertante, ramenant aussi à la mémoire de nos oreilles les perles inaltérées interprétées jadis par Jeanne Moreau. J&#8217;accorderai une mention spéciale au bouleversant &#8220;Vacances à l&#8217;hôpital&#8221; , fugue princière liserée de noir, à l&#8217;instar d&#8217;ailleurs de bon nombre de titres de l&#8217;album, tant les textes sombres apportent un contrepoint à la finesse des mélodies.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La découverte récente de ce disque rehausse dans mon esprit la valeur de Katerine, que j&#8217;appréciais plus pour son personnage et ses performances live magistrales que pour sa production musicale. J&#8217;irai donc frayer volontiers avec ces <em>Mauvaises fréquentations</em>.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 &ndash; Matt Bushen]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-3/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:57 AM, EDT As of now, Matt&#8217;s vital signs are stable.&#160; His]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:57 AM, EDT</strong> </p>
<p>As of now, Matt&#8217;s vital signs are stable.&#160; His temperature has come down significantly.&#160; Matt has not had any more cardiac arrests since Bethany and Ed arrived at the hospital, which was around 4:00pm.&#160; They have performed many cardiac tests and all have come back normal.&#160; The cause of Matt&#8217;s cardiac arrests is still unknown.&#160; Matt&#8217;s brothers came up and arrived late tonight.&#160; He is now surrounded by his family who loves him more than he knows.&#160; God has answered so many prayers already today.&#160; Matt is in His hands and we put all of our trust in our powerful, Almighty God who can do all things.&#160; Still praying for miracles. </p>
<p><strong>Friday, September 25, 2009 5:55 PM, EDT</strong> </p>
<p>The last two days have been very difficult for Matt.&#160; He continues to have severe lung issues.&#160;&#160; Matt has experienced multiple episodes of cardiac arrest.&#160; This happens whenever they move him or with any sort of treatment.&#160; His heart has started right back up with medication, but this is cause for great concern.&#160; Also, his temperature continues to be extremely high.&#160; Matt is fighting for his life.&#160; Please present his name to the throne of God.&#160; We love him and selfishly do not want to give him up, but we trust our God, who knows all and loves Matt more than we will ever know.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal"><u>http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen/journal</u></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pump Up the Volume]]></title>
<link>http://rewatched.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/3/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rewatched.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s see who we have out there tonight huh? The usual band of teenage malcontents? I certainl]]></description>
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Let&#8217;s see who we have out there tonight huh? The usual band of teenage malcontents? I certainly hope so&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>First out is a classic in my book; “Pump up the volume”. Released in 1990 by New Line Cinema and written and directed by Alan Moyle. The movie centers around teenager Mark Hunter (a.k.a Hard Harry) who runs a pirate radio station from his parents basement. He quickly becomes a hero to the other teenagers in the community, and of course as quickly becomes enemy #1 to the schools principal and other authorities.</p>
<p>I was only eight years old when this movie came out in 1990 but I remember watching it on VHS when I was about fourteen-fifteen. Instantly I loved it. Much of my time in that age was actually spent rewatching pirated movies. Pirated movies in those days was illegally copying rented VHS movies. (Glory days!) It was not done to sell or to make any kind of profit. It was done simply to fuel my rewatching. I didn’t have a lot of friends growing up, not to complain, just to say that my main activity after school was watching movies. A lot of time was spent at the video store, renting movies to later copy. Then spent my time watching them over and over again.</p>
<p>My memories of “Pump up the volume” was that it, much like “The Breakfast Club” did, spoke to teenagers on teenagers terms. It spoke candidly about sex, about death, about loneliness and love. I remember “Pump&#8230;” dealing with suicide and freedom from adult authorities. I remember that it was also a movie very few people in my surrounding knew about. I remember that I kept the movie as a secret and almost brutally identified with Mark Hunter. The unhappy kid, the kid a part. The importance of doing what’s real and saying what’s real just for the sake of it being, well, real. The connections to “The Breakfast Club” are of course many. But Pump was like Breakfast’s darker but sexier twin. Yes, Molly Ringwald was for many the 80’s teen icon. But she never held a candle to Christian Slater.  He channeled teenage angst like Luke Skywalker channeled the Force.</p>
<p>I had not watched Pump since I threw my VHS player away. (Seems stupid now, but I think it broke.) This was ten, maybe eleven years ago. Until now. In rewatching “Pump&#8230;” a couple of things are immediately clear. I was a very smart teenager for liking this. The movie really holds up. The dialogue is still awesome.</p>
<blockquote><p>Talk hard, I like that. It&#8217;s like a dirty thought in a nice clean mind.</p></blockquote>
<p>Love. It really captures the initial steps of falling in love. Both Slater and Samantha Mathis as Nora gives exceptional performances. Everything held up. Some movies don’t. Some movies, though I love them, seem very dated. “Kuffs” for example, another Slater movie that I rewatched not so long ago, felt very dated. And the ending is also awesome. I do like conflicted endings.</p>
<p>Well anyway. The movie is, in a lack of a better term, sensitive. And comforting. It actually left me with a feeling of hope. And just maybe it reminded me of a few things that used to important to me and that I forgot. Still a very good watch.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 &ndash; Matt Bushen]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/class-of-1999-matt-bushen-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Matt&#8217;s family, thank you for your concern, thoughts, and prayers. Please refer to www.car]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>From Matt&#8217;s family, thank you for your concern, thoughts, and prayers. Please refer   <br />to <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen">www.caringbridge.org/visit/mattbushen</a> for accurate and up-to-date information.   <br />Matthew has been moving his arms and plans for his recovery are not set in stone.   <br />Again, check the website for up-to-date info.   </p>
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<title><![CDATA[EL TEMA D'AVUI - MARILLION - WAITING TO HAPPEN]]></title>
<link>http://jmcorbalan.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/el-tema-davui-marillion-waiting-to-happen/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jmcorbalan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jmcorbalan.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/el-tema-davui-marillion-waiting-to-happen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Holidays in Eden, llençat al mercat el 1.991, és el 6è disc de Marillion, i el segon amb Steve Hogar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Holidays in Eden, llençat al mercat el 1.991, és el 6è disc de Marillion, i el segon amb Steve Hogarth com a cantant. Si en l’anterior, Seasons End, ja es feia palès un lleuger canvi en l’estil del grup, en aquest encara queda més clara la influència de Hogarth en les noves composicions i el seu pes en les mateixes malgrat portar tant poc temps a la banda.</p>
<p> La discussió sobre si eren millors els Marillion amb Fish o ho són amb Steve és un carrer sense sortida, que tothom en pensi el que vulgui, jo tinc l’opinió que igual com amb Fish ens van regalar àlbums magistrals com Fugazi o Misplaced Childhood, la nova etapa amb Steve ens n’ha donat d’altres també tant bons com aquest Holidays in Eden, per tant jo no m’atreveixo a posar-ne un davant de l’altre.</p>
<p> Un dels temes més brillants del disc, és aquesta magnífica Waiting To Happen, on llueix especialment la veu de Hogarth amb tots els seus matiços.</p>
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<p>Holidays in Eden, lanzado en 1.991, es el 6º álbum de Marillion, y el segundo con Steve Hogarth como cantante. Si en el anterior, Seasons End, ya se mostraba un claro cambio en el estilo del grupo, en este queda todavía más patente la influencia de Steve en las nuevas composiciones y su peso en las mismas, pese a llevar tan poco tiempo en la banda.</p>
<p> La discusión sobre si eran mejores los Marillion con Fish o lo son con Steve es un callejón sin salida, todo el mundo es libre de tener su opinión, la mía es que igual que con Fish nos regalaron álbumes magistrales como Fugazi o Misplaced Childhood, la nueva etapa con Hogarth nos ha dado otros también tan buenos como este Holidays in Eden, por lo tanto yo no me atrevo a poner a uno por delante del otro.</p>
<p> Uno de los temas más brillantes del disco es esta magnífica Waiting To Happen, donde destaca especialmente la voz de Hogarth con todos sus matices.</p>
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<p>I lie awake at night, listening to you sleeping<br />
I hear the darkness breathe<br />
And the rain against the window</p>
<p>After all this time<br />
Cynical and jaded<br />
All the stones are diamonds<br />
All the blues are faded</p>
<p>Everything Ive been through<br />
All Ive seen and heard<br />
Spend to much of my life<br />
In the spiritual third world<br />
But you came and brought the rain here</p>
<p>Something waiting to happen<br />
Something learning to fly<br />
We can talk without talking<br />
From inside to inside<br />
I have waited to feel this<br />
For the whole of my life</p>
<p>We took ourselves apart<br />
We talked about our faces<br />
You said you didnt like yours<br />
I said I disagree</p>
<p>I keep the pieces separate<br />
I clutch them in my coat<br />
A jigsaw of an angel<br />
I can do when I feel low</p>
<p>From emptiness and dryness<br />
The famine of our days<br />
Watch the heavens open<br />
Wash it all away<br />
You came and brought the rain here</p>
<p>Something waiting to happen<br />
Something learning to fly<br />
On the edge of exploding<br />
Something wild and alive<br />
Something waiting to happen<br />
Anytime that you like<br />
I have waited to feel this<br />
For the whole of my life</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1999 &ndash; Matt Bushen]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/class-of-1999-matt-bushen/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fpsblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/class-of-1999-matt-bushen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[He was in a very serious accident early Sunday morning in New York and is critical condition in the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>He was in a very serious accident early Sunday morning in New York and is critical    <br />condition in the hospital. It looks like he may be paralyzed from the neck down.     <br />Cathy flew out Sunday morning and the rest of the family drove. Bethany Bushen works     <br />at Mary Freebed and the plan is that when Matt is stable and can be moved they will     <br />bring him back to GR for therapy. Please keep the entire family in your thoughts     <br />and prayers. </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1991 &ndash; Keven McCastle]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/class-of-1991-keven-mccastle/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fpsblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/class-of-1991-keven-mccastle/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[KEVENS McCASTLE SPAGHETTI DINNER BENEFIT SATURDAY&#160; August 22nd 4:00-7:00 GERBER UNION HALL, FRE]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>KEVENS McCASTLE SPAGHETTI DINNER BENEFIT </p>
<p>SATURDAY&#160; August 22nd 4:00-7:00    <br />GERBER UNION HALL, FREMONT. </p>
<p>drawings start at 7pm!! Get your tickets&#8230;great prizes!!! </p>
<p>PLEASE COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[CHARLIE SEPULVEDA - The New Arrival (1991)]]></title>
<link>http://musicadelbarrio.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/charlie-sepulveda-the-new-arrival-1991/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Musicadelbarrio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicadelbarrio.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/charlie-sepulveda-the-new-arrival-1991/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Né en 1962, le newyorikan Charlie Sepúlveda  a étudié au Conservatoire de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monstre de papier]]></title>
<link>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/monstre-de-papier/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lamateur75</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/monstre-de-papier/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[R.E.M. Monster (1994, Warner) En 1993, R.E.M. a le monde à ses pieds ou peu s&#8217;en faut. Le quat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>R.E.M. <em>Monster</em> (1994, Warner)</strong><br />
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En 1993, R.E.M. a le monde à ses pieds ou peu s&#8217;en faut. Le quatuor d&#8217;Athens vient d&#8217;enchaîner coup sur coup trois albums au succès planétaire (<em>Green</em> en 1988, <em>Out of time</em> en 1991 et <em>Automatic for the people</em> en 1992), le dernier nommé étant de surcroît un éblouissant chef-d&#8217;oeuvre crépusculaire. R.E.M. cherche alors à retrouver un peu d&#8217;entrain en reposant la mandoline et les violons pour ressortir des placards les guitares électriques et les amplis, à l&#8217;instar de leurs premiers modèles punks et du grunge qui vit alors (sans le savoir) ses derniers feux.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Malheureusement, la mort de Kurt Cobain viendra salement plomber l&#8217;ambiance des séances d&#8217;enregistrement, jetant comme un voile noir sur ce qui devait être un joyeux retour aux sources. Difficile donc d&#8217;appréhender ce disque bancal, loin de figurer aux premières loges de la discographie touffue du groupe mais se révélant réellement touchant par certains aspects. On retrouve en effet ici un groupe compact, prenant audiblement plaisir à jouer fort de vrais morceaux de rock comme le ferait un groupe d&#8217;adolescents dans son garage. Peter Buck ressort pour l&#8217;occasion ses amplis et son lot de pédales d&#8217;effets et on ne peut qu&#8217;être touchés par cette joie et ce plaisir qui continuent d&#8217;irriguer les gestes d&#8217;un combo alors au sommet de sa gloire.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Là où le bât blesse, c&#8217;est malheureusement au niveau des chansons, rarement au niveau de ce qu&#8217;on pourrait attendre d&#8217;un groupe comme R.E.M. Alors rien de vraiment indigne ici et on écoute avec un vrai plaisir des morceaux comme &#8220;What&#8217;s the frequency Kenneth?&#8221; ou &#8220;Crush with eyeliner&#8221;, sur lequel Thurston Moore vient amicalement poser ses griffes. Le tout roule cependant beaucoup trop à l&#8217;ordinaire pour vraiment nous emballer, comme les poussifs et convenus &#8220;Star 69&#8243;, &#8220;King of comedy&#8221; ou &#8220;Circus envy&#8221;. &#8220;Strange currencies&#8221; est une jolie ballade mais sans surprise et seuls &#8220;Bang and blame&#8221; ou &#8220;I don&#8217;t sleep, I dream&#8221; se nimbent d&#8217;une certaine magie. Le meilleur moment du disque se révèle au final &#8220;Let me in&#8221;, hommage incandescent à feu Kurt Cobain, long sanglot électrique très émouvant en mémoire d&#8217;un ami défunt.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Monster</em> apparaît donc comme un disque de transition, un monstre de papier, comme le sera aussi le suivant <em>New adventures in hi-fi.</em> Le groupe retrouvera la main avec le magnifique <em>Up</em> en 1998 et continue depuis toujours dignement un parcours entamé il y a près de trente ans. J&#8217;y reviendrai bien sûr ici.</p>
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<link>http://musicadelbarrio.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/jesus-alemany-cubanismo-1996/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Les rythmes traditionnels des orchestres cubains des années 50 sont remis au goût du jour grâce à Je]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MSK TCM]]></title>
<link>http://artoftags.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/msk-tcm/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peenoid</dc:creator>
<guid>http://artoftags.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/msk-tcm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An old MSK tag I caught in Dundas West area. A faded, age buffed lucky find.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Class of 1992 - Young photographers participate in workshop honoring Chris Caris]]></title>
<link>http://fpsalumni.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/class-of-1992-young-photographers-participate-in-workshop-honoring-chris-caris/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Eleven young photographers from throughout Newaygo County participated in a special four-week photog]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Eleven young photographers from throughout Newaygo County participated in a special    <br />four-week photography workshop held at NCCA Artsplace.</p>
<p>The workshop was initiated to honor Chris Caris, the son of Ted and Jeannie Caris.    <br />Chris Caris was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed the art of photography while he     <br />was a student at Fremont High School. The classes were funded by the Christopher     <br />R. Caris Memorial Fund at the Fremont Area Community Foundation and taught by Jane     <br />Vitek, Chris Caris’ former art teacher. <a href="http://alumni.fremont.net/InMemory/1990-1999/081809_FHS_ClassOf1992_ChrisCaris_Honored_InYoungPhotographersWorkshop_TI.aspx"><u>Continue Reading &#62;&#62;</u></a> </p>
<p><font size="-2">2/18/2009 Times Indicator Article (p. 6) <a href="http://www.timesindicator.com/" target="_blank"><u>Times Indicator</u></a></font><img style="width:17px;height:11px;" alt="Link is offsite and opens in a new window" align="bottom" src="http://www.fremont.net/FPS_External/Assets/images/gifs/offsite.gif" width="17" height="11" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dry Tortugas and the Lincoln Assassination]]></title>
<link>http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-dry-tortugas-and-the-lincoln-assassination/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lyra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-dry-tortugas-and-the-lincoln-assassination/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mudd, O&#39;Laughlen, Arnold, and Spangler were imprisoned here after being found guilty of taking p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://fla-keys.com/newsletter/200704/"><img title="Ft. Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas Islands" src="http://www.fla-keys.com/newsletter/200704/images/FtJeff.jpg" alt="Mudd, OLaughlen, Arnold, and Spangler were imprisoned here after being found guilty of taking part in the Lincoln assassination." width="300" height="451" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mudd, O&#39;Laughlen, Arnold, and Spangler were imprisoned here after being found guilty of taking part in the Lincoln assassination.</p></div>
<p>Ft. Jefferson located on the Dry Tortugas islands 70 miles west of Key West Florida. Construction began in 1846 but was ultimately abandoned 28 years later in 1874. The fort was never completed due to difficulties with numerous construction problems,  bouts of yellow fever and the invention  of the rifled cannon. The Dry Tortugas was discovered by conquistador Ponce de Leon 1513 and was given the name Las Tortugas for the abundance of turtles found on the islands. Due to the absence of fresh drinking water it got the name of Dry Tortugas. In 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt set aside the Dry Tortugas Islands as a National monument and it was made into a national park in 1992</p>
<p>Just because the fort construction was never completed does not mean that it was not used. During the Civil War it was used as a prison for Yankee deserters. Union forces were able to use this fort because they were able to control Florida&#8217;s large coastline rather quickly with their superior naval fleet. While Florida did secede from the Union it had a large population of Union sympathizers. Check out my earlier blog post <a href="http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/today-in-florida-june-24-1863/">Today in Florida</a> to learn a little more about Florida&#8217;s role in the Civil War.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 245px"><img title="Dr. Samuel Mudd" src="http://www.somd.lib.md.us/MUSEUMS/Mudd/mudd.gif" alt="Dr. Mudd as he appeared when working in the carpenters shop in the prison at Fort Jefferson." width="235" height="364" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dr. Mudd as he appeared when working in the carpenter&#39;s shop in the prison at Fort Jefferson. </p></div>
<p>Ft. Jefferson&#8217;s most famous prisoner wasn&#8217;t even a soldier. He was Dr. Samuel Mudd. Dr. Samuel Mudd was accused and found guilty of  conspiracy to murder President Lincoln. He met with John Wilkes Booth in his home and Washington before the assassination of Lincoln in Ford&#8217;s Theatre. He was considered part of the conspiracy after setting Booth&#8217;s broken leg and giving him crutches to aid him in his movement. He did not report Booth until the next day after Booth left his home in southern Maryland. Mudd at first was considered just a witness until he lied about meeting Booth before the assassination. He was sentenced to life in prison at Ft. Jefferson. On September 25, 1865 he attempted escape when he learned that control of the fort was being transferred to a colored. He was quickly captured and put to hard labor building the fort in leg irons. In 1867 an outbreak of yellow fever occured and Mudd used his skills as a doctor to help end the epidemic. It was this work during the yellow fever outbreak that earned him his pardon by President Andrew Johnson in 1869. He was in prison for four years. After his release he returned home and restarted his practice.</p>
<p>Ft. Jefferson was made into an official National Park in 1992. People can visit the park and even camp on the grounds. For more information please visit the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/drto/">Dry Tortugas National Park (U.S. National Park Service)</a>.</p>
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<link>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/matins-radieux-et-ciels-chagrins/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Boo Radleys Wake up! (1995, Creation/Columbia) Avec leur Giant steps de 1993 (voir ici) , les Bo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>The Boo Radleys <em>Wake up!</em> (1995, Creation/Columbia)</strong><br />
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Avec leur <em>Giant steps</em> de 1993 (voir <a href="http://lamateur.20six.fr/lamateur/art/1444776/Feux-d-artifice">ici</a>) , les Boo Radleys avaient réussi un véritable coup de maître, le cerveau fumant du pilote Martin Carr organisant le crash parfait entre ses aspirations noisy et une pop grand format héritière directe des monstres du genre, Beach Boys et Beatles en tête. Après un tel sommet, le retour sur terre menaçait d&#8217;être périlleux, et l&#8217;on pouvait craindre que les ambitions panoramiques de Carr ne conduisent ces petits gars de Liverpool vers la sortie de route.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Au final, le virage de &#8220;l&#8217;album faisant suite au chef-d&#8217;oeuvre&#8221; s&#8217;avère plutôt bien négocié. Certes, le groupe n&#8217;atteint pas ici le niveau de son précédent opus et laisse traîner ici ou là quelques vilains grumeaux. Carr et sa troupe parviennent cependant à doser justement humilité et panache pour réaliser un disque remettant sur le tapis leurs obsessions pour les grands maîtres pop en les colorant cette fois de roboratives influences northern soul.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L&#8217;album démarre sur les chapeaux de roue avec l&#8217;emballant &#8220;Wake up boo&#8221;, merveille solaire et enjouée déboulant tous cuivres dehors et portée par la voix cristalline du chanteur Sice. Les Boo Radleys parsèment ce <em>Wake up!</em> de ce genre de chansons lumineuses, tel le magistral &#8220;Find the answer within&#8221; ou le claironnant &#8220;Martin, doom! it&#8217;s seven o&#8217;clock&#8221; . Impossible aussi de passer sous silence la grâce du génial &#8220;Reaching out from here&#8221; ; on retiendra d&#8217;ailleurs que dans la plus pure tradition pop, les paroles sont bien moins enchantées que les musiques, laissant affleurer plus de grisaille que de soleil (&#8220;And it looks like another rainy day / Sittin&#8217; here lonely by my window / Waiting for you to come on home&#8221; ) . Parmi les réussites du disque, on n&#8217;oubliera pas la douceur fragile de &#8220;Fairfax scene&#8221; ou l&#8217;envolée majestueuse de &#8220;Stuck on amber&#8221;. On regrettera juste comme évoqué plus haut que Carr se laisse parfois aller à compliquer inutilement ses morceaux, tels les pesants &#8220;Joel&#8221; ou &#8220;Charles Bukowski is dead&#8221;, qui commençait pourtant si bien.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Après ce plutôt réussi <em>Wake up!</em>, les Boo Radleys reviendront un an plus tard avec <em>C&#8217;mon kids</em>. Puis en 1998, le groupe en terminera avec le très bon <em>Kingsize</em>, que je trouve à la longue plutôt meilleur que le disque dont il est aujourd&#8217;hui question. La discographie du groupe est plutôt écrasée par l&#8217;ombre portée de leur gigantesque <em>Giant steps</em>, elle mérite cependant de ne pas être oubliée.</p>
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<link>http://artoftags.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/snic-doh/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>peenoid</dc:creator>
<guid>http://artoftags.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/snic-doh/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My mans SNIC from waaay back. I got yo back homie!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadly Storms: Two hurricanes that changed Florida history (A blogchain post)]]></title>
<link>http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/deadly-storms-two-hurricanes-that-changed-florida-history-a-blogchain-post/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lyra</dc:creator>
<guid>http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/deadly-storms-two-hurricanes-that-changed-florida-history-a-blogchain-post/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This post is for the June blogchain through Absolutewrite. It doesn&#8217;t have a theme which makes]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This post is for the June blogchain through <a href="http://www.absolutewrite.com">Absolutewrite</a>. It doesn&#8217;t have a theme which makes it a little easier for me since this blog is specific to Florida. The topic started out with Global Warming and moseyed through personal responsibility and corporate waste. Forbidden Snowflake then wrote about national disaster for her country Switzerland and would the EU help if their economy collapsed. So I thought talking about hurricanes that affected Florida would be great because nothing effects a state like a national disaster.</p>
<p><strong>Great Miami Hurricane 1926:</strong> During the Roaring 20&#8217;s in the United States Florida was having a land boom. People were buying lots of land sight unseen. If you&#8217;ve ever heard the phrase, &#8220;Yeah, and I have some land in Florida I want to sell you.&#8221; This is the time period it comes from because it was unbelievable. If you ever tour the everglades you might still come across a sign that might look likes the one to the right.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 570px"> &#8221; Edit Resource for &#8220;Photographs depicting Seminole Indians with dugout canoes, 1920-1928 (bulk 1920) [electronic resource] &#8220;&#8221;]<a href="http://cwis.fcla.edu/edl/SPT--Home.php"><img title="Buy it while its hot" src="http://cwis.fcla.edu/edl/ImageStorage/Img--00000283.jpg" alt="Screenshot for Photographs depicting Seminole Indians with dugout canoes, 1920-1928 (bulk 1920) [electronic resource]  Edit Resource for Photographs depicting Seminole Indians with dugout canoes, 1920-1928 (bulk 1920) [electronic resource] " width="560" height="401" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot for &#34;Photographs depicting Seminole Indians with dugout canoes, 1920-1928 (bulk 1920) [electronic resource</p></div>Land in Miami and all over Southern Florida was being bought up. Every bubble bursts and the land boom ended in 1925 and came to a complete standstill September 18th, 1926 with the arrival of a category 4 hurricane whose eye was directly over Miami. This hurricane caused $90 billion dollars in damaged if it had hit Miami today. 800 people went missing along with 373 deaths and 6,381 injuries. It proved to non-Floridians who were the ones most likely dead, missing, and injured that Florida was a dangerous place to live. Since most of these folks left shelter when the eye took half an hour to pass over Miami leaving many to believe that the storm was over. Their unfamiliarity with hurricanes was the death blow of Florida&#8217;s land boom. The Great Depression was soon to follow but most of Florida was already there in 1929.</p>
<p>This storm does not have a name because hurricanes and tropical storms were not given names until 1953 and they were all female until 1979 when the National Weather Service began alternating between male and female names.</p>
<p><strong>Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane 1935: </strong>On September 2, 1935 a category 5 hurricane ripped through the keys leaving 408 dead and $6 million in damages. Flagler&#8217;s Miami/Key West line of the railroad was so damaged that it was sold to the state. Most of the deaths from this unnamed hurricane were World War I veterans.</p>
<p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><a href="http://www.nrrhof.org/pages/2008%20Inductees%20Story.html"><img title="Henry Morrison Flagler Investor, Developer, and Entrepreneur January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913" src="http://www.nrrhof.org/images/Henry%20Flagler.jpg" alt="Built the Miami/Key West line of the railroad that later became known as Flaglers Folly. " width="250" height="321" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Built the Miami/Key West line of the railroad that later became known as Flagler&#39;s Folly. </p></div>
<p>They were part of the Bonus Army that first visited the White House when Hoover was in office to demand the bonus they were to recieve in 1945 early. They were chased away from the White House but later brought their greivances to FDR. He enlisted them in the WPA and gave them work building a bridge from the mainland to the keys to replace the ferry service that was in current use.</p>
<p>Due to red tape, confusion, and a lack of communication the evacuation of the veterans by the train was delayed and overturned by a tidal wave during the hurricane. The World War I veterans who were only given temporary shelters that could not withstand a hurricane were lost. As you cross the 7-mile bridge, also called the overseas highway, you can still see what remains of Flagler&#8217;s Folly.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 503px"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overseas_Highway_Channel_5_Bridge.jpg#filelinks"><img title="Overseas Highway" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Overseas_Highway_Channel_5_Bridge.jpg" alt="Two bridges on the w:Overseas Highway within the Florida Keys. The bridge on the left is the modern highway bridge, while the bridge on the right is the original bridge built by the Florida East Coast Railway, retrofitted to automobile traffic after 1935, and later closed." width="493" height="367" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two bridges on the w:Overseas Highway within the Florida Keys. The bridge on the left is the modern highway bridge, while the bridge on the right is the original bridge built by the Florida East Coast Railway, retrofitted to automobile traffic after 1935, and later closed.</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">The other participants in this blogchain are:</p>
<p>Razib Ahmed: <a href="http://hobbyeconomist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hobbyeconomist.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212; Hobby Economist<br />
Fokker Aeroplanbau: <a href="http://rightfarright.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://rightfarright.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212; I&#8217;m Always Right, Far Right<br />
Bettielee: <a href="http://farseeingfairytales.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://farseeingfairytales.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212;-	Far Seeing Fairy Tales<br />
Bsolah: <a href="http://www.benjaminsolah.com/blog" target="_blank">http://www.benjaminsolah.com/blog</a> &#8212;- 	Benjamin Solah, Marxist Horror Writer<br />
Forbidden Snowflake: <a href="http://www.alleslinks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.alleslinks.com/</a> &#8212;&#8212; Delirious<br />
Rosemerry: <a href="../" target="_blank">http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com/</a> &#8212; Beyond Tourism: Florida&#8217;s Yesteryear<br />
Dnic: <a href="http://four-lettered-words.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://four-lettered-words.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Four-Lettered Words<br />
Lady Cat: <a href="http://www.randomwriterlythoughts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.randomwriterlythoughts.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212; Random Writerly Thoughts<br />
Tika: <a href="http://tikanewman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tikanewman.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Tika Newman<br />
Bill Ward: <a href="http://www.billwardwriter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.billwardwriter.com/</a> &#8212; BillWardWriter.com<br />
dancingandflying: <a href="http://madeofcarbon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://madeofcarbon.blogspot.com/</a> &#8212;- Made of Carbon</p>
<p>Please visit their blogs and leave a comment.</p>
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<link>http://lamateur75.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/la-derobade/</link>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">En l&#8217;espace de deux albums sortis de nulle part, les Américains de Pavement s&#8217;imposèrent au début des années 1990 comme un des groupes phares de la scène indie-rock. Des tourbillons soniques de <em>Slanted and enchanted</em> (1992) aux mélodies célestes de <em>Crooked rain crooked rain</em> (1994) , Pavement faisait valoir une originalité vibrante, un sens inné de la fantaisie, un goût du décalage et des mélodies biscornues lui conférant une place réellement singulière dans le paysage rock mondial.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Un an après un chef-d&#8217;oeuvre du calibre de <em>Crooked rain crooked rain</em>, dont j&#8217;ai eu l&#8217;occasion ici de chanter les louanges tant ce disque n&#8217;a cessé depuis près de quinze ans de m&#8217;enchanter et me ravir (cf. note du 23/08/2007) , Pavement remettait donc le couvert avec ce déroutant <em>Wowee zowee</em>. Avec ce disque au titre absurde symptomatique du style Pavement, Malkmus, Kannberg et leurs trois acolytes allaient démontrer leur remarquable sens du contre-pied et du décalage renversant.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Après avoir sonné à la porte du succès avec son album précédent, Pavement se barre ici en courant, canaille et zigzaguant au nez du grand public laissé là interdit. <em>Wowee zowee</em> figure sans conteste l&#8217;album le plus incohérent du groupe, passant du coq à l&#8217;âne et alignant 18 morceaux sans queue ni tête mais pas sans qualités, loin de là. Refusant d&#8217;être cerné, jouissant de son art de la dérobade, Pavement alterne pépites et rogatons sans prendre soin de trier le bon grain de l&#8217;ivraie.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pavement papillonne entre les genres (country sur &#8220;Father to a sister of thought&#8221;, punk-rock sur &#8220;Serpentine pad&#8221; ) , s&#8217;amuse à passer certaines de ses propres chansons à la moulinette et à leur faire subir les pires outrages (&#8220;Grave architecture&#8221; ) . Pavement ne retrouve cependant pas l&#8217;état de grâce qui accompagnait chacun des titres de <em>Crooked rain&#8230;</em> et à force de se disperser, prend le risque de perdre son auditeur au fil de quelques morceaux pas vraiment finis (&#8220;Western homes&#8221;, &#8220;Brinx job&#8221; ) , incarnant à fond une certaine éthique slacker. Néanmoins, le groupe réussit à aligner près d&#8217;une dizaine de chansons impériales, à faire pâlir de jalousie 99% des groupes contemporains.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le groupe présente de façon surprenante un autre visage que sur l&#8217;ensoleillé <em>Crooked rain&#8230;</em> Les traits plus crispés, Pavement broie du noir dès l&#8217;introductif et somptueux &#8220;We dance&#8221;, tout de sobriété bleu nuit. Dans la même veine, le groupe nous offre quelques mélodies fatiguées, d&#8217;une joliesse mélancolique préfigurant les paysages du futur <em>Brighten the corners</em> tel &#8220;Grounded&#8221; ou &#8220;Motion suggests&#8221;. Surtout, avec les époustouflants &#8220;Fight this generation&#8221; et &#8220;Half a canyon&#8221;, impressionnantes constructions tout en nerfs et en tensions, Pavement offre une facette jusque là inconnue, en équilibre instable sur le fil séparant la fantaisie de la folie pure. A côté de ces morceaux intenses et malades, Pavement  retrouve la veine mélodique de son précédent opus sur les brillants &#8220;AT&#38;T&#8221; et &#8220;Kennel district&#8221;, ce dernier dans une veine noisy digne du meilleur Guided By Voices.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Avec ce disque touchant, intéressant de par ses défauts mêmes, Pavement ne parvenait pas à toucher de nouveau la martingale de son précédent chef-d&#8217;oeuvre mais confirmait sa place à  part sur l&#8217;échiquier du rock mondial. Moins tourmenté que Nirvana, moins cérébral que Sonic Youth, Pavement allait rester cantonné à un succès d&#8217;estime, trop indépendant et foutraque pour dépasser le statut de plus grand groupe underground du monde. Qu&#8217;importe les lauriers, pourvu qu&#8217;on ait l&#8217;ivresse&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ci-joint la country nonchalante de &#8220;Father to a sister of thought&#8221;</p>
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