#Colin MacGregor

[ulkaralakbarova]

The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Black Beauty (voice): Alan Cumming Farmer Grey: Sean Bean Jerry Barker: David Thewlis John Manly: Jim Carter Squire Gordon: Peter Davison Reuben Smith: Alun Armstrong Mr. York: John McEnery Lady Wexmire: Eleanor Bron Lord Wexmire: Peter Cook Jessica Gordon: Georgina Armstrong Lord George: Adrian Ross Magenty Alfred Gordon: Anthony Walters Molly Gordon: Gemma Paternoster Joe Green: Andrew Knott Carriagemaker: David Ryall Job Horse Boss: Vic Armstrong Sleazy Horse Dealer: Vincent Regan Horse Dealer: Matthew Scurfield Hard-Faced Man: Sean Blowers Wild-Looking Young Man: Rupert Penry-Jones Coachman: Bill Stewart Film Crew: Art Direction: Kevin Phipps Original Music Composer: Danny Elfman Casting: Mary Selway Director: Caroline Thompson Supervising Art Director: Leslie Tomkins Producer: Peter Macgregor-Scott Editor: Claire Simpson Production Design: John Box Set Decoration: Eddie Fowlie Stunt Coordinator: Vic Armstrong Costume Design: Jenny Beavan Director of Photography: Alex Thomson Casting: Sarah Trevis Producer: Robert Shapiro Key Hair Stylist: Colin Jamison Novel: Anna Sewell Key Makeup Artist: Magdalen Gaffney Makeup Artist: Natalie Cosco Makeup Artist: Yvonne Coppard Movie Reviews:

[wixenhq]

mw male canons & fcs?

hi anon !! thank you so much for your question ♡ i've had a chat with the current writers and for male canons we'd like to request: fred, george & arthur weasley; seamus finnegan; roger davies; dean thomas; colin & dennis creevey; anthony goldstein; justin finch-fletchley; terence higgs; ernie macmillan; graham montague and rolf scamander !! for faceclaims, we'd looove to have: reece king, nikolaj coster-waldau, danny ramirez, oscar isaac, ewan macgregor, oliver jackson, sam heughan, oscar isaac (again), ncuti gatwa, dylan o'brien, jimmy q, mukasa kakonge, choi san, richard madden, mahershala ali, wesley tucker*, felix mallard & jacob elordi (we could go on!!) * trans fc

[the-busy-ghost]

I love how exceedingly, unashamedly Fake some mediaeval nobles and royals could be when they wanted something. For example, Edward III sending a letter in 1328 to the “magnificent prince Sir Robert, by the grace of God King of Scots, his dearest friend, greeting and embraces of sincere affection.”

[hellocanticle]

Lou Harrison: Concerto for Piano and Gamelan, a very special performance of an underappreciated masterpiece

This Lou Harrison (1917-2003) concerto is one of his lesser known works largely due to the unusual instrumentation and the labors needed to tune the piano to the gamelan orchestra. A quick search revealed previous recordings, one by its dedicatee, Belle Bulwinkle with the Bay Area New Gamelan (BANG) recorded at Mills College (and overseen by Jody Diamond) from 1992 (now out of print) and one by…

[scotianostra]

On February 4th 1590 a letter of fire and sword was issued against Clan Gregor, for murdering one of the king’s foresters at Glengartney in Perthshire.

To explain a wee bit, letters of fire and sword were issued if a criminal resisted the law and refused to answer his citation, it was accounted treason in the Scottish courts; and “letters of fire and sword” were sent to the sheriff, authorising him to use either or both these instruments to apprehend the contumacious party. It gave permission for one Clan to attack another lawfully.

The MacGregors were blamed for the murder of John Drummond-Ernoch, a deputy forester of the Royal Forest. It was claimed that they killed him after he had caught a party of MacGregor poachers and summarily hung a few of them. It was said that they then went to the home of John Drommund-Erncoh’s sister, Lady Margaret Stewart of Ardvolich (a kinsmen) and paraded his head in front of her after she had fed them a light meal of bread and cheese. (It is highly unlikely that they would have committed such a breach of Highland ettiquette.)

At any rate, they were brought before the Privy Council (of whom Sir Colin Campbell was a member) and, on 4th February 1590, a commission was issued that they were to seek and apprehend certain MacGregors deemed responsible for this heinous act. It was also recommended that all the MacGregors should be captured and punished because, if they weren’t in on this crime, surely there were other crime that they had committed!

The commission also allowed anyone to use any measure they deemed necessary, including lethal force, to bring the justice the condemned MacGregors. It was also stated that the captors would received half of the value of the proper which would be forfeited by the MacGregors upon capture.

Basically the Campbell Duke of Argyle was given a free hand to slaughter MacGregors.

This is not to say that the MacGregors were not a wild and bloody clan because they were. They always lived a rebel life and by their own rules. They feuded with other clans such as the Culquhons whom they slaughtered when the Colquhons were in retreat. In response to such constant rebellion and the Colquhon killings, their lands were seized, the Laird MacGregor and several of his followers were executed and, later on, their name was proscripted. The terms of the proscription were thus:

1. Babies not born yet will not take the MacGregor name under penalty of Death. 2. No more than four shall meet at a time, under penalty of Death. 3. They shall bear no weapons, save an unpointed knife for cutting their meat. 4. To kill a MacGregor is NOT a crime, but is to be encouraged.

The men were hunted down (many by specially trained Campbell hounds) and slaughtered, the women had their faces branded. Women who consorted with MacGregor men were tarred and feathered and driven out of towns.

After the MacGregor clan was prohibited from using the name and lost their homes, they became known as Clann a'Chedd or The Children of the Mist. This ban was in place for about 170 years, it was not until 1775 that the penal statutes against the MacGregors were finally repealed, and not until 1784 did the British government bureaucracy finally enforce this edict.

The MacGregors were a wild lot, but you have to ask did they deserve such harsh treatment? I don’t think so, but these were harsh brutal times.

The MacGregors survive and indeed thrive to this day. The current chief of Clan Gregor is Sir Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor of MacGregor, 7th Bt, of Lanrick and Balquhidder, 24th Chief of Clan Gregor. His Gaelic designation is An t-Ailpeanach, a name which bears testimony to the clan’s traditional descent from Siol Alpin, or Seed of Alpin, traditionally claiming descent from Cináed mac Ailpin, Kenneth MacAlpin, who was a King of the Picts and according to legend was the first King of Scotland.

The Clan motto is ’S Rioghal Mo Dhream Royal is my Race.

[jonesyjonesyjonesy]

playlist title: still in love with someone from my past (we recently started talking again)

Oh man...ow, this one is punch in the gut. But I tried to make it a sort of hopeful and droll. Cautiously optimistic?

Saw You In A Dream - The Japanese House

High Horse - The Crane Wives

Say You Don't Mind - Colin Blunstone

Sour Times - Portishead

Good Friend - Mary MacGregor

Hey, Hey, What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin

Make Some Room - The Suffers

Walls - Circus - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

One Fine Day - Natalie Merchant

I Don't Know - Lisa Hannigan

pulling for you anon, ily

send me a vibe, i’ll make a playlist

[efrikanengine]

List of Efrika Riders (Axel’s Gang) Members (A-Z, ranks)

President (1): Armstrong, Axel “Chief”

Road Captain (1): Schafter, Tony “Patriot”

Sgt. At Arms (1): Kaviz, Sophia

Secretary (1):  Grau, Fulvey “Fufu”

Treasurers (2): Gryll, Anthony | Hart, Katherine

Enforcers (12): Arlington, Demeter “Acid” |  Aniy, Reid “Chino” | Chitzky, Jane “Jewels” | Colter, Troy “Colt” | Ducatti, Maurice “Maul” | Eastwood, Jonathan “Johnny” | Fujimori, Aki “Fuji” | Le Mans, Yamille “Spagonia Yam” | Oberwich, Hunter | Prince, Anatoliy | Ramirez, Harley | Sokolov, Tuma “Eagle” |

Members/Patched (62): Ach, Tamara “Tammy” | Ackermann, Thomas “Tack” | Acrey, Wesley “Acres” | Ahrendt, Lynn | Amarov, Randall | Bohan, Suro “Trophy” | Bohan, Boro “Tarmac” | Bohan, Taro | Bojanowski, Jack | Boomgarden, Tanya “Boomer” | Bramante, Daniel “Bram” | Brazelton, Tom “Tabby” | Cliffe, Sanford | Corvette, Salvador “Sal” | Corwood, Nigel | Czechowicz, Jakob “Czech” | Davis, Pam | Eisenhardt, Faust | Elk, Moore | Eyre, Jayna “Darling” | Featherstone, Trevor “Tiny” | Fehl, Wellington “Wellie” | Finelli, Pat | Furlong, Jason | Gadberry, Ron “Fancy” | Gallo, Logan | Gilgreath, Martin “Ivy” | Ginyard, Keanu | Gorringe, Terry | Grau, Fibi “Racer” | Grohman, Rat | Hashimoto, Tokage | Hatt, Phil | Hendershott, Sterling | Jackowski, Neil | Jackowski, Gerry | Jonassen, Hadvar “Jon” | Kahr, Boris | Kerrick, Stanley “Mad Dog” | Kozlovsky, Yov “Crazy” | MacGregor, Willy | Marine, Ryker | McClinton, Steve “Cueball” | Na, Xiao “Grim” | Niewiarowski, Aleksander “Polski” | Notch, Bonnie “Smiley Face” | O’Neil, Charles “Charlie” | Racki, Pablo | Redmont, Harry | Remington, William | Renninger, Rosaline “Rose” | Repkovi, Kalari “Viper” | Scarff, Allen “Scarf” | Tackett, Sierra | Tierney, Scott | Trask, Colin | Tomkiewicz, William “Bill” | Vacca, Milo “Farmhand” | Van Liere, Treyard | Vee, Joey | Wesley, Kevin | West, Yanni “Northwest”

Prospects (24): Abernathy, Roland | Akridge, Sven | Arey, Richie | Backe, Corey | Cooke, Francis | Eavey, Sally | Eis, Wyatt | Danley, Owen | Desmond, Monik | Durich, Jakson | Durn, Noah | Dwight, Austin | Emmerson, Patti | Escalante, Patrick | Fann, TJ | Ferris, Alex | Ferris, Dana | Fritz, Michael | Gresley, Evan | Grestin, June | Takashi, Kenji | Thorpe, Catherine | Vienna, Marc | Zentorno, Oliver

    * note that numbers and names are sometimes subject to change owing to deaths, expulsions and/or egressions from the gang.

[noratilney]

Fancast Friday #2: Ballet High School

SECOND YEARS

Adrianna Di Liello as SHANI

Bailey de Young as MALINA

RaJahnae Patterson as RAQUEL

Devyn Nekoda as VERA

Jordan Rodgriues as AIDAN

Thomas L. Colford as DORIAN

Colin Petierre as SEB

Thomas Lacey as DANNY

Keiynan Lonsdale as OSCAR

Julia Goldani Telles as MAYA

Xenia Goodwin as KORA

VISITING STUDENTS 

Thom Green as WYATT

Alyssa Trask as CAMILLA

Maria-Victoria Dragus as ROSEMARIE

FIRST YEARS

Samantha Logan as TALIA

Lucy Boynton as POPPY

??? as MARION

THIRD YEARS

Dena Kaplan as AYLA

Kyal Legend as GABRIELLA

Madison Macgregor as CYNTHIA

NON-DANCERS

Romy Weltman as KEELY

[milkteadancer]

THE DANCE AWARDS FOOTAGE

ALL BEST DANCER DANCE-OFFS

these are all of the dance-offs i could find, it seems there aren’t any from 2012, 2011 or 2013 (other than mini female). likewise, any others that i couldn’t find i’ve indicated with an asterisk - if you can find these let me know and i’ll add them to the list.

MINI FEMALE

2013 / NEW YORK  tate mcrae, sophia lucia, kayla mak, brynn rumfallo, rosie elliott, madison foley, paige litle, carlee schield, madi toney, jaycee wilkins

2014 / NEW YORK kayla mak, charlee fagan, ruby castro, emily roman, destiny kluck, sarah moore, isabella baldino, kelsey cook, makenna miller, camila schwarz

2014 / LAS VEGAS brynn rumfallo, bostyn brown, dabria aguilar, keara nichols, courtney mccolley, jezzaeyah slack, jenna valenzuela, amber skaggs, ysabella reyes, emma york, carlee schield

2015 / NEW YORK jezzaeyah slack, bella klassen, ashley vallejo, ava brooks, ying lei pham, eliana hayward, halle lum, courtney lam, sarah moore, malli grace lackey

2015 / LAS VEGAS avery gay, kaylee quinn, peyton macdonald, brooklin cooley, kiarra waidelich, jessamina piazza, haley beck, ava dipretoro, cami ritzler, christian burse

2016 / ORLANDO diana pombo, destanye diaz, casey tran, alexis adair, brooke shaw, dyllan blackburn, ella saunders, hailey bills, madison brown, rachel leon

2016 / LAS VEGAS kiarra waidelich, brooklin cooley, hailey meyers, brightyn brems, alexis de lucas, bryten belka, carly allyn, samantha eve, summer montenegro, vanessa francis

2017 / ORLANDO hailey bills, dyllan blackburn, mariella saunders, cameron voorhees, brightyn rines, kaitlyn winnell, casey tran, lucy charlton, alexis adair, elliana walmsley

2017 / LAS VEGAS brightyn brems, sabine nehls, brooklin cooley, summer montenegro, crystal huang, aimee cho, ali ogle, alexis de lucas, savannah kristich, charlotte cogan

MINI MALE

2014 / NEW YORK brady farrar, zachary doran, charlie macdonald, jonah benyamin, devin mar,  liam ramdeen

2014 / LAS VEGAS joziah german, tristan ianiero, summit geiselman, sam kurtz, artyon celestine, morgan stowell

2015 / NEW YORK* tristan ianiero, jonathan paula, nicholas jacobsen, justin stillwagon, zachary doran, ryan scalero, garris munoz, ethan thai

2015 / LAS VEGAS gavin morales, artyon celestine, devin mar, lawson sharrer, mason kolontay, ramsey morrell, andrew imm, morgan stowell, collin benning, diego garcia, anthony curley, cristian ponder, andrew nash

2016 / ORLANDO jonathan paula, stefano bonomo, jackson foley, david consuegra, hayden mucha, sam fleshler, saverio tedesco, shawn taylor, tj beal, william huguet

2016 / LAS VEGAS artyon celestine, nathaniel chua, anthony curley, amadeus tiesling, arthur celestine, devin mar, diego garcia, jonah smith, timmy zvifel, wyatt moss

2017 / ORLANDO stephano bonomo, nicholas bustos, luke barrett, david consuegra, jason patryluk, william huguet, timothy zvifel, brady amaya, tristan gerzon, talen tsigaris, nathaniel chua

2017 / LAS VEGAS jt church, marcus taylor, roman pesino, degie setnes, jonah benyamin, patricio lopez, landon incorvaia, shane wexelman, nathan coish, asher morgado, oscar moreno, merce meynardie, ethan huang

JUNIOR FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK sophia lucia, talia seitel, olivia alboher, rachael anderson, grace lethbridge, vivian ruiz, amy benedetto, mims mckee, anessa zivic, gabreille woodall

2014 / LAS VEGAS emma sutherland, jaycee wilkins, lauren yakima, brynklie brown, keely meyers, megan goldstein, michelle siemienowski, lucy vallely, lauren shaw, alexis watson

2015 / NEW YORK tate mcrae, lily gentile, emma york, maddie ziegler, madison foley, madi toney, gabrielle woodall, faith huguet, jenna waller, skye ayala

2015 / LAS VEGAS jaycee wilkins, quinn starner, bostyn brown, emmy cheung, eva igo, sophia frilot, courtney mccolley, jenna valenzuela, mia maxwell, dabria aguilar, julia depretoro, keely meyers, paige litle

2016 / ORLANDO bostyn brown, bella klassen, kayla mak, burkelle, reighard, camila schwarz, charlee fagan, courtney mccolley, destiny kluck, hallie green, isabella baldino, lizzy zaritsky, malli grace lackey

2016 / LAS VEGAS emma york, haley beck, abbey mcwhirter, alexandra andrada, alexis weldner, ava brooks, carlee schield, ella horan, emmy cheung, jade bucci, samantha mcgowan

2017 / ORLANDO bella klassen, jezzaeyah slack, brooke judge, lindsey wade, elliana mannella, bella mills, ava arbuckle, josabella morton, olivia deangelo, emma johnson

2017 / LAS VEGAS avery gay, ella horan, ava brooks, christian burse, ava wagner, brooke shaw, hailey meyers, haley beck, peyton macdonald, brooke cheeke, bennet espinda

JUNIOR MALE

2014 / NEW YORK findlay mcconnell, tristan simpson, julian sanchez, giovanni castellon, jacob lipke, anthony kelly, jeffrey lapira, adam iantorno, spencer seebach, brian hooper

2014 / LAS VEGAS carter williams, ryan maw, nate milledge, alec mittenthal, beni gottesman, yadiel figueroa, zach cordova

2015 / NEW YORK murphy lee, parker garrison, holden maples, nate milledge, aydin eyikan, justin luca, hayden luedde, kyler durrence, landen glass, daniel paula, marcel cavaliere

2015 / LAS VEGAS ryan maw, sage rosen, summit geiselman, alex cohoon, tj williams, mikey tua, zach cordova, michael filgas, justin renaud, joshua ukura, carter musselman

2016 / ORLANDO parker garrison, joziah german, daniel paula, daniel vargas, david keingatti, ethan thai, jackson rolof, jared grospe, russell schuller, ryan fiore, zachary doran

2016 / LAS VEGAS holden maples, easton magliarditi, ryan williams, alexander shulman, ashton eatchel, ethan taylor, holden kunowski, jemoni powe, moses rankine, sky bleeker

2017 / ORLANDO brady farrar, jackson rolof, hans anderson, jalen scriven, shawn taylor,  john mays, anthony dessables, tyreke holt, russell shuller, eliazar jimenez, anthony mattson, hayden mucha

2017 / LAS VEGAS tristan ianiero, easton magliarditi, jackson foley, holden kunowski, jonah smith, morgan stowell, colin benning, tai pampo, garris munoz, amadeus tiesling, rylen besler, isaiah wilson

TEEN FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK jayci kalb, payton johnson, briar nolet, taylor sieve, madelyn link, makayla ryan, katrina khachi, kierstyn typa, madison macgregor, kerrynton jones, jessy lipke

2014 / LAS VEGAS simrin player, ashley green, addison moffett, kenedy kallas, alexis warr,  lexi tonniges, mackenzie meldrum, sam grayson, ambry mehr, olivia gieringer

2015 / NEW YORK payton johnson, kennedy kallas, ariana mcclure, jamie bacon, makayla ryan, anessa zivic, alexis warr, morgan higgins, paylina macias, ali deucher

2015 / LAS VEGAS lucy vallely, lauren yakima, kalani hilliker, mackenzie meldrum, mykayla hicks, sidney ramsey, aaliyah zolina, lauren shaw, emma janus, megan goldstein, talia seitel, kennedy huff

2016 / ORLANDO morgan higgins, quinn starner, samantha soto, lauren yakima, anessa zivic, bridget lee, camille cabrera, lauren shaw, lily gentile, rosie elliott, skye ayala, sydney burtis, vivan ruiz

2016 / LAS VEGAS emma sutherland, bella allen, kalani hilliker, denise goping, elise monson, ellie wagner, maria rosenberg, megan goldstein, olivia aboher, shelby patterson, talia seitel, taylor nunez

2017 / ORLANDO quinn starner, kelis robinson, vivian ruiz, anessa zivic, emily valencia, lily gentile, jenna meilman, ruby castro, trinity bonilla, skye ayala

2017 / LAS VEGAS megan goldstein, lauren yakima, chau, eva igo, briana del mundo, emmy cheung, mia maxwell, taylor nunez, ellie wagner, lauren shaw, madison foley

TEEN MALE

2014 / NEW YORK julian elia, jonathan wade, jhaleil swaby, ty forhan, liam melady, niko martinez, dean husted, d’angelo castro, mariano zamora, myles erlick

2014 / LAS VEGAS lex ishimoto, justin pham, nathan hirschaut, braxton hew-len, dylan slamka, spencer mccarrey, christian smith, michael artiga, quintin hugate, vince castillo

2015 / NEW YORK logan hernandez, eli alford, stefano gallelli, ezra soso, joey socci, wyeth walker, alex swader, scott autry, joseph harrington, shamus moriarty, scott dudas

2015 / LAS VEGAS graham feeny, d’angelo castro, christian smith, nathan hirschaut, anthony tette, julian lombardi, tristan simpson, evan iguanez, yadiel figueroa, emanuel dostine

2016 / ORLANDO d’angelo castro, gino cosculluela, findlay mcconnell, jamaii melvin, anthony kelly, harrison knostman, kyle anders, stefano gallelli, stephen myers, tim blankenship, troy martin

2016 / LAS VEGAS sage rosen, christian smith, carter williams, andres penate, brian hooper, ezra sosa, ferris schley, jaxon willard, nate milledge, tyler smith, zach cordova

2017 / ORLANDO* findlay mcconnell, joziah german, julian lombardi, sam mcwilliams, stefano gallelli, julian sanchez, anthony kelly, kyle anders, tj williams, daniel paula, murphy lee, tyler smith

2017 / LAS VEGAS* ryan maw, jaxon willard, carter williams, yadiel figueroa, jemoni powe, alexander shulman, brian hooper, spencer seebach, zack sommer, joshua ukura

SENIOR FEMALE

2014 / NEW YORK brianne sellars, briana morrison, chantelle good, jessica ferretti, candace vincent, vanessa kiriakou, alexa barzuna, selena lucchese, zoe hollinshead, audrianna martin del campo

2014 / LAS VEGAS alyssa allen, aika doone, hayden hopkins, cassidy fulmer, taylor labruzzo, lily leyva, nadia antonangeli, bostyn asjian, savannah latimer, paulina meneses, ale perciago, mccall olsen

2015 / NEW YORK jazzmin james, briar nolet, zoe hollinshead, christine mirando, sami eismont, kae kae lee, takia hopson, kalyn langford, ellen giffings, selena lucchese

2015 / LAS VEGAS ashley green, aika doone, taylor sieve, amanda sun, addison moffett, natasha wells, bostyn ashjian, ambry mehr, jennie palomo, alex brooks

2016 / ORLANDO jayci kalb, mackenzie meldrum, paulina macias, sidney ramsey, amanda baez, andrea ward, ashley coulson, kae kae lee, kaylin maggard, makayla ryan

2016 / LAS VEGAS taylor sieve, kailyn rogers, simrin player, justice moore, kennedy huff, kierra kelp, michaela horger, mykayla hicks, nichole bennis, nicole ishimaru, olivia gleringer

2017 / ORLANDO payton johnson, jessy lipke, sidney ramsey, megan caines, allie best, ashley coulson, ali stevens, mykayla hicks, paulina macias, samantha soto, makayla ryan

2017 / LAS VEGAS simrin player, elise monson, jamie bacon, ariana mcclure, jaida underwood, mindy platt, taylor payne, aubrey mccleary, aria terango, lexus johnson

SENIOR MALE

2014 / NEW YORK keanu uchida, kyle patrick clarke, issac lupien, shannon womble, jack moore, tristan ghostkeeper, wesley tang, matthew taylor, ethan colangelo, devon brown, derek piquette

2014 / LAS VEGAS eric schloesser, moises parra, jeremy platt, mathew rogers, ben green, lucas santhon, zane green, omar rivera, peter elakis, daniel bordonali

2015 / NEW YORK kyle patrick clarke, myles erlick, jay jay dixonbey, devon brown, liam melady, barry gans, shannon womble, niko martinez, dean husted, mariano zamora, jeremy platt

2015 / LAS VEGAS michael hall, chase bowden, nico lonetree, justin pham, andres cruz, eliott trahan, keegan hill, aaron williams, riley kurilko, evan morash, andrew mulet, damian terriquez, zane green

2016 / ORLANDO jonathan wade, nick daniels, nathan hirschaut, alex swader, david wright, dean husted, eli alford, howard johnson, niko martinez, shannon womble, asten stewart

2016 / LAS VEGAS lex ishimoto, jay jay dixonbey, riley kuriko, andres cruz, justin pham, luke kamppila, maclean frey, michael garcia, michael novitski, michael thurin, nico lonetree, samuel hall, scott autry, todd baker

2017 / ORLANDO wyeth walker, michael novitski, benjamin peralta, alex swader, tyrese parker, shamus moriarty, ian sanford, brendan moran, eli alford, tyler hutchings,  conner chastain

2017 / LAS VEGAS timmy blankenship, sam hall, christian smith, emiliano jimenez, tucker ferguson, riley kirlko, scott autry, david wright, ezra sosa, joshua bergner

[hummingzone]

Rachel MacGregor awarded $400,000 after being defamed by ex-Conservative Party leader Colin Craig

Rachel MacGregor awarded $400,000 after being defamed by ex-Conservative Party leader Colin Craig

Rachel MacGregor has been awarded $400,000 in damages by the High Court after she was defamed by former employer, one-time Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The judgement is the latest chapter in a years-long legal saga over the fallout from the 2014 election campaign when MacGregor suddenly resigned just days before voters went to the polls. Craig sued…

[samjstephens]

This is the article to read about Rachel MacGregor and Colin Craig. An damning critique of our "justice" system. Rachel's defense has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Colin Craig was told to pay her $2,500.

[doomedandstoned]

Colin MacGregor: A Portrait

The cover artist for Doomed & Stoned in Scotland shares his craft and journey.

Last month, Doomed & Stoned revealed its latest survey of the heavy underground by zeroing in on the Scotland rock and metal underground, with our usual anchor to doom metal and stoner rock, but showcasing several genre blenders to boot.

We assembled an enthusiastic team of musicians, artists, and local media types to help us vet each of the submissions so we had the most authentic picture of the Scottish scene's character, as well as a listening experience of the utmost excellence.

Doomed & Stoned in Scotland by Doomed & Stoned

We're thankful to each of the bands who participated, and especially grateful for the enthusiastic participation of Colin MacGregor, whose striking dark, rich colors on canvas of an ancient druid captured the spirit of the project so succinctly, and inspired many a casual peruser to give the 40-band compilation a good and thorough hearing.

Following is a virtual gallery of his work, with commentary by Mr. MacGregor himself, from Colin MacGregor Maker Art.   (Editor)

SELF PORTRAIT IN RED (2009)

9x6” acrylic on board

This is pretty much how it all began.

I was living in a flat in the centre of Edinburgh with next to no furniture, no television, no internet connection (no landline!) or working radio, I had to think of a way to keep myself occupied in the evening when I wasn’t working. This is when I found a box of 20 small acrylic paint tubes I’d bought years before and never really used, along with about 5 paintbrushes of dubious quality.

Using a photo from my rather poor mobile phone at the time, I set about creating this painting on a piece of board that I had.

The colour comes basically through how I see people I meet, depending on circumstances. This is how most of my early paintings were executed.

THOMAS BLACKLOCK “THE BLIND POET” (2013)

20x16” acrylic on canvas

This one was painted for the then bar manager of a long-gone Edinburgh pub called The Blind Poet, and the portrait is of Thomas Blacklock, of the aforementioned moniker, who lived in Pear Tree House for most of his life and was an influence on both Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns, despite losing his sight as a child through smallpox.

The painting itself I don’t have much recollection of as I’d had extensive knee surgery at the time and was on quite a number of strong painkillers, but safe to say this painting led me to my first paid commission, where I produced two more paintings for Pear Tree House, one of which is still on display in their basement bar.

This one and the largest of the three, of Andrew Usher II, are currently in storage, I believe, in the south side of Edinburgh.

MAGGIE (2014)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

This was painted for my friend who was moving from Edinburgh to Bremen. She wanted something to put in her new home and also something to mark our friendship so I painted this in about 3 days.

It’s also quite rare in my canon as it actually has a bit of background in it, usually my backgrounds are just solid black.

This colour was actually quite difficult to get right, and it was applied in very thin layers and built up gradually, which is why I think it has quite a diffused, soft image overall.

ARANCHA (2017)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

This one is of my girlfriend and is based on a photo I took of her whilst walking through a park in Amsterdam. The photo itself was quite blurry as I took it on the fly whilst walking, but her face ended up on the whole in focus so I thought I could get something out of it.

There is a second version of this painting which is done in very pale pink and white paint, which was a bit of an experiment, but I kind of liked the challenge of doing something different

DAVID BOWIE (2016)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

This was painted within two weeks of the announcement of his death. I’d painted a few musicians before this one but they were all plain black and white, whereas this one actually had colour in the eyes, something a bit different to my usual stuff.

It was also the first painting I’d done by painting the canvas black first and drawing the basic shape on in chalk, something I’ve only done again once, and that was the recent Druid painting.

FRANK ZAPPA (2019)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

As mentioned above, this was actually started in 2016 and sat in various states of… started-ness, for around 3 years.

The painting actually spent most of its life as a scribbly mess of marker pen and gun-metal grey paint, and was almost scrapped entirely until I reassessed it in October 2019 and decided to attempt to salvage it, which I’m glad I did really as it’s been used on my business cards and as the “face” of the exhibition it was included in!

LEMMY (2019)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

I actually started this one, along with Frank Zappa, back in 2016 but the pair of them languished in various states of unfinishedness for a long, long time due to a variety of circumstances.

I eventually got them both back out of storage and managed to find the focus to finish them both in time for a week-long exhibition in Bannerman’s Bar, Edinburgh, which also featured Wraith, Cronos, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Nick Cave, David Bowie, Mark E. Smith, the aforementioned Frank Zappa and a rendition of the Xenomorph from the Alien movie franchise. This exhibition coincided with a Bismuth gig which had been organised by Bailey Junior, who was instrumental in dragging me out my block and getting these completed.

CRONOS (2019)

15x11” acrylic on canvas

Bailey Junior approached me with the idea of producing a poster for an upcoming gig he’d organised with a heavy doom band from England called Bismuth, expecting a fairly quick Photoshop effort.

I hadn’t painted in a while maybe a year or two, having suffered a drop in confidence and not being able to find the time or motivation, but I’d long wanted to create a poster which was almost entirely in paint, rather than digital text over the top, so this proved to be the spark needed to push myself into painting again.

Loosely based on the Ancient Greek myth of Cronos and partially based on “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan'' by Ilya Repin (1885) it took two or three evenings to complete. The text for the poster was hand painted on separate canvases and then put together using Photoshop to give the impression it was a completely painted poster. The only thing not painted was the Scapegoat.tv logo which was added later, just before the gig took place.

OZZY OSBOURNE (2019)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

This one was really, really quick. Probably about 2 ½ hours from start to finish, maybe 3 at a push. Painted roughly about 7 days before I was due to open my first exhibition at Bannerman’s Bar, it was a last-minute decision, but turned out really great.

The acrylics were almost used like watercolors here, being as there were large light areas and deep, deep blacks.

I’m especially proud of the mouth area, it really has an almost 3D effect, something I rarely managed to get right.

WRAITH (2019)

16x12” acrylic on canvas

This was the second collaboration with Bailly and Scapegoat.tv after the Bismuth gig. This was designed for Japanese band Friendship but sadly due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 the gig was eventually cancelled.

The painting itself was based on a number of different sources for reference for cloth, lighting and the hand gesture. I’m not actually that much of a fan of painting hands to be perfectly honest.

The painting itself is currently still in Bannerman’s Bar. We were planning to hold another exhibition for all the paintings in the Bismuth gig exhibition again, but the day after putting them all up Lockdown began and the pub had to close, so I’ve not seen any of the exhibition paintings in person in about a year now.

Hopefully things will change soon.

MIKEY LAWLESS (2020)

12x9” acrylic on canvas

This one was painted in the first week of January 2020 for Mikey’s mother after Mikey himself sadly passed away from cancer just days after the new year began.

I think it took me roughly about 11-12 hours from start to finish and ended up being the only painting I completed that year, despite the coronavirus lockdown and other things happening.

DRUID (2021)

16x16” acrylic on canvas

And so it brings us to this one, again it took a nudge from Bailey to get me kick-started enough to unbox the paints again, and it took a bit of time to get started.

I’m not going to lie, after over a year of being nowhere near a paintbrush and canvas I was nervous and unsure if I could even do it, but once the canvas was primed and the blue paint started drawing out the shapes it started to come together.

It took about 4-5 days, give or take, spaced over a number of evenings, to complete and use references from a number of different sources.

The blue colour was chosen as a representation of Scotland in general, trying to capture the colour of the Saltire, but also evoke moonlight.

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“Woman’s Alertness Results In Arrests,” Toronto Star. March 18, 1940. Page 67. ---- Burlington, March 18. - Quick action by a woman was responsible for the capture of two men who allegedly broke into a Port Nelson refreshment stand Saturday. Miss M. Roberts from her home across the road, noticed two strange men enter the refreshment booth, which had been unoccupied for the past two weeks. She notified Colin Smith, the owner, and then went out to watch the men heading toward Burlington. Chief Lee Smith of Burlington and Constable Harvey Hunt of Nelson township apprehended two men near here. They gave their names as George MacGregor, 31, and Thomas Griffith, 27, both of Guelph. Taken to Milton jail on vagrancy charges. They were remanded until Wednesday.

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On February 4th 1590 a letter of fire and sword was issued against Clan Gregor, for murdering one of the king's foresters at Glengartney in Perthshire.

Letters of fire and sword. If a criminal resisted the law and refused to answer his citation, it was accounted treason in the Scottish courts; and “letters of fire and sword” were sent to the sheriff, authorising him to use either or both these instruments to apprehend the contumacious party. It gave permission for one Clan to attack another lawfully.

The MacGregors were blamed for the murder of John Drummond-Ernoch, a deputy forester of the Royal Forest. It was claimed that they killed him after he had caught a party of MacGregor poachers and summarily hung a few of them. It was said that they then went to the home of John Drommund-Erncoh's sister, Lady Margaret Stewart of Ardvolich (a kinsmen) and paraded his head in front of her after she had fed them a light meal of bread and cheese. (It is highly unlikely that they would have committed such a breach of Highland ettiquette.)

At any rate, they were brought before the Privy Council (of whom Sir Colin Campbell was a member) and, on 4th February 1590, a commission was issued that they were to seek and apprehend certain MacGregors deemed responsible for this heinous act. It was also recommended that all the MacGregors should be captured and punished because, if they weren't in on this crime, surely there were other crime that they had committed!

The commission also allowed anyone to use any measure they deemed necessary, including lethal force, to bring the justice the condemned MacGregors. It was also stated that the captors would received half of the value of the proper which would be forfeited by the MacGregors upon capture. Basically the Campbell Duke of Argyle was given a free hand to slaughter MacGregors.

This is not to say that the MacGregors were not a wild and bloody clan because they were. They always lived a rebel life and by their own rules. They feuded with other clans such as the Culquhons whom they slaughtered when the Colquhons were in retreat. In response to such constant rebellion and the Colquhon killings, their lands were seized, the Laird MacGregor and several of his followers were executed and, later on, their name was proscripted. The terms of the proscription were thus:

1. Babies not born yet will not take the MacGregor name under penalty of Death. 2. No more than four shall meet at a time, under penalty of Death. 3. They shall bear no weapons, save an unpointed knife for cutting their meat. 4. To kill a MacGregor is NOT a crime, but is to be encouraged.

The men were hunted down (many by specially trained Campbell hounds) and slaughtered, the women had their faces branded. Women who consorted with MacGregor men were tarred and feathered and driven out of towns.

After the MacGregor clan was prohibited from using the name and lost their homes, they became known as Clann a'Chedd or The Children of the Mist. This ban was in place for about 170 years, it was not until 1775 that the penal statutes against the MacGregors were finally repealed, and not until 1784 did the British government bureaucracy finally enforce this edict.

The MacGregors were a wild lot, but you have to ask did they deserve such harsh treatment? I don't think so, but these were harsh brutal times.

The MacGregors survive and indeed thrive to this day. The current chief of Clan Gregor is Sir Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor of MacGregor, 7th Bt, of Lanrick and Balquhidder, 24th Chief of Clan Gregor. His Gaelic designation is An t-Ailpeanach, a name which bears testimony to the clan's traditional descent from Siol Alpin, or Seed of Alpin, traditionally claiming descent from Cináed mac Ailpin, Kenneth MacAlpin, who was a King of the Picts and according to legend was the first King of Scotland.

The Clan motto is 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream Royal is my Race.

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Finlarig Castle is an early 17th-century castle standing on a mound on a peninsula between the River Lochay and Loch Tay, just over 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of Killin in Stirling (formerly in Perthshire), Scotland.

Built in 1629 by 'Black' Duncan Campbell (Donnchadh Dubh) of Glenorchy, the castle is an L-plan tower-house, formerly protected by an outer enclosure or barmekin, which is now in a dangerously ruinous condition. It was one of many strongholds built in Argyll and Perthshire by the Campbells of Breadalbane. The castle was visited by Rob Roy MacGregor in 1713.[1]

Near the Castle's north wall is a stone-lined pit which, legend has it, was used for beheading prisoners of noble blood. Commoners were hanged on a nearby oak tree. Near the Castle are the remnants of the Breadalbane Mausoleum, a mock-Tudor chapel erected in 1829 on the site of an earlier chapel and burial place founded in 1523 by an ancestor of the Earls of Breadalbane, Sir Colin Campbell. Allowed to decay over many years, this brick-built building has almost completely collapsed.