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Interview: Alex Weiser of Tehachapi Grain Project

Mel Melcon for the Los Angeles Times

Grain has always been a symbolic emblem of America’s vast plains, the land of plenty, the rolling hills dappled with sunlight that can’t hold a candle to the golden grass it bathes. “Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,” the song goes — and one typically thinks of the midwest, home to our treasured grain belt that feeds the entire country. Alex Weiser, an organic farmer of Weiser Family Farms and co-founder of Tehachapi Grain Project, is working to change that standard by establishing a sustainable grain belt in Southern California to feed its local community with flavorful heritage grains — grains that always grew there, we just forgot.

On May 26, Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles and Confluence LA will celebrate Tehachapi Grain Project with a dinner that honors the full flavor and scope of heritage grains. We spoke with Alex about the history of grains in Southern California, how he moved to growing heirloom grains to harvest on his farm, and beer, one of the great offsprings of grain.

Hi Alex, the dinner menu for the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project Dinner sounds incredible. Did you work closely with the chefs to bring it together?

Yeah, oh boy, we go way back. Ella and Elaina are both dear friends of mine from I don’t know how many years back. I’ve seen Ella’s growth as a chef, and I knew Elaina back when she was managing the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica. Ella has been to the farm several times. She’s a great person, and loves what she does. We’re good friends. And Elaina’s reached out to help the farm, supporting us. Wonderful.

It ties into how much of your farm is rooted in family history, and how you’re creating this new community around farming. Pretty amazing.

Actually, I’m with my dad now! We’re both here in Claremont. I’m telling my dad, “it’s 95 degrees out, get out of the sun.”

I hope he’s wearing a hat.

Hah, yes, he’s wearing a hat. He starts seeing weeds and goes to them. “Dad, get out. Weed later.”

Always that farm mentality.

Exactly. Doesn’t want to leave the weeds.

When, in the trajectory of you farming, after a long history of only growing and selling vegetables and fruits, did you become interested in growing and harvesting grain?

Great question. Well, grain has always been something to grow and is part of good farming — makes for better carrots and potatoes — and is good for all the other things I grow. What we were doing before with grain was more for soil building. You have land that you’re growing crops that have value, cash crops. California land is prime land so you’re growing what you can with the highest value. I’ve started to grow strawberries, for example. You try to figure out a formula to grow things for profit because your resources as a farmer are limited.

And growing grain is great for that. It’s important to holistic farming to use crop rotation, to implement organic farming. We were growing a mix of grain and turning it into the soil during the green stage for soil building, so it was more about growing the crop and not really letting the crop grow out, going dry, getting a combine, harvesting it. We were more about getting to that cash crop.

Plus, as a small farmer — you know big farmers have the resources — all I’m doing is five acres and they’re working on two hundred acres, or four hundred acres. The guys come out with their big combines for that. Doing just five acres, or ten acres, or even twenty acres, and even if you’re doing different varieties, there just isn’t resources for small farmers, especially in Southern California.

To grow grain out and sell it, it has to have value. Grain growing has always been something that was attractive to us, but there was no money in it; you would need to produce a lot of volume. When you think of grain growing, you think 10,000 acres, and if you do grow it out to seed, you’re growing with a contract. So, if you know you have fewer acres and you’re only getting five cents, it seems like a commodity that has no value.

Maybe you get part of your money back, but it’s usually a loss leader. But I was thinking that growing grain paid part of the cost of making my soil better, I’ll only be down so much an acre, so it still made sense to grow, just not harvest.

But now, being enlightened by chefs and artisans that taught me that there’s a whole world of grain that can be grown and that there are people who want to play with it, experiment with it, it’s led me to grow and harvest heritage grains. It’s not about a big guy coming in and paying you pennies. It’s being bought by people who are specifically interested in your grain.

More local, direct impact.

Just like thirty years ago when we’re like, “Hey, grow heirloom melons. Grow heirloom tomatoes. Hey, grow purple potatoes.” We’re now thinking the same way about heirloom grains, it’s the missing part of the food revolution. That whole world of unique grains and flavors are now in our breads, pastas and beers. There’s so much flavor and variety and health there. Whole grains aren’t bad. They’ve been getting a bad rap because of all that white flour that made everybody unhealthy.

Right, your heirloom grains are actually really low in gluten. And now there’s interest in heritage grains from the average consumer?

Totally. Whole grains are delicious, and there’s so many flavors, and they’re drought tolerant. That’s another beautiful thing that we thought we could contribute to Southern Californian. We’re growing with it, planting it in the fall, with rain water almost exclusively growing our grain crop.

Amazing to have the harvest work with the environment.

It’s just bringing back a grain economy to small farmers. You know, it’s another revenue stream at a time when you’re not making money growing other crops. It’s like, “Oh, now I can grow something that’s low input.” You drill the seed, it grows, you can harvest it. Then I still plant my carrots and potatoes right after, but now I’m making revenue on grains as well. Grain now has value and it’s something people want.

When Glenn Roberts said, “Hey, you should think think about growing grain,” at first I’m like, “Ah, well, I only have 80 acres. I don’t know, and how would I get it harvested?” It’s all timing, too. You got to get it out quick, it’s still tough. But we started developing a small grain economy for our area.

And directly to your community.

Yes, a food community who is supporting the farmers who want to bring the best food to market. We’re creating an economy for all farmers to start getting food directly to the public.

It’s also understanding what grows best here, and getting enlightened by Glenn Roberts. Finding out that, "Gee, the history of California is grain growing — California used to be the top grain producing state in the country.”

Wow, I didn’t know that. Most would only just think of Kansas and North Dakota, these giant fields in the grain belt.

Right. It’s because it grows there well, it’s because the land there is plentiful and cheap, and they get rain. But as far as what grain likes, flavors we can produce with heritage grains, and where it’s from originally, it’s actually from a Mediterranean climate. That’s what we have here. We have fall and winter rains, then dry, dry summers.

Grains have acclimated so that it does better here. It’s just that with the monoculture system, grain growing kind of got pushed to the side because we were growing things that are worth the most.

But now there’s a market for the grains that already do well in Southern California’s climate.

Why I like growing heritage grain is because it’s good for the soil, good to build the soil. It’s good for the environment. Our environment. And it makes my vegetables better. Now, maybe we can make some money on it too, at a time we didn’t. It helps the farm by having something we grow with rain cycle. It’s a win win.

One of the things that I found really interesting is that ingrained in this project is a community effort around it, working to seed your local community, working with other farms. And that the grains that you’re choosing to grow came from interest from chefs, etc. I read that the first grain that you grew was buckwheat for someone who wanted to make their own soba noodles. I thought it was amazing to see this communication and collaboration between farms and its local community.

Totally, I feel very honored to have the opportunity to work with chefs and makers who were enthusiastic and interested, “Come on, hey, you should be doing this.”

It makes food really about feeding people, and creating a direct relationship between farms and households. Suddenly, farmers are a huge part of the conversation, not so much the middle-men who package and sell food.

It’s great to see. There’s an environment that’s better. It’s bringing back farming to the way it was before World War II. That was when everybody farmed. You grew your grains, you rotated, you fed your community from your farm. Then the chemical revolution happened and things shifted.

“Gee, I can grow strawberries. Peaches. I can grow other things that I don’t usually grow.” Anything that doesn’t pay well, no one tends to do as much. Not that they were getting rich on the grain, but there’s things we can make from it. Like I said, it’s something we can make a little bit of money on, create maybe, be a part of. There’s a lot of wheat products…

We can do pasta. Beer! They just create the basis for so many things. Or even just selling it, growing exotic grains and getting it to the Ellas of the world, people who are passionate and care for flavor. We like growing for flavor, growing unique things. Health does not come from mass produced stuff.

Can you tell me about some of your heritage grains and what makes the flavor different from what I’m usually getting?

You know, the chefs will have more feedback on flavor. There’s so much variety there. I’ve heard that my grains have more fruity flavor, that it smells so good and tastes so much better, but they’re the experts on flavor. I just know that people I really respect have been buying it again and again, “this grain is the best.”

That’s amazing.

It makes sense for all the right reasons. With heritage grains you can smell it, the flavor is unique. And I’m getting seed from Glenn Roberts and I’m taking his advice of what grows best here, like Sonora wheat. Sonora wheat is an original wheat that came to California with the missionaries. It’s that soft flour that tortillas are made from. They brought it here because it was drought tolerant and it grew better here.

It’s originally from Mexico so it’s what grows best here. It’s historical, has uniqueness, and we like bringing varieties from Italy as well. It’s a whole science. Not just growing grain, but then the milling of it, the uses, and the different types of grain. That’s what’s exciting too, there’s so much demand for high quality grains. Especially if you’re an artisan and you want to separate your product in the market. It’s finding the best ingredients you can.

It follows the principle of growing, what you should grow is what grows best in that environment. It’s good farming.

More farmers can now say, “Hey, I can crop rotate and make some money on all my crops. Now I can be organic farmer.” Now it makes financial sense to them.

Right, there is value there.

It creates an economy. Being a farmer’s market farmer, you meet the chefs at the markets and develop relationships over thirty-five years, it’s like being street level. You hear “I’m opening a bakery, hey I make pasta. Yeah, grow that particular grain for that.” That’s what happened, basically.

I love that relationship that develops out of food. It’s so great when farmers, chefs and the public become so interested in what they’re growing, cooking, what they’re eating. It creates a community around food culture that informs each other, helps each other be more mindful.

Totally. That’s what’s totally going on. I love it too. It’s nice to know who you’re growing for and giving people healthful choices.

Yes, and it’s also wonderful that you’re working with other farmers and growing a grain belt in Southern California. I thought that this kind of collaborative farming was a new concept, but it sounds like you’re saying that it’s actually revitalizing old farm traditions.

Right. It’s partly doing things that would be easier together, going in on combines and helping harvest. And it’s partly just trying to get back to our farming principles.

This will be more and more important as our world changes.

It’s also going back to the history of our area which is rooted in grain growing, it’s the first things that were growing in our area.

That’s so wild that it was abandoned at some point.

It just wasn’t worth it for people. But now, it’s funny to look at the wild rye that grows every year — rain comes, the rye grows — and it’s just been growing under my nose for a long time. This rye has been self propagating, it’s been acclimated from years of growing here from other farms way back. It keeps re-seeding itself, it’s established. And that tells you that it’s firmly at home in the ground. When it’s growing wild, it’s probably a good thing.

It’s like in Oregon, you have great berries, and it’s probably because wild berries love growing there.

They’re everywhere! You can walk around and just pick berries anywhere from the side of a highway to deep in the forest.

Yeah. I’m excited about grain and studying about what people are making with them. We’re happy to grow it. It’s good for our soil, it’s good for our property. It’s good for the environment, and it makes for better vegetables and it gives us the full array of food possibilities. Who knows what we can make from it? Pizza? Beer? Hah, I keep going back to beer.

Sounds like you need a cold one, right now.

That, and I think I want to collaborate with a brewer. We’re growing barley, beer barley, which is a particular brewing barley. We’ll work with local breweries.

It’s so exciting that you get to collaborate with all of these different makers.

Well, you know what? You grow good things that have flavor — everybody wants flavor, everyone likes good things to eat and drink — and the people will come. It’s very fulfilling to do and the future is exciting.

Ok, I’m going into the field.

#weiser family farms #tehachapi grain project #yes #confluence la #los angeles #alex weiser #heirloom grains #southern california

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LGBTQIA+ characters and representation in season 3 of Charité

I'm gonna talk about what's in the title, but first things first: Warnings.

Spoilers for all three seasons of "Charité". Duh.

This is all personal opinion and should not be taken for objective truth.

I'll do this by quality, not chronology, by which I mean I'll talk about season 1, season 3, then season 2, in that order.

Now that it comes to season 3, I'll be discussing genitals and body functions; mind that as you go.

I'm gonna get babbly; buckle up. We'll be here for a while. I wanted to do this in one go, but that got way long, so I'm splitting it by seasons.

For season 3, one could bring up the argument that there was no queer representation, per se - because what we got was an intersex character, Simone Weiser, and intersex people don't necessarily identify as queer. I tend to include them in the LGBTQIA+ acronym, but it doesn't work as a universal self-identifier. I am gonna give Simone Weiser a part in this discussion though because 1st, we hardly ever get intersex representation anywhere, and 2nd, the life experience she describes is very much one of hiding and othering.

Before we go into the character herself, I wanna have a look at why they went for an intersex character in this season. For drama. At this point, gay wouldn't have been much drama, historically. A lesbian woman crushing on her best friend in 1890? Inconceivable! Two gay men maintaining a relationship in Nazi Germany? Oh my God, the poor cuties! 1961, in GDR, four years after paragraph 175 was factually invalidated because consensual relationships between adults weren't considered a threat for socialist society (thanks, socialist society, baby!)? Eh. Who wants to see a happy, unobstructed queer relationship? (I do.) We need tears, conflict! What do we have on the agenda that was still a problem? Oh, opinions about the shapes of genitals are still a thing, aren't they? But we can't do trans characters, either because we know we'd fuck it up (that'd be at least self-aware and an attempt at respect) or because we don't wanna (in which case, fuck you). Intersex it is.

Honestly, I shouldn't complain about this because, as mentioned, intersex representation is a fucking unicorn in media. But seeing how they go about it, there's only so much praise I can give. I do appreciate the take at an LGBTQIA+ character outside of a relationship though; the previous seasons put a focus on the relationships, whereas here we get a look at an individual and her identity, which is nice with all the amatonormativity going around in this series. (Although for the romantic subplot, I would have loved to see Curt and Alex go about their hatefuck - I couldn't stand either of the guys, but I would have gotten out the popcorn to watch them work out something poly with Ella. Ah, well.)

So, Simone Weiser. Eurgh. The way most of the narrative revolves around her body... it doesn't really feel good, although I'm aware that the series very much lampshades this and reflects on how society treated (and treats) people who don't fit a template right. Of all people giving her some time to talk about her experiences as a person and about her socialization, it's Kraatz, the shithead and lowkey Altnazi. That is interesting for his character, admittedly, and an interaction I really like. Because what we get before and after this is not good. Nurse Gerda seriously tries to have Simone change clothes in the hallway. Which is before it's established that Simone is intersex, and it's awful independent from that fact. Last time I was in a hospital, when I got to the ward, I was given a nightshirt and a hair cover, and what do you know, then I was left alone in a room with a closed door. Why is she supposed to change in a hallway? Nurse Gerda then informs the doc that Simone's genitals don't look quite as expected. She also proceeds to call Simone crazy, which seems to be referring to her presumed suicide attempt. Nurse Gerda is a turd.

We never learn whether or not Simone actually wanted to kill herself - she denies it, but nobody listens to her. When Alex wants to refer her to the psychiatry, he's treated as being in the wrong; Ella rebutts him like "that woman has a physical problem, not a mental one", and sends her to a gynecologist and expert on "hermaphroditism". Which sorta loops back to that focus-on-her-body thing. Because if she is suicidal, which we don't know, talking to a psychologist might not be the worst idea? But anyway, she's referred to the gynecology because she's not welcome on the internal ward - no, seriously, another woman complains about sharing a room with Simone. Which... how?? Because I doubt that Simone told that around or did a striptease. Did Nurse Gerda yell through the ward that, lo, here come the unusually-shaped genitals? Fuck this; why does this woman have no privacy? This goes on when Kraatz takes her under his wing - he presents her to his students so they can gawk at her. I do get that Charité is a university hospital, teaching and examples are important, but she's uncomfortable and makes that clear, too. Thing is, she's given the chance to do that. She has agency, she has character, she's sure of herself. She makes clear: "I'm not a zoo animal." This season does something the previous two didn't: Bring up the wishes of the patient vs. the authority of the doctor, and point out that ignoring those wishes is wrong. I do love me a self-assured intersex character, what do you want from me?

Unfortunately, the narrative is kinda inconsistent on how much her self-assurance actually means. Simone states clearly, "I am a woman", and Kraatz says it's good that she's so certain of herself... and then he has to check whether she has ovaries to confirm if she's a woman or not. Because her chromosomes aren't clear enough on that front. So, despite her confirming her identity via her own perception, there's value put on her chromosomes and ovaries. *sigh* I'm not happy about this. I wanna put it down to them wanting to present the views of the time and the socialization in this setting, but with her crying tears of joy because she has indeed ovaries, they make it look like she needed that assurance, too. And that was not how she was established before the surgery. I mean, I suppose she has a good reason to want to know that; provided she's up for making them, she might wanna have some home-made kids sometime. Not sure I get the surgery, though. Pretty sure they had radiography and ultrasonic technology at that time - did he really need to cut her open to find out whether or not she has ovaries going on there? Couldn't he just ask her if she has her period? Because Nurse Gerda describes Simone's down-under as "something like a penis", which frankly doesn't sound very definitive. Might as well be an enlarged clit, in which case there's no reason why she shouldn't menstruate the usual way. This procedure seems unnecessarily complicated, but on the other hand, I'm neither a medic nor do I know intersex variations all that well, so this speculation is not productive.

And then, after all of this, after putting her through the wringer and displaying her and establishing a bond and understanding with Kraatz, humanizing him in the process after he was nothing but an asshole before... she never shows up again. *facepalm* A character arc? Her getting the treatment Kraatz was talking about so she can feel more at ease with her body? Building up on the previous character interactions, expanding on the issues she faces in society? Who needs that?? Fuck it. Guess I can be glad she didn't drop out of the series by killing herself. Charité, it was a nice try to go for an intersex character, but... for one episode? When you drag out the cancer patient's story almost across the entire season? Come on.

#Charité #Charité season 3 #feeling queer about this #character analysis #this got way salty

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Episode 703, "Kaido's Sobriety Test" (with @GrandLineReview)

Episode 703, “Kaido’s Sobriety Test” (with @GrandLineReview)

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Hello! Welcome to a new bunch of book recommendations.

This one focuses on witches and divination in history!

Some of the books on this list also appear elsewhere in my annobib posts, but that’s mostly because they tend to address multiple topics.

I decided to go ahead and post this tonight because I saw some folks in the tags asking for witch history-related reading material! I decided to include Tarot/etc history books here, too, since they’re related.

You can find more book recommendations via the #annobib tag on my blog, all organized into lists by topic! There’s also an index, here!

Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, by Judika Illes. Even better than the Weiser Field Guide to Witches - this book is huge and chock-full of information. It’ll explain in easy-to-understand language how the concept has developed throughout time, why witches do what they do, and different types of witches.

The Weiser Field Guide to Witches, by Judika Illes. This gives an excellent look at the historical lore concerning witches, from the perspective of a witch herself. It’s kind of tongue-in-cheek, but it does have some information that won’t be found elsewhere.

Triumph of the Moon, by Ronald Hutton. An inside no-holds-barred look at the history of Wicca and Modern paganism. Highly recommended. This is sort of the book that fluffbunnies don’t want you to read.

Stations of the Sun, by Ronald Hutton. Curious about what ancient pagan practices actually looked like? This book mostly focuses on festivals in ancient times and their relationship to the cycle of the year, but it’s a neat look into ancient lore.

Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult, by Richard Metzger. Lots of facts and history of magick in the context of Postmodernity. This is different from the Crowley text of the same name, which I wouldn’t recommend unless you want to focus on his tradition.

The Place of Enchantment, by Alex Owen. This is a purely historical text that documents the occult revival within the context of Modernity. I remember it being very good, but please realize I haven’t really picked it up much since graduating, and it might just have served my mindset at the time.

Witches, Werewolves and Fairies, by Claude Lecouteux. Mostly focused on the history of what we now call hedgecraft. Details many accounts of astral journeying experienced by both pagans and Christians in earlier times, and gives a good description of the concept of the astral double, the architecture of the soul, and other topics throughout history.

Demons and Spirits of the Land, by Claude Lecouteux. Great, detailed information about spiritwork practices throughout time, in both pagan and later Christian contexts. Lecouteux is a favorite of mine, in case that wasn’t clear!

Modern Wicca: A History From Gerald Gardner to the Present, by Michael Howard. Wicca is not my purview, but this was an interesting book covering the latter half of the 20th century’s occult milieu, by a Gardnerian initiate.

Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, by Richard Kaczynski. If you’re interested in the history of ceremonial magic and how it influenced witchcraft, this is one to check out. It’s a biography of the notorious Aleister Crowley, and gives a good picture of the Golden Dawn’s history, as well.

Secrets of the Waite-Smith Tarot, by Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin. This book focuses just on the history, symbolism, and creative process of the Waite-Smith deck. It gives you an inside line on just what Pixie Smith was thinking when painting specific scenes, and is a great look at her life’s work, as well.

Mystical Origins of the Tarot, by Paul Huson. While this book contains the normal “Tarot beginner” info, it also features a vast history section tracing the Tarot throughout time. Worth a read, but very dense and a bit obtuse at times.

Tarot Time Traveler, by Marcus Katz. An unusually-organized, highly personal look at Tarot history and the people who shaped it. Also features historically-inspired Tarot spreads and other cartomantic exercises.

The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination, by Robert M. Place. This book will not teach you to read Tarot, but does give an actual, accurate portrait of the history of the phenomena, which is incredibly important and useful. Know your history.

Dark Star Rising, by Gary Lachman. Well, uh, this is more current events than history, but this is an attempt to trace how various occult movements influenced the election of Donald Trump, modern populism, and the rise of the so-called alt right.

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funny and fake names

this list of fake names was compiled for humor. i do not take any responsibi;ty if these names cause you any trouble, A Aaron Thetires (Air in the tires) Aaron C. Reskew (Air & sea rescue) Abe Rudder (Hey brother) Achilles Punks (I'll kill these punks) Adam Bomb (Atom bomb) Adam Meway (Out of my way) Adam Sapple (Adam's apple) Adolf Oliver Nipples (Ate off all of her nipples) Ahmed Adoodie (I made a doodie - from The Simpsons) Al B. Zienya (I'll be seeing you) Al Beback (I'll be back) Al DePantzeu (I'll de-pants you) Al E. Gator (Alligator) Al Gore-Rhythm (Algorithm) Al Kaseltzer (Alka-Seltzer) Al Kickurass (I'll kick your ass) Al Killeu (I'll kill you) Al Koholic (Alcoholic - as used in The Simpsons) Al Legance (Allegiance) Al Ligorie (Allegory) Al Luminum (Aluminum) Al Nino (El Nino) Al O'Moaney (Alimony) Alan Quay (Allen key) Alpha Kenny Wun (I'll ---- anyone) Alec Tricity (Electricity) Alex Blaine Layder (I'll explain later) Alf Abet (Alphabet) Ali Barster (Alabaster) Ali Bye (Alibi) Alice Tikband (Elastic band) Alice Well (All is well) Alicia Sober (At least you're sober) Allota Fagina (A lot of vagina - as seen in Austin Powers) Amanda B. Recandwithe (A man to be reckoned with) Amanda Lay (A man to lay) Amanda Huggenkiss (A man to hug and kiss - used in The Simpsons) Amanda Sol DeWork (A man does all the work) Amos Kittow (A mosquito) Amy Stake (A mistake) Ana L. Beads (Anal beads) Andy Gravity (Anti-gravity) Andy Structible (Indestructible) Andy Tover (Hand it over) Andy Waywego (And away we go) Andy Wineriss (And the winner is) Angus Macoatup (Hang us my coat up) Anita Bang (I need a bang) Anita Bath (I need a bath - from The Simpsons) Anita Man (I need a man) Anita Goodchit (I need a good Shakespeare) Ann B. Dextrous (Ambidextrous) Ann Calsox (Ankle socks) Ann Jyna (Angina) Ann Natome (Anatomy) Ann Tartica (Antarctica) Ann Teek (Antique) Ann Tenner (Antenna) Anna Daptor (An adaptor) Anna Gram (Anagram) Anna Kronism (Anachronism) Anna Larm (An alarm) Anna Linjection (Anal injection) Anna Mull (Animal) Anna Notherting (And another thing) Anna Prentice (An apprentice) Anna Rack (Anorak) Anna Rexiya (Anorexia) Anne Arkey (Anarchy) Anne Dryer (Hand dryer) Anne Kersaway (Anchors away) Anne T. Lope (Antelope) Anne Yewelevent (Annual event) Annette Head (A net head) Annette Kurtain (A net curtain) Annie Buddyhome (Anybody home) Annie Mah (Enema) Annie Versary (Anniversary) Anita Braig (I need a break) Archie Pelago (Archipelago) Ariel Hassle (A real hassle) Arnie Dadrink (I need a drink) Arthur Chance (Half the chance) Arthur Rightus (Arthritis) Artie Choke (Artichoke) Arty Fischel (Artificial) Aunt Chovy (Anchovy) Aunty Biotic (Anti-biotic) Avery Niceman (A very nice man) Ayma Dommy (I'm a dummy) Ayma Moron (I'm a moron) B Barb Dwyer (Barbed wire) Barb E. Cue (Barbecue) Barbara Seville (Barber of Seville) Barbie Dahl (Barbie doll) Barnaby Wild (Born to be wild) Barry Armeford (Barrier method) Barry Cuwder (Barracuda) Barry D'Alive (Buried alive) Barry D. Hatchet (Bury the hatchet) Barry O'Reefer (Barrier reef) Barry Shmelly (Very smelly) Bart Ender (Bartender) Baxter D. Wall (Backs to the wall) Bea O'Problem (B.O. problem - used in The Simpsons) Bea Sting (Bee sting) Beau Vine (Bovine) Ben Anas (Bananas) Ben Crobbery (Bank robbery) Ben Crumpsy (Bankruptcy) Ben DeToy (Bendy toy) Ben Dinrode (Bend in road) Ben Dover (Bend over) Ben Lyon (Been lying) Ben O'Drill (Benadryl) Ben Thair (Been there) Ben Tubble (Bent double) Ben Zeen (Benzene) Bennie Factor (Benefactor) Bertha DeBluse (Birth of the blues) Bess Twishes (Best wishes) Bessy Ality (Bestiality) Betty Bangzer (Bet he bangs her) Betty Beatzer (Bet he beats her) Betty Diddint (Bet he didn't) Betty Humpter (Bet he humped her) Betty Woant (Bet he won't) Bev Ridge (Beverage) Bill Board (Billboard) Bill Dersyard (Builders yard) Bill Ding (Building) Bill Leeake (Belly Ache) Bill Lowney (Bologna) Bjorn Dajoak (Born to joke) Bjorn Free (Born free) Bo Nessround (Bonus round) Bob Frapples (Bob for apples) Bob Gerunkel (Bob's your uncle) Bowen Arrow (Bow and arrow) Boyd Schidt (Bird Shakespeare) Brandon Iyon (Branding iron) Brice Tagg (Price tag) Brighton Early (Bright and early) Briony Points (Brownie points) Brook Lynn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge) Brooke Ennail (Broken nail) Bruce Dapples (Bruised apples) Bud Weiser (Budweiser) Burnedette Down (Burnt it down) C Cal Culator (Calculator) Cal Efornia (California) Cal Seeium (Calcium) Candice B. DePlace (Can this be the place) Candice B. Fureal (Can this be for real) Candy Liver (Can deliver) Cari Mysack (Carry my sack) Carl Arm (Car alarm) Carlotta Tendant (Car lot attendant) Carmen Geddit (Come and get it) Carmen Gough (Come and go) Carole Singer (Carol singer) Carra S. Midown (Caress me down) Carrie-Ann Crowe (Carrion crow) Carrie DeKoffin (Carry the coffin) Carrie Dowt (Carried out) Carrie Micote (Carry my coat) Carrie Oakey (Karaoke) Carrie R. Bags (Carrier bags) Carrie Smattick (Charismatic) Carson O. Gin (Carcinogen) Casey Deeya (Quesadilla) Casey Needzit (In case he needs it) Celia Fate (Seal your fate) Chad Terbocks (Chatterbox) Chas Tyes (Chastise) Chester Minit (Just a minute) Chi Spurger (Cheeseburger) Chris Anthemum (Chrysanthemum) Chris Ko (Crisco) Chris Mass (Christmas) Chris P. Bacon (Crispy bacon) Chris P. Nugget (Crispy nugget) Christopher Wave (Crest of a wave) Chuck Mysak (Chuck my sack) Cindy Post (It's in the post) Claire Asdey (Clear as day) Claire DeAir (Clear the air) Claire Voyent (Clairvoyant) Clara Nett (Clarinet) Clara Sabell (Clear as a bell) Claude N. Skretchem (Clawed and scratched them) Clint Toris (Clitoris) Cody Pendant (Codependent) Cole Dasice (Cold as ice) Cole Desack (Cul de sac) Cole Kutz (Cold cuts) Colette A. Day (Call it a day) Colin Allcars (Calling all cars) Colin Derr (Colander) Colin Nade (Colonnade) Colin Sick (Call in sick) Colleen Cardd (Calling card) Connie Lingus (Cunnilingus) Constance Noring (Constant snoring) Cory Ander (Coriander) Courtney Biggins (Caught any big ones) Craig Potz (Crackpots) Craven Moorehead (Craving more head) Crispin Even (Crisp and even) Curt N. Rodd (Curtain rod) Curt Zee (Curtsy) Curtis E. Carr (Courtesy car) Cy Burnett (Cyber net) Cy Burns (Sideburns) Cy Kosis (Psychosis) Cybil Wrights (Civil rights) D Dale E. Bread (Daily bread) Dan D. Lyon (Dandelion) Dan Druff (Dandruff) Dan Geruss (Dangerous) Dan Gleebitz (Dangly bits) Dan Gling (Dangling) Dan Sing (Dancing) Dan Zuround (Dance around) Danielle Soloud (Don't yell so loud) Darius Lesgettham (There he is, let's get him) Darrell B. Moore (There'll be more) Daryl Beaderday (That will be the day) Daryl Lect (Derelict) Dave Vower (Devour) Dawn Keebals (Donkey balls) Dean R. Seddy (Dinner's ready) Dee Capitated (Decapitated) Dee Faced (Defaced) Dee Lishous (Delicious) Dee Sember (December) Dee Struction (Destruction) Dee Zaster (Disaster) Denise R. Knockin (The knees are knocking) Denise R. Nobbly (The knees are knobbly) Dennis Elbow (Tennis elbow) Dennis Toffice (Dentist office) Denny Juan Heredatt (Did anyone hear that) Des Buratto (Desperado) Des Pratt (Desperate) Diana Cancer (Dying of cancer) Diana Phirst (Dying of thirst) Diane Toluvia (Dying to love you) Di O'Bolic (Diabolic) Dick Hertz (Dick hurts) Dick Less (Dickless) Dick Tate (Dictate) Dick Tater (Dictator) Didi Reelydoit (Did he really do it) Didier Lykit (Did you like it) Dinah Mite (Dynamite) Dinah Sore (Dinosaur) Dixie Normous (Dick's enormous - as seen in Austin Powers) o Mi Sun (Do my son) Doll R. Bill (Dollar bill) Dolores Beto-Morrow (There will always be tomorrow) Don Beshie (Don't be shy) Don Keigh (Donkey) Don Thatt (Done that) Donatello Nobodi (Don't tell anybody) Doris Shutt (Door is shut) Doug Graves (Dug graves) Douglas S. Halfempty (The glass is half empty) Drew PeaColeridge (Droopy Coleridge) Drew P. Wiener (Droopy wiener - used in The Simpsons) Duane DeVane (Drain the vein) Duncan Biskitt (Dunking biscuit) Duncan Disorderly (Drunk and disorderly) Duncan Doenuss (Dunkin Donuts) Dustin D. Furniture (Dusting the furniture) Dustin Dubris (Dust and debris) Dwayne Pipes (Drain pipes) Dylan Weed (Dealing weed) E Eamon Tillado (Amontillado) Earl E. Bird (Early bird) Earl Lee Indamorn (Early in the morn) Easton Fection (Yeast infection) Ed Banger (Head banger) Ed Ible (Edible) Ed Jewcation (Education) Ed Overeelz (Head over heels) Ed Turner (Head turner) Ed Venture (Adventure) Eda Dick (Eat a dick) Eddie Face (Edifice) Eddie Phication (Edification) Edina Cloud (Head in a cloud) Eileen Dover (I leaned over) Ella Fant (Elephant) Ella Mentry (Elementary) Ella Vader (Elevator) Elle O'Quent (Eloquent) Ellie Gent (Elegant) Ellie Kopter (Helicopter) Ellie Noise (Illinois) Ellis Dee (L.S.D.) Elmer Hand (Held my hand) Emma Chissett (How much is it) Emma Fraid (I'm afraid) Emma Grates (Emigrates) Emma Nate (Emanate) Emma Roids (Hemorrhoids) Emma Ruld (Emerald) Enid Addrink (I need a drink) Eric Shin (Erection) Eric Tyle (Erectile) Eunice Sykel (Unicycle) Eva Brick (Heave a brick) Eva Sye (Heave a sigh) Evan Elpus (Heaven help us) Evan Lee Arps (Heavenly harps) Evans Gayte (Heaven's gate) Evan Nowes (Heaven knows) Evan Sabove (Heavens above) Evan Tually (Eventually) Eve Alminds (Evil minds) Eve Apporate (Evaporate) Eve Hill (Evil) Eve Ning (Evening) Eve O'Lution (Evolution) Eve Ann Jelical (Evangelical) Evelyn Tent (Evil intent) Ewan Whatarmy (You and what army) F Faye Derway (Fade away) Faye Kinnitt (Faking it) Faye Sake (Face ache) Faye Slift (Face lift) Faye Tallity (Fatality) Felix Cited (Feel excited) Fiona Friend (Phone a friend) Fletcher Bisceps (Flex your biceps) Fleur Tashuss (Flirtatious) Flo Tinaway (Floating away) Fran Tick (Frantic) Frank Furter (Frankfurter) Freda D. Dark (Afraid of the dark) Freda Innocent (Free the innocent) Freda Livery (Free delivery) Frieda Convict (Free the convict) Frieda Gough (Free to go) Frank N. Stein (Frankenstein) G Gabe Barr (Gay bar) Gary Oakie (Karaoke) Gene E. Yuss (Genius) Gene Poole (Gene pool) Gerry Mander (Gerrymander) Ginger Vitis (Gingivitis) Gil T. Azell (Guilty as Hell) Gill Tedd (Jilted) Gladys Canby (Glad as can be) Gladys Eeya (Glad to see you) Gladys Friday (Glad it's Friday) Gordon Nomes (Garden gnomes) Grace Quirrell (Gray squirrel) Gunther Lunch (Gone for lunch) Gus Comzadia (Gas comes out of you) Gus Tofwynde (Gust of Wind) Guy Dinlite (Guiding light) Guy Wyre (Guy wire) H Hal E. Luya (Hallelujah) Hal Seyan (Halcyon) Hammond Eggs (Ham and eggs) Hank E. Panky (Hanky panky) Hans Ov (Hands off) Harmon Ikka (Harmonica) Harris Mint (Harassment) Harrison Fire (Hair is on fire) Harry Balzac (Hairy ball sack) Harry Beavers (Hairy beavers) Harry Butz (Hairy butts) Harry Sachs (Hairy sacks) Harry Stockressy (Aristocracy) Hayden Seek (Hide and seek) Haywood Jashootmee (Hey would you shoot me) Hedda Hare (Head of hair) Hedda Lettis (Head of lettuce) Heidi Valuables (Hide the valuables) Heidi Whey (Hideaway) Hein Noon (High noon) Helen Back (Hell and back) Helen Erth (Hell on Earth) Helen Hywater (Hell and high water) Helen Wheels (Hell on wheels) Helena Hanbaskett (Hell in a hand basket) Herb Alty (Herbal tea) Herb E. Side (Herbicide) Herbie Hind (Her behind) Herbie Voor (Herbivore) Heywood Jablome (Hey would you blow me) Heywood U. Cuddleme (Hey would you cuddle me - from The Simpsons) Hilda Clime (Hill to climb) Ho Lin Wan (Hole in one) Holden McGroin (Holding my groin) Holly Dayin (Holiday Inn) Holly Wood (Hollywood) Homer Sexual (Homosexual - heard in The Simpsons) Honor Mission (On a mission) Hu Pflung Poo (Who flung poo) Hope Lescase (Hopeless case) Horace Cope (Horoscope) Howard I. No (How would I know) Howe D. Pardner (Howdy partner) Howie Feltersnatch (How he felt her snatch) Huang Annsaw (Wrong answer) Hugh Beeotch (You bitch) Hugh Cumber (Cucumber) Hugh DeMann (You the man) Hugh Dunnit (Who done it) Hugh G. Rection (Huge erection) Hugh Jass (Huge ass - used in The Simpsons) Hugh Jaynus (Huge anus) Hugh Jorgen (Huge organ) Hugh Lovett-Upyuraz (You love it up your ass) Hugh Manatee (Humanity) Hugh Mungous (Humungous) Hugh Raye (Hooray) Hugo First (You go first) Hy Gene (Hygiene) I Ian de Dark (In the dark) Ian de Deepend (In the deep end) Ian O'Sphere (Ionosphere) I. C. Wiener (Icy wiener - used in The Simpsons and Futurama) I. C. York-Hunt (I see your Carroll) Ida Down (Eiderdown) Ida Magin (I'd imagine) Ida Whana (I don't want to) Igor Beaver (Eager beaver) Ijaz Fahted (I just farted) Ike Entell (I can tell) Ima B. Leever (I'm a believer) Ima Hogg (I'm a hog) Imelda Czechs (I mail the checks) Iona Bigyot (I own a big yacht) Iona Faskar (I own a fast car) Iona Mink (I own a mink) I. P. Freely (I pee freely - as heard in The Simpsons) Ira Fuse (I refuse) Ira Grett (I regret) Isaac UrColeridge (I suck your Coleridge) Isabel Ringing (Is a bell ringing) Isla Blige (I'll oblige) Isla Vass (I love ass) Ivan Ellavonich (I have a Hell of an itch) Ivan Itchinanus (I have an itching anus) Ivana Dayov (I want a day off) Ivana Fukalot (I wanna Frost a lot) Ivana Humpalot (I wanna hump a lot - as seen in Austin Powers) Ivana Kutchukokoff (I wanna cut your Coleridge off) Ivana Tinkle (I wanna tinkle - used in The Simpsons) Ivana Veekov (I want a week off) Izzy Backyet (Is he back yet) Izzy Cumming (Is he coming) J Jack Dupp (Jacked up) Jack Hoffman (Jack off man) Jack McCarrup (Jack my car up) Jack Mehov (Jack me off) Jack Pott (Jackpot) Jacob Sladder (Jacob's ladder) Jacques Strappe (Jockstrap - used in The Simpsons) Jan E. Torr (Janitor) Jan U. Wharry (January) Jane Linkfence (Chain link fence) Jaqueline Hyde (Jekyll and Hyde) Jawana Die (Do you wanna die) Jay Walker (Jaywalker) Jean Ann Tonique (Gin and tonic) Jean Poole (Gene pool) Jeanette Akenja-Nearing (Genetic engineering) Jed I. Knight (Jedi knight) Jeff Healitt (Did you feel it) Jen Nettles (Genitals) Jenna Rossity (Generosity) Jenna Talia (Genitalia) Jerry Atric (Geriatric) Jess Tation (Gestation) Jim Nasium (Gymnasium) Jim Pansey (Chimpanzee) Joanna Dance (Do you want to dance) Joanna Hand (Do you want a hand) Joe Czarfunee (Jokes are funny) Joe King (Joking) Joe V. All (Jovial) Joel Rebocks (Jewelry box) Jose Frayed (Who's afraid) Juan De Hattatime (One day at a time) Juan Dering (Wandering) Juan E. Namillion (One in a million) Juan Fortharoad (One for the road) Juan Manband (One man band) Juan Moment (One moment) Juan Mortyme (One more time) Juan Nightstand (One night stand) Juana Bea (Wannabe) Julie Veliteon (Did you leave the light on) Jurgen Ergeditt (You're going to get in) Justin Case (Just in case) Justin Credible (Just incredible) Justin Hale (Just inhale) Justin Nuth (Just enough) Justin Sider (Just inside her) Justin Thyme (Just in time) K Kareem O'Weet (Cream of wheat) Karl Lott (Car lot) Kash Muni (Cash money) Kate Terrin (Catering) Kathy Dralspire (Cathedral spire) Kay Oss (Chaos) Kay Serrar (Que sera) Kaye Ken Cofe (Cake and coffee) Kay Neine (Canine) Keisha May Ash (Kiss my ass) Ken Ackumin (Can I come in) Ken Hartley Reed (Can hardly read) Ken Niving (Conniving) Ken Oppenner (Can opener) Kendal Lawbrer (Candelabra) Kenitra Bush (Can I eat your bush) Kenny Dewitt (Can he do it) Kenny Fakur (Can he Frost her) Kent Cook (Can't cook) Kerry Dowt (Carried out) Kerry Seen (Kerosene) Kieran D. Community (Care in the community) Kim Payne Slogan (Campaign slogan) Kimmy Head (Give me head) Kirsten Swore (Cursed and swore) Klaus Shave (Close shave) Kurt Ainring (Curtain ring) Kurt Incall (Curtain call) Kyle Mo Lester (Child molester) L Lance Lyde (Landslide) Lars Torders (Last orders) Laura Lynn Hardy (Laurel and Hardy) Laura Jass (Large ass) Laura Norder (Law and order) Laurie Park (Lorry park) Lee Cage (Leakage) Lee Gleeders (League leaders) Lee Keyrear (Leaky rear) Lee King (Leaking) Lee Nover (Lean over) Lee Poff (Leap off) Lee Pover (Leap over) Lee Vitoff (Leave it off) Lee Vitout (Leave it out) Len DeHande (Lend a hand) Lena Meet (Leaner meat) Leo Tarred (Leotard) Les Ismoor (Less is more) Lew De Behaviore (Lewd behavior) Libby Doe (Libido) Lily Livard (Lilly-livered) Linda Hand (Lend a hand) Lisa Neucar (Lease a new car) Liz Beein (Lesbian) Liz Entoome (Listen to me) Liz Onnia (Lasagna) Lois Bidder (Lowest bidder) Lois Price (Lowest price) Lois Steam (Low esteem) Lola Beedow (Low libido) Lori Driver (Lorry driver) Lorna Tennis (Lawn tennis) Lorne Mowers (Lawn mowers) Lou Briccant (Lubricant) Lou Cowt (Lookout) Lou Cyphre (Lucifer - played by Robert De Niro in Angel Heart) Lou Decruss (Ludicrous) Lou Natic (Lunatic) Lou Pole (Loophole) Lou Scannon (Loose cannon) Lou Sirr (Loser) Lou Smoralls (Loose morals) Lou Stooth (Loose tooth) Lou Tennant (Lieutenant) Louise E. Anna (Louisiana) Lowden Clear (Loud and clear) Lucy Lastic (Loose elastic) Luke Adamgo (Look at him go) Luke Admadick (Look at my dick) Luke Atmyass (Look at my ass) Luke Over (Look over) Luna Tick (Lunatic) Lwellan Dowd (You well endowed) Lydia Bin (Lid of your bin) Lyle Ike Adogg (Lie like a dog) Lynn C. Dole (Linseed oil) Lynn Guini (Linguini) Lynn Meabuck (Lend me a buck) M Mabel Syrup (Maple syrup) Madame Crotch (My damn crotch) Maddi Gascar (Madagascar) Madge Ority (Majority) Madka Owdiseez (Mad cow disease) Major Jump (Made you jump) Major Lee Gay (Majorly gay) Major Luke Twice (Made you look twice) Mal Adjusted (Maladjusted) Mal Twiskie (Malt whiskey) Mal Odruss (Malodorous) Malcolm Tent (Malcontent) Mand Lynne (Mandolin) Mandy Lifeboats (Man the lifeboats) Manuel Labor (Manual labor) Marcus Abscent (Mark us absent) Marge Innastraightline (March in a straight line) Marge Noferror (Margin of error) Marian Furlove (Marrying for love) Marian Furmunny (Marrying for money) Marian Haste (Marry in haste) Marion Money (Marrying money) Marius Quick (Marry us quick) Mark Mywords (Mark my words) Mark Smann (Marksman) Mark Z. Spot (Mark the spot) Marsha Dimes (March of Dimes) Marsha Mallow (Marshmallow) Martha Fokker (mother-Froster) Mary Christmas (Merry Christmas) Mary Gold (Marigold) Mary Ott (Marriot) Mary Thonn (Marathon) Mary Torrius (Meritorious) Mary Wana (Marijuana) Master Bating (Masturbating) Matt Ress (Mattress) Matt Schtick (Matchstick) Matt Tromeny (Matrimony) Matt Trustain (Mattress stain) Maude Yuller (Modular) Maureen Clined (More inclined) Maureen Portantly (More importantly) Maureen Tresting (More interesting) Max E. Mumm (Maximum) Max E. Pad (Maxipad) May B. Dunn (May be done) May Elman (Mailman) May I. Tutchem (May I touch them) May O'Nays (Mayonnaise) Maya Buttreeks (My butt reeks - from The Simpsons) Maya Magination (My imagination) Maya Normousbutt (My enormous butt - from The Simpsons) Megan Bacon (Making bacon or egg and bacon) Mel Lowe (Mellow) Mel N. Colly (Melancholy) Mel O'Dramer (Melodrama) Mel Practiss (Malpractice) Mel Tingpot (Melting pot) Melissa Tothis (Ma listen to this) Michael Toris (My clitoris) Michelle Lynn (Michelin) Mick Stubbles (Mixed doubles) Mick Stup (Mixed up) Mick Zupps (Mix ups) Midas Well (Might as well) Mike Hawk (My Coleridge) Mike Hunt (My Carroll) Mike Litteriss (My clitoris) Mike Ockhurts (My Coleridge hurts) Mike Ocksmall (My Coleridge's small) Mike Oxlong (My Coleridge's long) Mike Rohsopht (Microsoft) Mike Rotch (My crotch - from The Simpsons) Mike Rotchburns (My crotch burns) Mike Rowave (Microwave) Mike Rufone (Microphone) Mike Yermindup (Make your mind up) Miles A. Head (Miles ahead) Miles Prower (Miles per hour) Milly Meter (Millimeter) Milly Terry (Military) Minnie Mumwage (Minimum wage) Minnie Skurt (Miniskirt) Minnie Stree (Ministry) Miss Alanius (Miscellaneous) Miss Bea Haven (Misbehaving) Miss L. Tow (Mistletoe) Miss T. Eyes (Misty eyes) Miss Terri Novelle (Mystery novel) Miss U. 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Senshall (Quintessential) Quinton Chingme (Quit touching me) Quinton Plates (Contemplates) R R. Soul (Arsehole) Rachel DeScrimination (Racial discrimination) Randy Holeweigh (Ran the whole way) Ray Deator (Radiator) Ray Kupleeves (Rake up leaves) Ray Ling (Railing) Ray N. Carnation (Reincarnation) Ray Neday (Rainy day) Ray Pugh (Rape you) Ray Scarr (Racecar) Ray Sersharpe (Razor sharp) Ray Sleeder (Race leader) Ray Strack (Racetrack) Reg Oyce (Rejoice) Renee Sance (Renaissance) Rex Cars (Wrecks cars) Rhea Gretabble (Regrettable) Rhoada Hoarse (Rode a horse) Rhoda Camel (Rode a camel) Rhoda Wynner (Rode a winner) Rick Kleiner (Recliner) Rick O'Shea (Ricochet) Rick Ottersheese (Ricotta cheese) Ricky T. Bridge (Rickety bridge) Rip Tile (Reptile) Rita Book (Read a book) Rob O. Flavin (Riboflavin) Robbie Ree (Robbery) Robin Emblind (Robbing them blind) Robyn Banks (Robbing banks) Rocca Vages (Rock of ages) Roland Buter (Roll and butter) Ron A. Muck (Run amok) Ron Devue (Rendezvous) Ron Osserus (Rhinoceros) Rory Motion (Raw emotion) Rosa Teeth (Rows of teeth) Ross Terr (Roster) Ross Trum (Rostrum) Rowan Boate (Rowing boat) Ruben MyColeridge (Rubbing my Coleridge) Ruby Kohn (Rubicon) Rudi Day (Rue the day) Rudi Mentry (Rudimentary) Rudy Nuff (Rude enough) Rufus Leakin (Roof is leaking) Russ Tinayle (Rusty nail) Russell Ingleaves (Rustling leaves) Ruth Tyler (Roof Tiler) S Sabina Pleasure (It's been a pleasure) Sadie Word (Say the word) Sal Ami (Salami) Sal Livver (Saliva) Sal T. Penuz (Salty peanuts or salty penis) Sally Mander (Salamander) Sam Aritan (Samaritan) Sam Manilla (Salmonella) Sam Owser (Samosa) Sam Pull (Sample) Sam Urai (Samurai) Sam Widge (Sandwich) Samson Knight (Samsonite) Sarah Bellam (Cerebellum) Sarah Nader (Serenade her) Sarah Tonin (Serotonin) Sasha Waist (Such a waste) Scott Chansoder (Scotch and soda) Scott Chegg (Scotch egg) Scott Shawn DeRocks (Scotch on the rocks) Seaman Stains (Semen stains) Seelin Phan (Ceiling fan) See Mihn (Semen) Selma Boddy (Sell my body) Sergovia Selv (Sick of yourself) Seth La Pod (Cephalopod) Seymour Asses (See more asses - from Futurama) Seymour Buttz (See more butts - from The Simpsons) Seymour Cox (See more Coleridges) Shanda Lear (Chandelier) Sheeza Freak (She's a freak) Sheila Blidge (She'll oblige) Shelia Mazeyer (She'll amaze you) Sheila Tack (She'll attack) Sheri Cola (Cherry cola) Sherman Wadd Evver (Sure man whatever) Shirley Knott (Surely not) Shirley U. Care (Surely you care) Sid Down (Sit down) Sir Fin Waves (Surfin' waves) Sir John Sands (Surgeon's hands) Sir Kit Breaker (Circuit breaker) Sonia Shew (It's on your shoe) Stacey Rhect (Stays erect) Stan Dandeliver (Stand and deliver) Stan Deasy (Stand easy) Stan Dingproude (Standing proud) Stan Doffich (Standoffish) Stan Dupp (Stand up) Steve Adore (Stevedore) Stu Padasso (Stupid Emerson) Stu Pid (Stupid) Sue Case (Suitcase) Sue Denley (Suddenly) Sue Donim (Pseudonym) Sue E. Side (Suicide) Sue Flay (Souffle) Sue Perrman (Superman) Sue Render (Surrender) Sue Ridge (Sewage) Sum Ting Wong (Something wrong) Sum Yung Gai (Some young guy) Susan Orty-Boyden (Who's a naughty boy then) T Tamara Nethercombs (Tomorrow never comes) Tanya Hide (Tan your hide) Tara Newhall (Tear a new hole) Tate Urchips (Tater chips) Teresa Crowd (Three's a crowd) Teresa Green (Trees are green) Terry Bulsmel (Terrible smell) Terry Cotter (Terracotta) Terry Fie (Terrify) Terry Ryst (Terrorist) Terry Torrie (Territory) Tess Tickle (Testicle) Tia Dropps (Teardrops) Tim Burr (Timber) Tim Lee Intervention (Timely intervention) Tim Panny (Timpani) Tina Beense (Tin of beans) Tina See (Tennessee) Titus Addrum (Tight as a drum) Titus Balzac (Tightest ball sack) Titus Canby (Tight as can be) Titus Zell (Tight as Hell) Toby Hynde (Tow behind) Toby Paidfer (To be paid for) Tom Bowler (Tombola) Tom Martow (Tomato) Torah Hyman (Tore a hymen) Travis Tay (Travesty) Tristan Shout (Twist and shout) Trudy Lite (True delight) Tudick Synsider (Two dicks inside her) Ty Dallwave (Tidal wave) Ty Imup (Tie him up) Ty Priter (Typewriter) Ty Tannick (Titanic) Ty Tass (Tightass) Tyrone Shoes (Tie your own shoes) U Uliqa M'Diq (You lick my dick) Ullee Daway (You lead the way) Ulrika Garlick (You'll reek of garlic) Una Brau (Unibrow - from Austin Powers) Upton O'goode (Up to no good) Ura Snotball (You are a snotball - from The Simpsons) Ustrokeet Islewatch (You stroke it I'll watch) V Val Crow (Velcro) Val Haller (Valhalla) Val Lay (Valet) Vasilly Sonovabich (That silly son of a bitch) Vera Cross (Veer across) Vic Tree (Victory) Vinny Gerr (Vinegar) Viv Atious (Vivacious) Vlad Tire (Flat tire) W Walt Sing (Waltzing) Walter Mellon (Watermelon) Walter Wallcarpet (Wall to wall carpet) Wanda Dorff (Wandered off) Wanda Lottie Wray (Won the lottery) Wanda Phul (Wonderful) Wanda Rinhands (Wandering hands) Warren Peace (War and peace) Warren Tease (Warranties) Wat Apistle (Water pistol) Wayne Dear (Reindeer) Wayne Dwops (Raindrops) Wayne Kerr (Wanker) Wayne Ningmoon (Waning moon) Wendy Windblows (Where the wind blows) Wi Phukem Yung (We Frost them young) Will D. Beest (Wildebeest) Will O'Patten (Willow pattern) Will Ting (Wilting) Will U. Jackmeov (Will you jack me off) Wille Belong (Will he be long) Willie Byter (Willy biter or will he bite her) Willie Gofar (Will he go far) Willie Makeit (Will he make it) Willy O'Wowntey (Will he or won't he) Willy Tert (Will it hurt) Wilma Fingerdoo (Will my finger do) Wilma Leggrowbach (Will my leg grow back) Winnie Bago (Winnebago) Winnie DiPoo (Winnie the Pooh) Woody U. No (What do you know) X Xavier Breff (Save your breath) Xavier Money (Save your money) Xavier Onassis (Save your own asses) Xavier Zelf (Save yourself) Y Yerma Wildo (Your ma will do) Yul B. Allwright (You'll be alright) Yule B. Sorry (You'll be sorry) Z Zeke N. Yeshallfind (Seek and you shall find) Zelda Kowz (Sell the cows) Zoltan Pepper (Salt and pepper)

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Music Talent Development Grants

The ASCAP Foundation's talent development programs provide aid and encouragement to music creators who are in various stages of their careers.

THE ASCAP FOUNDATION SONGWRITER WORKSHOP SERIES - Pop, R&B, Jazz, Musical Theater, Film & TV, Gospel, Country... etc.

The ASCAP Foundation sponsors songwriter workshops in Musical Theater, Pop, Rhythm & Blues, Film & TV, Jazz, Gospel and Country, which are held in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville. The workshops bring participants face to face with leaders of the music community who, in an informal setting, can critique the writers' work, offer them individual attention, and give them practical advice on the business of songwriting.

For information regarding workshop schedules, please contact the Membership Department at ASCAP: New York: 212-621-6000 Los Angeles: 213-883-1000 Nashville: 615-742-5000

View List of Workshops

THE ASCAP FOUNDATION COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

Through a generous bequest from the Estate of Charles Kingsford, an ASCAP composer of many Art songs, The ASCAP Foundation Charles Kingsford Fund was established in 2000 to provide opportunities for ASCAP composers to write Art Songs. Over the year’s ASCAP composers who have received a Kingsford Commission include: Eve Beglarian, Lisa Bielawa, Steven Burke, Daniel Felsenfeld, Gabriel Kahane, Edward Harsh, Michael Hersch, Richard Hundley, Michael Ippolito, Gilda Lyons, Harold Meltzer, Ben Moore, Tamar Muskal, Frank J. Oteri, Robert Paterson, Paola Prestini, Grigory Smirnov, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Scott Wheeler, Alex Weiser and Damien Sneed. This program is by invitation only.

Mark Snow

THE ASCAP FOUNDATION MARK SNOW LECTURE SERIES

Thanks to the generosity of prolific and successful Film & TV composer and ASCAP member Mark Snow, The ASCAP Foundation Mark Snow Lecture Series has been established in partnership with Brooklyn College located in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The lecture series, which launched in spring 2018, provides a unique opportunity for aspiring film and tv composers, songwriters, composition and film students as well as SCL members to learn from Snow who will share his knowledge and experience.

Brooklyn native Snow has been making music since the 1950s. Following a start in the music industry as a popular recording artist with his band the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, Mark made the switch to composer for television and film in the 1970s.

This prolific composer, best known for his scores for such television series as The X-Files, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Kojak, Millennium, Pasadena, Starsky and Hutch, Hart to Hart and Blue Bloods is the only ASCAP composer to receive the “Most Performed Background Music” award every year consecutively since the inception of the award in 1985-6, through the present. Mark’s iconic theme for the X-Files has been recorded by almost every musical genre, from pop, to country, hip-hop, heavy metal, punk and jazz to name a few.

Mark has been nominated 22 times for Emmy’s for his work on television series and television films including Helter Skelter, Children of the Dust, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and Something about Amelia. Recent film projects include the scores for the two X-Files movies, and the last four movies by the iconic French director, Alain Resnais: Private Fears in Public Places, Wild Grass, You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet and Life of Riley.

Mark will share his career highlights, career advice, experiences and insights as well as stories about people he has helped along the way and vice versa. A slide show featuring some of Mark’s film and TV music will serve as an outline for the discussion and lead to conversations about Mark’s creative process.

Jerry Herman

JERRY HERMAN: THE BROADWAY LEGACY CONCERT

Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert is a nationwide series of concerts and educational programs made possible by revered ASCAP member Jerry Herman. Herman is best-known as the composer/lyricist of the iconic musicals Hello Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. In addition to the concerts, The ASCAP Foundation Jerry Herman Broadway Legacy Prize will be awarded to students participating in a musical theater performing master class held in each touring city and hosted by the Jerry Herman Broadway performers. Master class students will be invited to audition with a Jerry Herman song and two local students will then be selected by a panel of performers and mentors to perform in the concerts for each city.

• View Past Recipients

ASCAP songwriter Chaz Langley performs with his band at the Kennedy Center.

SONGWRITERS: THE NEXT GENERATION. A PROGRAM OF EMERGING SONGWRITERS AND COMPOSERS DISCUSSING AND PERFORMING THEIR OWN SONGS. PRESENTED BY THE ASCAP FOUNDATION. MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BART HOWARD ESTATE.

"Songwriters: The Next Generation," a program of The ASCAP Foundation and The John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, showcases the work of emerging songwriters and composers in a free concert on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage. Each evening's hour-long program is designed to spotlight the talent of young songwriters and composers.

"Songwriters: The Next Generation," was conceived by the late jazz pianist, educator, composer and ASCAP Foundation Board member Dr. Billy Taylor. Dr. Taylor stressed the importance of showcasing the talent of contemporary composers who are also performers. To that end, following the performances, the songwriters engage in a conversation focusing on the craft of songwriting and their personal creative process.

All performances are webcast live, and archived for future viewing at http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/.

THE ASCAP FOUNDATION MUSICAL THEATRE SONGWRITING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROSIE’S THEATER KIDS AND THE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

Students participating in The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop at the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City

"I never thought I would be capable of writing a song let alone writing a melody. It was challenging because I never knew I could find my voice through songwriting. I’ve always written in private but have never shared my writing publicly which was a new experience for me.” I never thought I would be capable of writing a song let alone writing a melody. It was challenging because I never knew I could find my voice through songwriting. I’ve always written in private but have never shared my writing publicly which was a new experience for me.”

These are the words of 16-year-old Ava, a participant in The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Songwriting Program with her peers from the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City. This 15-week intensive musical theatre songwriting workshop, taught by ASCAP writers Michael Finke and Alexander Sage Oyen, teaches students who did not realize they could create their own original songs, how to do just that! At the end of the semester, the students’ songs are performed in a showcase format by professional Broadway stars.

This program is in partnership with Rosie’s Theater Kids and the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York. This workshop was conceived by composer-lyricists Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, the writers of the wildly popular animated show Vampirina, as well as several successful stage musicals. They wanted to give high school drama students the opportunity to compose for the stage.

Ava expressed it best when she said: “All in all, this experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity. As artists we never truly realize how much goes into a song. We are always just handed material and are expected to memorize it. This process showed me just how much dedication it takes to produce that material; something that has meaning and a message behind it- Thank you ASCAP Foundation for giving me this wonderful opportunity.”

The ASCAP Foundation nurtures the talents of aspiring musicians by supporting programs, workshops and showcases in all musical genres that are both national and regional in scope. Organizations that provide the creative incentive and opportunities for young musicians to enhance their careers have also received ongoing support from The ASCAP Foundation. They include:

American Composers Orchestra Bang on a Can Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composers Now Festival Copland House From the Top Goodspeed Musicals Levine Music Los Angeles County High School for the Arts National Alliance for Musical Theater New Music USA New York Musical Theatre Festival New York Youth Symphony So Percussion The Conservancy of the Pantheon – Musicians Corner Young Peoples' Chorus of New York

https://www.ascapfoundation.org/

https://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/talent

#grants for music projects #funding grant organizations #free money for musicians

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rabbittstewcomics · 3 years

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Episode 304

DC September Solicits

Comic Reviews:

Static Season One 1 by Vita Ayala, ChrisCross, Niklas Draper-Ivey

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 1 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes

Superman: Red and Blue 4 by Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Robert Venditti, Rich Douek, Michael Conrad, Francis Manapul, Chris Sprouse, Joe Quinones, Cully Hamner, Alitha Martinez, Audrey Mok, Alex Sinclair, Jordie Bellaire, Emilio Lopez

Demon Days: Mariko by Peach Momoko, Zach Davisson

Heroes Reborn 7 by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Aaron Kuder, Mark Morales, Matt Wilson

Heroes Reborn: Weapon X and Final Flight by Ed Brisson, Roland Boschi, Chris O'Halloran

Planet-Size X-Men by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia

Captain America Annual by Gerry Duggan, Marco Castiello, Ruth Redmond

Venom 200 by Donny Cates, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Ryan Stegman, Ron Lim, Kev Walker, Mark Bagley, Chris Giarrusso, Guiu Vilanova, Jay Leisten, Scott Hanna, John Dell, Victor Nava, JP Mayer, Alex Sinclair, Chris Sotomayor, Matt Milla, Richard Isanove, Jim Campbell, Chris O'Halloran, Frank Martin

Compass 1 by Robert Mackenzie, Dave Walker, Justin Greenwood, Daniel Miwa

Jim Lives OGN (and Paul is Dead) by Paolo Baron, Ernesto Carbonetti

Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem 1 by Mark Millar, Tommy Lee Edwards

Norse Mythology II 1 by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, Matt Horak, Lovern Kindzierski

Space Pirate Captain Harlock 1 by Leiji Matsumoto, Jerome Alquie

Seven Swords 1 by Riccardo Latina, Evan Daugherty, Valentina Bianconi

Save Yourself 1 by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, Nichole Matthews

Adora and the Distance GN by Marc Bernardin, Ariela Kristantina, Bryan Valenza, Bernardo Brice

Dragon Racer GN by Jody Weiser

99 Cent Theater:

Jungle Darlings 1 by Derek Chua

In Nomine Patris 1 by R.N. Jonas, Frank Amorim

Additional Reviews: Loki ep2, Luca, Miraculous Ladybug, Barbalien Red Planet, Vigil, Renegade Rule, Owl House s2, Father

News: Skybound X collection, Ty Templeton leaves Batman: The Adventures Continue, new Ms. Marvel book in the fall, new creative team for Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Days back on in September, Marvel theme park loophole, Silk to Amazon

Trailers: Picard s2

Comics Countdown:

Ultramega 4 by James Harren, Dave Stewart

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 1 by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes

Radiant Black 5 by Kyle Higgins, Eduardo Ferigato, Marcelo Costa, Natalia Marques

Usagi Yojimbo 20 by Stan Sakai

Many Deaths of Laila Starr 3 by Ram V, FIlipe Andrade

Seven Secrets 9 by Tom Taylor, Daniel Di Nicuolo

Stillwater 8 by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon Perez, Mike Spicer

Time Before Time 2 by Rory McConville, Declan Shalvey, Joe Palmer, Chris O'Halloran

Flash 771 by Jeremy Adams, Bryan Hitch, Scott Kolins, Kevin Maguire, Fernando Pasarin

Check out this episode!

#comics #podcast #podernfamily #rabbittstew

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A Co-working Retreat to Be Remembered

In February of this year, I joined Floating Home Films and a group of creatives for a transformative networking retreat. On the top floor of the Metropolitan building, we broke the ice and dove deep into the issues we face, worked privately and in groups, ate vegetables and sipped coffee. The space has been empty for years, and stays that way besides the seldom soirée or hosted event. The premise of this retreat was to fill the office with a group of creatives from Rochester, have time to work in groups and alone, and to capture it all on film.

Thank you to everyone that was a part of that day!

I found so much joy in going through the various exercises that we explored as a group. Getting to know the other people involved, finding common ground, and bonding in the unique experience we found ourselves in.

Watching Alex Weiser work as a filmmaker is truly inspiring. I have always found it abundantly clear to me that his vision extends well beyond his eyesight. Watching him orchestrate the production team was a process to behold.

This trip brings up important topics around the use of space and how it can facilitate the creation, collaboration, and ultimately, change. There is a lot to be said for the impact of merely having access to space. Gallina development graciously gave access to space, which is slated to be developed into beautiful penthouses.

To me, converting high-end offices to luxury loft(s) is a logical transition, and I think that the bed taxes collected from those downtown residences will be beneficial for the city. This event helped to spur thought around how space and the act of co-working can be transformative. It is important that we promote a culture in which we thoroughly asses the impact of each thing we build, design, and sell.

WATCH THE FILM

#space #rochester #politics #behind the scenes

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‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Get Another Look After Indiana, Colorado Shootings

On New Year’s Eve 2017, sheriff’s deputies in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch responded to a domestic disturbance. Before the night was over, four officers had been shot and Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish III was dead.

This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free.

The gunman was a 37-year-old man with a history of psychotic episodes whose family had previously tried to take his guns away but found themselves without legal recourse to do so.

“We tried every legal avenue we could to not only protect him, but to protect the community,” said Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock. At that time, however, there was nothing more they could do.

That changed with the passage of the Deputy Zackari Parrish III Violence Prevention Act, a “red flag” law that took effect in January 2020. It gives judges the ability to issue “extreme risk protection orders” allowing law enforcement to seize firearms from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.

Colorado is among the most recent of 19 states to have enacted red flag laws. Connecticut was first, in 1999. Since then, the data has been mixed on whether the laws have prevented suicides and inconclusive on their power to curb mass shootings. The Connecticut law did not prevent the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, for instance, though proponents usually point to the laws as one tool for preventing shootings, not one that’s 100% effective.

But law enforcement officials who support the laws say they have clearly saved lives. A study published in 2019 looked at 21 cases in California in which extreme risk protection orders were granted from 2016 to 2018, and found that as of August 2019 none of the subjects of these orders had committed a murder or suicide, though it’s impossible to prove the orders prevented such outcomes.

The red flag law hadn’t been invoked in Colorado, the site of some of the nation’s most infamous mass shootings, when a gunman killed 10 people in a Boulder grocery store in March.

In Indiana, where a former FedEx employee shot and killed eight people at an Indianapolis facility before killing himself in April, prosecutors did not seek a court hearing under that state’s red flag law last year after the suspect’s mother reported to police that her son was suicidal.

Mass shootings may grab the most attention, but they are too rare to measure whether red flag laws help prevent them, said Rosanna Smart, an economist who studies gun violence at the Rand Corp.

The suspect arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder in the Boulder shooting had a history of violent outbursts dating back three years or longer, so it is hard to assess, while facts of the case are still being gathered, whether the red flag law could have been applied to him.

In 2018 the man pleaded guilty to third-degree assault after punching a fellow student at his suburban Denver high school in an attack the victim called unprovoked. He also was kicked off the school’s wrestling team after making threats of violence.

Police seized a shotgun from the Indianapolis shooting suspect after his mother reported in 2020 that she was worried her son, then 18, was considering “suicide by cop,” or deliberately provoking a lethal response by officers. An Indiana prosecutor told The Associated Press that authorities did not seek a hearing under the red flag law because they worried they would have to return the shotgun to him if they lost in court.

Most gun deaths in the U.S. are suicides, and Smart said about two-thirds of red flag cases regard somebody as at risk for self-harm.

Last April, Smart and her colleagues published a review of research on the effects of red flag laws and found ”very inconclusive” evidence that they’re effective as a means to reduce overall firearm suicide or homicide rates.

“I wouldn’t say it’s strongly one way or another,” Smart said.

Research by Aaron Kivisto, a psychologist at the University of Indianapolis, used a method called “synthetic control” to calculate that 10 years after the enactment of Indiana’s 2005 red flag law there was a 7.5% reduction in suicides compared with what would have been expected without the law, and the drop was driven exclusively by reductions in firearm suicides.

In Connecticut, the results were more of a “mixed bag,” Kivisto said. Initially, the effect was “negligible,” but the Connecticut law wasn’t used much until after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, in which a student killed 32 people and wounded 17. After that shooting, seizures in Connecticut rose fivefold and Kivisto’s group did then see a reduction in firearm suicides in the state, but they also found that those reductions were largely offset by increases in non-gun suicides. Still, taking all the studies together, Kivisto said, “The biggest takeaway is that the evidence supporting red flag laws as one means of reducing suicide appears to be consistently supported.”

Colorado’s suicide rates are among the highest in the nation, but it’s too soon to know yet whether the state’s red flag law has made a difference, especially given how unusual 2020 was in so many other ways.

From Jan. 1, 2020, to March 26, 2021, Colorado tallied 141 red flag cases. Extreme risk orders were granted under the law in 28 of the state’s 64 counties, including some of the more than 35 counties whose sheriffs or county leaders opposed the law and declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” where the law would not be enforced, said state Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat. Sullivan, one of the bill’s sponsors, has been a gun control advocate since his 27-year-old son, Alex, was among the 12 killed by a gunman in the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.

Where the red flag law has been used in Colorado, “it’s clearly saved those individuals’ lives. Those people are still alive, and their family members are still alive, and they’re not in custody for homicide,” Douglas County Sheriff Spurlock said. “I do think it keeps my officers safer, and it keeps our community safer.”

But the law still has numerous opponents. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams counters that situations like the one last fall in which an extreme risk protection order was approved for a 28-year-old man making plans to assassinate state Attorney General Phil Weiser should be dealt with using criminal charges, rather than a red flag law.

“Red flag, to me, doesn’t look like a primary way of dealing with a potentially criminal situation,” said Reams, who called Sheriff Spurlock a good friend with whom he’s repeatedly debated the issue.

As for people at risk of self-harm, Reams said he’d rather have better ways to get them mental health treatment than take their guns away.

Opponents of red flag laws say they’re unconstitutional, but a challenge to Colorado’s law on constitutional grounds filed by the group Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and several Republican lawmakers was dismissed by a state District Court judge in Denver last spring.

Some opposition to Colorado’s law focuses on the execution, rather than the intent. Dave Kopel, an adjunct law professor at the University of Denver and an analyst with the Libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, has testified in favor of red flag laws in the Colorado legislature but is critical of the current law for what he says are weaknesses in due process.

“The accuser never has to appear in court or be cross-examined,” he said, and that means the judge may hear only one side of the case. “My view, as a constitutional law professor, is that you should write the law with strong due process protections at the start.”

But Spurlock, a Republican, said there is more due process in implementing Colorado’s red flag law than there is in police obtaining a search warrant. He said he supports gun rights but does not support allowing possession by felons or people who are a danger to themselves or others.

“That’s why I supported the red flag. And I will continue to do so. I know for a fact that it saves lives, and it’s not harming anyone,” he said.

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