Disney Branded Television Sets PRIMOS Premiere For July 25th As Part Of Disney Channel Epic Mid-Summer
Oigan Primos! from the talented people who brought you Big City Greens comes a new meaning for BEST SUMMER EVER. ☀️🌈🖍️📔
Disney Branded Television has set the series premiere for Primos with a two-episode premiere July 25 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific on Disney Channel (with two new episodes airing every Saturday starting July 27). An initial batch of episodes will be available to stream on Disney+ starting July 26.
“Primos” follows Tater Ramirez Humphrey, an imaginative free spirit bursting with creative energy who is ready to spend the summer of her 10th birthday sorting out her goals and dreams. But her plans are derailed when she learns that her mother has invited all 12 of her primos — cousins — to spend the summer at their home and share her room.
Joining the talented Primos guest cast includes
Gabriel Iglesias (Jorge R. Gutierrez "I-Chihuahua") as Tio Gustavo, Sarah Sherman (Anaapurna Animation's "Nimona) as Carmela, Cheech Marin (Pixar Animation Studios "Coco") as Abuelo Pop, Sherry Cola (Pixar Animation Studios "Turning Red") as Ms. Mahoney, Bill as Kyle MacLachlan, Jaime Jarrín (Los Angeles Dodgers) as Día de la Cultura Announcer and Xolo Maridueña (DC Studios "Blue Beetle" Marvel "Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur").
Primos songs are GRAMMY nominated composers Alana Da Fonseca and Bobby Studley (Tim Burton's "Wednesday", Disney Channel Original Movies "Teen Beach Movie" franchise). Jim Lang (Nickelodeon Animation Studios "Hey Arnold" franchise) serves as score composer, Hey Arnold! creator Craig Barlett does additional guest clay animation.
Karla Sakas Shropshire (Nickelodeon Animation Studios "The Loud House", Disney Television Animation "Katz Café") serves as story editor.
Inspired by growing up in Fontana and Riverside with the chicano culture Primos has gotten praise by fellow industry members such as Jorge R. Gutierrez (Nickelodeon "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera", 20th Century Animation "The Book of Life", Netflix Animation "Maya And The Three"), Phil Lord (MTV Animation "Clone High", Sony Pictures Animation "Cloudy For A Change Of Meatballs" franchise,"Spiderman In To The Spiderverse" franchise), Sofiá Alexander (Crunchyroll Originals "Onyx Equinox", Disney "Phineas And Ferb"), Guillermo Del Toro (Dreamworks Animation "Rise of The Guardians", "How To Train Your Dragon 2" "Tales of Arcadia" ,20th Century Animation "The Book Of Life", Netflix Animation "Guillermo del Toro's Pinnochio"), Miguel Puga (Nickelodeon Animation Studios "The Casagrandes", DC Studios & Warner Bros Animation "Blue Beetle The Series" ), Megan Nicole Dong (Netflix Animation "Centaurworld", Locksmith Animation "Bad Fairies" ) and more.
PRIMOS will be used by Disney TVA Multiplatform with their short series "CHIBI TINY TALES", "THEME SONG TAKEOVER", "BROKEN KARAOKE" & "HOW NOT TO DRAW" , Tater and The Ramirez Family will set to appear on CHIBIVERSE Season 2.
Additionaly a Primos soundtrack by Walt Disney Records is set to debut July 26th on digital music platforms
PRIMOS joins Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur,Kiff, Big City Greens,Amphibia,The Ghost and Molly McGee, Hamster & Gretel and Hailey's On It! on getting official albums.
Duke of Edinburgh praises mental health charity for work with veterans on visit to Telford by Dominic Robertson (November 9th 2023)
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Prince Edward attended two engagements in Telford on Wednesday afternoon – first a visit to the Army Reserve Centre, before joining a tea party at Dawley Town Hall.
Both events were military-themed, with the Duke meeting cadets at the reserve centre, before meeting agencies and groups which support veterans, gathered together by Telford & Wrekin Council at the town hall, where they also marked the building's 150th birthday.
Joined by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner, the Duke talked at length with young people, veterans, and representatives of charities which support them.
The relaxed and light-hearted Duke shared his sense of humour during his visit, joking on arrival into a packed but silent town hall that he had "killed the party".
Unveiling a plaque to mark the hall's anniversary The Duke was introduced by the leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, Councillor Shaun Davies, who shared the history of the hall – and how when it was not allowed to serve alcohol, locals set up a pub nearby.
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh visits the Army Reserve Centre, Telford. Cadet Lance Corporal Dylan Fugatt is presented with his certificate.
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Addressing the guests the Duke said: "First of all it was really good to meet you all and thank you for your collective service you have done for this country, it is very, very much appreciated. And thank you to Mind and everyone else who organises these get-togethers for you.
"I am told this is not your typical day for getting together so I apologise if I have completely and totally confused your entire week.
"Anyway I have been asked to unveil this particular plaque, I am guessing a few of you can probably remember when the building opened - forgive me, you remember when the pub opened!"
The Duke of Edinburgh on his visit to Telford's Army Resource Centre.
To a background of laughter the Duke promised to try and make the unveiling "as slick as possible," adding: "I want you to know this has taken years of practice."
During his visit he met representatives from Telford Mind, a mental health charity that supports veterans, and the people who use its services.
The Duke of Edinburgh watches Staff Corporal Declan Poole trying a flight simulator.
He also took time to sit and chat with other groups such as Models for Heroes, and the All Sports Coaches Coaching Academy.
The academy trains veterans to coach youngsters at sports, and provide mental health support, as well as a range of other skills.
The Duke meets representatives from the All sports Coaches Coaching Academy.
The organisation's operation's director, Stuart Cook, who served for five years with the Welsh Guards, was joined by coach Johnny Bradley, who is currently serving with the Royal Irish Regiment, the group's founder Jim Prescott, and chairman Clive Barnard.
Mr Cook, 35, from Telford, said the Duke had been interested in what sports they provided.
He said: "He was having a chat, asking about what sports we like, what we do. Me and Johnny do boxing and he said Johnny has longer arms, 'does that mean he should beat me?'"
The Duke of Edinburgh presents a Long Service Good Conduct award to Sergeant Joel Edwards.
Mr Bradley, 33, explained how the group could make a difference, saying: "I know first-hand how sports can help towards better mental health. I have been through what I have been through myself so to be part of what Jim has put together has really helped me, so now hopefully I can help others."
Telford Mind provides a Monday Club where veterans can chat and support each other, and the Duke talked to a number of people who attend the sessions.
Mind trustee, Trevor Hirst, who served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), said the Duke had been "funny", "very friendly", and "easy to chat to".
He said: "He asked who I served with and he said he should have recognised from my tie because his wife is a patron of the REME charity."
Cadets giving a gun-run demonstration.
Tom Kane, 65, from Telford, attends the Telford sessions. He came along to the tea party with his dog Harley.
Mr Kane, who spent 30 years in the RAF, said the Duke had asked about Harley.
He said: "He asked what he does for me and I said he tells me when someone is at the door, tells me when the phone rings, and tells me when the missus wants me."
The Duke chatted with the group Models for Heroes – an organisation which allows veterans and people in the services to meet up and build models together.
Gary Morris, who runs the Telford group, was joined by two RAF servicemen who run the RAF Cosford group, Chris King and George Hickish, and other members.
They explained that the Duke had talked about the original Lightning aircraft, saying that when he was at school they would take off and everyone would have to stop talking because the planes were so loud.
Louise Heap, CEO of Telford Mind, said the Duke had asked about what services they provide and how they work, with service manager Jen Caldicott adding: "He just thanked us for the great work we do."
The Duke unveils a plaque marking 150 years of Dawley Town Hall.
Speaking at the conclusion of the visit Councillor Davies said: "It was a real privilege to host the Duke of Edinburgh and to show him first-hand the vital work we do to support the armed services and veterans, it is something we take very seriously.
"He was very personable and able to share not only a story but a joke or two as well.
"And I think everyone who met him at both sites really appreciated his time and effort to come and see us."
The Duke talks with members of the Models for Heroes groups.
The Duke had earlier attended the Army Reserve Centre – the base of D-Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry.
Local cadets also train at the base twice a week.
During his tour the Duke was given a gun-run demonstration from the Army cadets before they provided a live first aid demonstration.
The Duke then presented an award to 15-year-old Lance Corporal Dylan Fugatt from Ellesmere.
The youngster, who was joined by his mum Sharon for the presentation, was being recognised for using first aid skills learned with the cadets to come to the aid of an elderly man who had fallen over in Ellesmere.
Speaking after the presentation Lance Corporal Fugatt said: "It was a bit of a shock at first. I don't think it has sunk in properly yet."
The Duke of Edinburgh was given a first aid demonstration.
He added that the Duke had been "great" and "just like any normal person".
His mother added: "I am so proud. I am very, very proud of how Dylan handled the situation back when it happened but to be recognised in this way, I am more proud for him after his efforts in training, I could not be more proud."
The group were joined by the Duke for a photo at the end of his Dawley Town Hall visit.
The Duke was also shown laser shooting, had a go at tying knots with Navy Cadets, and then saw young Air Cadets trying their hand at flight simulators and virtual reality kit, before presenting a Long Service Good Conduct award to Sergeant Joel Edwards.
*The Stars Are the Styx* is one of Theodore Sturgeon’s last books. It was put together by Sturgeon for Jim Frankles’ Blue Jay Books in 1979. The dedicatee was his last partner, Jayne Tannehill Englehart (who went by the name Jayne Sturgeon when they were together), to whom he was not actually married but was living with on the West Coast, who had a son by a former marriage, for whom Ted was a stepfather. It contains ten stories: “Tandy’s Story” (*Galaxy,* April 1961), “Rule of Three” (*Galaxy,* January 1951), “The Education of Drusilla Strange” (*Galaxy,* March 1954), “Granny Won’t Knit” (*Galaxy,* May 1954), “When You’re Smiling” (*Galaxy,* January 1955), “The Claustrophile” (*Galaxy,* August 1956), “The Other Man” (*Galaxy,* September 1956), the title tale, “The Stars Are the Styx” (*Galaxy,* October 1950), “Occam’s Scalpel” (*If,* July–August 1971), and “Dazed” (*Galaxy,* October 1971). Sturgeon (1918, 26 Feb--1985, 8 May) provides a brief introduction for each of the stories, all of which are from either *Galaxy* or If, which, after Frederick Pohl took it over, was known as the Galaxy Combine and also included Worlds of Tomorrow. First published by Dell, in 1979, the book won that year’s Locus Award, and in ’84, it was republished by Bluejay Books as a trade paperback with the same cover.
In his introduction to the second story, “The Rule of Three,” Sturgeon makes an interesting gaffe:
"My preoccupation for some time has been with the nature of marriage, and whether or not we haven’t gotten ourselves off on the wrong foot. Divorce statistics would seem to indicate that there is nothing more destructive of marriage than monogamy. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediment,” wrote Elizabeth Barrett (a monogamist if there ever was one), but she had a point there. Although the person who wrote Rule of Three clearly regarded the desirability of monogamy as axiomatic, the astute reader—another term for postgame quarter-backing—might find in it the seeds of later ideation. One tends to work out one’s own convictions in writing fiction—especially in science fiction—and to test them against possibilities, however untimely or unformed or wishful or improbable. . . ."
The line “Let me not to the marriage of true minds . . .” is not by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It is the opening of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 and was very possibly written about a young man the Bard was taken with, during his youth: the story of the Dark Lady and his young male friend has prompted some of the most interesting speculations from writers ranging from Oscar Wilde ("Portrait of Mr. W. H.") to much more sedate interpretations by Stephen Booth in 1933. For better or for worse, Shakespeare lived in a world and got his livelihood in a profession that welcomed transgendered performers so that Wilde’s assumptions—whether they be applied to the Earl of Oxford (who definitely had male lovers, as well as a wife) or simply to a refugee genius from Shropshire—is simply not all that far fetched. Almost certainly, the Elizabeth Barrett sonnet that Sturgeon initially had in mind was her Sonnet 43. To quote the editor of the book shown in the post: “This sonnet is perhaps the most famous of the entire series and the most frequently anthologized":
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need by sun and candle light. . . .
Likely, that would be Mrs. Browning’s sonnet he had in mind, though the entire series contains 44 of them, and—in this edition—each leads to a bit of biography prior to 1850.
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I just wrote notes for a Twitter thread explaining this for someone who asked, and I figured I might as well share it here, too.
It’s a *very* common myth that the children’s rhyme ‘ring-around-the-Rosie’ is about the plague. Ring around the Rosie = symptom of plague, the red rash; pocket full of posies = people carrying flowers to ward of the smell bc miasma theory of medicine is A Thing; ‘atishoo atishoo’ = sneezing as symptom of plague; ‘we all fall down’ = lol dead now.
But it’s just bs. Like you know how people love to claim that sweet innocent things, like My Neighbour Totoro actually have super dark backstories? That’s basically what the above myth is. So here’s the tweet thread I wrote for why it’s not about the plague. Note: this is basically a summary of the relevant parts from a chapter on ring games from Opie & Opie (1985) ‘The Singing Game.’ (Old, but contemporary sources still cite it as the best work on the issue, and also their style is delightful and I recommend reading the whole chapter - it’s short and very interesting, and available on archive.org!)
Ring games are a specific trope in Singing Games, most of which involve some version of one person standing in the middle whilst others dance around them, and then everyone falling over at the end.
“Evidence seems to show”, according to Opie & Opie (1985) ‘The Singing Game’, that “at one time the point of playing both ‘Ring a Ring o Roses’ and ‘Ring Around the Rosie’ was to determine who among the players was to be next to reveal the object of her affection.” (I think it’s the last one to hit the ground who has to say who their crush is)
No mention of the rhyme is made in sources such as Pepys’ diary (a “careful record of hearsay during the long months of the plague”) they don’t even seem particularly interested in sneezing as a symptom of plague. Plague can be *spread* by coughing and sneezing, but isn’t a *symptom*. It’s more like ‘vomit blood, vomit blood, we all fall down.’
So like, this rhyme has to be going on unrecorded for hundreds of years before anyone first writes it down. Not *impossible* but very unlikely given other things like that *were* recorded earlier.
Previous studies of the rhyme before the 20th century don’t mention the plague idea. It seems to be a fairly new invention (all sources for it are post-WW2) in the grand scheme of things.
Of the earliest 7 version reported in England, most of them don’t make sense as references to the plague:
E.g, this one: ‘a ring, a ring o’ roses, / a pocket-full o’ posies; / one for Jack and one for Jim / and one for little Moses! / a curchey in, and a curchey out / and a curchey all together.’ (I think ‘curchey’ = curtesy, since they all curtesy at the end). That version is from Shropshire, recorded in 1883.
Here’s an American version from 1790: ring a ring a rosie / A bottle full of posie, / All the girls in our town, / Ring for little Josie.’ No early continental versions mention anything that could be construed as related to plague either.
Opie and Opie actually suggest that it basically originates from May games in which rings/crowns of flowers appear.
Absolutely no one should take from this that “actually it’s about flower crowns!” But *that* theory is more substantial than the plague theory. And also nicer.
Also here’s another quote I want to include just because SO DAMN TRUE:
“Lecturers in medical schools have repeated it [the plague-origin idea] both in Britain and America (men of science are notoriously incautious when pronouncing on material in disciplines other than their own).” (Opie & Opie, 1985: 221).
Sometimes something mentioned briefly on a show or movie becomes part of the Everywhere Lore, where it metastasizes until it’s everywhere. Sometimes it doesn’t origination in canon, it starts in fandom itself.
My pet hates: when House stories have House calling Wilson “Jimmy”. He does it once in the first season mockingly. Since then it’s crept into 100s of fics. Not only does House never call him Jimmy again, when Wilson’s other friend later in the series calls him “Jim”, Wilson says, “It’s James”.
Macadamia nut pancakes, however, seem to have had their heyday in the first wave of fandom.
In Jeeves fandom, it’s something that originated in fandom--Meadowes the sock-snaffler. Yes, he did steal Bertie’s socks. But he was also a kleptomaniac:
The thing really began when I got back to Easeby, my uncle’s place in Shropshire. I was spending a week or so there, as I generally did in the summer, for the old boy liked to have me round and, being down in his will for a substantial chunk of the right stuff, I always obliged him; and I had had to break my visit to come back to London to get a new valet. I had found Meadowes, the fellow I had taken to Easeby with me, sneaking my silk socks, a thing no chappie of spirit could stick at any price. It transpiring, moreover, that he had looted a lot of other things here and there about the place, I was reluctantly compelled to hand the misguided blighter the mitten and go to London to ask the registry office, or whatever you call those places that deal in valets and things, to scare up another specimen for my approval. They sent me Jeeves. . - Jeeves Takes Charge, The Saturday Evening Post, November 1916
Also the use of “chesterfield” when Wodehouse uses “sofa” but chesterfield is a way funnier word, so fuck it.
Wodehouse wrote Jeeves stories and novels from 1916 to 1974.
Collaborations #1 (’Shriekback are Seeing Other People’)
Well, collaboration is everything really innit? No man is an island, not even the ones who pretend they are. That’s what I reckon. Merging somebodys’ talents and energies with yours. What a thing. The very stuff of life.
Still, it can be a fractious business: politics will come into it. LIke: who’s in charge here? Who gets to say whether your bit is better than my bit? And how do we work that shit out? A microcosm of the world or what?
Undeterred, we seem to do it (collaborate) quite a lot. And these are some pretty successful tunes, I would say. Good for us. Bold and resolute Shriekback!
So there’s Hope, right?
(BA)
MART’S TRACKS:
DROP BY DROP Barker/Burridge
Taken from my Album" Water and Stone." Exploring my rolling Gtr and groove in 7 with the wonderfully talented musician cellist Emily Burridge.
Inspired by the miracle of water, its rhythm, its music, its journey, its myths, its poetry and beauty
FLYING SAUCER Barker/ Roedelius/Noah1
Lovely to have met and worked with the master of Ambience, Hans Joachim Roedelius for the Album Fibre.
Recorded up in the hills of Shropshire with George Taylor (Noah1) and Jez coed
This piece was inspired by my riff Im playing on the Hang Drum, hence the title "Flying Saucer"
GOLDEN MOON Barker/Young
Taken from my mini Album” Blue” Talitha Rise.
This was my first big endeavour into the musical spiritual world and collaboration with Jo beth young.
We are joined on the Riti by Juldeh Camara.
PILGRIM`S WAY Barker/Adams
My new project/collaboration still ongoing with the mighty talent of Justin Adams .
This first piece inspired by ancient walks.
This new whole album partly inspired by the writing of Robert Macfarlane "the old ways"
SANDLINES. Barker/ Adams
Second piece inspired the Ancient paths of the desert.
THE LAKE Barker/Young taken from the album" Abandoned Orchid House” Talitha Rise
Another collaboration with Jo beth Young and another piece in 7!
Intense, energetic and rich with riddles.
THE SELKIE. Barker / Pynn
Second Piece taken from my Album "Water and Stone”
Inspired by the Myths and stories of the Selkie. With the magical multi instrumentalist Nick Pynn on Violin.
CARL’S TRACKS:
Words Fail Me
with AMANDA KRAVIT
(Barratt/Marsh)
David Barratt and I were introduced to Amanda by John Mrvos, one of the A&R team at EastWest Atlantic in New York (Happyhead’s label) - she was his girlfriend and he wanted to get her recorded, basically, so we came up with this. Dave had done some kind of publishing deal that allowed him to sample the company catalogue, hence Ravi Shankar playing sitar all over it. Backing vocals by Bill Clift; some of the drums sound like Jim Kimberley, sampled from HH sessions (1992ish.)
The Longest Goodbye
with BILL CLIFT
(Clift/Marsh)
I’ve written loads with Bill under various banners, of course. This is a mid-90s demo recorded in Bill’s flat in Greenwich. BVs by Stella Clifford and Marilyn Gentle, bass (I think) by Gary Brady… not sure who did the wibbly organ. This song was later recorded by Bill’s band Fuzzbuddy, re-titled Killing Me Now - it’s just been re-released as part of their Complete Studio Recordings compilation.
THE PALACE DOGS
with GEOFF WOOLEY
I’ve collaborated with Geoff Woolley since Out On Blue Six, and in school bands even before that. These two tracks, from around 1995, are both built from sampled TV shows (and therefore subject to all sorts of potential copyright issues…).
Queen of Peoples’ Hearts
(Marsh/Woolley)
The self-styled QOPH’s Panorama special, cut up and pumped up with added Dario Argento and a spot of Jeremy Paxman. The Original is all-electronic; the Guitar Version has not only mine and Geoff’s rhythm bits but some wildfire lead from Steve Bolton (Atomic Rooster, Paul Young, The Who etc. and currently fronting the mighty Dead Man’s Corner). Take yer pick.
Crazy Dames
(Marsh/Woolley)
The main voice and piano on here are from a 1961 Twilight Zone episode called The Midnight Sun, in which the Earth is knocked out of orbit and is spiralling towards the Sun… it gets hot. Other vocals by Stella Clifford and Marilyn Gentle.
GASWERKS
The Ying Tong Song
(Milligan)
Basically the same format as The Palace Dogs with the addition of Bill Clift, whose idea it was to knock out a dance version of The Goons’, er, classic. Dig that crazy rhythm, indeed. We were told the novelty song market was a hard one to crack… by the singer of Black Lace, who should know, I suppose…
WOOLLEY/MARSH
The Girlfriends Of Dorian Gray
(Barratt/Marsh/Woolley)
David Barratt came up with the conceit of a modern Dorian Gray who preserves his youth (or immaturity) not by having a grotesquely ageing portrait in the attic but by having an ever-changing string of girlfriends who absorb the consequences of his many flaws and are discarded one after another. Dave sketched out the chorus and then proposed that he, I and Deni Bonet (NY-based violinist and writer that we’ve worked with on various projects) should write our own versions of the story, possibly with the idea of creating some kind of meta-version combining them all. That never happened, but I like the track Geoff and I came up with and the lyric is nice and tricksy - shades of Costello, maybe, if I say so myself.
You’re The Only One
(Marsh/Woolley)
A re-write of a Happyhead demo, switching New York electronica for some 90s Britpop vibes, it sounds like. Bit of a kinky ménage à trois scenario with reasonably loud guitars. Nice.
BARRY’S TRACKS
The Frances & Martine poems, with Hilda Sheehan (2014)
part 1: GLOW, GOOSE, CORN-REMOVER
part 2: COAT, ARM, KNOB OF BUTTER
I met Hilda Sheehan - through the (surprisingly vibey) Swindon poetry scene when I was stationed back there for 10 years in '04. She was often the star turn at their spoken word events and, I thought, had the mark of a real artist in that she came with her own self-contained world (’magical realist Northern UK kitchen sink’, if I had to describe it).
I thought it would be fun to 'set' (as they say) some of her poems to music and so I did. From Hilda's considerable oeuvre, I picked the Frances and Martine series - I liked F&M's mutually abrasive dependence - the key ingredient in any sitcom - and the succinct and sometimes brutal nature of each of their adventures.
Dame Hilda Sheehan
The Anaxaton6 EP with Mike Tournier (2013)
I first worked with Mike Tournier (Big Mike as opposed to Little Mike - these were Flukes' Contrasting Mikes at the time) as producer on their OTO album c.94. Techno outfit Fluke apparently liked them some Olde Shriekback (they had worked previously with Wendy and Sarah) and thought I might add something to the project.
It turned out that producing a techno band is every bit as awkward as you might imagine (there’s only one computer screen for a start) and we abandoned the collaboration after I'd failed to insert myself into Fluke's process in any useful way (sandwich run doesn't count).
Anyway, we stayed in touch and collaborated rather more successfully on a Fluke/Shriekback tune and performance for MTV.
It was the redoubtable Julian Nugent, Fluke's manager, who got in touch - in 2013 to suggest that Mike and I might like to try knocking up a tune together.
I liked the idea of this straightaway. Mike can produce huge, hi-torque productions and I had an idea of a songwriting approach which I though might complement this. The vocalist would be recognisably the bloke out of Shriekback but CG’d with florid new appendages. I fancied some mad-as-a-rat lyrics (Welcome to their secret sign: Boola Stack! Haunted Lego of the Mind! Boola Stack!) but the music would be slick and vivid and solidly crafted because that's always how Mike rolls. Thus you get something quite absurd being taken very seriously which is, to my mind, the best thing you can possibly have.
extract from the sleeve notes:
BONE MARAUDER tells of a pure love, painful engorgement and hog sorcery.
JUJUGRID (GO LIVE!) wrangles with hedonic guilt, ecclesiastical turpitude and leaves everything else the fuck alone.
BOOLA STACK! - There are so many things to say of Boola Stack that to ennumerate them insults us both.
NO FOOL BOLETUS... let's just be clear about this: you got nothing to hide, there's no need to worry. Be lucky.
Michaele don Turino and Bleary Android are the naked mortals chained to the husky obelisk of ANAXATON6
Nick Jonah Davis lives in Derbyshire, England, which is a place where evidence of older editions of England is always easy to find. Successive eras likewise coincide in his music. Davis plays acoustic and electric guitars, drawing on both American and English folk and instrumental traditions. He has worked with like-minded folk, such as C. Joynes and Sharron Kraus, and is also an established guitar teacher and provider of therapeutic musical interventions. He’s been recording the occasional solo record since 2009, and in 2016, Dusted’s Bill Meyer had this to say about House of Dragons: “the Nottingham-based guitarist isn’t living in bifurcations of the past, and he isn’t asking us to either. Rather, he invites the listener into a world bounded by the resonance of his tunings and the vividness of his evolving melodies.” Thread Recordings is about to release a swell new LP, When the Sun Came, and Davis has compiled a list of sounds made by some of his favorite associates.
Even for solo guitarists, music is a collaborative, social thing. For this list I’ve picked some music by artists that I’ve collaborated, recorded or gigged with over the last decade or so. Members of the NJD home team.
Kogumaza — “Ursids”
WAAT048 Split 7" w/Hookworms by Kogumaza
When I lived in Nottingham, Kogumaza were my favorite band in town. They play deep, droning riff-based cosmic guitar music which draws on their backgrounds playing with local heroes like Lords, Rattle and Bob Tilton. They’ve also done their homework, having sat in with heavy hitters like Glenn Branca, Damo Suzuki and Boredoms. This tune was recorded in Nottingham, with Nathan Bell of Lungfish sitting in on bass. I was the assistant engineer on this session, and remember getting a pleasing headful of Katy Brown’s kick drum as we set up the mics. Mind-manifesting stuff.
Ex-Easter Island Head — “Large Electric Ensemble Third Movement”
Large Electric Ensemble by Ex-Easter Island Head
Liverpool’s Ex-Easter Island Head are a revelation. They repurpose electric guitars through a variety of extended techniques, with unprecedented, nourishing results. I was lucky enough to play a couple of shows as a member of their Large Electric Ensemble, a 12-guitar band powered by 1 drummer and multiple Arts Council pizzas. I learned a lot from them in terms of playing guitar with craftily-deployed allen keys and bolts. Living proof that people can and do make genuinely beautiful, ground-breaking music without being all precious and up themselves about it. Good lads.
C Joynes and the Furlong Bray — “Sang Kancil”
The Borametz Tree by C Joynes & The Furlong Bray
Joynes and I have been fellow travelers in the solo guitar realm for many years now. We’ve probably seen more of each other’s gigs than anyone else alive. I was really pleased to be invited into the making of the Borametz Tree album. Not exactly sure how you’d describe my role on that project, but it involved some bass playing, some refereeing and, in the case of this piece, heading into my cellar with Nathan Mann to process some sounds through my echo units. I really love this bizarre, swirling piece of music. It defies description and I really can’t see how it could have happened under any circumstances. Power to the Furlong Bray.
Jim Ghedi — “Bramley Moor”
A Hymn For Ancient Land by Jim Ghedi
Jim popped up a few years ago, around the same time as Toby Hay, and has been a sure source of decent sounds ever since. Jim’s initial, masterful solo guitar work has bloomed out into an exploration of both traditional folk and his own songwriting. Having sat right next to him when we played together in my village a couple of years ago, I can confirm that he has a huge, resonant chest voice. Luckily, he always commits to his guitar just as fully, as you can hear on this jaunty instrumental on which I played some weissenborn. Nathan Mann pops up again playing percussion on this one, small world…
Cath and Phil Tyler — “King Henry”
The Ox and the Ax by Cath and Phil Tyler
I first met Cath and Phil at the legendary Sin Eater festival, a 3-day weekend of fine underground music and excellent ale at an isolated pub in Shropshire. Almost everyone on this list played there actually. This is folk music as it should be played, plain and flinty with a complete focus on the song. Understatement goes a long way in this music and, I suspect because of this, Phil is one of the most criminally under-rated guitarists around. There’s a little part of me that lives for Cath’s jaw harp break at the end of this one.
Toby Hay — “Now in a Minute”
New Music For The 12 String Guitar by Toby Hay
Toby has a special place in my heart for lining me up an annual show in a cafe at the wonderful Green Man festival for the past several years, meaning my family could go for free. Here’s a near-perfect example of a miniature acoustic study from his album New Music for the 12 String Guitar. The guitar in question was custom-built for Toby by Roger Bucknall of Fylde guitars. Fylde put out the word that a label was looking for a young guitarist to make a record on a custom-built Fylde that they would commission, and I immediately suggested Toby. He rose to the occasion. Reckon he owes me a handmade guitar though; I’ll give him a nudge one of these days.
The Horse Loom — “Silver Ribbon”
The Horse Loom by The Horse Loom
Steve Malley played in post-punk bands back in the day, gigging alongside the likes of Fugazi. He later picked up a Fylde guitar and went down an acoustic rabbit hole where his love of British folk and flamenco come to the fore. The DIY-or-die roots of his playing flash an occasional fin. After we met I persuaded him to come down to Nottingham and let me record his first album in First Love studio. He did the whole thing in a day and it’s awesome. This is my favorite instrumental from that collection.
Sharron Kraus — “Sorrow’s Arrow”
Joy's Reflection is Sorrow by Sharron Kraus
I started playing shows with Sharron as we were both UK artists on the Tompkins Square label at the time, so it kind of made sense. She’s a bit of an institution in psych-folk circles and eventually I began playing on her records and at live shows, which has been a real joy. This tune features some heavy drones and an occasional splish of my lap steel. It’s classic Kraus — mournful, insightful, immersive. If you want to hear someone with a bigger brain than yours talking about the weirder side of life, check out her Preternatural Investigations podcast.
Haress — “Wind the Bobbin”
Haress by HARESS
Haress is centered around the twin electric guitar work of Liz Still and David Hand. Located in downright gorgeous rural Shropshire, they ran the Sin Eater Festival and still put out essential music on Lancashire and Somerset Records. I reckon they’ve helped me out more than anyone over the years, releasing House of Dragons on vinyl and always setting me up a show when I need one. This gorgeous piece features Nathan Bell again, this time on trumpet. Those Nathans do get around.
Burd Ellen — “Chi-Mi-Bhuam”
Chi Mi Bhuam by Burd Ellen
I first saw Debbie Armour singing with Alasdair Roberts, a good start. When I went up to play in Glasgow in 2018, I asked if she’d like to open up my show at the Glad Café, which she did, alone except for a borrowed harmonium. I was mesmerized, I think everyone was. Too good for a support slot. Here’s a Gaelic vocal piece which demonstrates exactly who we’re dealing with here, a profoundly talented and committed artist with a lifelong immersion in traditional music, using it as a springboard into something entirely her own.
The Cork Furniture Store, which in June had taken over London House, changes its name to Roches Stores.
Fr Dominic O’Connor puts Josephine McCoy in touch with Florrie O’Donoghue to whom she passes secret army reports. The IRA claim that her assistance results in the deaths of three British Army officers and six civilians accused of assisting the Crown forces.
The Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, Sir Frederick Shaw suggests that the police force in Ireland be expanded via the recruitment of a special force of volunteer British ex-servicemen.
James Joyce finishes copying “Cyclops” which is to appear over three issues the Little Review from November 1919 to January 1920.
General Pershing leads his troops in a victory parade in New York.
The last soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment return home to Jamaica, Barbados & Trinidad from Europe.
2 September
R.I.C. Sergeant Philip Brady is shot dead between Carrigahorig and Lorrha, Co. Tipperary. Constable Foley is badly wounded in the ambush.
2-16 September
The Florida Keys hurricane travels from the Leeward Islands to West Texas claiming 772 fatalities and causing $22 million of damage.
3 September
Tom Barry is granted a pension for 66 weeks for suffering malaria and DAH (Disordered Action of the Heart, a medical condition on his file). His address is given as Convent Hill, Bandon, Co. Cork.
The body of farmer Owen Daly of Rowel, Co. Cork is found on the road near Broadford. He was shot several times and death was believed to have been instantaneous. Mr. Daly had police protection some years ago and it is believed this may have some connection with his murder.
7 September
Cork Volunteers, under the leadership of Liam Lynch, assisted by Mick Mansfield and George Lennon of Waterford, attack members of the Royal Shropshire Light Infantry en route to services at the Wesleyan Church in Fermoy.
Private William Jones receives a fatal gunshot to the heart and a Private Lloyd is shot in the neck. Fifteen rifles are captured. Lynch is wounded in the shoulder and taken to a Youghal safe house.
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou is born Kingston, Jamaica
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8 September
Two hundred British soldiers loot and burn several commercial buildings in Fermoy in reprisal for the death of Private Jones.
The Coroner's Jury on the death of Jones reached the verdict that "these men came for the purpose of getting rifles, and had no intenton of killing anyone".
In Honduras President Bertrand resigns after ten people are killed in political violence in Tegucigalpa.
9 September
British troops in Fermoy are confined to barracks.
The last contact with the steamship Valbanera, which sinks in the Carribean during a hurricane, with the loss of 488 crew and passengers.
1,117 of Boston’s 1,544 Police Department fail to report for work, going on strike seeking recognition for their trade union.
10 September
British troops are confronted on Emmet Street in Fermoy and driven back to their barracks by a large crowd of local residents armed with sticks, stones and other weapons.
5,000 Massachusetts State Guard are deployed in place of the police force to combat looting. Robert Lallie is shot and killed when State Guard troops “cavalry charge” in Scollay Square.
The treaty is signed officially ending the war between the Allies and Austria in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
11 September
US Marines are deployed to Honduras in a peacekeeping capacity.
12 September
Dáil Éireann is outlawed by the British.
A number of Sinn Féin centres are raided.
Mr. Patrick O'Keefe, M.P. for North Cork, is arrested under a direction issued by the General Officer Commanding Southern District, Ireland, and tried by district court-martial in Dublin, and sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour for one year and six months for offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Mr. Ernest Blyth, M.P. for North Monaghan, is arrested and committed to Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to await his trial by court-martial for an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.
Detective Daniel Hoey of G Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Police is assassinated by Volunteers Tom Ennis, Mick McDonnell and Jim Slattery.
The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio organizes a militant nationalist group and takes Fiume (Rijeka) for Italy.
The German Worker’s Party accepts its seventh member, an army spy, Corporal Hitler.
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev dies in Finland of heart failure (b. 1871)
13 September
The Boston Police Strike ends when Commissioner Curtis announces the replacement of all striking workers with 1,500 new officers on higher wages. Eight of the nine fatalities of the Boston Police Strike are shot by members of the State Guard.
George Weidenfeld is born in Vienna (d. 2016)
15 September
Michael ffrench-O'Carroll is born in Dublin (d. 2007)
16-20 September
The second PGA Championship is played at the Engineer’s Country Club on Long Island and is won by Englishman Jim Barnes.
19 September
The official founding of ‘The Squad’ the IRA counter-intelligence and assassination squad.
21 September
Cork wins the All-Ireland hurling final:
Cork 6-4
Dublin 2-4
25 September
Eastern Transbaikalian Front partisans under Pavel Zhuravlev attempt to escape encirclement by White Transbaikalian forces under Grigory Semyonov in the Battle of Bogdat which lasts until October 19.
President Woodrow Wilson collapsed from “a nervous reaction in his digestive organs” after addressing a crowd in Pueblo, Colorado.
26 September
The Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine defeats the White Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka, capturing machine guns and artillery pieces.
Matilde Camus is born in Santander (D. 2012)
27 September
British troops withdraw from Archangelsk after fighting Bolsheviks.
In the US the Democratic National Committee votes to allow female members.
28 September
President Wilson tips his hat to the waiting crowd at the train station in Washington, shakes the hands of some people gathered along the track platform, and is whisked away to the White House.
28-29 September
The Omaha race riot occurs, resulting in the brutal lynching of Will Brown and the attempted hanging of mayor Edward Smith.
30 September
Avery Hopwood's Gold Diggers premieres in New York.
Mary and The Witch's Flower Premieres in American Theaters on January 18th 2018 (Nationwide January 19th)
GKIDS and Fathom Events announced on Wednesday that they will premiere Studio Ponoc and Hiromasa Yonebayashi's Mary and The Witch's Flower (Mary to Majo no Hana) film in U.S. theaters on Thursday, January 18. Regular screenings will start nationwide on January 19.
The premiere event will have two screenings: the English dub will screen at 7:00 p.m. local time and the English-subtitled version will screen at 8:00 p.m. local time. The screenings will include an exclusive interview with filmmakers and a commemorative item. Fathom Events will post a list of theaters when it opens ticket sales on Friday.
The film opened in Japan on July 8 and has earned 3 billion yen (US$28 million).
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who directed Studio Ghibli's Arrietty and When Marnie Was There, directed Mary and The Witch's Flower, and also penned the script for the film alongside Riko Sakaguchi, who wrote the screenplay for Isao Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Takatsugu Muramatsu (When Marnie Was There) composed the music. Yoshiaki Nishimura is credited as producer. The staff page on the film's website further noted that many former staff from Studio Ghibli joined Ponoc in the film's production.
The BFG's Ruby Barnhill stars in the dub as the titular character Mary, and Kate Winslet (Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mountain Between Us) plays school chairwoman Madam Mumblechook. Jim Broadbent, who co-starred with Winslet in Iris, plays Mumblechook's colleague Doctor Dee. Other cast members include Ewen Bremner, Lynda Baron, Rasmus Hardiker, Teresa Gallagher, Morwenna Banks, and Louis Ashbourne Serkis.
The film is based on Mary Stewart's book The Little Broomstick. Studio Ponoc scouted locations in Shropshire, U.K., the setting of the original novel. The Japanese version stars Hana Sugisaki (When Marnie Was There, live-action Blade of the Immortal) as Mary and Ryunosuke Kamiki (The Secret World of Arrietty's Sho, your name.'s Taki) as Peter.
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Victoria Coleman: animal artist, living in the Highley, United Kingdom.
Victoria has led a diversely creative life after achieving a degree in metalwork and jewellery she then began a career in the prop making industry where she enjoyed making costume props on Star Wars and Gladiator, fabricating crazy critters at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Camden and painting Disney characters to go in their flagship stores around the world. She now works at home in Shropshire with her two dogs Daisy and Bailey and cat Mable for company.
Victoria Coleman
Victoria has a great fondness for animals and is fascinated by the humour and personality they show through their body language and expressions. It’s this subject that her work is primarily based on, creating images that are slightly offbeat, bold and occasionally humorous.
“Supercat” Mixed-media painting on Canvas by Victoria Coleman
“The Yawn” Painting on Canvas by Victoria Coleman
“Hello” Acrylic painting on Canvas by Victoria Coleman
“Cool Rider” Mixed-media painting on Canvas by Victoria Coleman
Her painting technique is all about the detail achieved in the layers which are built up until the essence of the subject has been captured. She uses a mix of materials but mainly Bristol Paints which are high quality water based emulsions used in the film and theatre industry, as they work well for both blending and spraying through an air brush. Her work is always sealed with a matt glaze for protection.
Artwork by Victoria Coleman at the “Reading Contemporary Art Fair”
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Artwork by Victoria Coleman Victoria Coleman: animal artist, living in the Highley, United Kingdom. Victoria has led a diversely creative life after achieving a degree in metalwork and jewellery she then began a career in the prop making industry where she enjoyed making costume props on Star Wars and Gladiator, fabricating crazy critters at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Camden and painting Disney characters to go in their flagship stores around the world.