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Lou Ross Singer from West Africa in Orange African Cultural Cloth with Maasai Hunting Knife Portrait Photoshoot Shoreditch Studio London – from either Côte d'Ivoire or Sierra Leone
(Photographed at the Argyll Factory, Alexandria www.flickr.com/photos/ermintrude73/12030480325/)
In 1956 there was an oil crisis as French and British troops tried to take possessions of the Suez Canal to stop Egyptian nationalisation. The vulnerability of Europe’s oil supplies became apparent as petrol prices soared. Car manufacturers rushed to produce cheap small cars.
Rootes planned such a model – originally called the Slug. The design evolved with a rear wheel drive from an engine in the boot. For the car to handle properly, a light-weight engine was developed.
In 1959, as BMC announced the Mini, Rootes decided to go into production with the Imp at their new Linwood plant, served by the body making plant at Pressed Steel who were already in the area making bodies for Rover and Volvo.
It had taken little more than two years to build the factory and manufacture the first car. But this rush to put the car on the road had left insufficient time for testing and, although the press reports at the launch were very complimentary, these early cars soon gained a reputation for unreliability.
Singer and Sunbeam versions of the Imp were made together with a Commer van.
Make/Model Hillman Imp
Engine 875cc all aluminium
Top speed 85mph
Cost new £672
Aurora Aksnes (born 15.6.1996), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Stavanger and raised in the towns of Høle and Os, she began writing her first songs and learning dance at the age of six. After some of her songs were uploaded online and became popular in Norway, she signed a recording contract with Petroleum Records, Decca and Glassnote Records in 2014. Aurora gained recognition with her debut extended play (EP), Running with the Wolves (2015), which contained the sleeper hit "Runaway". Later that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song "Half the World Away".
Aurora's debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) received generally positive reviews, charting in various European countries and earning platinum certification two times in Norway. Her second EP Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1) (2018) was the first part of a two-part album, while the second part was her second studio album, A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) (2019). Her third studio album The Gods We Can Touch was released on 21 January 2022.
Her music is primarily electropop, folk, and art pop with vocals referred to as "ethereal". She only played piano at the beginning of her career, but later involved herself in percussion and other aspects of music production. In addition to her solo work, Aurora has collaborated with and co-written songs for other artists, including Icarus, Askjell, Lena, Travis and the Chemical Brothers. She has also contributed to soundtracks for several films and television series, including Girls, Frozen II and Wolfwalkers.
She calls herself a "forest person" due to being surrounded by nature and her love to "climb trees", and being "isolated and hidden".[15] She has also shown interest in the ocean since she lived close to the sea, and her parents have a sailboat.[15][16] When she attended school, her sisters—Miranda (currently her makeup artist) and Viktoria Aksnes (currently her costume designer)—worried that she might be bullied due to her eccentric personality and style of dress.[17] Contrary to this, Aurora's classmates asked for more time than she was willing to give, and she instead preferred to spend time in the forest.[18] She also claimed that withdrawing into natural spaces gave her time to philosophize and discover the "power" of her own mind.[19] As a child, she was afraid of people who sought to hug her and disliked such a gesture in general: "I used to be terrified of people who wanted to hug me", she said. "I did not like to be hugged as a child. And I used to be terrified of one of my teachers at school, but then I met him a few months ago, and it was really nice. It’s weird how things change."[20]
At age nine, when she had a better handle of the English language, she began writing songs.[13] She has mentioned being influenced at that time by artists like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Enya, and the Chemical Brothers.[24][25]
According to Aurora, the first song she ever finished writing was titled "The Lonely Man".[33] Her first work before embarking on her music career was washing a pizza restaurant using a hose.[33] Songs from her early works were written in this early stage of her life.[34][35] Another of her early compositions was "I Had a Dream", which referred to how hard the world can be.[25][23] Although she considered it a "really long and boring song about world peace" she performed it once at her high school's leaving ceremony. The recording of her song "Puppet" (which was originally made as a Christmas gift for her parents) and a video filmed by a classmate of her school performance were uploaded online without her permission (which made her angry),[13][36] and was quickly discovered by a representative of the agency of Artists Made Management, a Norwegian management company, who invited Aurora to visit their office for a meeting in early 2013.[37][38] Aurora initially denied the proposal: "At first I thought no", she recalls, "but then my mum said I should think about the idea of sharing my music with the world because maybe there's someone out there who desperately needs it. And that could actually be a good thing".[36] In a few hours, both songs received thousands of visits in Norway, which earned Aurora some recognition in her country, in addition to a fan base on Facebook.[38][21][39]
2012–2016: Running with the Wolves and All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
Aurora self-released the song "Puppet" as her debut single in December 2012 under her birth name.[40] Aurora then set about working on her songwriting for around a year before giving her "first proper live performance" at Nabovarsel Minifestival in Bergen. About similar performances to that one she said: "I don’t think I was born to be an entertainer, I used to really be afraid of playing live on-stage. Obviously it’s terrifying! But now I’ve learned to, and I’ve learned to not focus on myself, cause it’s not about me. Now I only think about giving everyone the best experience. A magic moment."[20][41] Her second single, "Awakening", followed in March 2014, which became the first one released under the stage name Aurora.[42] Her third single "Under Stars" was the first one signed to her labels Glassnote Records and Decca Records, released in November 2014. Both songs established her as a "Promising Artist" of 2015 and attracted the attention of critics in Europe and the United States, especially for the artist's voice. Her next single "Runaway" was released in February 2015, which gained attention from singers Katy Perry and Troye Sivan.
Her next single, "Running with the Wolves" was released in April 2015, and its music video was released two months later. The song gained attention from BBC Radio station.[49] It was released alongside the announcement of the release of her debut EP Running with the Wolves.[50] Released in May 2015 on digital platforms, the EP received positive reviews from online music blogs and national press. To promote the EP, she appeared at summer festivals such as Way Out West, Wilderness, and Green Man Festival. Aurora's next single, "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)", was released in September 2015 and has received continued support in the national press, on national radio, and popular online music blogs.[51] Aurora also performed at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert,[52] saying that she and her family "have been following it from the living room at home for many years", and "it is an incredibly beautiful thing to be a part of."[53] Her presentation was praised by the concert's host Jay Leno.[54] She has played a sold-out headline show in London and supported Of Monsters and Men at Brixton Academy in November 2015.[55] Aurora recorded a cover of the Oasis song "Half the World Away" for the 2015 John Lewis Christmas advert.[56] Her next single, titled "Conqueror", was released in January 2016, and a music video was released the following month. Before the single release, the song appeared in the soundtrack of the videogame FIFA 16.[57]
In early 2016, Aurora featured on British band Icarus' song "Home" and released a cover of David Bowie's "Life on Mars" for the HBO Girls television series.[58][59][60] After a prolific start with her first musical productions, she released her debut album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend in March 2016,[61] receiving generally positive reviews from critics. After releasing the album, Aurora embarked on an international concert tour beginning in Australia that lasted more than a year.[62]
On 14 March 2016, Aurora made her American television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing "Conqueror", which was later performed on Conan.[63] On 25 July 2016 she performed her cover of "Life on Mars" on The Howard Stern Show. The following night on 26 July, she performed "I Went Too Far" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which was later released as the album's fifth single. The album's sixth and final single "Winter Bird" was released on 20 December. Aurora became the first in a series of emerging artists to partner with YouTube for a creative content distribution program,[64] she also starred in her own short documentary directed by Isaac Ravishankara and produced by The Fader, titled "Nothing is Eternal."[65]
2017–2019: Infections of a Different Kind and A Different Kind of Human[edit]
When All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend debuted, Aurora said that it was "the first album of many" she was planning to release.[66] As of 12 May 2016, after coming back from her European tour, the singer announced that she was ready to begin writing and producing more material, which will form her second studio album. She stated in a Facebook event that she has fifteen demo songs and has written a thousand songs/poems. Her next project consisted of covering the song "Scarborough Fair" for the Brazilian telenovela Deus Salve o Rei and filming the opening sequence for it.[67] Between April and August 2018, the singer released two singles, "Queendom" and "Forgotten Love",[68][69] which would be included in the first half of a two-part album divided into "steps".[70] Aurora recorded the album during her stay in France in January of that year, and the production included the producers Askjell Solstrand, Roy Kerr and Tim Bran, with Aurora herself also involved in this aspect.[15] Some of that new material was anticipated in live performances, including festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella.[71][72]
While maintaining some of the themes and stories of the previous album, this production would mark the first time that Aurora has incorporated themes of politics and sexuality into her music.[73] Most of the new inspiration came from the interaction that she had with her fans during her first tour.[74] The music video for "Queendom" saw its release in May 2018, which presented themes of inclusivity and empowerment of "the underdog", particularly her LGBT fans. In the video, Aurora kisses one of her female dancers to convey that "every type of love is accepted and embraced" in her "queendom".[75]
On 28 September 2018, the singer released the first half of her second album on EP format,[70] under the title Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1). The EP features eight songs,[76] and the title itself comes from the eighth track included on it, which Aurora declared as "the most important song I've ever written".[77] A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) followed on 7 June 2019, with lead singles "Animal" and "The River".
On 12 April 2019, Aurora contributed with co-writing and vocals in the songs "Eve of Destruction", "Bango", and "The Universe Sent Me" for the Chemical Brothers' ninth album No Geography.[78] On 4 November 2019, the soundtrack to the Disney film Frozen II was released, with Aurora providing backing vocals on the song "Into the Unknown". On 9 February 2020, she performed the song on stage as part of the 92nd Academy Awards alongside Idina Menzel and nine singers that dubbed the song in their respective languages.[79] She released her solo version of "Into the Unknown" as a standalone single on 3 March 2020.[80]
Aurora released the single "Exist for Love" in May 2020, which was presented as her first love song ever with a self-directed music video.[81] The song was made during the COVID-19 lockdown in collaboration with Isobel Waller-Bridge, who composed the string arrangements.[81] It was the first glimpse into what she described as "a new era" in her career, with the upcoming release of a new album.[82] Under the musical direction of Gaute Tønder, she recorded the title track of the Christmas miniseries Stjernestøv [no] for Norwegian public broadcaster NRK; such contribution was made known in mid-November of the same year.[83] She also provided her vocals on the songs "Vinterens Gåte" and "Det Ev Ei Rosa Sprunge" (Norwegian version of the German song "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"), from the album Juleroser by Herborg Kråkevik, in which the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and other Norwegian artists.[84] She also re-recorded her track "Running with the Wolves" for the animated fantasy and adventure film Wolfwalkers.[85]
In early 2021, she released five compilation EPs in celebration of her song "Runaway" receiving over 100 million streams on Spotify: For the Humans Who Take Long Walks in the Forest, Music for the Free Spirits, Stories, For the Metal People and Music for the Fellow Witches Out There throughout February.[86] On 7 July 2021, Aurora released the single "Cure for Me" as the lead single for the forthcoming album.[87] On 14 October, "Giving in to the Love" was released as the album's third single, and The Gods We Can Touch was announced for release on 21 January 2022.[88] Aurora featured in Sub Urban's song "Paramour", released on 19 November as a single for the latter's upcoming debut album.[89] She also released the song "Midas Touch for the soundtrack of the third season of the Amazon Prime Video Hanna series. To promote The Gods We Can Touch, she announced a concert tour throughout the United States and Europe (with Sub Urban, Sei Selina and Metteson as supporting acts) in 2022.[90] "Heathens" was released on 3 December 2021 as the album's fourth single, and a virtual concert film was announced, which released exclusively to Moment House on 25 January 2022, a week later after the album's release.[91][92] A collaborative event with the video game Sky: Children of the Light was released on 17 October 2022, which included a virtual concert that premiered on 8 December after The Game Awards 2022 and reoccurred from 9 December until 2 January 2023.
Marble Brewery, Downtown Albuquerque
When we bought our home here in Bonnie Scotland many years ago there was one or two old pieces of furniture and the like left. The house was owned by two very elderly sisters who had both died (one died in the house) and the estate asked if we wanted to purchase any of these items for a small fee. My wife purchased, if I recall correctly, an old chair and some bits-and-bobs along with this "ancient" Singer sewing machine ~ the treadle style.
Today, this sits in one of our rooms (with the actual sewing machine, hidden within the original box/cover) and my wife always has fresh flowers and candles sitting on it. This particular model is very old and hopefully falls into today's challenge (I think) perfectly!
To add some "age" I did a little sketched processing.
Our Daily Challenge - YESTERDAY / YESTERYEAR
GAYSIL NORONHA’S PROFILE:
GAYSIL - SINGER, DANCER and CHOREOGRAPHER began her journey into the world of music and dance at an early age of 15. She started her career with plays where she completed a successful tour through Europe and the U.S. Gaysil was far too ambitious to hide in the shadows of other people’s glory and strove hard to make a solo career for herself. Gaysil got her first big break as a lead singer in a girl band and released her own hit album in collaboration with BMG Crescendo called SAMBHALKE. Since then, she has utilized her time and resources to formally train in western classical ballet, jazz, tap, salsa, flamenco, contemporary and free dance. In fact, Gaysil is one of the very few qualified ballet performers and choreographers in all of Mumbai. She has recently stepped into the world of film where you can spot her dancing with Hrithik Roshan in KOI MIL GAYA, or starring in an item number with Aftab Shivdasani in the film MUSKAAN, and other films assured of success which are scheduled for release within the next few months. She has appeared in two item songs in the south of India, the movies are 7/G BRINDABAN COLONY (name of song- January madam) and the other song that she has appeared in is the title track of the film PARTY directed by Ravibabu ,the name of the song is kiss me lachmi .She has starred in as well as choreographed ‘Baar Baar Dekho’—DJ Amit mix (Times Music), ‘Jhini’ by Indian Ocean and ‘Yeh Mera Dil’ by Sanjana. She can be spotted on television ads for companies such as Sansui, Pepsi, Woodland, Palmolive, Timex, Titan and Hero Cycles just to name a few. As a live performer Gaysil ranks second to none as she is a complete live wire on stage full of energy and enthusiasm perfect for any party or high class event, from corporate shows, to product launches, award nights, to club shows, weddings, to fashion events… in other words, if you need a talented well-rounded artiste highly adaptable and open to suit your particular needs and wishes, Gaysil is certainly the woman for you!
Since 1998 she is in lime light did great shows with Brithish Airways Silver Linning Show,Golden Tones Concert,Navy Ball ,then Co-cperate Show for Solitaire,Product Launch for the Mercedes ‘S’ Class,Lakme Fashion Show,Bombay Times Party, many more in 2002,Stardust Award in 2003,Marco RICCI Fashion Show, SANSUI awards,AXN HOT AND WILD contest-The nationally televised AXN search for India’s hottest male and female was held at Mikanos
Fatale Fashion Show,Divas of the silver screen held in Dubai Gladrags megamodel Manhunt,BOMBAY MERI JAAN… FCUK Designer Launch High-profile show, held in Dubai ,SOCIETY AWARDS---Nationally televised show sponsored by Marco Ricci and Metro Shoes, HEAD AND SHOULDERS(P&G) Show, HONDA SHOW-------- choreographed by Gaysil. Launch of TOMMY HILFIGER PERFUME-----This event was for the launch of tommy Hilfiger men’s perfume called true star. This event was held at the Taj hotel in 2005.Gabrielle diamonds fashion show in 2006. Her graph is increasing year after year adding great shows in her profile.
H.S.Communication
9/11/2011
What a fantastic Ren Fair day! It was a perfect temperature (mostly, maybe a bit warm and humid at times), I got to meet Sir Roderick and handle his sword (OW OW), and I bought another athame - the exact same one the movers stole for less than half the price it goes for on the interwebs. And of course, I walked away with a bit more plunder than that too. There might have also been a gorgeous pentacle necklace and a fairy skirt. All this with Emily and Alexis and Michael, and also joined by Kristy, Zach, Erin, and Keira. During one of the shows, someone in the audience stood up and said something about Steelers, and you could hear the crickets. I don't know where else in a 100-mile radius that would happen. I love the Ren Fair. :)
Singer 9hp Delixe (1934) Engine 972cc S4 OC
Registration Number MJ 3620
SINGER SET
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The model began as the Junior Special evolving into the Nine with pre-mesh clutchless gear change from 1934.
Shot 15:05:2011 at Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire Ref 68-
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My talented friend Jackie and her talented friend Kate were killin' it tonight!! Amazing performances by both.
Had to use my old camera (Canon Rebel xTi) today since my 60D was video recording the event.
Strobist: 430EX II through umbrella camera left. Triggered by master 580EX II on camera, bouncing off ceiling.
There was some separate stage light to the right and behind the ladies that added the rimlight.
We had a coffee house evening at church tonight to eat some sweets, listen to some music and raise money for some girls in the church who are heading down to NYC to work with an organization down there for a month or so. This is one of the singers - Melissa Parsons (www.reverbnation.com/melissaparsons). Thought it was nice having the lights up on the wall kinda of over-exposed and blurry.
This particular look is from a Lightroom preset that I'm really liking at the moment. Let me know what you think.
Shot at high-ISO (2000) with my D90 and 85mm f/1.8D
Beale St., musicians perform in Handy Park, Memphis, Tn., March 22, 2009 at a benefit for the family of a fallen Beale St. musician.