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ART AND CULTURE CENTER OF HOLLYWOOD
KICKS OFF ITS 2014-15 EXHIBITION SEASON WITH ECHOS MYRON,
CURATED BY BEATRIZ MONTEAVARO AND PRIYADARSINI RAY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 8, 2014
Contact: Charmain Yobbi, Manager, Public Relations and Community Partnerships
954.921.3274 x235
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Kicks Off Its 2014-15 Exhibition Season Friday, Sept. 5 With Reception for Echos Myron, Where Art and Music Collide
Hollywood, Fla. – On Friday, Sept. 5 from 6:30 to 10 p.m., the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood kicks off its 2014-15 exhibition season with an artists’ reception for Echos Myron, curated by Beatriz Monteavaro and Priyadarsini Ray. The reception will feature live performances by Snakehole and Bank of Christ. Other exhibitions opening at the gallery during this reception are Sri Prabha: Outpost and Monica Uszerowicz: It’s Okay to Cry. This reception is free for members and $10 for non-members. Donation bar and light refreshments will be served. A panel discussion with Echos Myron artists moderated by Gean Moreno takes place at the Center on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. These exhibitions will be shown through Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Center, 1650 Harrison St.
In Echos Myron, art and music collide. Musicians who make art will be shown alongside artists who make music. The participants in this exhibition collectively reflect the creativity and cross-currents at play in the Miami music scene from the early ‘90s to the present.
A wide array of processes and practices will be on display, including sculpture, painting, flyer art, photographs, installation, and more. Given the individuals whose work is included in this eclectic exhibit, a broad diversity of aesthetics come together to reveal the fertile and dynamic underpinnings of a creative scene thriving in Miami for the past two decades.
Artists participating in Echos Myron include Kevin Arrow, Eddy Alvarez, Greg Alvarez, Rene Barge, Dorys Bellow, David Alexander Bennett, Bleedingpalm, Dirk Brandon, David Brieske, Brian Butler, Autumn Casey, Amanda Castillo, Clifton Childree, Rick Diaz, Daniel Fiorda, Chris Garcia, Daniel Gorostiaga, Chris Garcia, Ricardo Guerrero, Jason Handelsman, Dave Kudzma, Chuck Loose, Paul Lewin, Niuvis Martin, Gustavo Matamoros, Ivy McClelland, Juan Montoya, Beatriz Monteavaro, Gavin Perry, Priyadarsini Ray, Jean Saiz, Christian Salazar, Rick Smith, Teajay Smith, Natalie Spargo, 3PQ, Maitejosume Urrechaga, Janette Valentine, Viking Funeral, and Janese Weingarten.
A mixed media artist originally from Hyderabad, India, Sri Prabha’s Outpost is a site-specific installation inspired by space, biology, and exploration. An otherworldly campsite is presented, bathed in video and natural sounds. On view are basic shelters and a symbolic fireplace surrounded by mixed-media works inspired by images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, particle physics, microbiology, and an ongoing collaboration with the Patricia and Philip Frost Museum. Trained at the Cornish College of the Arts, he holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology.
Monica Uszerowicz is a photographer and writer living in Miami. Guided by the process of individuation as explained by Carl Jung, she uses her work to understand both the physical and subconscious components in her subjects, as well as their place in a collective narrative.In this way, even the redundant and the dull, whether overwrought or unseen, contains depths worth capturing and a weight that connects each individual to a larger story based in the collective unconscious.
Upcoming exhibitions at the Center include the following:
Nov. 14, 2014 – Jan. 18, 2015
•Dave Muller: Rock 'n' Old
•Middle galleries: Bhakti Baxter: Returning What Was Borrowed
•Project room:
yardbird Records Pop-Up record store curated by Michael Dean
•The Landing: Annie Buckley: The People’s Tarot
Feb. 6 – March 13, 2015 (closing reception/drawing March 13)
•Abracadabra: Eighth Annual Exhibition and Fundraiser
•Middle galleries: Kubiat Nnamdie
•Project room: Ernesto Kunde: Intertwined
•The Landing: Tom Virgin
March 27 – May 24, 2015
•Jose Alvarez: As Far As the I Can See
•The Landing: Regina Jestrow
June 12 – Aug. 23, 2015
•Wayne White: Maybe Now I’ll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve
•Middle galleries: Douglas Hoekzema
Sept. 11, 2015 opens
•Sixth All-Media Juried Biennial
(Jurors Tami Katz Freiman/Ombretta Agro)
•Project room: #ACCH Instagram Winner Show
•The Landing: All 52 Instagram weekly winners’ photos
Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Free parking is available at the Center, which is located at 1650 Harrison St. General admission to the Center’s galleries is $7 for adults; $4 for students, seniors, and children ages 4 to 17; and free to Center members as well as children under the age of 4. For more information on these exhibitions, please call 954.921.3274 or visit ArtAndCultureCenter.org.
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood presents contemporary gallery exhibitions, artist lectures, live stage performances, and high-quality education programs for adults and children. It is the third oldest arts non-profit in Broward County and serves more than 60,000 people annually at three venues. The Center fosters a creative environment where new and challenging work can flourish through programs that reflect the highest standards of artistry and diversity.
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, the City of Hollywood, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and The Kresge Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.
Caption: Bleedingpalm is one of the artists featured in Echos Myron.
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A scene of kids playing and the echos of their laughter occurred in my mind while taking this picture, just to realize after looking at the picture in my camera that there's no one here... the echoes of kids' laughter in my mind just faded away as it's been fading away in other parts of the world including Syria, just to get replaced by the harsh sounds of war and violence, in the never ending cycle of filling that bottomless hole of human nature's primitive needs for power and money. And in the process we're loosing the sounds of innocence, the sounds of pure joy that draws a smile on every single person who sets eyes on a bunch of kids playing like there's no tomorrow...
I've been looking for the Echo around here that has the black plastic cladding that goes from the back to the front in a lighter red. This also has a similar number plate, 8xxTLV as the Volkswagen Golf.
I still have loads of wildlife photos to share with you, but since the rains have come in Nairobi our garden has blossomed again, and I've started with my macro shots again. Enjoy.
Talk about the life, talk about women, talk about outings, talk about experiences, talk about nothingness, talk about talking. What happened?
I like Bridge, I like the name, even if the bridge over the Nailbourne takes some finding.
Again, the main road between Dover and London used to pass through the village, but the A2 now curves pass it, so the long main street is quiet, if jammed with parked cars. It is also blessed with two good pubs and a fine country butcher.
St Peter stands on the hill to the east of the town, as the old road heads up to the downs on its way to the coast.
St Peter was Vicotianised, but the work did preserve much of what was old including a trimpium and a oddly truncated tomb where the middle section of the body is missing.
Windows seems to be in threes, echoing the Holy Trinity I guess, and the church has a fine rose window in the south chapel.
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LOCATION: Situated on Upper Chalk (just above the Nailbourne floodplain) at about 90 feet above O.D. with the main Roman road to Dover immediately to the north-east. Bridge Place is about a ¼ mile to the south-west, and its mother-church of Patrixbourne is about ¾ miles to the north-east. Canterbury is just under 3 miles to the north-west.
DESCRIPTION: Unfortunately the church was disastrously over-restored in 1859 by Scott (John Newman, B.O.E. (N.E. and Kent 3rd ed. 1983), 159, says it was 'done with grotesque insensitivity'). However, with the help of Glynne's description (of 1846), and various early 19th century views, as well as the few surviving medieval features, it is possible to work out something of the architectural history. Externally it has been completely refaced with heavy knapped flint, and Bathstone dressings, but the core of all the main walls, except the Vestry on the north-east and the tower stair-turret must be medieval. The west end of the north aisle also appears to have been extended westwards in 1859.
There had been an earlier small-scale repewing in 1836, followed by a restoration by Scott in 1857. The complete rebuilding took place in 1859-60, with most of the money coming from Mrs Gregory of Bridge Hill.
From the surviving remains, there is no doubt that the nave, chancel, south aisle and tower-base all date from the 12th century. It is also possible that the nave itself dates from the late 11th century, but there is no visible evidence for this. The west doorway to the nave is of a mid- to later 12th century date, and unlike virtually everything else on the outside of the church was not totally renewed in 1859. There is a decorated round-headed archway with water-leaf capitals, and much original Caenstone survives. The internal north jamb to the doorway is also mostly of original diagonally-tooled Caenstone blocks. On the north-east side of the chancel is a round-headed (c. mid-12th century) window, which was unblocked in 1859. Glynne in 1846 refers to two 'closed' windows on the north side of the chancel, and 'on the south a fine doorway and two windows, now closed; the former has fine chevron mouldings'. This doorway was reset on the east side of the north-east vestry in 1859, but its fine chevroned arch, over scalloped capitals, is still visible as an entrance to the vestry lobby. The south aisle and south-west tower seem to have been added in the later 12th century. The arcade had already gone by 1846, but part of a respond (with nook-shafts) still survives at the extreme east end. Just beyond this, in the east wall, a fragment of the north jamb of a 12th century window survives. This south aisle had a low southwall until 1859, and its steep-pitched roof continued the line of the main nave roof. The tower at the west end of this aisle has 1859 round-headed arches, on the north and east in a 'decorated Romanesque' style (? designed by Scott). Glynne tells us that originally they were 'very rude semicircular arches'. The south and east windows into the ground floor of the tower may be based on earlier 12th century ones.
During the earlier 13th century, a north transept chapel and north aisle were added. Glynne tells us that 'the north aisle is very low and narrow, divided from the nave by three rude pointed arches with large wall piers having no capitals or impost mouldings'. The pointed arches survive, though a fourth has been added on the west, as well as three extraordinary double piers. The eastern respond is mostly original, however, with bar-stopped chamfers. Another original arch (with bar-stopped chamfers) divides the north aisle from the north-east transept chapel. Glynne also says that there was a lancet at the west end of this aisle. The north-east chapel still has a pair of original lancets on the north (restored externally), and earlier there was apparently a hagioscope from this chapel into the chancel. The upper stage of the tower may be 13th century.
The one later medieval feature that survives is the 3-light early perpendicular window in the west wall of the nave. This too still contains quite a lot of original masonry, and may date from the late 14th century. The 2-light east window, now rebuilt, was probably early 14th century ('poor Middle Pointed' according to Glynne). The early 19th century views show a pair of two-light late perpendicular windows with square hoods on the south side of the chancel.
The chancel still contains some early 16th century fittings, and a roodloft was documented as being made in 1522 (see below). On the north side of the sanctuary are two low rectangular niches which contain the two halves of the effigy for Macobus Kasey (ob. 1512). Above and just to the west of this is some relief sculpture (also ? early 16th century) in a tympanum panel. Was this set originally inside a 12th century doorway? Above this is an early 17th century painting of Robert Bargrave (ob. 1649). On the chancel south wall (at the west end) are fragments of a relief memorial to a vicar, Malcolm Ramsey (ob. 1538). He was vicar of Patrixbourne and Bridge for 44 years. These include part of an inscription.
The tower appears to have been given brick south-east and south-west buttresses in the 17th or 18th century. These were removed in 1859 when a south-east stair-turret was added to the tower. This was apparently restored in 1891.
BUILDING MATERIALS: (Incl. old plaster, paintings, glass, tiles etc.): Virtually the whole of the church has Bathstone dressings, with heavy knapped flint on the exterior. Some 12th century and later Caenstone does, however, survive.
EXCEPTIONAL MONUMENTS IN CHURCH: - see above
CHURCHYARD AND ENVIRONS:
Size, Shape: Large Rectangular area around with church, but with the north-east side cut off by the main (Roman) road to Dover (Bridge Hill). Large new extension to the south - ? Late 19th century.
Condition: Good
Apparent extent of burial: Burial in churchyard from at least 1474.
Boundary walls: To road on north-east, with gateway with brick piers and iron arch.
Ecological potential: ? Yes - many fastigiate yews (and other trees) in southern part of churchyard.
HISTORICAL RECORD (where known):
Earliest ref. to church: 13th century.
Late med. status: Vicarage (with Patrixbourne).
Patron: Goes with Patrixbourne church to which it was a chapel. After the Reformation, the patron was the owner of nearby Bifrons.
Other documentary sources: Hasted IX (1800), 289-290. Test. Cant. (E. Kent, 1907), 35-6 mentions the Holy Cross (Rood) light, as well as lights of Our Lady, St. Nicholas, St. Erasmus, the Trinity, St. Loye, St. Trunion, as well as St. Peter (? in the chancel). The Eastern Sepulchre mentioned in 1535, and 'the painting of the High Cross in the Roodloft in 1504 - also 'to the making of the Roodloft, 1522'.
SURVIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS:
Inside present church: ? Good, except under east end of south aisle, where there is a sunken boiler house.
Outside present church: Good, but perhaps disturbed by the 1859 refacing and rebuilding.
Quinquennial inspection (date\architect): MAY 1993 A. CLAGUE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT:
The church and churchyard: A 12th century nave, chancel, south aisle and south-west tower base, with an added earlier 13th century north aisle and north-east transept chapel, which was very heavily restored and refaced externally in 1859-60.
The wider context: One of a group of medieval parish churches, which was technically only a chapel-of-ease (to Patrixbourne, in this case).
REFERENCES: For the vicars, see W.A. Scott Roberton 'Patricksbourne church, and Bifrons' Arch. Cant. 14 (1882), 169-184. (A list of vicars, by T.S. Frampton (1900) is on the S.W. side of the nave). S.R. Glynne Churches of Kent (1877), 131-2 (he visited in 1846).
Plans and early drawings: Petrie view from S.W. in 1807, and views from S.W. and S. in 1828 in Victoria and Albert Museum. Also view of church from S.W. in oil (? early 19th cent.) and Watercolour of church from S.E. (June 1869) in the vestry and plan of graveyard (new part) in 1942 (also in vestry).
DATE VISITED: 21st February 1994 REPORT BY: Tim Tatton-Brown
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/01/03/BRI.htm
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BRIDGE
LIES the next adjoining parish to Patrixborne southward, being written in old deeds, Bregge, and taking its name from the bridge, which was antiently over the stream which crosses it. This parish was in early times so considerable, as to give name both to the hundred and deanry in which it is situated.
IT IS SITUATED about two miles and an half eastward of Canterbury, on the high Dover road, formerly the Roman Watling-street way, which appears high and entire almost throughout it; in the valley on this road stands the village of Bridge, with the church and vicarage in it, a low moist situation, the bourn or stream of the Little Stour crossing it under a stone bridge, built a few years ago by the contributions of the neighbouring gentlemen. At a small distance southward is Bridge place, now inhabited by lady Yates, widow of the late judge Yates, and of Dr. Thomas, late bishop of Rochester. The hills, form which there is a most pleasing prospect, are wholly chalk, as are in general the other upland parts of it, towards the south especially, where the country is very barren, with heathy ground and woodland, and much covered with stones. In this part of the parish is Gosley wood, once belonging to St. Augustine's monastery, afterwards granted to Thomas Colepeper, esq. It belongs now to Mr. Beckingham.
The MANOR OF BLACKMANSBURY, alias BRIDGE, claims over the greatest part of it, and the manor of Patrixborne over that part of this parish on the north side of the Dover road. There are two boroughs in it, viz. of Blackmansbury and of Bridge.
The MANOR OF BLACKMANSBURY, alias BRIDGE, was parcel of the possessions of the abbey of St. Augustine, belonging to the sacristie, as appears by the registers of it, in which frequent mention is made of this manor, with the free tenants belonging to it, in Honpit, Rede, and Blackmansbury. In which state this manor continued till the suppression of the abbey in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, (fn. 1) where it remained till the 36th year of that reign, when this manor, with divers lands in Houndpit and Blackmanbury, was granted to Henry Laurence, to hold in capite by knight's service, and he that year held a court here; and in his descendants it continued till the 18th of queen Elizabeth's reign, when it was alienated by fine levied, by John Laurence, to William Partherich, esq. whose arms were, Vaire, argent and sable, on a chief of the second, three roses of the first. His grandson Sir Edward Partherich, of this place, passed it away in 1638 to Sir Arnold Braems, descended of a family originally out of Flanders, where his ancestors were opulent merchants. Jacob Braems, his ancestor, was of Dover, merchant, and built the great house now the Custom house there, where he resided. Sir Arnold Braems above-mentioned, bore for his arms, Sable, on a chief, argent, a demi lion Tampant, gules. He built a spacious and magnificent mansion on the scite of the antient court-lodge here, which he named BRIDGE-PLACE, in which he afterwards resided, as did his son Walter Braems, esq. till his death in 1692; but the great cost of building this seat so impoverished the estate, that his heirs, about the year 1704, were obliged to part with it, which they did by sale to John Taylor, esq. of Bisrons, who soon afterwards pulled down the greatest part of this mansion, leaving only one wing of it standing, the size and stateliness of which being of itself full sufficient for a gentleman's residence, cannot but give an idea of the grandeur of the whole building when entire. He died in 1729, since which this manor and seat has continued in his descendants, in like manner as Bisrons abovedescribed, down to his great-grandson Edward Taylor, esq. the present possessor of them. There is not any court held for this manor.
BEREACRE, now called Greatand Little Barakers is another manor in this parish, which in the 21st year of king Edward I. was in the possession of Walter de Kancia, as appears by an inquisition taken that year, at his decease; not long after which it has passed into a family of its own name. After this name was become extinct here, it came into the possession of the Litchfields, who owned much land about Eastry, Tilmanstone, and Betshanger, and in this name it continued till the 22d year of Edward IV. and then Roger Litchfield passed it away to Richard Haut, whose only daughter and heir Margery carried it in marriage to William Isaac, esq. of Patrixborne, from whose descendant Edward Isaac, about the latter end of king Henry VIII. it was sold to Petyt and Weekes, who joined in the sale of it to Naylor, of Renville, from which name it was alienated to Smith and Watkins; after which it was conveyed by sale to John Taylor, esq. of Bisrons, in whose descendants it has continued down to Edward Taylor, esq. the present owner of it.
Charities.
SIR HENRY PALMER, of Bekesborne, by will in 1611, gave 10s. to be yearly paid out of his manor of Well-court, towards the relief of the poor of it.
The poor constantly relieved are about eighteen, casually the same.
BRIDGE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of its own name.
¶The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, consists of three isles, a high chancel, and a north sept or chancel in the middle of the north isle. It has a spire steeple at the south-east corner, in which are three bells. In the high chancel, within the altar-rails, is a monument for Jane, second daughter of Walter Harslete, of Bekesborne, first wife of Sir Arnold Braems, ob 1635, and lies buried in St. Mary's church, in Dover; and for Elizabeth, (second daughter of Sir Dudley Diggs) his second wife, obt. 1645, and lies in the middle of this chancel. Against the north wall is a painted portrait of Robert Bargrave, gent. of Bridge, obt. 1649. Under a circular arch in the same wall are two rows of small imagery, carved in stone, the uppermost repre santing God the Father, with several figures on each side; the lower one, figures taken from the history of the Old Testament. Underneath these, in the hollow of the wall, is the figure of a man lying at full length, in robes, with his two hands joined and uplifted, having on his head seemingly a full perriwig. A memorial for John Hardy, esq. of Bridge-place, obt. 1779. On the east side of the south window is a hollow in the wall, and under it an inscription for Macobus Kasey, vicar of Patrixborne, obt. m.v.c.i.xii. and of his being vicar there xxi years. On the opposite side of the window is carved the figure of a scull, with a snake entering in at one eye, and the end of it out at the other, and a hand with a finger pointing up to it, as if it had been the cause of the person's death, and several bones are interspersed about it. The north chancel is made use of for a school, by voluntary contributions. On the south side of the chancel is a circular arched door-way, with Saxon ornaments. In the register are many entries, from the year 1580 to 1660, of the family of Bargrave, alias Bargar, residents in this parish, and one for Thomas, son of John Cheney, gent. who died in 1620.
The church of Bridge, which is a vicarage, was always esteemed as a chapel to the church of Patrixborne, and as such is included in the valuation of that vicarage in the king's books, the vicar of which is instituted and inducted into that vicarage, with the chapel of Bridge annexed to it. (fn. 2)
The parsonage of this parish therefore, as an appendage to that of Patrixborne, is the property of Edward Taylor, esq. of Bifrons. In 1588 here were eightynine communicants, in 1640 one hundred and twenty.
Scout Madalena Madigan shares her favorite camp story during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Leo He)
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The myth
A duck's quack certainly does echo around in a reverberation chamber, so a duck's quack does echo, which leads to the most interesting question. Why did the myth arise? There are a few possible explanations that I can think of:
•The quack does echo, but it is usually too quiet to hear. When you want to hear an echo, you usually make a very loud noise to make sure the reflection can be heard. But a duck quacks too quietly, so the reflection is too quiet to hear.
•Ducks don't quack near reflecting surfaces. You need a large reflecting surface, a mountain or building for the sound to reflect off. Maybe ducks don't hang around reflecting surfaces.
•It is hard to hear the echo of a sound which fades in and fades out.
As with many myths it's hard to say how or why they got started but this myth has been "busted" in several scientific experiments.
Introduced for 2000 model year to replace the entry level Tercel, the Echo was available as 2-door or 4-door sedans. The Echo continued into 2001 and 2002 unchanged, with new sheetmetal and restyling in 2003 and then running into 2005 before being replaced by the 2007 Yaris. Despite low prices (a 5-speed 2-door sedan started at just $9,995 in 2000-2002 with AC, power steering, ABS, power windows and floormats all optional), Echo sales were never great and reception was mediocre, especially with the unconventional styling.
Edmunds: www.edmunds.com/toyota/echo/2001/review
Consumer Guide: consumerguide.com/used/2000-05-toyota-echo
View of the Notch and Echo Lake from Artists Bluff. Cannon Mountain Ski Area is on the right and the Franconia Ridge is on the left.
Violence and insecurity in northern Mali has not stopped, despite a peace agreement in 2015. Although the majority of refugees crossed to Mauritania in 2012 and 2013, some families have arrived more recently. One of the new arrivals is Abel Ba, a community leader who fled his village of Nampalá in 2015. He was a nomad livestock farmer, “I had 400 sheep, but we had to leave abruptly, so we left everything behind. All you see in this tent comes from relief aid,” he says. Abel arrived with 64 people from his extended family.
For nomads, being a refugee represents a challenge in many ways. Their traditional way of life which centres on being able to roam the landscape is restricted and their diet changes altogether, from mainly animal and milk products to rice, oil and beans.
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"Echo 2009" - Verleihung des grössten europäischen Musikpreises am 21. 02. 2009 in der O2 World-Arena in Berlin.
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The Star Turns In On; Tonight in Sin City Sydney, Australia
Echo Entertainment is apparently more about entertainment than gambling these days, casino tie in or not, and tonight its party time at The Star. This is most assuredly worth taking a gamble on. There's a strong chance that by the time you stop parting you would have had an absolute blast.
They have hosted countless international acts and acted as home to the Hollywood and Las Vegas stars where they come down under to Sin City Sydney.
They continue to push the celebrity card, and then there's the nightclubs, bars and The Darling - the 5 star hotel. If you want to find Wheel of Fortune, Cleopatra or other slot and table games, you won't have any trouble with that either. It's all there for the taking. Work hard and play and party harder.
Promo...
On Friday, 11 May The Star is lighting up with a night of festivities and events across the complex from 6pm til late. Best of all the events are open to everyone, so come on down and kick your weekend off in style!
ROCK LILY
British India Live
As part of "The Star Turns It On" event on Friday, Melbourne indie band British India will be playing a free headlining set at The Star's home of live music, Rock Lily, from 10pm.
THE DARLING
Party in The Darling
A killer DJ line-up featuring Zoe Badwi and Alex Dimitriades from 7pm, complimentary drinks, delicious canapés and giveaways. First in, best dressed!
RETAIL COLLECTION
Fashion Event
A special fashion night will commence in our retail collection from 6pm, with in-store offers, models parading the various designer wares available, complimentary hand massages by The Spa at The Darling therapists, plus glasses of bubbles and beer.
24/7 SPORTS BAR
Sports Stars at 24/7 Sports Bar
Sports celebrities will be on-hand for photos and autographs at 24/7 Sports Bar from 6pm, including NRL greats Wendell Sailor, Benji Marshall and NSW Origin captain Paul Gallen and current South Sydney Rabbitohs. Plus all the Friday night football action on the mega screen.
CHERRY
After Party in Cherry
After exploring The Star, join us for an after party at our cocktail bar, Cherry. Celebrity Apprentice star and glamour sportswoman, Lauryn Eagle, will be hostess for the evening, plus tunes by DJ Jam Xpress. Champagne and cocktail specials will be available.
Who's coming tonight...
Lauryn Eagle, Alex Dimitriades, Zoe Badwi, British India, Wendell Sailor, Benji Marshall and Paul Gallen.
Wrap Up...
The Star's tag line is 'There will be stories', and its a sure bet Star will live up to that tonight. Something tells us the stories won't be out until later over the weekend when everyone starts recovering from a Star hangover... a positive one of course.
Websites
The Star
Echo Entertainment
Cherry
www.star.com.au/sydney-nightlife/Pages/cherry.aspx
24/7 Sports Bar
www.star.com.au/sydney-nightlife/Pages/24-7-sports-bar.aspx
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The glow of the sun over the horizon during a spring evening on Echo Lake in Burlngton, WI.
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I've had Amazon's Echo for a little while now and for $99, I'm plenty happy with it. I can issue Alexa commands from anywhere in my place without raising my voice and Alexa will set a timer, check traffic, tell me the weather, do currency conversions (I've been travelling a bit lately), play some music, etc. Believe me, I wanted to make fun of this device like I do the Fire Phone, but the Echo actually has a place in my life and I enjoy it. I imagine that its feature set will only get better with time.
Notes: the Council gardeners took pride in the annual flower displays.
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Provenance: the Porter family
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This is the furthest viewsite accessible by vehicle in the National Park. The drive there was awesome - across spectacular terrain and geologcal formations. The view at the river is less spectacular, but remarkable in how eroded the valley has become. One just wonders how many millions of years ago the falls were at this point and this was a narrow gorge.
The echoes in this passage were sick. I snapped this in the University of Michigan law quad today during my photo walk. As you can see by the comments, I took a bunch. I'm kind of obsessed with narrow alleys, hallways and passages like this.
From the early 50's until a fire in the 80's this was the site of Gold Star Studios, then the center of rock music recording on the West Coast. Located on Santa Monica Boulevard near Vine Street (about a mile south of Hollywood & Vine), it is near Paramount Studios (incorporating the former RKO/Desilu Studios) and the Hollywood Forever Cemetary where numerous famous stars are buried.
As one of the first independent recording studios it was not constrained by the "old line" policies of the majors and developed its own unique commercially succesful sound. Using custom-built recording equipment and its "best ever" echo chamber, it was home to Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound", an unmatched "Wrecking Crew" house band, and source of hundreds of hit records.
A very abbreviated list of top artists that were associated with Gold Star:
Hal Blaine - the world's most recorded drummer
Tommy Tedesco - the world's most recorded guitarist
Jack Nitzsche - arranger - including many hits produced by Phil Spector. Co-wrote "Up Where We Belong".
Sonny Bono - percussion. Brought his girlfriend Cher to Gold Star. The backing on his defiantly patriotic "Revolution Kind" is a great example of the Gold Star sound.
Cher - graduated from backing singer to superstar. Recorded "Bang Bang" and "You Better Sit Down Kids" at Gold Star
Ronnettes - recorded "Be My Baby" at Gold Star -- favorite song of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. The elaborate intro to their "Do I Love You?" clearly highlights the elements of the Gold Star sound.
Beach Boys - recorded "Don't Worry Baby" at Gold Star - a tribute to "Be My Baby" with same Hal Blaine drum intro
Paul Revere & the Raiders - recorded "Kicks" and "Hungry" at Gold Star with Hal Blaine on drums
Buffalo Springfield - recorded "Expecting to Fly" at Gold Star with Jack Nitzsche as arranger
Righteous Brothers - recorded "Ebb Tide", "Unchained Melody", "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" (the most played song ever on US radio), and many others at Gold Star
Ike & Tina Turner - recorded "River Deep-Mountain High" and "I'll Never Need More Than This" at Goldstar - Tina was never hotter and no one ever did a better job of soaring over the Wall of Sound
Darlene Love - recorded the best rock Christmas song ever at Gold Star: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Crystals - recorded "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", and the quickly withdrawn "He Hit Me and It Felt Like a Kiss" at Gold Star. Group often included Darlene Love.
Glen Campbell - started as session guitarist at Gold Star
Leon Russell - played keyboards at Gold Star early in his career
Later recordings that paid tribute to the Gold Star sound include:
Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
The Tubes - "Don't Touch Me There"
Eddie Money - "Take Me Home Tonight" which featured Ronnie of the Ronnettes reprisng the chorus from "Be My Baby"
(These are the one's that instantly come to mind -- there are hundreds more).
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Added February 2013: As the result of a comment, the photo has been updated. According to Wikipedia:
"Gold Star Recording Studios was located at 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard near the corner of Vine Street in Hollywood. The studio closed in 1984. A fire occurred in the structure after its closure, but all contents had been removed prior to the fire. The building was later demolished. A strip mall currently stands on the original location."
6252 Santa Monica Boulevard is now occupied by the water store in the above photo. The photo previously here was 6223 Santa Monica Boulevard, across the street. It had a "strong resemblence" to an alleged photo of the studio on a now non-existent web site.
Another shot from Franconia Notch. This was about 5 minutes before sunset. The sun was making the clouds look pretty awesome.
Nikon D50
Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 @ 17mm
ISO 400
Exposure: 1/5 sec
Aperture: f/8
Filters: Tiffen Circular Polarizer, Lee GND 3-stop + 2-stop
"Echo" -Trapt
Do I expect to change, the past I hold inside,
with all the words I say,
repeating over in my mind,
somethings you can't erase, no matter how hard you try,
an exit to escape is all there is left to find.
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste asking why
I'll run away with you by my side
I'll run away with you by my side
I need to let go, let go, let go, let go of this pride,
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo in my mind
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo can subside
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so today I have atherapyappointmet in about an hour... then going to buy hair ye...not sure what color yet...but i need a very big change. guess the lasrge tattoo wasn't enough... unless they bring me away from therapy to the hospital, which could be a possiblity...because today is my tell-all day. fuck t- why not. isn't that what therapy is for? Number on the scale getting slightly larger...depression in the rst of me is getting worse and worse....i don't think it will ever make sense. I will look like a scum bag b/c i haven't taken a shower in two days...but i did brush my teeth, wash my face, shave my armpits and put deoderant on. haha.
I'm sared out of my mind truefully...but then again, maybe Drew was right- maybe it is what I need. A place where I don't have to hide everything all the time...where I can be who I am... ugh. I dunno...just hope I'm bak to post a picture later...but this is my spark of sanity right here....
"Echo 2009" - Verleihung des grössten europäischen Musikpreises am 21. 02. 2009 in der O2 World-Arena in Berlin.
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