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"I can just—stick them in?" Finn wonders, blunt fingertips curiously stroking over and between Poe's folds.
"I mean, be gentle about it," Poe laughs. His hands are shaking a bit, which. Well. He's probably the wettest he's ever been.
"Are you sure? I don't want to hurt you," Finn says, quietly, turning his face into Poe's neck.
"Start with one," Poe instructs, tucks his own face into Finn's shoulder, nosing at the hollow above his collarbone. "I can take it, I promise."
Finn nods, presses his lips to Poe's hot skin and very, very carefully pushes one fingertip at the softest part he's found between Poe's legs.
Poe shivers, huffs a quiet little laugh against Finn's chest. "Just like that."
"I don't know..." Finn trails off, hesitantly turning his wrist and pressing his finger in further. "Oh. Oh, wow, Poe. You're, um, you're very. Soft."
It's really not Poe's fault that, one, he's the type of person who laughs during sex; two, Finn's experience with dirty talk is rather limited, but he insists on chattering away, especially knowing Poe's into it; and three, Finn has arguably the best fingers Poe has ever had inside him. "Thank you," Poe grins. If he keeps rubbing his face against Finn like this, he might end up giving Finn stubble burn. Poe doesn't think Finn would mind.
"You're really warm," Finn continues, charmingly oblivious to Poe's mental lists. He's sort of just swiping his finger around experimentally, which isn't going to do anything for Poe, but is somehow cute anyway.
"Maybe try curling your finger a bit," Poe suggests. "Like, if you angle up—fuck," he gasps, grinds his hips down as Finn's fingertip grazes the perfect spot.
Finn leans back a little so he can peer up at Poe's face, curious. He curls finger again into the same place, rubs his fingertip gently against something that feels a little rougher than the rest. "You like that," he says, tentatively proud.
"Ya think?" Poe laughs, again. Belatedly, he realizes his grip on Finn's arm is so tight he might be hurting him. "You can add another," he offers, thumbing at Finn's bicep.
"Yeah, yeah." Finn fumbles a little pulling the first free, and frowns. "Um, which... Is there like, do you like this one—" he tries to extend his fourth finger awkwardly, "or like, this one," and he bends his pointer finger. It looks like he's trying to master shadow puppets between Poe's slick thighs.
Poe tips his chin down, considering. "Don't think I have a particular preference," he shrugs, but even as he says it, he's making up his mind. Finn seems to do better in exploratory situations with a bit of guidance, which Poe is more than happy to provide. "Maybe go for the middle two?"
Finn blinks at him. "Middle—I've only got five fingers, man, there's no. Oh." He pauses. "Like, not counting thumbs?" He sighs. "Fuck, sex is complicated."
"Aw, I didn't mean to confuse you, bud." Poe ducks in to press a soft kiss to Finn's mouth, nipping at his lower lip. "Your middle finger and your ring finger," he suggests again, dropping a kiss on Finn's chin.
Immediately, Finn tips his head so that they're kissing properly again. "I just want to make sure I get it right," he mumbles. "And I don't know which one is the ring finger, we never—" he frowns, deeper, obviously irritated at himself.
Poe's learned that the best course of action in filling in gaps for Finn—particularly the touchy ones, the ones that make him feel excluded or deprived or less human—is as simple as a friendly explanation. "Here," Poe says, taking Finn by the wrist. "You know your thumb," he begins, tapping Finn's with his free hand. "Then this is your index, and your middle—" Poe's cheeks warm, and if he dwells on acknowledging his slick on Finn's digit, Finn seems too focused on Poe's words to care—"this one's the ring finger, because it's where wedding bands go in many human cultures, and then the little guy's your pinky."
Finn curls his fingers reflexively, and turns his hand, sliding their palms together and lacing their fingers. "You're a hell of a teacher," he says, quietly. It's a thank you in a more comfortable skin.
"Gotta know what you're working with," Poe reasons. "You wanna try again, or just watch me?"
"No, I want to," Finn says quickly. He doesn't really want to pull his slightly sticky hand out of Poe's, but. They can hold hands later, probably.
"Thanks," Poe grins. "Let's put those nice fingers to work, then. You can go straight in with two, but slow first, okay?"
"Right." Finn squeezes Poe's hand and lets it go ruefully, can't help running his fingers along the soft skin of Poe's side, his hip, on the way between his thighs.
Even if sometimes it feels like Finn's scared of breaking him, Poe appreciates every one of Finn's gentle touches. "Go on," Poe hums, drops his forehead on Finn's shoulder again as Finn scratches through the coarse hair between Poe's legs.
"’Scuse you," Finn mutters. "Sorry for trying to romance you, man."
"I feel very romanced," Poe assures him, "and also very turned on." He shifts his hips, but with his legs spread as they are, it doesn't do much for him.
"Good," Finn mutters, nosing at Poe's neck and watching his hand between Poe's thighs. He rubs his fingers around until they're slick again, tentatively presses two fingertips at Poe's cunt. "Are you sure..."
"So sure," Poe sighs, licking his lips. "I wanna come with your fingers inside."
"I want you to!" Finn laughs, and Poe impatiently tilts his hips up, and Finn's fingertips press in. "I just don't want hurt you," he says, quiet again. "You're really tight."
Poe's nearly dizzy from how bad he wants to come, the stretch around Finn's fingers a keen reminder. "I'm a big boy, I can handle it," he rasps.
Finn's breathing heavily beside him now, and he pushes his fingers in steadily, twists them a little until it's comfortable and curls them together. He doesn't have any experience, but he'll try anything, and he knows how to read Poe.
"Finn," Poe whines, can't help but clench around Finn's fingers. In a moment he'll probably reach between his legs and help with a hand on his clit, but for now he wants to savor this. "Force, that's good."
"You're good," Finn says, breathlessly. "You feel good. I mean, you look good too! But you feel really good, Poe, fuck."
Poe laughs—he giggles, more like, giddy and breathless. Finn might be his favorite person he's ever met. "Thank you," he hums. "Slide 'em in and out? If you angle them—like that, yeah, that feels so good, Finn."
Finn follows his directions eagerly, muffling a laugh against Poe's throat at the wet noises his fingers make as he speeds up.
"I know," Poe rolls his eyes, even as the warmth pooled in his tummy grows headier. "Gonna help you out, okay?" He offers, brings his hand up to his mouth and sucks on two fingertips.
"Oh," Finn says. "Can you... you can take four at a time?"
"Oh, no, I—" Poe pulls away just enough to glance up at Finn, and then down between them, chin tipped against his chest as he spreads himself with two fingers. "This is my clit," he explains, voice softening. "Rubbing it feels good, especially with your fingers inside me."
Finn bites his lip. "I wish you'd told me, I could've done that!"
"Didn't wanna overwhelm you," Poe shakes his head, kisses Finn again. "Besides, I want you to focus on feeling when I come, yeah? I'm really close."
Finn bites at Poe's lower lip this time instead of his own, still slightly petulant, but he keeps moving his fingers the way Poe told him to. "I'll feel it?"
Poe's hand bumps Finn's as they move together, his own fingers rubbing tight, hard circles over his clit. "Yeah," he nods. "C'mon."
Finn whines, fingers shoving a little rougher on his inward thrusts the harder Poe kisses him. Poe sucks on Finn's tongue, and the fingers on his clit get faster until he loses rhythm, chasing release. He comes with a low moan, pulls away from Finn's mouth so Finn can hear it, looking for a reaction to the way Poe's clenching around Finn's fingers.
Finn's fingers go still, and when Poe opens his eyes, Finn's staring at him, lips slick and pink and mouth slightly open. He shuts his mouth quickly and then says, "That was... you like, went really tight? You came, right?"
"Uh huh," Poe nods, licks his lips. His ears are ringing, a bit, and he's still going through the aftershocks, spasming around Finn's fingers, his own still pressed to his clit.
"Wow," Finn breathes. He kisses Poe's mouth very carefully. "That was amazing."
"All you, man," Poe laughs, wipes his fingers off on his thigh. "I only helped a little bit."
"Is that it?" Finn looks vaguely disappointed that Poe is cleaning up already.
"Hmm?" Poe's almost too lost in the afterglow to register Finn's question. "Oh, I mean—I can go again, but I didn't wanna assume."
"Can I just keep...?" Finn curls his fingers, slowly, searching.
"Please," Poe sighs, drapes an arm around Finn's shoulders and kisses him again. When the heel of Finn's palm presses down on Poe's pubic bone it's probably an accident, too carried away with the kiss, but Poe pushes his hips into it, grinding into Finn's hand. He's so close that their lips stick together as he hums encouragement, "Do it like that, yeah."
Finn's pretty good at taking orders, renouncement of the First Order and subsequent escape aside. He's good at taking orders when they come from someone he trusts, anyway, and he trusts Poe. "You're incredible," he says, curling his hand warmly over his clit and cunt, fingers rocking inside Poe. "I wanna feel you again, I want to feel you like this all the time, Poe, you're amazing, I—"
Poe rolls his hips in time with the movement of Finn's hand, fucks himself on Finn's fingers and kisses him between words. The physical feeling in conjunction with Finn's praise is overwhelming, better than flying, better than anything Poe's had before.
Finn whines when Poe sucks on his tongue, whimpers when Poe leans back for breath, sighs happily when they kiss again. He's pressed up so tightly against Poe's side that it feels like Poe's second orgasm ripples through both of them.
Poe's quiet this time as he clings to Finn, kissing him lazily. His hips can't seem to stop moving, rolling slowly against Finn's hand even after he's finished.
Finn stays close, rubbing their noses together and resting his forehead against Poe's even after they've had to take a break from kissing to catch their breath.
"So that's how that works, essentially," Poe says brightly, after a moment.
"Thank you," Finn says. "For showing me how."


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Festive Cooking with Russell Hobbs 8L Dual Air Fryer
Get ready to make wholesome festive meals, in half the time, with the Russell Hobbs 8L Dual Air Fryer. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, along comes a smart, double-door air-frying sensation that makes incredibly delicious, crispy and tasty food; with little to no oil.
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Children's Reading Program 'Universe of Stories' continues with Lego Contest Thursday
HORNELL — The Children's Summer Reading Program at the Hornell Public Library continues this week and next with a “universe” of interesting topics, giving the community’s youngsters a vacation time incentive to read and learn.
Baseball, Legos, snakes, Wii games and balloons are a few of the topics scheduled to be explored between today and Friday, July 26, at the library as part of the “Universe of Stories” summer reading program.
More than 240 children are signed up for the Children’s Summer Reading Program, which will run until Aug. 20 when participants will celebrate with a final party, according to Bret Carver, library IT clerk. Each child receives a free book at the beginning and at the conclusion of the program.
More than 2.4 million students and children statewide participated in 2018 summer reading programs, an increase of approximately 230,000 participants over (2017), according to the New York State Education Department and State Library. Educators said these efforts are good way for young people to avoid a “Summer Slide” — the loss of skills during the time students are not in school. Reading during the summer helps prevent the summer slide, experts agree.
Carver said staffers Bridget Marshall and Margaret Potter organize the Hornell Library summer reading program, which began July 1 and has featured Hornell policemen and firefighters. The summer topics have continued with science, technology, the arts, and much more. The Children's Summer Reading Program recently hosted a presentation by The Confucius Institute at Alfred University. "Universe of Stories" has activities for nearly every youth age group, from toddler to teens.
On tap this week and next:
Today: 1 p.m., the Hornell Dodgers will visit. Bring something to autograph.
Thursday, July 18, 1 p.m., Lego contest. Bring entries already assembled. (The Lego contest has been a great success in past years, according to Carver, who said “We have had some wonderful, amazing things created by the kids” including a Lego baseball ballpark.)
Friday, July 19, 10:30 a.m., there will be a story hour. At 1 p.m., a showing of The Lego Movie, the second part.
Monday, July 22, 10:30 a.m., there will be a story hour. At 3 p.m., attend a Wii party.
Tuesday, July 23, at 1 p.m., the Reptile Guys entertain with snakes, lizards and geckos.
Wednesday, July 24, at 1 p.m., the program will feature balloon animals.
Thursday, July 25, the 1 p.m. program is presented by the Tanglewood Nature Center. There will be stories of animal constellations.
Friday, July 26, at 10:30 a.m. visit for story hour; 1 p.m., the movie PBS Kids Ready Jet Go! Space Rocks! is slated to be screened.
Next week The Spectator will publish the activities that are on tap at the library for the following two weeks.
The Hornell Public Library’s Adult Reading Program continues through Aug. 20 as well. Three lucky participants of the adult program will win their own Echo Dot.

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VICTORIA, B. C. –The new B. C. carbon tax is creating a great deal of controversy in this province, especially amongst the trucking industry, which is faced with the greatest cost increase.
Yet, one B. C. trucking company is taking the added cost in stride. The general manager and partner of Coastal Pacific Xpress, considers the new carbon tax to be just another expense.
“This is just business as usual for us,” says Jim Mickey. “We consider the increase (in fuel) a cost of doing business.”
CPX is based in Cloverdale, located just a few kilometres from the Washington border crossing, and is considered to be one of the fastest growing truckload carriers in B. C., with 250 trucks and 700 trailers. While CPX is well established, and adjusts its costs according to provincial, national or international economic fluctuations, the general manager realizes that smaller operators are unable to manage their business quite so efficiently, since many in the trucking industry deal with fixed-term constrains.
“Those guys pay a price for it,” says Mickey. “We adjust our price monthly, so we pass on any increased cost of business, related to the cost of fuel.”
While the CPX general manager is philosophical about the increased cost created by B. C.’s new carbon tax, he is likewise skeptical about the environmental benefits of the promoted “revenue-neutral” purpose of the tax, which offers individual and corporate tax relief to some industries, but has not been shown to offer substantial environmental benefits, in Mickey’s opinion.
“I personally find it a bit of a stretch, that this is having a positive effect on environmental issues,” he says. “It won’t be environmentally efficient at all. If society wants to improve the environment by collecting money, they should spend it on improving the environment. It strikes me as just moving money from one pocket to another.”
Staffing is already one of the greatest challenges faced by the trucking industry, but the operations manager for Berry & Smith Trucking in Delta, is concerned that this problem could become even greater with a new carbon tax, on top of an existing fuel tax. As a result, Tim McGee believes that drivers who suffer from monthly payments for their rigs, of approximately $2,000, and fuel expenses that range between $500 and $3,000, depending on how far they travel, may seek a higher fuel subsidy from their fleet managers.
“It causes them to look elsewhere, even outside the industry,” says Tim McGee. “It’s a vicious circle.”
Competition of another nature is a concern for a smaller Prince George trucking operation. Brett Gundersen is competing with Alberta trucking companies, which don’t have to contend with either a provincial sales tax or the new B. C. carbon tax on fuel, unless forced to fill-up on the return trip.
“It’s put us at a real disadvantage,” says Gundersen, who travels between Alberta and B. C., and estimates that he burns between 14,000 to 16,000 litres of fuel a month, delivering propane, mainly in the north, where the terrain is anything but flat -another drain on fuel. Even with a monthly price adjustment, Gunderson is always up against steep competition, mainly from the other side of the provincial line.
“It’s pretty tough,” he says, adding that he fears the new carbon tax may impede provincial investment, which would consequently hinder Gunderson’s business.
A Vancouver sustainability organization has been working with the trucking industry, promoting various cost-effective technologies to reduce fuel use and emissions. As a result, Green Fleets
B. C., a program of the Fraser Basin Council, has become intimate with the complexities of the freight hauling business, including the financial constraints of a new fuel tax.
“Certainly, there is a concern for smaller operations,” says Jim Vanderwal, who has a particular issue with fleets that are restricted to fixed rates, such as those working in the economically volatile forestry industry. “That puts them in a difficult position,” he adds.
While sympathetic to the challenges faced by the trucking industry, Vanderwal believes the industry needs more capital investment for new fuel saving technologies, and “to be supported in these efforts.”
Barring that plan, Vanderwal can only encourage the trucking industry to take advantage of some of the low-cost measures that can save fuel costs, such as limiting speeds to 105 km/h, training drivers and reducing idling times.
The B. C. Trucking Association (BCTA) estimates the new carbon tax will be an onerous cost to the trucking industry, totaling $1,000 per long-haul truck this year, about $3,000 in 2009 and $6,000 in 2012.The total cost to the industry will be in the tens of millions of dollars this year, potentially rising to hundreds of millions over the next five years, according to the president of the BCTA, Paul Landry.
“Carbon taxes may have a role to play in encouraging the reduction of greenhouse gases in some sectors and amongst consumers, but the trucking industry has no choice but to rely on diesel fuel to keep the economy moving,” he says.
Landry emphasizes that not only does the trucking industry rely on diesel fuel, the province also relies on the trucking industry for the transportation of food, merchandise, parts and equipment each day.
“When you consider it, trucking is the lifeblood of B. C. Without trucking, the economy and our way of life would literally stop.”
Adding a carbon tax to diesel fuel won’t do much to change the industry’s behaviour, he adds, but it will certainly raise the cost of transportation, a cost that will be passed on to the consumer, as the general manager for CPX asserts -but not in all cases.
“Our members have clearly told us that a tax like this won’t be easy to pass on,” says the BCTA president. “Some of them are bound by contracts. Other trucking companies are price takers because some of the industries we serve, such as forestry, are under extreme pressure.”
B. C.’s carbon tax will be far from neutral for the trucking industry adds Landry, which he says is plagued by slim operating margins. The carbon tax may also impede
B. C.’s competitiveness, as Gundersen predicts, considering that diesel fuel taxes in B. C. will now be up to three times higher than in Alberta and almost twice as much as most other provinces, a gap predicted to increase according to the BCTA.
While the BCTA is not opposed to the provincial government investing in environmental programs, he says more could have been done to reduce the trucking industry’s carbon footprint.
One other issue the BCTA is mystified about: Landry can’t understand why the carbon tax on vehicles using gasoline is 2.4 cents per litre, which the BCTA believes causes greater congestion and pollution, while the tax on diesel fuel is 2.76 cents/litre, which will rise to 4.14 cents in 2009, and escalating as high as 8.28 cents by 2012.
“It’s ironic that people who don’t have a choice in using the road, (such as) the trucking industry, end up having to pay more per litre in carbon tax, than those who have other options,” Landry points out.
The B. C. Ministry of Finance has faced a great deal of media criticism since the carbon tax was announced in February, not only from the trucking industry. Finance Minister Carol Taylor has heard a litany of complaints, but she says there is one important feature about the 2008 budget that has been overlooked – especially from truck drivers who have grilled the minister when she appeared on various Vancouver radio talk shows, after the 2008 budget was announced.
“I find it interesting, that they didn’t realize the tax cuts,” says Taylor. “As soon as we talk about that, the whole tone changes.”
With the tax cuts, the finance minister rationalizes the “revenue-neutral” designation given to the carbon tax, which is expected to earn approximately $1.8 million over three years.
“None of the money is sta
ying in government,” she adds. “It is all going to individuals or corporations, with tax cuts.”
Taylor heralds the environmental initiatives included in this year’s budget that relate to the trucking industry and port activities. That initiative includes $30 million to implement emission-reducing practices for short-haul commercial trucks serving B. C. ports, and to fund port “electrification” which allows ships to turn off their engines while in port. An additional $3 million will fund the “green lights transportation program,” which will utilize new technologies to assess commercial vehicles for compliance with trucking regulations while in transit, and potentially reduce the frequency of stoppages and idling.
That same funding will also provide plug-in electrical infrastructure at key B. C. truck stops, which is intended to reduce idling times. In addition, Taylor says the provincial budget offers a PST exemption for certain fuel-saving devices that offer increased aerodynamics for a commercial tractor-trailer unit, such as tractortrailer gap faring devices, tractor roof farings, trailer side skirts, and aerodynamic bumpers and tail skirts.
Yet, despite the provincial government’s enthusiasm for the carbon tax, individual and corporate tax breaks, and the accompanying environmental initiatives, the opposition has a different take on this year’s budget. The B. C. NDP finance critic says he has heard from people who live in the outer regions of the province, who don’t have the same choices for transportation, or the financial wherewithal to change their lifestyle.
“They don’t like it,” says Bruce Ralston, who like the CPX general manager, questions the environmental incentive of the carbon tax. In particular Ralston can’t understand why large industrial polluters like the oil and gas industry, are getting tax relief at this time, considering that the 2008 budget is being promoted as a climate change plan, which he disagrees with.
“This new carbon tax is not a climate change plan,” says Ralston. “The tax will hit consumers and average families the hardest, as large industrial polluters get a pass and a handout. That’s unfair and even the government admits it will accomplish little in the way of reducing actual emissions.”

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Born into a family of jewellers, Olivia Leone founded her own jewellery studio, armed with ambition, tradition and a love of aesthetics. Combining her passion and knowledge for jewellery with her training in luxury jewellery design, Olivia Leone creates stunning high-end fashion accessories, perfect for the modern woman.
Inspired by Mother Nature and exotic, bold designs, Olivia Leone creates beautiful, colourful pieces. She uses high-end precious materials, like 14kt and 18kt gold and natural gemstones like tanzanite, aquamarine, morganite and quartz, that she handpicks herself to ensure quality. From the initial sketches to the finished product, Olivia is hands-on and involved in every aspect of her designs.
How did your brand begin?
A designer at heart, I was born into a family of jewellers. Armed with ambition, family jeweling tradition, and a love of aesthetics, I went off to found my own jewellery studio where I've taken my passion of creating unique jewelry pieces to a beautiful living reality.
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I have a Can-Do attitude! I’m committed to quality and I focus on what I have, because gratitude turns what I have into more than enough. Being friendly, sincere and respectful towards my customers is what I want my legacy to be.
Where do you get inspiration for your designs?
From Mother Nature and a very chilled-back self-nature. I go with the flow and that is how I design my beautiful jewellery pieces.
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A top civil servant, Philip Rycroft, is being shuffled into the Brexit department to scrutinise divorce talks and ensure efforts to deter Scottish independence are not undermined.
He will look at which powers can be taken back from Brussels and devolved to Holyrood, to sweeten the pill of Scotland, which voted strongly to Remain, leaving the EU.
Meanwhile Whitehall ministers are scheduling more meetings north of the border in a bid to keep Scottish counterparts on side, the Telegraph reported.
The move to appease Scotland comes after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stunned Westminster by calling for a second referendum on independence by 2019.
She called a surprise press conference at short notice on March 13, where she announced she wanted to begin the process towards another ballot before Brexit talks have concluded.
The announcement caught Number 10 by surprise – and left Prime Minister Theresa May visibly angry during a TV interview.
“The tunnel vision the SNP have shown today is deeply regrettable,” Mrs May said.
“It's set Scotland on a course for more uncertainty and division, creating huge uncertainty.”
Mr Rycroft already heads up the cabinet office’s UK Governance Group, with responsibility for constitutional and devolution issues.
Whitehall is plotting to end Nicola Sturgeon's dream of an independent Scotland
He has now been appointed the Brexit department’s second permanent secretary and will study the implications of Brexit decisions on Scottish attitudes towards the Union.
A source told the Telegraph: “As he [Mr Rycroft] will still be responsible for devolution and the Union, it will put keeping the UK together closer to the task of managing the UK’s exit from the EU.
“Both need to be priorities for the present government.”
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Scotland voted to stay in the UK in the last referendum by 55 per cent to 45 per cent.
But the EU referendum moved the goalposts, taking Scotland out of the EU despite Scots voting 62 per cent to 38 per cent in favour of Remain.
There had been an expectation Brexit would shift opinion in Scotland back towards independence – and Ms Sturgeon has gambled on that being the case.
But figures from polling website What Scotland Thinks suggests the outcome of a second referendum, if held now, would be much the same as the last – despite the shock of Brexit.

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18 Years’ Worth of Days
The average retirement lasts for 18 years, with many lasting even longer. Will you fill your post-retirement days with purpose?
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Individuals have three basic choices with the 401(k) account they accrued at a previous employer.
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Gambero Rosso was founded in 1986 as a food and wine magazine for a daily Italian newspaper. Today it has established itself as a global authority on Italian wines. They publish on an annual basis The Vini d’Italia guide reviewing 20,000 wines and more than 2,500 wineries each year. The result is a carefully curated selection of wines celebrated for the skilled craftmanship of their winery and the impeccable wines they produce. The most coveted wines are awarded “Tre Bicchieri”.
Here is a list of 36 wines that were awarded the highly esteemed Gambero Rosso “Tre Bicchieri”. These wines represent the top wines of Italy. Next time you are shopping for great Italian wines, look no further and be sure to take this list. These are truly some of the best of the best wines of Italy. The article is divided into three separate posts. In part two, we travel to Sicily, Sardinia, Abruzzo, Lazio, Campania, and down south to Puglia. We end with some incredible wines from Mount Etna in Sicily.
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CUSUMANO Etna Bianco Alta Mora 2019 (Retail $30) – Sicily, Italy
Twenty years ago Alberto and Diego made their debut in the world of wine. Bolstered by solid family traditions, in a short time they’ve managed to make Cusumano a benchmark for quality winemaking in Sicily. Five estates constitute a priceless patrimony of diversity. Each vineyard corresponds to a project aimed at developing the relationship between terroir and cultivar, while giving rise to wines that are unique in elegance and character.
Tasting Notes – The Alta Mora Bianco is is made from the local indigenous Carricante grape. This wine is one of the great white wines of Italy. It is a pure Etna wine that cannot be confused with any other place. On the palate, there is crisp freshness, with bright citrus notes and noticeable salinity on the finish. The distinct minerality and salinity give the wine a sense of place that is clearly expressing its volcanic soils. Fresh, vibrant and stylish are the clear characteristic of the wine. The terroir, soil and sun are singing in the wine.
PALA Vermentino di Sardegna Stellato 2019 (Retail $25) – Sardinia, Italy
Pala is an impressive producer that has contributed to making the territory of Sardinia famous and prestigious. It’s led by Mario Pala and his family, with the valuable help of Fabio Angius. Their wines do an excellent job of transmitting the terroir with their subtle sapidity. In addition to Sardinia, the winery makes use of plots in Terralbese. Here they cultivate Bovale, still ungrafted, on sandy soils.
Tasting Notes – Stellato is a single vineyard Vermentino from Pala’s 60-year-old vines that are grown on limestone-rich soils located 220 meters above sea level. A pale yellow color in the glass, the wine is fragrant with a bouquet of Mediterranean herbs and floral notes. There is juicy acidity and distinct minerality that coats the palate. It is everything you want a Vermentino to be; balanced, crisp, bright, and complex.
SURRAU Vermentino di Gallura Superiore Sciala 2019 (Retail $26) – Sardinia, Italy
Surrau is indubitably one of the producers that have most convinced of late. Credit goes to Tino Demuro and his staff, true children of Gallura, who’ve managed to bottle impressive wines while also developing a concrete commercial strategy that’s slowly gaining producer recognition worldwide. Hospitality is also a priority, thanks to a lovely cellar, open year-round, which hosts exhibitions, conferences and meetings of all kinds. Their range comprises whites made with Vermentino, some very interesting reds, and some admirable Metodo Classico sparklers.
Tasting Notes – The terroir is clearly expressed in the wine through its minerality. A brilliant straw yellow color in the glass with a fantastic nose. There are hints of lime, lemon, and floral notes. On the palate, the wine is rich and intense. The wine exhibits great balance and consistency with a salty mineral finish. Mouthwatering, clean and delicious.
FEUDO ANTICO Tullum Pecorino Biologico 2019 (Retail $25) – Abruzzo, Italy
Founded as a DOC appellation in 2008 and ‘promoted’ to DOCG in 2019, Tullum is the smallest Italian appellation in terms of size. But it has a very important standard-bearer: Feudo Antico, a winery that has focused and continues to focus on the territory’s potential like few others. Unlike many other Abruzzo cooperatives, here we are dealing with a small producer: about fifty members oversee 20 hectares of vineyards, bringing painstaking attention and respect for nature and the environment to their work while following principles of organic farming.
Tasting Notes – This is an intriguing and wonderful interpretation of Pecorino. The wine is certified organic and vegan made with 100% Pecorino. It is an elegant wine with a brilliant straw yellow color in the glass. The nose is fresh and vibrant with aromatic herbs. On the palate, it is rich and balanced with hints of lemon, lime and rosemary. Nice zesty acidity leads to a long finish.
TENUTA TERRAVIVA Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Giusi 2019 (Retail $12) – Abruzzo, Italy
The winery was founded in the 1970s by Gabriele Marano, who decided to combine his work as a building contractor with that of a winemaker. The turning point came in 2006 when the producer passed in to the hands of Gabriele’s daughter Pina and her husband Pietro Topi. They slowly transformed the estate by turning towards organic farming and deliberately adopting artisan winemaking techniques carried out with indigenous yeasts and spontaneous fermentation.
Tasting Notes – The Terraviva Cerasuolo rosé is made with 100% Organic Montepulciano. There is a rich cherry red hue in the bottle. It has a bright nose, with red fruits and spice. Refreshing, elegant and well-balanced on the palate. It is a juicy wine with crunchy red fruit that lingers around till the finish.
VALLE REALE Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Vigneto di Popoli 2015 (Retail $22) – Abruzzo, Italy
The winery established by Leonardo Pizzolo dates back to the late 1990s. From Verona he moved to a magical part of Abruzzo, an uncontaminated area with the protected natural parks of Gran Sasso, Majella and Sirente-Velino all nearby. Biodynamic principles are applied in the vineyards while an artisanal approach has been adopted in the cellar, making for characterful, territorial wines, from their basic offerings to their ‘cru’.
Tasting Notes – 100% Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, this is a broad and structured wine made from old vines. It is a great example of how beautiful Montepulciano can be with dark and red cherry notes. It is delicate yet spicy and smooth on the palate. There are soft silky tannins that are harmonious and well-balanced. Classic notes of red fruit and pencil lead. This has great finesse and elegance. There is a lot to discover in this wine. Great to drink now but will continue to give joy for years to come.
POGGIO LE VOLPI Roma Rosso Edizione Limitata 2017 (Retail $70) – Lazio, Italy
Manlio Mergè laid the first stone of the winery in 1920, when he began to produce and sell bulk wine. The step from a local to a national winery was taken by his son Armando, but the real leap in quality came with Felice, who made Poggio Le Volpi one of the leading wineries in Lazio in 1996. It is located in Monte Porzio Catone, a few kilometers from Rome, where the winery’s 35 hectares of vineyards find the old volcanic soils give excellent results and make for wines marked by nice territorial expression.
Tasting Notes – This is a blend of Montepulciano, Syrah, and Cesanese from the most recent DOC Roma created in 2011 with the first vintage in 2015. The Montepulciano gives the wine structure and body, the Cesanese give juicy fruitiness and the Syrah adds spiciness, creating a wonderful blend. Grown on volcanic soils, it is a rich and well-structured wine with smooth tannins.
DONNACHIARA Taurasi 2016 (Retail $38) – Campania, Italy
Ilaria Petitto has demonstrated her ability in running this winery in Irpinia. It is named after Chiara Mazzoleni, a noblewoman from Campania who married surgeon Antonio Petitto, with the lovely Torre Le Nocelle estate in Irpinia making up part of her dowry. With the help of winemaker Riccardo Cotarella, Ilaria produces a neat range of wines that embrace the main appellations in Irpinia. She exploits the potential of Aglianico, Greco and Fiano and promotes them on the main world markets with professionalism and determination.
Tasting Notes – The Donnachiara Taurasi is 100% Aglianico from the elegant 2016 vintage. It is a classic Taurasi with its dense rich color and violet hues. The wine is well balanced and elegant with a fantastic nose of cocoa, coffee, spice, ripe plum and cherries. The oak is well integrated into the wine and the tannins are smooth. An expansive wine that has a long-lasting finish.
FELLINE Primitivo di Manduria Zinfandel Sinfarosa Terra Nera 2017 (Retail $20) – Puglia, Italy
For over a quarter of a century, Gregory Perrucci has been among those leading a revival in the winemaking traditions of Salento, especially through the recovery and development of old Apulian bush-trained vines. The vineyards are situated in various parts of the Primitivo di Manduria appellation and on different types of soil, from sandy ones, near the sea, to rocky terrain, from red to black soil. The wines are modern, elegant, rich in fruit and exhibit great aromatic clarity.
Tasting Notes – This wine is 100% Californian Zinfandel that is spicy, rich and intense. There is bright fruit on the palate along with spicy notes. The tannins are smooth and soft. Notes of dark cherry, chocolate, tobacco and white pepper give the wine character and depth. A very well-balanced wine.
COPPI Gioia del Colle Primitivo Senatore 2017 (Retail $30) – Puglia, Italy
Lisia, Miriam and Doni Coppi run the family business established in 1976 by their father, Antonio, who took over a winery founded in 1882. The vineyards are all located in Turi and Gioia del Colle and about half are bush-trained vines. All the wines produced, which exhibit a modern style, good territorial identity and aromatic precision, are made using native grapes: Primitivo, Aleatico, Malvasia Nera and Negroamaro for the reds; Falanghina, Malvasia Bianca and Verdeca for the whites.
Tasting Notes – The Senatore has good acidity and is very easy to drink. There is nice balance and elegance in the wine. Very juicy and fresh, the wine has notes of red cherries and spice along with hints of vanilla and chocolate. Tannins are smooth and the wine is incredibly well balanced.
PIETRADOLCE Etna Rosso Archineri 2017 (Retail $45) – Sicily, Italy
With the latest acquisitions in Feudo di Mezzo, this charming estate, one of Sicily’s most famous, has grown to comprise more than 30 hectares of vineyards. The new underground cellar is so well integrated into the landscape that in the direction of the hill, it’s truly difficult to know where one begins and the other ends. Inside, together with the most modern technology, we find many works of art, such as those by Alfio Bonanno, a world-famous exponent of ‘Land Art’ or the beautiful sculpture ‘Pietre d’Acqua’ by Veronese artist Giorgio Vigna.
Tasting Notes – This beautiful Etna Rosso is made from 100% Nerello Mascalese of pre-phylloxera vines(95-year-old vines) that are 850 meters above sea levels. Notes of plum, pomegranate and juicy cherries coat the mouth. The tannins are smooth and the minerality is intense and distinct. This is an elegant wine that has great harmony, finesse and balance.
COTTANERA Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo 2016 (Retail $50) – Sicily, Italy
Cottanera Iannazzo is one of Etna’s most important producers in terms of quality and surface area. It was founded thanks to the foresight and vision of the late Guglielmo Cambria and his brother Enzo. The grandchildren of the latter, Mariangela, Emanuele and Francesco, are continuing the family adventure, bringing new enthusiasm and the same dedication to their work. In addition to their prized selections made with native cultivars, it’s worth mentioning the successful use of international grapes as well.
Tasting Notes – The Cottanera Rosso is 100% Nerello Mascalese grown on black volcanic lava soils made from 45-50 year vines. This is an amazing wine, it is a wine that gives you an experience of being on Etna. Rich in texture and structure. Nice juicy fruit and spice coat the palate, along with refined tannins. Wild cherries, blackberries, clove, nutmeg and white pepper stand out in the wine. An elegant wine with a long-lasting finish.


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Bacterial transformation is a technique widely practiced by scientists for research purposes. This experiment explored the transformation of E. coli cultures with pGLO plasmids to allow the bacterial cells to express a foreign protein and emit a fluorescent glow under UV light. The transformation was completed through the heat shock method. Both transformed and untransformed E. coli cultures were grown in four mediums. The four mediums were made of different combinations of the LB nutrient broth, ampicillin and arabinose C sugar. When exposed to UV light, only the transformed bacteria growing on the LB/ampicillin/arabinose plate had a fluorescent glow.
The pGLO plasmid was genetically engineered to contain the green fluorescent protein (GFP), which was isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria. This jellyfish absorbs blue light from the environment and emits green light in return. Scientist Osamu Shimomura, who first discovered the GFP protein, explained that the peptide chains of these proteins contain a fluorescent chromophore which can be expressed in living organisms1. This revolutionized the field of biomedical research as researchers were able to use this glow-in-the-dark gene to track the activity of proteins inside other living creatures2. Tony Perry and Teru Wakayama at the Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester led a study which genetically engineered mice to express the GFP protein and caused them to glow when hit with UV light3. These mice highlight just how far genetic engineering has come. Prior research indicated that E. coli bacteria can uptake the pGLO plasmid and express the GFP. In this experiment, the E. coli bacteria were transformed using the pGLO plasmid by the heat shock method in order to express the GFP and glow under UV light.
Making the mediums for the bacterial cultures
An agar broth was made by boiling LB agar powder and 500ml of water. A sufficient amount of this solution was poured into two petri dishes labelled “LB -pGLO” and “LB”. Into two dishes labelled “LB/amp -pGLO” and “LB/amp +pGLO”, the agar broth with ampicillin was poured in. Arabinose C sugar was then added to the broth and was poured into one dish labelled “LB/amp/ara +pGLO”(Fig. 1). They were left overnight to harden. Meanwhile, a streak plate was made (Fig. 2).
Making cell membranes more permeable using CaCl2
Two microcentrifuge tubes containing 250?L of the transformation solution (CaCl2) were labelled +pGLO and -pGLO. Using sterile loops, a few E. coli colonies from the streak plate were transferred into the two tubes while making sure there were no floating chunks (Fig. 3).
10?L of the pGLO plasmid were pipetted into the microcentrifuge tube labelled “+pGLO” only. Both tubes were incubated on ice for ten minutes then immediately transferred to a 42°C water bath for 50 seconds and placed on ice for two minutes.
Incubation to allow for bacterial growth
250?L of LB broth were pipetted into the two microcentrifuge tubes and mixed. They were then incubated at room temperature for ten minutes. 100?L from each of the tubes were pipetted into their corresponding plates and was spread on the surface of the agar. The four plates were stacked upside down and left overnight in a 37°C incubator.
All the plates displayed bacterial growth except for the LB/amp -pGLO plate. The different colonies of E. coli could be seen clearly in both +pGLO plates (Fig. 4) whereas in the LB -pGLO plate, there was a lawn growth of bacteria. The mediums of the two +pGLO plates were LB/amp and LB/amp/ara. There were about 200 colonies of E. coli in each of the two +pGLO plates.
When exposed to ultraviolet light, the bacterial colonies in the +pGLO LB/amp/ara plate expressed a fluorescent glow (Fig. 5). Even though there was bacterial growth in two other plates, they did not glow when hit with UV light.
The transformation efficiency, which was the extent to which the E. coli cells were transformed, was calculated and was found to be 1477.7 transformations/?g.
The two pieces of information that were needed to calculate the transformation efficiency were the total number of colonies on the LB/amp/ara +pGLO plate, which was obtained by counting the colonies, and the amount of DNA spread on the agar plate in ?g. To calculate the amount of DNA spread in the plate, the total amount of pGLO DNA in ?g was multiplied by the fraction of DNA used.

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Happy Birthday Vishal: Pen India Releases Special Poster For Sandakozhi 2 To Celebrate Lead Star’s Birthday.
Happy birthday to one of the most beloved stars of Tamil cinema, Vishal, his fans from all over the world are celebrating this special day and the actor just gifted them a special poster from his upcoming film Sandakozhi 2 to show his gratitude towards them.
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) August 29, 2018
Sandakozhi sequel is looking good, original film was released in 2005, sequel is releasing 13 years after the first film was released.
N. Lingusamy directed the original Sandakozhi also directed the sequel. Keerthy Suresh is the new addition to the franchise. Sequel to hit the theaters on October 18th, 2018.
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A previously unrecorded “impressively large earthwork” – believed to be part of the outer defences of an early medieval royal stronghold at Knowth, in the Boyne Valley of Ireland – has been identified by an archaeological survey. The survey, commissioned by former attorney general John Rogers SC, has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála as additional information as part of its consideration of plans for an N2 bypass running east of Slane, County Meath.
Carried out by archaeologists Joe Fenwick, Gerard Dowling and Roseanne Schot of the Brú na Bóinne Research Project, the survey found the earthwork at Crewbane, near the home of Mr Rogers, who is objecting to the bypass. It was prompted by the discovery in 2007 of a souterrain in Crewbane, at the perimeter of the Brú na Bóinne Unesco world heritage site “buffer zone” 2km east of Slane village and 1km from the prehistoric passage tomb of Knowth.
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Get a perfect introduction to the wines of the Alsace region on a half-day wine tasting tour from Colmar. Learn about wine production since the Middle Ages and travel along the famous wine route.
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December 19, 1997 – Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane on June 3, 1924 in Ruleville, Mississippi on June 3, 1924 and was raised in Atlanta and Memphis. Even though this blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player was best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters’ band of the 1950s, he build quite a reputation as a solo act.
He learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois. He then relocated to Chicago and by 1946 had recorded his first record as a harmonica player.
In 1947, Rogers, Muddy Waters and Little Walter began playing together as Muddy Waters’ first band in Chicago (sometimes referred to as “The Headcutters” or “The Headhunters” due to their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands), while the band members each recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. The first Muddy Waters band defined the sound of the nascent “Chicago Blues” style (more specifically “South Side” Chicago Blues). Rogers made several more sides of his own with small labels in Chicago, but none were released at the time. He began to enjoy success as a solo artist with Chess Records in 1950, scoring a hit with “That’s All Right”, but he stayed with Muddy Waters until 1954. In the mid-1950s he had several successful releases on the Chess label, most featuring either Little Walter Jacobs or Big Walter Horton on harmonica, most notably “Walking By Myself”, but as the 1950s drew to a close and interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry.
In the early 1960s Rogers briefly worked as a member of Howling Wolf’s band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade. He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store that burned down in the 1968 Chicago riots that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971 when fashions made him a reasonable draw in Europe, Rogers began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 reunion session with his old bandleader Muddy Waters. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. His final album was an all-star collaboration with rockers Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills and others paying their respects as guest participants. In 1995 Rogers was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
He died from colon cancer on December 19, 1997 at the age of 73 in Chicago Illinois.
December 19, 1997 – Jimmie Rogers was born Jay Arthur Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi on June 3, 1924. Raised in Atlanta, St.Louis and Memphis, he adopted his stepfather’s surname Rogers. He learned to play the harmonica with his childhood friend Snooky Pryor and as a teenager he took up the guitar.
Big Bill Broonzy, Joe Willie Wilkins, and Robert Lockwood all influenced him, the latter two when he passed through Helena. He started playing professionally in his late teens with Robert Lockwood Jr. in East St. Louis, Illinois .
Rogers then moved to Chicago in the mid-1940s. By 1946, he had recorded as a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by J. Mayo Williams. Rogers’s name however did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as the work of Memphis Slim and His Houserockers.
In that same year he began playing professionally, gigging with Sonny Boy Williamson, Sunnyland Slim, and Broonzy.
Rogers was playing harp with guitarist Blue Smitty when Muddy Waters joined them. When Smitty split, Little Walter was welcomed into the configuration and Rogers switched over to second guitar and as a direct consequence the entire post-war Chicago blues genre felt the stylistic earthquake that instantly followed.
Rogers made his recorded debut as a leader in 1947 for the tiny Ora-Nelle logo, but then saw his efforts for Regal and Apollo go unissued. Those labels’ monumental errors in judgment were the gain of Leonard Chess, who recognized the comparatively smooth-voiced Rogers’ potential as a blues star in his own right. (He first played with Muddy Waters on an Aristocrat 78 in 1949 and remained his indispensable rhythm guitarist on wax into 1955.)
With Walter and bassist Big Crawford laying down support, Rogers’ debut Chess single in 1950, “That’s All Right,” has earned standard status after countless covers, but his version still reigns supreme. Rogers’ artistic quality was remarkably high while at Chess. “The World Is in a Tangle,” “Money, Marbles and Chalk,” “Back Door Friend,” “Left Me with a Broken Heart,” “Act Like You Love Me,” and the 1954 rockers “Sloppy Drunk” and “Chicago Bound” are essential early-’50s Chicago blues.
In 1955, Rogers left Muddy Waters to venture out as a bandleader, cutting another gem, “You’re the One,” for Chess. He made his only appearance on Billboard’s R&B charts in early 1957 with the driving “Walking by Myself,” which boasted a stunning harp solo from Big Walter Horton (a last-second stand-in for no-show Good Rockin’ Charles). The tune itself was an adaptation of a T-Bone Walker tune, “Why Not,” that Rogers had played rhythm guitar on when Walker cut it for Atlantic.
By 1957, blues was losing favor at Chess, the label reaping the rewards of rock and roll via Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. Rogers’ platters slowed to a trickle, though his 1959 Chess farewell, “Rock This House,” ranked with his most exciting outings (Reggie Boyd’s light-fingered guitar wasn’t the least of its charms).
In the early 1960s Rogers briefly worked as a member of Howling Wolf’s band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade. He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store, which burned down in the 1968 Chicago riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rogers gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971, when fashions made him somewhat popular in Europe, he began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 session with Waters. By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. He continued touring and recording albums until his death.
He returned to the studio in 1972 for Leon Russell’s Shelter logo, cutting his first LP, Gold-Tailed Bird (with help from the Aces and Freddie King). There were a few more fine albums – notably Ludella, a 1990 set for Antone’s – but Rogers never fattened his discography as much as some of his contemporaries did.
He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1995.
Rogers died on December 19, 1997 from colon cancer. At the time of his death, he was working on an all-star project featuring contributions from Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; upon its completion, the disc was issued posthumously in early 1999 under the title Blues, Blues, Blues.
December 16, 1997 – Nicolette Larson was born on July 17th 1952 in Helena, Montana. Her father’s employment with the U.S. Treasury Department forced frequent relocation on Larson’s family, not an easy task for a family of eight. The Larsons moved every couple of years and the young Nicolette was exposed to every genre of music from soul to pop via country. She especially liked Hank Williams and her singing was undoubtedly influenced by Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn, but her peripatetic childhood and varied taste would later be reflected in albums containing Tamla Motown material alongside songs by Sam Cooke, Burt Bacharah and Jackson Browne.
December 14, 1997 –Kurt Winter was born Kurt Frank Winter in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 2, 1946. He attended Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute. Winter commenced the development of his music career with a number of Winnipeg bands, including Gettysbyrg Address (1967, with later Guess Who bass player Bill Wallace), The Fifth (1968, with drummer Vance Masters) and Brother (late 1969, with Wallace and Masters). Brother was regarded as Winnipeg’s first supergroup, playing all original material, the live shows of which were greatly admired by vocalist Burton Cummings.
He was not involved in the writing of “American Woman”, the Guess Who’s international superhit in 1969.
November 10, 1997 – Tommy Tedesco (session guitarist) was born on July 3rd 1930 in Niagara Falls. It took him almost 30 years to make his way to the West Coast, but once there he became one of the most sought after studio musicians between the 1960s and the 1980s. Although Tedesco was primarily a guitar player, he also played the mandolin, ukulele, and the sitar as well as 28 other stringed instruments (though he played all of them in guitar tuning!).
Guitar magazine described him as the most recorded guitarist in history, having played on thousands of recordings, including the Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Association, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Sam Cooke, Cher, and Nancy and Frank Sinatra. He recorded with most of the top acts in the Los Angeles arena. TV themes include Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Green Acres, M*A*S*H, Batman, and Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special. Continue reading Tommy Tedesco 11/1997
October 19, 1997 – Glen Edward Buxton was born on November 10, 1947. He became an American guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked Buxton number 90 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Alice Cooper band.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Buxton moved to Phoenix, Arizona and in 1964, while attending Cortez High School, made his debut in a rock band called The Earwigs. It was composed of fellow high school students Dennis Dunaway and Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper). They were popular, and changed their name to The Spiders in 1965 and later to The Nazz in 1967. In 1968, to avoid legal entanglements with the Todd Rundgren-led Nazz, Buxton’s band changed their name to Alice Cooper.
October 12, 1997 – John Denver, was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr in Roswell, New Mexico on December 31st 1943. At the age of 12, he received a 1910 Gibson acoustic jazz guitar from his grandmother and he taught himself to play it well enough to play locally as a teenager in groups such as the folk-music group “The Alpine Trio”.
John went on to become one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales, he recorded and released around 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed himself.
He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Songs such as “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, “Rocky Mountain High”, “Sunshine on My Shoulders”, “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”, “Annie’s Song” and “Calypso” attained worldwide popularity.
August 12, 1997 – Luther Allison (blues great) was born on August 17, 1939 in Widener, Arkansas. He was the 14th of 15 children, the son of cotton farmers. His parents moved to Chicago when he was in his early teens, but he had a solid awareness of blues before he left Arkansas, as he played organ in the church and learned to sing gospel in Widener as well. Allison recalled that his earliest awareness of blues came via the family radio in Arkansas, which his dad would play at night. Allison recalls listening to both the Grand Ole Opry and B.B. King on the King Biscuit Show on Memphis’ WDIA. Although he was a talented baseball player and had begun to learn the shoemaking trade in Chicago after high school, it wasn’t long before Allison began to focus more of his attention on playing blues guitar. Allison had been hanging out in blues clubs all through high school, and with his brother’s encouragement, he honed his string-bending skills and powerful, soul-filled vocal technique.
June 27, 1997 – Israel “Iz” Ka’ano’i Kamakawiwo’ole was born on May 20, 1959 in Honolulu, Hawaii, three months before the Hawaiian Islands would become America’s 50th state. In Hawaiian his last name translates to “the fearless eye, the bold face”. Notable Hawaiian musician Moe Keale was his uncle and became a major musical influence. He was raised in the community of Kaimuki, where his parents had met and married. He began playing music with his older brother Skippy and cousin Allen Thornton at the age of 11, being exposed to the music of Hawaiian entertainers of the time such as Peter Moon, Palani Vaughn and Don Ho, who frequented the establishment where Kamakawiwoʻole’s parents worked. Hawaiian musician Del Beazley spoke of the first time he heard Israel play, when, while playing for a graduation party, the whole room fell silent on hearing him. Israel continued his path as his brother Skippy entered the Army in 1971 and cousin Allen parted ways in 1976 for the mainland.
In his early teens, he studied at Upward Bound (UB) of the University of Hawaii at Hilo and his family moved to Mākaha. There he met Louis “Moon” Kauakahi, Sam Gray and Jerome Koko. Together with his brother Skippy they formed the Makaha Sons of Niʻihau. A part of the Hawaiian Renaissance, the band’s blend of contemporary and traditional styles gained in popularity as they toured Hawaii and the continental United States, releasing fifteen successful albums. Kamakawiwo’ole’s aim was to make music that stayed true to the typical sound of traditional Hawaiian music. During that time period, the songs that many people associated with Hawaii, typically, were not traditional-sounding songs.
The Makaha Sons of Niʻihau recorded No Kristo in 1976 and released four more albums, including Kahea O Keale, Keala, Makaha Sons of Niʻihau and Mahalo Ke Akua. In 1982, Kamakawiwoʻole’s brother, Skippy, died at age 28 of a heart attack related to obesity. In that same year, Kamakawiwoʻole married his childhood sweetheart Marlene. Soon after, they had a daughter whom they named Ceslie-Ann “Wehi”.
The group became Hawaii’s most popular modern traditional group with breakout albums 1984’s Puana Hou Me Ke Aloha and its follow-up, 1986’s Hoʻola. Kamakawiwoʻole’s last recorded album with the group was 1991’s Hoʻoluana. It remains the group’s top-selling CD.
In 1990, Kamakawiwoʻole released his first solo album Ka ʻAnoʻi, which won awards for Contemporary Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year from the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). Facing Future was released in 1993 by The Mountain Apple Company. It featured his most popular song, the medley “Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World”, along with “Hawaiʻi 78”, “White Sandy Beach of Hawaiʻi”, “Maui Hawaiian Sup’pa Man”, and “Kaulana Kawaihae”. The decision to include a cover of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was said to be a last-minute decision by his producer Jon de Mello and him.
Facing Future debuted at #25 on Billboard magazine’s Top Pop Catalogue chart. On October 26, 2005, Facing Future became Hawaii’s first certified platinum album, selling more than a million CDs in the United States, according to figures furnished by the Recording Industry Association of America. On July 21, 2006, BBC Radio 1 announced that “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (True Dreams)” would be released as a single in America. Facing Future became the best-selling Hawaiian album of all time.
In 1994, Iz, nicknamed Bruddah Iz was voted favorite entertainer of the year by the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts. E Ala E released in 1995, featured the political title song “ʻE Ala ʻE” and “Kaleohano”, and N Dis Life (1996) featured “In This Life” and “Starting All Over Again”.
In 1997, Kamakawiwoʻole was again honored by HARA at the Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards for Male Vocalist of the Year, Favorite Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, and Island Contemporary Album of the Year. He watched the awards ceremony from a hospital room.
Alone in Iz World (2001) debuted at #1 on Billboard’s World Chart and #135 on Billboard’s Top 200, #13 on the Top Independent Albums Chart, and #15 on the Top Internet Album Sales charts.
Throughout his life, Kamakawiwoʻole was morbidly obese and at one point weighed 757 pounds (343 kg; 54.1 st) standing 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) tall (body mass index = 97.2). He endured several hospitalizations because of health problems caused by his weight. Beset with respiratory, heart, and other medical problems, he died at the age of 38 in Queen’s Medical Center at 12:18 a.m. on June 26, 1997.
The Hawaiian state flag flew at half-staff on July 10, 1997, the day of Kamakawiwoʻole’s funeral. His koa wood coffin lay in state at the state capitol building in Honolulu. He was the third person in Hawaiian history to be awarded this honor, and the only one who was not a government official. Approximately ten thousand people attended the funeral. Thousands of fans gathered as his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean at Mākua Beach on July 12, 1997. Scenes from the funeral and scattering of Kamakawiwoʻole’s ashes were featured in official music videos of “Over the Rainbow” released posthumously by Mountain Apple Company. As of October 2016, the two videos as featured on YouTube have collectively received over 279 million views.
June 16, 1997 – John Christian Wolters was born on April 28th 1945 in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.
He became part of the already established country rock band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show in 1973, when Jay David left the band, and stayed until 1985, when the band split up.
The band had a global smash with “Sylvia’s Mother” and a top-10 hit with “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” before Wolters replaced their original drummer on Fried Face (1974). In 1976 Dr. Hook (by then they had dropped the rest of their moniker) had a top-10 hit with a cover of Sam Cooke‘s “Only Sixteen” and a #11 hit with the title track of A Little Bit More.
Dr. Hook had several more hits including, the top-10 singles “Sharing the Night Together” (1978) and “When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman” (1979) as well as the top-five “Sexy Eyes” (1980).
The band had more than 35 gold and platinum LPs in Australia and Scandinavia, where they toured to large crowds until their 1985 split.
He died at age 52 of liver cancer in San Francisco, California on June 16, 1997.
April 8, 1997 – Laura Nyro was born October 18th 1947 in The Bronx, New York. Nyro was born Laura Nigro in the Bronx, the daughter of Gilda (née Mirsky) Nigro, a bookkeeper, and Louis Nigro, a piano tuner and jazz trumpeter. Laura had a younger brother, Jan Nigro, who became a well-known children’s musician. Laura was of Russian Jewish, Polish, and Italian ancestry.
As a child, Nyro taught herself piano, read poetry, and listened to her mother’s records by Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and classical composers such as Ravel and Debussy. She composed her first songs at age eight. With her family, she spent summers in the Catskills, where her father played trumpet at resorts.
March 24, 1997 – Harold Melvin (The Blue Notes) was born on June 25, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He became one of the driving forces behind Philadelphia soul, leading his group the Blue Notes. The group formerly known as The Charlemagnes took on the name “The Blue Notes” in 1954, with a lineup consisting of Harold as lead singer, Bernard Wilson, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., and Franklin Peaker.
The 1960 single “My Hero” was a minor hit and 1965’s “Get Out (and Let Me Cry)” was an R&B hit.
In 1970, Harold recruited Teddy Pendergrass as the drummer for his backing band. When that same year Teddy took over as lead singer from John Atkins, he became the undeniable superstar of the group, until his departure and subsequent death. The group had a string of hits “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”, “I Miss You”, “The Love I Lost”, and “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, and socially conscious songs such as “Wake Up Everybody” and “Bad Luck” which holds the record for longest-running number-one hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. (eleven weeks).
After Pendergrass left in 1976 for a solo career, Melvin continued to tour with various lineups of Blue Notes until suffering a stroke in 1996. Melvin died on March 24, 1997 at the age of 57. Lawrence Brown died of a respiratory condition on April 6, 2008 at age 63. In addition, three former members of the group would die during the year 2010. First, Teddy Pendergrass died of respiratory failure on January 13, 2010 at age 59, after having previously dealt with colon cancer. Six months later, original member Roosevelt Brodie, who was the second tenor for the original Blue Notes, died July 13, 2010 at age 75 due to complications of diabetes. And just five months later in that year, Bernard Wilson died on December 26, 2010 at age 64 from complications of a stroke and a heart attack. Pendergrass’ predecessor, John Atkins, died of an aneurysm in 1998. David Ebo, who succeeded Pendergrass, died of bone cancer on November 30, 1993 at age 43. Lloyd Parks is still living and is the sole survivor of the original Blue Notes.
March 10, 1997 – LaVern Baker was born Delores LaVern Baker on November 11, 1929 in Chicago. She began singing gospel as a child, but she was familiar with more secular styles, as well. Her aunt, Merline Baker, was better known as Memphis Minnie, a blues singer and guitarist. LaVern was blessed with a powerful voice, which she put to use as a teenager singing in nightclubs under the stage name Little Miss Sharecropper. She wore a straw hat and a dress made of patches.
February 9, 1997 – Brian Connolly was born on October 5th 1945 in Govanhill, Glasgow. Whilst the true identity of Brian’s father was never officially made public, his mother was a teenage waitress named Frances Connolly who left him in a Glasgow hospital as an infant whilst he was possibly suffering from meningitis. He was fostered, aged two, by Jim and Helen McManus of Blantyre and took their family name. In his earliest years Connolly was also affectionately known as “snowball” referring to his almost white blonde hair. In a radio interview, Connolly reported that singing was a large part of growing up since there was no television, and that he was regularly called upon to sing for family and friends. Connolly has credited the Everly Brothers as being his earliest musical influence. After inadvertently discovering his lineage he eventually reverted to the name Connolly. Numerous sources have incorrectly asserted that he was a half-brother of the late actor Mark McManus (who found fame in the title role of detective series “Taggart”) but they were not related ( Mark “Taggart” McManus was actually the nephew of Brian’s foster father)
January 2, 1997 – Randy Craig Wolfe aka Randy California was born on 20 February, 1951.
Jimi Hendrix gave him the name Randy California, to distinguish him from Randy Texas, who also played in Jimi’s backing band the Blue Flames, during his 1966 New York stint. His real name was Randy Craig Wolfe and he was lead guitarist and one of the founders of the Psychedelic Rock Band “Spirit” who gained worldwide recognition for songs like “Fresh Garabage”, “Mechanical World” and ‘Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus’ which introduced us to Mr. Skin.
January 1, 1997 –John Townes Van Zandt better known as Townes Van Zandt was born on March 7, 1944 in Fort Worth into a wealthy family. He was a third-great-grandson of Isaac Van Zandt (a prominent leader of the Republic of Texas) and a second great-grandson of Khleber Miller Van Zandt (a Confederate Major and one of the founders of Fort Worth). Van Zandt County in east Texas was named after his family in 1848. Townes’ parents were Harris Williams Van Zandt (1913–1966) and Dorothy Townes (1919–1983). He had two siblings, Bill and Donna. Harris was a corporate lawyer, and his career required the family to move several times during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1952 the family transplanted from Fort Worth to Midland, Texas, for six months before moving to Billings, Montana.
At Christmas in 1956, Townes’s father gave him a guitar, which he practiced while wandering the countryside. He would later tell an interviewer that “watching Elvis Presley’s October 28, 1956, performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the starting point for me becoming a guitar player… I just thought that Elvis had all the money in the world, all the Cadillacs and all the girls, and all he did was play the guitar and sing. That made a big impression on me.” In 1958 the family moved to Boulder, Colorado. Van Zandt would remember his time in Colorado fondly and would often visit as an adult. He would later refer to Colorado in “My Proud Mountains”, “Colorado Girl”, and “Snowin’ On Raton”. Townes was a good student and active in team sports. In grade school, he received a high IQ score and his parents began grooming him to become a lawyer or senator.
The University of Colorado at Boulder accepted Van Zandt as a student in 1962. In the spring of his second year, his parents flew to Boulder to bring Townes back to Houston, apparently worried about his binge drinking and episodes of depression. They admitted him to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was diagnosed with manic depression. He received three months of insulin shock therapy, which erased much of his long-term memory. Later, his mother claimed her “biggest regret in life was that she had allowed that treatment to occur”. In 1965 he was accepted into the University of Houston’s pre-law program. Soon after he attempted to join the Air Force, but was rejected due to a doctor’s diagnosis that labelled him “an acute manic-depressive who has made minimal adjustments to life”. He quit school around 1967, having been inspired by his singer-songwriter heroes to pursue a career in playing music.
His music doesn’t jump up and down, wear fancy clothes, or beat around the bush. Whether he was singing a quiet, introspective country-folk song or a driving, hungry blues, Van Zandt’s lyrics and melodies were filled with the kind of haunting truth and beauty that you knew instinctively. His music came straight from his soul by way of a kind heart, an honest mind, and a keen ear for the gentle blend of words and melody. He could bring you down to a place so sad that you felt like you were scraping bottom, but just as quickly he could lift your spirits and make you smile at the sparkle of a summer morning or a loved one’s eyes — or raise a chuckle with a quick and funny talking blues. The magic of his songs is that they never leave you alone. Despite his warm, dusty-sweet voice, as a singer Van Zandt never had anything resembling a hit in his nearly 30-year recording career — he had a hard enough time simply keeping his records in print. Nonetheless, he was widely respected and admired as one of the greatest country and folk artists of his generation. The long list of singers who’ve covered his songs includes Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (who had a number one country hit with “Pancho and Lefty” in 1983), Emmylou Harris, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Nanci Griffith, Hoyt Axton, Bobby Bare, the Tindersticks, and the Cowboy Junkies.
Van Zandt was a Texan by birth and a traveler by nature. His father was in the oil business, and the family moved around a lot — Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, among other places — which accounted for his sometimes vague answers to questions of where he “came from.” Van Zandt spent a couple years in a military academy and a bit more time in college in Colorado before dropping out to become a folksinger. (Van Zandt often returned to Colorado in subsequent years, spending entire summers, he said, alone in the mountains on horseback.)
Van Zandt moved to Houston and got his first paying gigs on the folk music circuit there in the mid-’60s. He played clubs like Sand Mountain and the Old Quarter (where in 1973 he recorded one of his finest albums, Live at the Old Quarter, released four years later), and he met singers such as Guy Clark (who became a lifelong friend and frequent road partner), Jerry Jeff Walker, and blues legend Lightnin’ Hopkins, who had a large influence on Van Zandt’s guitar playing in particular.
Another Texas songwriter, Mickey Newbury, saw Van Zandt in Houston one night and soon had him set up with a recording gig in Nashville (with Jack Clement producing). The sessions became Van Zandt’s debut album, For the Sake of the Song, released in 1968 by Poppy Records. The next five years were the most prolific ofVan Zandt’s career, as Poppy released the albums Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, High, Low and in Between, and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. These included such gems as “For the Sake of the Song,” “To Live’s to Fly,” “Tecumseh Valley,” “Pancho and Lefty,” and many more that have made him a legend in American and European songwriting circles.
Van Zandt moved to Nashville in 1976 at the urging of his new manager, John Lomax III. He signed a new deal with Tomato Records and in 1977 released Live at the Old Quarter, a double album — and the first of several live recordings — that contained many of his finest songs. In 1978 Tomato released Flyin’ Shoes; the long list of players on that album included Chips Moman and Spooner Oldham.
Van Zandt didn’t record again for nearly a decade, but he continued to tour. He moved back to Texas briefly, returning again to Nashville in the mid-’80s. During the early ’80s, both “If I Needed You” and “Pancho and Lefty” became country radio hits. In 1987, Van Zandt was back in business with his eighth studio album, At My Window, which came out on his new label, Sugar Hill. By this time, Van Zandt’s voice had dropped to a lower register, but the weathered, somewhat road-weary edge to it was as pure and expressive as ever. Two years later, Sugar Hill released Live & Obscure(recorded in a Nashville club in 1985), and two more live albums (Rain on a Conga Drum and Rear View Mirror) appeared on European labels in the early ’90s. In 1990, Van Zandt toured with the Cowboy Junkies, and he wrote a song for them, “Cowboy Junkies Lament,” which appeared on the group’s Black Eyed Man album (along with a song the Junkies wrote for him, “Townes Blues”).
Sugar Hill released Roadsongs in 1994, on which Van Zandt covered songs by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and others, all recorded off the soundboard during recent concerts. At the end of that same year, Sugar Hill released No Deeper Blue, Van Zandt’s first studio album since 1987. Van Zandt recorded it in Ireland with a group of Irish musicians. Van Zandt sang every song but only played guitar on one.
Van Zandt continued writing and performing through the 1990s, though his output slowed noticeably as time went on. He had enjoyed some sobriety during the early 1990s, but was actively abusing alcohol during the final years of his life. In 1994 he was admitted to the hospital to detox, during which time a doctor told Jeanene Van Zandt that trying to detox Townes again could potentially kill him. A year and a half after the release of No Deeper Blue,Van Zandt died unexpectedly on January 1, 1997; he was 52 years old. Posthumous releases included collections like Last Rights: The Life & Times of Townes Van Zandt and Anthology: 1968-1979, as well as albums like 1998’s Abnormal and the following year’s Far Cry From Dead, which featured previously unreleased songs.
Townes Van Zandt was 52 years 9 months 25 days old when he died on 1 January 1997. Cause; lifelong alcohol abuse.
The early 2000s saw a resurgence of interest in Van Zandt’s music and enigmatic life; three book projects and two films entered production, and features on the musician appeared in such tastemaking rags as Mojo. But perhaps the greatest gem was the discovery of a collection of Van Zandt demos dating from 1966, a full two years before his proper debut. The ten previously unreleased recordings were issued by the Houston imprint Compadre in April 2003 as In the Beginning…. Included in the release were liner notes written by John Lomax III.


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Full-length Bio for Susan Ellenton
Susan is a long-time, award-winning songwriter specializing in acapella originals, storytelling and audience participation. She writes poetry, memoir and creative non-fiction for performance. She's an artisan silversmith - her 'day job'. She teaches Songwriting and Vocal Pleasure, and is involved in numerous west coast music camps; she directs an experimental non-performing women’s chorus. Born and raised in Waterloo Ontario, Susan has lived in Seattle, Auckland NZ, and Whitehorse Yukon. She now makes her home in Victoria B.C.
Education - Formal
University of Waterloo, Bachelor of Arts, non-major, 1977. Academic scholarships.
Capilano College, Commercial Music Program 1984/5.
Humber College School of Writing (correspondence program) creative non-fiction, 1999. Scholarship.
Toronto Conservatory of Music, Grade 8 Piano, Grade 2 Theory, 1969.
Education - Short Courses (Selected)
Solo Performance, Lena de Guevera, Royal Roads, 2015. Classes in Improv with Stephen White, Dave Morris.
Writing: Amherst Method with Karen Lee Pickett; Non-Fiction with Terry Glavin, 2002; Playwriting with Joan McLeod, 2000.
Voice: National Theatre School workshop; lessons with Jennifer Scott, Kim Scanlon, Louise Rose.
Movement: Body Jazz - Christian Swenson; many years of Restorative Yoga - Misha Butot; Contact Improv, etc.
Songwriting: Chris Williamson & Tree Fure, Linda Waterfall, Bob Franke, Lisa Aschmann, David Francey.
Storytelling: The Flame, with Deborah Williams, 2017.
Presentations and Performance (Selected)
Singer-Songwriter: at Festivals, Coffeehouses, Folk Clubs and House Concerts, 1982 - present. Highlights:
Mariposa Folk Festival; Canadian Heritage Festival, St. John’s Newfoundland; S.E. Alaska Folk Festival, Juneau; Dawson City Folk Festival, Frostbite Folk Festival, Farrago Folk Festival; Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife; London Home County, Seattle Folklife, Winnipeg Wymmyn’s club, Lesser Slave Lake, New Lynn Folk Club, Auckland, New Zealand, etc.
Sing for No Reason - 2017 - 2018. Solo acapella musical with audience participation. Writer, Performer, Producer.
Theatre: Stepping Out, Kaleidoscope Theatre 1985. Composer, Music Director, Actor. Belfry Theatre,Victoria.
Hagimari No Hagimari, Kaleidoscope Theatre 1988. Composer for lyrics by Marilyn Bowering.
Resonance - Voices of Northern Women, Yukon 1984. Grant procure, Project leader, Songwriter and Performer.
Cowboy Bob, Director, assistant producer. Victoria Fringe Festival, 1989.
Presentations: Park Naturalist, CRD Parks 1989 - 1995. Creation and performance of public programs.
Multi-media presentation Heart and Hands at Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, 2014.
Painting the Path, scripted concert, Focus Women's Fest, Open Space,Victoria BC. 1998. Created, workshopped and presented.
The Secret of My Happiness, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1998. Solo voice - creation and performance.
Alaska Hit Singles (Various Artists) 1982
Gleeclub (Duo), 1985
In the Backyard (Duo), 1994
Secret of My Happiness (Solo), 1998
Painting the Path (Trio), 2000
The Allison Sessions, (Solo) 2017
Learning to Listen, (Solo) 2020
Poetry: Auditoria, self-published, 2015
Four Ways Forward, in midwinter cache, writings from the whisky jack collective, 2017
Troll Breath and Other Foolishness, self-published, 1999
Songwriting contests won: City of Victoria Official Song (1994). Arctic Winter GamesTheme (1984).
Christine Lavin’s Under the Radar Award, NewYork 'Top ten albums of 1998'.
Winner: Saltwater Slam Poetry Performance 2004.
Victoria School of Writing Postcard Fiction, 2002.
Grant Recipient: Canada Council Explorations and Clifford Lee Foundation Grants for Voices of Northern Women, 1984.
Songwriting @ music camps: Puget Sound, Georgia Strait, Womenfriends, Gabriola Songwriters Retreat, Vancouver Island Music Retreat.
Storytelling @ Songroots music camp, 2017.
Authentic Voices School of Music (Founder, Director) 1994 - 2000. Songwriting, Vocals, Performance.
Sunday Singers experimental chorus, Victoria BC, 2015 - present.


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"I think they've got a tough match today," he said. "They've been playing really well. It's a shame they gave up that goal in the last seconds in stoppage time [Sunday against Portugal], but I feel confident. I feel like they're going to tie at the very least."
The U.S. lost to the Germans, 1-0, but still advanced to the next round by way of Portugal's 2-1 win over Ghana. When the match started, Springer and his orange jersey were front and center leading the cheers in the middle of the Astros' clubhouse, where several players flopped down on leather chairs to watch the match.
"Give it to Davis," Springer shouted. "It's raining. This is the shot we have. Brad's going to put one in the back of the onion bag."
Springer was joined by outfielder and soccer aficionado Alex Presley, with pitcher Jake Buchanan sitting close by. Soon, Jose Altuve and Jesus Guzman joined the viewing party, with Jerome Williams sitting on the fringes to provide some commentary.
"'Why are we going the other way, guys?'" cracked Williams when the U.S. passed the ball back to keeper Tim Howard.
Germany dominated possession early, which really didn't bother Presley. He understood the U.S. needed at least a tie, so losing possession and keeping the Germans off the board was OK. Presley has a keen eye for the game, having played in high school.
"Soccer and baseball, I played my whole life," said Presley, who wore a red U.S. soccer T-shirt to the park. "I know what's going on when I watch a game and most guys don't know what's going on."
Six minutes into the match, Springer finally turned up the television and turned off the reggae music that was started by Chad Qualls. Altuve didn't sit down to watch the match until the eighth minute.
"Just be careful with [Thomas] Müller," Altuve said. "He's so good."
Altuve played lots of soccer while growing up in Venezuela and has a rooting interest in this year's World Cup.
"I think I'll go with Brazil and United States," he said. "Those are my two teams. I would like to go with my country, but they're not there. I know they're working hard to be in the World Cup in the future."
In the 10th minute, Springer grew more frustrated with the U.S. play: "OK, United States, there are sides of the field -- your defensive side and your offensive side."
Outside the clubhouse, the game was showing on the large scoreboard inside Minute Maid, and a few hundred Astros fans were in the stands watching. Pitchers Josh Zeid and Collin McHugh watched intently from the dugout railing, with McHugh pulling a stool from the dugout to get a better view.
When Howard made a spectacular save, McHugh put his hands on his head and screamed.
"We need a tie," he said. "I don't know if we can win this game. Anything can happen, but we do need some good, hard defense."
McHugh is also a huge soccer fan. A lot of his friends were soccer players in middle school and high school, and he started following the English Premier League. His roommate for three years in the Mets system was a German, so he also followed the German Bundesliga.
"Soccer's starting to catch on in the States," he said. "I don't think it's going to be long, maybe four or five years, before we're like an actual influence in the world of soccer. It's exciting to see."
When the final whistle blew and the Americans were assured safe passage to the next round, it was only about 15 minutes prior to first pitch against the Braves and most of the players were still in the clubhouse watching the game and soaking up the win.
You can bet Springer's orange jersey will be back to cheer on the Americans in the round of 16.
"I think it's great for them, obviously, as a team, but for us as a nation," Springer said.

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I’ve been putting this off for three weeks now, and I can’t take it anymore. Game of Thrones is over, and I need to talk about the show some more! … Continue Reading Game of Thrones In Review
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Cersei Lannister may not have died in Season Seven, but I got the next best thing.
I’m going to be honest: Season Five was my least favorite season of this show.