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Here is a fantastic first press metal collection a guy brought in two weeks ago.
And here is a great punk rock vinyl collection I picked up this weekend.
Featured Punk / Metal Vinyl
Here are some of the gold nuggets from the videos above.
Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown EP 1980 SST SST 001 – This is the third pressing of “Nervous Breakdown” by Black Flag. There are over 20 years of pressings of this EP. Actual first pressing is some of the most expensive punk rock albums out there that can go for over $1000 easily.
Ramones – Ramones LP 1976 Sire – SASD-7520 – First pressings of this debut Ramones LP average between $143 – $432, according to Discogs, and keep going up.
Possessed – Seven Churches LP 1985 Combat – MX 8024 – One of the most influential extreme metal albums of all time and some argue the first death metal album, early pressing of Possessed “Seven Churches” are a holy grail of vinyl collectors. The camouflage label is technically a second press, even though it came out the same year. Unlike many vintage metal albums, the first press CD is worth more than the album and is one of the most expensive metal CDs.
Slayer – Show No Mercy LP 1983 Metal Blade Records – MBR 1013 – Slayer’s debut album is now the most expensive and hard to find in their catalog. This copy is the repress technically, but it still sells for north of 300 dollars.
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Psycho Vegas 2022 Festival Review – Best/Worst Bands & More
I attended Psycho Vegas this past weekend and wrote this show review of the best/worst bands. For those who don’t know, Psycho Las Vegas is a metal festival in Vegas every year in late August. Because nobody reads long blog posts anymore, I divided this article into clickable bits, so you can quickly jump around to the best bands, worst bands, and overall festival review.
Best Bands Psyco Vegas 2022 (Ranked In Order)
Mercyful Fate: They were the headliner, and their set was perfect, and I’m not sure what could have been done to improve it. Read the full review here.
Blood Incantation: By far the heaviest band of the entire festival. They shook the floor with their too-early set on day #2. Full review here.
Carcass: These UK death metal veterans absolutely crushed it on day #1. Full review here.
Cirith Ungol: This obscure doom metal band that has been around since 1971 delivered a shockingly awesome set to a packed house on a side stage right before Mercyful Fate. See why they still kick ass here.
Bombers: A Motorhead cover band consisting of members of Abbath not only played Lemmy’s classics to a tee, but frontman Abbath also made the show highly entertaining.Read more here.
Midnight: These Ohio maniacs delivered an amazing high-energy set bedecked in leather jackets and hoods in the 110-degree heat at Psyco Swim. Some now notorious mayhem in the audience further enhanced the set.Read all about it here.
MGLA: This Polish black metal band played way too early on Friday for a completely packed house at 2:30 in the afternoon and destroyed. See more here.
Worst Bands Psyco Vegas 2022 (Ranked In Order)
Primitive Man: This doom metal band was the worst at the entire festival and seem to get booked at Psycho every year. They set the whole doom metal movement backward, one show at a time. See why they suck here.
While none of these bands sucked, they didn’t live up to the hype and are worth mentioning.
Emperor: By far the most hyped band of the entire festival, these Norwegian black metal Vets were far from being lame but weren’t life-changing either. More here.
Rotting Christ: Many people love this Greek black metal band, but they are pretty Hot Topic and play lip-synching to a track. Not impressive at all. Read more here.
Mayhem: While their set at Psycho was quite good, the legend of Mayhem is cooler than their live sets. More here.
Why Are These Bands Even Here at Psyco Vegas 2022?
One of my biggest complaints about the festival is that quite a few acts didn’t make sense even being at the festival. I’m not sure if someone on the staff was super woke and wanted some diversity, but none of this worked.
Bone Thugs N Harmony – I did not see this show because I was at Blood Incantation; this booking made no sense. Bone Thugs N Harmony sucked in the 90s, and from what I’m told, they still blow today.
Method Man and Raekwon – I like Wu-Tang, but they had prime billing and were just mailing it in to a disinterested crowd on Sunday. Horrible. More here.
Bridge City Sinners – This country/folk act was the first band I saw at Pschofest, and well… Read more here.
There were many other examples of this; I just listed some of the most annoying above.
Honorable Mention Bands Psyco Vegas 2022
Intronaut – This LA-based prog-jazz-metal band delivered a superb set very late on Saturday night. Read more here.
No/Mas – Despite having a silly name, these guys supplied a brutal set on Saturday on one of the side stages. More here.
Mothership – This Dallas-based stoner rock band played a fantastic set in the food court on Saturday despite some technical troubles.
Festival Review Day-by-Day 2022
This is a playlist I compiled from the bands mentioned in this blog post. Click on the right-hand corner of this video to see a list of all bands included.
Here are the details on the bands mentioned in my rankings and everything else I saw each day at Psycho listed chronologically,
Thursday 8/18 (Psycho Swim)
The Psycho Swim took place at the Pool at Ayu Dayclub and was an upsell to the main Psycho Festival.
Bridge City Sinners – This Portland-based band played some kind of country folk with violin and banjos, boring the audience. The singer complained about the crowd energy at many points in their set, as if she didn’t understand people had traveled many miles to hear metal, and their low-energy hillbilly music would never connect with this audience.
Elder – Elder sounded great, bringing some heavy Mastodon-style prog metalto the crowd at the pool, only to get rained out two songs into their set.
Midnight – Midnight took the stage at 11 PM. This Ohio-based band is easily my favorite metal band of the last 15 years, whom I discovered at Psychofest 2021. They played one of the best sets I’ve seen from them, clad in leather jackets and masks in the 110-degree heat. During their set, all hell broke loose when a girl threw a drink in my friend’s face. After a bit of arguing, they started fighting, and the girl pulled my friend’s top off in the struggle. After that, topless combat started and restarted thrice as the band played on. Cellphones, wallets, threats, and insults flew everywhere in the mayhem, and the incident went down as the most notorious of Psycho 2022. If anyone has a video of this debacle (and I know someone does) — contact me here. I would love to see it.
Elder (Part 2) – Elder continued their rained-out set inside on one of the side stages. Again, they are a good band but start to sound like a low-rent Mastodon after 3 or 4 songs – a little goes a long way.
Friday 8/19 (Day 1)
MGLA – This controversial Polish black-metal band MGLA (Polish for “Fog”) played in a way-too-early set at 2:30 at the event center. MGLA has been canceled from European festival events because of false claims by German Antifa that they are NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal). Due to such problems, seeing them live is a rare circumstance. MGLA had the Event Center packed early. Nevertheless, MGLA punched above their weight and sounded far better than they do in their studio recordings. Perhaps this is because the touring group consisted of studio musicians who didn’t play on the albums. Regardless MGLA sounded evil as hell and made it onto my list of best bands at Psycho! See them if you ever have the opportunity.
Carcass – Admittedly, I had lost interest in Carcass over the years. I saw them around 2011 and thought they were OK. However, at Psycho, they were unbelievable. Everything about their set ruled — from song choices (mostly 90s material) to the band’s sound, lighting, and energy. I’m not sure what changes the band made over the last ten years, but it’s working! Also worth noting, Bill Steer may be the most underrated guitarist in metal – the guy doesn’t get enough credit for being the savage he is.
Mayhem – I had recently seen Mayhem in LA and wasn’t impressed. Consisting of only one original member (Necrobutcher) – the story of Mayhem is cooler than seeing them live. But, to be fair, the band’s set that day was pretty great, so I shouldn’t judge them too harshly.
Emperor – Undoubtedly, Emperor was the most hyped band of the entire festival because this would be their first US show in 15 years. I have tried to listen to Emperor over the years, and I never got it. I didn’t hate them, but they weren’t anything I went back to either. Maybe it would come together live. I expected the band to take the stage in corpsepaint, but I was surprised to see the singer come out looking like he should be an accountant. The music was well played and quite tight, but it wasn’t life-changing either.
Nuclear Assault – Thrash metal veterans Nuclear Assault was the last big band to take the stage on Friday at midnight. I’m not sure what went wrong here. Maybe the band took a decent amount of money to play the show and never rehearsed, or perhaps it was too hot and late to play outside at the pool, but Nuclear Assault was terrible! John Connely kept making jokes like, “This was a lot easier when we were 25,” which made it even more evident that they were struggling. Nevertheless, it was so bad I left after three songs.
Akhlys – The last band I saw of the night was Akhlys, who was still playing inside. The band sounded OK but played to a track with a lot of prerecorded stuff. Playing to a track was a disturbing trend used by many bands at the festival. I am not a fan of this type of cheating.
Saturday 8/20 (Day 2)
Saturday was the worst day of the festival by far, but there were a few bright spots.
Blood Incantation – I had heard this band a bit before, and they didn’t make an impression on me for some reason. I sell many of their albums, so I decided to check out their live set as work research. On the festival’s second day, Psycho opened the upstairs ballroom and added a stage where many of the bigger bands would play. Blood Incantation played in a packed room and was amazing. They were the heaviest band of the entire festival, approaching Obituary levels of heaviness at times (this is not something I say lightly). Like MGLA, they are even better in a live environment than on records. The singer’s frequent jokes between songs about “Thanks for resisting the temptation to see Bone Thugs N Harmony” won points with me. Blood Incantation was easily the second-best band to play Psychofest, and you should definitely see them live if you ever have the chance.
Primitive Man – These guys were my pick as the worst band at Psycho Unlimited. If you took a guitar and bass, put them on stands, allowed them to feedback at an annoying volume while walking around in a circle and kicking them intermittently while occasionally hitting some drums at 60 BPM and screaming like you’ve been constipated for two weeks you would be able to recreate their sound perfectly. This isn’t a slam on the funeral doom genre because bands like Bell Witch and Mournful Congregation play this same style of music 1000 times better. Yet, somehow these guys get booked every year at Psycho and given decent time slots. I wasn’t the only person who felt this way, as you could see many leaving the room in droves.
Liturgy – I could only watch about a minute of the girl-fronted black metal band. As soon as I heard the vocals, I knew it wasn’t for me.
No/Mas – After a quick exit from Liturgy, I went back downstairs to check out No/Mas, who is a brutal hardcore-infused death metal band. They had some excellent breakdowns. The guitar player’s rhythm playing is awe-inspiring. I will definitely be looking for more from these guys.
Bombers – Bombers is a side-project Motorhead cover band featuring members of Abbath and was unbelievable. Frontman Abbath not only recreates Lemmy’s vocals/bass flawlessly (it’s a lot harder than it looks), he even nails the between-song banter and copies all of Lem’s mannerisms exactly, never breaking character for a second. He does all of this dressed exactly like him with some fake facial hair and English prosthetic warts affixed to his face. They also picked an excellent selection of Motorhead tunes that made this rare show even better. If you ever have a chance to see Bombers, you absolutely should.
Suicidal Tendencies – Easily one of the worst bands of the festival; pretty much everything about their performance was 1000% cringe. Sole original member Mike Muir didn’t have heavyweight musicians like Dave Lombardo in the band anymore. Mike’s never-ending cheezy rants before the annoying extended 10-minute versions of the songs just worsened it. Muir ran around the stage doing his signature suicidal dance, but the now older Muir didn’t look like he could move his neck anymore and looked profoundly comical. Add to the fact that many of the songs don’t stand up anymore (some, not all) make me think Suicidal should hang it up and hang on to their legacy.
At The Gates – I didn’t catch At The Gates because the pool hit capacity. They are far from my favorite band anyways.
Elder (Show #3) – Elder is OK, but I had my fill by show three. I left after two songs.
Dance With The Dead – Some raver DJ crap with a guy playing guitar. Horrible. I’m not even sure why these guys got booked.
Intronaut – Despite having a 1:45 AM time slot, LA’s Intronaut pulled a decent crowd at Redtail. Honestly, I’m not a massive fan of their brand of Jazz/Prog metal, but they do what they do so well you can’t help but like it. The band manages to walk a tight line between Mastodon-style heavy parts fused with odd-time jazz passages, with bassist Joe Lester’s flawless playing being the glue that holds it together. The arrangements are clever enough for the band to switch gears like this without alienating any die-hard metalheads with the jazz passages. The band had not played live in almost two and a half years; another reason Intronaut made my list of honorable mentions. You should definitely consider catching them live.
Sunday 8/21 (Day 3)
Katatonia – I don’t know anything about these guys, but this Swedish Goth act is cringy and cheesy as fuck. I couldn’t even make it through two songs. Horrible.
Paradise Lost– This veteran English goth rock band is Type O Negative minus the cool. I’m not saying they were terrible because they weren’t. Fun Fact: The band has been the same five guys in the lineup since the early 90s, which is super rare and neat.
Geneva Jacuzzi – Horrid, electronic DJ synth-pop band whose music is best suited as the soundtrack for a gay bar. I have no idea why these guys got booked at a metal festival. Truly vomit-inducing.
Cirith Ungol – Ventura’s Cirith Ungolhas been around since 1971 and is a band I never thought I would get a chance to see live. But, despite their advanced age, these guys killed it. Honestly, I would have moved them even higher had they stuck to only classic material; they featured at least two or three new songs in their set. None of these songs sucked; they just were not what I came to hear. I would have been thrilled to see them play the King of the Dead album in track order. A guy can wish. Nevertheless, the band plowed through several classics like “King of the Dead”, “Black Machine”, and “Atom Smasher”. Of note is how shockingly awesome Tim Baker’s voice still sounds, almost better than it did back in the day. New guitarist Jim Barraza is a beast and is so good he makes virtuosity look easy! I must say I was very impressed with the show and would see these guys again for sure.
Mercyful Fate – Possibly the most important extreme metal band of all time would be the headliners on the festival’s final day. I felt they would be good despite having only two original members, King Diamond and Hank Sherman, but they over-delivered. Their set looked incredible, and the band opened up with “The Oath.” Everything about the show was first class, and I don’t think anything could’ve been improved. King Diamond’svoice is still top-notch, as was the band. The Setlist consisted of all songs from the first EP and two albums, plus one new song that the band tested on the audience. Highlights included “A Dangerous Meeting,” “Corpse Without A Soul” and “Satan’s Fall.” Mercyful fate was by far the best band of Psycho.
Mercyful Fate Setlist
A Corpse Without Soul
The Jackal of Salzburg
Curse of the Pharaohs
A Dangerous Meeting
Doomed by the Living Dead
Come to the Sabbath
Method Man and Raekwon – I was not sure why they were booked. Don’t get me wrong; I have nothing against hip-hop, and during the 90s doldrums of metal, I was listening to rap almost exclusively. The Wu-Tang Clan was one of my favorites; I still listen to them occasionally. However, Redman and Raekwon were mailing it in, they didn’t seem like they really cared about the show, and we’re just playing bits of songs and fucking around. What is even crazier is the stellar timeslot they got. Again, one of those bands that didn’t need to be there.
Rotting Christ – this Greek black metal band would be the last band of the festival. I included this band in my list of overhyped bands not because they suck; I don’t get what they do. The entire show is on a track. Many of the drums and vocals aren’t even performed live. When you get to this point of playing to a recording, you are lip-synching and are black metal Milli Vanilli. Rotting Christ is Hot Topic black metal, and I am not a fan.
Overall Psycho Festival Review
All in all, Psycho Vegas 2022 was a great time. Was it as good as Psychofest 2021? No, it wasn’t. Two big things stick out in my mind for this.
One is the change of location from Mandalay bay to Resorts World. Resorts World is a newer hotel which is basically three crappy older hotels on the ghetto end of the strip (Crockford, Conrads, and the Hilton) joined by a casino area and re-branded. For several reasons, it’s a big step down from Mandalay Bay.
Among the problems is the way Resorts World is thrown together. Many of the bands were playing in converted sports bars. The only dining in the hotel consists of the food court area, which is consistently terrible, no matter what restaurant you go to. When you are at an all-day show, eating there makes a lot of sense, and none of the choices are good. To add insult to injury, it’s expensive. If you are going to Vegas and want to complain about money, it is not your town, and I get that. The difference between Resorts World and Mandalay Bay is if you spend $30 on lunch, at Mandalay Bay, you could be eating the finest bowl of jambalaya at House of Blues. At Resorts World, you’re spending $30 on some barely edible hamburgers and french fries.
Also, the staff is quite disorganized and inexperienced. Going from show to show is a constant trip through various metal detectors and security protocols. Some venues allow you to bring alcohol from other places at the show. Some don’t. Some prices at bars are pretty reasonable by Vegas standards, and some are ridiculous and seem to fluctuate depending on who’s serving you. Mandalay Bay is much more professional and upscale; hopefully, the organizers will move it back for 2023.
The other problem with the festival is that it seems like one of the bookers is force-fitting bands that don’t belong on the bill. I’m not sure if some woke staff member is trying to include some diversity in the show with hip-hop acts, but I can assure you it is not working. Just inside the metal genre, it is already highly diverse with countless sub-genres, and tens of thousands of bands worldwide would cut off their left arm to play this festival and do it for nothing. Hopefully, they will keep it to what people are paying their ticket prices for next year.
Overall, I feel like I got my money’s worth from my $450 ticket and look forward to going again next year. Hopefully, the organizers will read this review and iron out some of the hiccups before 2023.
This is a small but valuable group of high-dollar CDs I picked up from a collector in Northern California. While this isn’t a massive collection (numbering less than 40 CDs), I buy both small andlarge collections — none is too big or too small. If you have a collection like this you would like to sell contact me.
In this group of CDs, there are a lot of great rare CDs from European record labels like No Fashion Records, No Colours, and Necropolis Records that are all out-of-print. Some of the titles have never been reissued, and many others have. Regardless, the original 90s pressings are very sought after and quite expensive.
List Of Black Death Metal CDs
122 Stabwounds – The deity of perversion (HNF023CD)
A Canorous Quintet – Silence of the world below (NFR019)
I picked up a nice collection of near-mint funeral doom and post-metal CDs and vinyl, mainly consisting of newer bands (average 2016 and later) from a guy in New Hampshire. Admittedly, I hadn’t heard of almost all of the bands in this collection. Nor was I familiar with “Post-Metal” or “Funeral Doom”. This new collection gave me an excellent chance to not be another boring middle-aged boomer and get caught up with times.
The good news was I discovered a lot of great new bands, record labels, and genres of music that I might not have otherwise.
In going through this collection, I found…
New Metal Genres
Post-Metal: Seeing the prefix “post” applied to anything musical sets my hipster alarm bells off, not in a good way. However, I did enjoy a lot of the post-metal bands, especially Gaerea. For those not in the know, the post-metal bands on this list sound like black metal with just a trace of melody and some progressive elements you might hear in Mastodon or Gojira. That is probably over-simplifying it, but that was my impression of the bands documented below.
Funeral Doom: Funeral doom sounds like what “doom metal” should like sound to me. It’s slow – like 70 BPM. The riffs are heavy, but the good bands like Bell Witch, Slow, and Mournful Congregation break it into atmospheric, almost Pink Floyd-sounding parts before breaking back into the crushing metal. One of the more prominent labels in this genre seems to be India’s Transcending Obscurity Records, which has a sizable roster of bands from everywhere in the world.
As a metalhead of over 35 years, I try to avoid getting stuck in the past, but sadly, this is something everyone who listens to music does. There is still a lot of hope and vitality from this new crop of bands, labels, and metal genres, which is excellent!
Some of the value of these albums and CDs wasn’t super high, but seeing as many of these are first pressing, and the average-sized run seemed to be only 500 records, should any of these bands break big, these albums could be a goldmine!
List Of Funeral Doom and Post-Metal CDs and Vinyl
I usually film a Youtube video and add it to my “Sell Your Heavy Metal” playlist. Still, because so many of the albums don’t have the band names on the front, or they are written in some indecipherable black metal font — I decided to save myself the embarrassment.
So with no further adieu, here is the list…
Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers deluxe box (no plastic sleeve or merch, sight wear on binding)
Lurk – Deluxe Fringe box (has plastic sleeve and sticker)
Desolate Shrine – Deliverance from the Godless Void
Dormant Ordeal – It Rains, It Pours
Eryn Non Dae. – Abandon of the Self
Eryn Non Dae. – Meliora
Esogenesi – Esogenesi
Eternal Storm – Come the Tide
Evadne – Dethroned of Our Souls
Frigoris – In Stille
From Ashes Reborn – Existence Exiled
Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers
Glare of the Sun – Theia (sealed)
Hinayana – Order Divine
Hope Drone – Cloak of Ash
Imber Luminis – Contrasts
Imber Luminis – Nausea
Lingua Ignota – Caligula
Lòdz – Time Doesn’t Heal anything
Nullingroots – Malady’s Black Maw
October Tide – Tunnel of No Light
Oubliette – The Passage
Ovnev – Incalescence
The Reticent – On the Eve of a Goodbye
ROSK – Miasma
Sea of Bones – The Earth Wants Us Dead
Shrine of the Serpent – Entropic Disillusion
Skeletonwitch – Devouring Radiant Light (sealed)
Skyborne Reveries – Winter Lights
Soliloquium – Things We Leave Behind
Soothsayer – At This Great Depth
A Swarm of the Sun – The Rifts
Unreqvited/Asunojokei – Nocturne
Unreqvited – Mosaic I
Vardan – Enjoy of Deep Sadness
Vorna – Sateet Palata Saavat
Wilt – Ruin
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This video shows a crazy rare collection of black and death metal CDs from the 90s thru 2000s that I bought from a collector in Sweden. There is a ton of crazy out-of-print stuff from labels that are now out of business in Europe. However, many of these CDs have since been reissued by Metal Blade, Napalm, Century Media, and others. You can get many of these reissues, but the originals are easily worth 20-50 dollars (sometimes less, sometimes more).
I didn’t have time to put together a complete list for this month’s blog update, but you can see all of them in the video, and I have taken some time to highlight a few of the best ones I’ve found from this collection.
Big CDs In This Collection
Monstrosity – Imperial Doom CD 1992 Nuclear Blast – NB 055 CD [ORIGINAL PRESS] – Monstrosity was a death metal band that became the jump-off point for many death metal musicians, most famously, George “Corpsegrinder” who is currently fronting Cannibal Corpse, which is probably what makes this CD worth so much. This CD goes on eBay / Discogs for north of 100 dollars.
Mayhem: Deathcrush CD 1994 Deathlike Silence – DSP Anti-Mosh 003 NORWAY – Mayhem’s debut EP. While is technically a reissue, this was the first time this album came out officially on CD. This item is heavily counterfeited and reissued. Only the first press had no barcode on the tray card.
Thornium – Dominions Of The Eclipse CD 1995 Necromantic – NGP 005 Netherlands – Recorded in 1994 this release from the Swedish black metal band Thornium is worth around 100 bucks. I’m not sure why, it just is!
Behemoth – And The Forests Dream Eternally CD 1995 Entropy – DE 101MCD *Italy – Minialbum released very early in their career and never reissued to the mid-2000s. Song #4 “Evil and Hate” is a tribute to Bathory.
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Toronto’s Sacrifice is definitely on my list of metal bands that should have been bigger. 1985’s “Torment in Fire” is the first wave black metal classic, and 1987’s “Forward To Termination” is a thrash metal classic that is easily on par or better than many of their peers from the Golden Age Of Metal. Despite playing the right kind of music at precisely the right time and quite well, mainstream success was in the cards for Sacrifice.
The band released a few more albums in the early 90s, then broke up and reformed in 2008, and is still active today.
Newly released on Blessed Curse Recordings comes an excellent treat for a fan of this band. “Sacrifice – Live At The Starwood Club Toronto Nov 23, 1985” documents the band (as the title would suggest) — Sacrifice playing a live set very early in their career between the release of “Torment in Fire” and “Forward To Termination“.
New Live Album 2022
All of the songs are selections from “Torment In Fire” and are as follows:
TURN IN YOUR GRAVE
BURNED AT THE STAKE
Listen On Youtube
The recordings are rough and raw but are far from terrible. Unfortunately, there are only 500 copies of this album available, and they are hand-numbered, so grab one while you can.
We decided to take a chance and drive an hour outside of LA to catch Napalm Death playing with Final Conflict at Transplants Brewing Company in Palmdale, CA, on April 15, 2022. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the venue, but I have to say I was thoroughly impressed. Transplants Brewing Company is easily better than EVERY venue in Los Angeles right now. There was plenty of free parking (as opposed to the $30 many venues in LA charge), 7$ beers brewed in-house, a friendly staff, and the place has a great sounding room. If you live in LA, it is definitely worth the trip.
A local support act was on the bill and was actually pretty good, not life-changing good, but they were decent. I wanted to link to a place where you could find their music, but because of the crazy death metal font they used for their logo, I have no idea what the band’s name was (see flyer below). If anybody knows, feel free to drop it in the comments.
Next up was Final Conflict from Long Beach, CA. Palmdale was a one-off show, as Napalm Death continues their US tour with Arch Enemy and Behemoth starting in Tempe. I don’t know a ton about Final Conflict other than the fact they’ve been around forever, and I was familiar with some of their better-known songs. The band consisted of only one original member (Jeff Harp on guitar) and was backed up by Anthony Robles and Nick Manning, who play with a number of other punk rock bands, including DI.
Final Conflict dished out some competent Cro-mags style punk/hardcore that was well received by the crowd and got the mosh pit swirling at a furious pace. Again, nothing life-changing but delivered in such a professional manner; you can’t put it down either – especially considering the ages of some of the long-time members.
Next up was English grindcore legends Napalm Death, who, if you want to get technical about it, consist of no original members. However, the current line-up has remained relatively steady since the early 90s. Guitarist Mich Harris does not tour with the band, and sitting in for him is touring guitarist John Cooke who, in my opinion, is not that good, but because of the nature of grindcore music, his sloppy playing doesn’t take much away either.
That band delivered a blistering set, consisting of a lot of material from their last two releases Apex Predator – Easy Meat (2015) and Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (2020), as well as quite a few classics from the 80s and 90s with two cover songs (including the Dead Kennedy’s “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”). Bassist Shane Embury is an absolute monster, and drummer Danny Herrara is one of the best skinsman in the business. The duo is a formidable rhythm section. Vocalist “Barney” Greenway hasn’t lost a thing over the years vocal-wise and may have even improved. Unfortunately, his stage presence is a bit goofy, and he often looks like he’s having a seizure as he dances on stage. In addition, some of his far-left rants between songs leave a lot to be desired and make me thankful I can’t understand the lyrics on their recordings. If you could make out what he was saying, I imagine it would sound like the rantings of a possessed MSNBC host.
Napalm Death hasn’t lost a thing over the years and solidly deserve their position as the biggest band in grindcore because they play this form of music better than everyone.
Catch them on tour with Arch Enemy and Behemoth in these cities through May.
Napalm Death On Tour With Behemoth and Arch Enemy
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Reviews of albums are not something I typically delve into on this site. However, when bands issue new albums that are essential metal, I will drop an album review. The last one I did was for Mastodon’s Hushed and Grim. This time in the crosshairs is Midnight’s Let Ther Be Witchery.
Let Ther Be Witchery is the 6th official studio album from the Ohio punk/black metal trio Midnight. The easiest way to explain Midnight’s sound is they are a modern-day Venom. I love Midnight because they bring back the first wave of black metal — explored in the early 80s by bands like Venom, Sodom, and Celtic Frost with a tinge of punk added to the mix.
The band’s 2011 Satanic Royalty is a 100% metal classic, in my opinion, and sets a high bar. So let’s see how the new album stacks up to previous efforts.
First off, the production is solid. Everything is dialed correctly, and the sound is crisp and clean without being overproduced while still retaining the band’s dirty sound.
Let There Be Witchery Track By Track Review
The opener “Telepathic Nightmare” does a great job setting the tone for the album and includes some excellent Tom G. Warrior-style guitar bends. Track 2 is “Frothing Foulness”, a heavily Venom-influenced number that clocks in at less than 3 minutes. None of the ten songs pass the 4-minute mark, so this isn’t an album for fans of epic-length nerd metal.
“In Sinful Secrecy” comes next and has an Omicron-catchy riff with an almost classic rock feel that will stick in your head for sure. Unfortunately, “Nocturnal Molestation” comes next and is one of the weaker tracks on the album. One criticism of Midnight is sometimes their tongue-in-cheek lyrics work, and other times they do not.
Track 5 is “More Torment” and is easily my favorite track on the album. The song features a memorable ultra-heavy riff that reminds me of Celtic Frost in their prime. Unfortunately, I recently saw Midnight in Los Angeles, and while they played many songs from this album, this song was inexplicably omitted from the setlist! If someone in the band is reading this review, this is something you should fix!
Track 6, “Let There Be Sodomy” is the second-best track, even though the lyrics are silly. The main riff is incredible and reminds me of my favorite song from this band, “You Can’t Stop Steele.” Next, in track 7, “Dead Virgin.” the band goes into some Merciful Fate territory – with some traditional heavy metal riffs and even one riff that sounds lifted directly from “Black Funeral” on Melissa.
Next is “Snake Obsession” and is a Motorhead sounding track. It is one of the more forgettable tracks on the album. The second to last track, “Villany Wretched Villany,” is a fun, memorable song that stands out on the album with some Tunbonegro and Scorpions influences.
The final track, “Szex Witchery” is a great way to end the album and will undoubtedly leave the listener wanting more. It features some excellent NWOBHM style riffs and ends with a doomy harmony guitar outro. Interestingly, one thing common to Midnight albums is that even though the band is a trio, there are many overdubs on the guitar parts. However, having just seen the band live, guitarist Shaun Vanek is skilled enough to make it sound whole in concert. Props to him on that.
Midnight Final Verdict
All and all, Let Ther Be Witchery is a great album and is well worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of first-wave black metal like I am. It’s not as good as Satanic Royalty, which seems to be the band’s high-water mark to this point, but is much better than 2019’s Rebirth by Blasphemy (also on Metal Blade).
The only place I can take points away from Midnight is: 90% of what they do has already been done by Venom in the 80s. There are even recordings of Midnight covering Venom songs in outtakes, so it’s not like they try to hide the influence. That said, they take everything Venom did and bring it up a notch for the 2020s, and that alone makes Midnight my favorite “new” band playing metal today!
The original owner was a younger guy, but the entire collection consisted of 20% from the Golden Age Of Thrash Metal and 80% from the 90s peak of death metal. 95% of these albums are reissues, but a few first are pressings that include “Slowly We Rot” and “Cause Of Death” from Obituary.
Even some of the reissues can be shockingly expensive due to the 7-12 month delays in vinyl production that is now plaguing the music industry.
I have cataloged the inventory from this purchase below. If you are looking to buy any of the entries listed can do so at ThrashMetalIQ on eBay.


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Dr Michelle Groome, of South Africa's Institue for Communicable Diseases (NICD), said omicron, which is feared to be more transmissible than the delta variant, is spreading at a “worrying” level.
Her comments came as South Africa, where omicron was first detected, recorded a further 8,561 cases of Covid on 1 December – up from 4,373 the previous day.
South Africa now has a seven-day average rate of 2,756 new infections, up from less than 300 on 16 November, according to Our World in Data. It is not yet known exactly how many of those cases were the omicron variant.
The rise in cases appears to be steeper and quicker than previous surges recorded in the country, though hospitalisations appear to be tracking previous climbs.
Gauteng province, which is at the heart of the omicron outbreak, recorded 580 hospitalisations this week – a jump of 330 per cent from 135 admissions two week ago, according to official data.
There has also been a 10 per cent spike in hospital admission of toddlers in the Tshwane area in South Africa, the NICD said.
The overall number of people with Covid-19 infections admitted to the hospitals in the past two weeks are in line with trends seen during the other waves of infections in the country, which were driven by delta and other variants, said Dr Waasila Jassat, a spokesperson at the NICD.
It remains unclear whether omicron causes more severe or milder disease in patients. The NICD said early data suggest that the variant, which has double the number of mutations found on its spike protein than delta, is able to evade some immunity.
A microbiologist at the NICD said on Thursday that there had been a rise in Covid patients contracting omicron in a way that did not happen with other variants.
“Previous infection used to protect against delta but now with omicron that doesn’t seem to be the case,” said Professor Anne von Gottberg during an online briefing organised by the World Health Organisation.
However, she said scientists believe symptoms are less severe for those reinfected with Covid by the new variant or infected after vaccination.
Current vaccines should still offer some protection against severe disease and death in patients with the omicron variant, although hospitalisations – the key metric driving decision making in governments around the world – are expected to rise.
The new variant has been detected in five out of nine South African provinces and was likely to be present all over the country, the latest official report on Wednesday said.
Omicron accounted for 74 per cent of the 249 virus genomes sequenced in South Africa in November, according to the NICD, which is collecting data as part of a wider national network for genomic surveillance.
South Africa conducts genome sequencing on only a small proportion of total samples collected each week. The NICD did not give a total number of confirmed cases of omicron infection.
"(The) mutation profile and epidemiological picture suggests omicron is able to get around some of our immune protection (to cause infection) but the protection against severe disease and death from vaccines should be less affected," the latest report from the surveillance network said.
The earliest sample in which the variant was detected was collected on 8 November in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province, where Johannesburg and Pretoria are located.
Since then, it has been detected in Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Mpumalanga and Western Cape, and has spread to much of Europe, including the UK, where more than 30 cases of the variant have been recorded so far, as well as the United States and South Korea.
Earlier on Thursday, France and Greece recorded their first omicron cases.
In France, the infection was detected near Paris in a person who returned from Nigeria, the health body for the Ile de France region of greater Paris said in a statement.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Germany imposed new restrictions on the unvaccinated as it seeks to break a dramatic surge in daily coronavirus infections exacerbated by the discovery of omicron.
Outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz, reached an agreement with leaders of Germany's 16 states to restrict the unvaccinated from access to all but the most essential businesses, such as grocery stores, pharmacies and bakeries.
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Pope makes rare mention of life under Nazis
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI, who was forced to join the Hitler Youth as a child, has made a rare mention of life in Germany under the Nazis, calling it a "dark time."
The 84-year-old, German-born pontiff turned his thoughts to 70 years ago, a time "already marked by war" and in which Adolf Hitler "had already subjugated" one country after another, including Poland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France.
Benedict said "it looked like the continent was in the hands of this power, which put the future on Christianity in doubt."
Benedict was speaking during an audience Saturday at the Vatican with members of a German Catholic group in Regensburg, which he entered as a 14-year-old boy.
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David Ortiz goes 1-for-4 in second rehab game in Pawtucket
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Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, in the second game of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket, went 1-for-4 with a two-run single, a strikeout, a lineout to first and a groundout. In two games, Ortiz is now 3-for-7 with the PawSox, with all three hits being singles. Still, considering that he’s more than a month behind his peers in terms of competition, the fact that he’s able to make consistent contact to collect a few hits represents an encouraging sign for the Red Sox.
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Bay of Manerba with San Biagio Island well known as the Rabbits Island.
Manerba was founded, according to the legend, in devotion to the goddess Minerva. Other historians trace the name to the Gauls Cenomani, stemming from the union of the terms mon, leader, and erb, a military zone, idetifying Manerba as residence of the chief of the tribe. A charter of Frederick II dating from 1 November 1221 mentions the territory surrounding the ancient Church of Manerba as Tenense, whence its current name, Valtenesi.
The presence of man in the Garda area goes back to prehistoric times: in the Manerba area are remains of a Mesolithic village, while under natural terrace located in the foothills of the Rocca (castle) are traces of a Neolithic settlement from between 4,500 and 4,000 BC, and an important necropolis dating from the Copper Age.
The Valtenesi saw the construction of several castles starting from the 13th century AD, some of which erected on the ruins of Roman forts. The tower of the castle in the center of Manerba represents the convergence point of a radial pattern that connects the towers of all the municipalities around. This is the oldest castle in the Valtenesi, built in the 12th/13th centuries on the ruins of a medieval fortress and of a settlement dating to the Iron Age, and is firmly anchored on the Manerba cliffs hanging over the southern basin of Lake Garda.

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POLICE are warning homeowners to be vigilant after a gang of jewellery thieves targeted more than 25 homes in Mold and other areas off the A55.
Detectives believe that recent burglaries in the Mold, Rhyl, Abergele, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Caernarfon, Bangor and Menai Bridge areas may be linked because of similarities in the types of properties and goods stolen.
Detective Chief Inspector Iestyn Davies said: “We have now had upwards of 25 house burglaries in towns and villages close to the A55 corridor. We need people to be aware so that they can guard against becoming another victim and to report anything suspicious.
“The houses have all been entered between 4.30pm and 10pm, usually at the weekend. The properties targeted have in the main been on private housing estates and we believe the houses selected have appeared unoccupied at that particular time.”
A dedicated team has been set up to investigate the offences and a plan has been put in place to target the offenders.
Police are also appealing to members of the public to help.
DCI Davies said: “In the past offenders who have travelled into the force area have used stolen high performance vehicles on false plates. They have travelled in teams of three to four males who may look out of place in such vehicles. I also believe that they occasionally stay at local hotels and pay in cash.
“I would appeal to hotel staff who have any suspicions about residents who may fit this profile to contact us. I would also urge anyone who may have witnessed any suspicious behaviour on or near a private housing estate to please contact police.”
Jewellery has topped the list of items stolen and DCI Davies is urging staff at gold shops to be vigilant.
He said: “Many of those targeted have been older people, a lot of the jewellery taken has been of sentimental value and is irreplaceable to them. I would urge anyone who has any information to contact us on 0300 330 0101.”


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In Life Inc., Douglas Rushkoff comes off as an inquisitive and principled humanist who is daring enough to explore an array of subjects revolving around political science, economics, history, sociology and many others.
The audio book begins as Rushkoff recounts his experience of being mugged on Christmas Eve in his Brooklyn neighborhood. However, after posting this incidence on the Park Slope Parent’s list later that night, he was shocked to find the first couple of people responded by reprimanding Rushkoff for giving out the street’s name and showed no sympathy. They obviously feared that such a mention would harm the reputation of their property.
This lack of empathy jolts Rushkoff and he attempts to study human behavior and the indifference that stems when markets, corporations and money are at stake. The book is largely based on this particular theme and examines how corporatism has become an inherent part of our everyday life and opinions.
The author demonstrates how the entire corporate system has negatively affected our society by fragmenting communities into consumer groups, commoditizing everything. With this system on the verge of collapse, the author also sheds light on simple pleasures that make us human to point the way to freedom.
Life Inc. reveals why we view our houses as investments rather than homes and our 401(k) plans as the true measure of success. The Internet has become nothing but just another place to conduction business.
In Life Inc. audiobook Rushkoff probes deep into how we have become detached from our world and how we can reconnect back to one another. Life Inc. shows us the path to develop a real and humane society.

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GLOCESTER — Four men were arrested on multiple drug charges following a two-week investigation by Glocester, Smithfield, Burrillville and Warwick police.
Police said search warrants were executed at two Glocester residences, resulting in the arrests and the seizure of more than 180 grams of heroin and fentanyl, 2.5 ounces of crystal methamphetamine, nine pounds of processed marijuana and more than $12,000 cash.
Seth Skrzat, 40, of 99 Tarkiln Rd., Glocester, was charged with possession of heroin/fentanyl with intent to deliver, and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.
Camden Smith, 30, of 27 Durfee Hill Rd., Glocester, faces charges of possession of heroin/fentanyl with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.
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The student of nature lives in a broader and more interesting world than does he who has not learned the story of the birds, the streams, the fields, the woods, and the hedgerows. So, too, the student of local history finds his present interest in town, village, city, or State, growing with his knowledge of its past.
In recognition of this fact, these true stories, selected from Wisconsin's history, have been written as a means to the cultivation of civic patriotism among the youth of our commonwealth. It is not the purpose of the book to present a continuous account of the develop ment of the State; for this, the author begs to refer to his larger work, The Story of Wisconsin (in the Story of the States Series). Rather is it desired to give selections from the interesting and often stirring incidents with which our history is so richly stored, in the hope that the reader may acquire a taste for delving more deeply into the annals of the Badger State.
Wisconsin had belonged, in turn, to Spain, France, and England, before she became a portion of the United States. Her recorded history begins far back in the time of French ownership, in 1634. The century and a third of the French régime was a picturesque period.
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The Safety Shortcut: Self Supporting Ladders
Self Supporting Ladder Safety
Because they are so versatile, ladders can be the most incorrectly used tool at a worksite. When working with a self supporting ladder on a regular basis, you can become very familiar with the tool and learn how to get really creative with using it to reach some tough locations.
I’ve seen people “walking” while on a ladder: torquing their body to lift up the legs one side at a time to take steps down the wall, essentially using the ladder as if they are on stilts, instead of climbing off the ladder and repositioning it properly. I’ve also seen ladders on top of scaffolds and people standing on the top step without holding onto anything to reach that one last spot.
And in this photograph, this man is definitely putting himself in harm’s way by using the ladder incorrectly. But, because of what he may have gotten away with before, he may not understand the risks he’s taking or exactly what he’s doing wrong.
First off OSHA states that ladders should only be used only in the ways they are designed — 1926.1053(b)(4) — and this self-supporting ladder is designed to have all four legs on the ground.
- “The ability of a ladder to sustain the loads … shall be determined by applying or transmitting the requisite load to the ladder in a downward vertical direction” 1926.1053(a)(1)(i)
- “Ladder rungs, cleats, and steps shall be parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder is in position for use.” 1926.1053(a)(2)
And if you do correctly use a ladder on an unstable and level surface, then OSHA requires it to be properly secured to prevent accidental displacement. 1926.1053(b)(6)
Fall Protection 1926.501
Beyond incorrectly using the ladder, because the worker has more than a six-foot fall to the ground, he needs to be protected with some type of fall protection: a guardrail, safety net or personal fall arrest system. 1926.501(b)(1)
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Instead of climbing into a harness and trying to find a good way to anchor the lifeline in, or hoping that the ladder doesn’t break from unusual stress, or one of the legs doesn’t slip, I would just put the roller on an extension pole and stay safely behind the railing to easily reach that last bit of unpainted wall.
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The estate, named Chatsworth House, is home to the hereditary Dukes of Devonshire and is one of the most famous attractions in peak district national park in the north of England. The reason why it is called darcy manor is because the famous British female writer Jane Austen’s “pride and prejudice” was shot here, and the hero of the play Mr. Darcy’s manor was shot here, so later Chinese audiences used to call it darcy manor.
Built in 1552, over 400 years from the 15th century to the 19th century, chatsworth house has been elaborately designed and built by many famous horticulturalists, making it one of the most beautiful estates in Britain and an important part of the British cultural heritage. Covering an area of more than 1,000 acres, it was designed in the 18th century by the landscape architect langlos brown, and has been renovated by 16 generations. Estate famous paintings in the collection of all stripes, including 17 th-century Italian and French painter painted a giant painting, sculpture and other works of art, including the statue of the Greek, Rome period, there are a lot of Chinese porcelain, the splendid banquet hall was queen Victoria’s first adult dinner site, glittering dazzling.
Chatsworth has many legends. Everything in the house, the hills, the water, was carefully designed. The duke of Devonshire’s private residence was the location of the estate where the pride and prejudice film’s hero, Mr Darcy, was shot, hence the nickname “darcy’s estate”. The decoration style of ancient Rome, the Christ story oil painting that the ceiling joins a body to wall, let a person praise unceasingly. Mary queen of England had been under house arrest there for some time; The story of the fifth duchess was made into the film the duchess a few years ago, and it was also used as a location for the film. The eldest son of the tenth duke married President Kennedy’s sister. It took the 11th duke and duchess 24 years to pay the inheritance tax. Later, they established a maintenance fund and opened up parts of the farm to garden.
There are more than 30 rooms for you to explore, from the grand hall full of famous paintings, to the family-only church, to the living room, all of which are magnificent.
In addition to the imposing mansion, the back garden of the mansion is well worth a visit. The 105-acre back garden has been renovated over the past 450 years, with many tall trees and huge shrubs. The most interesting is the 300-year-old waterfall, not only that there is a huge plant maze can walk, rockery, rose, vegetable garden everything, you can completely come to an aristocratic nature close trip.

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How does Kybella work?
Kybella is a prescription medicine made of a naturally occurring molecule in the body, deoxycholic acid. This molecule aids in the breakdown of fat, and when it is injected into the fat cells under your chin, it destroys them. Your body eliminates those destroyed fat cells, and once they are gone, they are gone forever.*

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Remarkable Antique Carved Moonstone Ring
Carved in the tradition of the Renaissance masters is this amazing blue white moonstone ring. In cameo form, the head of Medusa has been carved from this gemstone which possesses magnificent adularescence. This optical effect, also known as schiller is a glow or iridescence which seems to rise from deep within to the surface of a moonstone. The effect appears to move when the stone is moved or the source of light shifted.
The Greek Gorgon Medusa, symbolic of female power and wisdom was originally depicted as a horse with wings, then as a woman with equine hindquarters and eventually as a woman with wings in her hair. Here she is carved with such finesse that the wings entwined within her hair and snakes coiled about her neck rise up with their heads above her coif. Wide eyed, her gaze is that of a petulant child, perhaps the result of being stripped of her glorious locks of hair by the goddess Minerva (Athena) for violating the sanctity of her temple with the deity Neptune. The moonstone is so fine that in most lights it literally radiates with a white sheen.
A series of twenty-seven (27) deep old single cut diamonds faceted and polished of a total estimated weight of .60 carats (J-L color; SI1-2 clarity) surround the glowing moonstone with their own aura of brilliance. All set into a 14k yellow gold mount with a shank testing closer to 10k. The ring is truly awe inspiring in person.
Date: Circa 1890.
Measurements: 3/4 of an inch (1.9 cm) in length north to south on the hand and rises 1/4 of an inch (0.8 cm) in height off the finger. Weight of 4.5 grams (2.9 dwt).
Ring Size: US 5 (UK J-1/2; Euro or Int. Circum. 49.3 mm; Int. Dia. 15.7 mm; Japan 9) and easily can be sized to fit most. Ring sizing information.
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President-elect Donald Trump returned to Twitter Thursday night to attack the media and the protesters who have been demonstrating against his election across the country.
He tweeted, “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”
The demonstrators have gathered in New York, San Francisco, Dallas and other cities to make known their displeasure at Trump’s victory. Some say they don’t consider Trump their president.
Trump used Twitter many times during the campaign. His staff apparently tried to discourage his use of Twitter and he has minimized his tweets recently. But he showed Thursday night that he hasn’t kicked the habit. “Not a good look for the POTUS- [President of the United States] elect,” tweeted David Axelrod, who was a senior campaign strategist and White House adviser for President Barack Obama. “Instead of reaching out, he reaches for his Twitter account. Again! Winners don’t whine. They heal.”
Trump also tweeted: “A fantastic day in D.C. Met with President Obama for first time. Really good meeting, great chemistry. Melania liked Mrs. O a lot!”
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text: FXStreet (Guatemala) - NZD/USD has been pressured below the 20 SMA on the hourly chart after a robust start to the week in Asia, despite the troublesome data from China and continued negative outlooks and implications for commodity prices. Also, NZ Finmin warns that RBNZ OCR will likely go down. The upside is capped by the looks of it in a more dollar friendly environment with the impending Nonfarm Payrolls this week. We also head into year end next month where the Fed may well make their move and make the first rate hike depending on increased confidence that the inflation target of 2% will be met in the medium term and the jobs market will continue to improve. NZD/USD levels NZD/USD is glued to the 200 SMA on the hourly chart at 0.6750 and trades around the pivot of 0.6754 as well. There is no clear indication on the technicals where this is heading while fundamentals do not seem to support a bullish case as the price looks to simply consolidate with a bearish bias in a very tight range while below the 200 DMA at 0.7006. A break out of 0.6897 is required to relieve such a bearish bias while 0.6620 guards the downside. For more information, read our latest forex news.

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Yes, that’s bad news for fans of the “Princess Diaries” films. The latest reports of EW claim that another sequel or even a reboot of “Princess Diaries” is not currently on its way. “Princess Diaries 3” is not coming soon.
After it was reported by the website Tracking Board earlier this week that “Princess Diaries 3” is happening and will be running at a multiplex near you soon, there was obviously a reason to rejoice. The reports doubted on the presence of Anne Hathaway in the project.
The record-breaking U.S. comedy film from Disney did not only enjoy huge popularity among audience but also left them wanting for more. After the release of the movie in 2001, the sequel, “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” was released in 2004 to satiate the appetite among Anne Hathaway fans.
The release met all expectations with flying colors but left fans dreaming to be in that fantasy world once again. And as the new books of Princess Diaries were released, rumors about the third film not only started making rounds but also getting louder with time.
The confirmation of “Princess Diaries 3” that surfaced last week expedited expectations among fans but they were all shattered by this latest report. The element of hope is that there can be more Princess Diaries in theaters at some point as a plethora of books in the series have already been published by Meg Cabot, including the latest adult installment, the Royal Wedding.
It is just that it’s not happening any time soon. So Anne Hathaway lovers, till now there is no confirmation that she might nt play Mia, the role that made her popular. After all, she has expressed her preferences to not become stereotypical with similar kinds of roles. But if you are expecting to catch the sequel in the coming years, all you can do is to keep your fingers crossed.


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Fastest Growing Companies 2013: Managing growth (Video)
The Washington Business Journal held its 31st annual 50 Fastest Growing Companies event at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner. To make the list, companies had to have 2010 revenue of more than $2 million and 2012 revenue of more than $10 million.
Jay Nussbaum, co-founder of No. 36 Agilex Technologies Inc., Dennis Kelly, president and CEO of No. 46 A-T Solutions Inc., Gary Shumaker, president and CEO of No. 8 C2 Solutions Group Inc., Dawn Halfaker, president and CEO of No. 18 Halfaker & Associates LLC, Paul Villella, CEO of No. 41 HireStrategy Inc., and Willy Walker, chairman and CEO of No. 25 Walker & Dunlop Inc. discuss how they manage fast growth as the leader of the company.
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like I love miniatures. . .
Then you shouldn't miss the Art of Frankenweenie exhibit that is showing now at the California Adventure themepark at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. The show continues until Nov. 5th. Then it moves on in an international tour. Here's some press on it.
I have to admit that when Disney began the campaign for Frankenweenie, I was very skeptical. We went to Disneyland on Oct. 18 for the Halloween party. In California Adventure Park, a trailer is showing in 4D at the Muppet Theatre, which was really fun to see. And an exhibit of the models is in the main lobby of the Animation Studios. First, this movie is stop-motion, which I did not realize. And the detail is amazing. And I mean, every little thing.
And here are some of the scenes that were set up--
|These are not pictures, but actual little models-- aka dolls in room boxes.|
|This kitchen is so cute with the lighting and all the little details on the counters.|
|The lab was interactive with switches below to turn on and off different electrical circuits.|
|A Burton-esque Atomic family.|
If you get the chance to see this exhibit, I highly recommend it. And now that I know what is in the movie, I can't wait to fit it into our busy schedule of Halloween happenings. First, I have to get over this case of vertigo that I got in Disneyland. Oooohhhh uuuhhhh.

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All Connecticut children should have ample opportunities for literacy, and the Books for Every Baby campaign, launched by Read to Grow on June 30, aims to achieve this goal. (See photos in our Photo Gallery, by clicking “News and Events” on top menu of this page.)
Read to Grow distributes more than 180,000 free books to Connecticut babies and children each year, reaching more than 58% of newborns through a hospital-based program. The new Books for Every Baby campaign intends to make it 100%.
At the launch, Dr. Jaspreet Loyal displays the baby book all mothers of newborns at Yale New Haven hospital receive from Read to Grow in a packet that includes literacy resources for parents. Dr. Loyal is medical director of the hospital’s Newborn Nursery. Also pictured in the background, from left to right: Adry Sotolongo, a Hamden mother who received the Read to Grow packet when her baby was born 5 months ago; Roxanne Coady, founder of Read to Grow; U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, 3rd-District; Marna Borgstrom, President & CEO of Yale New Haven Health; and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp. Photo credit: Tricia Bohan Photography
At a press conference launching the campaign, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, spoke, along with Marna Borgstrom, President & CEO of Yale New Haven Health, and New Haven Mayor Toni Harp. The press conference was held at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.


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One of a Kind: The Mandela Foods Cooperative
I was so excited that I called three friends and my mother as I walked through the new Mandela Foods Cooperative on 7th Street in West Oakland. I had been eyeing the developing grocery store for months during my daily commute to San Francisco. After work I would peer into the windows and watch the co-op workers fill up bulk item containers and place gloriously bright yellow bell peppers in produce baskets. I felt like a kid in front of a toy store: I could not wait for the store to open so I could enjoy locally grown, pesticide-free produce everyday without spending most of my paycheck, or having to travel to another neighborhood, or having to wait until Saturday morning to visit a farmer’s market. Then, one afternoon in early June, I de-boarded the train to find a couple of people shopping in the co-op. I picked up a hand-basket and cruised through the store, grabbing organic strawberries, raspberries, apricots, bananas, red cabbage, kale, collard greens, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, free-range organic eggs, and apple juice. Imagine my delight when I carried all of my goodies out of the door for less than twenty-five bucks.
While the Mandela Foods Cooperative is certainly one of a kind in West Oakland, it is also accompanied by a handful of community gardens, urban homesteading programs, and backyard farms developed by West Oaklanders to counteract food insecurity in the neighborhood. Before the Mandela Foods Cooperative opened, one could travel from the northwest tip of West Oakland to the “lower bottoms,” and find plenty of convenience stores, even a few fast food restaurants, but not one full-service grocery store. Some legislators and academics use the term “food deserts” to describe areas like West Oakland, by which they mean predominately low-income neighborhoods with little to no access to healthy, affordable and “culturally appropriate” food in the immediate area. According to a study commissioned by the USDA meant to discover the extent of such “food deserts” in the U.S., minimal access to food translates into a higher likelihood of chronic hunger and greater incidences of diet-related illnesses. While these conclusions are important to state, the study’s popularization of the term, and under-investigation of its sources, threatens to obscure some of the bigger issues at stake.
For people living and working in West Oakland the term “food deserts” only names a symptom, or effect of the systemic social inequities that make it difficult to find healthy food. Brahm Ahmadi, Executive Director of the West Oakland community-based organization Peoples Grocery, argues that the term “food apartheid” or “food injustice” better describes the situation confronting people in poor urban areas. In an exchange with other food activists, Ahmadi maintained that “the term food desert has emerged as a safe and neutral way to avoid rocking the boat with an analysis of inequity, racism and oppression…. No one in our neighborhood has heard of, or uses, the term food desert,” he notes, “but folks do talk about racism, [and] exclusion all the time…. We may live in food deserts, but we live under food apartheid.” The distinction is an important one that pivots on the latter term’s ability to surface the structural and systemic inequities that give rise to “food deserts” – a distinction enabling us to formulate better solutions to the problem of food insecurity, economic disparities, and diet-related illnesses in poor communities.
The Mandela Foods Cooperative really understands the distinction to which Ahmadi refers. The Co-op is part of a multifaceted food and economic security effort mounted by the Mandela Marketplace, a West Oakland based “community leadership incubator that provides civic engagement, economic and entrepreneurial opportunity to low-income residents and minority farmers.” According to Dennis Terry, who has worked on the development of the Co-op for three years, “the co-op is seen as part of a larger effort to develop food security in Oakland, provide income opportunities, and provide nutrition education to Oaklanders.” This integrated approach is meant to reinvigorate local food cultures and the transmission of knowledge about whole foods cultivation and preparation, develop greater self-sufficiency in the community, and support local economic circuits.
Moreover, this three-prong approach tackles some of the root causes of food injustice thereby marking a qualitative shift in how the problem of food insecurity is addressed. By moving away from a owner/worker business model to a cooperative business model, Mandela Marketplace addresses issues of worker’s rights and most notably, the right to democratically determine one’s working conditions and wages. Through their nutrition education classes, which will begin once the market completes the construction of its onsite kitchen, the Co-op provides practical ways for West Oaklanders to take control of their health by learning how proper nutrition can prevent a range of chronic illnesses. It is a low-tech, “do-it-yourself” approach to healthcare in the midst of a healthcare reform debate that consistently fails to connect the dots (at least at the policy level) between real food and healthy people. Finally, the Co-op sources their produce from small to medium sized local farms within a 120-mile radius from Oakland. Consumers can learn about these farms from well-placed informational placards in the store as they shop. It is a gesture that reminds consumers of the reciprocal relationship between food growers and food eaters: the farms support our wellbeing, and we support the health of small farms.
In all of this, what may be one of the most important things about the Co-op is that, as Dennis Terry told me, “it’s the kind of store West Oaklanders want. People can walk to the Co-op” and it is open everyday. In short, it is a neighborhood market that has really taken into consideration what matters to the community it serves. It is a one of a kind food retailer in Oakland: run by the people, for the people.
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Hey there! I’m a first-time reader, directed by a link left at flipfloppingjoy.com, and just wanted to say I really appreciate your work. And this co-op sounds Amazing. Can’t wait to come check it out when I make it back home to Northern California.
Thanks for the celebration. Be well,

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Disney is making good money these days and it’s primarily from merchandising. Ahead of the release of upcoming Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar films, they release memorabilia that can be found at nearly any and all retail outlets known to America. If you have shopped at a Disney store in the mall, then you know that they really need to expand their square footage just to make room for their newer properties.
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Built in 1842, Fort Wayne is perhaps best known for its role in major military conflicts. The fort served as a training camp for Michigan’s volunteer infantry and artillery troops during the Civil War, and a garrison for 500 segregated African American troops in World War I.
During World War II, Detroit became a major supply center for the U.S. military and its allies. Many of the city’s automobile plants were converted for wartime vehicle production. At the Fort Wayne Ordinance Deport, two thousand civilian employees prepared vehicles and parts for shipment overseas. Detroit’s nickname as the “Arsenal of Democracy” reflects these home front production efforts.
Long before the construction of military barracks at the site, large earthworks jutted from the terrain. As early as 1000 CE, people of the Late Woodland culture used the area as burial grounds. Over the centuries, they erected approximately 19 earthwork mounds near the confluence of the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. Looting, erosion, agriculture, and construction eventually destroyed all but one of the mounds.
In 1876, Henry Gillman and the Detroit Scientific Association conducted an excavation of the Fort Wayne mound. Many of the findings were given to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. In 1944, Carl Holmquist and the Aboriginal Research Club, a group of amateur archaeologists, completed another excavation. They uncovered and removed generations of human burials, specialized pottery dubbed ‘Wayne Ware’, and other burial items including tools and jewelry. Most of these finds are housed at the University of Michigan. Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, it is illegal to remove human remains and cultural items from Federal and tribal lands without consultation with tribal officials or possible lineal descendants. Although largely reconstructed, the last mound remains on the grounds of Fort Wayne today.
In 1701, French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac established Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the banks of the Detroit River. Motivated by profit, he invited several Native American tribes to settle nearby and participate in the French fur trade. These tribes included the Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi. By 1710, a thriving Potawatomi village occupied the site of present-day Fort Wayne. Referred to as Bellefontaine by the French and Springwells by the British, the site’s sandy bluffs, natural springs, and proximity to the Detroit River offered strategic advantages for settlement, trade, and defense.
In 1760, the British gained control of Detroit as part of the treaty ending the Seven Years’ War. Within twenty years, British Commander Arent DePeyster reported that, for unknown reasons, the Potawatomi sought to transfer their land along the Detroit River and move away. They left Springwells in the care of a Robert Navarre, a former French official in Detroit.
After the American Revolution, the United States gained authority over lands east of the Mississippi River and south of Canada, including Michigan. During the War of 1812, British General Isaac Brock and Shawnee Chief Tecumseh launched an invasion into the U.S. at Springwells. Their coalition included 730 British and 600 Native American soldiers from several allied tribes. Despite promises of neutrality, almost all tribes living in upper Canada and Great Lakes region of the U.S. reportedly participated in the attack. On August 16, 1812, Brock and Tecumseh’s forces crossed the Detroit River to capture Detroit. As a result of their campaign, the British occupied Michigan, including Detroit, for 13 months.
At the end of the war, Springwells became the site of a treaty, ending wartime hostilities between the U.S. government and Native American allies to the British. On September 8, 1815, representatives from the Wyandot, Delaware, Seneca, Shawnee, Miami, Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes signed the Treaty of Springwells. This treaty brought the tribes under U.S. protection and cleared them of allying with the British. To secure the tribes’ allegiance, the agreement also restored their prewar possessions and rights.
Perhaps recalling Brock and Tecumseh's invasion, the U.S. government decided to build a new fort at Springwells in 1842. Because of its location at the narrowest part of the Detroit River, Springwells was the strategic choice to defend against a British invasion from Canada. Named after Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, Fort Wayne was Detroit’s third fort, but the first built by Americans.
Fort Wayne was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Discover more history and culture by visiting the Detroit travel itinerary.
For more information on Detroit, explore the following websties:
Conway, Jim, comp. “10 Key Events of Fort Wayne's Past.” Historic Fort Wayne Coalition. Accessed July 20, 2020.
Conway, Jim, comp. “The Site's Significance to Native Americans.” Historic Fort Wayne Coalition. Accessed July 20, 2020.
Historic Designation Advisory Board. “Final Report, Proposed Fort Wayne Historic District.” Detroit: Detroit City Council, 2016.
Hull, William. Correspondence from William Hull to William Eustis, August 26, 1812. Michigan Pioneer & Historical Collections 40. Clarke Historical Library. Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Newman, Stacy. “Fort Wayne.” Encyclopedia of Detroit. Accessed July 20, 2020.

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A tiny star is born! The Tots Bots Teenyfit full washable diaper designed for newborns weighing 2 to 5 kilos and just for them.
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Black Widow Had An Alternate Death Scene In Avengers: Endgame
SPOILERS LIE AHEAD - IF WE CAN STILL CALL THEM THAT
An alternative death scene was filmed for Black Widow in last year's Avengers: Endgame, it has emerged. It's pretty brutal, but you can watch it in the player below:
OK, so it might be nearly a year since we first saw Avengers: Endgame, but fans are still talking about the film, which was widely hailed as one of Marvel Studios' best accomplishments.
The death of the character, aka Natasha Romanoff (played by Scarlett Johansson), went down as one of the most shocking and emotional moments in a film that was chock-full of 'em. But this alternative version is something else.
This version of the scene gives another perspective into Hawkeye (aka Clint Barton)'s last moments with Black Widow.
The editor of the movie, Matthew Schmidt, explained that the scene was originally filmed with the two Avengers finding themselves in a battle with Thanos' army, when Natasha sacrifices herself for Clint.
Of course - if you've seen the theatrical cut, you'll know that Natasha comes to her end very differently, when she and Clint work out that one of them has to die to get the Soul Stone, fighting each other to save the other in a tense, emotional battle to sacrifice themselves.
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As you can see from the video above,however, the alternative ending sees Natasha getting shot by Thanos' army before completing her sacrifice and falling off the cliff.
In both versions, Black Widow 'wins' the battle and sacrifices herself so that the Soul Stone can be retrieved.
Scarlett Johansson has spoken about the ending in the past, saying she did think that the 'army of Dementor-type creatures' which were used in the scene would be too scary for some of the younger viewers.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Johansson said: "I was thinking, 'Parents will never forgive us for how these creatures look.'"
But she revealed that the sequence 'felt too busy' in the action-filled film, so Jeremy Renner re-shot it as a quieter, emotional piece.
She added: "We wanted to leave [the audience] with the weight of that loss and the shock of it."
It's up to you to decide which you prefer, now that you've seen both of the versions.
Scarlett Johansson will reprise her role as Black Widow later this year - a prequel that is set to begin phase four of the MCU is at the moment slated for release on 6 November. Well, as long as the coronavirus pandemic doesn't affect production. Fingers tightly crossed that it doesn't.
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