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underthewingsofthblackeagle · 4 years

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“Berliner Fernsehturm” * Foto: BernardoUPloud

After her marriage with Frank Randall has failed and Claire Beauchamp flees from her violent husband, she finds refuge in the house of the Fraser/Murray family in Berlin-Wilhelmshorst. But then tensions arise between Britain (which has since left the EU) and some EU member states. All holders of an English passport are required to leave EU territory within six weeks … and suddenly Claire’s fate looks more uncertain than ever.

This story was written for the #14DaysofOutlander event, hosted by @scotsmanandsassenach

Chapter 9: 14 Men (5)

After she sat down and Jamie poured everyone a glass of water, Ferdinand Groide began:

"Mrs. Beauchamp, Jamie, Mr. Fraser, told me that your husband is Dr. Frank Randall. Is that correct?"

(...)

"As you may also know, I have left my husband. Our marriage had been on paper only for several years. I intend to ask for a divorce, if that's possible from here. But I still have to care about this man's life. I'm a doctor, I took an oath. If I reveal the secrets I have learned... what will you do to him?"

"What do you mean? What are we going to do with him?"

"Will you hurt him? I mean, will you let someone hurt him?"

Ferdinand Groide and Jamie looked at each other in amazement.

"Mrs. Beauchamp, we're not the Mafia. We don't hire hit men."

"But you're in Intelligence, Mr. Groide."

Claire said that sentence with the same calm and objectivity as if she was saying to Jenny:

"If you put one more egg in the batter, it gets better."

"And intelligence agencies do these things," she added to her statement with the same objectivity.

"Well, maybe the CIA or the KGB. Let me answer you this way: In my opinion, a living Frank Randall is far more interesting and valuable to a secret service than a dead Frank Randall."

"In other words, you guarantee me that the information I give you will not endanger his life."

Groide and Jamie looked at each other again.

"Promise me."

It wasn't a question, it wasn't a request, it was a demand, and the words Claire used to make that demand left none of the men unaware that there was no alternative to this bargain for them.

Groide struck the hand Claire held out to him.

"You have my word, Mrs. Beauchamp. You don't know me yet and you probably mistrust me. That's only natural. But Jamie, Mr. Fraser, can assure you that I'm a man of my word."

Claire looked over at Jamie. He nodded.

"Done."

She reached for the glass of water that Jamie had put in her hand and emptied it in one gulp.

Then she began to talk.

"Microphone" by Florian-Media

"It was in the year 2015, in late November 2015 to be exact."

"Excuse me, Mrs. Beauchamp," Groide objected, "but we ought to do this properly."

He removed from his briefcase a device whose rectangular clunkness was reminiscent of an early mobile phone. After placing it in the center of the table, he inserted two small, round microphones attached to longer cables, one pointing at Claire and one pointing at himself. Groide pressed the record button, then he gave the date, time, place, names of those present and, as the reason for the recording, ‘Statement by Dr. Claire Elisabeth Beauchamp’.

Jamie had to smile. Ferdinand was a friendly person, but he was also a German bureaucrat. Everything had to follow the specific order and everything had to be done 'by the book'. Those Germans. They had rules for everything. They couldn't just have a conversation like that, it had to be a 'statement' and of course it had to be 'recorded'. In this country everything was recorded, either on paper or on tape. And then everything was filed, paginated, numbered and archived. Nothing was lost. They were so damn meticulous, these Germans, but also so damn effective.

"Please begin with your personal life, Mrs. Beauchamp. Name, birthday, place of birth, family, etc."

"My name is Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp. I was born in London on October 20, 1993, the only child of Julia, née Moriston, and Henry Montmorency Beauchamp. My mother was a primary school teacher, my father worked as a statistician for an insurance company. In the winter of 1998 my parents were killed in a car accident. My uncle, Lambert Quentin Beauchamp, was appointed by the authorities as my foster father and guardian. He was my only living relative, my father's only brother. Due to the activities of my uncle, who was an egyptologist and archaeologist, I grew up in England for only a short time, the rest of the time we spend abroad. When I was 16 years old, my uncle returned to England permanently and accepted a professorship at Oxford University. Shortly afterwards I began training as a nurse. Also in Oxford. At the age of 19, I had just completed my education, I met my future husband Franklin Wolverton Randall through my uncle. He also worked in the history department and specialised in Scottish history. At times he worked as an assistant to a professor. We married the following year. My uncle died only a few months later. His health had unfortunately not been the best at the end of his life. When my husband was called to Harvard University's history department, we moved to Boston.

"Oxford" by MarlonRondal

Groide nodded. Jamie was sure that nothing Claire had told him so far was new to his friend. Guaranteed, they had checked Claire from the day he requested the visa for her passport. And they had certainly not been idle since then. At "In Vino Veritas" there was a small but very effective group of staff who had certainly dug up everything they could find about the young woman in the past few days.

"When and how did you learn of your husband's secret activities?"

"It was in the year 2015, in late November of that year to be exact. Does the name Jonathan Pollard mean anything to you?"

Jamie listened with new interest. Groide just nodded.

"Then you know that this man has served thirty years in the United States for espionage. In 2015 he was released on parole and in the American media there was a lot of coverage and discussion for days. I had never heard this man's name before and, to be honest, I didn't care about the whole thing. However, I listened up when my husband spoke about it. It was a Sunday, two days after Pollard was released. I remember the whole thing so well because that day was the day of the terrible accident in that jademine in Myanmar, where 90 people were killed and over 100 people were missing. We had had dinner and then Frank turned on the TV. There was a talk show where the case was discussed. My husband had already started drinking in the afternoon. While Frank was watching the talk show, I thought, ‘My goodness, they're talking about an age-old espionage case and people are dying elsewhere without the media even paying attention.’"

Claire reached for her glass, which Jamie had refilled in the meantime, and took a big sip.

"I didn't pay much attention to the discussion on TV. But then suddenly Frank started mumbling loudly:

'Spy! Spy! Spy! Nonsense! The man was an amateur! What real spy leaves secret documents openly on his desk in the office and his wife was stupid enough to leave a suitcase with secret documents with a neighbour who was in the military himself!’”

Claire reached for her glass again and drank.

"What he said made me furious, so I said to him: 'Oh yes, but you know how a real spy behaves!’ I thought his reaction was terribly arrogant. To my surprise, he then turned down the TV. He came over and sat down with me on the sofa. He looked me in the eyes and grinned. Then he said, ‘Yes, my darling, I know that. The MI5 recruited and trained me while I was still studying at Oxford. Right after they heard I was going to specialise in Scottish history. With my family background and the good connections we had in the military and police through my cousin Jonathan, there were no obstacles.’”

"Books" by MichaelGaida

"How did you react to that?"

"Well, at first I was stumped. I thought he was just showing-off again. So I replied, ‘Why would the MI5 need an expert in Scottish history?’ He replied, ‘Well, of course you can't imagine, you little fool. Good God, Claire! The Scots want independence and just because last year's referendum went so well, they will not give up. It's their history they're drawing strength from! What do you think will happen if they really gain their independence? It could set off a chain reaction. You know that Prime Minister Cameron announced two years ago that he would hold a referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU if he was re-elected in 2015? So? He has been re-elected! Now there must be a referendum. And what if Britain's withdrawal from the EU is carried out but Scotland becomes independent and is then admitted to the EU as a member? Did you ever think about that? This is going to get us in big trouble! Then the EU will continue to stand with two legs on our island! We can't let that happen.’”

Claire paused for a moment, then she went on: "I must have looked at him in wonder and disbelief, because suddenly he stormed out of the living room. I heard him looking for something in his study. When he came back he had a newspaper article in his hand which he held in front of my face. ‘Read it,’ he said to me. ‘Our government takes this danger seriously... and so should you!‘ I took the article and read. It was an article in the International Business Times in July 2015. It reported that the Prime Minister had met with the CEOs of a media company. The purpose of the meeting was allegedly to prevent the broadcast of a TV series about the Scottish Rebellion of 1746 before the referendum on Scottish independence. It seems that a request has been made to postpone the broadcast. I later found on his desk a copy of an article from ‘The Scotsman’, which also covered the subject in detail.” Groide and Jamie looked at each other and smiled. Both men nodded, but said nothing.

"Frankly," Claire continued, "I hadn't given the matter any thought at all. In the five years before, I had been mainly busy finishing my medical studies and gaining experience as a doctor. You don't have much time to worry about other things. Besides, due to my, well, somewhat non-conformist upbringing, I was never so much confined to one country alone ..."

"How is it that despite medical school, your husband still refers to you as..." Groide is looking for words, "intellectually... weaker...?” "Frank believes that medical school would consist largely of memorizing the contents of textbooks. He thought that people's bodies were somehow all the same and that if you had learned the appropriate forms of treatment, then you could treat them. He never understood the diversity and complexity of the human body and how medical science reacts to it." "Did your husband explain his duties for the MI5 to you?" "When I told him that Scotland's history, and Scotland's ambitions for independence, were well known, he told me not to think so superficially. He said that historians are not only concerned with the past. They can also make predictions about the future to a certain extent, based on their knowledge. I should think about what the clan system had meant and still means to the Scots. Why did the English central government everything to destroy it after the Jacobite uprising of 1746? England should not allow a united counter-power to be formed again in the north of the country. He was probably particularly concerned about this lobby group, One Banner for all Scots, which had formed the year before."

"Scottish Independence" by Emphyrio Claire was focused on Ferdinand Groide and the recording equipment in front of her. She didn't see Jamie's face become more and more thoughtful.

"Mrs. Beauchamp, all this is interesting, but... not very specific." "At first, I too got to know only general things. It only became more specific later when I did... well, my own... research. "You did your own research?" Groide suddenly seemed interested again. Jamie tried not to smile. What seemed like a minor revelation to his friend only confirmed what he had been thinking all along. Claire was an intelligent, strong woman. Her strength might have been broken for a time by what her husband had done to her. But Jamie was sure that she would find her way back to that strength. And he vowed to himself that he would do everything he could to help her. "I thought Frank was a braggart for a long time, but... I can't describe it exactly. Something had caught my interest. Then a colleague asked me if I would trade a weekly shift with her. She would have had a night shift, but her babysitter was unavailable. I agreed and that same afternoon I went to the university library and borrowed books on Scottish history and the independence movement. The department where I was on night duty was not very labour-intensive. I had a lot of time to read and think during the nights of that week." She paused for a moment. "After that week, I became aware of the urgency of the issue." Groide didn't say anything, but his gaze urged her to continue. "National self-determination. Well, there's no need to explain that further. Scotland's oil. 64% of Europe's oil reserves are on Scottish territory. They're said to be worth 4 trillion pounds. Then there is the issue of renewable energy. I mean Scotland has 25 % of Europe's wind energy potential, 25 % of Europe's tidal energy potential and 10 % of Europe's wave energy potential. I do not have to tell you that these are also enormous financial potentials." A fine smile appeared on Groide's face. "And then, of course, there is the question of nuclear disarmament: with control of defence and foreign policy, an independent Scotland could tackle the elimination of Trident nuclear weapons, an issue long associated with the campaign for an independent Scotland. Trident class submarines carrying missiles with 120 nuclear warheads are based at the Clyde naval base near Glasgow. In the event of Scottish independence, England would have to withdraw these weapons and revise its defence strategy. I imagine that would be a thorn in the side of the American allies as well. There will certainly be a lot of diplomatic pressure behind the scenes." Claire took a deep breath. "Now you're going to tell me that this is all public information and I would agree with you. But I wasn't aware of it before. These informations woke me up. It took a while but when I had the opportunity to take on another week of night shifts I immediately agreed. In this time I developed a kind of plan. I was eager to find out if Frank's statement was true. At first I tried to track when he was going to conferences or work meetings. Not all of them, but several of them took him to England and Scotland. I can't prove it, but I had the impression that his travels became more frequent at times when 'the Scottish theme' was boiling up. Later, after 2015, and particularly after the brexite, his travels intensified.” To Jamie's surprise, Claire reached into her handbag, which she had hung on the back of her chair, and pulled out a piece of paper she handed over to Ferdinand Groide.

"Tea" by Pexels "This is a list of all the trips my husband has taken since 2013. supposedly for reasons of his work as a historian." Groide skimmed the list, then put it aside. "Thank you very much. We will try to verify the data." "In the weeks that followed, I voluntarily took several weeks of night duty. Because there was another advantage to this. I was at home while my husband was at university and could look through his records almost undisturbed."

"Will you share the knowledge you have gained from this?" "Yes. But perhaps we could have some tea?" Claire replied as she looked at Jamie. "Certainly." He got up and left the room. Ferdinand Groide pressed the 'stop' button on the recorder. Then he got up and stretched a bit. Claire did the same.

#14DaysofOutlander #From Boston to Berlin in 14 Hours #Outlander #Outlander fan Fiction #Boston #Berlin #Claire Beauchamp #Jamie Fraser #Frank Randall #Jonathan Randall #Ian Murray #Jenny Murray

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gagosiangallery · 4 years

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Katharina Grosse at Gagosian Rome

October 13, 2020

KATHARINA GROSSE Separatrix Opening reception: Saturday, October 31, 12–8pm October 31–December 12, 2020 Via Francesco Crispi 16, Rome __________ The philosopher Leibniz had a theory of the so-called “separatrix,” the “between” two things that are contradictions. There’s always a line. On one side this is blue, and [on the other] this is red. In reality, red has embassies in the blue, and blue has embassies in the red. And Leibniz says fifty percent of this line, this structure “between,” is order, and fifty percent is anarchy. —Alexander Kluge Gagosian is pleased to present Separatrix, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Katharina Grosse. This is her first solo exhibition in Rome. Separatrix coincides with Grosse’s major installation It Wasn’t Us, currently on view at Hamburger Bahnhof–Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. Grosse embraces the events that occur as she paints, opening up surfaces and spaces to chance. In massive in situ paintings—where she uses a spray gun to propel unmixed color over objects, rooms, buildings, and even entire landscapes—and autonomous works on canvas, paper, and sculptural supports, she stylizes gesture as a spontaneous mark of personal agency. In July 2020, Grosse started working in a new purpose-built studio in a remote coastal area in northern New Zealand, where she spends several months each year. There, secluded in nature, she began a new body of work, imbuing the medium of watercolor with the directness and immediacy of her spray paintings.

Envisaging the blank sheet of paper as a topographical record, Grosse experimented with a wet-on-wet technique using vibrant pigments, allowing them to swim and intermingle across the surface, leaving behind iridescent pools and blooms. After returning to her Berlin studio, she transferred what she terms the “consequences” of these watercolors to a series of large-scale paintings, setting the canvas horizontally, adding dilute acrylics using a brush, and then tilting the support to produce multidirectional drips and currents of color as a secondary gesture. Taking a cue from Leibniz’s theory of the “separatrix,” Grosse revels in the alternating moments of order and chaos that arise from visual thresholds—moments of collision and diffusion in medium, material, and hue. Her approach is scientific as well as painterly: she analyzes the material properties of paint, water, and canvas in advance, using their alchemical interactions to effect specific visual occurrences. Fields of color osmose into one another and collide like cultures growing in a petri dish; a sweeping brushstroke transforms into a matrix of neurons. In Grosse’s hands, the microscopic details of her process are magnified, resulting in towering formal compositions that attest to moments of flux and sudden clarity in her working process. Katharina Grosse was born in 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and lives and works in Berlin and New Zealand. Collections include Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthaus Zürich; Kunstmuseum Bern; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; Lenbachhaus, Munich; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; and Museum of Modern Art, New York. Recent exhibitions and in situ works include Two younger women come in and pull out a table, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands (2013); WUNDERBLOCK, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2013); psychylustro, Mural Arts Philadelphia (2014); yes no why later, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2015); Seven Hours, Eight Rooms, Three Trees, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany (2015); Untitled Trumpet, 56th Biennale di Venezia (2015); Rockaway!, MoMA PS1 at Fort Tilden, New York (2016); Asphalt Air and Hair, ARoS Triennial, Aarhus, Denmark (2017); The Horse Trotted Another Couple of Metres, Then It Stopped, Carriageworks, Sydney (2018); Wunderbild, National Gallery, Prague (2018); Mumbling Mud, chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, and chi K11 art space, Guangzhou, China (2018); and Mural: Jackson Pollock/Katharina Grosse, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2019). Is it You?, a major installation and a group of paintings on canvas, opened at the Baltimore Museum of Art on March 1, 2020, and continues through January 3, 2021. It Wasn’t Us opened at the Hamburger Bahnhof–Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, on June 14, 2020, and remains on view through January 10, 2021. _____ Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 149 5/8 × 78 3/4 inches (380 × 200 cm) © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2020. Photo: Jens Ziehe

#Katharina Grosse #Gagosian

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newstfionline · 3 years

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Tax cuts for the wealthy aren’t trickling down (CBS News) Do tax cuts for the wealthy really help the overall economy and “trickle down” to everyone else? It’s not a trickle question. David Hope of the London School of Economics and Julian Limberg of King’s College London examined 18 developed countries and did the math. “Per capita gross domestic product and unemployment rates were nearly identical after five years in countries that slashed taxes on the rich and in those that didn’t, the study found. But the analysis discovered one major change: The incomes of the rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to the middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches and exacerbate income inequality.” 50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down.

Suspected Russian Cyberattack Strikes at Heart of U.S. Government (Foreign Policy) As more details are revealed about Russia’s alleged hack of the U.S. government, it’s becoming clear that the breach is much worse than previously thought. On Thursday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that is “poses a grave risk” to federal, state, and local governments as well as private companies and organizations. There is a growing list of reported victims: the Centers for Disease Control, the Defense Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Department of Homeland Security, Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy were all affected. “This is, I think, appears to be at this point the most serious cyberattack this country has ever endured,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine said on NPR. Microsoft, which is helping to respond to the hack, noted that “the attack unfortunately represents a broad and successful espionage-based assault on both the confidential information of the U.S. Government and the tech tools used by firms to protect them … ongoing investigations reveal an attack that is remarkable for its scope, sophistication and impact.”

California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge (AP) Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. On Thursday, California reported a staggering 52,000 new cases in a single day—equal to what the entire U.S. was averaging in mid-October—and a one-day record of 379 deaths. More than 16,000 people are in the hospital with the coronavirus across the state, more than triple the number a month ago. Patients are being cared for at several overflow locations, including a former NBA arena in Sacramento, a former prison and a college gymnasium.

‘Unbelievable’ snowfall blankets parts of the Northeast (AP) The Northeast’s first whopper snowstorm of the season buried parts of upstate New York under more than 3 feet (1 meter) of snow, broke records in cities and towns across the region, and left plow drivers struggling to clear the roads as snow piled up at more than 4 inches (10 centimeters) per hour. “It was a very difficult, fast storm and it dropped an unbelievable amount of snow,” Tom Coppola, highway superintendent in charge of maintaining 100 miles (160 kilometers) of roads in the Albany suburb of Glenville, said Thursday. “It’s to the point where we’re having trouble pushing it with our plows.” The storm dropped 30 inches (76 centimeters) on Glenville between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. Thursday, leaving a silent scene of snow-clad trees, buried cars and laden roofs when the sun finally peeked through at noon. Much of Pennsylvania saw accumulations in the double digits. Boston had more than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of snow early Thursday morning.

1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died (AP) One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project. As the pandemic enters its 10th month—and as the first Americans begin to receive a long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine—at least 275,000 prisoners have been infected, more than 1,700 have died and the spread of the virus behind bars shows no sign of slowing. New cases in prisons this week reached their highest level since testing began in the spring, far outstripping previous peaks in April and August. As the virus spreads largely unchecked behind bars, prisoners can’t social distance and are dependent on the state for their safety and well-being.

Shut down by corona, Berlin restaurant opens for homeless (AP) The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t made life on the streets of Berlin any easier for Kaspars Breidaks. For three months, the 43-year-old Latvian has faced homeless shelters operating at reduced capacity so that people can be kept at a safe distance from one another. And with fewer Berliners going outdoors, it’s much harder to raise money by panhandling or collecting bottles to sell for recycling. But on a chilly winter morning this week Breidaks found himself with a free hot meal and a place to warm up, after the German capital’s biggest restaurant, the Hofbraeu Berlin—itself closed down due to coronavirus lockdown restrictions—shifted gears to help the homeless. It was a clear win-win proposition, said Hofbraeu manager Bjoern Schwarz. As well as helping out the homeless during tough times the city-funded project also gives needed work to employees—and provides the restaurant with welcome income. In cooperation with the city and two welfare organizations, the restaurant quickly developed a concept to take in up to 150 homeless people in two shifts every day until the end of the winter, and started serving meals on Tuesday.

Japan: Snow traps 1,000 drivers in frozen traffic jam (BBC) Rescuers are trying to free more than 1,000 vehicles which have been stranded on a highway for two days after a heavy snow storm struck Japan. Authorities have distributed food, fuel and blankets to the drivers on the Kanetsu expressway, which connects the capital Tokyo to Niigata, in the north. The snow, which began on Wednesday evening, has caused multiple traffic jams along the road. Officials have been using a combination of heavy machinery and physical labour to dig out the vehicles one by one, but around 1,000 cars were still stranded on the road as of Friday noon.

‘Nightmare’ Australia Housing Lockdown Called Breach of Human Rights (NYT) The sudden lockdown this summer of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left 3,000 people without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air during the city’s second coronavirus wave breached human rights laws, an investigation found. The report, released on Thursday by the ombudsman in the state of Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, said that the residents had been effectively placed under house arrest for 14 days in July without warning. It deprived them of essential supports, as well as access to activities like outdoor exercise, the report said. The lockdown was not “compatible with residents’ human rights, including their right to humane treatment when deprived of liberty,” Deborah Glass, the Victorian ombudsman, wrote. The report recommended the state government apologize publicly to tower residents, as well as improve relationships and procedures at similarly high-risk accommodations in the city so that they might be better prepared for future outbreaks. Though Australia has won global praise for successfully slowing the spread of the coronavirus in the country, the report was a scathing rebuke of state officials’ decision to apply stringent measures to the public housing residents, who said they felt trapped and traumatized and suspected discrimination. Several described it as a “nightmare.”

Fiji says two dead as powerful cyclone tears across Pacific nation (Reuters) A powerful cyclone pounded Fiji, killing two people and leaving a trail of destruction across the Pacific Island nation, authorities said on Friday. Cyclone Yasa, a top category five storm, made landfall over Bua province on the northern island of Vanua Levu on Thursday evening, bringing torrential rain, widespread flooding and winds of up to 285 km per hour (177 miles) across the archipelago. Scores of houses were destroyed, while power was cut to some areas and roads blocked by fallen trees and flash flooding, authorities said. Officials with the Red Cross said authorities were scrambling to help affected communities. Adverse weather has hampered efforts by aid groups to dispatch assistance, with waves of more than 3 metres (10 ft) preventing ships leaving Suva.

Radio stations may be the real “e-learning” revolution (Rest of World) The impact of a student’s socioeconomic status on their access to education during the pandemic is playing out globally, exposing just how closely tied internet access is to educational opportunity. In Sub-Saharan Africa, over 85% of households lack access to the internet at home and 89% of students do not have access to a computer outside of school. On the African continent, expensive and unreliable internet reaches only 40% of the population. Many governments, companies, and NGOs think that throwing millions of dollars behind providing tablets is the best way to improve the quality of education, but this impulse overlooks infrastructural issues like access to the internet, teacher training, and the cost of upkeep that students need to use the tablets in the first place. “Even if we did have a device for every student, they would have nowhere to charge them,” Reshma Patel, the executive director of Impact Network, a nonprofit that provides education for over 6,000 kids in rural Zambia through community schools, told Rest of World. Impact-run schools adapted radio lessons, since a majority of their students live in homes without electricity. Faced with the shutdown of the 43 schools she supervises, Patel relied on the “forgotten stepchild of tech interventions” to reach students: radio. On the continent, radio has long been a window to the external world. Shoeshoe Qhu works as the station manager at Voice of Wits 88.1 FM, a university radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. She grew up in a mountainous village of 100 homesteads without electricity or running water. While there wasn’t television, there was radio. As long as her family had access to batteries and a receiver, it was free. “If you wanted to hear what was happening everywhere else, you could only get it through the radio,” Qhu said. “I grew up with radio, and it gave me access to the world,” she added. “It meant everything.”

Watch those passwords (NYT) Dutch hacker Victor Gevers claims to have logged in to President Trump’s Twitter account six years ago by guessing the password: “yourefired.” Then he did it again. On Oct. 16, Gevers, 44, made an accurate guess, “maga2020!,” on his fifth try, according to Dutch prosecutors. Hacking is a crime in the Netherlands. But on Wednesday, Dutch officials said they would not press charges because Gevers had met the bar for “responsible disclosure,” demonstrating how easy it could be to gain access to the U.S. president’s handle: @realdonaldtrump.

#headlines #news

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mendesmood · 5 years

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January - SM3 is in progress January 24 - It’s announced that Shawn will help coach #TeamAlicia on The Voice January 27 - Attended the pre-GRAMMY Gala in New York January 30 - Performed with SZA at the Elton John Grammy Tribute Concert February 3 - Performed at a Bat Mitzvah for the daughter of the inventor of Vitaminwater February 8 - Shawn and his team took a trip to Jamaica to work on the album March 1 - Won the award for ‘Best Male’ at the Global Awards March 3 - Performed at a private pre-Oscar party in LA March 4 - Got a new Power Blue D'Angelico Deluxe 59 guitar March 4 - Attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in LA March 22 - "In My Blood" is released as the first single of SM3 March 23 - "Lost In Japan" is released as the second single of SM3 March 25 - Won the awards for ‘Single of the Year‘ with "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back” and the ‘Fan Choice Award’ at the Juno Awards March 25 - Won the award for ‘Favorite Male Singer’ at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 27 - Held a SM3 secret listening session in LA March 28 - Guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden and performed "In My Blood" live for the first time March 29 - Got interviewed while eating spicy wings during a Hot Ones interview April 5 - Got interviewed about the songs on SM3 for Apple Music's Beats 1 April 12 - Attended and performed "In My Blood" at the ECHO awards in Berlin April 19 - Received a spot on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list April 19 - Performed "In My Blood" and a cover of "Psycho" at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge April 20 - Performed "In My Blood" and "Lost In Japan" live for the first time at Sounds Like Friday Night April 21 - Performed "In My Blood" at Queen Elizabeth’s 92th birthday concert April 22 - Guest on Drop The Mic April 24 - Attended and performed "In My Blood" and "Lost In Japan" at the TIME 100 Gala April 24 - Released the official music video for "In My Blood" April 25 - Revealed the album title, cover art, tracklist and release date for SM3 with a 9 hour livestream May 3 - “Youth" is released as the third single of SM3 May 7 - Attended the Met Gala in New York May 8 - Announced his 2019 global arena tour May 9 - Performed “Youth” with Khalid for the first time live during The Roxy Tour May 18 - “Where Were You In The Morning?” is released as the fourth single of SM3 May 18 - Performed at Apple Music: One Night Only including a Q&A and a special performance of "Where Where You In The Morning?" with John Mayer in LA May 19 - Performed "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back” with Taylor Swift during her Reputation Stadium Tour in Pasadena, California May 20 - Attended and performed “In My Blood” and “Youth” with Khalid and the students from the Douglas High School choir at the Billboard Music Awards May 23 - “Nervous” is released as the fifth single of SM3 May 24 - Performed “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” and “In My Blood” at the Germany's Next Topmodel finale May 25 - Shawn Mendes: The Album is released May 25 - Released a special vertical video for "Nervous" with Spotify May 26 - Got a new tattoo on his wrist May 27 - Performed at Radio 1's The Biggest Weekend in Swansea, UK including a special performance of "Mercy/Let It Go" with James Bay & "Rescue Me" with 30 Seconds To Mars May 28 - Opened a secret one day pop-up store in London June 1 - Performed at the Governors Ball in New York June 2 - Performed at Wango Tango in LA June 3 - It’s revealed that Shawn Mendes: The Album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, making it his third No. 1 album June 4 - Day one of Shawn’s week at The Late Late Show with James Corden, including his Carpool Karaoke and a live performance of “Nervous” June 5 - Day two of Shawn’s week at The Late Late Show with James Corden, including a live performance of “Lost In Japan” June 6 - Day three of Shawn’s week at The Late Late Show with James Corden, including a live performance of “Like To Be You” with Julia Michaels June 6 - Emporio Armani extends partnership and Shawn will be the face of the watch collection throughout 2018 June 7 - Day four of Shawn’s week at The Late Late Show with James Corden, including a live performance of “Perfectly Wrong” June 9 - Performed at the Summertime Ball in London June 15 - Appeared on the cover of Wonderland Magazine June 15 - Performed at Summer Jam in New York June 18 - Performed at an iHeartRadio Secret Session in Toronto July 1 - Performed at Villa Mix Festival in Goiânia, Brazil July 5 - Performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 7 - Performed at RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest in Ottawa, Canada July 8 - Performed at Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec, Canada July 9 - Performed at Cavendish Beach Music Festival in Cavendish, Canada July 20 - Performed at the first Spotify Fans First event in LA July 26 - Performed at the relaunch event for Rolling Stone August 8 - Shawn and his friends took a trip to Amsterdam to celebrate his 20th birthday August 9 - Performed at Smukfest in Skanderborg, Denmark August 11 - Performed at MEO Sudoeste in Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal August 12 - Won the awards for ‘Choice Pop Song’ with “In My Blood” and the ‘Choice Summer Male Artist‘ award at the Teen Choice Awards August 13 - Performed at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary August 18 - Performed at Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan August 20 - Attended and performed "In My Blood" at the MTV Video Music Awards August 23 - Launch of Shawn’s second perfume ‘Shawn Mendes Signature II’ August 26 - Attended and performed "In My Blood" and "Lost In Japan" at the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto. He also won multiple awards including ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘Fan Fave Video’ August 28 - Appeared on the cover of Variety Magazine September 1 - Performed at Sundown Festival in Norwich, UK September 2 - Performed at Fusion Festival in Liverpool, UK September 6 - Performed at the NFL Kickoff Game Celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 22 - Performed "What Goes Around... Comes Around" with Justin Timberlake during iHeart Radio Music Festival September 25 - Performed and got interviewed for An Evening With Shawn Mendes at the GRAMMY Museum September 26 - Release of "Lost In Japan (Remix)" with Zedd September 28 - Premiere of the Shawn Mendes: Artist Spotlight documentary created by Casey Neistat September 29 - Performed at Global Citizen Festival in New York October 9 - Performed “Lost In Japan (Remix)” with Zedd at the American Music Awards. He also won the award for ‘Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist‘ October 12 - Release of “Under Pressure” with Teddy<3 for the Bohemian Rhapsody film October 13 - Performed at El Paso University Festival in El Paso, Texas October 14 - Performed at Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, Texas October 21 - Won the award for ‘Best International Solo Artist’ at the BBC1 Teen Awards October 24 - Special performance with Zac Brown Band for CMT Crossroads October 25 - Released the official music video for “Lost In Japan” (original + remix) November 4 - Won the awards for ‘Best Live’ and ‘Best Canadian Act’ at the MTV Europe Music Awards November 5 - Released the official music video for "Youth" November 10 - Attended and performed "In My Blood" at the NRJ Music Awards. He also won the ‘Awards d'honneur‘ November 13 - Won the award for ‘Artist of The Year’ at the Billboard’s Live Music Awards November 13 - Got interviewed with Andrew Gertler for Billboard Live Music Summit November 14 - Release of the Spotify singles "Lost In Japan" and "Use Somebody" November 26 - Appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine November 27 - Performed at 106.1 KISS FM's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Dallas, Texas November 30 - Performed at 102.7 KIIS FM's iHeartsRadioJingle Ball in LA December 1 - Performed at 99.7 NOW! POPTOPIA in San Jose, California December 2 - Performed “Lost In Japan” for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show December 3 - Announced his first stadium show at the Rogers Centre on September 6, 2019 December 3 - Released an exclusive merch line in collaboration with Roots December 4 - Performed at Kiss 109 FM's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Boston, Massachusetts December 5 - Performed at 102 Philly's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 7 - Received a double Grammy nomination with "In My Blood" for ‘Song of the Year‘ and "Shawn Mendes" for ‘Best Pop Vocal Album‘ December 7 - Performed at Z100 New York's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York December 8 - Performed at B96 Chicago Jingle Bash in Chicago, Illinois December 10 - Performed at Hot 99.5's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Washington December 12 - Performed at 103.5 KISS FM's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Chicago, Illinois December 14 - Performed at Power 96.1's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Atlanta, Georgia December 15 - Performed at 93.3 FLZ's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Tampa, Florida December 16 - Performed at 100Miami's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Miami, Florida December 21 - Release of "Youth (Remix)" with Khalid and Jessie Reyez, "Why (Remix)" with Leon Bridges and "Where Were You In The Morning? (Remix)" with Kaytranada December 31 - Performed at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

#shawn mendes #smendesedit #thedailyshawnmendes #my edits #shawn mendes in 2018 #i cant believe he did so much #sorry if they are not all correct #i tried #making this list took me 2 days and im exhausted

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Hello and welcome to Berlin, Germany! For many of you this will be your first stay here, so I’m trying to make things easy for you.

First things first: Phone code is +49 Police: 110 / fire brigade: 112 1€ is 100cts.

Be aware most places might not accept card as payment method; we’re pretty far behind on this; especially when it comes to music venues. Have some cash on you!

Safety:

Berlin is a huge city and compared to its size its fairly safe if you use common sense. No specific rules apply with the exception of public transportation and tourist areas where pickpockets are a problem. Watch your bags during rush hours, at larger train stations.

The police in Berlin are competent, not corrupt; therefore, if you try to bribe them you are likely to spend at least a night behind bars to check your background. They are generally helpful to tourists. Most of the officers are able to speak English, so don't hesitate to approach them if you are frightened or lost.

Although harmless, panhandlers have started to beg at local tourist spots such as Pariser Platz next to the Brandenburg Gate, Alexanderplatz and the Museumsinsel. They are usually women accompanied by their daughters who ask if you speak English and say that they are from the new EU countries and trying to raise money to fly home. The story is false, so don't give them money, which would encourage further exploitation of the women and their kids. They also have a new tactic where they hand you a card telling their "story" and asking for money; beware that the children that they carry in their arms will search through your bags while you are reading the card. The best way to avoid this is simply to ignore them and not to respond when they ask you "Speak English?" If you feel scared, don't hesitate to contact the police, as they will help.

ALOHOL / DRINKS IN GENERAL / SMOKING

You’re allowed to drink alcohol in the streets, beer and wine is legal from the age of 16, everything else from the age of 18. You’ll notice many people will buy their drinks in Spätis (late night corner shops) and drink them in front of those shops. You might find more people doing this than finding people drinking in bars, because our bars normally open in the evening time (and are closed before that - sorry to our friends from the UK!).

We have a deposit on cans and bottles, so please NEVER put them into any bin. Place them next to the bin if you don’t care about getting 0,08ct to 0,25ct back, as homeless people often rely on this „extra income“.

You’ll pay at least 1€ deposit on bottles/glasses in venues too - even if they’re plastic cups. Keep that in mind. You don’t pay a deposit in restaurants or bars.

Brining bottles into venue won’t be allowed, due the fact venues want to sell as many drinks as possible. It’s also not a common thing to request tab water in a music venue. They might charge you for the deposit.

Smoking weed is NOT legal in Berlin / Germany. Although there will be people around the RAW area trying to sell you stuff - I can’t recommend doing this, the police knows about the situation and often watches the side undercover. (Can’t tell you how many times I saw a catch me if you can situation around here) > Welcome to Berlin, you can actually smoke in most bars if they said they’re an 18+ venue. If you don’t smoke like me, this can be rather hell. If you’re a smoker: Welcome to paradise.

Apps you should consider to download:

Citymapper: This one actually works in a lot of big cities. I used it in New York, London and Boston before. With Citymapper you'll get all the options of getting from point A to B, including cabs, uber, walking distance, local transport, etc. It also shows you if the journey is accesible, if there are any disturbances and which carriage/entry/exit you should take for the fastest route.

Uber: If you want to take an Uber it's a bit different than in your city: Uber drivers are not allowed to use their own cars, but special black Uber cars. I haven't used Uber within Berlin so far yet. With the App you can also use the red e-bikes and red e-scooters branded with JUMP. If you're not an Uber Member yet, feel free to use the following link to sign up and get a 10€ balance for your first three rides: https://www.uber.com/invite/w1rzjd

FreeNow: If you want to use cabs, the easiest way ordering one via App is FreeNow. The app also works in different cities all over Europe and as there are more cabs than Uber cars within Berlin, this option might be faster than Uber. If you want to sign app with FreeNow, feel free to use the following link: (App currently not working)

Clever Shuttle: This app connects you with electric cars only, it works like a shared Uber (so you might have a stranger on your ride), but the other passengers will never see your destination (I heard that's different from Uber), so it's safer and you actually do something good about the environment to. If you want to try it, feel free to use the following code to sign up - you'll get a ballance of 10€: 9oxujh

Shared bike services: There are a handful of services offering a shared bike system; I’ve never used one of these besides the UBER/Jump one, so I can’t really tell how they’re working and if they’re expensive of not. If you want to do a little research yourself: Donkey Republic, Mobike, Deezer, Lime - are four providers who come directly into my mind. There are also some escooter services like Lime, Voi and Tier.

Happy Cow: You’re vegan and you want to check where you can grab some food or you’re looking for a vegan restaurant / vegan options / a vegan supermarket? Check out Happy Cow, - descriptions for all the places are usually in English!

When it comes down to food: Don't expect to get served tab water for free when you're at a restaurant. It's not a thing within Germany. We also don't do refills on soft drinks either. When ordering water, make sure you mention if you want to get it with or without gas, to avoid disappointment. (We live our fizzy water, folks!) It's a common thing to split the bill when you're having food with friends. We don't have the requirement to tip in restaurants and bars like in the US, but if you're satisfied 10% are the standard.

Local Transport / BVG

While BVG doesn't run S-Bahn or local trains, they are covered by the website and can be used with the same tickets.

BVG's customer service, ☏ +49 30 19449. If you don't know how to get somewhere, or how to get home at night, BVG's customer service number. Most U-Bahn and some S-Bahn stations have call points from which you can contact customer service directly.

Some BVG buses and tram lines run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

TicketsThe public transport system in Berlin (U-, S-Bahn, bus, tram, regional rail) uses a common ticket system based on zones (zone A, B and C). You are unlikely going beyond zone A and B, except on trips to Potsdam or to Schönefeld Airport (SXF). The border between zones A and B is the S-Bahn Ring (see here). Zone C includes trips to and within Potsdam.

The following tickets can be used for single journeys:

Single Ticket. The standard single journey ticket. It is valid for any travel within two hours of validation, in a single direction, within the appropriate fare zones. There is no limit to transfers. Return journeys are not allowed. Price: Berlin AB €2.80 (reduced €1.70); Berlin ABC €3.40 (reduced €2.50).

4-trip ticket (4 Fahrten Karte). This gives you 4 single trip tickets at a cheaper cost. Price: Berlin AB €9.00 (reduced €5.60). Short trip (Kurzstrecke).

For a single journey you can buy a cheap Kurzstrecke for €1.70, but this is only valid for 3 stops on the U-Bahn or S-Bahn (transfers permitted) or 6 stops on buses or trams (no transfers). The stations included in a short tip ticket are indicated on schedules posted at bus and tram stops.

Several options are available for unlimited travel: Day Ticket (Tageskarte). A day ticket for one person. Worth it if you are travelling more than two trips a day. Valid until 03:00 the next morning, not 24 hours! Price: Berlin AB €7 (reduced €4.70); Berlin ABC €7.70 (reduced €5.30).

Small Group Day Ticket AB (Kleingruppen-Tageskarte). A day ticket valid for up to five people. For groups of three or more, this ticket is cheaper than individual day tickets. Price: Berlin AB €19.90, Berlin ABC €20.80.

7-Day-Ticket AB (7-Tagekarte). A ticket valid for seven days. Price: Berlin AB €30, Berlin ABC €37.50.

Berlin CityTourCard. Ticket valid for all public transport services in Berlin, Potsdam and the surrounding area (depending on the covered zones) and a discount card for many tourist attractions; available in several different versions: 48 hours AB €17.40; 72 hours AB €24.50; 5 days AB €31.90. Add a few euros if you want to go to Potsdam (fare zone ABC). A folded leaflet with inner city map and an overview of the S-Bahn and U-Bahn railway networks of Berlin is included. Can be bought at ticket machines and various sales points (Berlin airports, larger train stations, hotels or online).

Berlin WelcomeCard. Unlimited travel with all methods of public transport for the validity of the ticket; save up to 50% on more than 200 tourist and cultural highlights; handy guide in pocket book format with insider tips and tour suggestions; city plan for Berlin and Potsdam and a network plan for public transport. Can be bought at various sales points (Berlin airports, larger train stations, hotels or online).

Tickets valid for only A and C are available as well, which you might need for a single trip to Schönefeld Airport from somewhat out of the way lodgings. There is only one way to get a ticket only valid in A: Deutsche Bahn offers "City Tickets" as an add-on for their long distance train tickets and in Berlin those are only valid for a single trip inside the A zone.

Reduced fares apply for children 6 to 14. Children under 6 ride free.

Purchasing tickets Tickets can be purchased in several ways. Upon arrival at the different Berlin airports, some tickets can be purchased at the tourist desk. All tickets are available at vending machines at the airports, U- and S-Bahn platforms, and passengers may also use the vending machines operated by DB at long-distance and regional railway stations to purchase the same. English and other European languages are available. You can also purchase them on the BVG app via Paypal/Credit Card, but unfortunately this app isn’t available in English yet.

Really important: Before the journey starts tickets must be validated by stamping them at the yellow or red boxes on the platforms, in buses or trams. In case of inspection, a ticket that is not stamped is invalid. (Nevertheless, if you buy a ticket directly from a bus or tram driver, it won't need stamping). Getting caught with an invalid ticket = 60€ fee; never pay this fee in cash; it’s illegal for ticket officers to charge you in cash!!

Arriving in Berlin

When arriving at Schönefeld Airport (SXF), you’ll need to buy a ticket that valid for all three zones (ABC) to get into the center. You can either buy a single ride ticket for ABC or you buy the ticket you think you’ll need for the time of your stay (7 day ticket or similar) for ABC and purchase an additinal ticket for the C zone (1,60€). You can take either a red Regional train or a S-Bahn into the city center; your ticket is valid in both. Just ask Citymapper for the next conncetion!

When arriving at Tegel Airport (TXL), you’ll need to take the bus (TXL Express) to get to the city center. Please note it’s a regular bus, not a special airport shuttle with lots of luggage space. So if you are a group or you have lots of lagguage, maybe think about sharing a cab or something similar. If you decide on taking the bus tho, Tegel is within the B zone, so you can just get your regular ticket. Also note, there are ticket machines and ticket offices at the airport, you might want to use them instead of getting your ticket from the bus driver. Take this bus to Berlin HBF / Berlin main station and continue your journey from here via train / bus.

What to do in Berlin during your stay? Here are my top 10 recommendations:

Ramones Museum: This place might be part of the official Lost Evenings programm as Flo (owner) and Frank know each other and Frank played a couple of times in their old location. They have a bar and serve breakfast, cake, coffee, and alcohol from 10 am til 10 pm. You’ll be able to purchase Ramones merch, you’ll be able to visit the Ramones Museum part and you’ll be able to check out all the photos and signatures of all the bands who played there or visited the place. It’s one of my favourite places, so you better be nice to the staff there (they all speak english really well!!)

Alexanderplatz: Don’t go up the TV tower! I’ll tell you my favourite secret spot: Go to the Park Inn hotel, go through their entrance, turn left and go straight to the lifts. Take the lift to the topmost floor and follow their signs to the terrace (you’ll have to climb 1-2 more floors on the stairs). You’ll pay 4€/person and you’ll get a wonderful view all over Berlin, directly in front of the TV tower in a height of 120m. There’s also a bar up there if you want a coffee or beer.

Eastside Gallery: When in Berlin, you need to see THE WALL, don’t you? There’s a huge part of the wall close to the Spree and close to the Lost Evening site. It’s called the Eastside Gallery and it’s painted by many different artists from all over. If you want to dig a bit more into history, you can take the M10 tram from Warschauer Straße (close to the Eastside Gallery) and take it all the way until Bernauer Straße. Here’s another huge part of the wall and some more info about it. And while taking the M10, you’ll have a great way of seeing different parts of Berlin on your way. But be aware, during the evening, this line becomes some kind of party train.

Brandenburg Gate / Holocaust Memorial / Reichstag / Siegessäule - These places are all located close to each other and you can easily reach them while starting from Berlin main station. They’re four of the most touristy places in the city, but if it’s your first time, you might wanna give it a go? You can also climb up the Staircase of Siegessäule to get a full panoramo view of the city; it’s worth it, but the staircase is super narrow and there’s no lift!

Museums Insel & Berliner Dom: Close to Alexanderplatz you’ll find the Museums Insel - and built in island with many museums, which I haven’t visited yet myself. But if you’re the museums person, you might wanna give it a go!? The Dom is close by and an impressive cathedral in the middle of the city.

Check Point Charlie: First time in Berlin? You probably want to get your photo taken in front of the world famous border crossing in Berlin. During the day you’ll find people dressed up as American Soliders in front of it too.

Flughafen Tempelhof: Visit the outdoor part of our now closed airport in the center of the city. The place of the famous Luftbrücke, where planes started to drop supllies into the East Berlin zone. There are tour through the aiport building, which you have to register for in advance, but you can walk freely on the airfield and you’ll see many people walking there during the day, or riding their bikes, or do any other sorts of sports. It’s a place for picnics, for haning around, it can be really lovely once the weather gets better.

tbc

#frank turner #fthc #lost evenings #prost evenings #berlin #germany

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TOP 100: Take Me Home Tour H/L Moments 2013

Lisa, Jess and I have been getting super excited for the WWA tour and thought a great way to get even more excited would be to go through every H/L moment from the 2013 tour and put them into a top 10 list.

As you can tell by the title of this post, that did not happen. Because guess what! This is the hardest post I've ever had to make because I couldn't pick 10 or 20 or even 50 "essential" moments from this tour.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

We all pine for the days of yore when the Up All Night tour was going strong, and there were a lot of moments I love from that tour. But it was also a much shorter tour and took place over a shorter period of time. It was a case study in teenage love affair: flirting, sex and hearteyes. The Take Me Home tour was different (obviously lol) in that it was much more subdued (partly for unhappy reasons).

But after going through this, I think I might like this tour better, which seems crazy, but once you go through this list (and Lisa's), you'll see that this tour was all about being settled, domestic and fond in the face of what appeared to be pretty extreme measures to have us believe they weren't even friends anymore.

But once you go through this list, I think you'll agree, that nothing that matters has changed.

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Let's do this.

These are in chronological order, because if I had to rank them, I'd stroke out from the pressure. Going by date is a fun way to see that this tour was CONSISTENT. There were more cute moments in the first half of the tour than the last half, but overall, they were always there. They never went away.

Harry checking out Louis an hour into the first show | London | 23 February 2013 - x x

Louis making Harry laugh | London | 23 February 2013 - x

"They could never shut us down." | London | 24 February 2013 - x

But Louis would really like to shut Narry down | London | 24 February 2013 - x

Louis did a cartwheel and Harry was cheering him on before he even started it and then wolf whistled and was so fond | London | 24 February 2013 - x x

Louis saving Harry from being crushed by the stage | Glasgow | 26 February 2013 - x

This picture | Glasgow | 26 February 2013 - x

Harry staring at the sun Louis | Cardiff | 3 March 2013 - x

Harry shows Louis the clitoris sign | Dublin | 12 March 2013 - x

Louis shares his crisps with Harry | Manchester | 16 March 2013 - x

Louis touches Harry's hip gently & fondly | Manchester| 16 March 2013 - x

Playground crushes | Manchester | 16 March 2013 - x

Louis admiring his boyfriend | Liverpool | 17 March 2013 - x

Dancing together in Teenage Dirtbag | Sheffield | 19 March 2013 - x

Louis' fond scrunched up face | Birmingham | 22 March 2013 - x

Louis makes Harry laugh so hard he can't sing | Birmingham | 23 March 2013 - x

Louis sees Heaven Harry | Birmingham | 23 March 2013 - x

Louis thinks Harry might be hurt & crushes our souls with The Head Tilt | Birmingham| 23 March 2013 - x [Jess' favorite]

This picture | Birmingham | 23 March 2013 - x

This whisper | Birmingham | 23 March 2013 - x

"Oh, I'm not alright." | Liverpool | 31 March 2013 - x

"You were mine and we never said goodbye." | London | 1 April 2013 - x

Mirroring | London | 1 April 2013 - x

Harry touches Louis' shoulder & his soul | London | 2 April 2013 - x

The Signal Reappears Briefly | London | 4 April 2013 - x x

Then Harry grips Louis' shoulder in their bow | London | 4 April 2013 - x

Harry's Fond Face | London | 6 April 2013 - x

Harry deep throats a banana at Louis causing Zayn to check on Louis' well being | Sheffield | 13 April 2013 - x

Harry really laying it on thick with his Louis thirst | Sheffield | 13 April 2013 - x x

Harry pretends not to know how to do a handstand even though he knows how to do a handstand just to let Louis win | Sheffield | 13 April 2013 - x

8 weeks in and Louis is already over the Zarry | Nottingham | 16 April 2013 - x

Harry spins Louis | Birmingham | 17 April 2013 - x

Cracking each other up | Manchester | 20 April 2013 - x

Louis taps his heart and looks at Harry during "Over Again" | Amneville | 30 April 2013 - x x

"They could never shut us down." | Oslo | 7 May 2013 - x

Louis sings "Hot In Here" and Harry gets excited | Stockholm | 8 May 2013 - x

Their hands as they look at a fan book | Denmark | 10 May 2013 - x

These M&G pics | Denmark | 10 May 2013 - x

Louis doesn't care if Harry's sick, he'll drink his tea if he wants to because they share everything else | Denmark | 10 May 2013 - x [Jess' favorite]

Louis makes Harry smile and is adorably smug | Berlin | 11 May 2013 - x

Louis attempts to become the personification of the word "fond" | Berlin | 11 May 2013 - x

Whisper Whisper | Munich | 16 May 2013 - x x

"They could never shut us down." | Milan | 20 May 2013 - x

The Dream Team in action | Madrid | 24 May 2013 - x

Harry likes what he sees | Mexico City| 9 June 2013 - x

Harry is just really fond of Louis | Mexico City | 9 June 2013 - x x

H/L on a mothafuckin' boat | Miami | 11 June 2013 - x

Holding hands at the M&G | Miami | 14 June 2013 - x

Louis' extreme concern at Harry falling | Louisville | 16 June 2013 - x

"I'm in love with you, and all your little things." | Columbus | 18 June 2013 - x

Louis in the Gibson shirt Harry got in Nashville and holding hands in a M&G | Raleigh | 22 June 2013 - x

Harry "Fond" Styles | Washington, D.C. | 23 June 2013 - x

Running into each other and Louis' sweet reaction | Philadelphia | 25 June 2013 - x

Hand holding at the M&G | Boston | 26 June 2013 - x

Louis' private Harry smile | Boston | 26 June 2013 - x

These smiles | Jones Beach | 28 June 2013 - x

Harry checking to see if Louis is watching him and Louis fonding away | Jones Beach | 28 June 2013 - x

This really adorable fan account | Jones Beach | 29 June 2013 - x

Making each other laugh | East Rutherford | 2 July 2013 - x

In a room full of people, you're the only one around... | East Rutherford | 2 July 2013 - x

Hand holding at the M&G | Hershey | 5 July 2013 - x

Louis kills the spider for Harry who can hardly believe his husband is that considerate and amazing | Hershey | 5 July 2013 - x x

Racing down stage together | Hershey | 5 July 2013 - x

The fond is unleashed | Hershey | 5 July 2013 - x

Harry causes widespread pain by changing the lyric to "They can never hurt us now" | Hershey | 5 July 2013 - x

Harry looks after Louis and gets him a throat lozenge | Hershey | 6 July 2013 - x

Over Again | Hershey | 6 July 2013 - x

Magnets | Toronto | 10 July 2013 - x

The way Louis laughs at Harry when he killed the bug | Chicago | 13 July 2013 - x

The way Louis gently held Harry's wrist during their bow | Chicago | 14 July 2013 - x

Niall brings up the First Meal Louis Ever Cooked | Kansas City | 19 July 2013 - x

"Here cutie, have a nacho." - Louis to Harry probably | Dallas | 22 July 2013 - x x

Liam messing with Louis by messing with Harry | Dallas | 22 July 2013 - x

Hand holding at the M&G | Oakland | 31 July 2013 - x

Louis finally snapping at fans who kept throwing things at Harry on stage throughout the entire tour | Las Vegas | 2 August 2013 - x

The gentle touches | Las Vegas | 2 August 2013 - x

Harry's favorite part of Chop Suey the human face is still the eyelashes | Chula Vista | 4 August 2013 - x (chop suey)

Harry barely restraining his pride and love for Louis as Niall announced Louis had just signed to play football with the Doncaster Rovers | Chula Vista | 4 August 2013 - x

Louis looking at Harry and wiggling his eyebrows as Niall announces Louis had just signed to play football with the Doncaster Rovers | Chula Vista | 4 August 2013 - x

Harry really, really likes Louis | L.A. | 7 August 2013 - x

Louis really loves Harry | L.A. | 9 August 2013 -x

These pictures | L.A. | 9 August 2013 - x x

The way they talk to each other | L.A. | 9 August 2013 - x

"You were mine and we never said goodbye." | L.A. | 10 August 2013 - x

Harry is incredibly amused by Louis | L.A. | 10 August 2013 - x

The Cake Licking Incident of 2013 | L.A. | 10 August 2013 - x x

Harry openly teasing Louis after the Cake Incident | L.A. | 10 August 2013 - x

Flirting via microphone stand stealing | L.A. | 10 August 2013 - x

Harry will do anything Louis tells him and they both love it (the Goldfish Moment) | Adelaide | 23 September 2013 - x

This heartbreakingly fond face Harry made when Louis' voice cracked in "Over Again" | Adelaide | 25 September 2013 - x

Harry watching the sun rise Louis finish "Over Again" | Melbourne | 2 October 2013 - x

Harry does his favorite yogo pose for Louis | Melbourne | 3 October 2013 - x

I'm not over Haylor and neither is Louis (99 Problems) | Christchurch | 10 October 2013 - x

Harry turns our hearts inside out by saying "Still the One" | Melbourne | 16 October 2013 - x

Whatever was going on during "I Would" | Brisbane | 20 October 2013 - x

This angle | Brisbane | 30 October 2013 - x

Fist bump | Brisbane | 30 October 2013 - x

"I think you know what's coming, Louis...ganbarimasu!" | Tokyo | 2 November 2013 - x

"If in doubt, say it fast." | Tokyo | 2 November 2013 - x

These Flirts | Tokyo | 3 November 2013 - x

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~:: *Still-Summer* ::~

It’s more the flier I found cool. For this line-up, no budging here, but Sept. 27-30 it’ll still be a “grassfed” great time on the river!

This year’s “West Indian Labor Day Parade” weekend got a HUGE boost w/this “Soca Rave” happening Fri, August 31 (T&T Independence Day) in Sunset Park, BK! And guess who’s hosting? :)

In its 7th year, the Hiero Day Festival has come upon us. In Oakland, CA of course. It’s Sat, Sept. 3rd, but go here so you can save some chedda for what B-Real’s now selling!

Photographer, Chi Modu has some snaps for U to check out: “UNCATEGORIZED” before Sept. 23, so if you’re in LA -- no excuses. U already missed the opening, so head on down to HVW8 Plana.

Off The 405 is The Getty Museum’s Summer Series, where you travel near the sky on a tram up to the multi-million ‘Getty’ premises (FREE) to enjoy a courtyard concert w/bars n’ eye candy galore. Also, FREE. Vagabond’s (below) their next guest performer on Sat, Sept 15.

“ROCK RUBBER 45s” is a cinematic odyssey exploring the connectivity of global basketball, sneaker, and music lifestyle through the firsthand lens of authentic NYC culture orchestrator Bobbito García. RSVP to watch it (like below) outdoors in the Bronx!

This is Brooklyn’s finest -- well refined, tested + proven, neighborhood vibe/sound. When EyeSpy crew meets the Wonderground Sound massive, no sparks, just drippin’ sweat. Sun, Sept. 2 from 3-10p. It’s a backyard BBQ, outdoors son. Besides, U won’t hear too much, or any of this for that matter. OK, maybe 1 or 2...

Joining label mates Lonely C n’ Midnight Hour on this Soul Clap Records Revue Tour, are Underground System w/their new video, “Nmani” + hot “Go” mix-up business, jambalaya single.

Tour Dates:

9.6 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn 9.7 TBD -- Philadelphia 9.8 - Howard Hall - Washington D.C. 9.14 - Metro - Chicago 9.15 - Murals in the Market Block Party - Detroit 9.21 - Present Present Festival - New Lebanon, NY 9.22 - Arts Riot - Burlington, VT 9.24 - The Sinclair - Boston

And if you’re in Europe -- and if you’re feeling her “Echo”, singer GNUCCI might be a great show to check out, let’s say an upgrade to your typical circuit of singers you’ve seen 3 n’ 4 times..

TOUR DATES:

Aug 30 Berghain, Berlin Gnučči • Amber Valent • Rosalie. • Berlin

Sep 1 Statement Festival, Sweden

Sep 2 c/o pop Festival, Cologne, Germany

Sep 8 Loftas Fest, Vilnius, Lithuania

Sep 14 Wienwoche, Vienna, Austria

Oct 5 Mesto Zensk, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Oct 6 Club Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland

You’d be a goul not to visit this eerie, yet artsy “Potoprens” exhibit in Red Hook, if you’re in for a true display of ‘darkness’ in Brooklyn. Expertly curated, Pioneer Works is the venue, and voodoo’s on the menu.

OK kids, it’s on again -- Tyler, The Creator’s “Camp Flog Gnaw” Carnival - for 2 days (Nov. 10-11) in LA @Dodger Stadium.

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The Best (and Worst) Films of 2017

Determining what you deem to be the “best” films of a given year – or the “worst,” for that matter – is something of a drain. First of all, what, exactly, is your criteria? Do you choose the films that made the most impact on you? The ones that months later you still remember in vivid detail? The ones that seemed the best made? Sometimes, a film you dismiss one year you eventually come to realize is actually very, very good. Other times (though more rare), a film you absolutely loathed comes around for you and you realize you made a huge mistake in your original harsh judgment. Ultimately, it has to come down to the most basic and inexcusable of fallacies: It just feels right to you, for whatever reason, and shut up, it’s my list. This obviously makes these year-end lists little more than a document of my utterly subjective whims in a given calendar year, so take any of these so-called lists, no matter how definitive they want to appear to be, with a giant salt-lick block. Withering disclaimers in place, let’s go ahead and do this.

The 20 Best Films of 2017

20. Wind River Taylor Sheridan’s directing debut – a whodunit conducted on reservation lands in frigid Wyoming, lead by a BFW hunter (Jeremy Renner) and a neophyte FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) -- does have some glaring weaknesses – he does seem preternaturally fond of the whole “female agent in over her head” dynamic, and there is certainly some White Guy in Native Lands stuff that might turn people off. But one thing he does get right is the landscape, in all its pitiless beauty, and a sense of just how thoroughly American society has largely turned its back to the plight of our country’s native peoples. It’s a murder mystery with more of a political kick than you might expect. Full Review

19. Logan Just when the superhero genre had about exhausted its bag of tricks, James Mangold’s more haunting vision of a Wolverine (played for the last time by Hugh Jackman) old, riddled with guilt and doubt, and loss of purpose felt like a revelation. The lion in winter, whose adamantium claws were still in effect – and to particularly bloody purpose, with the application of the hard ‘R’ rating – became a version of the character we hadn’t seen before, and one that proved to have much more emotional complexity. Full Review

18. The Meyerwitz Stories (New and Selected) I realize Noah Baumbach, with his archly literary sensibilities and dynamic wordplay between admittedly sad sack, often dislikable characters, isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But I’ve always found his stuff riveting, and here, with a full-blown cast (including Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Emma Thompson, and Ben Stiller) and a bevy of characters whose intricate interactions yield emotionally rich scene work, he’s in fine fettle. Sandler, proving once again that he’s capable of far more than brainless, lazy fart comedies when pressed by a good director, is very strong, and Hoffman, playing an irascible, egocentric aging patriarch, is excellent. Full Review

17. Berlin Syndrome Another film I thought would do better than its limited-run-straight-to-video release might indicate, Cate Shortland’s cat-and-mouse thriller about an Aussie tourist in Berlin (Teresa Palmer) who has a brief affair with a German man (Max Riemelt) before he abducts her and keeps her locked in his apartment for months on end. The film is smart and riveting – featuring yeoman work from the two leads, and a pulse-tripping last act that welded me to my seat – and, in this unofficial Year of the Female, featured a strong-as-nails heroine standing up to the worst sort of male oppression, a perfect metaphor for 2017. Capsule Review

16. Free Fire Amongst an admittedly soul-searing line-up at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, Ben Wheatley’s absurdly entertaining shoot-em-up struck me as exactly the kind of elixir I needed to pick myself up off the floor. With a sterling cast – including Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, and Oscar-winner Brie Larson – and a can’t miss bottle-episode premise – a pair of gangs during a gun-buy gone bad are forced to square off against each other in an abandoned umbrella warehouse in ‘70s-era Boston – work to make this thing pop like a series of firecrackers. I actually expected it to be a bigger hit than its more modest returns indicate, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it picks up steam after repeated viewings on cable and streaming services. Someday, it will get its due. Full Review

15. A War Quietly, Tobias Lindholm has been making tremendous films over the last decade, either working with director Tomas Vinterberg, or on his own helmed projects. This military drama stars “Game of Thrones” actor Pilou Asbek – a star in his own right in his native Denmark – as a captain of an outpost in Afghanistan forced to make a difficult, but totally understandable, decision that leads to his having to endure a court martial hearing. Asbek is absolutely masterful, and Lindholm has a way of creating difficult and complex narratives that puts his characters and his audience in a moral quandary. Full Review

14. The Salesman Every film from Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi is a cause for celebration, and this film – an interesting meditation on repressive misogyny, Iranian social politics, and Arthur Miller – is no exception. The film utilizes Farhadi’s trademark tightly wound, concentric narrative wrapped around a central core mystery. While it’s not quite at the level of some of his best work (including A Separation, and The Past) it’s nevertheless a fascinating film further probing deeply into the human condition. Capsule Review

13. Strong Island I had the pleasure of watching Yance Ford’s deeply moving doc, about the murder of his older brother and the ways his loss devastated her once-happy family, at last spring’s True/False festival. Here’s what I wrote about it at the time: “Shot in a pastiche of styles – for most of the interviews, the camera keeps a respectful distance, but for Ford’s own confessions, he shoots almost uncomfortably close, almost daring us to look away – the somber themes are greatly enhanced by the addition of inspired poetic visuals: an angled roof against the blue of the sky, snow swirling in air against a dark night, a particularly haunting overhead shot of the grease stain on the concrete outside the garage where his brother lay down to die, which untether the film from clear narrative delineation, and send it into spiraling layers of grief and acceptance. The result is uncompromising and almost impossibly raw.” Capsule Review

12. Wonder Woman Just when we were all ready to take the DCU and chuck it into Zack Snyder’s garbage disposal, along comes Diana Prince, who revitalized the entire comic book genre, and breathed new life into what had been Warner Bros. desultory foray into comic book universes (a life almost immediately put back on life support after the disastrous Justice League debacle this past fall, but I digress). Gal Gadot’s star turn as the heroine of the summer could not have come at a more precipitous time, given the political wave of female empowerment, and Patty Jenkins’ film was thrilling and ground-breaking. DC might have only given us one winning film this year, but it certainly was a doozy. Full Review

11. Graduation Cristian Mungiu’s narratives always challenge his protagonists in deeply disturbing ways, either by dint of the oppression they are under, or the moral quandaries he elicits. His latest film, about a well-connected Romanian doctor (Adrian Tetieni) who uses his influence to illicitly aid his stricken daughter (Maria Dragus) on the eve of her college entrance exams, is another master study of moral nuance and precise scene composition. A single, wordless shot of the doctor coming home with his wife (Lia Bugnar) sitting in the kitchen tells us everything we need to know about their marriage, which is fantastic filmmaking. Mungiu greatly helped spur the Romanian cinematic revival over the last two decades, this film continues to cement his considerable legacy. Capsule Review

10. The Unknown Girl Recently, the Dardennes Bros. have been quietly making some of the more ethically absorbing films of the last few years. In 2014’s Two Days, One Night, we got to see the plight of a depressed woman attempting to get her old job back by pleading with her co-workers; here, we follow an obsessive doctor, Jenny (Adèle Haenel), after a young woman is murdered after first trying to gain entry into her small clinic after hours. Jenny devotes most of her time and energy not to try and solve the crime, but only to discover the identity of the woman so she can notify her family. You get the impression the Dardennes – whose previous oeuvre contains many unflinching dramas – want to lay out the ways we need to respond to our fellow human beings in order to be truly happy with ourselves. It says something that their protagonists stand out so much for simply just doing the right thing. Capsule Review

9. Personal Shopper Kristen Stewart has become far more than a starlet; she’s a bloody force of nature. Working again with Olivier Assayas (their previous collaboration, Clouds of Sils Maria, was also very strong), the two have made a film so filled with provocative energy, it can’t stay in one place for very long. Part ghost story; part fashion treatise; part character study; part Millennial ode, it moves in so many directions, you can’t catch your breath. Rather than feel scattershot, however, it’s anchored by Stewart and her undeniable screen presence. It will be fascinating to watch the rest of her career play out as she gets older and her muse carries her in different directions. Full Review

8. My Happy Family One of the joys of going to a festival like Sundance (and having critic friends with excellent taste) is getting to catch films you likely wouldn’t have seen under normal circumstances. Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß’s Georgian drama concerns a middle-aged matriarch (Ia Shugliashvili, in a fantastic performance) who suddenly decides to move out of her busy apartment where her vast extended family live, and move into her own flat where she can hear herself think. To her husband’s consternation, no matter how tightly the thumbscrews are applied, she remains resolute, which comes to make more and more sense as the drama unfurls. Currently on Netflix, I can’t recommend this one strongly enough. Capsule Review

7. I, Tonya One of the true surprises at last year’s TIFF, Craig Gillespie’s black comedy plays out the life and times of Tonya Harding with verve, wit, and absolutely brilliant performances, none more so that Allison Janey’s scene-stealing turn as Tonya’s witheringly acerbic mother. “Through a series of recreated interviews with the participants, screenwriter Steven Rogers has a grand time, breaking 4th walls, and giving glorious, epithet-spewing life to its decidedly lowbrow characters. Admirably, it also manages to make salient points as to the nature of celebrity culture, and the simple, one-dimensional character forms that American society so adores. It’s a colorful noisemaker, with a strand of barbed wire wrapped around the handle.” Capsule Review

6. Lady Bird Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut was a spiky, scintillating reverie on teen identity, and the difficulties of holding onto those things that most matter to you even as you strive to open yourself up to totally new experiences. “At its heart, too, through all of its sweetly comic undertones -- and laugh out loud bits of extemporaneous dialogue that flows through Gerwig's script like a guzzle of warm syrup -- it's an emotionally powerful evocation of the way loving parents and their children have to forge a way to learn to live apart from one another. "I want you to be the very best version of yourself you can be," her mother tells her at one point, and Lady Bird's struggle to figure out just who that might be is thoroughly captivating.” Full Review

5. The Florida Project A kind of reimagined Little Rascals, but set at an Orlando residence motel on the dirty outskirts of the strip outside Disney World, Sean Baker’s film is filled with the vitality and spark of life, even as the lives it depicts are difficult and often suffering. As far as the children of these hard-scrabble parents are concerned, the whole area is like an unsupervised playground. Featuring fantastic performances from the children – and a wondrous turn by Willem Dafoe, as the building manager – none more so than impossibly young Brooklynn Prince, the film is smart, sassy, and, at the end, extremely moving. Full Review

4. Get Out Much digital ink has already been spilled (um, generated?) in praise of Jordan Peele’s stunning directorial debut, a brilliant comedy/horror-based dissection of racial politics in this country, but here’s just a bit more: Peele’s film is so tightly constructed and carefully put together, it works equally well on multiple levels. That a film so loaded with racial politics can also be so damn entertaining is a marvel that needs to be seen multiple times before fully appreciated. Full Review

3. Phantom Thread Not that there was any serious doubt before but Paul Thomas Anderson is so fully in control of his craft he can make a riveting, emotionally wrenching film from a fussbudget dressmaker who likes his breakfast to be eerily silent. It helps when you have the luminescent efforts of a fantastic cast – lead by Daniel Day Lewis, in his reported last ever film role – but PTA is also the man who put that cast together and got such fantastic performances out of them. It’s a love story from a particularly obtuse angle – in this way, somewhat reminiscent of PTA’s earlier Punch Drunk Love – but takes such vibrant risks along the way, it’s all you can do to keep from applauding midway through. Delicate, fussy, nuanced, and absolutely gorgeous to look at (thank you, DP PTA!), with a wondrous score from Johnny Greenwood, it’s almost shockingly good. If this is indeed Day-Lewis’ last film, he’s gone out with a hell of a swansong. Full Review

2. Call Me By Your Name I have written more about this film, and the year’s best winner, over this year than I can ever remember doing before. Hence, I quote but one of my various musings thusly: “The film’s first couple of hours are perfectly entertaining, but is in its closing scenes that it goes from engaging to sublime, including a monologue from [Michael] Stuhlbarg, consoling his now-bereft son, that is truly one for the ages. The closing credits, set over a long, single-take of Elio’s face in front of the fire, will sear your soul.” Full Review

1. A Ghost Story Ladies and gentlemen, David Lowery’s powerful meditation on love, time, and the fallacy of human legacy was the only film this year that very nearly dropped me to my knees in anguish as I departed the theater. You can actually view it as having something of a happy ending, but even so, it strikes nerves deep in your cerebral cortex you never even knew existed before. “It’s a film of felt, quiet spaces, whose emotional intensity builds in small increments to become at times almost overwhelming. It goes places you don’t expect, and keeps you there, frozen stiff in your chair, as it comes full circle. It’s definitely not a film for everybody – if, for example, you require three full acts and complete character arcs, you might want to take a flyer – but for the people who can hang with it, it has an enormous amount to offer.” Full Review

Other Worthy Mentions:

47 Meters Down, A Gray State, Abundant Acreage Available, Atomic Blonde, Baby Driver, Bad Day for the Cut, Beach Rats, Beatriz at Dinner, Blame, Did You Wonder Who Shot the Gun?, Dunkirk, I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore, Jane, Killing Ground, mother!, Quest, The Cage Fighter, The Endless, The Force, The Square, Thumper

The 5 Worst Films of 2017

5. Mary Shelley “Unfortunately, working from a truly terrible script from Emma Jensen, Al Mansour’s film is at best inartful, and at worst, the kind of simplistic, every-scene-has-a-point! pabulum that would embarrass a high school English class. Each element of Frankenstein is foreshadowed (here, Mary learns about galvanism; here, she sees an article about sewing body parts together, et al.), as if all she needed to do to write the novel was to pluck them directly from the sources. Even the film’s strongest moments – where Al Mansour, the worlds first female Saudi director, gets to show 18th century male oppression at its most vile and condescending – get watered down under that lead weight of a script. Everyone deserved better.” Capsule Review

4. Hostiles “Cooper confuses macho bravado and grittiness for any kind of verisimilitude – there are a staggering number of plot holes, and character inconsistencies – including the continual presence of a pretty frontierswoman (Rosamund Pike), whose family was wiped out by a group of marauding Comanche – that only serve to move the meandering plot forward. Worse yet, the action sequences themselves are both incoherent, and oddly designed (one of the oddest choices is putting us outside a closed series of tents in one scene, such that the action sequence is totally lost on us). The male actors sport very real and copious facial hair, as to suggest the worthiness of the project, but any filmmaker that can take a pair of powerhouse actors like Bale and Ben Foster and reduce them to this level of low-wattage really needs to self-examine.” Capsule Review

3. The Promise “Worse than any of its stylistic decisions, however, is to take something as horrific and criminally under-represented as the Armenian genocide and saddle it with a hokey love story that is virtually lifeless on its own. Naturally, the timeliness of the film -- taking us back to another age where virulent nationalism ran rampant, and minority groups were targeted as the subjects of its wrath -- is all too sickeningly relevant in the age of Brexit and Steve Bannon's type of exclusionist populism, but even there, the film either falters on the side of its overbaked plot, or sticks its more relevant political points in blithely didactic lurchings. ("This whole country is a graveyard," one character says.)” Full Review

2. Aardvark “A turgid, draggy drama (mostly around the premise that Slate’s character has to be an almost impossibly bad therapist to do to her patient what she pulls off here), a pasty comedy, coddled around a fantastically unbelievable premise and its flailing execution, the film tries to play with our sense of reality, using Quinto’s recurring hallucinations, but it doesn’t even want to bother to play by its own rules. It’s hard for me to imagine those talented actors reading this script and signing off on it, but here we are.” Capsule Review

1. Kidnap “As a means of conveying information, Knate Lee's "script" calls for Karla to talk incessantly to herself in the car, narrating her dilemma ("So now what's the plan?" she asks herself at one point, quickly concluding that she hasn't got one) pretty much so former Oscar-winner Berry has something to do other than grit her teeth and bleed out the nose. She also has a penchant for broad exclamatory statements ("Wherever you go, I'll be right behind you, no matter what!" and so forth). The effect is like overhearing a young boy playing with his GI Joes.” Full Review

Other Dishonorable Entries:

Axolotl Overdrive, Baywatch, The Mummy

Random Notes:

Inexplicably Overrated: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Biggest Welcome Surprise(s): I, Tonya, Lady Bird, Logan

Most Bitter Disappointment(s): Downsizing, Mary Shelley, The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Film That Critics Got Wrong: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Film(s) I Totally Whiffed On: Coco, I Love You, Daddy

Best Upcoming Releases of 2018

1. The Rider 2. Lean on Pete 3. Happy End 4. Chappaquiddick

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Sons Of Silver (Band) - World On Fire - The SDR Show Interview

Sons Of Silver band members Peter Argyropoulos, Brina Kabler, Kevin Haaland, and Adam Kury join Ralph Sutton and Geno Bisconte and discuss recording their latest album "Quarantined In California" together in the same room, how the band got together and where the name "Sons Of Silver" came from, the issue Ralph has with their social media accounts, the wide range of where they were all born and grew up, tour schedules, their first experiences with sex, drugs, and rock n' roll, a live performance of "Deep Division" by Sons Of Silver and so much more!

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hello everyone, today (1 December in India)bhagavad gita session will start at 6 pm IST, After 8 hours, 45 minutes from now, please use the below link for Converting Indian Standard Time to your Local Time Zone and use the next Google Calendar link for checking timing of upcoming sessions. hola a todos, hoy (1 de diciembre en India) la sesión de bhagavad gita comenzará a las 6 pm IST, después de 8 horas, 45 minutos a partir de ahora, use el siguiente enlace para convertir la hora estándar de la India a su zona horaria local y utilice el siguiente enlace de Google Calendar para comprobar los horarios de las próximas sesiones. bonjour à tous, aujourd'hui (1er décembre en Inde) la session de bhagavad gita commencera à 6 pm IST, après 8 heures et 45 minutes à partir de maintenant, veuillez utiliser le lien ci-dessous pour convertir l'heure normale de l'Inde en votre zone d'heure locale et utiliser le prochain lien du calendrier Google pour vérifier les horaires des sessions à venir. ఈ రోజు భగవద్గీత సెషన్ సాయంత్రం 6 గంటలకు ప్రారంభమవుతుంది, రాబోయే సెషన్ల సమయాన్ని తనిఖీ చేయడానికి తదుపరి గూగుల్ క్యాలెండర్ లింక్‌ను ఉపయోగించండి. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bhagavad+gita+Demystified+&iso=20201201T18&p1=505 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=11dayhealingsession%40gmail.com&ctz=Asia%2FKolkata Accra Tue 12:30 Addis Ababa Tue 15:30 Adelaide * Tue 23:00 Algiers Tue 13:30 Almaty Tue 18:30 Amman Tue 14:30 Amsterdam Tue 13:30 Anadyr Wed 00:30 Anchorage Tue 03:30 Ankara Tue 15:30 Antananarivo Tue 15:30 Asuncion * Tue 09:30 Athens Tue 14:30 Atlanta Tue 07:30 Auckland * Wed 01:30 Baghdad Tue 15:30 Bangalore Tue 18:00 Bangkok Tue 19:30 Barcelona Tue 13:30 Beijing Tue 20:30 Beirut Tue 14:30 Belgrade Tue 13:30 Berlin Tue 13:30 Bogota Tue 07:30 Boston Tue 07:30 Brasilia Tue 09:30 Brisbane Tue 22:30 Brussels Tue 13:30 Bucharest Tue 14:30 Budapest Tue 13:30 Buenos Aires Tue 09:30 Cairo Tue 14:30 Calgary Tue 05:30 Canberra * Tue 23:30 Cape Town Tue 14:30 Caracas Tue 08:30 Casablanca * Tue 13:30 Chicago Tue 06:30 Copenhagen Tue 13:30 Dallas Tue 06:30 Dar es Salaam Tue 15:30 Darwin Tue 22:00 Denver Tue 05:30 Detroit Tue 07:30 Dhaka Tue 18:30

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Wub-Fur Winter Hit Parade 2019

Time swings Like a wrecking ball into things Youth fades As quickly as a hit parade… – Stephin Merritt, In My Secret Place

A mid-Winter parade of 21 songs that ought to be hits from 21 of the brightest stars in 2019’s indie rock/power pop/punk firmament. Featuring contributions from Ex Hex, Bob Mould, Bad Hombres, Sunflower Bean, The Neon Brothers, Stove, Bad Sleep, Vacation, Mythical Motors, and a dozen more bands that probably couldn’t march in formation if their lives depended on it.

Cover image adapted from Max Ernst’s “Colorado of Medusa, Color Raft of Medusa,” 1953. Apologies to Max, as well as to Mr. Stephin Merritt of Boston, Massachussetts and Mr. Steven Morrissey of Los Angeles, California.

Play on 8tracks | Play on Mixcloud (or scroll down to use one of the embedded players below)

Running Time: 1 hour, 14 seconds

Tracklist

Cosmic Cave (2:54) — Ex Hex | Washington, DC *

Stoned Face-Man (2:47) — Om Wahs | Austin, TX *

Things You Do (2:54) — Leopard Print Taser | Somerville, MA †

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“Berliner Fernsehturm” * Foto: BernardoUPloud

This story was written for the #14DaysofOutlander event, hosted by @scotsmanandsassenach

Chapter 11: 14 Men (7)

"I hope you know that you are very welcome, not only because you are giving us this information or as a medical professional, but as a human being. And I hope you'll be able to settle in."

Claire nodded. Then she reached out her hand and put it on the old man's right hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Groide. I appreciate it."

"You can call me Ferdinand, if you like."

"Sure, Ferdinand, I'm Claire."

"Thanks, Claire."

"Well, after that eventful work meeting, let's have a nice drink, shall we? How about a whisky?"

Jamie looked at them expectantly.

Claire nodded.

"I'd love one."

Groide shook his head.

"Jamie, you know I don't drink that stuff. I'll have a vodka, please."

"You see Claire," said Jamie with an ironic undertone, "you might as well learn something about the Germans here. When it comes to alcohol, they have no taste."

He handed her a glass of whisky.

"He's right, Claire. And remember one more thing: We have absolutely no sense of humor either."

The men began to giggle and Jamie had to stop for a moment before he handed the glass of vodka to Groide.

"You may say what you usually say about my taste in alcohol, Jamie," Groide then said jokingly.

Jamie looked at Claire with a grin.

"He spent too much time with Russians, they spoiled his taste."

"Sa sdarovje!" was all Groide would answer. Then he turned to Claire again:

"You said earlier that you intend to ask for a divorce from your husband?"

"Yes, I do. I hope it's also possible from here."

Groide looked at her thoughtfully.

"Do you object to Claire's request, Ferdinand?"

"No, I understand the request very well. I'm just worried it might put MI5 on to you, Jamie."

A mild shock drove Claire through and she nearly choked on the whisky she'd just taken.

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"I think there's a way we can avoid this. Ever since Claire spoke of filing for divorce, I've been thinking about who could help her."

"Well? Who did you have in mind?" Groide asked.

"I have come to the conclusion that I would recommend the service of Stephanie Svart to her," Jamie replied and turned to Claire.

"She is an excellent specialist family law attorney and the law firm she works for has offices in several Western European countries. I don't know 100%, but I would be very much mistaken if they didn't also have cooperation with American law firms. They could try to do it through their Amsterdam office ... That would move the focus away from Berlin and into one of the countries that is currently in a very tense relationship with the UK ... I don't think they would send anyone there because of the marital disputes of an MI5 employee like Randall. If you add to that the fact that Claire fears repression from her violent husband, you don't even have to give a home address. You can use the address at the law firm."

Groide nodded smiling and held his empty glass out to Jamie.

"Well thought out."

"Who is this lawyer?" Claire asked.

"We've known her a long time. My Uncle Jared had a girlfriend here in Berlin, or rather, a fiancée. Her name is Violetta Chambeau. They were supposed to get married, but then my uncle's illness came along and his death ... But 'Aunt Vio' is still family. She's the one trough whom my uncle met Stephanie Svart. They both studied at the same university. Mrs. Svart is a specialist in family and inheritance law. We trust her, and if you don't mind, then..."

"Well, I don't know any lawyers here, and if she's trustworthy... no, I don't mind if you make contact."

"I've already made an appointment with her, just in case. We could meet her tomorrow morning."

Claire nodded.

"The sooner I get this over with, the better."

She reached for her whisky and took a big sip.

"What do you think, Ferdinand?"

"I think it's a good idea."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the library door. Jamie shouted, "Come in!" and Helene Ballin appeared.

"Mr. Groide, out of your jacket in the hall there comes the sound of a bell. I assume it's your smartphone?"

Groide jumped up and hurried out of the room.

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About ten minutes later, he came back.

"Excuse me, but this call was important."

The old man sat down, then he looked at Jamie with a serious look:

"A Carl from Boston called the office at ‘In Vino Veritas’ and asked to speak to you..."

Now Jamie and Claire looked at him in shock.

"I've convinced him that I'm a good friend of yours and that he can talk to me too."

"What did he say?" Jamie asked, his voice giving way his tension.

"He said a man named Randall called the hotel limo service and asked for a specific car..."

Claire's face changed color in one fell swoop. Completely pale and with eyes filled with fear she looked at Jamie. The mention of Randall's name, and even more so the fact that he was obviously picking up her trail, had brought fear back into her life within seconds.

"What happened? What did he say?" Jamie asked.

"They put Randall's call through to Carl because they knew he was your driver. Carl told Randall, that he drove you to his home, as Randall already knew, and then to the Boston mariana.”

Jamie and Claire looked at each other first and then at Groide.

"The marina?" Claire asked incredulously.

"Yes, Carl felt that it was none of this man's business where he took you. He didn’t know him and he felt his passengers had a right to discretion. That's why he told Randall that he drove you to the quay next to the ‘Yacht Haven Inn & Mariana’. There, he said, you boarded a large yacht. This yacht arrived at the quay at the same time as the limousine and left immediately after both of you went on board. Randall asked him if he had seen the name of the yacht or if he could remember the flag. Carl replied that he had not paid attention to it. But he assumed that it was a private yacht.

Claire closed her eyes. Her body relaxed, if only slowly. Jamie smiled. Groide remained silent for a few moments. He knew that the two people sitting in front of him would have to digest this shock first. Then Jamie stood up and filled the glasses with whisky and vodka again. After they had drunk in silence, Groide resumed the conversation:

"Well, that went well once again. At least that's how it looks at the moment. But it's not impossible that Randall recognized you, Jamie. So, for the time being, you won't be taking any assignments outside of Europe... who do you suggest as a replacement?"

"The best man we have. My adopted son."

"When will he be ready?"

"I'll call him in the morning and get back to you first thing."

"Well, I hope he agrees to take over your duties."

“Tür” by CJ

When Claire and Jamie got off the elevator an hour later and walked down the hall to their rooms, she asked, whispering:

"Does your comment about Ferdinand's relationship with the Russians have any deeper meaning?"

"You mean, if Ferdinand really was involved with Russians?"

"Hm hm."

"I don't know, it's a joke between us. Ever since I first met him, I've tried drinking whisky with him. But he always refused, and so far he's stuck to vodka. But I wouldn't be surprised if he had dealings with Russians as part of his service. As far as I know, he came to Berlin to study. That must have been a little over 40 years ago. So it was still the Cold War period."

They had stopped at the door of Claire's room.

"Don't worry, Jamie, I'm not here to question you."

"Oh, I don't think that's top secret information."

He looked at her and his eyes got caught on her dress.

"Claire..."

"Yeah?"

"What you did tonight... it was remarkable. So much acumen, intelligence. It will have... certainly... taken a lot of strength from you. And tomorrow will be no less exhausting... will you be able to sleep? Is there anything else I can do for you?”

"Thank you, but I think I’m fine.”

"If there's anything else... I'll be right here.”

He pointed to the door of his room.

"I'll leave the phone on, just in case.”

"Thanks, Jamie. You're very kind. Good night."

"Good night, Claire."

She opened the door and entered her room. When she had closed the door behind her, she held her hand on the door leaf for a moment, as if she could still maintain contact with Jamie in this way. This man touched something inside her. Something that was buried deep under years of neglect, harshness and unkindness that she had experienced through Frank Randall. For the first time since the death of her Uncle Lambert, she felt that someone else really cared about her. Claire went to her bed, pulled out her pyjamas from under her pillow and changed. Then she went to the small desk that stood under one of the windows and turned on the small lamp that was placed at the right side. From one of her suitcases she took a diary. She sat down at the desk and began to make notes about the evening and about the conversation with Ferdinand Groide. An hour later, Claire closed the book and put it back into the suitcase. She sat down on the bed and reached for her handbag, which she had left on the nightstand. Claire opened it and pulled a zipper attached to the lining. Another zipper was attached to the bottom of this inner bag. When one opened it, you entered a compartment that was hidden in the bottom of the handbag and not visible from the outside. Claire reached into this compartment and then looked thoughtfully at the six silver USB flash drives on her hand. What had Frank once said? You can't let all your cards go at once. She had agreed with Frank only on a few things, but on this point she had to agree with him. Slowly she put the USB flash drives back and closed the handbag. After she had freshened up a bit in the bathroom and put a big glass of mineral water on the bedside table, she lay down and turned off the light. Claire looked up at the ridge of the roof. Through the glass she could see the night sky. She wondered if Jamie was now lying in his bed and looking up there as well. With this thought she fell asleep.

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Lowell’s Hodge pens book on running

Because the director of the Berlin Public Library, Bob Hodge is surrounded by 1000’s of books.

It appears becoming he’d write one.

Hodge, a Lowell native, is the writer of “Story of the Instances: A Runner’s Story,” a 218-page guide launched in March.

A 1973 graduate of Lowell Excessive College, Hodge continues to be thought of one of many Merrimack Valley’s nice runners. One among his information at LHS was simply damaged final 12 months, a testomony to his expertise and drive.

A longtime resident of Clinton, Hodge devotes loads of area in his guide to Lowell.

“There may be a variety of Lowell within the guide,” he stated. “It formed all the things. I grew up within the Acre, close to the North Frequent, on Butterfield Avenue. I did a variety of working there.”

Hodge has lengthy written for working magazines. He has additionally written blogs. However this was his first foray into writing a guide.

“The enjoyable half was the writing. Corralling it right into a guide is a unique matter,” he stated. “I’m proud of it. There’s not a giant advertising and marketing factor as a result of it got here out in March.”

He had plans to do a guide signing in downtown Lowell at Marx Operating & Health, earlier than the Boston Marathon, however these plans had been scrapped by the coronavirus.

Hodge writes about his life working. There’s loads to debate. He estimates he’s run properly over 100,000 miles.

At Lowell Excessive, he was the Class A two-mile indoor and outside champion. He completed fourth within the state in cross nation his senior 12 months.

He ran for 2 years at UMass Lowell (then ULowell) and his post-college accomplishments are quite a few. He completed third within the 1979 Boston Marathon in a blistering time of two:12:30.

“It was a giant shock,” he stated. “My purpose was to complete within the prime 10. It was an enormous private greatest.”

Extremely, 4 of the highest 10 finishers that 12 months had been members of the Better Boston Monitor Membership.

Six years later, he crossed sixth at Boston.

He was the winner of the Beppu-Oita Marathon in Japan in 1982. He cemented his legendary standing on the Mount Washington Street Race, a grueling 7.6 mile climb. He gained the occasion seven occasions, from 1976-80, 1985 and 1987. He additionally ran at two U.S. Olympic Trials.

His time at UMass Lowell didn’t finish in 1976. He went on to teach the college’s ladies’s cross nation and monitor groups from 1986-90.

In the present day he’s 65 — and nonetheless working. He runs practically every single day, although his mileage is significantly decrease than throughout his glory days. “It’s kind of like working,” he stated with amusing. “I’d miss it if I didn’t do it.”

The guide is offered on Amazon. A dozen or so copies are additionally accessible on the Marx Operating & Health location in Acton.

Going the gap

Monday was the final day runners may nearly run the 2020 Boston Marathon in an effort to formally full the race.

COVID-19 cancelled the April 20 race, then the rescheduled Sept. 14 race. Runners may choose their course. They simply needed to end in underneath six hours.

Scott Graham and Liza Zappala each handled accidents this summer time. However each had particular causes to complete.

Graham was trying to run his 34th consecutive Boston Marathon. Zappala needed to increase her BM streak to 19.

Graham, a Westford resident, had run 26.2 miles on April 20 and the BAA was set to increase his streak. However Graham needed to take part within the digital run. He was decided. So decided, the truth is, that he completed the feat at a monitor in Moultonborough, N.H. Carrying a headlamp, he started at 3:45 a.m. The primary 10 laps had been straightforward. The ultimate 50 or so weren’t. To be able to give his legs a break from the fixed turns, he modified route each 10 laps.

Lastly, after a dizzying 106 laps, he had reached his purpose. No. 34 in a row was within the books.

Zappala picked a extra conventional route.

Beginning in New Citadel, she ran down the New Hampshire coast final Saturday, profiting from excellent climate. The Academy of Notre Dame athletic director wasn’t positive what to anticipate. Her longest coaching run was 18 miles, and it hadn’t gone properly. To her shock, she felt sturdy and ended her run over the border in Newburyport, in a terrific time of three hours, 47 minutes.

Zappala’s BM streak is 19 and he or she has now accomplished 21 Boston’s. The Derry, N.H., resident has accomplished 42 marathons, however none examine to Saturday’s run for breathtaking surroundings, she stated.

Campus security

Because of the coronavirus, the one athletes on the UMass Lowell campus are males’s hockey, males’s basketball and girls’s basketball gamers. The athletes, coaches and trainers are examined as soon as per week.

Males’s hockey head coach Norm Bazin stated his group has had all destructive checks to this point. Part 2 begins Tuesday, that means Bazin’s group might be damaged up into two teams. For the primary two weeks the group was divided into 4 teams. The group is skating twice per week on the Tsongas Heart and all gamers are sporting masks on the ice.

Bazin and his group are ready for Hockey East to decide on when the 2020-21 season will begin. The one certainty is the earliest the season will begin is November.

Director of Athletics Peter Casey stated there has additionally been no constructive checks among the many two basketball groups. To date, so good as all three River Hawk groups practice for his or her winter seasons.

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yesthatssadirichardslove · 4 years

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As coronavirus hits pause on touring, musicians perform NEW YORK/PARIS

As the coronavirus pandemic hits indefinite pause on concerts and touring, many musicians are instead streaming shows for tens of thousands of fans self-quarantining.

Artists including Neil Young, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Christine and the Queens are among those who have played online shows for the folks at home, as governments worldwide ban mass gatherings and urge people to hunker down.

"Because we are all at home and not many are venturing out, we will try to do a stream from my fireplace with my lovely wife filming," Young said on his website.

"It will be a down-home production, a few songs, a little time together," said the Canadian-born rocker, who this year became an American citizen.

Coldplay's frontman Martin played an Instagram live show on Monday, a decidedly more intimate concert than the high-production arena shows the British band usually sells out.

"Maybe 9/11 was the last time I felt like we were all together," Martin said of the pandemic, as he spoke directly to the camera and took requests that included his band's early hit "Yellow" and later work like "Viva La Vida."

The 43-year-old sported a low-key sweater and beanie as he switched between his piano and guitar, quipping at one point: "I don't want to press any buttons in case it ends things."

Martin's virtual show was part of a collaboration between the World Health Organization and Global Citizen -- an organization aimed at combatting extreme poverty -- entitled "Together, At Home."

The Coldplay crooner announced at the end of his concert that R&B star John Legend was next in line, joking that: "You can see a real piano player who doesn't need fireworks to play."

Hugh Evans, the CEO of Global Citizen, told AFP the series is natural because "music has long been a unifying force in times of crisis."

"Millions are staying at home and isolating," he said. "Artists and musicians have rallied to give us encouragement, hope and a shared mission to take action to fight coronavirus."

Boston's beloved Dropkick Murphys streamed a St Patrick's day show despite the city's normally raucous celebrations being cancelled.

And country star Keith Urban, forced to cancel a show in Houston, was joined by his wife Nicole Kidman for a concert, telling fans: "We're down here in the warehouse -- this is our joint, where we store everything -- and we thought we'd break out the camera, the iPhone, and stream live."

It's not just the world of pop and rock descending online: the classical world is also keeping up with the times, with many companies opening up archives of shows online and broadcasting concerts for free.

New York's Metropolitan Opera -- closed over coronavirus at least through March -- is streaming a different show nightly from its collection over the past 14 years -- with shows like "Carmen" and "La Boheme" on deck.

"During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Met hopes to brighten the lives of our audience members even while our stage is dark," the company said.

The Berlin Philharmonic, closed until April 19, is also playing for a "virtual concert hall" archive.

"We hope that through this initiative we can give pleasure to as many people as possible with our music. We already miss our public very much and hope that in this way we can remain in contact with our audience," said principal cellist Olaf Maninger.

In France, singer-songwriter Jean-Louis Aubert -- co-founder of the group Telephone -- told AFP that "as a cyber-troubadour" he can begin to overcome the "solitude" of life in the time of coronavirus.

An hour-and-half show online accumulated millions of views and 65,000 comments.

"I was really moved," he said. "I received a lot of messages, notably from infected people, who told me I'd given them a breath of fresh air -- that I'd managed to relax them for a few minutes."

And in Italy -- a coronavirus hotspot that's posted the highest number of deaths after China at 2,503, of more than 31,500 cases -- rocker Gianna Nannini streamed an acoustic show on social media.

"We will do everything possible to overcome this terrible moment together," she said. "The ugly thing about this virus is loneliness. Each of us must make something of our own available to our community."

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