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dustedmagazine · 7 days

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Zachary Cale — Next Year’s Ghost (Org Music)

You think of Zachary Cale.You think of a guitar. Indeed, the Dusted review of his pandemic-era epic False Spring in 2022 started right away with the six-string, observing, “Zachary Cale has a guitar sound that is instantly recognizable, very warm and clear and lucid, surrounded by an amplifying echo but fundamentally unhazed by overtones. Whether acoustic or electric, his playing speaks to you plainly, directly and rather beautifully.” Well you can forget about all that this time, because with Next Year’s Ghost, Cale moves to the piano (and other keyboards). The first note you hear on this eight-song album is the low, reverberating tone found at the far left end of the piano keyboard, and it ushers in a moody, ruminative set of songs with far less guitar than usual.

The story is that Cale spent part of the pandemic wandering over the bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn, ending up at artist friend’s studio Red Hook that happened to house a piano. He played at first as a form of therapy, a way to escape the fear and boredom of COVID’s first waves. But over time, songs emerged, with dark-toned and lingering melodies and lyrics about human fragility.

Cale wrote these songs for voice and piano but he brought in friends to realize them fully. Shahzad Ismaily works his subtle atmospherics in bass and various synthesizers. Woodsy Pride guitarist Uriah Theriault fills in on electric. Jeremy Gustin of Delicate Steve and Okkervil River plays the drums.Other Brooklynites turn in arresting cameos like JR Bohannon’s pedal steel in “House on Fire” and Anni Rossi and Brent Arnold’s mini-string section in the haunting “Fragile Line.” There’s no escaping the brooding pall that these songs cast, but the arrangements lend them a bit of lightness and mobility.

Consider, for instance, “Fragile Line” which emerges out of the smoke and shadows of effected guitar, a flickering blues in the way its tone flares and swells. Then the piano joins in, a steady, regular motif giving the song clarity and purpose. Cale’s voice is strong and sound here, cutting through the sound effortlessly and reaching up into the higher registers in the chorus without faltering. And yet though he sings easily, the emotions he describes are more difficult: doubt, confusion, inability to see the point of it all.“Such a fragile line, scribbled on a wall, was that a joke or a prayer, in the bathroom stall,”he croons, and who knows? It was a weird couple of years.

“House on Fire” is one of the best of these songs. Cale sings in the most beautifully resigned way about everything going to shit, a shrug at losses too steep to measure. Still it’s the way that JR Bohannon’s pedal steel weaves the desolation that makes it so good, the way that it threads beauty through the wreckage. Like it, early single “Shatterstar,” puts sad, grey lyrics into a nearly hopeful context, the piano riff lilting up, the chorus a balm, the melody letting a little bit of sunshine slip through the gloom.

Jennifer Kelly

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ismailignosis · 3 months

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Do Ismailis Have to Fast in Ramadan? Zahiri & Batini Fasting in Ismaili History

In contemporary Ismaili Muslim practice, the obligatory religious duties (wajibat) for all Ismaili Muslims are Du‘a (daily prayer), Dasond (zakat), and obeying the farmans of the Imam of the Time. Click to Read the Full Article

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#abrogation #aga khan #aga khan III #fasting #five pillars #haqiqi sawm #imamat #Islam #ismaili #ismailism #quran #Ramadan #Sawm #ta&039;wil

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bixpicks · 6 months

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Bix Picks 2023

10. H. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers (Heavenly)

Track: Milk For Flowers

Charmingly askew Singer-songwriter with a 70's pop bent

9. James Ellis Ford - The Hum (Warp)

Track: I Never Wanted Anything

Heavy Eno vibes On producers' producer's Debut solo set

8. André 3000 - New Blue Sun (Epic)

Track: I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a "Rap Album" But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time

If you loved Outkast And miss hearing André rap This is not for you

7. A. Savage - Several Songs About Fire (Rough Trade)

Track: Thanksgiving Prayer

Chiller than Parquet And at times even better Easy vibe to ride

6. Kofi Flexxx - Flowers in the Dark (Native Rebel)

Track: It Was a All a Dream

Mystery man (but Clearly Shabaka Hutchings) Jazzy, rappy, soul

5. The Clientele - I Am Not That There Anymore (Merge)

Track: Fables of the Silverlink

Sonic departure From their signature sound yet Still retains their charm

4. Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile (Verve)

Track: To Remain/To Return

A healing ear balm Hypnotic voice entwines with Jazzy ambience

3. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem )

Track: Borealis Dancing Bright, bursting with life And wildly inventive R.I.P. Jaimie

2. Billy Woods x Kenny Segal - Maps (Backwoodz Studioz)

Track: FaceTime Clearly in the midst Of his imperial phase This might be his best

1. Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Parlophone)

Track: The Narcissist

A somber affair Yet brimming with love and hope Midlife is rubbish

HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order)

-Animal Collective - Isn’t It Now? (Domino) -BCMC - Foreign Smokes (Drag City) -Cornelius - Dream in Dream (Warner Music Japan) -Blake Mills - Jelly Road (New Deal/Verve) -Natural Information Society - Since Time is Gravity (Eremite) -The Necks - Travel (Northern Spy) -Slowdive - everything is alive (Dead Oceans) -Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty) -Wilco - Cousins (dBpm) -Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World (Matador)

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parkerbombshell · 8 months

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Rules Free Radio Oct 2 2023

Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm EST Rules Free Radio With Steve Caplan bombshellradio.com On the next Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, the fall new release season is in full swing including a lot of new ones by singer-songwriters Jenny Owens Youngs, Luluc, Sujan Stevens, Devendra Banhart, plus new and recent music from Susanna Hoffs, Another Michael, Sinikka Langeland, The Catholic Girls, Cleo Sol, The Jack Rubies, The Coral, Yeule, Dom La Nena, Will Butler + Sister Squares, Teenage Fanclub, and others. We'll hear music from Spirit, The Moody Blues, Triptides, Del Shannon, Graham Nash, Ward White, David Bowie, Neil Finn, Tina Turner, Rosanne Cash, Todd Rundgren, Astor Piazzolla, and a bunch more, starting with a newly released single by Jenny James and Michael Doman, called You Ain’t Gonna Catch Me. Jenny James & Michael Doman - You Ain't Gonna Catch Me The Catholic Girls - Hear My Prayer Spirit - 1984 Max Frost and The Troopers - Shape of Things to Come Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) The Jack Rubies - Poltergeist Teenage Fanclub - Foreign Land Triptides - Flashing Before Your Eyes Trader Horne - Sheena The Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw Will Butler + Sister Squares - Willows Ward White - DeSoto David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes Tina Turner - Under My Thumb Anna Ternheim - China Girl Susanna Hoffs - You Don't Own Me Helena Deland - Dog Rosanne Cash - The Summer I Read Collette Jenny Owens Youngs - It’s Later Than You Think Targen - It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue The Coral - Child Of The Moon Neil Finn - Last One Standing Todd Rundgren - Wailing Wall Another Michael - Angel Graham Nash - Simple Man Noah Kahan - Growing Sideways Vanessa Peters - Sister Golden Hair Yeule - Fish In The Pool Jenny Owens Youngs - Now Comes the Mystery Nils Lofgren - Birds Katie Pruitt - After The Gold Rush Luluc - Hooked Nick Drake - Fruit Tree Devendra Banhart - Fireflies Bibio - Sunbursting Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me Liset Alea - Asphalt Flowers Dom La Nena - Universo Astor Piazzolla - Finale (Tango Apasionado) Susheela Rama - Trust in Me Gustavo Santaolalla - Apertura Shakti - Sono Mama Cleo Sol - Nothing On Me5) Sinikka Langeland - Wind and Sun Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - To Remain/To Return Read the full article

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arrhakis · 1 year

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Ishmaelites Prayers - Tribute by Daniel Arrhakis (2023)

At least two people have died after a man wielding a knife attacked attendees at an Islamic religious centre in Lisbon. A third victim, reportedly an employee of the Ismaeli Centre, required treatment in hospital after being stabbed in the neck.

My deepest feelings and prayers for the victims of this barbaric attack to the Ishmaelite Centre in Lisbon, Portugal.

More than ever, the World needs Peace, Tolerance and Sharing in a new dawn that brings Light back to the darkness that has settled in our times...

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Pelo menos duas pessoas morreram depois que um homem empunhando uma faca atacou participantes de um centro religioso islâmico em Lisboa. Uma terceira vítima, supostamente funcionária do Centro Ismaeli, precisou de tratamento no hospital após ser esfaqueada no pescoço.

Meus mais profundos sentimentos e orações pelas vítimas deste bárbaro ataque ao Centro Ismaeli em Lisboa, Portugal.

Mais do que nunca, o Mundo precisa de Paz, Tolerância e Partilha num novo amanhecer que traga Luz de volta à escuridão que se instalou nos nossos tempos...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/28/lisbon-ismaili-centre-two-people-killed-knife-attack-portugal/

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amayasnep · 1 year

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Here's some of my favourite non-traditional contemporary mosques

The Ismaili Centre in Toronto, Canada has a certain Postmodern take on a traditional mosque, but in a way that actually looks and feels quite nice. It's clean-cut and contemporary, yet warm and inviting. The musalla (prayer room) feels open but not overly so, with a beautiful visual play between the warmth of the lighting and the blue of the sky. The only thing I'd like to see is a similar abstract take on a minaret off to the side of the "dome". This one was completed in 2014.

The Punchbowl Mosque in Sydney, Australia is very Neo-brutalist, but it's done in a way that looks visually striking both inside and out. It feels like it's striking a balance between modernity and tradition, personal and impersonal, unique yet familiar. It's hard to make concrete feel "personal", but I think they did a good job, especially through their incorporation of wood to help balance things. This one was completed in 2019.

#architecture #mosque #masjid #Postmodernism #Neo-brutalism

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profoundlyenchantingtastemaker · 2 years

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CBC News Calgary (Canada): StampEid Breakfast draws thousands for first post-pandemic celebration — Ismailimail

Calgary’s Ismaili Muslim community hosted its annual StampEid breakfast, but this year it coincided with the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha. The holiday, known as the “Festival of Sacrifice,” is often marked by communal prayers, large social gatherings and giving to those in need. According to organizers, an estimated 7,000 people attended this year’s free StampEid event on Saturday [July 9]. […]CBC…

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gain-ajr · 4 years

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Cars separate men from women waiting for prayers during Eid Al-Fitr. Casablanca, Morocco.

#photography #islam #eid #eid al fitr #prayer #salat #yassine alaoui ismaili #yoriyas #casablanca #morocco #إسلام #عيد الفطر #gain ajr

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my-shakir-mumtaz · 4 years

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Are Ahmadis [Qadyanis], Ismailis Muslim?

(Ahamdya town Rabwah—Chenab Nagar, Pakistan)

Originally answered on Quora.com on June 16th, 2017.

No. Because they openly reject that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was the last Prophet and declared Ghulam Mirza as their Prophet—-who died in the toilet. They, therefore are guilty of triple rejection. 1) Qura’anic verses, 2) Prophet Muhammad being the last of the prophethood and 3) Accepting a false…

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#A. H can change Injunctions?#Agha Khan---NOOR?#Agha Khan--Prophet?#Ahmadis #Deceptive behavior #Denying the sela of the prophethood #Deviant of Quran & Sunnah #Experiences #Ismailis #Jama&039;t Khana or Social Club?#Misinterpretation of God&039;s words #Prayer #Prophet died in toilet?#Qadiyanis #religion

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xtruss · 3 years

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IN PICTURES | REMOTE PLACES | AFGHANISTAN

A New Road To An Inaccessible Land

— By Simon Urwin | 2nd July 2021

Once an isolated region barely touched by the hands of time, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor stands on the brink of great change with the building of a new road linking it with China.

On the Cusp of Six Borders

Bordered by China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan lies at the very heart of Asia. Home to more than 32 million people, a quarter of its population lives in large urban centres such as Mazar-e Sharif (pictured), located 320km north-west of the capital Kabul. The fourth-largest city in the country, its centrepiece is the Shrine of Hazrit Ali – a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, which, according to local legend, is the burial place of Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. The shrine is also renowned for its flocks of white doves. Locals believe that a small speck of another colour on a bird's feathers will instantly turn pure white when in the sacred building's vicinity. (Credit: Simon Urwin)

A Remote Corridor

Some 600km to the east of Mazar-e Sharif, the Wakhan Corridor (pictured) is a world apart from the rest of the country, both culturally and geographically. This 350km-long panhandle, in the region of Badakhshan, sits at the convergence of three of the world's major mountain ranges: the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram and the Pamirs – known as the Pamir Knot. "This is about as far away from the noise, the traffic and the muezzin's call to prayer of urban Afghanistan as you can get," said James Willcox of untamedborders.com, one of just a few adventure travel companies in the world that arranges trips to the region. "It is barely habited and hard to get to; few people even know of its existence. It's undoubtedly one of the remotest, and most beautiful places in the whole of Asia." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

A Rural Life

Scattered along the Wakhan Corridor are small rural settlements like Khandud (pictured), their simple houses made of stone, mud and timber. Some of the larger villages are connected by a single dirt track, often made impassible by the waters of the River Panj. "Very few people have their own car in the Wakhan, but we have community transport – as well as donkeys, and our feet, of course," said Azim Ziahee, a resident of the market town of Ishkashim, located 80km away at the Corridor's western end. "The Wakhan still remains very cut-off though. Some villages are more than four days' walk to Ishkashim. The nearest big town from here – Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan – is a three-day drive. The isolation keeps the corridor like a time capsule. We look over to the border towards Tajikistan, with its electricity, paved roads and mobile phone signal, and say that it's like looking 100 years into the future." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

Home of the Wakhi

For more than 2,500 years, the Wakhan Corridor has been the homeland of the Wakhi people and is now home to a population of around 12,000. While the majority of Afghans are conservative Sunni Muslims, the Wakhi are Ismailis, who belong to the Shia branch of Islam. Here, women do not wear the burqa, and there are no mosques; instead, the Wakhi visit jamatkhanas (houses of prayer that also serve as community halls for conducting village business). "Ismailis are considered less strict than Sunnis," said Willcox. "For example, in the Wakhan, a Western male visitor can ask permission to take a woman's photograph without causing offence. Elsewhere in Afghanistan that would be unthinkable. (Credit: Simon Urwin)

The Rhythm of Life

The Wakhi are farmers, cultivating wheat, barley, peas, potatoes, and apple and apricot trees in the semi-arid conditions of the corridor; their fields fed by melt water from mountain glaciers. Wealthier families have sheep and goats along with a few camels, yaks, horses and donkeys. "Every June, the Wakhi take their livestock to summer pastures, up as high as 4,500m, where the animals grow fat on the rich grass," said Ziahee. "The migration is called the 'kuch'. We also have the 'Chinir', which is our festival in early August to celebrate the start of the barley harvest. In the towns of Afghanistan, the five daily prayers form the structure of the day, but here, we feel a great connection to the land, and whilst we pray daily, the rhythm of life revolves more around the fields, the seasons and nature." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

A Centuries-old Tradition

One of the most distinctive traditions of the Wakhan is the centuries-old game of buzkhasi, sometimes described as rugby on horseback with the body of a goat as a ball. Thought to be an early pre-cursor to polo, buzkashi has no rules and no sides. There is certainly no sense of "fair play", as competitors will punch and whip each other in an effort to steal the goat, and broken bones are not uncommon. "The Wakhi villages love to play each other, especially at Nawruz, which is the Afghan New Year," Ziahee explained. "But here it's different to other parts of Afghanistan. Elsewhere, buzkashi is more political – put on to show the power of the elite, or by a politician as a way to win votes. Here, it is all about the competition and the community. It is one of many things that makes the Wakhan so unique." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

Untouched By Tourism

While Afghanistan's security situation dictates that much of the country is off-limits to foreigners, the corridor's relative safety, alongside its pristine mountain scenery and well-preserved Wakhi culture, has seen its appeal with off-the-beaten-trackers grow markedly in recent years. "At first there were only a handful of visitors," said Ade Summers, an adventure guide who has led nine expeditions to the Wakhan. "Over a decade, that's slowly grown to up to 600 people a year. It's a privilege to visit somewhere so untouched by mainstream tourism, where you can engage with people who still relish their traditional way of life. As you journey along the Wakhan, not only is it very beautiful, every step you take is like turning the pages of a fascinating history book." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

Part of the Silk Road

For hundreds of years, the Wakhan Corridor was an important route for merchants travelling along the Silk Road, the trade route that emerged in the 1st and 2nd Centuries BCE linking China with the Mediterranean. "Those merchants carried Chinese silk, Persian silver, Roman gold and Afghan lapis lazuli, mined here in the Badakhshan region," said Summers. "We find rock art detailing the road's history, such as petroglyphs of camels walking in single file as a trade caravan." Travellers and pilgrims followed in the merchants' footsteps. "Marco Polo is said to have passed through here on his way to China in the 13th Century, also Alexander the Great. We can still see the remains of historic travellers' shelters known as rabats, as well as ancient Buddhist stupas." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

A Strategic Place

In the late 19th Century, the Wakhan Corridor played a key role in the so-called "Great Game" between Great Britain and Russia. "When the Russians and the British were fighting for control of Central Asia, Afghanistan was hugely strategic,", said Willcox. "The Wakhan's current boundaries were formed in 1893 to create a buffer zone to prevent both parties' territories from touching each other – in this case, the British Raj and the Tsarist Russian empire. It eventually turned an old trade route into a cul-de-sac. More recent, history has seen the Wakhan caught up in the Cold War; and now the latest changes in geopolitics will have perhaps an unexpected consequence, with China's Belt and Road Initiative turning it into an important trade route once again." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

New Construction

Until recently, the dirt track from Ishkashim reached only as far as Sarhad-e Broghil in the centre of the Corridor. Onward travel east was only possible by foot or with pack animals. Now though, with Belt and Road construction, the track has been extended by some 75km, as far as the village of Bozai Gumbaz, around three quarters of the way along the Wakhan. "It follows an old trading route that the Kyrgyz nomads take to get to Sarhad from where they live around Chaqmaqtin Lake," said Summers. "The bulldozers have come in, and while they've only constructed something the size of a farmer's track, the potential consequences are much bigger. The Chinese are said to be building the stretch that will eventually connect their border with Bozai Gumbaz, something that will open up the cul-de-sac once more. Ultimately, it will give China great access to the markets of Central Asia and beyond." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

Mixed Emotions

Ziahee says that the people of the Wakhan have mixed feelings about the road's potential impact. "Some things will be good for us," he said. "We will be able to buy goats from China which will be much cheaper than from the market in Ishkashim. We hope to have access to better healthcare, too. At the moment, many of our facilities are very limited. But we worry that the unique Wakhi culture and slow way of life will be changed forever. We love the silence and beautiful nature, but fear that it will be destroyed by traffic pollution. Building a road takes a long time in the mountains, but we think in the next year or so it will be completed. Both the Chinese and Afghan governments want it to happen. Only time will tell what the future holds for us as a result." (Credit: Simon Urwin)

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