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On this date in the complicated world of music….

October 25th

2015 - Marlo Henderson

American guitarist and saxophonist Marlo Henderson died aged 67. As a session musician he played on albums such as Off the Wall by Michael Jackson and worked with Paul McCartney and Minnie Riperton.

2014 - Jack Bruce

Jack Bruce, best known as one third of Cream died of liver disease aged 71. Bruce played bass, sang and was the principal songwriter in Cream, and his CV reads like a comprehensive guide to the British blues boom, with spells in Alexis Korner’s Blues Inc, the Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Manfred Mann.

2004 - John Peel

John Peel died in Cuzco, Peru of a heart attack, aged 65. He was BBC’s longest-serving radio DJ and the first DJ to introduce the Ramones, The Smiths, Rod Stewart, Blur, the Sex Pistols, T Rex and others to the masses. He founded Dandelion Records in 1969, and was also known for his ‘Peel Sessions’, releases of live radio sessions. Peel was appointed an OBE in 1998.

2003 - Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash's step-daughter, Rosey Nix Adams and her fiddle player Jimmy Campbell were found dead on their tour bus in Clarksville, Tennessee from Carbon monoxide poisoning. Heaters that had been left on were blamed for the accident.

2002 - Richard Harris

Richard Harris, who had the 1968 US No.2 & UK No.4 hit 'MacArthur Park' died of cancer. The 72-year-old Irish-born actor had been undergoing chemotherapy at a private clinic in London. Though he charted three other times, Harris was better known for his acting roles on stage and film, most recently playing Albus Dumbledore in two Harry Potter films.

2001 - Jerry Garcia

13 law firms were still involved in claims to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia's $10m estate six years after his death. Former wives & girlfriends continued to fight on how to distribute his estate and annual royalties of $4.6m.

2000 - William Martin

William Martin drummer with Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs died of a heart attack. The quintessential Tex-Mex band of the 1960s, had the 1965 US No.2 & UK No.11 single 'Wooly Bully'.

1997 - Johnny Cash

After falling over on stage when reaching for a guitar pick, Johnny Cash announced during a gig in Michigan that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.

1992 - Roger Miller

Roger Miller died of died of lung and throat cancer in hospital in Los Angeles. Scored the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.4 single 'King Of The Road’. Miller won eleven Grammy Awards as a songwriter and seven Tony awards for writing the music and lyrics for 'Big River'. The Proclaimers had the 1990 UK No.9 hit with their version of 'King Of The Road.'

1975 - Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of 'I Only Have Eyes For You.' Written in 1934 for the film Dames the song was a No.2 hit for Ben Selvin in 1934 and most notably a hit for The Flamingos in 1959.

1970 - President Nixon

Speaking at a US radio conference, President Nixon asked programmers to ban all songs containing drug references.

1969 - Archies

'Sugar Sugar' by The Archies was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. It stayed at the top for eight weeks, and was also No.1 in the US, selling over six million copies worldwide. The Archies were a rock group based on comic book characters.

1968 - Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin played a gig at Surrey University, England. Although there are unconfirmed reports of earlier shows, this appears to be the band's first gig with their new name after initially performing as The New Yardbirds. In 2003 a poster for the Surrey gig (billing the group as The New Yardbirds) sold at auction for £2,400.

1968 - Jimi Hendrix

The double album 'Electric Ladyland' by the The Jimi Hendrix Experience was released. It was also made available as two albums with changed artwork after complaints about the naked women who were pictured on the sleeve. The female models were each paid £5 for the photo shoot and another £5 if they posed completely naked.

1966 - Jeff Healey

Aged 7 months old, Jeff Healey had his right eye surgical removed (and subsequently his left eye, 4 months later), and replaced with artificial ones, necessitated by a form of cancer of the eyes called retinoblastoma. Three years later Healey was given his first guitar by his father. At the age of 13, the Canadian guitarist formed his first band, Blue Direction.

1964 - Ed Sullivan

The Rolling Stones appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show from New York, performing ‘Around And Around’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’. A riot broke out in the studio, prompting Sullivan’s infamous quote, ‘I promise you they’ll never be back on our show again.’ The Rolling Stones went on to make a further five appearances on Sullivan’s show between 1965 and 1969.

1963 - The Beatles

The Beatles kicked off their first tour of Sweden by playing two shows at Nya Aulan, Sundstavagen, Karlstad, Sweden. The local pop reviewer was not impressed, saying The Beatles should be grateful to their screaming fans for drowning out the group's terrible performance, adding that The Beatles "were of no musical importance whatsoever and that their local support group, The Phantoms, decidedly outshone them."

1958 - Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard made his British radio debut on the BBC's 'Saturday Club.' The show had started life as Saturday "Skiffle" club in 1957 hosted by Brian Matthew and was broadcast from 10am to 12noon Saturday mornings on the BBC Light Programme.

October 25th

2015 - Marlo Henderson

American guitarist and saxophonist Marlo Henderson died aged 67. As a session musician he played on albums such as Off the Wall by Michael Jackson and worked with Paul McCartney and Minnie Riperton.

2014 - Jack Bruce

2004 - John Peel

2003 - Johnny Cash

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2002 - Richard Harris

2001 - Jerry Garcia

2000 - William Martin

William Martin drummer with Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs died of a heart attack. The quintessential Tex-Mex band of the 1960s, had the 1965 US No.2 & UK No.11 single 'Wooly Bully'.

1997 - Johnny Cash

After falling over on stage when reaching for a guitar pick, Johnny Cash announced during a gig in Michigan that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease.

1992 - Roger Miller

1975 - Art Garfunkel

1970 - President Nixon

Speaking at a US radio conference, President Nixon asked programmers to ban all songs containing drug references.

1969 - Archies

1968 - Led Zeppelin

1968 - Jimi Hendrix

1966 - Jeff Healey

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Listening Post: Broadcast

British band Broadcast was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They began life as a fairly conventional indie-rock band with a retro-futurist aesthetic and bookish sensibilities, but over time developed a burgeoning interest in analog synths, field recordings, the occult history of the British Isles, and what came to be known as a “hauntological” sound in common with artists on the Ghost Box label. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Trish Keenan and her partner, multi-instrumentalist James Cargill, were the main members of the group, and early incarnations also included Roj Stevens on keyboards and Tim Felton on guitar. They released a handful of widely praised albums, from Work and Non-Work, a 1997 compilation of their early EPs and singles, through to 2009’s Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age. Keenan tragically died of pneumonia in 2011 after complications that arose from contracting a virus. Following Keenan’s death, Cargill worked on the soundtrack to the 2013 horror film Berberian Sound Studio, which featured music that the couple had created together.

On 18th March 2022, Warp makes widely available three rare Broadcast releases. Maida Vale Sessions compiles four live performances recorded at the BBC during 1996 and 2003, both for the Evening Session and legendary DJ John Peel, mostly comprising songs from 1997’s Work and Non-Work, 2000’s The Noise Made by People and 2003’s Ha Ha Sound. Microtronics Vol. 1 & 2 is a 34-minute collection of instrumental vignettes, originally available in 2003 and 2005 as tour-only CDs. Mother Is the Milky Way is a 20-minute collage originally available as a tour-only CD in 2009.

Intro by Tim Clarke

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Tim Clarke: What I’m finding most interesting about these releases is how they present a continuum of Broadcast’s range of approaches, and they remind me how much I enjoy all eras of the band’s music. At one end of the spectrum you have the more song-based material of Maida Vale Sessions, where you can hear them working through the arrangements for a lot of the songs that would appear on their first few releases. I get the impression that later in their career, Keenan and Cargill felt a little embarrassed by their earlier music, that it was too pretty and conventional, and was easily lumped in with other bands like Stereolab and Portishead. Many of these songs still stand up, though, especially “Come On Let’s Go,” “Lights Out” and “Pendulum.”

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At the other end of the spectrum, you have Microtronics, a series of short, distinct sound experiments in which they repurpose drum tracks from their album sessions, dabble in analog synth sounds, and explore their rhythmic and timbral palette. Then, in the middle we have Mother Is The Milky Way, which feels like a close cousin of Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, employing that album’s wonderful approach of collaging field recordings, instrumental snippets and elusive snatches of song into a flowing, kaleidoscopic tapestry.

How’s everyone else finding these three releases?

Ian Mathers: Tim, I think you sum up the releases very well, although I'd say the two Microtonics volumes were maybe the biggest surprise for me on the first couple of listens, they feel a bit more like the earlier full-band material in sound but with the pace and structure of later stuff like the Berberian Sound Studio soundtrack. It's probably the release I was least excited to hear (although still very much so), and it was the one that most upended my expectations. At times it's also a lot heavier than I expected!

That said, though I do love Broadcast's later work (very much!) the early EPs and The Noise Made By People have a special place in my heart. As someone who really doesn't tend to track down stuff like BBC sessions unless they're actually collected and release like they've been here the Maida Vale Sessions was the part I was most excited to see, and it does not disappoint. As far as I can tell, the only song unique to this release is "Forget Every Time" (the closing "Sixty Forty" is also new to me, and also great, but has also been released on a Warp anniversary compilation), and while I'm suspicious of both recency bias and how rarely you get to have the experience of finding a great new song from a band you love who's no longer active, I'm at least a little tempted to say it's worth the price of admission on its own (I really love the organ tones on it). But even if the rest is 'just' great radio performances of great songs, it's a thorough delight, and spirited readings of early songs like "The Book Lovers" just confirm to my ears that my sense at the time that dismissals of them as "kind of like Stereolab" were missing something. (Not a knock on Stereolab, and you can definitely hear some kinship, but still!)

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Ian Mathers: As for Mother Is the Milky Way, it not only reminds me of things like the record with The Focus Group, but Trish's Mind Bending Motorway Mix. Posted by Cargill (if I'm remembering correctly) shortly after Keenan passed, it was just a mix she made for a friend, but something about the sweep and scope of it reminds me of that collage-like effect here. I've already seen some griping on twitter about the 19-minute length, but honestly as someone who loves all the phases of Broadcast but tends to resonate most strongly with the more song-y stuff having a more compact way to dip into that side of them is very welcome to me. I honestly can't think of many bands who ranged as far afield within their sound or genre as Broadcast did without ever having any of it feeling like a radical break. Some bands (including some great ones!) try a new effects pedal or drum pattern and it feels like practically a whole new outfit, but for me somehow Broadcast can move from "Come on Let's Go" to "Milling Around the Village" and it all makes sense as one arc. Am I in the minority here, do others find the changes (which as noted include a pretty significant shift in personnel down to a due) more jarring or separating, in terms of their work?

Tim Clarke: Astute observations, Ian. While I appreciate hearing the songs I've never heard before, like "Forget Every Time" from Maida Vale Sessions, that's an example where you can hear why they may not have included it on an album: the verse chords and snare rolls are reminiscent of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and the theremin is very Portishead. I like the chorus and agree with you on the lovely organ tones, but I think it's an example of the kind of sound they were purposely moving away from, simply because it was quite derivative. I saw them live in Sheffield around this time and they really leaned into the noisier aspects of their sound, ending their set with an extended jam on "Hammer Without A Master."

I haven't found their evolution to be jarring, mainly because there's still a lot of sweet songcraft in an album like 2005's Tender Buttons, even if the arrangements are a lot more dark, growly and minimal compared to earlier albums. They're a really interesting band in that I would consider the lesser-known compilation The Future Crayon to be one of their most essential releases as it showcases so many facets of what makes the band compelling: their ear for melody is always wrestling with their impulse to experiment with texture and atmosphere.

Ian Mathers: A couple of quick side notes: I randomly discovered that "Sixty Forty" is actually a Nico cover, because the original version showed up on a soundtrack a friend of mine was commenting on, and if anyone takes a look at the Listed we posted today from the bassist in Cloakroom, he has The Noise Made By People as one of his picks.

The Future Crayon is actually one of their releases I'm less familiar with, but I think these three new ones are going to have me going through their older material pretty comprehensively soon. I really like the Pendulum EP and I know those tracks are all included. And I hadn't made the "White Rabbit" connection with "Forget Every Time", but now that you've mentioned it — yeah, definitely there! I wish I had seen them live myself, they didn't come over to Toronto that often and at least once I had the chance, but I remember thinking to myself that I'd catch them next time. Contrast that to a band like Ladytron (who in 2001 or so I both much more would have connected to a band like Broadcast, and who I also skipped on seeing at the time), who went on to not only diverge in terms of sound/structure/etc but who put out far more than Broadcast's three studio LPs and who I did in fact see in 2019 on a triumphant tour for their first album back from a hiatus. Sometimes it's more than just the music of Broadcast that feels slightly ephemeral or otherwise on the edge of vanishing; a lot of what they did is so rich, to me, but when you tote it all up it's a fairly specific amount of... stuff that they actually did, in a way that feels like it was pretty deliberately crafted or selected. Not sure whether the move down to a duo plays into that as well.

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Ian Mathers: One thing I've been thinking about is how I would have taken the Microtronics collections if I'd heard them when originally released. I think they're described explicitly as "for links and bridges," which is different from a full-on soundtrack. I can imagine this kind of thing being used on the vintage educational tapes they used to play sometimes for us in grade school or even high school science class, burbling away as they demonstrate an experiment, between voiceovers. It makes me both wish someone had taken them up on the implied offer, and how much their approach might have varied if they'd had the chance to do more than one soundtrack — after all, the released Berberian Sound Studio is a whopping 39 tracks with an average length of less than a minute. Each individual track here is a bit more substantial. I think BSS works really well both in the film (which I watched without knowing who did the soundtrack!) and then listened to as an album, and I wonder what else they could have done with other projects.

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Bryon Hayes: Ian, I was lucky enough to see Broadcast play with Fly Pan Am at Lee's Palace back in 2003. My memory is rather fuzzy, but they were very striking to watch, from what I remember. Trish's bangs hid her eyes, and she was rather stoic on stage. They sounded not unlike that show they played at Radio France that's circulating online, The Black Sessions. A hybrid of jagged electronic wizardry and 1960's soft pop-influenced psychedelia.

Tim, one thing I noticed while listening to the Maida Vale Sessions was how much clearer and prettier the music is than I remember, particularly Trish's voice. I had to go back and re-listen to the first two records and realized that the band produced those themselves. So, the production team at the BBC studio really put a new spin on the songs for me.

I enjoy the electronics-forward Microtronics tunes as well, but by far my favorite is Mother is the Milky Way. I'm particularly fond of speech samples in music, especially how the band employed them here. Also, is it me or was the 00s the decade that a lot of bands put out tour-only releases? I missed the band on the tour for this one, so I'm glad that it's getting a "real" release now.

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Ian Mathers: I hadn't heard that Black Sessions before (thank you for sharing) and it's kind of a revelation compared to the Maida Vale disc. Maybe some of this is down to the French format having a live audience in the studio (I don't think the BBC did for those sessions?) or the fact that the Maida Vale album collects four shorter sessions versus the Black Session being on continuous performance. But it's certainly significantly harsher and noisier (I don't want to spend too long on it since it's not one of the new reissues, but that guitar on "Dead the Long Year" is just vicious!), in fact I'd say it's the closest I've heard Broadcast come to being a rock band. And that's something else that interests me about the sessions on the Maida Vale disc, which date from 1996 to 2003 — if you could arguable Broadcast were a rock band as a five-piece, by the time they were a duo of Keenan and James Cargill on Tender Buttons (from after these sessions) they were certainly something else. So, while the Black Sessions is a great striking portrait of Broadcast-as-band, the Maida Vale sessions give more of a sense of the arc of their journey.

But while I absolutely immediately filed Broadcast as at least something akin to synthpop back when I first heard The Noise Made by People (particularly because of how out of step they seemed with a lot of their contemporaries) and then later by the time I'd heard Tender Buttons et al that earlier work did seem more rock and less electronic by comparison (and certainly the homaging of certain bits of 1960s music was clearer to me too), by the time of something like Mother Is the Milky Way I probably wouldn't offer up much more in the way of genre tags than a cheerful shrug. You're right about tour-only release, Byron, and I wonder if this was a representation of what they sounded live by that point, a kind of swirling synaesthetic collage.

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Tim Clarke: What I'm finding most interesting with repeat listens of these new releases is their emphasis on music as process. Given that Microtronics and Mother Is the Milky Way were originally tour-only releases, the band presumably felt they weren't necessarily worthy of wider release, but nevertheless wanted to give fans some insight into their musical dabblings on the margins.

As far as I'm aware, Keenan and Cargill were in the midst of working on the official follow-up to Tender Buttons when Keenan passed, so I wonder if any of this newer material will see official release? Cargill has released Keenan's mixtapes and demos on SoundCloud to celebrate her birthday each year since her passing, and these three releases obviously plug the gaps in any Broadcast fan's collection. Fingers crossed they're a precursor to new unheard music that may or may not comprise an album proper.

Marc Medwin: I'm just digging into the Microtronics comp, which I've never heard before, Wow!! Yes, process is certainly one way to look at it, but each of these little gems has a certain static quality about it, something that sets it outside of the flow toward something I usually associate with the term process. Even if they encapsulate a process, like the various levels of simultaneous descent and crescendo in the sixth track, they don't actually go anywhere. I'm beginning to think that my conception of process is flawed!!

#dusted magazine #listeningpost #broadcast #reissues #warp #tim clarke #ian mathers #bryon hayes #marc medwin

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ozkar-krapo · 3 years

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THIS HEAT

"Made available (John Peel Sessions)"

(LP. These rcds. 1999 / rec. 1977) [GB]

#this heat #1977 #uk #radio #bbc #john peel #charles bullen #charles hayward #gareth william #rio #post punk #records #Bandcamp

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John Peel's punk rock special BBC Radio 1 10th December 1976 While sorting through my collection of digitised John Peel shows that the good folks at the John Peel mailing list have made available over the years, one file that really stood out is a recording of a show that originally aired on 10th December 1976 and was completely devoted to the emerging punk scene and its origins. As this is such an important show that I can still vaguely remember listening to all those years ago, I thought that now would be a good time to clean up the recording and remaster the whole thing. Back in December 1976, Peel's show on BBC Radio 1 aired on weekdays from 11pm to midnight, and was the only weekday show on Radio 1 that it was possible to listen to in FM stereo (or “VHF”, as it was quaintly referred to in the olden days when we all wore flat caps and bred ferrets). Daytime Radio 1 was only available on medium wave. It also closed down in the early evening, meaning that Peel existed in a little world of his own right at the end of the day and enjoyed a degree of freedom to play whatever he wanted that wasn't possible during the rest of Radio 1's schedule. In 1970s Britain there was no such thing as the internet - streaming and downloading hadn't been invented yet, mobile phones and social media didn't exist, TV consisted of 3 channels (BBC1, BBC2 and ITV) and there was a much smaller number of radio stations than there are now, playing a much narrower range of music. The 1970s equivalent of file sharing consisted of recording vinyl records, gigs or radio broadcasts onto cassette tapes - and many people regularly taped Peel's show for the simple reason that there was nowhere else where you could hear most of the music that he played, and a significant portion of it was either difficult or impossible to buy in the shops - notably the continuous stream of specially recorded Peel sessions that were a hallmark of the programme. Fortunately somebody taped this show and enabled me to use today's technology to produce my cleaned up version (thanks a lot, whoever you are). It features a raucous session from The Damned, plenty of insightful chat from JP and some awesome records (as well as a couple of dodgy ones). Peel introduced the show as follows: "Well, I think you’ll find this programme is in rather marked contrast to the programme that has preceded it, because tonight we are going to have a look at punk rock. Mind you, no two people seem to be able to agree exactly what punk rock is, as is evidenced by the fact that someone has been phoning us off and on during the day and trying to convince us that our guests tonight, The Damned, are not a punk rock band. And punk rock fairly clearly means something entirely different to Americans. Anyway, we’ll hear a lot of music that may be punk rock, and a lot that certainly is".... TRACKLISTING 10/12/1976

01 THE DAMNED - SO MESSED UP (SESSION) This track contains a beep over the word "fuck", courtesy of the BBC censors....

02 THE SEEDS - PUSHING TOO HARD

03 IGGY AND THE STOOGES - YOUR PRETTY FACE IS GOING TO HELL

04 EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS - HORSEPLAY

05 THE DAMNED - NEAT NEAT NEAT (SESSION)

06 RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS - BLANK GENERATION

07 TELEVISION - LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (PART 1)

08 TUFF DARTS - SLASH

09 PERE UBU - FINAL SOLUTION

10 THE DAMNED - NEW ROSE (SESSION)

11 SEX PISTOLS - ANARCHY IN THE UK

12 THE FAST - BOYS WILL BE BOYS

13 NEW YORK DOLLS - PERSONALITY CRISIS

14 THE SAINTS - I'M STRANDED

15 THE DAMNED - STAB YOUR BACK (SESSION)

16 SHADOWS OF KNIGHT - LIGHT BULB BLUES

17 THE RAMONES - CALIFORNIA SUN (LIVE)

18 THE RAMONES - I DON'T WANT TO WALK AROUND WITH YOU (LIVE) Still a great listen after all this time....

#john peel #punk #punk rock #history #this day in history #on this day #on this date #bbc radio 1 #1970s #1976

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This Heat -Made Available: John Peel Sessions

#Experimental Rock #Post-Punk #Krautrock #Tape Music #Free Improvisation #Industrial #Avant-Prog #Noise Rock #1977

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so me and @foxesmouth are writing an art forgery au eh, tentatively titled by me only (didn’t run it by amy - you’re probs good with it, right?): a portrait of the artist as a con man. here’s our first scene.

Theo slips out of Hobart and Blackwell, walking two doors down to his own studio, just minutes before his 3 pm appointment. He takes more private sector work these days than working with museums, partly because there aren’t too many new masterpieces popping up out of obscurity these days, but mostly because he always gets the feeling he’s flying too close to the sun.

This is the last of his appointments before he ships off to Boston for a restoration residency on a few John Singer Sargents as a favor to Peggy at the Gardner, and he’s anxious to see it resolved quickly. That must be why the thought of the appointment buzzes uncomfortably in the back of Theo’s mind, the same frequency as the persistent worry that he forgot to turn off the oven before leaving the house.

His fingers pick through the code to disarm the alarm as he shrugs his coat off one shoulder, not at all elegant as he turns to the coat rack and shrugs the other arm off to hook it up quickly. As he sets the coffee pot in the corner brewing, Theo tries his name out a few times, trying to find the cadence of it so he doesn’t embarrass himself, and settles on something that sounds familiar, if not correct, just as the buzzer goes.

His 3 o’ clock is younger than Theo expects, shorter than Theo is, and dressed far warmer than Theo thinks is necessary. Theo is given a swift onceover, then a slower one, both immediately disarming, before Theo remembers himself and steps aside to let him in. “Mr. Pavliovsky, it’s good to meet you.”

He looks amused by this. “Sure.” He has the painting tucked under his arm, wrapped in what looks like a linen sheet, to Theo’s horror. He’s already seen what Mr. Pavlikovsky has in the way of provenance, and his hopes aren’t high, but in the off chance that’s a real Renoir he’s got in there - Theo is already sweating with the thought.

Theo hangs his thick winter coat and rests the Renoir - wrapped in a pillow case, he realizes - on the intake table, itching to yank it free from its cotton prison like a grand reveal, ta daaa, but he’s a professional and lets his showroom do its showing.

Mr. Pavlikovsky’s dark, critical eyes carefully scan the studio, eyes lighting on Theo’s work bench with its array of lights and magnifiers clamped to every available edge of the desk, surrounding like a frame to the Pissarro reproduction he has lying in wait on an easel. He moves toward the work bench with interest, leaning over to survey the painting closely but keeping his hands tangled together behind his back. Another win for the showroom. “Is this restoration?”

“God, no, I have a separate temperature controlled studio upstairs. This is… practice.”

His eyes flick up from the painting to the shelves of paints and small buckets of brushes stored above the bench where Hobie would keep chisels, hammers, and pliers. “You practice your craft in foyer of business instead of fancy art studio upstairs?”

“I - ” Theo stutters, never having been challenged on that.

“Is okay, I understand. You don’t sell art, you sell skill. Can’t frame a restored or debunked Pissarro on the wall, but you can leave gentle suggestion of experience on display.”

Theo stops up, irritated at having his intentions read so quickly, so easily by a stranger, but he doesn’t like the way it sounds almost nefarious on Mr. Pavlikovsky’s lips. Theo’s clientele often work on blind faith and reputation, and no one is allowed in his studio. Gentle suggestion is the only ammunition Theo has access to.

He turns to Theo, misreading Theo’s surprise about the easel’s placement for the easel’s content. “Did I pass the test?”

Yes, technically, yes, because everyone else tends to guess Monet, which is frankly insulting. But instead of answering, Theo smiles his customer-facing smile and gestures to Mr. Pavlikovsky’s painting. “Let’s have a look?”

He liberates the frameless Renoir from its slumber once he dons a pristine pair of white gloves and all six of its sides a quick scan before placing it down on the intake table. He knows immediately it’s a fake - one made with a lot of heart but a less than acceptable amount of skill. Nonetheless, he pulls his stool forward, switches his glasses for a specialized pair, and switches on an overhead light.

He’s joined at the table by Mr. Pavlikovsky, which is rare these days - even if his typical intakes are ten minutes or less, his clients are still glued to their phones or important business papers or a copy of the New Yorker. Theo’s not wild about having someone sit over his shoulder, he finished with that once he graduated from a formal university and from Hobie’s crash course in furniture restoration, but Theo allows him to stay in the name of customer service.

“Do you enjoy Pissarro?”

“I have seen - they have many of his paintings at the Met, is local, have you seen?” Mr. Pavlikovsky asks, and Theo’s heart shudders like someone has just walked over his grave. Shaken, he blinks his eyes firmly a few times and refocuses on the task at hand. Nobody has cared enough yet to draw the connection, and Theo himself has had no interest to check if the New York Times has immortalized the article with his name on it on the internet finally now that all copies of the paper should have been disposed of over fifteen years ago.

Thankfully Pavlikovsky doesn’t wait for an answer - he doesn’t seem to need one. “Beautiful painting of Montmartre, looks exactly like the boulevard! Have you been to Montmartre? Incredible, some things, they never change, you could paint same paintings today, same views, but with cars and tourists on cell phones instead of horses and carriages.”

“I’m sure I have seen it at some point. I am a fan of his landscapes, as you can tell.”

“Yes, you have a way with them.”

Theo’s cheeks heat up and he can’t quite figure out why, so he disguises it by lifting the canvas and taking a careful inhale down the right side of the canvas. If Mr. Pavlikovsky is concerned by this behavior, he doesn’t say so.

Theo frowns as he sets the painting back down. It’s a shame he won’t even have to get his x-ray out to get a look at the layers, but maybe he should - he could charge more for this session, and the longer an investigation, the more legitimate he seems. But from the way this conversation has gone so far, Mr. Pavlikovsky doesn’t seem like he needs the whole song and dance.

As if on cue, Mr. Pavlikovsky says, “I should leave you to work - I will come back later, no?”

“No need, I have made my analysis.” He strips his gloves and switches his glasses back out before turning his focus back to Mr. Pavlikovsky.

“Already.” It’s not phrased like a question, but the way he sounds impressed sends a wild thrill through Theo’s chest for a reason he can’t name.

“I’m sorry to say, Mr. Pavlikovsky, but this is a fake,” Theo says and braces himself for an impact that doesn’t come. Ordinarily there’s screaming and spitting, the unchecked pride of rich men bubbling over at being duped, and because they likely won’t be able to find the dealer again, Theo is the unfortunate sole recipient of their ire.

Instead Mr. Pavlikovsky grins and says, “How could you tell?”

There’s a lecture’s worth of material in this canvas, but most don’t want to settle in to listen to Theo drone on and on like the worst of his professors. Theo taps to six different problem areas, each of them having lit up like a glowing red sore as soon as Theo had laid eyes on them - poor blending, wrong paints for the time period - is that acrylic? really? - thick careless strokes that indicated speed and not care, and more. “Here, staples here, this is wrong, no fraying on the canvas edges is immediately suspicious, this issue with the verso here. And Renoir typically signed his paintings with a signature tail at the end of his r - this, at its most charitable, is a smudge - and he almost never connected his o to his i.” He snags a piece of paper and fountain pen from his desk and works out a quick recreation, the bold r, the diamond-shaped o, then taps at it. “Reno-ir.”

Mr. Pavlikovsky leans in close to Theo’s shoulder, peering seriously at Theo’s scrawled signature. His proximity is enough to make Theo stifle a shudder. “Perhaps he was drunk this day.”

“No,” Theo says bluntly.

Mr. Pavlikovsky laughs, tracing his bottom lip with his thumb thoughtfully as he leans back. “It is fake,” he says, but in a way that almost sounds like he’s confirming what Theo has said to be true, instead of mulling over this new discovery.

“I don’t wish to presume, I’m sure the price is not an issue - if you would like me to perform the standard x-ray and microscopy to confirm, I am absolutely able to. But in the interest of preserving your time.”

He nods, like fair is far, and picks up the painting to stuff it back into the pillow case.

“Sorry - I - my apologies, Mr. Pavlikovsky, would you mind? I know it’s not a real Renoir, but it is still. You know. I’d hate to see anything happen to it.”

He gestures an invitation. “Please.”

Theo quickly trims foam for the verso and wraps the whole thing in paper like a present. He presents the secure package back to Mr. Pavlikovsky, but neither of them move to complete the transaction. Something about the thing feels unfinished - yes, the money, Theo’s brain helpfully supplies - but Theo doesn’t think that’s it.

Mr. Pavlikovsky digs out a tight bundle of cash anyway, too many hundreds stuffed into a straining silver money clip that he peels their agreed upon fee from and slaps onto the table. It feels almost dirty transacting this way, Theo used to wires, money orders, checks, and the like - cash feels uncouth. One of Pavlikovsky’s hands repockets the money and the other doesn’t go for the painting like Theo expects, but rather squeezes at Theo’s shoulder. “Well, if I can’t reward your speedy expertise with more money. Do you want to join me for drinks?”

“I’m not - um.” Theo swallows his initial objection, the way his mind leapt to that conclusion feels too telling. “Sorry? Drinks?”

“It’s not fun to pretend anymore, let you talk talk talk, Mr. Pavlikovsky this, Mr. Pavlikovsky that.” He raises his eyebrows at Theo. “I will say it hurts my feelings you don’t remember me, Potter, though I know it was very long time ago.”

It’s the Potter that does it, the fuzzy sort of familiarity with the nickname born from a cultural phenomenon he’d missed almost entirely with the timing of it. The only way it had nudged itself into Theo’s brain was through some drunk coed at a party he was desperately trying to fuck at a houseparty holding him by the waist and telling him firmly that she thinks he’s a Ravenclaw, whatever the fuck that is. And, of course, also through Boris.

“Shit, Boris, sorry, man, sorry,” Theo says, his face widening with a grin. “God, it’s been forever since Vegas?”

“You look good.” Boris pulls him into a hug Theo isn’t expecting, but allows himself to be collected into. “It’s good to see you.”

He hadn’t exactly kept tabs on Boris at the time beyond the few classes they’d shared together, the rare times they’d found each other in the same places, nodding affably from where they’d each stood at opposite sides of the room.

His last memory of Boris had been at this party at some girl’s house - Hadley, maybe - and the two of them had straddled their legs over either side of a diving board over the winter-emptied pool, and tried to lean forward and take lines off the laminate, giggling and knocking heads and clutching at the sides, at each other, every time the board would shiver and shake with their movements. Theo had already been fucked up on something he’d stolen out of Xandra’s purse just to give him enough motivation to leave the house, letting the world grow opaque in front of his eyes like it’d be easier to live in if he just couldn’t see it, but he remembers Boris at the time, clear as day, like his nearsightedness had transfigured into Borissightedness.

He remembers Boris being taller than he was at the time in a way that burned jealousy into his skin - a non-contest he is too secretly pleased to have won out in the end now - and the way Boris would wear his hair in the style that his mom used to call Needs a Haircut and his dry, calloused hands that held onto Theo’s wrists when he risked toppling over into the pool and the urgent way he’d whisper I got you like it wasn’t anyone else’s business to know.

Looking at Boris now, things shift slightly until they click into place, it’s like the sensation of sliding on glasses for the first time and realizing the world was not an impression, not muted, but all sharpness and defined edges and tangibility. Of course it’s Boris.

“Come get a drink with me,” he presses.

Yes, technically, yes, that’s what Theo wants, but. “I can’t - I fly to Boston tomorrow morning.”

Boris checks his watch in an outrageous flash of silver. “Is sixteen hour wait at the airport, or what? You can’t take night off your busy schedule and have a drink with an old friend?”

Theo would hesitate to call them old friends. He’d hesitate to call them anything, but there’s potential humming under the surface now that had always been there back in Vegas. He hadn’t known what it was, what it meant back then - it was just shared snorting at the dumb puns Mrs. Mullin would say to get everyone excited about earth science, sitting silently beside each other on the bus when there were no more empty seats left, and holding each other by the waist only when they were wasted at a pool party on the weekend and acting like it never happened on Monday morning.

But Theo knows what the humming is now - the desperate desire to have a friend and the fierce inability to let himself have one. Boris leaves the painting on the desk and scoops up his coat. He holds the door open for Theo, his way of telling not asking again. So Theo grabs his coat as well and thinks maybe he can let himself have something now, maybe just this one thing.

“It’s good to see you too,” Theo says, but it doesn’t feel like enough.

#like a proper au!!!#i wrote #the goldfinch #boreo #portrait of the artist

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On December 16th 2001 singer/songwriter Stuart Adamson took his own life.......

Stuart's parents, expats, lived in Manchester when their boy was born and moved home to Fife when he was just four, don't anyone fuckin dare tell me he wasn't Scottish! The family settled in Crossgate on the outskirts of Dunfermline.

Adamson's father was in the fishing industry and travelled the world. He encouraged Stuart to read literature, and both parents shared an interest in folk music, Fife born author Ian Rankin attended Beath High School, two years beneath Adamson, and would later become a big fan.

Stuart founded his first band, Tattoo, in 1976 after seeing The Damned in Edinburgh, a year later he formed Skids and recruited Crosshill lad Ian Jobson, The legendary John Peel plugged them on his Radio 1 show which led them to playing support to the likes of the Clash and The Stranglers and a record deal with Virgin. Stuart walked out on the group just as they were about to make it big, for a time he rejoined the band for a tour to promote their album Scared to Dance.

Hooking up with guitarist and long-time friend Bruce Watson, Adamson formed Big Country, the line-up also featured, on keyboards, Peter Wishart, later of Gaelic rockers Runrig, and now a polititian. Originally they experimented with the synthiser sounds that were all the rage then, The Human League were riding high in the charts, but Adamson wanted something more traditional and the synth sounds made way for the guitar sound that was a unique sound for the band and that became their trademark sound. Adamson said later....“Music used to be a thing where working people got together on a Saturday night and played some songs. Someone’d play the guitar or the fiddle or an accordion. No bastard’d played the synthesiser.”

They roped in Jam drummer Rick Buckler on some demos which were hawked around a number of recording labels unsuccessfully, a support slot with Alice Cooper went disastrously too, the band’s half-baked sound grating on an audience looking for glam-metal thrills. By the second night of the tour they were sacked.

Their manager Grant Scott called in Adamson and convinced him the band needed a shake up, out went Wishart, in came in came bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezinski, who had just finished an album with Pete Townsend of The Who. Butler, a much respected bass player had also played with Townsend, Roger Daltry and The Pretenders. The final link in the chain that brought them success was when they were signed by Phonogram records, who appointed Steve Lillywhite to produce them, Lillyywhite had just finished work on U2's breakthrough album War and had previously worked with Siouxsie And The Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs and XTC.

Initially contracted to just do a single, the sessions for Fields Of Fire produced not only that classic song, but gave birth to the Big Country sound and inspired a new bout of songwriting from Adamson, the band had it all in front of them. At the heart of it all was Adamson, the punk rocker with the virtuoso talent. He used to say, ‘Don’t call me a musician. I’m a songwriter, guitarist, singer, but muso – I don’t like that tag’,” but musician he was.

The music of their album The Crossing was epic and inspirational, as big as the glens and as loud as a cavalry charge, this was rock music yes, but not the type played by the likes of Led Zeppelin or AC/DC, this had a Scottish spin. The crowd-friendly skirling guitars, big beats and uplifting calls to arms were all great, but The Crossing also tone the sound down with the, in my own humble opinion, brilliant Chance, which Lillywhite describes as a “a beautiful, depressive song,” Released in July 1983, The Crossing went on to sell over two million copies worldwide.

Their follow up album Steeltown hit number one in the UK and hit gold status in sales, another two top ten albums followed, but all the time Stuart Adamson was fighting his demons.Although sales were good the music press started to turn on them, Steeltown was collection of songs born out of the political landscape of the 80's - the Falklands war, unemployment, tales of people trapped by circumstance and crushed by forces outside their control, it wasn’t what the press wanted to hear, the dour Scotsman. In the eyes of the music press, the band were pompous and dreary and so not cool, the dour Scotsman, in the eyes of the music press, were a pompous band and dreary and so not cool.

1985 took the pressure of Stuart a little, they were signed to score the film, The Scottish classic, Restless Natives, the instrumental score freeing him from that "dour Scotsman" tag. The bands manager Grant tells of Stuart leaving the band, but not, relentlessly on the road, doing press, radio, TV and in the studio and not at home as much as he would have liked.He was also hitting the booze big time.Unable, at the time to get a definitive answer from Stuart on the bands future they missed out on a spot at Live Aid, having previously featured on the single Do they know it's Christmas.

Come 1988 they recorded Peace In Our Time, a more mellow Middle of the Road album, which was an attempt at cracking the US market, it bombed there and the band looked east, playing Russia’s first international rock festival in August ’88 (Grant: “My pitch to him was: Bono – Amnesty International. It only added to the music press attitude that they had lost their way and were "self-important, pompous do-gooders."

After Russia, Stuart Adamson decided to split the band.They reformed in 91, recording No Place Like Home, it was the first of their albums that failed to reach the UK top 20. The music of the 90's didn't have a place for Big Country, the ensuing albums didn't dent the top 40, it felt like they were just going through the motions.

There was a small glimmer of hope when their single Fragile Thing looked like hitting the top 40, but some bizarre wrangle with the chart compilers about the CD singles cover having "too many folds in it" meant it was disqualified and languished at 69, it would have given them a springboard to punt their new album....... Stuart had by then moved to Nashville and the songs he was crafting reflected the country music scene that immerse the place. He had kicked the drink for a while but reckoned he was happy in Nashville and could start boozing again. In October 2000 Big Country played their last gig in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Adamson almost missed it when, drunk, he got on the wrong plane.The gig was a disaster. Butler later said “We were a karaoke version of what we were,” Butler told the band they should take a break for a couple of years, he didn't think it was helping Adamson's drink problem carrying on. Various people spoke about the next two years, phone calls from concerned friends, Adamson said in one call from Steve Lillywhite that..."I’ve worked it out, I really can’t drink, I mustn’t drink, I’m happy now not drinking…’” There was talk of a collaboration, with amongst other the subject of Saturday's post, Mike Scott and other singers a sort of British Crosby Stills and Nash. On November 15, 2001, Adamson left a bar in Atlanta, Georgia. His marriage to his second wife falling apart, he was also facing a drink-driving charge that could have led to jail time. He fell off the wagon, hard. He flew back to Nashville where, instead of going home, he stayed in various hotels. Grant hired a private detective to find him – to no avail. “He drunk solidly for eight weeks in hotels,” says the manager, “and every time we found out where he was he’d just checked out for another one.” On December 4, he flew to Hawaii and checked into a hotel near Honolulu Airport where he requested the delivery of three bottles of wine to his room each day. He never left the room. On December 16, he was found by security hanging from a clothes rail. No suicide note was ever found. He was 43. Putting this post together has been difficult for me, I fight my own demons every day, and could easily fall into a life of constant boozing, I do however manage just to hold things together. Adamson's music was a big part of my formative years and I still listen to his songs regularly, some with tears in my eyes, like this one, the aforementioned Fragile Thing, the lyric tells a story much like my own and I can empathise with him through this tune......... Thank you ma'am for asking Yes I'm on my own I guess it's kind of obvious I'm eating here aloneI'm grateful for the company Tired of talking to myself Don't you look into my eyes You might see someone else

If you decide to watch/listen to the track, you might recognise a certain Scottish female singer adding her vocals to the song......

If I have made any mistakes of mispelled anything here please don't tell me know, leave it be, like Stuart Adamson and myself, it is flawed.

#scotand #scottish #singersongwriter #tortured soul #Suicide

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It Ain't Easy closes side one of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) – if you consider the original vinyl version. In many ways, it is the most surprising song on the album. It was originally recorded by Bowie for Hunky Dory (1971). The song – then a recent recording by artist Ron Davies – had been played by Bowie at his John Peel radio session at the Paris Cinema Studios in London in June 1971. By early July it was in the can, long before some of the other Hunky Dory songs had been completed. Accordingly, when manager Tony Defries needed some songs to take to the USA to secure Bowie a new record deal, It Ain't Easy made it onto the BOWPROMO white label pressed for the trip. Of course, the song ended up being dropped from Hunky Dory. But this is not the most surprising thing. Back during the first Ziggy sessions in November 1971, a whole host of songs were recorded for the new album: Holy Holy, Looking For A Friend, and The Supermen (new versions), (covers of) Amsterdam and Round and Round, and (new songs) Velvet Goldmine, Sweet Head, It’s Gonna Rain Again and Shadowman. Yet it is a Hunky Dory track that makes it, and a cover! But saying that, the song works in the flow of the album. It just does – and for Bowie to include it rather than another newer recording must point towards the conceptual nature of the project. It’s in the montage. It’s a Zarathustra cut – Nietzsche’s Zarathustra coming down from the mountain, announcing the Starman, and being ignored and laughed at. God is dead – but no one understands the import of that declaration. It’s Ziggy singing a song that says the task ahead just ain’t that easy… and perhaps the first signs of his coming madness…

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Written by Ron Davies. Recorded 9 July 1971. Released 16 June 1972. Available on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

#it ain't easy #david bowie

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The last stage of the treatment involves using targeted LED light to kill acne-causing bacteria, reducing redness and stimulating collagen regeneration.

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Skin can sometimes react to an ingredient—such as a chemical exfoliant or retinoid—contained in certain types of facials to stimulate skin cell renewal. This can cause flaking, red bumps, and whiteheads or blackheads as the blockages in your pores are being brought to the surface. Unlike many other facials, HydraFacial® is unlikely to cause purging breakouts or post-treatment peeling after a session.

If you’re not moisturizing your skin often enough, this could be what’s making your skin so inflamed. In addition to HydraFacial®, you can make other lifestyle changes that will reduce your chance of breakouts such, as using oil-free moisturizers to address dry skin. Apply them as soon as you get out of the shower to seal in moisture—but be careful about what type of moisturizer you’re using, as the wrong type could cause you to end up with bumps and blocked pores. Avoid using exfoliating scrubs at home, as well as over-washing your skin, since these habits can cause your skin to become more dehydrated. Wear a scarf or hat to give your skin extra protection from the cold, windy conditions.

Although the holiday season is often busy and stressful, take time for yourself and use techniques such as yoga and exercise to de-stress if you want to soothe your skin, as emotional stress is one of the major contributors to acne.

Learn more about the benefits of HydraFacial® from plastic surgeon John Q. Cook and the Whole Beauty® Institute. If you’re ready to get started on cosmetic procedures, call 312-751-2112 (Chicago Gold Coast Office), 847-446-7562 (North Shore (Winnetka) Office), or submit a contact form to schedule a consultation.

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Lastly the stick is drawn another inch out of the vaginal canal, as well as it is treated to another 3 minute turning of ultrasound. Next, a three action disinfection of the FemiWand tool, the FemiWand ultrasound cartridge and also the vagina itself is completed. To begin with, a genital examination is carried out to examine the location and makes certain it is secure to proceed. The procedure is somewhat non-invasive and it is entirely non-surgical, however it will involve casting your modesty aside throughout of the treatment. We previously informed just how a mother claims her ₤ 1,900 developer vagina has actually transformed her sex life as well as made her feel 15 years younger in the bedroom. Bristol-based Vivo Center used a video clip of Genuine Homemakers of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley undergoing the procedure, which she described as "minky firm", on its site.

Vivo Clinic Bristol believed that the ad was not irresponsible. They stated that the video clip on the page was shot by ITV for a show called "The Actual Homemakers of Cheshire." They said that the personality in the show had actually obtained real treatment. VIVO Clinic is the mix of state-of-the-art equipment and also expertise. We offer non-invasive procedures as well as clinical screening solutions. With FemiWand ®, several consumers point out no discomfort and also have no downtime after the treatment. Tightening up with FemiWand ® is a non-invasive, non-surgical treatment established to tighten up the wall of the vaginal area. When you arrange an appointment, you will satisfy ladies experts.

The advantages of pelvic floor exercises are well-documented, and also are suggested to help prevent problems such as anxiety urinary system incontinence as well as a prolapsed womb. Regardless of this, a current study conducted by Health and wellness & Looks revealed that a 3rd of ladies who have actually had or are anticipating a baby admitted to never ever practising the workouts.

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Does walking reduce cellulite?

Walking for at least thirty minutes three times a week will cause you to drop pounds, lose inches and diminish cellulite in a much shorter time than you may think. The thigh raise is the perfect, no-equipment-needed exercise to start off each morning, or to end each day with.

Some females additionally experience a watery discharge or spotting for a day or two following treatment. There are 2 setups to the therapy as well as the effects last a minimum of 2 years if not longer. Remarkable is the closest place to Teesside offering the treatment, which is readily available in cities including Newcastle and Manchester. Owner of Flawless Elegance, Lyndsey Tibbett, claims it's the "following best point" to surgical treatment as well as their diary has actually "gone crazy" with women reserving in for appointments given that they began offering the treatment. A Normanby beauty parlor is the initial on Teesside to use a brand-new therapy for females suffering from the after-effects of giving birth.

After your appointment, you will certainly be under no commitment to complete the therapy treatment. At Harley Ultrasound, we believe your treatment needs to be carried out by a seasoned expert, making use of market leading equipment, in a secure and comfy setting.

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Femiwand is a non-invasive approach that uses clever modern technology to recover fibers that extend properly. Many individuals still locate it difficult to speak about this issue honestly. Physicians recognize that it is rather uneasy and embarrassing to discuss this subject. Consequently, they do all they can to make you really feel comfortable and additionally respect your personal privacy. Remarkably, there are non-invasive methods that can assist you reclaim a limited vaginal canal.

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The maker is the very first of its kind throughout the entire of the UK and Manchester's VIVO center is the only center to use this treatment. These steps are after that repeated with a 3mm cartridge which deals with the skin inside the vagina.

How can I get rid of cellulite in 2 weeks?

1. Dry Body Brushing. Start the day with dry body brushing. 2. Blast with cold water. Before you get out blast your legs (Image: Image Source) 3. Cellulite creams and lotion. 4. Foods to fight it. 5. Exercise. 6. Cellulite cups. 7. Don't have caffeine. 8. Stop smoking.

Click for ALL FemiLift facilities in the UK & Ireland registered and verified by Consulting Space. A lot of ladies will notice a substantial enhancement after 2 or 3 treatment sessions.

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Most of the professional doctors are women, which is calculated for social factors. After the therapy, take a minimum of 72 hrs before indulging in sex.

Clear Skin Clinic is based in Bradford as well as covers the surrounding area as well as past. Our solutions include 3D lipo, hifu facelift, IPL hair removal, Swedish massage therapy, hot rock massage therapy chemical peels and also extra. With FemiWand ®, you can prevent the dangers as well as cost of surgery and still gain from a tighter, healthier vaginal canal.

You might be suggested to have a top-up therapy after one year to maintain your results. Expectant ladies are suggested to wait to up until after the birth of their youngster prior to having therapy. FemiLift can be used approximately 3 months after giving birth, whilst breastfeeding, also if you intend to have more children. You may well be asked to supply results from a PAP smear test that you have actually had within the last twelve month, or have a smear examination prior to treatment, if it has actually been a number of years since you were last examined. The results of this will be utilized to examine suitability for therapy in instance of any kind of abnormal outcomes. If you are worried that you have a sexually sent disease after that this ought to be examined, identified as well as dealt with, if needed, before having a FemiLift treatment.

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Researchers have developed tools that are capable of dealing with these modifications by utilize of laser energy or radiofrequency. On La-Lipo’s accounting software , using laser technology is evasive and also have distressing adverse effects. Clinical scientists have actually advised against this procedure as it may cause other health complications. There is no stipulation on anaesthesia or any kind of numbing treatment. After the treatment, the client can return to the regular less arduous tasks immediately. After the preliminary examination, it is the option of the person to proceed with the therapy. Owing to the level of sensitivity of the topic and also treatment in general, doctor-patient confidentiality is worked out.

call us any time to prepare a price as well as obligation-free examination with a skilled health and also elegance professional - somebody that understands whatever that there is to learn about your treatment.

HIFU is considered as both a secure and very reliable skin tightening treatment.

Whilst HIFU is extremely known for the application of dealing with tumours, much research study has been carried out into its excellence in cosmetic usage.

Organize your examination with Zenith Cosmetics Clinics in Nottingham so we can discuss what you intend to attain, as well as created a bespoke treatment strategy based around your demands.

Made use of by leading clinical expert's outcomes will last between months from a single session.

Since this treatment targets deeper layers of the skin, there is no damage to the top layers of the skin.

Why not begin your journey to more vibrant and also more younger skin?

An obvious renovation in facial contouring and penalty lines and creases will certainly show up within 4 weeks while more improvement in face skin tightening up as well as wrinkles will be supposedly seen up to 6 months.

This might be as an outcome of numerous reasons, amongst them menopause, giving birth, surgical procedure and also excessive weight. In some cases, hefty smoking and also hysterectomy might trigger the vagina to shed its flexibility. With FemiTone, you can prevent the dangers and also expenditure of surgical procedure and still benefit from a tighter, more healthy vaginal area.

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We are transparent with the expenses of the treatment with the cost remaining the exact same for every customer. " I can say that it's one of the most specialist solution I've obtained. I didn't experience any adverse effects after the treatment," says John F. To complete La-Lipo fat freezing Nottingham ideas , the "like a virgin" renewal antidote is put right into the vaginal canal. The lotion is fed to supply vital nutritious components into the freshly established collagen fibres. An immediate enhancement is evident minutes after the process. When any of the highlighted events occurs, the natural skin collagen is replaced with fibers that do not stretch effectively.

The tip being provided was that the choice to go on with the treatment can be taken lightly, without severe consideration. We as a result wrapped up that the ad was careless and breached the Code. The CAP Code required that medicinal or medical insurance claims and also indications were made only for a medicinal item that was accredited by the MHRA or under the auspices of the European Medicines Firm or for a CE-marked medical device. We had actually not seen any documentary evidence to show that the FemiWand was a CE-marked medical device or accredited by the MHRA or under the auspices of EMA. Because of that, no clinical cases might be created the item. In addition, we had not been supplied with any type of docudrama evidence to support the insurance claims that the item could be used to give therapy for the problems provided in the ad.

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FemiWand is prominent amongst females that suffer from genital laxity. Genital laxity can be an outcome of delivering or merely a result of collagen integrity decrease that comes with age. HD Lipo Freeze technology provides preferred cosmetic therapies. The makers have a low running cost and also have the prospective to produce significant revenue. One therapy is commonly sufficient, yet numerous women go back to a comply with up session. SCOTS women can now freshen up 'down there' for under ₤ 100 as a Glasgow clinic uses a cut rate bargain.

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A treatment like FemiWand can be the solution for a Great Deal Of ladies. It's not the most inexpensive option worldwide for your tightening up requirements, however if you can manage it as well as want to bypass the timescale and also visits to the General Practitioner after that it's the best service.

The ad consisted of a video clip from the TV program "The Actual Homemakers of Cheshire" which revealed a woman planning for the procedure signed up with by her 2 buddies. The video clip included the female's humorous reaction to the treatment while her close friends were seen drinking Prosecco and also giggling. We thought about that the informal and also funny design of the video clip combined with the frivolous message "FemiWand is a 20-mintue treatment that can be performed on your lunch break" trivialised the nature of the treatment.

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