#converted workshop england

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Look at this unusual log cabin built in 1793 in Troutville, Virginia. 2bd. 2ba. $485K. This is amazing, look at the wood and craftsmanship, and doesn’t it look like 2 cabins stacked on top of one another?

Look at how large and airy it is. Fun Fact: Wall boards over 19″ wide were called “King’s Boards” and were exported from England. 

The kitchen however, is a very narrow galley style. 

Cute shower room. Like the pedestal sink, even though it’s impractical. 

I would say that this sunny corridor connects the front and rear houses. 

And, we’ve arrived in the living room. 

The rooms in this home are so big. There’s a nice fireplace in this one, too. 

This is not your usual pioneer cabin. Look at the size of this main bd.

The current owners are using this room as a workshop, but it has such a beautiful fireplace, it could be converted to something else, like maybe a larger kitchen?

Here’s a nice storage/laundry room. 

More storage, but it looks like they’re using it as an office.

New powder room. 

Small porch on the back, but the house is on 2.50 acres. I think it has lots of possibilities. 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5694-Roanoke-Rd-Troutville-VA-24175/2065527793_zpid/

#log cabin #historic home #old house dreams #houses #house tours #home tour

[communist-manifesto-daily]

The Communist Manifesto - Part 2

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The feudal system of industry, in which industrial production was monopolised by closed guilds, now no longer sufficed for the growing wants of the new markets. The manufacturing system took its place. The guild-masters were pushed on one side by the manufacturing middle class; division of labour between the different corporate guilds vanished in the face of division of labour in each single workshop.

Meantime the markets kept ever growing, the demand ever rising. Even manufacturer no longer sufficed. Thereupon, steam and machinery revolutionised industrial production. The place of manufacture was taken by the giant, Modern Industry; the place of the industrial middle class by industrial millionaires, the leaders of the whole industrial armies, the modern bourgeois.

Modern industry has established the world market, for which the discovery of America paved the way. This market has given an immense development to commerce, to navigation, to communication by land. This development has, in its turn, reacted on the extension of industry; and in proportion as industry, commerce, navigation, railways extended, in the same proportion the bourgeoisie developed, increased its capital, and pushed into the background every class handed down from the Middle Ages.

We see, therefore, how the modern bourgeoisie is itself the product of a long course of development, of a series of revolutions in the modes of production and of exchange.

Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance of that class. An oppressed class under the sway of the feudal nobility, an armed and self-governing association in the medieval commune*: here independent urban republic (as in Italy and Germany); there taxable “third estate” of the monarchy (as in France); afterwards, in the period of manufacturing proper, serving either the semi-feudal or the absolute monarchy as a counterpoise against the nobility, and, in fact, cornerstone of the great monarchies in general, the bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of Modern Industry and of the world market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.

* This was the name given their urban communities by the townsmen of Italy and France, after they had purchased or conquered their initial rights of self-government from their feudal lords. [Engels, 1890 German edition] “Commune” was the name taken in France by the nascent towns even before they had conquered from their feudal lords and masters local self-government and political rights as the “Third Estate.” Generally speaking, for the economical development of the bourgeoisie, England is here taken as the typical country, for its political development, France. [Engels, 1888 English Edition]

The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part.

The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors”, and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”. It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom – Free Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.

The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.

The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.

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[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: Wayward Women in Literature

Bunny by Mona Awad

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one.

But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

Refreshing and wry in equal measure, Happy Hour is an intoxicating novel of youth well spent. Isa Epley is all of twenty-one years old, and already wise enough to understand that the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. After a sojourn across the pond, she arrives in New York City for a summer of adventure with her best friend, one newly blond Gala Novak. They have little money, but that’s hardly going to stop them from having a good time.

In her diary, Isa describes a sweltering summer in the glittering city. By day, the girls sell clothes in a market stall, pinching pennies for their Bed-Stuy sublet and bodega lunches. By night, they weave from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side to the Hamptons among a rotating cast of celebrities, artists, Internet entrepreneurs, stuffy intellectuals, and bad-mannered grifters. Money runs ever tighter and the strain tests their friendship as they try to convert their social capital into something more lasting than their precarious gigs as au pairs, nightclub hostesses, paid audience members, and aspiring foot fetish models. Through it all, Isa’s bold, beguiling voice captures the precise thrill of cultivating a life of glamour and intrigue as she juggles paying her dues with skipping out on the bill.

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father’s caretaker in a home whose squalor is the talk of the neighborhood and a day job as a secretary at the boys’ prison, filled with its own quotidian horrors. Consumed by resentment and self-loathing, Eileen tempers her dreary days with perverse fantasies and dreams of escaping to the big city. In the meantime, she fills her nights and weekends with shoplifting, stalking a buff prison guard named Randy, and cleaning up her increasingly deranged father’s messes. When the bright, beautiful, and cheery Rebecca Saint John arrives on the scene as the new counselor at Moorehead, Eileen is enchanted and proves unable to resist what appears at first to be a miraculously budding friendship. In a Hitchcockian twist, her affection for Rebecca ultimately pulls her into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.

#fiction #thriller #mystery thriller #strong female protagonist #Library Books #Reading Recs #reading recommendations #Book Recommendations #book recs #TBR pile #tbrpile #tbr #to read #Want To Read #Booklr #book tumblr #book blog #library blog

[vaguewrites]

I’m too lazy to draw so here are some George/Wrench headcanons

George also had a shitty ex, and his would dangle the promise of marriage every time he thought George would leave him. Very toxic, very manipulative piece of shit. So George gets where Wrench is coming from and he gets that anger and that bitterness. They both wasted nearly a decade with someone they thought loved them, only for them to hurt them and use them. Before they start dating, they help each other sort out their messy feelings over their exes. Lots of crying was involved. 

Wrench made George laugh with the whole, “Imagine I’m your cool older brother you occasionally have naughty dreams about.” It was so out of the blue that it startled a laugh out of him, and George hadn’t laughed in weeks leading up to their meeting. That’s what made Wrench really stand out to George. That and all the leather and spikes. 

Wrench gives George the most random pet names and George just rolls with it. Babycakes, scrumptious little biscuit, boo boo bear, etc. Mostly he does it on the group call when he knows others are listening and wants to annoy them. 

Actually calls him, “Georgie,” most of the time and is the only person to do so. 

George calls Wrench, “Reggie.” 

Marcus did try to set Wrench up with the monster truck guy and Wrench had to ring him back to be like, “hey, that might not be needed.”  And Marcus immediately knew why. So he spends the next few days ribbing on his best friend for being a player. 

Wrench and George start dating after the events in Legion, and Wrench moves in with him a few months later. Not to rush the relationship but because George was worried about Wrench living in shitty conditions.  

Before Wrench moved in with him, George converted his garage into a workshop for Wrench. It was so he’d have somewhere to tinker with his robots. And he gave free reign for Wrench to do whatever he liked to make it his own space, graffiti, posters, the whole shebang. He also encouraged Wrench to put up his posters and photos or anything he wanted in the house so it was his home too. This was a big thing for Wrench, because I also headcanon that Zane wanted the “picture perfect” home and everything was to his taste, or to what was in style at the time, and nothing indicated that Wrench lived there too. 

They live together in London for nearly two years. Marcus, Sitara and Josh flew down to visit a few times. Wrench becomes homesick after a while and wants to move back to San Francisco. At this stage he and George have built a good foundation of trust and friendship that he does feel comfortable telling George he’s not happy living in England anymore and he wants to go back to America. George kinda suspected that was the case and is like, “Alright. Let’s move to America.” 

George was originally born in Ireland and moved to England with his ex because he wanted to go to a particular University when they were 18-19. Moving abroad wasn’t new to George, and he ended up loving London, so he was confident in moving to America with Wrench. It was an adventure. Wrench leaves first while George stays behind to get things sorted out in London, like selling his house and stuff. They spend a few months apart and miss each other a lot. 

The first thing George notices when he arrives in San Francisco; “Jesus it’s hot here.” 

Despite being such a twig of a guy, Wrench takes up the most space in the bed because he spreads out like a starfish. George sleeps curled in the fetal position and takes very little space. It evens out. 

George frequently tells Wrench he’s beautiful because he knows Wrench is still somewhat insecure about his looks. He also likes to give nose kisses. 

Wrench is shit at cooking so George usually cooks and Wrench does dishes. 

Wrench is able to lift George and George is surprised every time, but really he shouldn’t be. 

Wrench is an aries and George is a virgo. 

George loves both the Wrench persona and Reggie. 

#oc x canon #reggie blechman #reggie x george #reginald blechman #wrench #watch dogs #watch dogs oc #watch dogs legion #oc george

[slocam]

Engineering Icons - Sir Joseph Whitworth

JOSEPH WHITWORTH

The fitter's fitter, an engineer of practical ideas that were to become standard practice throughout the world.

Where Henry Maudsley conceived the machine-tool to produce parts of sufficient quality and accuracy in the required quantity to meet demand, Whitworth continued.

He identified two elements absolutely crucial to precision workmanship - a true plane and power of measurement. Coining the statement "you can only make what you can measure".

At the same time he endeavored to improve the construction of machine tools,  to this end he is credited with doing away with flimsy architectural designs and originating the box structure design found in lathe beds. Whitworth made machine tools which were of the quality and size required to make the mechanical components comprising the industrial machinery of the period. Hence a large portion of the machinery which embodied the industrial revolution in England had components made on Whitworth machine tools.

When exhibiting his latest development in measurement, Whitworth exclaimed the definition of comparative measurement and laid down the fundamentals of workshop metrology: "We have therefore in this mode of measurement all the accuracy we can desire; and we find in practice in the workshop that it is easier to work to the ten-thousandth of an inch from standards of end measure, than to the one-hundredth of an inch from the lines on a two-foot rule. In all cases of fitting, end measures of  length should be used, instead of lines."

The following is a small outline of Whitworth's extraordinary calibre.

1821 - Around the age of 17, runs away from his uncle's cotton mill in Derbyshire. Finding work with Creighton & Co as a mechanic.

1825 - Begins working at Maudslay & Field in London as a bench fitter.

1827 - Innovates the 'three-plate method' for originating true surface plates through scraping by discovering the correct sequence of comparing and working the plates.

1841 - World's first screw thread standard: Whitworth proposes his thread standard in a paper to the Institute of Civil Engineers, 'Whitworth thread' was generally adopted in England by 1860.

1844 - Proposes adoption of decimal fractions in engineering workshop practice and is attributed with introducing the thou, being 0.001 of an inch.

1850 - At this time, Whitworth was the pre-eminent maker of machine tools due to his tools having sufficient size, strength and precision to meet the demands of industry. Thus introducing a standard of design only exceeded later in the 20th century.

1856 - Exhibits bench micrometer capable of discerning differences of one-millionth of an inch to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in Glasgow, making the exclamation on metrology in the workshop stated above.

1868 - Founds the Whitworth Scholarships.

1870 - Develops fluid compressed steels for armament manufacture.

1874 - At the close of his career, Whitworth converts his Manchester business to a stock company and issues most of the shares to his workmen.

#whitworth #mechanicalengineering #fitter #lathe #machine shop #age of steam #industrial revolution #mechaniclife

[travelingue]

L'invitation au voyage (To HEL and back 1)

It's a strange sensation.  You're in a metal tube and can't get out.  You can't even stand up.

You’re surrounded by complete strangers, except for the person next to you.  Everyone is facing in the same direction. Suddenly your body is thrust back against your seat.

After three years of restrictions, I'd almost forgotten what it feels like.  I can't be the only one.  On arrival I spot an ad for Finnair urging people to give it a try:

We are now in the EU: I am separated from my wife at passport control and fast-tracked through automated gates.  Signs point her – along with Japanese and Korean nationals – towards a booth where she must get her British passport stamped.

Thankfully, Helsinki airport is not overrun by Asian visitors today and we are quickly reunited on the other side.

The train to the city centre is comfortable and user-friendly.  An on-board screen tells us exactly where we are along the way.  The stations are listed both in Finnish and Swedish.

In most cases the two versions bear a resemblance to each other, but it's the occasional radical divergence that fascinates me.  The suburb known as Louhela to locals is rendered as Klippsta.

Given that Sweden ran Finland for five centuries, I find it very decent of the Finns to help their former occupiers get around. It's true that Swedish rule ended in 1809. Since then the main threat has come from Russia – from which independence was wrested 105 years ago. That may be why, on signs, the capital doubles as Helsingfors, not Хельсинки.

Still, I don't think the time elapsed since the last invasion by itself explains the toponymic hospitality.  The French last overran England a millennium ago and we have been friends for, what, 200 years?  Anyway, signs from and from Channel ports do not mention Douvres, Cantorbéry, or Londres.

Clearly the bilingual signage here betokens something more than just good feelings.

What I read into it, rather, is: "OK, you Swedes lorded over us once.  And it's true you didn't lift a finger when the Soviets attacked us in 1939-40 - any more than you helped Norway against the Nazis.  But we know you're good guys really.  We Scandis must stick together."

The 10-minute walk from the central station to our hotel is, frankly, a disappointment. 

We've come to Helsinki for its architecture.  We walk along a boulevard lined with drab 1920s blocks of flats. Trams rumble by.  Apart from the incongruous head of a giant seagull, we could be in any central European city.

Google guides us to our hotel.  Boring as it looks from the outside, the interior oozes sophistication. 

Art is on display in the reception area.  An electronic screen proclaims: "The LGBTQ+ community is welcome here."

This message of inclusion is reaffirmed in our room, with a card:

I hadn't expected homophobia and racism to be so rife in the country that such a haven was required.  Maybe I had naively swallowed clichés about Nordic tolerance.

But I am in a position to verify one blessing commonly attributed to the Finns: a world-beating school system.

That evening we dine at a local restaurant called "Ateljé Finne".  I ask the waitress, perhaps a bit too smugly, whether she knows what atelier means.

"It's French for workshop," she says. "A lot of restaurants call themselves atelier - or ateljé as we say.  This building used to be a workshop owned by a man called Finne, so when we converted it into a restaurant, it seemed appropriate to retain that designation."

It seems linguistic humility is in order, a shock to the system for me.  I cast my mind back to our arrival.  As we hesitated about which lane to use at passport control, an attendant spontaneously addressed me in perfect French and my wife in perfect English.

People who end up as waitresses or airport employees were not necessarily top of their class.  Who knows what benefits high-fliers derive from their Finnish education?

The meal is very nice.  I like small portions, although as Frenchman I find the 12cl glasses skimpy.  At least I have a virtuous glow of sobriety.

The bill comes to €122.30 - this is Finland after all. I briefly ponder the question flashed by the credit-card reader: "Do you want to leave a tip?"  On reflection, that polyglot waitress has deserved her 15%.

#finland #travel #helsinki

[ahz-associates]

The University of Sheffield for Studying in the UK!

Summary

Located in South Yorkshire, England, is the public University of Sheffield. It is a well-known research-focused university with the goal of obtaining top-notch research. This is a location dedicated to providing students with an exceptional educational experience that demonstrates its superiority in the classroom and validates its value.

As a result, the University of Sheffield offers knowledgeable teachers based on current research and is a member of the Russell Group Universities, UK. Sheffield is one of the top 24 UK universities for research and teaching as a result of its stellar reputation on a global scale. International students create a vibrant multicultural community that supports international students on a constant basis.

Past Events

Sheffield Medical School, Firth College, and Sheffield Technical School came together to form the University of Sheffield in 1897. Firth College's principal, William Mitchinson Hicks, converted the college into a university college because he had a vision of a university in the city. By erecting new structures, he also established additional departments.

King Edward VII awarded Sheffield a royal charter and university status in 1905. This was one of the top nine red brick and civic universities in England, founded in one of the country's main industrial centers. The goal Sheffield set for himself was "to discover the causes of things."

As a result, the university belongs to the prestigious Russell Group of universities, the Worldwide Universities Network, the N8 Group, which consists of the top eight research-intensive universities, and the associates of White Rose University.

Ranking and Accomplishments

The University of Sheffield's rankings are as follows:

In the UK, it ranks 18th (Times University Guide, 2024).

The UK's 21st (Guardian University Guide, 2024).

2024 QS World University Rankings: 104th in the world.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2022 place 105th.

2023's Academic Ranking of World Universities: 151-200th.

Sheffield University is the recipient of five Nobel Prizes. Triple Crown for Medicine physiology in addition to winning the Chemistry prize thrice.

The Queen's Anniversary Prize in neuroscience was given to the Sheffield Institute in 2019 in recognition of their exceptional achievements.

Ranked 23rd in the Times University Guide for the year 2021.

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, ranked 121st.

Attained the 93rd rank in the QS World University Rankings for the year 2021.

Courses

Foundation

Undergraduate

Pre-master’s

Postgraduate

Research

Resources and Amenities

Fantastic It facilitates the availability of computers that can be used to establish a virtual learning environment at home, on school, or somewhere else.

Adaptable printing

Sheffield boasts four well-stocked libraries, where budding artists receive essential resources. Both on and off campus, new media, digital works, research resources, and free library accounts are available.

Informative workshops based on research and experienced professors.

Pupils with developing skills benefit from having access to top-notch athletes and facilities for both indoor and outdoor sports.

There are three established on-campus venues that host scheduled activities, such as bands and DJs. One of these is the Octagon Center, which hosts concerts and seminars.

Student Life

The greatest student union for representing students is the Sheffield Students' Union. The fourth year after, it receives the Whatuni Student Choice Award. Film screenings, live music, comedies, discussions, superstores, study spaces, a variety of dining options, and top-notch student activities are all located here.

As a result, Sheffield students not only receive an honors degree upon graduation, but they also leave with knowledge, expertise, and experience that everyone finds impressive. From freshmen's week to alumni night, the students' union is always working hard to provide the finest support possible to students and can guarantee their pleasure and safety.

Any service pertaining to the course, including housing concerns, entertainment options, financial difficulties, and so forth, is offered by the union. Consequently, students have access to over 350 clubs and societies to participate in.

The Sheffield Volunteering Scheme is the recipient of an award that facilitates the development of leadership, coaching, and project management abilities. Sheffield City is a vibrant cultural hub with a strong feeling of belonging.

Be a result, it is referred to be the safest big city in England, welcoming visitors from all over the globe who wish to live in harmony. A purple flag is used to indicate municipal safety. It is also well-known for being a green city populated with creative individuals, including designers, artists, and national parks.

Accommodation

Living in Sheffield is a captivating experience. International students arrive and open shops here. They fell in love with the University of Sheffield residence halls as a location to live and study. This residential area has cafes, restaurants, shops, theaters for the arts and culture, green areas, and hospitals. As such, out of the top 10 cities in the UK, it is the most reasonably priced city that welcomes students.

Undergraduate and graduate students can be assured of a vibrant and safe atmosphere in the official university housing. The flats, University of Sheffield resident halls, shared bathrooms, studio apartments, etc. all have household amenities.

Parents and guests are occasionally welcome to tour the chic hotel rooms at Halifax Hall, Jonas Hotel, and other self-catering apartments. Smart Move Sheffield is managed by the University of Sheffield. The SNUG student housing program, run by Sheffield City Council, helps students locate the ideal place to live.

Move around

The Supertram, a quick way to get from one area to another, is available in the campus center. A main transportation hub is the train station, and high-frequency bus services are offered in and around Sheffield. A reduced-price ticketing program offers travel passes with a notable off-street price decrease.

As a result, starting in early 2021, parking services for staff and students are provided by the University of Sheffield at no cost thanks to its regulations, management, and parking lots. Additionally, they can take advantage of the free bike checkups available at the "Cycle Hut."

#uk student visa #study abroad #uk education #study in the uk #uk universities #study in uk #uk study visa #uk scholarships #uk news #scholarships

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“YOUNG PRISONERS TO BE SEGREGATED,” Montreal Star. March 3, 1930. Page 2. ---- Plan For Separate Institution at St. Vincent de Paul Outlined --- PROPERTY BOUGHT ---- Warden Says Move Will Mark New Treatment of Juvenile Offenders ---- The proposed erection of a separate institution at St. Vincent de Paul for the housing of young criminals, is a definite step forward in the scientific treatment of juvenile offenders, Lieut-Cal. P. A. Piuze, warden of the Vincent de Paul Penitentiary told The Star today.

Col. Piuze commented on the recent statement at Kingston, Ont., of Brig-Gen. W. St. Pierre Hughes, inspector general of penitentiaries of the Dominion Department of Justice, regarding the proposal to establish "preferred class penitentiary," in that district and at St. Vincent de Paul.

The Government has acquired more than 400 acres, comprising nearly all of the lower part of the village, in the district of Penitentiary street to the Lussier estate, and bounded by St. Almond street, which will be converted into penitentiary reserve. The new building will be built on the Lussier estate grounds

SEGREGATION NEEDED C. Piuze explained that the idea is to separate the first offenders, usually young men, from the older inmates. He felt that it would serve to allow no opportunity for the recidivists to communicate any wrong impressions to the newcomers.

With regard to the building itself, nothing definite has been formulated apart from the segregation proposal. The matter is being studied, Col. Piuze said, and when the authorities at Ottawa have completed their survey, a draft containing proper instructions will be forwarded to the various criminal Institutions.

"Everything will be carried out on modern lines,” Col. Piuze said, "and will meet any new requirements which may have arisen during the survey A property will be shod, leaving a clear field of the warden declined to say whether he would assume charge of both penitentiaries They will be conducted as two separate institutions,’ he said “but it is possible that the administration will be handled from here.

Col. Piuze looked on the move as highly providential. "Young men who come here for the first time should be treated differently," he said. “Two different disciplines should be employed." 

LAUDS SYSTEM. The warden said that without criticising other institutions, he felt that the Canadian prison is the best in the word. This is partly due to the fact that in Canada, the jails are conducted along the same line as in England. He contrasted the closing up of jails in England and the need for more prisons in the United States to support his statements. 

Col. Piuze felt that there is something lacking in the American system. “Perhaps the reason lies in that their change for for every state, while in we have a uniform prison administration throughout the country."

“The treatment and discipline here does not change, and we always keep in mind that it is a penitentiary and not a college or university. There is no mollycoding, and we do not pretend to offer exaggerated recreational activities. In place of  this, we offer good libraries, good schools and good workshops, where our inmates are enabled to learn a useful trade and educate themselves to better citizens,"

#laval #montreal #st vincent de paul penitentiary #collins bay penitentary #federal training centre #dominion penitentiaries #prison construction #classification and segregation #utopia of classification #p. a. piuze #prison administration #penal reform #great depression in the united kingdom #history of crime and punishment in canada #crime and punishment in canada

[phelanspharmacy]

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One of the most famous windmills on the Maltese islands is il-mitħna ta’ Ganu in Birkirkara. IL-MITĦNA TA’ GANU Known as the ta' Ganu windmill, the mill was built in 1724 by Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena's Foundation. It remained in use till 1929. Afer World War II it was converted into a blacksmith's workshop before subsequently falling into a state of neglect for a long period of time. AKA The mill in Triq in-Naxxar corner with Triq Bwieraq is also known as tal-Maħlut, a Maltese word for a mixture, in this case referring to a mixture of wheat and hops used for making bread. GABRIEL CARUANA Between the late 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, the building was entrusted to Maltese artist Gabriel Caruana. Between 1985-89 the building was restored. The stairs were rebuilt and water and electricity introduced. Now a ceramist, Gabriel Caruana keeps the mill alive by providing a venue for art exhibitions. These exhibitions are inclusive because they not only include his own modern and contemporary artwork, but they also provide an opportunity for other artists to express themselves in the modern idioms. Caruana set up the Mill Arts, Culture and Crafts Centre (MACCC) at the ta' Ġanu windmill - one of the first modern and contemporary art centres to be opened in Malta.  The MACCC was opened to the public in June 1990 and has since then been operating under the directorship of Caruana and his wife Mary Rose Caruana, and later with the help of his daughter Raffaella Zammit, together with Prof. Richard England and Umberto Butiġieġ. A NICHE OF ST. MICHAEL Embellishing a corner of the windmill is a niche housing a statue of St. Michael the Archangel. The saint is shown stepping on an anthropomorphic figure representing evil. He is shown with open arms and is turned slightly on one side. The niche protruding from the corner is rectangular and has Doric pilasters supporting a flat cornice with a cross on top. Below the niche is a 40-day indulgence granted by Bishop Carmelo Scicluna. (at Birkirkara, Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdn3OVSoj2w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Wants to Barn wedding venue in Essex?

Barn Wedding Venues are popular because they are a great way to combine the rustic look with modern amenities. They provide a unique and memorable experience for guests. The barn is a traditional building that has been used for centuries to store agricultural produce in England and Wales. These days, people use them as wedding venues, event spaces, workshops, or studios. The traditional barn has high ceilings and large windows which create an airy atmosphere inside the venue. They have an open space which is perfect for hosting large gatherings such as weddings or other events.

If you are looking for a barn wedding venue in Essex, there are many to choose from. You can find the perfect place for your big day with this list of some of the best options. Barns have been popular for weddings for centuries as they provide a rustic and elegant setting. They can be used as ceremony venues and reception venues, making them great choices for couples who want to have their event in one location. Barn weddings are becoming more and more popular in the UK. The Barn is located on a farm and it has been converted into an amazing wedding venue.

A Barn Wedding Venue in Essex is perfect if you want to have a rustic wedding with modern amenities. They have a rustic charm that is very romantic and cozy. Barn weddings are becoming an increasingly popular choice for couples getting married in the UK. There is nothing like a barn wedding to give you that rustic, charming and romantic feeling. The Barn is one of the best wedding venues in Essex. It is a beautiful venue and has many interesting features.

The barn has all the necessary facilities to host a successful event. It also offers great views of the garden, countryside and river Colne Valley. Barn weddings are becoming more and more popular. They offer a rustic and romantic feel to the wedding day, which is perfect for couples that want to get married in a more natural setting. You can find many venues in Essex that offer barn weddings, but not all of them have the same amenities and services.

Barn wedding venues in Essex are popular because they offer a rustic, country feel that is perfect for those who want their big day to be full of character. There are so many things to consider when you are planning a wedding. It can be difficult to find the perfect venue for you and your partner. It is important to do your research before booking one. The first option is to find a venue that offers both indoor and outdoor space.

If you are looking for a Wedding venue in Essex, there are many options to choose from. Some of the most popular venues include the Old Vicarage at Great Bardfield, Clavering Hall and The Manor House Hotel. You should also take into account the distance from your home or hotel if you are travelling from outside of the area. Barns are a great choice for a wedding venue. They are spacious and offer plenty of options for the guests to enjoy themselves.

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Beautifully converted 18th cent. workshop is now a moody, rustic home in the village of St. James, in Suffolk, UK. 

Isn’t this wonderful? The patina isn’t only on the building itself, but also on the furnishings.

The home has elements of vintage, glam, modern, and industrial.

The kitchen has some modern cabinets and an old Aga stove that’s probably been refurbished.

The living room is lovely- beautiful new accents combined with vintage. Love the globe collection.

The main bedroom and en suite look like they may be part of a new extension.

Cute guest room.

And a 2nd bath.

And as if the property wasn’t lovely enough, this rusty old Shepard’s wagon is in the garden.

Inside, it’s been set up as an office. This is beautiful.

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An historic barn undergoes a remarkable transformation in New England

An historic barn undergoes a remarkable transformation in New England

An historic barn-like workshop was converted into an open and airy one-bedroom home by designer/owner Stephen Peck, located in Falmouth, a town in Cumberland County, Maine. The homeowner’s opted to collaborate with Portland-based firm Briburn for this project, impressed with their sensibility of being at the forefront of sustainability. Most people would have torn down this barn to create an…

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It’s Fine Press Friday!

This week we present pages from the second book illustrated by the great English printmaker and type designer Eric Gill, The Devil's Devices, or, Control Versus Service by Douglas (H. D. C. ) Pepler, with woodcuts and wood engravings by Eric Gill, published in Hammersmith, the seat of the Arts & Crafts Movement in England, at the Hampshire House Workshops in 1915. There was a limited edition of 200 copies, but ours is one of 1300 trade copies printed in London at Edward Thomas (E. T.) Heron’s Westminster Press. Both the author and illustrator were ardent Catholics and social activists, and this work displays overtones of both, a critique of contemporary society, work conditions, human relationships, and the effects of the Industrial Revolution. An advertisement at the back states: “This book contains an account of a cinematograph entertainment in Satan’s Circuit; a warning to the public against a crafty devil; and an appreciation of . . . an English working man.” The printer E. T Heron also happened to be an enthusiast and promoter of the cinematograph.

H. D. C. Pepler (1878-1951), who had a Quaker background, co-founded what become the Hampshire House Workshops at Hammersmith in 1906 out of religious convictions. It was at the Workshops that Pepler met Gill (1882-1940) at the beginning of WWI, and developed a close friendship (one of Pepler’s sons even married one of Gill’s daughters), although they would later have a falling out in the 1930s. The Workshops were involved in a number craft endeavors, and Pepler wanted to establish a publishing house there, but only produced about ten books and catalogs at the Workshops before converting to Catholicism in 1916 and co-founding with Gill and English poet and artist Desmond Chute, The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic at Ditchling, Sussex. It was here that the St. Dominic’s Press was founded and run by Pepler in collaboration with Gill and the English calligrapher and type designer Edward Johnston.

Our copy of The Devil’s Devices bears the ownership bookplate of C. H. St John Hornby, proprietor of the Ashendene Press, and is another gift from our friend Jerry Buff.

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AC 428 - design Frua - rare today.

The AC Frua or AC 428 is a British GT built by AC Cars from 1965 to 1973. Production was 81 cars built in total: 49 coupés (known as fastbacks), 29 convertibles, and 3 special bodied.

The Frua is built on an AC Cobra 427 Mark III chassis. Chassis were built at the AC plant in England then shipped to Frua's workshop in Italy where the body was fitted and then sent back to England to have the power train and trim added. The cost was high and the cars could not  sold at a competitive price. AC Frua features fully independent racing based coil spring suspension.

[grimelords]

My August playlist is finished and while it does unfortunately begin with Tool it also has two of Elvis’ gospel songs on it so please believe me when I say it takes a turn! Everything you could ever want over three hours of music from 70s christian hippie cult music to a funky remix of Also Sprach Zarathustra to Ante Up.

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but in the meantime,

listen here

Lateralus - Tool: Tool is on streaming now and they've got a new album out and so it's a very nice time to reinterrogate a band that meant a lot to teenaged me that i have almost completely exorcised from my life since. What's interesting firstly is how much better it is to consume their music digitally than it ever was in any physical format. They apparently resisted making it available for so long for nebulous reasons of artistic control and intention, wanting a say in how their music is listened to - they design these long and overwrought albums to be experienced as a whole. My contention is that as a whole album, start-to-finish, is one of the worst ways to listen to this band. Tool have maybe 12 great songs across four albums and every single album is around 70-80 minutes, pushing the limit of the CD. Which means for every great song there's at least two ambient interludes, Bill Hicks samples, 90s alt comedy bits (Die Eir Von Satan is just menacing music and a menacing voice reading out a weed cookie recipe in german, now that's what I call comedy) that really add nothing to the experience of the album on a casual listen. Being actually able to listen to these songs on their own, and playlist them and pull them apart from the mire is so refreshing and makes experiencing this extremely exhausting band actually pleasant for once. That's not to say ambient interludes and sketches and whatever aren't worth it, I absolutely love that shit and a lot of my favourite albums are absolutely chock full of that sort of thing - just like, don't make me do it every time. Their new album seems to reflect this at least a little bit, with the more overarching themes and arcs of the previous albums replaced by more singular and self-contained long songs interspersed with dedicated 2 minute interlude tracks. The runtime blows out to an hour and a half unrestrained by physical limits but it seems to contain more actual music and less funny than any other Tool album which is a welcome change. I'm still lukewarm on the album itself, it seems to just be a complete rehashing of the ideas on 10,000 Days (to the point of almost note-for-note repetition of some old riffs and themes) which is a bit disappointing considering how long they've apparently been working on it. I'll give it more time because Tool albums always unfold over multiple listens but for now they kind of just sound like the dad-rock version of a once extremely edgy 90s band - which I guess they are now so that makes sense. As for Lateralus, I think it's their best song. The perfect combination of Joe Rogan spirit science woo-woo sacred geometry fibonacci sequence 'open your mind' bullshit and good old fashioned riffs, it's the best of both halves of Tool and great starting point if you've never listened to this band and are interested in becoming insufferable.

Mars For The Rich - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: This album is so good and it's finally converted me to being a full time King Gizz guy so look out for a lot more of that in the future. It's a thrash metal concept album about ecological collapse forcing the rich to flee to mars and the poor to flee to venus where they lose their minds and fly into the fire. I spent a little while the other day obsessing over the insane vocal leap in this absolutely incredible song when he jumps down an 11th on 'mars for the riiiiiiich' somehow effortlessly.

Pattern Walks - Cloud Nothings: The interplay between Cloud Nothings second and third albums is something I think about a lot. Attack On Memory is a visceral experience of depression and living in your own head where Here And Nowhere Else is about being able to finally move past it, and living with it. There's a good quote from the singer on the Genius page for this song where he says "It was almost a response to “Wasted Days” on the last record. It ends with “I thought I would be more than this” over and over and this one ends with “I thought” over a beautiful bit of music which is an easy way to explain the way I was thinking when I was writing this record. I wasn’t as depressed as I was when I was making the last album. Before, I felt like nobody liked the band and I was doing it for three years. I was not in a good place. Now, I had more time to think about why I felt that way. It’s a positive song."

M.E. - Metz: Metz put out a B-sides and rarities album a couple of weeks ago and then they put out this Gary Numan cover on it's own for some reason. It's very very good! I love just putting a generally harder edge on it without taking anything away from the spirit of the original. I also, somehow, didn't realise that Where's Your Head At by Basement Jaxx was a Gary Numan sample until I heard this cover so we're all learning every day.

The Ocean And The  Sun - The Sound Of Animals Fighting: Here's what's good: having the last third of your song just be a monotone voice reading from a CrimethInc anarchist zine over swirling guitar ambience. The drums are so good in this, Chris Tsagakis makes me want to muscle through the ska and listen to RX Bandits more, he’s just that good. The extremely crunchy part in the chorus especially, it switches through like three different distortions and sounds absolutely great. I’m a big fan of anyone that can make a very straightforward groove like the main one here really work just by absolutely leaning into it.

Uzbekistan - The Sound Of Animals Fighting: Uzbekistan is the most out-there and wild song on this album which was sort of mostly a way back into post-hardcore for TSOAF after Lover, The Lord Has Left Us.. which was perhaps a little too-out there for most. (seven minute closing track of a guy singing John Cage's Experimental Music essay over formless tabla and mandolin). The drums alone in this are worth it. The way they transition in and out of the super distorted electronic parts is so good. This song fortunately also has a section where someone recites poetry over electronic noise and a second voice whispers 'who holds your strings? wake up..." over the top near the end. I will love and defend dum-dum pretentious music until the day I die.

Gangsta - Tune-Yards: I love Tune-Yards and I'm incredibly interested in the way she interrogates whiteness. It's a complicated thing to get into in this playlist post but when she first turned up, a lot of people assumed she was african american just by the sound of her voice and music - it reaches and pulls from a lot of african music in a very postmodern sort of way and when people found out she was white, straight, cis and from New England it kind of felt like a betrayal for some people. On her 2018 album I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life she digs into it a lot in a way that becomes almost uncomfortable for what is ostensibly a pop album. An NPR article about it at the time said "Ever the student, the Smith-educated Garbus, who writes most of Tune-Yards' lyrics, designed an anti-racist curriculum for herself. She attended a six-month anti-racist workshop at the East Bay Meditation Center. She read the work of noted anti-racist educator Tim Wise and explored the activism of Standing Up for Racial Justice, a nationwide, progressive activism network dedicated to "moving white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority.". That's a lot. This song, Gangsta, from her 2011 album when all the hype was fresh feels like a pretty early look into the mindset she'd later fully fledge out of interrogating white identity and cultural appropriation while also participating in it. The lyrics are simple but they get to a simple point, "What's a boy to do if he'll never be a rasta?" is basically making the same point as Ras Trent by The Lonely Island except it's asking where else does Ras Trent fit? Can a white guy participate in anything like that in a way that's not cultural appropriation, and how can a culture like that participate in the larger world without being appropriated? It's 2013 tumblr discourse but it's still churning for a reason I suppose.

Ante Up (feat. Busta Rhymes, Teflon & Remi Martin) - M.O.P: An all time great Violence Song, in the same genre as Knuck If Ya Buck and X Gon Give It To Ya. Opening with "'this shit feel like a whole entire world collapsed" is such an insane way to open a song but the absolute whirlwind of threats that follows makes it feel warranted. "Fuck hip-hop, rip pockets, snatch jewels" is sooo good. I don't even care about this song I am just straight up robbing you. The absolute power in the rhythm of the overlapping getemGETEMgetem hitemHITEMhitem part is just so, so strong. It's like a VR experience of being fucking robbed.

Awake (feat. JPEGMAFIA) - Tkay Maidza: It seems like Tkay is finally nailing down her sound and she’s absolutely killing it. She’s been through a few different styles since she started out and now she’s really hit on something that’s very distinctly her with this and her other new song Flexin and I cannot wait for the album.

Big Head - Ms. Jade: Ms Jade had one album in 2002 and then basically disappeared which is a shame because she's got a very interesting approach. The star of the show is as usual, Timbaland. The man is a singular voice somehow making the tabla and a wikiwiki noise his signature sound. I love the drone of the raps interspersed with the vocal spikes and I love the chorus as the gospel vocals surge up from underneath. This whole song is just completely bizzare in its construction in a way that works perfectly and feels strangely.

Titanium 2 Step - Battles: Battles are finally back and I’m fucking bouncing off the walls. They’re a two piece now and it does not seem to have slowed them down at all which is very exciting. I can’t think of any band that has ever continued with only half of their original members and also moved forward radically every time. Everything about this song is great: the super strength drums, the hypercolour guitar and the vocals that are just screaming absolutely whatever you like whenever you like. It feels closest to Ice Cream, and Gloss Drop in general more than La Di Da Di but i’m so excited to see how the new album sounds - and how they adapt their old material live now that there’s only two of them.

Dancing Is The Best Revenge - !!!: I’ve never actively listened to !!! for no good reason, but plenty of times in my life I’ve heard a song playing and been like damn what the FUCK is THIS?! and it always turns out to be !!!. This is yet another example.

Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix) - Scenario Rock: The first clap in this is one of the best sounds ever. Right after 'so you think you've seen and heard it all' everything drops out of the mix for this one very comedy clap and it makes me smile every time. The rhythm of the Disco!... Disco! Disco! part near the end is one of those things that's just always playing in the back of my mind, which as far as constant reminders go it's not the worst. I've also over the last week or so been a big fan of this 11 year old youtube video I found of some guy covering the bass on this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DLAUaV3f8

16:56 - Danger: Danger had a new album this year that I don't think I gave enough attention to because I relistened and it's very good. He spends the majority of it refining his original sound but it's such a distinct and original niche that it works out great. The songs are so densely layered and frankly just sound so beautiful! Which is a strange thing to say about 80s inspired electro but it just does. The strings and timpani in this about halfway through are just a gift as well, I love it.

Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato: As part of my ‘thinking about Elvis’ I was looking up a live album of his called Aloha From Hawaii Via Sattelite which has a very good cover which doubles as an illustration of how my proposed international peacekeeping satellite will function, projecting an immense Elvis themed blanket of darkness over ‘troublemaker’ regions to immerse them in an eternal freezing night until they’ve settled down. Anyway his entrance music for this this concert in Hawaii is Also Sprach Zarathustra, which is a very very funny thing to do and I think gives an appropriate measure of his status at the time. When I told my girlfriend about this she directed me to this bonkers jazz funk version of it by Deodato which deservingly won a grammy in 1974 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings - Father John Misty: I’ve resisted listening to Father John Misty for a long time because he just seems like a real asshole. A big brain man genius that saw what Lana Del Rey was doing and thought “what if.. me?”. But I can’t deny this song, it’s absolutely magical and as far as songs about fucking in a cemetery go it’s definitely one of the most singable.

Remember / Medicine Man - Yma Sumac: In reading about the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and who was buried there, I learned about Yma Sumac. Yma Sumac was a Peruvian soprano with one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard who was an absolutely huge deal in the 50s when Americans were clamouring for the exotic, real or imagined. She made extremely good mambo music and claimed to be descended from the last Incan emperor. Her popularity faded after the 50s and then for an unknown reson in 1971, ten years since her last album, she made this rock album. It is insane. It's the best example of 'voice as an instrument' that I've ever heard. She is making every kind of sound possible with a human voice and her range seems completely limitless. She's just as comfortable in a piercingly high whistle register as she is in deep guttural growls. About 2 minutes into Remember she just straight up jumps four octaves in a row just to flex. She also sings in a way in the second verse of Medicine Man that I've never heard before that sounds like she's blowing out her cheeks and then singing with her mouth almost closed. It's absolutey bizzare and I love it so much.

This Thing - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Listening to the other album that King Gizzard put out this year is really making me appreciate how much of 180 Infest The Rats Nest was for them. This album is basically a Black Keys album of groovy fun songs about fishing for fishies with fantastic harmonica work and it makes it look even more like they just snapped when they did the next one.

The Warrior (feat. Patty Smyth) - Scandal: I've been very passively watching GLOW since the second half of season 2 and now I'm very passively watching season 3 and this song was the opening credits theme for the first episode. It fucking rocks I don't know why they don't just make it the theme song all the time. This sort of 80s hard-rock pop is very good when it's good and extremely bad when it's bad and I wonder if we'll ever see any sort of revival of it once 80s nostalgia nostalgia takes hold in 2030. Being a singer named Patty Smyth is very funny also. She's billed as a feature even though she was in the band because she left to try a solo career as soon as it was released, possibly even before. She is also John McEnroe's wife I just found out. What a life.

A Girl Called Johnny - The Waterboys: I found this song because I was googling to see if it's possibly to get a random album from spotify and instead foumd a guy on rateyourmusic who was generating random rym album pages and then listening to whatever came up if it was on spotify - which seems just as good. This was one of the albums he talked about and he seemed to like it so I listened and I did as well. Sometimes the best way to find new music is throw dice on the internet and see what comes up.

New Year's Eve - City Calm Down: The new City Calm Down is one hundred percent great and I have such admiration for them for making a complete left turn with their sound and sounding like a completely different band since their last album but being equally as great in both forms. It's very inspiring and it's also the second song of the month I've heard for the first time while walking around Richmond that's mentioned Richmond. Very spooky.

Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift: It's fucked up how good Lover is when ME! and You Need To Calm Down were so bad. It feels like they changed direction at the last minute and changed the tracklist dramatically because those two songs seem sort of wildly out of place, along with London Boy. It's so uneven it's basically two albums in one but when it's good it's extremely good. This song is fucking powerful. The way she straight up screams "he looks so pretty like a devil"? Amazing. What a crazy thing to shout. If you're interested I also resequenced Lover and took London Boy off it and it's a far better album in my opinion https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3LN1uAhp8BS8Ms4bgmHiVP

Kelly - Van She: I have no idea why but this is in the opening paragraph of Van She's wiki page: "Their label introduced them as a "new band from Sydney fresh on ideas, fresher than Flavor Flav, fresh like coriander, fresher than the Fresh Prince, fresher than fresh eggs."[2] Despite these claims, the band began with a sound very much rooted in the 1980s, heavy on synthesizer." which really makes me laugh. Van She had a very specific mid-2000s indietronica thing going that was really good as this song proves but they also did a bunch of remixes under the name Van She Tech that are very out there and completely different to the main band. Their remix of UFO by Sneaky Sound System I'm sure I've yelled about in these posts before, it's absolutely phenomenal. Anyway I guess what I'm saying is get you a band that can do both.

Shadow - Wild Nothing: Somehow I missed Wild Nothing back when they were a big thing and only listened to them this month. I listened to this whole album while I was doing housework and when it finished I though 'that was nice' and could not remember a single thing about it. That's the beauty of shoegaze! I had to listen to it about five more times for it to stick and now I'm getting more and more out of it every time, I love it.

Heaven's On Fire - The Radio Dept.: Years ago when I was having a major 'depressive episode' for about a fucking year I listened to this album Constantly and as a result for a very long time I couldn't listen to it without inviting megawatts of bad vibes back into my brain. Thankfully through hard work and time passing it appears I've fully healed my assosciations with this album which is fantastic news because it is delightful start to finish and worth getting obsessed with again.

Crystalised - The xx: It's nice to see news articles posted almost every day about which albums are turning ten years old. It makes me feel one million years old and viewing the world from a television in my hermit's cave. It feels hard to overstate just how much quiet influence the xx have had over the music landscape since 2009. Without The xx we don't have Royals and without Royals we don't have You Need To Calm Down, so. Something beautiful of theirs that I think is sad hasn't caught on in the intervening years is the idea of writing romantic duets when duets had been out of fashion for so long. They wrote a whole album of them and continue to! There's a beautiful contextual depth to it, in that it's two queer people singing not exactly to each other but with each other. In an interview they've called it 'singing past each other' which is a very nice way to put it.

Aspirin - Tropical Fuck Storm: I really appreciate the continual development of the guitars in Tropical Fuck Storm where they sound so pencil-necked and reedy in these angular little melodies and then sometimes explode into thick cacophanous howls, but what's especially good is in songs like this when they don't explode and instead just sort of sprout tendrils and crawl around each other. They're really drilling down on a very singular and very unsettling sound and I really love it. It is also a very interesting feeling to be walking around Richmond listening to this album for the first time and having him mention Richmond. Spooky even.

Pasta - Angie McMahon: "My bedroom is a disaster / my dog has got kidney failure" is an all-time great opening lyric for me. I love the way this song kicks up from the doldrums, like forcing yourself to do something just so you've done something today. Angie McMahon is so great and I'm getting more and more out of her album every time.

If I Had A Hammer - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash: The way this song is performed here is so fucking cool. The guitar tone, June's voice and the general energy of it is just absolutely electric. It feels like Highway 61 Bob Dylan where it's still folk but it's got this massive power in it. The solo fucking rips in that very old fashioned way and when it finishes and that riff comes back in by itself it's just great.

Elvis Presley Blues - Gillian Welch: I was thinking about this song because I too was thinking about Elvis. I thought for a long time that the lyrics to this were ‘didn’t he die?’ and not ‘day that he died’ and I think I prefer mine more. Idly thinking about Elvis like “whatever happened to that guy? Must be old now. Wait, didn't he die? No way to know I suppose.”

Everything Is Free - Sylvan Esso: Rolling Stone had a very good article and interview about how this song about napster has had a resurgence and remained relevant through the streaming era which is a very good read. I love the original and really this version is very similar except for the one key difference where they really dig into the anger and frustration at the heart of it in the 'fucking sing it yourself' line.  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gillian-welch-everything-is-free-courtney-barnett-father-john-misty-725135/

It's Nice To Have A Friend - Taylor Swift: This is the strangest song on Lover and one of the best, I absolutely love it. It's a very old fashioned kind of Taylor Swift Love Story type song but it also has a a fucking trumpet reveille in the middle, so that really spices it up a bit. I also keep accidentally listening to this backwards - there's a few phrases like when she sings 'it's nice to have a friend' where the 'friend' lands on the offbeat but is accented like it should be ON the beat and because of the way the music is in this where it's just the steady pulse it's hard to tell whether the chime is supposed to be on the beat or on the offbeat. It feels like it sort of slides back and forth throughout the song depending on what everything else is doing around it. I don't know if that's intentional or not but it's a very interesting effect. This song is also, in my estimation, about a woman and is detailing a fantasy Taylor Swift is having where she can come out to the world with no fuss and enjoy a simple fairytale love story as a gay woman.

Psalm 42 / Chant For Pentecost - The Trees Community: I have a mental list of albums I google every few months to see if they've been added to streaming and by the grace of god one of them finally has been. Years ago I used to listen to this almost every night to fall asleep and I think it brainwashed me slightly in a delightful way, and now I finally have it back again! This is proper hippie music: a bunch of long haired new york christians who drove around the country in the early 70s in a school bus playing their elaborate and beautiful music for anyone who wanted to hear it. The multilayered, multi-movement construction of these songs is completely entrancing to me. It's not a hollow beauty, but one that brings new meaning to old words in the way they stretch and snap and waver throughout the song, moving past each other and through each other as it moves forward. I absolutey love it. Chant For Pentecost is a good illustration of the other side of them, a short song that starts sweet and turns almost maniacal. There's a wild-eyed feeling to the harmonies and the way this melody sits on a single tone for such long stretches before the frankly scary conclusion.

In My Father's House / Working On The Building - Elvis Presley: The backing vocals in these, and especially the bass vocals are so incredible. The way they work in the second verse of Working On The Building is so great, Elvis is the lead vocal but the middle harmony and somehow it just works perfectly. The harmonies is In My Father's House are amazing. The bass solo is mind blowing and the part about halfway through where Elvis swallows the mic and says "jesus died upon the cross [VRRMER] sorrow" is very funny. It's got it all.

The Greatest - Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell is an absolute masterpiece and this is the best song on it. Lana has always had a knack for this apocalyptic feeling but this is a whole other level.  https://www.stereogum.com/2056565/lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/ The Stereogum writeup for this album was really great, and really nailed my opinion of her whole character thing as well, but he described this song as her version of that video that Ted Turner commissioned for CNN to play at the end of the world and it's really a perfect description. The part at the end where she says 'Kanye West is blonde and gone' is so chilling to me. Like Kanye losing the plot makes sense because he's only a few months ahead of the rest of us. He’s been a thought and culture leader for so long and it only makes sense that he’s spun off into space in these last days before it all wraps up.

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