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ON THIS DATE (51 YEARS AGO)October 10, 1969 – King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King is released.# ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 5/5 (MUST-HAVE!)# Allmusic 5/5 stars# Rolling Stone (see original review below)In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut album by King Crimson, released on this date in 1969. It reached #28 on the Billboard 200 Top LP's chart and #5 on the UK LP's chart.The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely stripped away the blues-based foundations of rock music and mixed together jazz and Classical symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece". It’s astonishing to think that when this record was released in 1969 King Crimson had been together for less than nine months.It’s astonishing to think that when this record was released in 1969 King Crimson had been together for less than nine months.Aside from the impeccable musicianship, the record’s impact was helped enormously by Barry Godber’s cover painting. Commissioned by Crimson lyricist, Pete Sinfield, rarely has an album sleeve so accurately conveyed the shock-and-awe reaction which this extraordinary music produced in its listeners. Even the jewel-case format has done little to dilute its iconic power.It was Fripp’s idea to subtitle the album “An Observation By King Crimson”, which had the effect of framing the five pieces within an implied concept of sorts. Fripp also his suggestion that there be no print anywhere on the exterior artwork.John Gaydon, Crimson’s co-manager at the time recalls Island Records were worried about objections from retailers who would be confused about the lack of information on the sleeve. “Fripp said, well, it’ll be the only record in the shop without anything down the spine on it, so they’ll know which one it is. Which was brilliant when you think about it.”In light of this, Pete Townshend’s declaration that the album was “an uncanny masterpiece” seems something of an understatement.__________THE LEGACY of In The Court of the Crimson KingA life-long King Crimson fan, 40th Anniversary Editions producer, Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson offers his thoughts on the debut album.“For me this is the birth of progressive rock. Yes there were other albums before that. You could say Sgt. Peppers or Moody Blues Days Of Future Passed have a claim to laying down a blueprint of progressive rock but ITCOTCK really is the first time you have such technical prowess allied to musical experiments, great songwriting, and a conceptual feeling all tied together in one record.Greg Lake - Tea Party Boston, Massachusetts (October 30, 1969)I think musicianship is the key here. Bands like The Beatles and the Moody Blues attempted very ambitious psuedo-progressive albums before, but Crimson was the first time you had a band that were able to go that one step further in terms of their musicianship. They were young guys full of ideas and ambition and I really think you have to say that this is the true point at which progressive rock is born, and some would say never bettered.Some people snigger at the idea of progressive rock but for me when progressive rock was at its peak in the 69 - 74 period it was the most experimental, most credible, most ambitious music that has ever been made. The guys were reaching for the stars and very often got there."+++++ROBERT FRIPP:The impact of this group, featuring Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield, is difficult to convey 25 years afterwards unless one were part of it: something like the explosive impact of punk seven years later. A considerable influence on the musicians and groups of its generation, it is also the only Crimson which could have been a massive commercial success. Inevitably, it drew as much hostility as support.The only record from this period - "In The Court Of The Crimson King" - failed to convey the power of its live performance but hints at the intensity which characterises classic Crimson of any period. Contemporary ears might find the music part of another era unless they drop listening at the music and listen through it. The sonic landscape remains as bleak an authentic Crimscape as it gets. Neither heavy metal nor hard rock have been able to blow me away since I spent 1969 playing "Schizoid Man" and a mellotronic stroboscopic "Mars" throughout England and the US.My own perspective on Crimson is obviously rather different from the other founder members of the 1969 band. My impression is that they consider their Crimson to be the only real Crimson, a view with which I have sympathy but disagree. We would probably agree that this founding Crimson was charmed. There was something completely other which touched this group and which we called our "good fairy". After reflecting on how we went from abject failure to global commercial and musical success in nine months, I concluded after several years of reflection that sometimes music leans over and takes us into its confidence. This was one of those times.But we were also young men, too immature to handle the strains involved in rapidly moving from failure to international success. The group's birthday was on January 13th. 1969 at the Fulham Palace Cafe in London. It broke up in Los Angeles, December 1969.~ Robert Fripp__________COVERBarry Godber (1946–1970), a computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 of a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It would be his only painting, and is now owned by Robert Fripp.Writing in the booklet accompanying the Epitaph box set Robert Fripp recalled “The cover was as strange and powerful as anything else to do with this group. Barry Godber, a friend of Peter and Dik the Roadie, was not an artist but a computer programmer. This was the only album cover he painted. Barry died in bed in Feb¬ru¬ary 1970 at the age of 24.The cover was as much a defining statement, and a classic, as the album. And they both belonged together. The Schizoid face was really scary, especially if a display filled an entire shop window.Peter brought the cover into Wessex Studios in Highgate during a session. At the time Michael Giles refused to commit himself to it, nor has he yet. But Michael has also never agreed to the name King Crimson. We went ahead anyway.The original artwork hung on a wall in 63a, Kings Road, in full daylight for several years. This was the centre of EG activities from 1970 and remains so today, albeit in its diminished and truncated form. For several years I watched the colours drain from the Schizoid and Crimson King faces until, finally, I announced that unless it was hung where it was protected from daylight, I would remove it. Several months later I removed it and it is now stored at Discipline Global Mobile World Central.”__________ORIGINAL REVIEWS FROM UK MUSIC PAPERSMelody Maker:This eagerly-awaited first album is no disappointment and confirms their reputation as one of the most important new groups for some time. It gives little idea of their true power on stage but still packs tremendous impact especially the brutally exciting “21st Century Schizoid Man” and the eerie title track, with its frightening mellotron sounds. It’s not all high power stuff though - there’s some nice flute from Ian McDonald on the beautiful “I Talk To The Wind” and “Moonchild” is pretty, though too long. The vocals are clear and controlled and the instrumental work can hardly be faulted. This is one you should try and hear.Disc:The first LP from the group heralded by those who know to be the most exciting discovery of the year. Get over the most horrific cover of the year and you’ll find the pundits are not wrong. A brilliant mixture of melody and freakout, fast and slow, atmospheric and electric, all heightened by the words of Peter Sinfield.International Times:The Ultimate Album. There is little one can fault with it: the arrangements make masterful use of multi-tracking, compressing and reducing, the standard of playing almost defies belief at the time, the vocals are merely excellent and the numbers are brilliantly and excitedly written.I don’t like one of the numbers, despite my total commitment as a Crimson-Bopper, which is ‘Moonchild’ and is too long. Otherwise a gassy, jazzy, heavy, complex, smooth and totally magnificent album: written, arranged, played and produced by the most original group since ........ (fill in your answers to Apple Ltd., Saville Row, London., for instance.NMEThe long-awaited first album from the remarkable King Crimson, a group which manages to provoke either loathing or fanatical devotion but which is undoubtedly capable of building for itself a sizeable reputation. This stunningly-packaged LP provides a varied selection of King Crimson’s style, although it lacks some of the drive of the stage performances that have made their name. Nevertheless, as a first album, it is extremely good.Daily SketchIf you want to know where pop is going in the 70s listen to this. It is magnificent.__________ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEWThere are certain problems to be encountered by any band that is consciously avant-garde. In attempting to sound "farout" the musicians inevitably impose on themselves restrictions as real as if they were trying to stay in a Top-40 groove. There's usually a tendency to regard weirdness as an end in itself, and excesses often ruin good ideas. Happily, King Crimson avoids these obstacles most of the time. Their debut album drags in places, but for the most part they have managed to effectively convey their own vision of Desolation Row. And the more I listen, the more things fall into place and the better it gets.The album begins by setting the scene with "21st Century Schizoid Man." The song is grinding and chaotic, and the transition into the melodic flute which opens "I Talk to the Wind" is abrupt and breathtaking. Each song on this album is a new movement of the same work, and King Crimson's favorite trick is to move suddenly and forcefully from thought to thought. "Epitaph" speaks for itself: "The wall on which the prophets wrote/Is cracking at the seams ... Confusion will be my epitaph.""Moonchild" opens the second side, and this is the only weak song on the album. Most of its twelve minutes is taken up with short statements by one or several instruments. More judicious editing would have heightened their impact; as it is, you're likely to lose interest. But the band grabs you right back when it booms into the majestic, symphonic theme of "The Court of the Crimson King." This song is the album's grand climax; it summarizes everything that has gone before it: "The yellow jester does not play/But gently pulls the strings/And smiles as the puppets dance / In the court of the Crimson King."This set was an ambitious project, to say the least. King Crimson will probably be condemned by some for pompousness, but that criticism isn't really valid. They have combined aspects of many musical forms to create a surreal work of force and originality.Besides which they're good musicians. Guitarist Robert Fripp and Ian McDonald (reeds, woodwinds, vibes, keyboards, mellotron) both handle rock, jazz, or classical with equal ease. Bassist Greg Lakes and drummer Michael Giles can provide the beat, fill in the holes, or play free-form. While Dylan and Lennon are still safe, lyricist Peter Sinfield does show a gift (macabre as it may be) for free association imagery.How effectively this music can be on stage is, admittedly, a big question. The answer is probably not too well. Still, King Crimson's first album is successful; hopefully, there is more to come. (RS 49)~ John Morthland (December 27, 1969)TRACKS:Written by Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield unless noted.Side one"21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:21"I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:05"Epitaph" – 8:47Side two"Moonchild" – 12:13"The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:25

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Hey all! I’m back at it again with my third main OC. Only one more to go after this one! Here’s links to the first two characters if you wanna go check them out!

Robert Westwood

Joshua “Josh” Fischer

Christopher “Chris” Harris

The images were made in the Sims 4. I will give credits to all the CC and poses used below. Hope you enjoy!

General

Name: Blaine Robert Westwood

Nicknames: None

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Pansexual

Birthday: December 11

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Physical

Hair color: Dirty blond

Eye color: Golden amber

Height: 5’ 10”

Build: Muscular

Personal

Love Interest: Christopher “Chris” Harris

Family:

Delilah Westwood (mother)

Jay Morrison (biological father)

Jonathan Westwood (step father)

Robert Westwood (identical twin brother)

Friends:

Robert Westwood

Joshua “Josh” Fischer

Christopher “Chris” Harris

Chase Stone

Edmund “Ned” Robinson

Ophelia Fitzgerald

Jackson “Jack” Sampson

Hunter Hill

Career

Occupation: Student, no paying occupation, but learns how to be a businessman from his stepfather to prepare for his future as the CEO

Affiliation: Apple Brook High

Personality

Blaine is outwardly extroverted, loud and friendly in public, regardless of how well he knows a person. He is outwardly narcissistic, materialistic, prideful and kind of selfish. He is often confident, unless it involves schoolwork, in which he always claims he’s “stupid” just because he has a hard time paying attention and understanding the material. He is extremely athletically inclined, quite strong and runs quite fast. He is their high school football team’s main running back, and is an excellent player on the school’s baseball team.

In private, he is quieter and calmer. He also is slightly less narcissistic and prideful, and more caring and considerate of the ones he loves. In reality, he is very kind, helpful and tries to be as loving and compassionate towards his loved ones as he can be. He also has wonderful musical talent that he doesn’t publicly show. He is an excellent piano player who has been playing since he was 8, and a very good vocalist. He sings tenor.

Same as his brother, he is also very hot headed, and has a tendency to lose his temper. He gets slightly less violent than Robert, but still is quite terrifying, especially factoring in his physical strength and speed.

He always treats Chris as respectfully as he possibly can. He overall treats Chris like he is the most royal queen in the land, minus situations where he is battling with internal issues or is upset or annoyed. He usually then treats Chris in a more disrespectful way.

Appearance

He has dirty blond hair. It is shaved at the sides and back, with the hair on top being longer and swept over to one side. His eyes are a golden amber color. He has no facial hair, and shaves daily to get rid of it. He has his left ear pierced, and wears a small gold hoop in it. He has freckles and a strong jaw. He stands up straight with a constant confident air to him.

He either can be seen dressed in a more preppy way, or sporting his letterman jacket. He likes wearing bright colored clothing, tight jeans and a lot of whites and light gray colors. He often wears his turquoise sneakers, jeans, a t-shirt and a jacket of some sort, whether it be his letterman jacket or otherwise. He is always wearing his class ring on his right ring finger.

History

Born in San Francisco, California to Delilah Johnson and Jay Morrison on December 11

Boys were split, and he stayed with his Mom

Mom got married to his stepdad when he was three

Resided in San Francisco until he was about 14, then moved to Apple Brook, Massachusetts

Currently living in his family’s large mansion with his mother, stepfather and identical twin brother

Relationships

Chris- Boyfriend of a little over a year. Very close to him

Robert- Identical twin brother. They have an extreme love-hate relationship

Josh- It’s...very complicated. Love-hate relationship, but Blaine wants to try and be friends

Chase- Best friend since they met freshman year of highschool. Very close, play sports together

Ophelia- Close friend since they met freshman year of highschool. Chat a lot, tell each other about personal stuff

Ned- Friend since Chase is dating him

Jack- A more disliked acquaintance from Ned and Ophelia

Hunter- Acquaintance through Ned and Jack

Fun Facts

Favorite color- blue

Left-handed

He often comes off flirtier than he actually is

He is a secret geek

Was one of the first openly queer football players in quite a few years

Really loves memes

Has an active bromance with Chase

His singing voice would sound similar to Scott Hoying from Pentatonix

Thanks for reading about Blaine!

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Drug Paraphernalia Defense

Many college students and young adults who are just entering the workforce are arrested for drug possession and drug paraphernalia charges. Any drug charge can result in a criminal conviction and hurt your ability to get the job you want or go to the college or post-graduate program of your choice.

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For starters, the state has to prove that the paraphernalia was yours. In many drug paraphernalia cases, the defendant was arrested because he or she was in the presence of friends who had drug paraphernalia. Guilt by association is not enough; the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the paraphernalia was yours.

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In addition, the prosecution must prove that the item was intended for use with drugs. If you had rolling papers for cigarettes or other items intended for a legal use, you are not guilty of drug paraphernalia charges. We will challenge every aspect of the prosecution’s case to seek the best possible result for you.

Inappropriate Friending!

A North Texas juror who was booted from a trial has been cited for contempt after trying to “friend” the defendant on Facebook. Court records show 22-year-old Jonathan Hudson on July 19 was removed from the jury in a Tarrant County civil case. The trial, over a 2008 car wreck, proceeded with 11 jurors.

Hudson last week pleaded guilty to four counts of contempt and has been ordered to serve two days of community service Texas recently added specific language to jury instructions that bans jurors from discussing the case on social networking sites. Hudson had received those instructions.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Hudson’s attorney Steve Gordon says his client “made a silly mistake.” “I’ve never seen this before,” prosecutor Chris Ponder “But I’m afraid this is a new reality as the technology is so ubiquitous that we’ll have these types of things occur.”

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Because the decisions made during these proceedings can impact individuals’ lives for a considerable amount of time, parties may want to pay particular attention to their custody terms and the parenting plans they create. In order to create an effective plan, parties may want to consider their current circumstances and how those circumstances could change in the future. By thinking ahead, individuals may avoid finding themselves trying to make plans work that no longer suit their needs.

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