abstract: Mainstream is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Band in 1994, it was critically acclaimed by Down Beat Magazine being given three and a half stars.

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# Mainstream (Fullerton College Jazz Band album)

***Mainstream*** is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Band in 1994, it was critically acclaimed by *Down Beat Magazine* being given three and a half stars.

## Background

In 1981 the Music Department at Fullerton College built a 16 track in house recording facility which was to serve as a teaching tool for both student music groups and students wanting to take recording technology classes at a vocational level. By 1994, when the CD *Mainstream* was produced, there has been several award winning recordings such as *Time Tripping* coming from the Fullerton College Jazz Band. The group has been the recipient of numerous Down Beat and NARAS awards and the CDs are distributed worldwide.

During this time the group was selected as the winner for the first ten-day Disney World/International Association for Jazz Education competition for College and University bands; the Fullerton College Jazz Band #1 performed at Disney World in Orlando during the inaugural concerts. After a two-week tour for the U.S. State Department, they opened the 1995 Munich International Jazz Festival.

The CD was dedicated to Rich Matteson who was a highly noted educator and musical artist; he had passed in 1993 shortly after his performances on the recording. A video recording was also made of Matteson's appearance on the CD. Two of the tracks are arranged by Fullerton College Jazz Band alum Jack Cooper.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by various artists listed

| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Stella by Starlight (Victor Young, arr. Matt Catingub)" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(Jimmy Van Heusen, arr. Jack Cooper)" | 5:30 |
| 3. | "There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones, arr. Rich Matteson)" | 5:02 |
| 4. | "How Long Has This Been Going On?
(George Gershwin, arr. Rich Matteson)" | 6:27 |
| 5. | "There's a Small Hotel
(Richard Rodgers, arr. Jack Cooper)" | 9:10 |
| 6. | "I Hear A Rhapsody (Dick Gasparre, arr. Don Rader)" | 4:19 |
| 7. | "On The Trail (Ferde Grofé, arr. Don Rader)" | 5:02 |
| 8. | "What Is A Woman? (Wes Hensel)" | 5:32 |
| 9. | "Supposin' (P. Denniker, arr. Gordon Brisker)" | 5:32 |
| 10. | "Roadsong (Wes Montgomery, arr. Tom Hynes)" | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Altotude (Matt Catingub)" | 4:07 |
| Total length: | | 59:00 |

## Recording Sessions

## Personnel

### Musicians

* Conductors: James Linahon
* Euphonium (guest soloist): Rich Matteson
* Trumpet (guest soloists): Don Rader and James Linahon
* Saxes and woodwinds: Scheila Gonzalez, Andy Ehling, Dan Boulton, Padraic McCoy, Morgan Fry, Steve Slate, David Shoop, Steve Slate, Alicia Mangan
* Trumpets and flugelhorns: John Trombetta, Al Abrahms, Jennifer Nelson, Dave Allen, Richard Morgan, Matt Estrada, Ed Medina, Greg Back, David Brown, Jennifer Belk
* Trombones: Ryan Anglin, Tony Arcaro, Matt Batezel, Jeff Stupin, Ray Rust, Jeremy Lynch, Jason McKnight, Francisco Torres, Larry Ebstein
* Guitar: Mike Scott
* Piano: Mark Lewis, John Erickson
* Bass: Trini Sanchez, Garret Graves, April Hayes
* Drums: Shawn Nourse, Isaac Sanchez, Jared Spears

### Production

* Recording engineers: Trent Nelson and Scott Francisco
* Second Audio engineer: Jay Hamacek
* Mixing engineer: James Linahon
* Mastering: Robert Vosgien at CMS Digital
* Liner notes: James Linahon
* Album design: Susan Baxter

## Reception

Good/Very Good - "... Most of the pieces are classic American songbook material played with the command of a good studio band ..."

*Down Beat Magazine*

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |
Good/Very Good |

## InfoBox

| Mainstream | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by the
Fullerton College Jazz Band | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Recorded | Fullerton College
Fullerton, California |
| Genre | Jazz, big band, instrumental |
| Length | 59:00 |
| Label | JLFC |
| Producer | James Linahon |
| The
Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology | |
| *Soundtrack*
(1990) ***Mainstream***
(1994) *Celebration!*
(1997) | |
| cat. #9012 | |
| Audio sample | |
| "There's A Small Hotel" | |
| Audio sample | |
| "Stella By Starlight" | |
|  | |


title: Exaeretia umbraticostella

abstract:
Exaeretia umbraticostella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Dakota and British Columbia to Texas and California. The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are light reddish ochreous with small diffused blackish-fuscous spots on the costa and around the termen. There is a conspicuous, outwardly diffused blackish-fuscous shade on the middle of the costa, preceded by two minute discal dots of the same colour. There is a light fuscous shade from the costal patch, around the termen to near the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are shining greyish fuscous. The larvae feed on Balsamohirza sagittata and Helianthus pumilus.
They feed within tubes, formed from tied terminal leaves.

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# Exaeretia umbraticostella

***Exaeretia umbraticostella*** is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Dakota and British Columbia to Texas and California.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are light reddish ochreous with small diffused blackish-fuscous spots on the costa and around the termen. There is a conspicuous, outwardly diffused blackish-fuscous shade on the middle of the costa, preceded by two minute discal dots of the same colour. There is a light fuscous shade from the costal patch, around the termen to near the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are shining greyish fuscous.

The larvae feed on *Balsamohirza sagittata* and *Helianthus pumilus*. They feed within tubes, formed from tied terminal leaves.

## InfoBox

| *Exaeretia umbraticostella* | |
| --- | --- |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | *Exaeretia* |
| Species: | ***E. umbraticostella*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Exaeretia umbraticostella***<br>(Walsingham, 1881) | |
|
| Synonyms | |
| * *Depresaria umbraticostella* Walsingham, 1881 * *Martyrhilda umbraticostella* | |


abstract: The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings is the sixth studio album by Canadian psychedelic rock band the Besnard Lakes. It was released on January 29, 2021, on Flemish Eye Records in Canada, FatCat Records in the United States, and Full Time Hobby Records in the rest of the world.

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# The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

***The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings*** is the sixth studio album by Canadian psychedelic rock band the Besnard Lakes. It was released on January 29, 2021, on Flemish Eye Records in Canada, FatCat Records in the United States, and Full Time Hobby Records in the rest of the world.

## Writing and composition

The music featured on this album was originally written ten years prior as a single track film score. It was the band's first ever double album.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings
| Aggregate scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *The Arts Desk* |  |
| *Beats Per Minute* | 78% |
| *Exclaim!* | 7/10 |
| *Mojo* |  |
| *Spectrum Culture* | 8/10 |
| *Uncut* | 8/10 |
| *Under the Radar* |  |

The album was met with favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". Review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7.3/10 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas

| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Blackstrap" | 6:35 |
| 2. | "Raindrops" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Christmas Can Wait" | 8:03 |
| 4. | "Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again" | 6:29 |
| 5. | "Feuds with Guns" | 4:21 |
| 6. | "The Dark Side of Paradise" | 8:58 |
| 7. | "New Revolution" | 6:54 |
| 8. | "The Father of Time Wakes Up" | 6:48 |
| 9. | "Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings" | 17:53 |

## Personnel

Taken from official website

* Olga Goreas – writer, producer, composer
* Philip Gosselin – mastering
* Jace Lasek – writer, producer, composer, mixing

**Artwork**

* Olga Goreas – handwritten font
* Todd Stewart – inside gatefold design
* Corri-Lynn Tetz – front and back cover
* Dave Thomas – album layout

1. "The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *The Besnard Lakes*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
2. Marszalek, Julian (2021-02-11). "The Besnard Lakes: Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *The Quietus*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
3. Bobkin, Matt (2021-01-27). "'The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings' Is Absurdly Maximalist". *Exclaim!*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
4. "The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings by The Besnard Lakes reviews". *AnyDecentMusic?*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
5. "The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings by The Besnard Lakes". *Metacritic*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
6. Monger, Timothy. "The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *AllMusic*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
7. Tyler, Kieron (2021-01-29). "Album: The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *The Arts Desk*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
8. Griffiths, Daniel (2021-02-09). "Album Review: The Besnard Lakes – …Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *Beats Per Minute*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
9. Hazelwood, Holly (2021-02-09). "The Besnard Lakes: Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *Spectrum Culture*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
10. Von Pip, Andy (2021-01-26). "The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings". *Under the Radar*. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

## InfoBox

| The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by The Besnard Lakes | |
| Released | January 29, 2021 |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock |
| Length | 71:11 |
| Label | FatCat Records, Flemish Eye, Full Time Hobby |
| The Besnard Lakes chronology | |
| *A Coliseum Complex Museum*
(2016) ***The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings***
(2021) | |
|  | |
| Singles from  *The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings* | |
| 1. "Raindrops"
Released: October 22, 2020 2. "Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again"
Released: December 17, 2020 | |
|  | |


title: Mahamouda

abstract: Mahamouda or Mahamouda Cherif is a village in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002 the village had a population of 459 people. It lies along the N5 road, which connects it directly to the town of Diouloulou in the northwest.

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# Mahamouda

**Mahamouda** or **Mahamouda Cherif** is a village in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002 the village had a population of 459 people. It lies along the N5 road, which connects it directly to the town of Diouloulou in the northwest.

## InfoBox

| Mahamouda | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| MahamoudaLocation in Senegal | |
| Coordinates: 12°58′24″N 16°30′25″W / 12.97333°N 16.50694°W / 12.97333; -16.50694 | |
| Country | Senegal |
| Region | Ziguinchor |
| Department | Bignona |
| Arrondissement | Kataba |
| Commune | Djinaki |
| Population (2002) | |
| Total | 459 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |


title: Magdalena Piekorz

abstract: Magdalena Piekorz is a Polish film director, screenwriter as well as film and theatre actress.

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# Magdalena Piekorz

**Magdalena Piekorz** (born 2 October 1974, Sosnowiec) is a Polish film director, screenwriter as well as film and theatre actress.

## Life and career

She graduated from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice where she studied film directing. Initially, she mostly directed documentary films. In 1997, she made her film debut when she directed the documentary *The Girls From Szymanów* for which she received a prize at the Polish Festival of Documentary and Short Films. Her 1998 film, *Franciscan Spontan*, dealt with religious themes and the music for the film was written by Michał Lorenc. Her 2001 film, *To Find, To See, To Bury* tells the story of the Srebrenica massacre. In 2002, she directed a documentary TV series *Chicago* portraying the life of Polish community in the US state of Illinois.

In 2004, she made her feature film debut when she directed *Pręgi* ("Welts") tackling the issue of domestic violence and based on the prose of Nike Award-winning author Wojciech Kuczok. The film was critically acclaimed and won the Golden Lions Award at the 29th Gdynia Film Festival. It was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards.

Since 2018, she has served as the artistic director at the Adam Mickiewicz Theatre in Częstochowa.

## Filmography

* Documentary films:
    + *Dziewczyny z Szymanowa* (1997)
    + *Franciszkański spontan* (1998)
    + *Przybysze* (1999)
    + *Labirynt* (2001)
    + *Znaleźć, zobaczyć, pochować* (2001)
    + *Chicago* (2002, documentary series)
* Feature films:
    + *Pręgi* (2004)
    + *Senność* (2008)
    + *Zbliżenia* (2014)

## InfoBox

| Magdalena Piekorz | |
| --- | --- |
| Shown in 2007 | |
| Born | (1974-10-02) 2 October 1974<br>Sosnowiec, Poland |
| Alma mater | University of Silesia |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actress |
| Awards | Golden Lions (2004) |


title: Magdy Abou El-Magd

abstract: Magdy Ahmad Abou El-Magd is an Egyptian handball player. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

text:
# Magdy Abou El-Magd

**Magdy Ahmad Abou El-Magd** (born 15 October 1972) is an Egyptian handball player. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

## InfoBox

Magdy Abou El-Magd
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Born | (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Handball |


title: Explorer 38

abstract: Explorer 38 was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy. Explorer 38 was launched as part of the Explorer program, being the first of the 2 RAE satellites. Explorer 38 was launched on 4 July 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a Delta J launch vehicle.

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# Explorer 38

**Explorer 38** (also called as **Radio Astronomy Explorer A**, **RAE-A** and **RAE-1**) was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy. Explorer 38 was launched as part of the Explorer program, being the first of the 2 RAE satellites. Explorer 38 was launched on 4 July 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a Delta J launch vehicle.

## Spacecraft

Explorer 38 spacecraft measured the intensity of celestial radio sources, particularly the Sun, as a function of time, direction and frequency (0.2 to 20-MHz). The spacecraft was gravity-gradient stabilized. The spacecraft weight was 602 kg (1,327 lb) and average power consumption was 25 watts. It carried two 230 m (750 ft) long V-antennas, one facing toward the Earth and one facing away from the Earth. A 37 m (121 ft) long dipole antenna was oriented tangentially with respect to the Earth's surface.

The spacecraft was also equipped with one 136-MHz telemetry turnstile. The onboard experiments consisted of four step-frequency Ryle-Vonberg radiometers operating from 0.45 to 9.18-MHz, two multichannel total power radiometers operating from 0.2 to 5.4-MHz, one step frequency V-antenna impedance probe operating from 0.24 to 7.86-MHz, and one dipole antenna capacitance probe operating from 0.25 to 2.2-MHz. Explorer 38 was designed for a 12 months minimum operating lifetime.

The spacecraft tape recorder performance began to deteriorate after 2 months in orbit. In spite of several cases of instrument malfunction, good data were obtained on all three antenna systems. The small satellite observed for months the "radio sky" in frequencies between 0.2 and 9.2-MHz, but it was subjected to the continuous radio interference coming from the Earth, both natural (aurorae, thunderstorms) and artificial.

## Instruments

Explorer 38 has 4 antennas deployed in orbit:

* Two V-shaped antennas with each of the 4 branches being 229 m (751 ft) long and used by scientific experiments;
* A 37 m (121 ft) electric dipole antenna used by scientific experiments;
* A cross-dipole turnstile antenna for the transmission of telemetry on a frequency of 137-MHz.

The scientific experiments are:

* Four Ryle-Vonberg radiometers analyzing frequencies between 0.45 and 9.18-MHz;
* Two multi-channel radiometers analyzing frequencies between 0.2 and 5.4-MHz;
* An impedance probe associated with 5 antennas analyzing frequencies between 0.24 and 7.86-MHz;
* A capacitance probe associated with the dipole antenna analyzing frequencies between 0.25 and 2.2-MHz.

## Experiments

### Capacitance Probe

Determine reactive and resistive components of antenna impedance as a function of local electron density, electron temperature, magnetic field, and vehicle potential. The impedance measurements was made at 10 frequencies (0.25 to 8-MHz).

### Impedance Probe

Determine reactive and resistive components of antenna impedance as a function of local electron density, electron temperature, magnetic field, and vehicle potential. The impedance measurements was made at ten frequencies (0.25 to 8-MHz).

### Planar Electron Trap

There were two planar electron traps mounted on opposite sides of the spacecraft. The trap consisted of a collector, positively biased in order to repel incoming ions and to reduce photoemission of electrons from the collector. A sawtooth voltage was applied to a grid, and the resulting current to the collector was telemetered. Electron density was obtained by analysis of the grid voltage-collector current profile. The electron density representing the ambient value was that obtained from the probe facing the direction of satellite motion. The spacecraft attitude for this purpose was determined either from the electron density or from the solar and magnetic sensors on the spacecraft. The data were tape recorded and telemetered once each orbit. These sensors operated nominally since launch and were providing electron density mapping data at spacecraft altitude.

### Radio Bursts Receivers

Thirty-two channel step frequency radiometers were connected to the lower 230 m (750 ft)-long antenna and to the 37 m (121 ft)-long dipole via high-impedance preamplifiers. The burst radiometer on the dipole was stepped rapidly through 32 discrete frequencies between 0.2 and 5.4-MHz to generate dynamic spectra. The radiometers measured the amplitude, rate of change of frequency, and decay time of solar burst and other rapidly varying noise in the 0.2 to 5.4-MHz band. Operating in two sensitivity modes, these receivers could measure signals up to 50 dB above the cosmic background level. The 32 channels were cycled every 7.7-seconds. The chief advantages of the burst radiometers were high time resolution and relatively few components for high reliability. The radiometer was a simple total-power receiver consisting of an input balun, a power divider, and several parallel tuned-radio-frequency strips. After about 18 months of operation, one of the preamplifiers on the lower V burst radiometer failed, reducing the sensitivity and changing the antenna pattern for that radiometer.

### Step Frequency Radiometers

This experiment used four Ryle-Vonberg radiometers connected to the three spacecraft antennas to provide high accuracy and long-term stability necessary for the sky mapping over many months of operation. One was connected to the 37 m (121 ft) dipole, one to the lower 230 m (750 ft) V-antenna, and two to the upper V-antenna. The Ryle-Vonberg radiometers used on the V-antennas were connected via balun transformers that provided an approximate match to the antenna impedance. Each radiometer was successively tuned to nine different frequencies in the band 0.48 to 9.18-MHz. Precise, automatic, and continuous calibration was inherent in this type of design. The intensities of celestial radio sources were measured by this experiment. The "fine" output channel of the Ryle-Vonberg radiometers failed after 3 to 9 months of operation. The Ryle-Vonberg "coarse" output channels provided good data without interruption, however.

## Results

The following results are reported in 1971:

* Absolute spectrum and average cosmic noise up to the frequency 0.5-MHz.
* Collection of radio data transmitted during type III solar radio bursts in the 0.2 to 5-MHz frequency band. These elements made it possible to obtain a first estimate of the solar corona electron density gradient, the solar wind speed and density inhomogeneities in the solar corona regions between 10 and 30 solar radiis. A second radio broadcast of hectometric frequency was observed.
* An upper limit to the radio flux emitted by Jupiter's High frequency (HF) radio broadcasts was determined by the observations made during the Moon's occultations of the giant planet.
* Radio emissions from the Earth of natural and human origin are both widespread and often very intense (40 dB higher than the cosmic background) on the frequencies observed (0.2 to 9.2-MHz).

## InfoBox

Explorer 38
| Explorer 38 satellite | |
| --- | --- |
| Names | RAE-A
RAE-1
Radio Astronomy Explorer-1 |
|  | |
| Mission type | Radio astronomy |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1968-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 03307 |
| Mission duration | 1 year (achieved)
56 years, 2 months and 27 days
(in orbit) |
|  | |
|  | |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Explorer XXXVIII |
| Spacecraft type | Radio Astronomy Explorer |
| Bus | RAE |
| Manufacturer | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Launch mass | 602 kg (1,327 lb) |
| Power | 25 watts |
|  | |
|  | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 4 July 1968, 17:26:50 GMT |
| Rocket | Thor-Delta J
(Thor 476 / Delta 057) |
| Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-2E |
| Contractor | Douglas Aircraft Company |
| Entered service | 4 July 1968 |
|  | |
|  | |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Last contact | 4 July 1969 |
|  | |
|  | |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Medium Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 5,851 km (3,636 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 5,861 km (3,642 mi) |
| Inclination | 120.60° |
| Period | 224.40 minutes |
|  | |
| Instruments | |
| Capacitance Probe
Impedance Probe
Planar Electron Trap
Radio Bursts Receivers
Step Frequency Radiometers | |
| **Explorer program** | |


title: Mahmood Ali-Balogun

abstract: Mahmood Ali-Balogun is a Nigerian filmmaker, cultural worker and the managing director of Brickwall Communications Limited. He directed the multiple award-winning film 'Tango With Me'. He is the Chairman of the Audio Visual Rights Society (AVRS) of Nigeria (2).

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# Mahmood Ali-Balogun

**Mahmood Ali-Balogun** () is a Nigerian filmmaker, cultural worker and the managing director of Brickwall Communications Limited. He directed the multiple award-winning film 'Tango With Me'. He is the Chairman of the Audio Visual Rights Society (AVRS) of Nigeria (2).

## Early life and career

Mahmood Ali-Balogun was born on July 19, 1959 and grew up in Northern Nigeria. He is an Alumnus of University of Ife, now the Obafemi Awolowo University where he studied Dramatic Arts specialized in film and television production. Mahmood's career has evolved over the years from being an actor, to director, producer, industry leader, film consultant and ambassador in the Film making industry. Since 1999 Mahmood has also directed six award winning documentaries.

## Filmography

| Year | Titles | Category | Roles |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1983 | Ola Rotimi's play,’ If.. A Tragedy of the Ruled’ | Movie | Actor |
| 1999 | A Place Called Home | Movie | Director |
| 2002 | Child & Women Trafficking- The New Slavery | Documentary | Producer, director |
| 2003 | ‘Temi ni Toto’ | Yoruba home movie | Producer, director |
| 2003 | Environmental Pollution In Nigeria | Documentary | Producer, director |
| 2005 | Collage Of Cultural Colours (Japan) | Documentary | Producer, director |
| 2005 | Dance Of The Maidens -Traditional Marriages In Nigeria” (Series) | Documentary (Television Series) | Producer, director |
| 2008 | Peace Mission | Documentary | Actor (Commentaries) |
| 2010 | Tango With Me Best Directing Award category 2012 Nollywood Movies Awards | Movie | Director, producer, writer |
| 2013 | Flower Girl | Romantic Comedy | Film Consultant |
| 2022 | Man of God | Movie | Consulting producer |
| 2024 | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | Movie | Consulting producer |
|  |  |  |  |

## Industry roles

* Member: Advisory Council for the Nigerian Film Industry
* Member: Advisory Board, African Movies Academy Awards AMAA
* President: 9th Congress, Federation Panafricaine Des Cineates (FEPACI). South Africa, 2013
* Current Chairman: Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS)
* Founding President: National Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP)
* Former Vice President: Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN)
* Panelist: The Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF 2013, Toronto, 2013
* Advisor: African International Film Festival, AFRIFF
* Ambassador: Nollywood Film Festival in Paris, 2014
* Industry Ambassador: Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Calabar, 2013
* Jury: 2015 International Emmy Awards
* Jury: Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Calabar, 2014
* Jury: 32nd Cairo International Film Festival(CIFF),
* Panelist: Abuja International Film Festival
* Jury: Zuma International Film Festival
* Member: Advisory Council for African International Film Festival, 2013
* Member: Steering Committee, Motion Picture Council of Nigeria (MOPICON), 2007
* Founding Member: Conference of Motion Picture Practitioners of Nigeria (CMPPN)

## InfoBox

| Mahmood Ali-Balogun | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 19 July 1959 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Education | Dramatic Arts,Obafemi Awolowo University |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, Cultural worker |
| Notable work | Tango With Me |


title: The All American Trio

abstract: The All American Trio is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ron Carter and Drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1983 and first released on the Japanese Baystate label.

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# The All American Trio

***The All American Trio*** (also released as ***Cedar Walton/Ron Carter/Jack DeJohnette***) is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ron Carter and Drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1983 and first released on the Japanese Baystate label.

## Reception

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *The Penguin Guide to Jazz* |  |

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. *The Penguin Guide to Jazz* highlighted DeJohnette's musical progress since his 1968 recordings with Walton, and commented that "all three players are intuitively musical in approach".

## Track listing

*All compositions by Cedar Walton except as indicated*

1. "Iron Clad" – 5:52
2. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:37
3. "Blue Heart" (Benny Golson) – 5:05
4. "Ebony" (Jack DeJohnette) – 5:21
5. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:09
6. "A Slight Smile" (Ron Carter) – 5:07
7. "The Rubber Man" – 6:24
8. "B and A" (Carter) – 4:44

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| The All American Trio | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Recorded | December 22 & 23, 1983
Vanguard Studios, NYC |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Baystate
RJL-8085 |
| Producer | Benny Golson, Fumimaru Kawashima and Makoto Kimata |
| Cedar Walton chronology | |
| *Eastern Rebellion 4*
(1983) ***The All American Trio***
(1984) *Cedar's Blues*
(1985) | |


title: Malhori

abstract: Malhori is a village and municipality in Jammu district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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# Malhori

**Malhori** is a village and municipality in Jammu district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

## InfoBox

| Malhori | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| MalhoriLocation in Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaMalhoriMalhori (India) | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′25″N 74°54′29″E / 32.757°N 74.908°E / 32.757; 74.908 | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| Population (2011) | |
| Total | 362 |
| Languages | |
| Spoken | Dogri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |


title: Magic Sam

abstract: Samuel Gene Maghett, known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, "All Your Love", in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo guitar playing. The stage name Magic Sam was devised by Sam's bass player and childhood friend Mack Thompson at Sam's first recording session for Cobra, as an approximation of "Maghett Sam". The name Sam was using at the time, Good Rocking Sam, was already being used by another artist.

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# Magic Sam

**Samuel Gene Maghett** (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969), known as **Magic Sam**, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, "All Your Love", in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo guitar playing.

The stage name Magic Sam was devised by Sam's bass player and childhood friend Mack Thompson at Sam's first recording session for Cobra, as an approximation of "Maghett Sam". The name Sam was using at the time, Good Rocking Sam, was already being used by another artist.

## Life and career

Maghett moved to Chicago in 1956, where his guitar playing earned him bookings at blues clubs on the West Side. He recorded singles for Cobra Records from 1957 to 1959, including "All Your Love" and "Easy Baby". They did not reach the record charts but had a profound influence, far beyond Chicago's guitarists and singers. Together with recordings by Otis Rush and Buddy Guy (also Cobra artists), the West Side Sound was a manifesto for a new kind of blues. Around this time Magic Sam worked briefly with Homesick James Williamson. Magic Sam gained a following before being drafted into the U.S. Army. He served six months in prison for desertion and received a dishonorable discharge.

In 1963, his single "Feelin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie)" gained national attention. He successfully toured the U.S., Britain and Germany. He was signed to Delmark Records in 1967, for which he recorded *West Side Soul* and *Black Magic*. He continued performing live and toured with a band that included blues harp player Charlie Musselwhite, future Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen bassist "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow and drummer Sam Lay. Magic Sam's breakthrough performance was at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969, which won him many bookings in the U.S. and Europe. He sometimes performed with his uncle, Shakey Jake Harris.

## Death

His career was cut short when he suddenly died of a heart attack in December 1969. He was 32 years old. Magic Sam was buried in the Restvale Cemetery, in Alsip, Illinois. He was survived by his wife, Georgia Maghett. In February 1970, the Butterfield Blues Band played at a benefit concert for Magic Sam, at Fillmore West in San Francisco. Also on the bill were Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite and Nick Gravenites.

## Legacy

Magic Sam's guitar style, vocals, and songwriting have inspired and influenced many blues musicians. "Magic Sam had a different guitar sound", said his record producer, Willie Dixon. "Most of the guys were playing the straight 12-bar blues thing, but the harmonies that he carried with the chords was a different thing altogether. This tune "All Your Love", he expressed with such an inspirational feeling with his high voice. You could always tell him, even from his introduction to the music."

His recording of the popular blues standard "Sweet Home Chicago" in 1967 has been identified as one of the most accomplished performances of the song. Author Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes:

> He \[Magic Sam\] not only makes "Sweet Home Chicago" his own (no version before or since is as definitive as this), he creates the soul-injected, high-voltage modern blues sound that everybody has emulated and nobody has topped in the years since.

For the performance of the song in the 1980 film *The Blues Brothers*, John Belushi's character announces, "dedicate\[d\] to the late great Magic Sam".

## Awards and recognition

## Partial discography

**Singles**

List of singles with title, label, year, and composer
| Title | Label | Year | Composer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| "All Your Love" | Cobra (5013A) | 1957 | Sam Maghett |
| "Love Me with a Feeling" | | Cobra (5013B) | Hudson Whittaker a.k.a. Tampa Red |
| "Everything Gonna Be Alright" | Cobra (5021A) | 1958 | Willie Dixon |
| "Look Whatcha Done" | | Cobra (5021B) | Maghett |
| "All Night Long" | | Cobra (5025A) | Dixon |
| "All My Whole Life" | | Cobra (5025B) |
| "Easy Baby" | | Cobra (5029A) | Dixon |
| "21 Days in Jail" | | Cobra (5029B) | Dixon, L.P. Weaver |
| "Mr. Charlie" | Chief (C7013A) | 1960 | Maghett |
| "My Love Is Your Love" | | | Chief (C7013B) |
| "Square Dance Rock Part 1" (instrumental) | | Chief (C7017A) | Maghett, Boyd Atkins |
| "Square Dance Rock Part 2" (instrumental) | | Chief (C7017B) |
| "Every Night About This Time" | Chief (C7026A) | 1961 | Antoine Domino Jr. a.k.a. Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew |
| "Do the Camel Walk" (instrumental) | | Chief (C7026B) | Maghett, Mel London |
| "Blue Light Boogie" | | Chief (C7033A) | Jessie Mae Robinson |
| "You Don't Have to Work" | | Chief (C7033B) | Maghett |
| "Out of Bad Luck" | Crash (A425) | 1966 | Maghett, Al Benson |
| "She Belongs to Me" | | | Crash (B425) |

**Albums**

List of albums with title, label, year, and comments
| Title | Label | Year | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *West Side Soul* | Delmark | 1967 | Recorded in Chicago, 1967 |
| | *Black Magic* | 1968 | Recorded in Chicago, 1968 |
| *The Late Great Magic Sam* | L+R; P-Vine (1990); Evidence (1995) | 1980 | Recorded 1963–1964, 1969 |
| *Magic Sam Live* | Delmark | 1981 | Recorded live in Chicago, 196364, and Ann Arbor, 1969 |
| *Magic Touch* (with Shakey Jake) | | Black Magic; Black Top (1993); Rockbeat (2013) | Recorded live in Chicago, 1966 |
| *The Magic Sam Legacy* | Delmark | 1989 | Outtakes and alternate takes recorded in Chicago, 1966–1968 |
| | *Give Me Time* | 1991 | Solo demo and home rehearsal recordings, 1968 |
| *With a Feeling! The Complete Cobra, Chief & Crash Recordings 1957–1966* | Westside | 2001 | Most pre-Delmark recordings; also released as *Out of Bad Luck*, P-Vine (2003); released again as *Everything Gonna Be Alright*, Soul Jam (2021) |
| *Rockin' Wild in Chicago* | Delmark | 2002 | Recorded live in Chicago, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968 |
| *Raw Blues! Live 1969* | Rockbeat | 2012 | Recorded in Berkeley, 1969 |
| *Live at the Avant Garde* | Delmark | 2013 | Recorded live in Milwaukee, 1968 |

## InfoBox

| Magic Sam | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samuel Gene Maghett |
| Born | (1937-02-14)February 14, 1937
Grenada County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 1, 1969(1969-12-01) (aged 32)
Chicago |
| Genres | Chicago blues |
| Occupations | * Musician * songwriter |
| Instruments | * Guitar * vocals |
| Years active | 1957–1969 |
| Labels |  |


title: Makalo Mohale

abstract: Makalo Petrus Mohale is a South African lawyer and African National Congress politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in the Free State from 2023 until 2024. He had previously been the MEC for Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA) from May 2019 until March 2023. Mohale is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress Youth League.

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# Makalo Mohale

**Makalo Petrus Mohale** is a South African lawyer and African National Congress politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in the Free State from 2023 until 2024. He had previously been the MEC for Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA) from May 2019 until March 2023. Mohale is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress Youth League.

## Early life and education

Mohale grew up in Botshabelo, a township east of Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State Province. He holds an LLB degree from the University of South Africa and a BCom degree from the University of the Free State. He holds a post-graduate diploma in law, a post-graduate diploma in contracting and a diploma in corporate law from the University of Johannesburg.

## Career

### Political career

Mohale became active in politics while at the University of the Free State. He served as the branch chairperson of the South African Student Congress at the university between 2002 and 2003. He was SASCO's provincial secretary from 2003 to 2004. Mohale also served as the branch chairperson of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union from 2006 to 2007.

While holding these positions, he also held senior positions in the African National Congress and its youth league. From 2002 until 2004, Mohale served as the deputy secretary of the party's Thutong branch in Mangaung and as the chairperson of the youth league at the University of the Free State. He was chair of the youth league in Parys between 2008 and 2011. In 2013, Mohale became the convenor of the provincial youth league structure and was elected as chairperson the following year.

In 2017, he endorsed Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's campaign for national ANC president.

### Professional career

In 2004, he did his law articles in Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Mohale was a public participation officer at the Free State Provincial Legislature between 2004 and 2007. He proceeded to work as a supply chain manager at the Ngwathe Local Municipality until 2012. He was then appointed as the Mangaung mayoral spokesperson. He held this position until 2013. Mohale was then employed by the Free State Department of Police Roads and Transport in April 2013. He served in this position until his appointment as the premier's spokesperson in 2015. Soon after, Mohale was appointed to the provincial housing department as the chief director of housing programmes. He held this position until the provincial and national elections that was held on 8 May 2019.

### Member of the Executive Council

He joined the provincial legislature as a member following the elections. On 28 May 2019, Mohale was appointed MEC for Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, replacing Limakatso Mahasa. He was tasked by premier Sisi Ntombela with resolving the issue of youth unemployment.

In February 2020, Mohale and a delegation from the department completed a nine-day investment drive in Turkey.

Mohale became the MEC for Education in March 2023, following Mxolisi Dukwana's election as Premier of the Free State the previous month.

Makalo was ranked too low on the ANC's list to be re-elected to the Provincial Legislature in the 2024 general election. Mantlhake Maboya succeeded him as the MEC for Education.

## InfoBox

| Makalo MohaleMPL | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Education | |
| **In office**
14 March 2023  14 June 2024 | |
| Premier | Mxolisi Dukwana |
| Preceded by | Tate Makgoe |
| Succeeded by | Mantlhake Maboya |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs | |
| **In office**
28 May 2019  14 March 2023 | |
| Premier | Sisi Ntombela |
| Preceded by | Limakatso Mahasa |
| Succeeded by | Thabo Meeko |
| Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
| **In office**
22 May 2019  28 May 2024 | |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Makalo Petrus Mohale |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa
University of Johannesburg
University of the Free State |
|  | |


title: Makalidurga

abstract: Makalidurga is a hill fort situated near the village of the same name. It is 60 km north of Bangalore and 10 km after Doddaballapura on the way to Gauribidanur. The fort at the summit has an old temple of Shiva with Nandi and in legend Markandeya Rishi performed penance here. Makalidurga Fort stands at the top of a huge granite hillock, huddled up amidst the chains of hills, formed like a valley close to Ghati Subramanya, a well-known pilgrimage center. It has a fort on top, at a height of 1,117 m. It has become one of the trekking destination for adventurers. Many people go for night trek to this place.

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# Makalidurga

**Makalidurga** is a hill fort situated near the village of the same name. It is 60 km north of Bangalore and 10 km after Doddaballapura on the way to Gauribidanur. The fort at the summit has an old temple of Shiva with Nandi and in legend Markandeya Rishi performed penance here.

Makalidurga Fort stands at the top of a huge granite hillock, huddled up amidst the chains of hills, formed like a valley close to Ghati Subramanya, a well-known pilgrimage center. It has a fort on top, at a height of 1,117 m.

It has become one of the trekking destination for adventurers. Many people go for night trek to this place.

13°25′57″N 77°30′03″E / 13.432604°N 77.50096°E / 13.432604; 77.50096

## Trekking

The Makalidurga trek is the nearest railway trek to Bangalore. It begins with a 2-km walk on the railway track from the station of Makalidurga. One can also ride bikes to the beginning of the trekking trail as well. A lot of refreshments is advised to be carried in case one wants to trek this hillock.

Makalidurga trek is of a medium/difficult level. The total trek route is 4 km in length, which should take approximately 3 hours to complete. There is a parking space created for vehicles in the base of the hill. One has to just cross the railway track and turn left. There is a small temple and some houses at the base of the trek. It is where the trek starts. The trek is managed by Karnataka Tourism department and one needs to make a prior booking on their official website myecotrip.com, which charges a sum of ₹250 Indian rupees per adult. Karnataka Tourism provides a guide and local support for the charge. There is a public notice by Karnataka Forest Department as follows: "Makali hills comes under Makali Reserve Forest. This place is under the supervision of Doddaballapur forest department. Illegal trekking is prohibited, which is an offence under Section 24(C)II of Karnataka Forest Act-1963. Strictly illegal trekking is restricted. But on the public and trekkers demand, department provided the facility for trekking through online booking in website www.myecotrip.com. Night trekking not allowed. Morning 0600am to 0500pm only." Also, after a few meters, one can find an open ground with a view of the mountain. Turning right, would lead one to the trek path with markings all around. There are fort ruins and a temple at the top.


title: The Bible in History

abstract: The Bible in History: How Writers Create a Past,, is a book by Thomas L. Thompson, Professor of Old Testament at the University of Copenhagen. Its US title is The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel.

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# The Bible in History

***The Bible in History: How Writers Create a Past***, (Pimlico, 1999), is a book by Thomas L. Thompson, Professor of Old Testament at the University of Copenhagen. Its US title is ***The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel***.

## Summary

The theme of *The Bible in History* is the need to treat the bible as literature rather than as history. Danny Yee cites a passage: "The Bible's language is not an historical language. It is a language of high literature, of story, of sermon and of song. It is a tool of philosophy and moral instruction."

Part 1 deals with general historiographical issues, including the importance of understanding the types and purposes of different biblical stories, the dangers of treating myth and poetry as history, and the use of origin-myths as recurring motifs, concluding that the bible was intended to provide an ancient people with a common past, and thus was very different from our own tradition of critical history-writing. Part 2 is a history of ancient Palestine and the surrounding region from the earliest human settlement to the Hellenistic period drawing on the most recent archaeological and historical studies, and Part 3 concludes with a survey of the theological implications of the preceding study.

## The minimalist/maximalist debate

Thompson is a leading biblical minimalist, a group of like-minded scholars including Niels Peter Lemche, Philip R. Davies, and Keith W. Whitelam among others who say that the Hebrew Bible cannot be treated as history, because it was not intended as history. The minimalist argument has been received with emotions bordering on outrage by other scholars, somewhat inaccurately known as "maximalists"   most of them do not in fact subscribe to a view that would take all or even most of the bible as being historically accurate, but object strongly to the minimalist contention that it is completely or almost completely ahistorical. The debate has been frequently framed in political terms, with the minimalists accused of subverting the existence of the modern state of Israel and worse. "The Bible in History", Thompson's attempt to summarise the minimalist thesis and set it before a wider public, was the immediate cause for William G. Dever's rejoinder, *What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?*, (2001), which then led into a long and frequently heated debate (in which Davies, rather than Thompson, championed the minimalist side) on the merits of the bible as history.

## Footnotes


title: Eye TV

abstract: Eye TV was a New Zealand alternative, indie and pop rock band, founded in Auckland, New Zealand, and active from 1990 until 2001, releasing 4 albums, 2 compilations and 10 singles and cassette singles. Eye TV was founded by lead singer and guitarist Sean Sturm, drummer Mark Pollard (1990-1995) and bassist Mike Scott in 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand. Eye TV's last album, Fire Down Below (2000), and respectively their last lineup consisted of lead singer and guitarist Sean Sturm, drummer Luke Casey (1995-2001), bassist Mike Scott and temporary keyboard player Grant Winterburn. Other featured artists included Caitlin Smith, who provided backup vocals for One Day Ahead (2000) and was later featured in the full release of One Day Ahead (2000) in the album Fire Down Below (2000).

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# Eye TV

**Eye TV** (formerly 'Nixons') was a New Zealand alternative, indie and pop rock band, founded in Auckland, New Zealand, and active from 1990 until 2001, releasing 4 albums, 2 compilations and 10 singles and cassette singles.

Eye TV was founded by lead singer and guitarist Sean Sturm, drummer Mark Pollard (1990-1995) and bassist Mike Scott in 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand. Eye TV's last album, Fire Down Below (2000), and respectively their last lineup consisted of lead singer and guitarist Sean Sturm, drummer Luke Casey (1995-2001), bassist Mike Scott and temporary keyboard player Grant Winterburn (Fire Down Below). Other featured artists included Caitlin Smith, who provided backup vocals for One Day Ahead (2000) and was later featured in the full release of One Day Ahead (2000) in the album Fire Down Below (2000).

## History

### Formation (1990)

The band was formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990, under its original name Nixons, playing rock with an electronic edge. The band's original line-up was Sean Sturm on guitar and vocals, Michael Scott on bass and Mark Pollard on drums. In 1991 the band had the track "Song To" included on Flying Nun Records compilation album *Freak the Sheep*, but surprised their existing fans by signing with Pagan Records. At the time, Pagan records mostly published Pop and Roots music. Sean Sturm still signed with Pagan Records despite that fact, and in a statement: “We signed with Trevor Reekie because he seemed to understand what we wanted to do: complex pop music.”

### Eye TV (1993) and Special Downtime (1995)

Nixons recorded their debut album *Eye TV* at York Street Studios in 1993 and toured New Zealand. Student radio organisations broadcast their music videos on late night television, giving them a solid base of fans throughout the country. Pollard also arranged a jam band, which played a regular slot at Pelican Club. Sturm often played Rhodes electric piano where the trio experimented with soul grooves and classic R&B.

In 1994 a van full of the band's equipment was stolen, valued at NZ$50,000. Instead of replacing the gear, the Nixons borrowed equipment and used acoustic guitars, leading to a darker, more atmospheric sound on their mini-album *Special Downtime*. The band's first two albums were released in America, which required the band to change their name as there was an American band called The Nixons. The New Zealand Nixons took the name of their album and became Eye TV. At this time, drummer Mark Pollard left the band and was replaced with Luke Casey.

### USA Tour and Birdy-O (1997)

In 1995 and 1996 the band toured extensively, including an America tour where they playing a number of high-profile support gigs, such as Mr. Bungle and Tim Finn's trio ALT. Eye TV released their second album *Birdy-O* in 1997, with singles "Snakes and Ladders" and "Wish It All Away" receiving airplay on New Zealand TV and radio. Pagan Records shifted the band onto its sub-label Antenna.

### Fire Down Below (2000)

In 1999 the group recorded the single "Just the Way It Is" with a strong pop focus. It was also the lead track on the group's anthology album *As Far as the Eye TV*. The group began exploring a soul music sound, with keyboard player Grant Winterburn joining the group. The resulting album *Fire Down Below* (2000) contained the single "One Day Ahead", which charted at 9 in the New Zealand singles chart, the group's highest-charting single. Eye TV broke up in 2001.

## Awards

In 2000 the group's single "One Day Ahead" was nominated for Single of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards, where they placed within the finalists bracket. Music video director Greg Page was also nominated for Best Music Video for the song's video.

## Discography

### Albums

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart<br>positions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | NZ |
| as Nixons | | | |
| 1993 | *Eye TV (album)* | * Mini album * Label: Pagan Records * Catalogue: PACD 1120 * Format: CD, LP |  |
| 1994 | *Special Downtime* | * Label: Pagan Records * Catalogue: PACD 1108 * Format: CD, LP |  |
| as Eye TV | | | |
| 1995 | *Eye TV (compilation)* | * Label: Incandescent Records * Catalogue: inc.(60002) * Format: CD, LP |  |
| 1997 | *Birdy-O* | * Label: Pagan Records | 50 |
| 1999 | *As Far as the Eye TV* | * Compilation album * Released: 4 November 1999 * Label: Antenna Recordings * Catalogue: ANT017 |  |
| 2000 | *Fire Down Below* | * Released: 7 September 2000 * Label: Antenna Recordings | 10 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | | | |
|

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | NZ | |
| as Nixons | | | |
| 1993 | *House of Flowers* |  | *Eye TV* |
| 1994 | "Tick Tock" |  | |
| | *Basement Static* |  | *Special Downtime* |
| as Eye TV | | | |
| 1995 | *Immaculate* |  | Non-album single |
| 1997 | *Snakes & Ladders* |  | *Birdy-O* |
| | *Wish It All Away* |  | |
| 1999 | *Just the Way It Is* | 13 | *As Far As The Eye TV* |
| 2000 | *One Day Ahead* | 9 | *Fire Down Below* |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | | | |
|

## InfoBox

| Eye TV | |
| --- | --- |
| Also known as | Nixons |
| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Indie rock, Pop rock |
| Years active | 1990 (1990)–2001 (2001) |
| Labels | Pagan Records, Antenna Records |
|  | |
| Past members | * Sean Sturm (1990-2001) * Mike Scott (1990-2001) * Luke Casey (1995-2001) * Grant Winterburn (Fire Down Below) * Mark Pollard (1990-1995) |
|  | |
| Website | eyetv.co.nz (no longer functional) |


title: Going Home (comics)

abstract: Going Home is the ninth novel in Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim's Cerebus comic book series. It is made up of issues #232–265 of Cerebus. It was collected as the 13th and 14th "phonebook" volumes, as Going Home and Form & Void. Cerebus has reunited with Jaka, and has agreed to travel with her to Sand Hills Creek, where he grew up. Along the way, they take a ride on a riverboat and meet F. Stop Kennedy, a caricature of F. Scott Fitzgerald; and later they meet Hamilton Earnestway and his wife Mary.

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# Going Home (comics)

***Going Home*** is the ninth novel in Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim's *Cerebus* comic book series. It is made up of issues #232–265 of *Cerebus*. It was collected as the 13th and 14th "phonebook" volumes, as *Going Home* (#232–250, March 2000) and *Form & Void* (#251–265, May 2001).

Cerebus has reunited with Jaka, and has agreed to travel with her to Sand Hills Creek, where he grew up. Along the way, they take a ride on a riverboat and meet F. Stop Kennedy, a caricature of F. Scott Fitzgerald; and later they meet Hamilton Earnestway (Ernest Hemingway) and his wife Mary.

## Background

Cerebus has spent two novels confined to a tavern. At the end of the previous book, Cerebus meets his creator (Sim), who leaves him a packageJaka's doll, Missy. Jaka then appears, and the two are reunited and fall in love. Jaka's tries to convince Cerebus to go to Cerebus' childhood home, Sand Hills Creek, with her. He has to make a decision between his male friends in the tavern or Jaka. He eventually gives in to Jaka, and the two set off.

## Synopsis

*Going Home* was divided into three sections. "Sudden Moves" and "Fall and the River" were collected in the *Going Home* "phonebook" collection, and "Form & Void" was collected as *Form & Void*.

### Sudden Moves

(*Cerebus* #232–239)

Cerebus and Jaka are together and deeply in love. On their way to Cerebus' childhood home of Sand Hills Creek, they stop at taverns along the way. Jaka's aristocratic status has afforded them protectionCirinists (including a caricature of Janet Reno) move along to the taverns ahead of the couple to ensure that they have a wonderful time wherever they go. They go shopping for Jaka's outfits each morning and move on by afternoon, never spending more than a day at any location.

On their travels, the pair come across pubs run by caricatures of personalities in the comics world such as Greg Hyland, Rick Veitch and Alan Moore.

Jaka insists on shopping and seeing the important sites along the way, and Cerebus gets worried as Sand Hills Creek lies on the other side of the Conniptin mountainsthey could get caught in the first snowfall and get snowed in.

### Fall and the River

(*Cerebus* #240–250)

Cerebus and Jaka take a riverboat ride, and onboard come across F. Stop Kennedy, a caricature of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

### Form & Void

(*Cerebus* #251–265)

Cerebus and Jaka find a hunting lodge in which to spend the winter. They are surprised to find out that the famous writer Hamilton Earnestway (a parody of Ernest Hemingway) and his wife, Mary, are lodging there as well.

Cerebus, a fan of Earnestway's, is unabashedly starstruck. Earnestway, however, is in his twilight years, and stricken with depression and writer's block. Cerebus is initially oblivious to Ham's state, but can't help noticing how down and quiet he has become. He is dominated by his boisterous wife. Her speech balloons are dramatic, while his are shaky and small.

## Publication

| *Going Home* "phonebook" collections | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Volume Title | Pages | Published | Issues | Dates | ISBN |
| *Going Home* | 386 | March 2000 | #232–250 | July 1998 – September 1999 | 978-0-919-35919-2 |
| *Form & Void* | 300 | May 2001 | #251–265 | October 1999 – April 2001 | 978-0-919-35920-8 |
|

*Going Home* was published in *Cerebus* issues #232 (July 1998) to #265 (April 2001) and collected in two volumes: *Going Home* in March 2000, collecting *Cerebus* #232–250; and *Form & Void* in May 2001, collecting *Cerebus* #251–265. *Going Home* first printing in limited signed (by both Dave Sim and Gerhard) and numbered (out of 1000) March 2000, ISBN 0-919-359-19-1. *Form & Void* first printing in limited signed (by both Dave Sim and Gerhard) and numbered (out of 1000) May 2001, ISBN 0-919-359-20-5.

All the coversincluding those of the collectionswere done with full-colour photographs taken by Gerhard. When serialized, Sim included copious amounts of notes on the background research he did into F. Scott Fitzgerald which was included as "Chasing Scott" in the *Going Home* volume.

### Notes

### Sources

## Further reading

*Going Home* page at Cerebus Wiki

## InfoBox

| *Going Home* | |
| --- | --- |
| Cover to *Cerebus* #232, the first installment of *Going Home*
photograph by Gerhard | |
| Series | Cerebus |
| Page count | 686 pages |
| Publisher | Aardvark-Vanaheim |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Dave Sim |
| Artists | Dave Sim
Gerhard |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Cerebus |
| Issues | 232–265 |
| Date of publication | July 1998 – April 2001 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-0-919-35919-2 (*Going Home*)
978-0-919-35920-8 (*Form & Void*) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | *Rick's Story* |
| Followed by | *Latter Days* |


title: Up for Grabs (album)

abstract: Up for Grabs is the second studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album was 'Produced by Leo Productions' with the group's Fess Parker as 'Production Assistant'; it was engineered by Spencer Lee and David Hemming at Leo Recorders, Sydney. It was released in September 1981 and peaked at number 29 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified gold. Susan Molloy, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, opined that the album was ‘quite appealing in the way they have restrained themselves from going overboard with the heavy metal sound. Instead, this album has some interesting experimental moments and some cutesy songs… Up for Grabs is one of the better offerings from a veritable flood of local recordings.'

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# Up for Grabs (album)

***Up for Grabs*** is the second studio album by Australian band The Radiators. The album was 'Produced by Leo Productions' with the group's Fess Parker as 'Production Assistant'; it was engineered by Spencer Lee and David Hemming at Leo Recorders, Sydney. It was released in September 1981 and peaked at number 29 on the Australian Albums Chart and was certified gold.

Susan Molloy, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, opined that the album was ‘quite appealing in the way they have restrained themselves from going overboard with the heavy metal sound. Instead, this album has some interesting experimental moments (from Kraftwerk?) and some cutesy songs… *Up for Grabs* is one of the better offerings from a veritable flood of local recordings.'

## Track listing

Side A
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Up For Grabs" | Brian Nichol, Chris Tagg, Geoff Turner |  |
| 2. | "Room Full of Diamonds" | Nichol |  |
| 3. | "Nothings Changed" | Nichol |  |
| 4. | "It Wasn't Me" | Nichol |  |
| 5. | "Restless" | Turner |  |

Side B
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Something Wrong" | Turner |  |
| 2. | "Automatic" | Turner |  |
| 3. | "Bustin Out" | Tagg, Stephen Parker |  |
| 4. | "I Go to Pieces" | Turner |  |
| 5. | "Sex" | Turner |  |
| 6. | "Out of It" | Turner |  |

## Charts

| Chart (1981/82) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| Australian Chart (Kent Music Report) | 29 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | 20,000^ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
 | | |

## InfoBox

| Up for Grabs | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by The Radiators | |
| Released | September 1981 |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Label | Powderworks Records |
| The Radiators chronology | |
| *You Have the Right to Remain Silent*
(1981) ***Up for Grabs***
(1981) *Scream of the Real*
(1983) | |
|  | |
| Singles from  *Up for Grabs* | |
| 1. "Room Full of Diamonds"
Released: June 1981 2. "Up for Grabs"
Released: November 1981 3. "Nothings Changed"
Released: February 1982 | |
|  | |


title: Franco Rosso

abstract: Franco Rosso was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation.

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# Franco Rosso

**Franco Rosso** (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016) was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film *Babylon*, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was backed by the National Film Finance Corporation.

## Life and career

Rosso was born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, but grew up in London, where his parents (who had been Fiat workers in Turin) brought him when he was aged eight. After attending comprehensive school in Battersea, Rosso went on to Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art (at which he was a contemporary of Ian Dury).

He was assistant on Ken Loach's 1969 film *Kes*, and Rosso's subsequent career as a filmmaker encompassed feature films, as well as television documentaries and series, working as an editor, producer, director and writer. Following early productions at the Royal College of Art, Rosso made his notable directorial debut with the documentary  *The Mangrove Nine*, about the resistance to police attacks on the popular Mangrove restaurant in the early 1970s, scripted by John La Rose and narrated by Andrew Salkey. According to Martin Stellman's obituary of Rosso, *The Mangrove Nine* film was "so uncompromising in its portrayal of police racism that the BBC delayed its transmission. For several years afterwards, Rosso could not get work with the corporation and firmly believed he had been blacklisted."

In 1981, Rosso won an *Evening Standard* Award for Most Promising Film-Maker for his drama *Babylon*, which was called by *New Britain* fanzine "one of the best British films ever made, not just one of the best 'Black' or 'Youth' films".

## Selected filmography

* 1967: *Rainbows Are Insured against Old Age*Royal College of Art (director)
* 1968: *Dream Weaver* – Royal College of Art (director)
* 1973: *The Mangrove Nine* — documentary about the Mangrove Nine (director; co-producer Horace Ové, scripted by John La Rose)
* 1979: *Dread Beat an' Blood* — documentary for *Omnibus* (BBC television), featuring Linton Kwesi Johnson (director)
* 1980: *Babylon* — drama (director, writer)
* 1983: *Ian Dury* – biopic (director)
* 1983: *Salt on a Snake's Tail* – BBC TV (director)
* 1984: *The Caribbean in Crisis: The West Indies One Year after the Grenada Invasion* – documentary for Channel Four (producer)
* 1985: *Sixty-Four Day Hero: A Boxer's Tale* (director)
* 1986: *Struggle for Stonebridge* — documentary for *40 Minutes*, BBC Two (director)
* 1988: *The Nature of the Beast* (director)
* 1991: *Lucha Libre* — for television (director)
* 1995: *Money Drugs Lock-up* (director)

## InfoBox

| Franco Rosso | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1941-08-29)29 August 1941
Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died | 9 December 2016(2016-12-09) (aged 75) |
| Education | Camberwell School of Art
Royal College of Art |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer and director |
| Notable work | *Babylon* (1980) |


title: Gay Shame

abstract: Gay Shame is a movement from within the queer communities described as a radical alternative to gay mainstreaming. The movement directly posits an alternative view of gay pride events and activities which have become increasingly commercialized with corporate sponsors as well as the adoption of more sanitized, mainstream agendas to avoid offending supporters and sponsors. The Gay Shame movement has grown to embrace radical expression, counter-cultural ideologies, and avant-garde arts and artists.

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# Gay Shame

**Gay Shame** is a movement from within the queer communities described as a radical alternative to gay mainstreaming. The movement directly posits an alternative view of gay pride events and activities which have become increasingly commercialized with corporate sponsors as well as the adoption of more sanitized, mainstream agendas to avoid offending supporters and sponsors. The Gay Shame movement has grown to embrace radical expression, counter-cultural ideologies, and avant-garde arts and artists.

## Background

Gay Shame was created as a protest of (and named in opposition to) the over-commercialization of the gay pride events. Members attack "queer assimilation" into what they perceive as oppressive societal structures. As such, its members disagree with the legalization of same-sex marriage, stating that:

> What we are calling for is an abolishment of State sanctioned coupling in either the hetero or homo incarnation. We are against any institution that perpetuates the further exploitation of some people for the benefit of others. Why do the fundamental necessities marriage may provide for some (like healthcare) have to be wedded to the State sanctioned ritual of terror known as marriage? \[…\] Gay marriage and voting are symbolic gestures that reinforce structures while claiming to reconfigure them.

## History

Gay Shame began in 1998 as an annual event in Brooklyn, New York. It was held for a number of years at DUMBA, an artists' run collective center. Bands such as Three Dollar Bill and Kiki and Herb and speakers such as Eileen Myles, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Penny Arcade appeared at the first event, and the evening was documented by Scott Berry and released as the film *Gay Shame '98*. *Swallow Your Pride* was a zine published by the people involved in planning Gay Shame in New York. Three issues were released. The movement later spread to San Francisco, Toronto, and Sweden.

*LAGAI – Queer Insurrection* (formerly *Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention*) put such a protest in context. They wrote that the "origins of the LGBTQ movement are revolutionary \[…\] Now, some of the same people who participated in those fabulous outpourings of anti-establishment rage tripped over each other on the way to City Hall to have their love blessed by Gavin Newsom, successor to Dan White and Dianne Feinstein, darling of the developers, persecutor of the homeless, and cause of Gay Shame getting beaten and busted by the cops on more than one occasion."

In 2002, AlterNet published a piece by queer activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca who lived in San Francisco about Gay Shame. What he wrote expressed many of the ideas of Gay Shame:

> ...Gay Shame is an outgrowth of a younger generation's disgust with over-commercialized pride celebrations that are more about corporate sponsorships, celebrity grand marshals, and consumerism than they are about the radicalism that gave birth to our post-Stonewall gay-liberation movement, and radicalism such as that displayed by the Cockettes. Every movement undergoes changes in three decades, but pride, especially in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, transformed a street protest into a multi-million dollar extravaganza that has no political through line...thousands stand along the sidelines and cheer every corporate contingent that passes despite the fact that many of them, while good on gay rights, have policies and practices that oppress other groups...Many in my generation will find gay shame a hard pill to swallow, not unlike the word queer...But I like Gay Shame. It challenges us to ask important questions about what we've become as a community. Not everything we did was wrong; obviously, queers are an important part of the fabric of this country, thanks to the efforts of those who gave their lives to make it easier for all of us to live outside the closet. But no one back in the 70s could have imagined what a market niche we would become...This mass appeal and corporate sponsorship of our pride has been accompanied by a de-emphasis on politics. As more and more of corporate America gravitated toward pride, the "gay pride march" changed to a "parade" (or "celebration")...The Gay Shame folks will most certainly be dismissed as PC leftists who want to knock everything. Such a characterization will not make their criticisms go away.

In 2009, according to an article on IndyBay, SF Gay Shame had a protest outside San Francisco's LGBT Center. A press release they put out about the event they wrote:

> GAY SHAME has uncovered shocking new truths! Upon studying the blueprints to the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, GAY SHAME has gathered evidence that it is in fact a portal to the 8th dimension. Cleverly disguised as a community center, familiar evil mega-corporate donors (ranging from Lennar to PG&E to Bechtel) and the San Francisco power elite, have been using their office park portal to suck away all our time, energy and passion...30 years after the White Night Riots and 40 years after Stonewall, radicals from splintering time periods and multiple movements without number shall join forces...This will be a high-concept anachronistic interpretive dance-off to determine the fate of radical queer politics!

That same year there was an event of London's chapter of Gay Shame, which they had a so-called "indoor playground of interactive art and alternative ideas...\[which was in a\] club \[that\] shares a similar non-commercial, anti-consumerist angle...\[and there were\] thirty-five sideshows, 100 performance artists and 3,000 revellers."

A book titled *Gay Shame* was reviewed on Lambda Literary in 2010. The reviewers noted that the book looks at the origins of Gay Shame, the question of gay pride and challenges readers to "question and explore the possibility that the modern LGBT rights movement's push for acceptance, assimilation, and—they would argue—pride, results in a loss of something importantly queer as it attempts to eradicate shame...\[by\] exploring the ways in which pride and shame connected with race, gender and sexuality."

In 2011, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore was interviewed by an online publication called We Who Feel Differently. Carlos Motta, the interviewer asked about how to open up spaces, and in a response, Mattilda described her work with Gay Shame:

> I was also involved with Gay Shame, a group that emerged in New York in 1998. Originally what we wanted to do was to create a radical alternative to "Gay Pride." Instead of having an endless gated procession of corporate floats, we thought we would just invite people for free into a space to share skills and strategies for resistance. We had bands, music, dancing and also people talking about welfare reform, trans liberation, or gentrification in New York. We thought we could make culture on our own terms...When I moved to San Francisco we started Gay Shame there along similar lines, it was a "direct action extravaganza"; we were committed to challenging the hypocrisy, not just of mainstream gay people but also of all hypocrites. We would throw together these very elaborate events like the "Gay Shame Awards" where we awarded the most hypocritical gay people for their service to the community. We had categories like "helping right wingers cope," "exploiting our youth," an "award for celebrities who should never have come out in the first place," etc. The award was a burning rainbow flag. What was really interesting about Gay Shame's actions, was that we wanted to create a spectacle. We wanted to create something that used the militancy of Act Up, but fused it with spectacle, to focus on reclaiming the streets in an anti-capitalist, extravagant way, so that people would be drawn in.

Gay Shame was also mentioned on Mission Local, the Bay Area Reporter, writer Toshio Meronek on the Huffington Post, a radical magazine titled *Slingshot*, *SF Weekly*, Sarah Jaffe on Alternet, in a 7-page article in the *Quarterly Journal of Speech* and many others.

### Fizzling out and the aftermath

The San Francisco Gay Shame became a non-hierarchical direct action and radical queer collective that continued until early 2013 when it petered out. It was also "primarily responsible for the protests, mobilizations, and guerrilla tactics that shut down the city of San Francisco in response to the declaration of war on Iraq". An interview posted on the Mission Local website noted that the group began organizing in 2001, doing radical direct action with ideas like the "Goth Cry-In" which they described as a "space for basking in our sadness around the current state of LGBT politics and the horrors of the larger world." The group also said that "the current state of LGBT politics is a scramble for straight privilege" and that "things like health care ... should be available to us all ... \[but that\] a queer identity is about challenging institutions of domination, like marriage and the military, not becoming part of them \[because\] ... we would be working against traditional institutions and building connections with people that make us feel love, joy, freedom and safety—which in many cases, as we know, is the exact opposite of marriage ... \[since\] Gay Shame supports gender self-determination in all its manifestations."

Their website described themselves as committed to "a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality \[that rejects a\] commercialized gay identity that denies the intrinsic links between queer struggle and challenging power ... counter\[ing\] the self-serving 'values' of gay consumerism and ... fighting the rabid assimilationist monster with a devastating mobilization of queer brilliance." Despite this, in 2012, according to writer Toshio Meronek, a criticism of the "corporatization of Pride events has officially gone viral ... \[and\] that Pride actually started as a day of political action called Christopher Street Liberation Day." At one point, after Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed, Gay Shame put out a flier declaring: "No Gays in the Military! We need you on the streets. Keeping the status quo in check and on fire."

After the end of the last chapter of Gay Shame, there were some reflections on the movement as a whole. One of the main organizers, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, told the San Francisco Bay Guardian that:

> ... this activist group that meant so much to me, that challenged and inspired me in so many ways ... ultimately failed me. ... There is so much self-congratulatory rhetoric in San Francisco, especially in radical-identified queer spaces, and we’re never going to get to something beyond a cooler marketing niche unless we can examine the ways that so often in radical queer spaces people treat one another just as horribly as in dominant straight culture or mainstream gay culture, and it hurts so much more when this kind of viciousness comes from people you actually believe in.

This is similar to her remarks on a radio show in late October 2012 called Horizontal Power Hour.

In June 2013, an article on *White Rose Reader* added to this, noting that: "Starting in 1998, these “Gay Shame” events promoted counter-cultural ideologies and radical expression...some have picked up on this: a blog popped up recently to demand Gay Shame, started by a 48-year old queer male DJ."

### Re-emergence

In September 2013, Gay Shame SF, or San Francisco Gay Shame, re-emerged. Gay Shame SF describes themselves as a 'Virus in the System," declaring a "new queer activism...to counter the self-serving "values" of gay consumerism and the increasingly hypocritical left." Organizationally, Gay Shame SF is consensus based, meaning everyone has to agree on decisions before they proceed and that they will make sure everyone is fully informed on the actions that are going to occur. When any member of the group speaks to the press, they will identify as 'Mary' so no one is seen as a leader, incorrectly identified and so that anonymity can be preserved.

Most recently, Gay Shame SF has attracted attention for its prison abolition and anti-gentrification organizing. In 2014, six members of Gay Shame were arrested for protesting a "prison-themed" pride party hosted by Kink.com. In an open letter co-signed by queer abolition leaders Miss Major and Angela Davis, Gay Shame demanded that Kink.com change the party's theme, and "not use themes of arrest and incarceration... in promoting your event." In 2015, a series of "anti-tech" fliers posted by Gay Shame in the Mission District, San Francisco, demanded 'Brogrammers' leave the neighborhood and implied violence.

Additionally, other chapters have emerged as well. In around May 2013, Gay Shame San Diego emerged, describing itself on a Facebook page as being "created as a protest to the over-commercialization of pride events and opposes queer assimilation." This Facebook page has covered topics ranging from same-sex marriage, Lou Reed, and gay pride. Around the same time, a tumblr of the organization popped up as well repeating the same description on their Facebook page and it has been around ever since. Their tumblr currently has reposted material written by Gay Shame SF, criticized capitalism, and discussed topics such as queer and trans liberation.

### Criticism

Due to the opposition to mainstream LGBTQ culture, some have criticized Gay Shame. Another criticism, from a queer perspective, while praising the group in certain ways, commented: "...it is difficult for the group to wholly remove themselves from the overarching structure as their ideology demands..." By removing individual names, and by extent, individual identities within the group, Gay Shame conforms to the very commercialization it seeks to fight against."

## Academic conference

An academic conference at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor took place in March, 2003. Supposedly, during that weekend, there was friction between the activists and the academics, growing out of different strategies, and the activists' claim that the academics didn't do enough to acknowledge their power and class privilege, and to share more of that with the activists. A professor from the University of Texas adds to this account, reviewing a book called *Gay Shame*:

> In 2003 the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor hosted a generative yet controversial conference titled Gay Shame. Seven years later, conference organizers David M. Halperin and Valerie Traub have compiled essays, spoken-word texts, art works, interviews, short documentary films, video performances, and images that were either inspired by, inspiration for, or a product of the conference proceedings in the anthology and accompanying DVD also titled Gay Shame. Most all of the diverse collection of contributions to the anthology and DVD were provided by the distinguished community of scholars, activists, and artists who attended the conference not only as presenters but also as active participants in the conversations it facilitated. Reflective of the vast scope of this book, the contributions are divided into six categories: "Gay Shame," which offers an introduction to both the conference and the volume; "Performing Shame," which examines shame as an affect produced and reflected through performance; "Spectacles of Shame," which considers imagery, both popular and erotic, that induces shame; "Disabled Shame," which explores shame in the lives of those living with disabilities; "Histories of Shame," which concerns shame in LGBTQ histories; and lastly "Communities of Shame," which examines shame and its relationship to identity politics.

## Events

There have also been annual themed events titled "Gay Shame and Lesbian Weakness" in London, England, associated with the club night Duckie run by Simon Casson and Amy Lamé. Although documentation about when the first event happened is hard to come by, the event was occurring annually by 1998, if not earlier. The 2004 event was billed as "Now in its 9th great year." The event includes performance art and queer-bash make-overs and is also referred to as *The Annual Festival of Homosexual Misery*. The 2009 event has been announced as the last. But, since Gay Shame SF has re-emerged, new events are likely to happen as well.

### Duckie Gay Shame Themes

* 2004 Homosexual Misery. It's a nightclub. It's a theatre event. It's a rip-off.
* 2005 Homosexual Misery. London's inverted underbelly prove that Gay ain't nothing to be proud of.
* 2006 Euroshame for EuroPride, the booths and shows themed as different European countries.
* 2007 Cancelled due to Arts Council England funding diverted to the Olympics.
* 2008 Masculinity, betting, boxing, trucker fun.
* 2009 Femininity.
* 2015 National Borders (the plight of LGBTQ asylum seekers).

From 2001 to 2004, there were Shame events in Stockholm, Sweden. Gay Shame SF meets every Saturday at the Muddy Waters cafe.

* Against Equality – Queer organization
* Bash Back! – Anarchist cells in the US
* Gay Liberation Front – Gay liberation groups in major US, UK, and Canadian cities during the 1960s-70s
* Gay liberation – Social and political movement in the 1960s and 70s
* Homotopia – 2007 American short film
* LGBT social movements – Social movements
* Pink capitalism – Capitalist appropriation and assimilation of sexual diversity
* Pinkwashing (LGBT) – Promotional use of LGBT rights
* Queer anarchism – Anarchist school of thought
* Queer nationalism – Idea that the LGBTQ community is a nation in and of itself
* Queercore – Music genre
* Queeruption
* Straight pride – Countermovement to LGBTQ+ pride movements and events
* Wrath month – Neologism and meme about LGBTQ+ activism occurring after Pride Month


title: Międzylesie, Turek County

abstract: Międzylesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Władysławów, 8 km (5 mi) north of Turek, and 113 km (70 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

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# Międzylesie, Turek County

**Międzylesie** \[mjɛnd͡zɨˈlɛɕɛ\] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Władysławów, 8 km (5 mi) north of Turek, and 113 km (70 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.

## InfoBox

| Międzylesie | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Międzylesie | |
| Coordinates: 52°5′N 18°29′E / 52.083°N 18.483°E / 52.083; 18.483 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Turek |
| Gmina | Władysławów |