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VA - L.I.E.S. Collection X

This is a 15 track sampler of previously and recently released tracks on the label. The purpose simply being to highlight some of the more "beatless music" that the label has released through the years that may have gone under the radar.

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Collection X: Woody Guthrie Center

By Matty Williams

This is the first piece in a new series, which shines a light on off-the-beaten-path, unknown or simply under appreciated collections.

American Badass: Woody Guthrie

Well, you say that I'm an outlaw, You say that I'm a thief. Here's a Christmas dinner For the families on relief.

Before Shawn Carter, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and so many significant others in the pantheon of American songwriter-poets came Woody Guthrie.

The above lyric is from Guthrie’s Pretty Boy Floyd. It could just have easily been off NWA’s Straight Outta Compton. The core of which is terse, gritty prose on hard living and the obstacles of the common man.

Believe me, Woody Guthrie was hard. He lived through the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. He fought in World War II. He lived on the road. Traveled coast-to-coast. Took shelter where he could find it. Took work when he could get it. And all along the way, he made his art. He wrote, sang, painted, drew and performed just about every day. He sang songs of the common man, for the common man. He gave them hope, significance and an authentic voice.

The work had immediate impact on those around him. And then spread like wildfire.

In the Brady Arts District of Tulsa, Oklahoma – a lovely, and very clean I might add, enclave of indie restaurants, hipster bars, craft beer joints and an outdoor performance area – lives the Woody Guthrie Center. It houses the world’s most significant collection of Woody Guthrie art, memorabilia and documents. An appropriate location as Woody was a proud Okie who wove his heritage into many of his works.

Experiencing the collection at the Woody Guthrie Center is modern and electric. Open cheery spaces lead to thoughtful, quiet areas where one can take in Guthrie’s work through various media. Education is a clear objective: know the artist, know the art.

The collection is vast: musical instruments, artwork, correspondence, radio interviews, records, digital audio, lyrics, manuscripts, diaries, scrapbooks, archives of published books, archives of periodicals, photographs and personal papers.

Among the most notable pieces is a hand-painted page with Woody’s bold script stating “Beat Hitler Quick,” which speaks directly to his fellow soldiers with unapologetic anti-fascism.

The centerpiece of the collection, the original lyrics of This Land Is Your Land, is kept in a low-lit, heavy gauge (bullet-proof?) glass case like a religious relic. It is simple and magnificent at the same time. The key discovery being that Guthrie replaced “God blessed America for me” with “This Land was made for you & me.” (With Don McLean’s American Pie lyrics selling at Christie’s for $1,205,000, I can’t help but think what This Land Is Your Land would bring at auction.)

When I experience new art, I take the approach of brilliant art critic Jerry Saltz: ask yourself, “What is the artist trying to say?” While this can be challenging with many a shoe-gazing, exploratory artist, it’s crystal clear with Woody Guthrie.

This quote in particular, which was shown in a short film, hit me square between the eyes: “I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you.” I believe him.

Woody Guthrie carved up his art out his life. Real stories. Protest songs. Observational poetry. Free-flowing paintings. Folk drawings. He was deeply connected to his country… this land. He gave Americans his heart. He gave his people hope. This is the real shit. And well worth a visit to this extraordinary American collection.

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Pokemon Center Tokyo, some TCG section photos.

The perfect store showing the perfect game. In the picture, you can see some of the TCG products that are sold on the different Pokemon Centers throughout Japan. Booster packs of the last four Japanese editions plus some starters decks and binders can be bought on the store.

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Découvrez les scans des 120 cartes de Collection X et Collection Y, première extension de XY : http://www.pokemon-france.com/news/lintegralite-des-cartes-de-collection-x-et-y/

All 120 Pokémon cards from Collection X and Y's, the first set from Pokémon X and Y : http://www.pokemon-france.com/news/lintegralite-des-cartes-de-collection-x-et-y/

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