#resolutionary

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Vivien Goldman // Launderette

I can't complain We went down the drain Seems like I can't get away from you Even in the launderette

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"A great #resolutionary #conversation , #Non -#political. " Dr, shahid Masood enlightened a great message for all Muslims. Despite unhygienic and poor medical services, all western science and technology's predictions have been failed to predict the situation of East Asia due to covid-19 spread. Why poor countries are still surviving well enough to be considered? #humanwelfare #emaan #anotherchance Must listen to the talk. https://youtu.be/TDp0tfbs3Co #happynewyear2021 #sharingiscaring #informational, #motivational, #humanityhealing, #emaan,#anotherchance (at Harwinton, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgx1merukemKer_bk06TrSgucWgLiJMoCVOI80/?igshid=1amohk57v8thf

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Vivien Goldman – Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) (Staubgold)

Vivien Goldman has been many things over the course of her 61 years: writer, broadcaster, educator, moderator, PR officer, backup singer, the list goes on. She gained notoriety for tracking the developments of reggae, dub and punk in London for NME, Melody Maker and Sounds at the turn of the 1980s. Her achievements include penning Bob Marley’s first biography, and passing on her knowledge as an adjunct professor of punk and reggae at NYU and adjunct of musical cultures and industry at Rutgers. She’s even hosted an “Ask the Punk Professor” column for BBC America. 

What has gotten less attention over the decades is her music. Staubgold boss Markus Detmer has been a longtime admirer —  he cut a Flying Lizards white label in 1995, presumably when Piano wasn’t distributing The Secret Dub Life of The Flying Lizards to Germany — and with the new compilation Resolutionary, seeks to shed further light on Goldman’s contributions to a thrilling period both for its protagonist and her surroundings.

Though billed as a Goldman compilation, Resolutionary is actually credited to three different groups: Vivien in solo form (“Launderette,” “Private Armies,” “P.A. Dub”), The Flying Lizards (“Her Story,” “The Window”), and Chantage (“Same Thing Twice,” “It’s Only Money,” “Tu M’Fais Rire”). Her vocals feature prominently in each and you don’t really notice a drastic shift in sound quality or jarring stylistic transitions across these eight songs, which makes for a focused snapshot of the artist. 

The Flying Lizards came first chronologically but 1981’s “Launderette” smartly starts the collection off as it’s probably her best-known song (not to mention one that’s been sampled by Madlib for “Filthy” on the essential Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2). Anchored by George Oban’s funky bass line, Goldman’s soprano tells a simple tale of laundromat love gone awry (“Seems like I can’t get away from you / even in the launderette,” she sings on the chorus, adding dismissively, “…You always were untidy”). 

That marriage of high (her vocals) and low (bass) is a recurring motif in these songs. Working with a palette influenced by frequent producer Adrian Sherwood, members of Public Image Ltd. during their heady Metal Box peak (John Lydon produced “Launderette” after hearing the demo), and dub and reggae scene staples like Prince Far I, Goldman took on the politics of gender and romance head-on. “Private Armies” is a self-professed nuclear war anthem, for example, and “Her Story” is an attack on the patriarchy. Perhaps the most disturbing track, however, is “The Window,” a plaintive piano refrain setting the bedrock for Goldman’s chorus (“I don’t want to let him in / I wish he wasn’t twice my size”). 

The three Chantage tracks feature the most radical directions. Goldman had moved to Paris by 1982 and was absorbing the African diaspora’s musical culture alongside fellow singer Eve Blouin, with whom she shared a flat. “Same Thing Twice” features soukous guitar and steel drums, easily the breeziest, most lighthearted song present. The influence comes through strongest on “It’s Only Money,” a capitalist critique featuring Romani violin and a steel drum breakdown over a calypso rhythm that differs from the earlier half-speed dub zone-outs indicative of her time in London. “Tu M’Fais Rire” (“you make me laugh”), Resolutionary’s last song, functions nicely as an acapella outro. 

Listening to a period interview with Goldman appended as a separate track on Resolutionary is generous but inessential. Vivien’s points regarding resistance (“I always find it very difficult to get angry”), violence and gender (“Men would rather blow up the world than relinquish their power”) are covered quite clearly in her music. Her voice resonates both in projection and in vision. And though it may be true that Vivien Goldman has spent much of her time fighting for the world, in the music she made, it is every bit as clear that she fought just as hard for herself at the same time. It was never a binary. 

Patrick Masterson

[tnvt]

Alright, that's it. Trying standup is going on the list. You know the list. The one that also has items like, "be a damn fine clinician" followed by "do a single pull up…by yourself...forrealsies" followed by "buy more pants" and "please learn how to feed yourself". You know. Life goals. 

I saw Louis CK live on Saturday night. The man is my comedy idol, plain and simple. He's managed to really make it in television without betraying his unique, abjectly awful, surrealist*** sense of humor/outlook on life. He's constantly breaking tradition and new ground. He's touring right now in venues booked without middle-man ticket vendors (thus cutting the cost of my ticket entirely in half while directing all of the profits directly to him). He writes, directs, and produces Louie, which I still maintain is the best damn thing on television, entirely on his own, trading a bigger budget for more artistic control. On top of that, he puts out a whole new hour of material  for a comedy special (sold cheap on his website) every freaking year. I mean, really. The man's a legend.  

***One of the first episodes of Louie focused on a terrible date that ended with the woman jumping on a waiting helicopter and flying away at the end. No explanation, no nothing. She just runs away and climbs into a freaking helicopter. He's into bizzaro juxtapositions and tragicomedy of the mundane. This Twitter feed is actually kind of a good send-up of what a lot of Louie episodes are like. Which is not to say Louie can't be amazingly real. "Eddie", an episode about Louis' suicidal-and-laughing-about-it comedian buddy was the most heartbreakingly honest thing I've ever seen on TV. The LA Review of Books has an awesome review of the show here (I definitely see myself as the "laptop loner" viewer they describe in the article)

Todd Glass opened for Louis, and his act was relatable, just not personal at all. Like, he closed with a joke on the ShamWow commercials, which, yes, got my chuckles. It was funny, but, really, in 5 years, who's going to know what a ShamWow infomercial is? Or think it's really that funny? Actually, more than that, the joke is just easily replaceable by the next bullshit trend observational comedy joke.

Louis' standup is dismal and bizarre but so universally relatable. And it's still incredibly sharp, biting commentary on society. He had a bit about the "Game of Decency Chicken" bystanders play when an elderly person needs help. God, the whole anecdote made me pee myself a little bit. What? Just a little!  

I feel like a lot of stand-ups adopt Louis' brand of bleak, blasé self-deprecation because they believe they have to in order to be a "true comic". But that's all just posturing. Louis is the real thing. Comedians today talk about Carson, Carlin, and Pryor as inspirations. Ten years from now, it's going to be CK. 

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Titled: "Resolutionary" Anyone who knows me, knows I'm an apple fanboy! I saw this billboard and decided to show just how beautiful the colors are on the new iPad!

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iPad 3 AD.

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The iPad (2012)

There's no point in writing a review for this particular product. It's been thoroughly covered. 

Bottom line, if you are able to see clearly from a distance between 6-20 inches, you will no doubt appreciate the retina display on this device. Held next to any previous generation iPad and the difference is far more significant that I had guessed.