![]() John Serba is a veteran film and rock critic, formerly of and The Grand Rapids Press, and an “unapologetic metalhead.A central notion of Todd Haynes’ new documentary on The Velvet Underground is the concept of extended time, which appears to encapsulate the narrative of a band we often find it difficult to have a consensus on by juxtaposing immediacy and endurance. VIDEO: “The Velvet Underground” (Official Trailer) Wikipedia will give you the complete dry story of the band, but this is the slippery-wet version, the one that aims for the nebulous heart of a true artistic movement, delivering the vibe, the sauce, the juice, the air, the atmosphere. The Velvet Underground inspired a cottage industry of musical artists who popped in the ’70s and ’80s and even more so in the ’90s. Those folks also will intuit the subtext, hearing the band’s influence on punk and New Wave and noise rock and indie rock and lo-fi and Nick Cave and Swans and Sonic Youth and Joy Division and U2 and Talking Heads and Sunn 0))), and, and, and. So the film isn’t wholly challenging, only mostly so, and definitely less so for aficionados who still drop the hi-fi needle on their copy of “The Velvet Underground and Nico.” In fact, you’ll be grateful for Richman, who cuts the pretension by describing the Velvet Underground’s appeal in enthusiastic and relatable terms.Īlso entertaining are descriptions of the band’s black-cloud arrival on the West Coast - inspiring a negative review by none other than Cher herself - and Tucker’s amusingly virulent dismissal of the peace-and-love hippie movement. Friends, contemporaries, relatives and industry types are interviewed you’ll recognize John Waters, Jackson Browne and Jonathan Richman. We see Cale and drummer Moe Tucker we only hear Reed and guitarist Sterling Morrison’s voices, both of whom have passed. ![]() The Late and Great: Lou Reed (Courtesy Photo) It diligently and compellingly works through the band’s collaborations with Andy Warhol and singer/actress Nico, Cale’s departure and the band’s disintegration when it failed to meet Reed’s desired level of commercial success. “The Velvet Underground” gives introductory background on core collaborators Reed and Cale, details their meeting - the former was raw volatile, and the latter comes off as quiet and musically accomplished - and works its way through the group’s six most productive years, 1964-70. Haynes’ restless visual style represents a narrative that does its duty in an unconventional fashion, an easy parallel to how the Velvet Underground’s droning sounds, bleak beat-poet lyrics and relentless artistic exploration provided skin and muscle to the skeleton of singer/guitarist Lou Reed’s elemental rock ‘n’ roll songwriting. So consider the spirit of the band captured.Ī RESTLESS VISUAL STYLE DEPICTING A WILDLY INFLUENTIAL BAND By the time Haynes reaches the story of the band’s first tour, when interviewees explain how Velvet Underground concerts tended to drive half the audience out of the venue, it’s fair to speculate that half the viewers of this documentary will have turned it off. ![]() The film shows no desire to meet casual viewers halfway. Fifteen minutes go by before we see a talking head footage is almost exclusively archival the only Velvet Underground live performance we see is during the end credits there is no gauzy, triumphant footage of the band’s brief mid-’90s reunion or Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Haynes continues in this fashion for two hours, using visual cues, often on split screens, to give contextual hints, foregoing subtitles and other documentary cliches. No, the auteur behind highly unconventional Bob Dylan biopic “I’m Not There” and David Bowie-inspired glam-rock drama “Velvet Goldmine,” opens “The Velvet Underground” with a spattering of old news clips and grainy footage - most notably Cale’s appearance on the goofy TV game show “I’ve Got a Secret” - setting up the story of a band that defied everything that came before it, creatively and culturally, and inspired nearly everything that came after it in American underground music. They’d improvise so performances were “subconscious.” They’re described as “R&B meets Wagner.” The music “establishes a psychological state,” and I’ll translate that as meaning it’s hypnotic and transporting.ĭon’t expect Haynes to hold the spoon and feed you a “Behind the Music” narrative. They “shined so brightly, there was no way that light could be contained,” goes another. ‘R&B Meets Wagner’: The Velvet Underground (Courtesy Photo)Ĭonsidering the context, it’s no surprise that “The Velvet Underground” indulges the scene’s high-concept terminology: “It’s all about extended time,” says one commentator. ![]()
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I also have been a little better easier on myself when hearing about other people’s writing process. Phoebe Bridgers: My friend group is really tight knit, and they are totally an inspiration for me. The Grey Estates: Who or what inspires your songwriting process? 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The album opens with “Smoke Signals,” a beautiful song with the Twin Peaks Theme-esque riffs and playfully solemn lyrics like “And all of our problems, I'm gonna solve 'em/ With you riding shot-gun, speeding, 'cause fuck the cops.” It’s haunting in a way that makes you want to listen on repeat on a cold morning when everything is quiet and asleep, while the sun begins to warm you up. Earlier this year, Phoebe Bridgers released her captivating new album Stranger In The Alps and it has already become a classic autumn soundtrack. ![]() ![]() This doesn’t bode well for cybersecurity more widely. And they’re just one aspect of cybersecurity that we need to be using properly. It’s worrying to think that passwords have been around for decades and we’re still getting it wrong. The passwords generated by this form are transmitted to your browser securely (via SSL ) and are not stored on. Mira is one of Passcodes 15 under 15 rising stars in cybers. 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Right-click on the Trash icon, select “Empty Trash”. ![]() In the list of installed applications, select NetShade 6.3.1 as a target, and hit “Run Analysis”.ĭo it once you are certain that you will never use NetShade 6.3.1 again (or in a short time at least). Download - Install - Run App Uninstaller 2. What I’m only interested in is how to quickly get things done”. In the very beginning, I would like to introduce an easy approach to uninstall this app on Mac, just in case you are like “Geez, don’t put me through the knowledge. Using App Uninstaller by to Breezily Remove NetShade 6.3.1 I believe after going through the whole process, you will be much more familiar with your Mac. The following are specific steps for you to fully remove NetShade 6.3.1. Regards to removals on macOS, keywords shall be Finder, Library, Preference, and Application Support instead. Let’s temporarily isolate other Windows logicality from our mind, forget about the Start menu, Control Panel, Registry Editor, etc. If you don’t deal with them termly, issues would be generated. So there is one thing you can be sure of: too many junks will slow down your computer, and they are accumulating during the operation. Removing the useless applications from your computer is still one of the simplest ways to speed up your system, where everything lives to work, occupying part of the hardware resources including hard drive space and memory. Now go with how to correctly remove NetShade 6.3.1. If you happen to be a newbie of Mac Computer, take the chance to learn something. ![]() This page can help you understand the basic knowledge of system maintenance, guiding you through the confusion of removal problems. Removals on macOS are quite different from those on Microsoft Windows OS. ![]() ![]() ![]() He explicitly disagreed with that change, though. Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) ShowTrax CD. Hal Leonard Beautiful Day ShowTrax CD by U2 Arranged by Mac Huff. †3 Even though the Emacs maintainer is a MacOS user himself, and wanted better support for MacOS when he took up that position. The Voice Within ShowTrax CD by Christina Aguilera Arranged by Mac Huff.†2 I wrote all of Flycheck on a Macbook. The current version is part of the standard Emacs 21 distribution and runs on Mac OS 8 and 9.†1 As if it was our fault that Linux is notoriously lagging behind on desktop. Step 2: Setting up variable-pitch and fixed-pitch faces. ![]() MacOS users we will always be second-class citizen in Emacs land †3. It is a clear message that no matter what we contribute †2 as That tries to deliver a great user interface, I feel like I'm being given Surely makes sense, but as a user, as a maintainer of a popular Emacs package In the FSF's little ivory tower of free software happiness this decision Let's sink this in: The Emacs developers deliberately disabled a feature that was working perfectly fine for MacOS users just because it is not available for free systems †1. This will be enabled again once it is also implemented in Emacs on free operating systems. On the OS X Cocoa (“Nextstep”) port, multicolor font (such as color emoji) display is disabled. What I initially thought was a mistake in my configuration turned out to be a NEWS entry Not the most important feature, but nice to have and doing no harm either. Among better and more consistent rendering this change-with the right fontset configuration-enabled colored emoji. Two years ago Emacs 24.4 dramatically improved support for MacOS (which was still OS X back then) with a new Core Text based font rendering engine. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drag an image directly from NeoFinder into applications like Adobe InDesign, Quark XPress, Apple Pages, Microsoft Office, and much more
![]() ![]() If you want to change the memory, you can either type in the amount of memory (in MB/megabyte) you want for this virtual machine in the Memory for this virtual machine section. Here, 2 GB of memory (RAM) is selected by default. Now, select the Ubuntu ISO file that you’ve downloaded and click on Open. Now, go to CD/DVD settings and select Use ISO image file.Ī file picker should be opened. Now, click on the newly created virtual machine from the library panel to open it. Now, for better performance, select Store virtual disk as a single file and click on Next.Ī new virtual machine should be created. I will give the virtual machine a 20GB virtual hard disk. Now, type in the size of the virtual hard disk in GB (gigabyte). You may also type in a path or select a directory where the virtual machine data will be saved. Now, type in a name for the virtual machine. Select Linux from the Guest operating system section and Ubuntu 64-bit from the Version section. Now, you have to select the operating system that you will be installing on the virtual machine. Now, select I will install the operating system later and click on Next. Now, select Typical (recommended) and click on Next. New Virtual Machine Wizard window should be displayed. Once the Ubuntu ISO file is downloaded, open VMware Workstation and click on File > New Virtual Machine… It may take a while to complete.Ĭreating a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine: Your browser should start downloading the Ubuntu ISO file. Select a directory where you want to save the Ubuntu ISO file and click on Save. You will be asked for a location where you want to save the Ubuntu ISO file. I will download the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop version in this article. ![]() Now, click on the Ubuntu version that you want to download. Downloading Ubuntu ISO Image:įirst visit the official website of Ubuntu from your favorite web browser. If you experience the same error, you can then perform the following steps to install them using the Ubuntu terminal.In this article, I am going to show you how to install Ubuntu in VMware Workstation Virtual Machine. In our case, it fails to install the modules at GUI: You will then need to install them using the “ Install” option: If you experience a Kernel module error while running the VMware on your Ubuntu desktop while performing Step 7, as shown below: How to Resolve VMWare Kernel Module Error That’s it! Now, you can use VMware Workstation 16 and start using other operating systems on Ubuntu desktop. This will complete the installation and open the VMware Workstation on your Ubuntu desktop. Step 10: Choose the VMware player free version and click on the “ Finish” button. Step 9: For customized installation select Yes and click “ Next”: Step 8: Click again on the “ Next” option. Accept the terms and click on the “ Next” option ![]() Step 7: Now, run the VMware app installer. Step 6: Wait for the extraction to complete and when it is done, you will find the VMware application in your Ubuntu applications.Ĭlick on the VMware icon to run the application: You can also download it from the terminal using the following command: Step 1: Open your browser on Ubuntu 22.04 desktop and visit the official website of VMware and download the version of Linux based system. If you want to install it on your Ubuntu 22.04 desktop, you have to perform the below mentioned installation steps. The VMware Workstation Pro 16 is the latest release which comes with improved performance as compared to previous versions. How to install VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Ubuntu 22.04 ![]() If you have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 OS on your computer, you should get VMware Workstation Pro 16 on it so that you will be able to use other operating systems as well. It comes with a plethora of functionalities and it’s relatively fast as compared to other similar apps. It is a cross-platform that provides users the opportunity to run different operating systems on your desktop. Are you sick of using an older method to switch to another operating system at once? Try out VMware on your Ubuntu 22.04 desktop. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I just got it today so I still need more data to be sure my one touch was just reading too high. So far it has tested 10-12 points lower than my one touch! When you're talking about getting put on meds over being 3 points over 90 fasting this is such a game changer! I know glucometers have an "acceptable" amount of error but this seems like the meter was my problem. I bought a Bayer Contour Next kit from Amazon for $30 including meter, lancet and 50 strips and had it overnighted for $4 from Prime. A complete display will briefly appear, then numbers will flash in the top left corner of the display. Press and hold the M button for 3 seconds. Transfer data from your MiniMed insulin pump to CareLink Personal software using your CONTOUR NEXT LINK 2.4 meter. In order to change the date and time on your Bayer Contour, Contour XT, Contour NEXT EZ or Contour NEXT ONE meter, simply follow the below instructions. I had read some on this board about one touch being possibly inaccurate so I decided to buy another meter to double check. CONTOUR NEXT LINK 2.4 is compatible with GLUCOFACTS DELUXE and CareLink software. I did add exercise at night before bed which helped some but I still have been 88-92 fasting. I tried snacking later, snacking earlier, more water, longer fasting, shorter fasting and not much of a change. My doctor is super conservative and want them below 90, she said if I couldn't get them in the 70s or 80s she would want to put me on meds. My numbers were usually not too high and I was diet controlled with that pregnancy 3 years ago.Īnyways, this pregnancy I was diagnosed again at 28 weeks and have been doing well with after meal numbers but my fasting numbers have been 88-93. I have a one touch ultra mini from my first GD pregnancy and it always seemed to work fine at that time. So this is a long story but I'm posting it in case it can help anyone else too. ![]() |
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