The document provides suggestions for how to wear a sweater to a club, listing various styles like tying it around the waist or thighs. It also includes posters with advice for musicians, such as buying a drum machine or adding more choruses. Additionally, it interviews the band Pale Kids, discussing their influences, favorite Simpsons characters, and what they would do if they committed a diamond theft.
Indy pledges in his cousins Jordan and Cam to placehold Havelock House after Gen 5 graduates college. It is revealed that Cam is gay and has developed strong feelings for Rocky upon meeting him, much to the author's surprise since Rocky is not a Romance sim. StyxLady, mother of Jordan and Cam, writes the popular legacy Just Another Legacy.
The document appears to be song lyrics from multiple songs by the artist Jamie T. The summaries are:
1) The lyrics thank friends and family for their support and influence on the artist's music.
2) Subsequent lyrics describe various scenes and characters, with references to drugs, violence, relationships, and life in a town.
3) The final lyrics continue in a similar vein, with additional musical themes and descriptions of people and places.
The document contains 20 poems by Jemima Rivas published on Poemhunter.com in 2016. The poems cover a variety of themes including nature, relationships, personal reflections and more. They range from 3 to 6 stanzas in length and explore topics like love, heartbreak, family and everyday observations through vivid imagery and metaphor.
1. The document provides driving directions from Austin, Texas to Fayetteville, Arkansas, mentioning various towns and landmarks along the route.
2. It then describes the relationship between the narrator and a woman named Grace Anne Spice, including camping trips and intimate encounters they shared.
3. The passage references Grace Anne's collection of jars and how she told the narrator she felt empty but that he could fill her up, implying this is where she became pregnant with their child Jacob.
Jodie Kidd is a former supermodel who is returning to modelling after seven years away focusing on other pursuits like motor racing and polo. At age 34, she is relaunching her modelling career with her first fashion shoot in years, hoping to work as an older model in an industry that now embraces more mature women. Though she no longer has the same "bag of bones" figure, she is excited to model with a different perspective as a mother. Kidd also discusses her past experiences with the ups and downs of the modelling industry and rejection.
- Byte Pinch, a fortune sim, rebuilds and refurbishes the run-down Greenhill University house in an expensive, high-quality style more suited to his tastes.
- Litre pledges to the fraternity and meets Rebeka Kearney, an evil witch, at the nightclub. She transforms him into a warlock so he can study the dark arts.
- Byte and Litre settle into their new rooms at the university house, with Byte focusing on socializing and Litre beginning his magical studies.
The document provides biographical information about Sara Hirsch, a London-based performance poet. It notes that she was crowned UK Slam Champion in 2014 and came third in the World Slam Championships that year. It mentions that she runs poetry events and has toured the UK and abroad performing her work. The document encourages following Sara's Twitter handle @sarsbars89.
Cory Vetinari, the heir of the Uglacy household, passed away at the age of 75 days. He leaves money to various family members in his will, including larger sums to his daughter Coco and grandson Archie. Cory had pursued several lifetime wants related to dating and pleasure over his lifetime. His death brings sadness to his family, though Archie is particularly distraught by the loss of his grandfather. Cory's legacy and distinctive features continue on in the Uglacy bloodline.
Indy pledges in his cousins Jordan and Cam to placehold Havelock House after Gen 5 graduates college. It is revealed that Cam is gay and has developed strong feelings for Rocky upon meeting him, much to the author's surprise since Rocky is not a Romance sim. StyxLady, mother of Jordan and Cam, writes the popular legacy Just Another Legacy.
The document appears to be song lyrics from multiple songs by the artist Jamie T. The summaries are:
1) The lyrics thank friends and family for their support and influence on the artist's music.
2) Subsequent lyrics describe various scenes and characters, with references to drugs, violence, relationships, and life in a town.
3) The final lyrics continue in a similar vein, with additional musical themes and descriptions of people and places.
The document contains 20 poems by Jemima Rivas published on Poemhunter.com in 2016. The poems cover a variety of themes including nature, relationships, personal reflections and more. They range from 3 to 6 stanzas in length and explore topics like love, heartbreak, family and everyday observations through vivid imagery and metaphor.
1. The document provides driving directions from Austin, Texas to Fayetteville, Arkansas, mentioning various towns and landmarks along the route.
2. It then describes the relationship between the narrator and a woman named Grace Anne Spice, including camping trips and intimate encounters they shared.
3. The passage references Grace Anne's collection of jars and how she told the narrator she felt empty but that he could fill her up, implying this is where she became pregnant with their child Jacob.
Jodie Kidd is a former supermodel who is returning to modelling after seven years away focusing on other pursuits like motor racing and polo. At age 34, she is relaunching her modelling career with her first fashion shoot in years, hoping to work as an older model in an industry that now embraces more mature women. Though she no longer has the same "bag of bones" figure, she is excited to model with a different perspective as a mother. Kidd also discusses her past experiences with the ups and downs of the modelling industry and rejection.
- Byte Pinch, a fortune sim, rebuilds and refurbishes the run-down Greenhill University house in an expensive, high-quality style more suited to his tastes.
- Litre pledges to the fraternity and meets Rebeka Kearney, an evil witch, at the nightclub. She transforms him into a warlock so he can study the dark arts.
- Byte and Litre settle into their new rooms at the university house, with Byte focusing on socializing and Litre beginning his magical studies.
The document provides biographical information about Sara Hirsch, a London-based performance poet. It notes that she was crowned UK Slam Champion in 2014 and came third in the World Slam Championships that year. It mentions that she runs poetry events and has toured the UK and abroad performing her work. The document encourages following Sara's Twitter handle @sarsbars89.
Cory Vetinari, the heir of the Uglacy household, passed away at the age of 75 days. He leaves money to various family members in his will, including larger sums to his daughter Coco and grandson Archie. Cory had pursued several lifetime wants related to dating and pleasure over his lifetime. His death brings sadness to his family, though Archie is particularly distraught by the loss of his grandfather. Cory's legacy and distinctive features continue on in the Uglacy bloodline.
This document provides an overview of Part A of a two-part story about the Vermachtnis legacy family in Sims. It describes various events in the lives of family members like Daisy going to college, Darcy becoming a teen, and Devon growing unhappy. The summary introduces some of the characters and establishes that the family is undergoing changes as the story transitions between parts of the narrative.
Halloween 2012..I have been waiting for youDale Thomson
This document provides a Halloween-themed introduction to an ebook. It discusses childhood Halloween memories and traditions like trick-or-treating. It then previews three chapters: 1) discusses Halloween celebrations in small-town America in the 1950s, including costumes and pranks; 2) describes a Halloween party and introduces ghost characters; 3) continues reminiscing about childhood Halloweens and family traditions. The introduction aims to evoke the spirit of Halloween and bring back memories for readers.
The document discusses several songs from the 1960s to 1990s that contain controversial or potentially offensive lyrics about topics like domestic violence, racism, sexuality, and violence against police officers. It provides background on the artists and songs, including The Crystals' "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)" from 1962, which depicts domestic violence in a romanticized way, and Ice-T's 1992 song "Cop Killer," which was criticized for its lyrics about killing police officers amid tensions over police brutality.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a man reminiscing about falling in love with his wife, the mother of the person he is telling the story to. It describes their teenage summers at the Jersey Shore, where they were part of a group that would gather secretly on the beach at night, as the main challenges were finding a place to hang out and procuring beer without getting caught. The story focuses on how the narrator first noticed the woman when she rejected the beer he offered her, and how over that summer and the next he grew fond of her, eventually managing to get some alone time with her after orchestrating a police chase that scattered the group as planned.
The document discusses the author's passion for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and analyzes why fans continue to watch the sport even though they know it is scripted. It explains that WWE gains an advantage over real sports through its pre-booked storylines and diversity of characters, which capture fans' attention similarly to TV shows and movies. While the matches are not real competitions, WWE's proficiency in booking rivalries, returns, and unpredictable scenarios keeps wrestling fans committed to tune in each week to follow the ongoing stories.
“Wheel Tracks” is the official monthly publication for Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts (VAE) by the VAAS. Wheel Tracks is a monthly newsletter published in print and electronically for the public and it’s membership in ten states and two provinces. The newsletter began in May 1953.
Opposite the Tour Bus by Sophia Walker SAMPLEBurning Eye
Having been advised to 'Always travel in the direction opposite the tourbus' Sophia Walker set out to get away from the big noise, big tourist attraction, tick box bucket list experiences of life and find out what was happening quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) on the other side of the street or the less visited part of town. The poems collected here tell those stories whether that is an eye opening report from a sex education workshop in an everyday British town, or something more harrowing from Irag or Africa. Sophia points out that it is not always the journey but the landing that counts, the coming back. How it is not the specific moment of an experience that tells the full story but also what comes afterwards. How those who seek to damage and harass unwittingly leave strength and resilience in their wake. These are the less-heard stories. Some are Sophia's – told first hand, some she witnessed. All are true.
The Woman Who Was Not There by Joelle Taylor SAMPLEBurning Eye
Joelle Taylor is a poet, spoken word artist, playwright and novelist. She is a former UK slam champion and founder and artistic director of the Poetry Society’s national solo youth slam SLAMbassadors UK. She has produced four plays for theatre as well as several texts on performance practice. This is her second poetry collection.
"Joelle observes the reality of modern-day life, pinpoints the absurdities and the injustices, and then reminds us that we are human, and that sometimes the best way to make sense of it is through poetry. The thing I have always liked about Joelle’s poetry is that it has guts, it has rhythm, and it has attitude. The thing I like about this collection is that it continues that tradition.
In these times of austerity, hypocrisy, political corruption, and mindless reality television, we need poetry like this. Joelle Taylor does not mess about. Her poetry is fearless. It gets right to the point.
Her poetry has purpose."
Benjamin Zephaniah
"A city gritty heart-beaten tattoo."
John Hegley
"Joelle Taylor continues to propel poetry in not only innovative but in very crucial ways. Her work launches itself from a world that has been lived in a thousand hapless times, managing to unearth within the reader the deepest sense of tragedy, love and hope."
Anthony Anaxagorou
"The title misleads us, as these are the tumultuously heart-rending words of a woman who is actually very much here, there, everywhere. Joelle Taylor has written an epic collection of raw emotion distilled into a distinctly unique style of language. Put this in your bag, on your tongue, in your chest."
Sabrina Mahfouz
"Joelle Taylor’s a shape-shifter, myth-maker, linguistic risk-taker; poetical activist, surrealist with a raised fist. She knows how to handle a pen. Razor sharp, tattooed or AWOL, her women are the best dressed men. Her material – fractured glass and human skin; the effect – a maze, a mosaic, a hall of mirrors. She redefines the dispossessed, the caged in and gives them a way out."
Patience Agbabi
This document is a birthday message from Jack Kowloon to Beverly Li celebrating her 23rd birthday. Jack expresses his love for Beverly and acknowledges that loving her is challenging but that he will continue to do so. He created a booklet with photos to showcase his love and appreciation for her on her special day. He hopes she enjoys the music, photos, and crowds at her celebration and wishes her a happy birthday.
- Orikes Pseudo, grandmother of five teenagers, has passed away.
- Her children Hugo and Liv are sad but find comfort in still having each other and their families.
- Hugo wonders if Aunt Susanna could take them to visit their mother in the afterlife, but Liv suspects it would be a one-way trip.
When I Grow Up I Want To Be Mary Beard by Megan BeechBurning Eye
Burning Eye seeks to break down some of the barriers that are put up between young poets and publishers to make it more accessible for poets to put work out early in their career. This chapbook from Megan Beech is the third example of Burning Eye working with a young poet in this way. Although still in her second year at University Megan has already caught attention with her infectious reeling wordplay, but, as is already evident in When I Grow Up I Want to be Mary Beard, she is quickly moving on into more complex writing. Megan is not afraid of speaking her mind and grappling with political themes with a confidence missing in many older poets. When I Grow Up To Be Mary Beard captures the sound of a resurgent feminism that demands to be heard and marks Megan out as a name to watch.
The first collection by poet Jess Green is taken from her spoken word show set in an inner city secondary school suffering the cuts and blows of the Coalition government. Burning Books champions the underdogs; the unnoticed and unheard stories bearing the gritty reality of the UK’s education system.
Jess Green hit the headlines when her poem ‘Dear Mr Gove’ went viral with over 290,000 views in the first week of its release on YouTube. Since then she has won critical acclaim for her shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and has performed at festivals including Glastonbury. Her poetry resonates with audiences from school halls to festival tents. Jess has a solemn wit which seeks to bring social and political issues to the forefront of her personal stories.
7th Gateway to Hell is my story from the 'Monster Attack' anthology - http://amzn.to/1AZPKhh.
"Discover the most gruesome beasts from Werewolves to Mermaids and the stories behind them, written by the most talented horror authors. Arnaldo Lopez Jr, Dana Wright, Andy Lockwood, Sharon L. Higa, Kyle Flak, Kevin S. Hall, Josh Walker, Kody Dibble, Matt Mesnard, Mathias Jansson, Lila L. Pinord, John M. Wills, Michael Shaw, Debbie Johnson, Victoria Pagac, Alex Winck, Anthony V. Pugliese, Shakeem Winn, Preston Peet, Randy Attwood, Matthew J. Hamblin, Stefan Vucak, Anthony Modungwo, Cecilia H. Doldan, Samie Sands Vered Ehsani and Robert Tozer."
The document discusses 5Pointz, an abandoned building in Queens, New York that was used as an outdoor museum for graffiti art. For over 20 years, artists from around the world created elaborate murals covering the building. The author and his girlfriend visited 5Pointz while in New York for a science festival and were profoundly moved by the artwork. However, five months later they discovered that the building had been whitewashed, destroying all the murals to make way for luxury condominiums. The author is angered by the gentrification that led to the destruction of 5Pointz and loss of a place for outsider art.
Jamie Tancowny, James Hardy, and Guest EditorialGreg Robinson
This document summarizes an interview with professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas. Some of the key details include:
- Thomas discusses recently completing filming for the Zero video and choosing his final tricks, including a back overcrook and heelflip over a 13-stair rail.
- He mentions having another full part planned for the upcoming Stay Gold video set to be released in 8 months.
- Thomas talks about balancing filming schedules and deadlines for both Zero and Emerica videos simultaneously over the past year.
- He provides updates on moving into his first apartment and living situation in Long Beach with other pro skaters.
Happiness is an Art Form by Agnes TorokBurning Eye
This document contains a poem titled "This Is the Poem That Makes You Smile" by Agnes Török. The poem is a free verse work that aims to evoke feelings of happiness, nostalgia, and joy in the reader by describing sensations, memories, and experiences that typically elicit smiles. It suggests that the poem itself can trigger smiling by allowing the reader to fill it with their own meaningful recollections and things that make them happy. The poem was published in 2016 by Burning Eye Books as part of a larger collection.
This document appears to be a guide consisting of 120 steps for completing a "Queen Bee Challenge" in The Sims game. It provides brief, often humorous commentary on raising a Sim family and their activities at each step, such as buying clothes, building rooms, quitting jobs, making babies, bonding with children, celebrating birthdays, and interacting with neighbors. Frustrations include children misbehaving, tasks taking too long, and family members not cooperating as intended with the gameplay.
This document provides a list of word families organized by sound patterns. It includes over 500 word families grouped according to common rimes or sound patterns at the end of words. For each word family, example words are given along with sentences using the words to demonstrate them in context. The purpose is to help readers and learners identify related words and practice using them in meaningful examples.
This chapter introduces the Grunt family and their third child, Apatite. Details are provided about Apatite's name and its meaning from geology. Various interactions between family members and other Sims are described, including Albite's aspiration to have 6 children to control the town. Albite encourages Apatite to destroy his toy bunny, leading to a small kitchen fire. Later, Apatite gets bored and thinks of an idea involving food, while Albite wants to search for buried treasure.
The document provides salary ranges for over 60 administrative positions in the United States for 2016 and 2017. It finds that salaries have increased an average of 3-4% year-over-year. In-demand roles include executive assistants, project managers, and healthcare administrative roles like medical customer service representatives. Employers are seeking candidates with skills like communication, flexibility, and technical proficiency.
This document provides an overview of Part A of a two-part story about the Vermachtnis legacy family in Sims. It describes various events in the lives of family members like Daisy going to college, Darcy becoming a teen, and Devon growing unhappy. The summary introduces some of the characters and establishes that the family is undergoing changes as the story transitions between parts of the narrative.
Halloween 2012..I have been waiting for youDale Thomson
This document provides a Halloween-themed introduction to an ebook. It discusses childhood Halloween memories and traditions like trick-or-treating. It then previews three chapters: 1) discusses Halloween celebrations in small-town America in the 1950s, including costumes and pranks; 2) describes a Halloween party and introduces ghost characters; 3) continues reminiscing about childhood Halloweens and family traditions. The introduction aims to evoke the spirit of Halloween and bring back memories for readers.
The document discusses several songs from the 1960s to 1990s that contain controversial or potentially offensive lyrics about topics like domestic violence, racism, sexuality, and violence against police officers. It provides background on the artists and songs, including The Crystals' "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)" from 1962, which depicts domestic violence in a romanticized way, and Ice-T's 1992 song "Cop Killer," which was criticized for its lyrics about killing police officers amid tensions over police brutality.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a man reminiscing about falling in love with his wife, the mother of the person he is telling the story to. It describes their teenage summers at the Jersey Shore, where they were part of a group that would gather secretly on the beach at night, as the main challenges were finding a place to hang out and procuring beer without getting caught. The story focuses on how the narrator first noticed the woman when she rejected the beer he offered her, and how over that summer and the next he grew fond of her, eventually managing to get some alone time with her after orchestrating a police chase that scattered the group as planned.
The document discusses the author's passion for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and analyzes why fans continue to watch the sport even though they know it is scripted. It explains that WWE gains an advantage over real sports through its pre-booked storylines and diversity of characters, which capture fans' attention similarly to TV shows and movies. While the matches are not real competitions, WWE's proficiency in booking rivalries, returns, and unpredictable scenarios keeps wrestling fans committed to tune in each week to follow the ongoing stories.
“Wheel Tracks” is the official monthly publication for Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts (VAE) by the VAAS. Wheel Tracks is a monthly newsletter published in print and electronically for the public and it’s membership in ten states and two provinces. The newsletter began in May 1953.
Opposite the Tour Bus by Sophia Walker SAMPLEBurning Eye
Having been advised to 'Always travel in the direction opposite the tourbus' Sophia Walker set out to get away from the big noise, big tourist attraction, tick box bucket list experiences of life and find out what was happening quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) on the other side of the street or the less visited part of town. The poems collected here tell those stories whether that is an eye opening report from a sex education workshop in an everyday British town, or something more harrowing from Irag or Africa. Sophia points out that it is not always the journey but the landing that counts, the coming back. How it is not the specific moment of an experience that tells the full story but also what comes afterwards. How those who seek to damage and harass unwittingly leave strength and resilience in their wake. These are the less-heard stories. Some are Sophia's – told first hand, some she witnessed. All are true.
The Woman Who Was Not There by Joelle Taylor SAMPLEBurning Eye
Joelle Taylor is a poet, spoken word artist, playwright and novelist. She is a former UK slam champion and founder and artistic director of the Poetry Society’s national solo youth slam SLAMbassadors UK. She has produced four plays for theatre as well as several texts on performance practice. This is her second poetry collection.
"Joelle observes the reality of modern-day life, pinpoints the absurdities and the injustices, and then reminds us that we are human, and that sometimes the best way to make sense of it is through poetry. The thing I have always liked about Joelle’s poetry is that it has guts, it has rhythm, and it has attitude. The thing I like about this collection is that it continues that tradition.
In these times of austerity, hypocrisy, political corruption, and mindless reality television, we need poetry like this. Joelle Taylor does not mess about. Her poetry is fearless. It gets right to the point.
Her poetry has purpose."
Benjamin Zephaniah
"A city gritty heart-beaten tattoo."
John Hegley
"Joelle Taylor continues to propel poetry in not only innovative but in very crucial ways. Her work launches itself from a world that has been lived in a thousand hapless times, managing to unearth within the reader the deepest sense of tragedy, love and hope."
Anthony Anaxagorou
"The title misleads us, as these are the tumultuously heart-rending words of a woman who is actually very much here, there, everywhere. Joelle Taylor has written an epic collection of raw emotion distilled into a distinctly unique style of language. Put this in your bag, on your tongue, in your chest."
Sabrina Mahfouz
"Joelle Taylor’s a shape-shifter, myth-maker, linguistic risk-taker; poetical activist, surrealist with a raised fist. She knows how to handle a pen. Razor sharp, tattooed or AWOL, her women are the best dressed men. Her material – fractured glass and human skin; the effect – a maze, a mosaic, a hall of mirrors. She redefines the dispossessed, the caged in and gives them a way out."
Patience Agbabi
This document is a birthday message from Jack Kowloon to Beverly Li celebrating her 23rd birthday. Jack expresses his love for Beverly and acknowledges that loving her is challenging but that he will continue to do so. He created a booklet with photos to showcase his love and appreciation for her on her special day. He hopes she enjoys the music, photos, and crowds at her celebration and wishes her a happy birthday.
- Orikes Pseudo, grandmother of five teenagers, has passed away.
- Her children Hugo and Liv are sad but find comfort in still having each other and their families.
- Hugo wonders if Aunt Susanna could take them to visit their mother in the afterlife, but Liv suspects it would be a one-way trip.
When I Grow Up I Want To Be Mary Beard by Megan BeechBurning Eye
Burning Eye seeks to break down some of the barriers that are put up between young poets and publishers to make it more accessible for poets to put work out early in their career. This chapbook from Megan Beech is the third example of Burning Eye working with a young poet in this way. Although still in her second year at University Megan has already caught attention with her infectious reeling wordplay, but, as is already evident in When I Grow Up I Want to be Mary Beard, she is quickly moving on into more complex writing. Megan is not afraid of speaking her mind and grappling with political themes with a confidence missing in many older poets. When I Grow Up To Be Mary Beard captures the sound of a resurgent feminism that demands to be heard and marks Megan out as a name to watch.
The first collection by poet Jess Green is taken from her spoken word show set in an inner city secondary school suffering the cuts and blows of the Coalition government. Burning Books champions the underdogs; the unnoticed and unheard stories bearing the gritty reality of the UK’s education system.
Jess Green hit the headlines when her poem ‘Dear Mr Gove’ went viral with over 290,000 views in the first week of its release on YouTube. Since then she has won critical acclaim for her shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and has performed at festivals including Glastonbury. Her poetry resonates with audiences from school halls to festival tents. Jess has a solemn wit which seeks to bring social and political issues to the forefront of her personal stories.
7th Gateway to Hell is my story from the 'Monster Attack' anthology - http://amzn.to/1AZPKhh.
"Discover the most gruesome beasts from Werewolves to Mermaids and the stories behind them, written by the most talented horror authors. Arnaldo Lopez Jr, Dana Wright, Andy Lockwood, Sharon L. Higa, Kyle Flak, Kevin S. Hall, Josh Walker, Kody Dibble, Matt Mesnard, Mathias Jansson, Lila L. Pinord, John M. Wills, Michael Shaw, Debbie Johnson, Victoria Pagac, Alex Winck, Anthony V. Pugliese, Shakeem Winn, Preston Peet, Randy Attwood, Matthew J. Hamblin, Stefan Vucak, Anthony Modungwo, Cecilia H. Doldan, Samie Sands Vered Ehsani and Robert Tozer."
The document discusses 5Pointz, an abandoned building in Queens, New York that was used as an outdoor museum for graffiti art. For over 20 years, artists from around the world created elaborate murals covering the building. The author and his girlfriend visited 5Pointz while in New York for a science festival and were profoundly moved by the artwork. However, five months later they discovered that the building had been whitewashed, destroying all the murals to make way for luxury condominiums. The author is angered by the gentrification that led to the destruction of 5Pointz and loss of a place for outsider art.
Jamie Tancowny, James Hardy, and Guest EditorialGreg Robinson
This document summarizes an interview with professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas. Some of the key details include:
- Thomas discusses recently completing filming for the Zero video and choosing his final tricks, including a back overcrook and heelflip over a 13-stair rail.
- He mentions having another full part planned for the upcoming Stay Gold video set to be released in 8 months.
- Thomas talks about balancing filming schedules and deadlines for both Zero and Emerica videos simultaneously over the past year.
- He provides updates on moving into his first apartment and living situation in Long Beach with other pro skaters.
Happiness is an Art Form by Agnes TorokBurning Eye
This document contains a poem titled "This Is the Poem That Makes You Smile" by Agnes Török. The poem is a free verse work that aims to evoke feelings of happiness, nostalgia, and joy in the reader by describing sensations, memories, and experiences that typically elicit smiles. It suggests that the poem itself can trigger smiling by allowing the reader to fill it with their own meaningful recollections and things that make them happy. The poem was published in 2016 by Burning Eye Books as part of a larger collection.
This document appears to be a guide consisting of 120 steps for completing a "Queen Bee Challenge" in The Sims game. It provides brief, often humorous commentary on raising a Sim family and their activities at each step, such as buying clothes, building rooms, quitting jobs, making babies, bonding with children, celebrating birthdays, and interacting with neighbors. Frustrations include children misbehaving, tasks taking too long, and family members not cooperating as intended with the gameplay.
This document provides a list of word families organized by sound patterns. It includes over 500 word families grouped according to common rimes or sound patterns at the end of words. For each word family, example words are given along with sentences using the words to demonstrate them in context. The purpose is to help readers and learners identify related words and practice using them in meaningful examples.
This chapter introduces the Grunt family and their third child, Apatite. Details are provided about Apatite's name and its meaning from geology. Various interactions between family members and other Sims are described, including Albite's aspiration to have 6 children to control the town. Albite encourages Apatite to destroy his toy bunny, leading to a small kitchen fire. Later, Apatite gets bored and thinks of an idea involving food, while Albite wants to search for buried treasure.
The document provides salary ranges for over 60 administrative positions in the United States for 2016 and 2017. It finds that salaries have increased an average of 3-4% year-over-year. In-demand roles include executive assistants, project managers, and healthcare administrative roles like medical customer service representatives. Employers are seeking candidates with skills like communication, flexibility, and technical proficiency.
The document outlines the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) strategy. It discusses:
1) Achievements since the FCA's creation including enforcement actions and new initiatives.
2) Challenges facing regulation like an aging population, increased debt, and advancing technology.
3) Key aspects of the new strategy including sharpening focus on large firms/sectors, integrating authorization and supervision, and creating a common FCA view across markets and sectors.
4) Organizational changes to implement the strategy like consolidating market intervention work and prioritizing resources more effectively.
This document contains announcements for Penn Valley Church including information about helping the Grace Christian School financial aid fund, marching for life in Washington DC, online giving options, a new nonprofit helping single mothers, a Bible study on shepherding a child's heart, connecting with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, signing up for emergency alerts, helping in the nursery, updating the online church directory, fellowship breakfast locations and times, the Telford Campus women's prayer project, and intercessory prayer meetings.
El documento menciona tres obras del pintor español Salvador Dalí: Galatea De las Esferas (1952), La Désintégration De La Persistencia De La Memoria (1954) y Rosa Meditativa (1958). También menciona la obra Noir et Blanche (1926) del fotógrafo francés Man Ray. Finalmente, proporciona tres fuentes citadas relacionadas con las obras de Dalí.
Overview of Smart Field Microgrid System TestingTrinh Quoc Nam
The document describes a Smart Field Microgrid System (SFM) consisting of 4 segments that can be interconnected to share power loads. Each segment contains an inverter, rectifier, battery bank, and other components. An Energy Management System uses a programmable logic controller and graphical user interface to supervise and control the 4 segments. It can coordinate the segments to establish an AC power ring, share power loads equally, and power segments on/off individually based on total load power levels between 0-60 kW to meet demand. Experimental testing showed the 4 segments successfully linking and adjusting power outputs according to the described control strategy.
Priyanka Gupta is seeking a sales or coordinator role. She has 7 years of experience in roles like sales coordinator, market research analyst, and accounts personnel. She has a management degree and knowledge of various CRM software like Salesforce, Sage, and SAP. She is skilled in data analysis, sales, customer service, and office administration.
This document summarizes a project that explores object removal and replacement using the Microsoft Hololens augmented reality headset. The researchers implemented gesture-based object selection, video inpainting to remove selected objects, and object tracking across frames. They tested three methods for displaying the results: 1) placing an inpainted display plane and replacement object at the removed object's depth, 2) using full-screen video inpainting, and 3) blending a vignetted video inpainting view. Their evaluation found that method 1 produced the most reasonable results. The Hololens' semi-transparency means replacing objects with white meshes on light backgrounds is important. Their results show the Hololens can enable object replacement and removal in certain
El documento resume brevemente la historia del dibujo desde las primeras representaciones rupestres hasta el desarrollo del dibujo técnico. Explica que el dibujo es la forma más antigua de expresión y comunicación visual, y describe los diferentes tipos de dibujo como el artístico, geométrico y técnico. También presenta los instrumentos básicos utilizados en el dibujo técnico.
Dokumen tersebut merangkum perkembangan ekonomi Indonesia sejak sebelum merdeka hingga masa reformasi. Pada era sebelum Orde Baru, ekonomi Indonesia tidak stabil dan sering terjadi perubahan kebijakan yang menyebabkan inflasi tinggi. Di bawah Orde Lama, dilakukan nasionalisasi perusahaan asing yang mengakibatkan penurunan ekspor. Masa Orde Baru membangun ekonomi melalui program-program pembangunan Repelita dengan f
The document provides an overview of the key aspects of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented in India including:
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by Kalle Lasn
A beeping truck, backing up in the alley, jolts you out of a scary dream-a mad midnight
chase through a supermarket, ending with a savage beating at the hands of the Keebler elves.
You sit up in a cold sweat, heart slamming in your chest. It was only a nightmare. Slowly, you
reintegrate, remembering who and where you arc. In your bcd, in your little apartment, in the
very town you grew up in.
It's a "This Is Your Life" moment-a time for mulling and stock-taking. You are still here.
Just a few miles from the place you had your first kiss, got your first job (drive-through window
at Wendy's), bought your first car ('73 Ford Torino), went nuts with the Wild Turkey on prom
night and pulled that all-nighter at Kinko's, photocopying transcripts to send to the big schools
back East.
Those big dreams of youth didn't quite pan out. You didn't get into Harvard, didn't get
courted by the Bulls, didn't land a recording contract with EMI (or anyone else), didn't make a
mi1lion by age twenty-five. And so you scaled down your hopes of embarrassing riches to
reasonable expectations of adequate comfort-the modest condo downtown, the Visa card, the
Braun shaver, the one good Armani suit.
Even this more modest star proved out of reach. The slate college you graduated from left
you with a $35,000 debt. The work you found hardly dented it: dreadful eight-to-six days in the
circul ...
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2. CONTENTS
CONCEPT
DESIGN
CONTACT
WORDS
Lauren Vevers and Tom Nicholson
Tom Nicholson
Tom Nicholson
amagazineactually@gmail.com
JOY ATLAS
HOW TO NOT BE SHIT AT MUSIC
JOE McELDERRY
PULL UP TO THE JUMPER BABY
PALE KIDS
Helpful posters for the creatively confused
What to do with your sweater ‘in da club’
Dead sound pop punk lads
Electro popsters with decent map knowledge
His favourite Metro stop and other tidbits
6
8
16
20
24POP PSYCH
30 Getting inside musicians’ heads
3. 4 5
SWEATER THE DEVIL YOU KNOWGoing out can be fraught with dangers and awkwardness - we all live
under the sword of Damocles that is the threat of assault by House of
Pain’s ‘Jump Around’ - but the trickiest to navigate is how to wear a
jumper to the club. Here, we consider the options available to the
fashion-conscious clubber who doesn’t want to die of exposure
The original, and, for many, still
the undisputed champ of off-duty
jumper-slinging chic. On the
down side, that ‘many’ is largely
made up of children and middle-
aged ramblers. It does rather put
one in a primary school mindset;
celebrating the drop in Four Tet’s
‘Opus’ remix with a knee slide
and a bottle of Panda Pop isn’t
really the done thing around
Warehouse Project these days.
More’s the pity.
This one’s slightly more perplex-
ing, since the asymmetrical
styling means that the body of
the jumper will tend to flap about
collecting beer stains and the
odd splash of mud. However,
it’s tres a la mode for patrons of
house nights de nos jours. It’s
a wavey mid-point between the
waistband and the Brideshead,
as if Sebastian and Charles were
on a mad one at Leeds festival
after their GCSEs.
Photographer: Holly Douglas
Jumper: Primark
Bins: Newcastle City Council
There’s the threat of danger-
ous overheating with this one,
depending on how you’re fuelling
yourself. There is, though, a cer-
tain Hepburn-esque elan to this
styling; it’s a a kind of 90 percent
polyester homage to Hollywood’s
Golden Age, though whether
you’ll be able to communicate
that to the paramedic who’s
attaching the rehydration drip to
your arm is debatable.
Formerly a solid-gold pointer that
one was in the presence of either
a polo fan or an unapologetic shit,
the Brideshead Revisited has
since been reclaimed from the
dustbin of fashion history (which,
if you’re interested in visiting,
is sited at Henley) and is now
equally appropriate for an evening
at Cosmic as an afternoon at Har-
rods. Which is to say wildly inap-
propriate, but it happens anyway.
Already gaining momentum
around the gabber and electro
jazz circuit, the Thigh Torniquet
heralds a bold new dawn for an
artistic scene which looked to be
running out of steam: suddenly,
jumper-wearers are liberated
from the mental tyranny of think-
ing only in terms of torso-based
jumper-wrangling. Mind you
don’t tie it too tight and acciden-
tally give yourself an embolism
though.
THE CLASSIC
WAISTBAND TIE
THE BRIDEHEAD
REVISITED
THE THIGH
TORNIQUET
THE MOTHER
TERESA
THE CASHMERE
BANDOLIER
The Mother
Teresa is
a kind of
90 percent
polyester
homage to
Hollywood’s
Golden Age
4. BEING A
MUSICIAN
CAN BE
SUPRISINGLY
HARD.
Every day comes with a new set of
important questions to be answered:
should you wear a new hat today? Does
your new single need a giddy-up bassline?
Could you fit another guitar solo in?
While these questions all have fairly
simple answers (yes; yes; definitely not,
and while you’re at it please remove the
one that’s already in there), there will
be times when you’ll come unstuck and
try to do something silly. So, to help out,
we’ve made some posters you can stick
up in the studio/rehearsal rooms/garage
and refer to in order to avoid making any
poor choices in the future. You’re very
welcome.
8. THE
PALE
KIDS
ARE
ALREET
Poppy, punky types Pale Kids are
basically dead sound as well as
knowing one end of a tune from
the other, so we went and had
a chat with them before they
did a gig down The Little Rooms
in Ouseburn the other day after
they’d come back from grabbing
some cans at the shop
David: Do we have to shout
into that [the dictaphone]?
You don’t have to. It’s
remarkably sensitive.
David: HELLOOO, MA-
CHINE. IT’S GONNA BE
FINE WORKING WITH YER.
The influences question is
boring, but is there anyone
who you’ve thought, “We
are definitely not going to
be anything like them”?
Joe: Just bros, generally.
Matt and Luke Goss?
J: I don’t understand that
reference.
Andrew: You’re too young.
I guess like… what bands
are boring? [Pop punk bros]
Narwhals?
D: Are we opening up the
beef?
Kate: I think more than
specific bands, we distance
ourselves from that kind of
attitude; that really mascu-
line, lad culture.
Are Coors Light your first
choice of tinnies?
A: They didn’t have much
in the shop. I do like them
though.
What colour would you say
happiness was?
K: Blue for me.
J: The same colour as the
bottom of a can of Coors.
D: The colour that it goes
when it’s Damme cold.
A: Yeah, when the activation
thing comes on.
D: I’d say pink or black.
Is that just a gut reaction?
A: There’s no reason, Tom.
Who’s your favourite one-
off Simpsons character?
[Deep groans followed by
thoughtful silence.]
A: Grimey. [There follows
much indecipherable mum-
bling from all.]
No love for Roy?
A: Give me Frank Grimes
any day. I don’t want to start
talking about the Simpsons
because I’ll never stop. I
have to put that part of my
life to bed now.
How do you feel about
those fancy Greggs Mo-
ment shops? Are they the
end of culture?
K: I think it’s BULLSHIT.
J: I don’t give a fuck. As long
as I can get a Belgian bun,
I’ll be happy.
D: I’m still sore about [Dur-
ham-based pastry-slingers]
Peter’s closing because
Greggs moved in on its
territory. [Suddenly con-
scious of the tedium of the
conversation] It’s like trying
to squeeze crack out of a
stone, isn’t it?
Tell me about the best
pair of shoes you’ve ever
owned.
D: I can show you them.
Point that thing at them.
[We wafted the dictaphone
15
9. in David’s shoes’ direction and picked up a faint hum of
greatness.]
K: The best pair of shoes I ever owned was when I was a
kid and I had school ones from Clark’s that had a secret
compartment in.
D: That’s where she kept her knives.
A: On my first day of secondary school I’d broke my toe.
I used to be an avid swimmer. I’m still a strong swimmer,
but I don’t go as much. I’m landlocked. I smashed my
foot off the side of the pool, so on my first day of school,
I had to wear me dad’s shoes. Then I got lost on the way
to assembly and I just cried through the hallways. In my
dad’s shoes.
K: Did everyone take the piss out of you?
A: Oh yeah.
D: And that was the best pair of shoes he’s ever owned.
A: That was just a story about me and shoes.
J: I had a pair of New Balance but I’ve snapped the laces.
It’s called the Footbed, and it’s just the comfiest shoe. But
I can’t find the same ones.
You could just buy new laces.
J: Oh yeah that’s a good idea. They’ve got holes in too,
the laces were just the…
A: …The straw that broke the camel’s back. The lace that
broke the shoe’s back.
So, you’ve committed some kind of crime. Theft of
diamonds, let’s say. Nothing violent.
K: It’s about the money, really.
Yeah, you’re doing it mostly as a kind of mental chal-
lenge to see if you could do it. Anyway, what is your
immediate plan in the aftermath? What do you do to
evade capture?
K: I would literally go underground.
D: To the sewers?
K: Yeah, until the storm blew over. Then I’d re-emerge in
like, five years, and cash in the diamonds.
D: With all your teeth replaced with diamonds.
K: That’s how I’d keep them. I’d have no money, I’d just
live in a sewer and me teeth would be diamonds.
D: Sometimes it’s nice to just have nice things.
A: Whether you’re in the sewers or not. Is it a Bonnie and
Clyde situation, or are you on your own?
I’m assuming unless you’re a superthief you’ll need
back-up. Even George Clooney needed ten other
people.
A: We don’t need ten other people. I think we could com-
mit a crime quite well.
D: I’d join the police and start working my own case.
That’s what Martin Lawrence did in that film. Blue some-
thing? It’s really good, you should watch that.
K: Andrew would cash in his diamonds and drink himself
to death. Joe would take refuge in an embassy or some-
thing and become famous but they’d never get you. And
1716
10. we’ve got no idea what you’d do.
D: I’d probably dob youse all in.
K: You’d become a cop and start
working the case to get all our
diamonds off us – except the ones
that are my teeth – and then you’d
take off and we’d never see you
again. You’d be like that couple
from New Zealand – the bank
mistakenly put millions in their
bank account, and one day they
just disappeared.
D: Like canoe man.
A: There was a guy who went on
a plane in the 70s and held the
plane up…
D: Mr T?
A: This does sound like I’m
bullshitting but I’m not. I read the
Wikipedia article at work the other
day. The plane landed, he got the
money, took off again…
D: And parachuted out again.
You’ve told us this before.
A: I’ve been talking about precious
little else. Like, five years later
they found some of the money in
a stream or something. They’ve
never found him or the money, but
they found a shack near where
they think he landed and in it was
a pamphlet about how to open
the back doors of an aeroplane.
[This is almost certainly complete
bollocks.]
Would you say that’s your
favourite Wikipedia page?
A: Maybe. I do read it a lot.
D: My favourite’s the Iron Maiden
Wikipedia page. There’s a lot of in-
formation there. We used to play a
game at school where you’d start
on a random page and had to get
back to Iron Maiden, without using
countries because that’s too easy.
We used to do that with Hitler. It
was much easier.
J: My favourite is Taman Shud.
It was this case in Australia. The
guy is, like, poisoned and nobody
knows who he is, and in his pocket
he’s got written the word ‘Taman’.
He was sat against a wall and
nobody realised he was dead.
And there’s loads of things where
someone keeps visiting his grave
and it’s like, “Who are you?”
D: “Here, this lad’s been sat out
in the sun for ages, but he keeps
getting paler and paler.”
Have you stumbled across the
Dancing Plague of 1518?
D: The one that happened in
Toronto? And every danced so
much they overheated? And they
thought it was spider bites? And
that’s why tarantulas are called
tarantulas? Because it happened
in Toronto?
A: THAT’S my favourite Wikipedia
page.
They tried to snap people out
of it by playing music to them.
Didn’t work, just made them
dance more.
J: Is that St Vitus’ Dance?
I thought that was a herb. Maybe
that’s St John’s Wort. Anyway.
Favourite herb?
A: I don’t have a favourite herb.
K: I like dill.
D: [Having consulted his phone
for info on the Dancing Plague of
1518] Ignore everything I said, I
was talking bollocks. Same basic
symptoms, it seems. Carry on. I
mean, it’s either Google this or kill
everyone in this room.
K: Kill us all, please.
Can you remember what the
first tune you learned to play on
an instrument was?
K: ‘Conspiracy of One’ by The
Offspring, on drums.
J: My Grandad taught me ‘Mr
Tambourine Man’ on guitar.
D: It was probably a Nirvana song,
on the bass probably. I didn’t own
a bass when I started playing
bass.
It sounds like you were press-
ganged.
D: Oh no, I was begging for it.
Where do you want to go on
holiday?
J: Slovakia, to see me uncle. He’s
a teacher.
D: [Andrew]’s happy where he is.
A: In the rut I’ve dug.
You could go to Redcar or
something.
A: I’m not going to Redcar. YOU
can go to Redcar if you want.
D: I want to go to Mongolia. All-
inclusive. Not gonna happen.
Do you reckon we’ve yet hit
critical mass with the amount
of burger joints in Newcastle
city centre, or will it just keep
increasing exponentially?
J: I don’t care, because I live in
Durham.
A: There’s your answer.
D: We will not comment on any-
thing that isn’t specifically about
Durham.
K: If I can’t get a good vegan Big
Mac, I’m not bothered.
A: I don’t know if we’ve got any-
thing left to offer.
D: We need some quickfire ones.
Right. Radio 2 or Radio 4?
K: Radio 4.
D: 2.
A: 2.
J: 4. When do you ever listen to
Radio 4?
K: Every day.
J: She listens to Pat Benatar.
[There follows indecipherable
mumblings about this and that.]
K: …oh don’t get us started on
Minions.
A: They’re just so funny!
K: I know, I love them.
I’ve never met anyone mentally
stable who like Minions.
A: Aye well, you still haven’t.
J: They’re just so funny.
A, K and D: [Together] THEY ARE.
A: They’re just so funny though!
Have you ever looked at one?
K: Have you seen Despicable Me?
Most of my interaction with Min-
ions comes from memes shared
by middle-aged people.
D: They’re just so funny, do you
not think?
A: They are! They’re so funny!
1918
My favourite’
Wikipedia page is
Iron Maiden’s.
There’s a lot of
information there.
We used to play
a game at school
where you’d start
on a random page
and had to get
back to Iron
Maiden, without
using countries
because that’s too
easy.
11. A question and answer
session in seven parts
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utside of a moderately-stuffed
World HQ, Joy Atlas drummer
Ged Robinson is appraising
his new band’s first proper
gig. His mood is hovering
somewhere between ‘anxious
but elated’ and ‘there’s a drum
kit waiting to be deconstructed
which I just cannot be bothered with’.
Comprised of singer and scene stalwart Beccy
Owen, Ian Talbot Paterson (nipple-high jazzy
bass), Adam Kent (keyboards), plus our Ged,
Joy Atlas trade in a kind of clipped, laconically-
grooved which has already drawn giddy notices
from Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson, plus a
general thumbs-up from 6Music’s round table
for their first single, ‘Dismount’. They premiered
another at WHQ which was introduced as Adam’s
tribute to Van Halen, but which also owed a deep
debt to the theme tune from the second-tier mid-
80s helicopter-based drama series Airwolf, and
which sounded to our ears like a single in waiting.
However, to answer the question everyone’s
been asking - ‘How much joy do Joy Atlas take
in the actual atlas?’ - we thought we’d test Ged’s
geographical knowledge and try to get the mea-
sure of this bearded, paradiddling map savant. >>
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12. Wikipedia says: “Known as Peruvian Coast Spanish,
Lima’s Spanish is characterized by the lack of strong
intonations as found in many other regions of the
Spanish-speaking world. It is heavily influenced by
the historical Spanish spoken in Castile. Limean
Castillian is also characterized by the lack of voseo, a
trait present in the dialects of many other Latin Ameri-
can countries.”
What is the best phrase you’ve picked up in an-
other language?
Aw man, that’s reeeeally hard... me and my girlfriend
have been watching The Bridge recently, so I’ve loved
minimal Scandinavian language. So I guess it’d be
something like ‘tak’ or ‘ja’. ‘Tak’ is thank you and ‘oh’ is
yes in Danish. I like the minimalism.
Wikipedia says: “In 2012,
Travel+Leisure named New Orleans
the #2 “America’s Dirtiest City”, down
from a #1 “Dirtiest” status of the previ-
ous year. The magazine surveyed both
national readership and local residents,
from a list of prominent cities having the
most visible illegal littering, dumping
and other related environmental crime
conditions.”
How clean is your house?
Well, I currently don’t have a house,
actually - we moved out today and we
don’t have anywhere to move to so
we’re essentially homeless, but before
that it was immensely clean. MY girl-
friend has beaten into me some good
habits. I like it being neat and that.
Which beats are the best beats: clean
beats or dirty beats?
It depends what you’re talking about.
If it’s bass, it’s much better dirty and
scuzzy and synthy. At the top end, the
glitchier stuff, I love that being clean. So
a mix of the two, I would say.
A bit cleaner for Joy Atlas though.
Yeah, Joy Atlas is very clean - very
clean music in a way, I guess. I like
the precision of it, we try and make it
minimal in some ways.
Wikipedia says: “During the Anglo-Boer War
(1899–1902), 5,000 Boer prisoners of war
were housed on five islands of Bermuda.”
What was the last thing you were trapped
in?
Erm... well I can’t remember the last thing
I was trapped in, but I can remember the
last thing I was nearly trapped in. Does that
count?
Yeah go on.
This has quite a boring beginning but a
terrifying ending. We were moving loads
of stuff into storage recently. I don’t know if
you’ve ever been in one of those industrial
storage units, but they’re completely ter-
rifying. It’s kind of like a soulless version of
The Shining, endless corridors and airtight
containers. They have fob access to get in
and out, so if you leave your keys on the
other side of these glass doors then you
actually can’t escape. You have to ring this
special number and it takes hours for the
guy to come and get you and it costs, like,
£150 to get out. I thought I’d lost my keys in
there but thankfully I found them.
Well THANK GOD.
Wikipedia says: “The most famous local food is
Pyongyang naengmyeon, or also called mul naeng-
myeon or just simply naengmyeon. Naengmyeon
consists of thin and chewy buckwheat noodles in a
cold meat-broth with dongchimi (watery kimchi) and
topped with a slice of sweet Korean pear. Pyongyang
locals sometimes enjoyed it as a haejangguk, which
is any type of food eaten as a hangover-cure, usually
a warm soup.”
What’s your go-to hangover cure?
My hangover cure is straight out of a 1970s cop
show - just a ‘sleep it off’ kind of crack. I know a guy
who used to have melon preprepared in the fridge.
Looks like food, but ultimately it’s just water. Having
that, cold, that was class, but I think for me it’s just as
much sleep as possible in a horrible, stinking pit.
Wikipedia says: “In 1520, during
Poland’s Golden Age, the most
famous church bell in Poland, named
Zygmunt after Sigismund I of Poland,
was cast by Hans Behem. It is the
largest of the five bells hanging in
Wawl Cathedral in Krakow.”
When was the last time you had
cause to call someone a bell-end?
Have to be careful what I say here...
I can tell you some, but not on the
record. I might have to pass. A few
people recently, but no-one I could
publicly shame.
Until recently, Adelaide was the home of the Australian Museum of Child-
hood. What was the stupidest thing you did as a child?
I once Bic’d my entire head, shaved it with a razor. I don’t think I fully under-
stood how short it would be when I started it off. I say I was a child, I was, like,
15. I Bic’d the sides, and then my sister was going out with a boy called Gary
at the time, who was a hairdresser, and my mam was like, “Get Gary to blend
it in”. How do you blend hair into skin? I had quite long hair as well. Bless him,
he tried to blend it in. It, obviously, looked shit. There was nothing he could
do, so me mam decided - me mam’s a doctor - that a good thing for me to do,
to go to school as a 15 year old boy, was to put a big plaster on it. I
got called ‘nicotine patch’ for like three months. It was tremendously
humiliating.
Baseball is apparently a really big deal in Tokyo, with the city being the home
of two teams, despite baseball being like a shit version of cricket. What was the
last cultural phenomenon which made you feel like you’d lost touch with the
youth of today?
I think Wii. You know that game, Wii? Actually, I’ve got a better one: Minecraft. I don’t
understand why kids like the shit graphics on Minecraft. It’s kind of like the worst old-
school Amstrad graphics.
Maybe it’s a ‘borrowed nostalgia’ thing.
But kids don’t understand it, they’re not old enough to be nostalgic. I do feel complete-
ly like an old man, do not get it.
TOKYO
PYONGYANG
NEW ORLEANS
KRAKOW
LIMA
BERMUDA
Wikipedia says: “In the wake of the 1970s
Nigerian oil boom, Lagos experienced a
population explosion, untamed economic
growth, and unmitigated rural migration.
This caused the outlying towns and settle-
ments to develop rapidly, thus forming the
Greater Lagos metropolis seen today.”
If Joy Atlas were in charge of a farm
outside Lagos, what roles would you
each fulfil?
I think Adam would be the general farm
administrator. He’s very organised, he’s
very good on spreadsheets. He really
knows his shit on the spreadsheets. Ian,
he’d definitely make the fences and that
- he’s really good at DIY and did up his
entire house. He’s going to make an
eco-house, completely self-sufficient. He’s
quite a hippy at heart really. I’d definitely
look after the animals. I absolutely love
animals. Beccy would be our farm’s PR
woman or something. She’ll probably hate
me for saying that but she’s friendly, good
at making friends with people.
LAGOS
22 23ADELAIDE
Basically we got Ged to have a punt at guessing where these seven
cities were on a map, and it turns out that despite apparently passing
most of his youth being challenged to name countries which border
Iran by his siblings, he wasn’t quite as sharp as you might think.
13. JOE HARD
OR JOE
HOMELegend has it that Alexander
the Great wept salty tears
when he saw the breadth of his
kingdom, for he realised there
were no more worlds for him to
conquer. The parallels between
him and South Shields’ favourite
son are uncanny, as we found
out when we spoke to the only
man alive who has won both X
Factor and The Jump
14. Hello, can I interview Joe
McElderry please?
Yes, hello. Joe speaking.
Hello Joe. Can you describe
the scene around you please?
Where are you?
I’m in my house. It’s quite mod-
ern, homely.
How’ve you made it homely?
Was it homely before you
moved in?
Well I travel around a lot in my
job, so no matter where I go I take
little comforts, candles, things like
that.
If you were making a dressing
room feel homely, what would
you need?
Good lighting. Dressing rooms
usually have really bright, sterile
lights, so good lighting, lamps,
candles, things that smell nice,
smells that you’re used to.
There’s nothing worse than an
unexpected smell.
Exactly.
What does your house smell
of?
I don’t know actually. It doesn’t
smell horrible, that’s the main
thing.
Maybe you’re just used to the
smell of your house. It’s not
a surprising smell anymore.
Could you tell me about your
favourite mug?
I have a mug that I bought from
Las Vegas, a huge, oversized
coffee cup, a black coffee cup,
and I use that all the time. You get
three cups of tea in one cup.
Do you not have to neck it be-
fore the tea goes all lukewarm
and horrible?
Well I like me coffee just warm,
I don’t like it boiling hot. So it’s a
good balance.
Would you rather have a finger
for a tongue or tongues for fin-
gers?
[A very, very long pause] Finger
for a tongue. You wouldn’t really
be able to do anything if you had
tongues for fingers.
Although, they do say that the
tongue is the strongest muscle
in the body, because it’s not
tethered at both ends, so it’s
got to be ultra-strong to wobble
about like it does.
Really?
I definitely did hear that once.
[Firmly] Well I’d rather have a fin-
ger for a tongue.
What colour is happiness?
I think it’s bright colours, a mix-
ture of colours. I would say yellow,
maybe like an orange-y colour,
and a little bit of bright green.
It sounds like morning, in a
field.
Yes. Or beach colours, blues, yel-
lows.
If you owned a pub, what would
you name it?
Maybe ‘Joey’s’. Or just something
as simple as ‘The Pub’. “I’m going
to The Pub.”
“Which pub?” “THE PUB.”
“Right, I’ll see you there.” It’d make
people talk about it, everyone’d be
repeating the name.
It’d become its own marketing
campaign. What’s your favou-
rite Metro station?
I used to go on the Metro from
Chichester every day. I’d stand
there every morning in the freezing
cold… so maybe Chi? There was
always something about Monu-
ment as well when you used to
go shopping, I always used to find
that quite cool as a kid.
Is there anything architecturally
interesting about Chichester
station?
No. There’s a very confusing
roundabout nearby though. It’s
very hard to pull out of the junction.
That’s not really architectural, but
it’s confusing.
I was just looking at your Twit-
ter feed before and your default
setting seems to be to use two
exclamation marks when you’re
excited.
I use exclamation marks all the
time, even on things that aren’t re-
ally that exciting. I think it just adds
another dimension to whatever
you’re saying. I also think some-
times when you use exclamation
marks, people think you’re angry,
so if I use them all the time then
people will know that I’m not an-
gry.
But then they might stop notic-
ing them if you’re using them all
the time.
That’s fine. I don’t really do them
for anyone else, I just enjoy putting
them on me sentences.
Well as long as you’re happy,
Joe. Would you ever be tempted
to go to three?
Three might mean I’m a bit an-
noyed. If it gets to six or seven,
you’re really in trouble. Do not
cross. Don’t even reply, actually.
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15. 28 29
I’ve done a lot of charity bike rides
over, like, 300 miles, so I think I
passed it in another way.
You got a cycling proficiency test
certificate from the University of
Life. That’s the highest honour
that can be bestowed in the cy-
cling proficiency test world.
[A slightly tense silence.]
Have you ever been lost on a
moor?
Probably, yes. I come from a fam-
ily who are well into the outdoors
and go on adventures and stuff.
I’ve been lost on a skiing mountain
before, which was quite full-on. I’m
not frightened of adventures. Have
you ever been skiing before?
I’ve been to Runcorn dry ski
slope twice.
Little bit different to that. When you
go up to the top of the mountain,
certain bits are above the cloud lev-
el, so what happens is sometimes
the clouds close in and it’s like be-
ing in fog, you can’t even see your
hand in front of your face. Some-
times it comes out of nowhere. It
happened to us once in Austria and
we were lost for about three hours.
Obviously everything around you is
white, you have no sense of direc-
tion. It’s very scary.
When it comes to kitchen bins,
do you use the pedal or swing
variety?
We just have a lifty-open bin. Two,
to be precise. One for waste, one
for recycling.
Top work. The polar bears thank
you. Can you think of a nice
poem about Newcastle?
Don’t even go there. How many
hats do you own and how many
do you think is the optimum?
I have about four or five caps that
I wear for rehearsals if my hair’s
a mess, then I have a few winter
hats, because I go skiing quite a
lot. Some funky hats, some really
cool bobble hats. I’m not really a
trilby wearer.
It’s a certain type of person
who wears a trilby. It puts me
on guard if I see someone in a
trilby.
Yeah, don’t trust anyone who
wears a trilby. [Maniacal laughter]
I’ll get into trouble for saying that.
That was a joke.
Do you have any notable ances-
tors?
I don’t think so, no.
Oh well. I suppose you’re mak-
ing family history then.
Yeah, I’ve done some things that’ll
be recognised for a few years,
bu-
You won The Jump! How many
people can say that they’ve
done that?
Yeah, I suppose so, but I doubt
I’m making family history. Maybe
I’m making history between me
friends and family, but it won’t go
down in history.
Well it is literally history, in that
it did happen.
True, true, but if someone was
reading this and I said I’d gone
down in family history they’d be
like, ‘How arrogant is he?’.
Pointless or The Chase?
I’ve been a part of Pointless,
so I’ll say Pointless.
How was your Pointless experi-
ence?
Absolutely horrendous. Not be-
cause it’s a bad show but because
I was horrendous at it.
If you were a condiment, what
condiment would you be?
Maybe salt. Everybody uses salt.
Or maybe… I like mustard. I use
a lot of mustard. I’m going to say
salt, vinegar or mustard.
The salt is a staple really, which
is often unfairly overlooked.
Everybody needs salt.
Did you ever pass your cycling
proficiency test as a kid?
No, I didn’t even
do it actual-
ly. I can
ride,
‘Blaydon Races’?
I mean, can you think of a Joe
McElderry original? People
might clock on if I just print the
entirety of ‘Blaydon Races’.
Erm. Oh God. Not really. I’m good
at writing songs but it takes a
while. Just print ‘Blaydon Races’,
change a few words.
Which member of the cast of
Dirty Dancing do you most
identify with?
This is really bad – I’ve sang a
song out of Dirty Dancing, I’ve re-
corded a song out of Dirty Danc-
ing but I’ve actually never seen
the film. It’s terrible, isn’t it?
That is terrible. What about
Grease?
I’d probably be Doody, he’s quite
silly and goofy. I’d like to be Danny
Zuko, though I’m not like him. I
played Danny in a school pro-
duction of Grease when I was a
chubby little teenager. I didn’t re-
ally match the description.
It’s all about how Danny carries
himself though. What was the
last substance you accidentally
put your hand in?
I was doing a training session this
morning and I accidentally put me
hand in mud.
I’ll be honest with you, this train-
ing session malarkey sounds
absolutely awful.
I actually really enjoyed it. I’m a bit
of an exercise freak. Sometimes
you get wet, sometimes you get a
bit of mud on you, but you’ve got
to plough through it.
When was the last time you
said aloud “That is absolutely
disgusting”?
I say it about many things. Some-
times people’s behaviour. I went
for a meal recently and it was a
very horrible meal, so after I fin-
ished I said that. It wasn’t disgust-
ing, it just wasn’t very nice. I just
said it for effect.
Could you describe yourself in
the style of a lonely hearts ad?
Male, 23, fun, likes to have a good
time, very sociable. Would like to
meet somebody who is… normal.
Seems to be very rare these days
[cackles]. Someone normal and
nice.
Okay, close your eyes, Joe.
Mm-hmm.
Are they shut?
Yep.
Go to your happy place. Are you
there Joe?
Yep.
Describe the scene around
you.
I’m on a boiling hot beach some-
where where the water is like
see-through turquoise, and the
water would be not big waves
but just trickling along the shore.
And there would be a table with a
laptop and some WiFi and a nice
alcoholic cocktail.
Oooh, lovely. Thanks Joe!
Pleasure, thank you for your time.
Probably the most random inter-
view I’ve ever had, but they were
questions I really had to think
about.
16. POP PSYCH
Each issue, we ask a pop group
to do something stupid then
read too much into it. This time:
Pale Kids draw some horses
ANDREW
DAVID
JOEA weedy, anae-
mic, frowning
example, possibly
already en route
to the glue fac-
tory. Reflective
of dminished
self-esteem (the
need to label his
horse ‘horse’ sug-
gests a lack of
confidence in his
skills) and a fear
of the future. Also
appears to be a
unicorn.
A bold, chunky
interpretation shows
his desperation to
make an impact in
all situations. The
trunk-like tail func-
tions as a tripod,
showing his need
for stability and pos-
sibly also laziness.
The trousers on the
hind legs are a bit
confusing. No ideas
there.
This was variously described as
being “like an evil moomin” and
“like one of those dogs with the
weird faces”. The only conclu-
sion to be drawn is that this is
the product of a diseased mind.
KATEMildly embarrassed
to be seen with the
rest of the group.
Draw your own
conclusions.