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- Hopkinton's Take Care records thoughtful album - Daily News Transcript
- Progressivism On Tap with William Galston - American Progress
- Lynn Wallace, athletic trainer, therapist - Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Professors See 'Troubling' Halloween Trend - KCCI.com
- Professors say kids' Halloween costumes too sexy, violent - WQAD
| Hopkinton's Take Care records thoughtful album - Daily News Transcript Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:23 PM PDT Most musicians list a bunch of wild-eyed guitarists as their influences. But ask Kyle Joseph and he names his Hopkinton High philosophy teacher and French existentialist Albert Camus along with the late folkie Jeff Buckley and Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood. That might tell you something about Take Care, the band he started with his brother and two musical high school buddies. Their homegrown group from Hopkinton consists of Kyle Joseph, on lead guitar and vocals, brother, Dan "DJ" Joseph, on saxophone, keyboard and backup vocals, Dan Phelan on tenor sax and bass guitar and drummer Sean St. Germain. Their insistence on making music they believe in informs the 10 thoughtful, melodic songs on their first and enigmatically titled CD, "Awakenasleep." "It's an album, not a collection of songs," explained Kyle Joseph, a 19-year-old sophomore math and philosophy major at Connecticut College. "It's designed as a complete work. We really want people to hear it as such." Two years after forming at Hopkinton High School for a cancer benefit concert, three band members attend New England colleges while Dan "DJ" Joseph is a senior at Hopkinton High and writes about high school sports for the Hopkinton Crier. They'll be converging at Connecticut College in New London tomorrow to give a free 10:30 p.m. concert at the Crow's Nest in the student center. While the Josephs are diehard fans of British alt rockers Radiohead, both credit high school psychology teacher Michael Sullivan, who directs HHS's Philosophy Club, for encouraging them to think deeply and independently, qualities they hope they bring to their music. Kyle Joseph, who wrote the lion's share of the lyrics, called the CD a "concept album that develops one story from beginning to end." Recorded during a four-day session in August under the direction of sound engineer Eric Pfeifer, "Awakenasleep" focuses on an unnamed person going through a single day facing a series of choices about who they are and what they believe in. Kyle Joseph said, "It could be a guy. It could be a girl. The songs just follows them through the day. I think of it as a journey from who to who." Careful listeners, he said, will notice an increasing complexity in the lyrics and music throughout the album from the first song, "A.M.," to the final one, "Shoot the Moon." In songs like "Raindance," Kyle Joseph rejects "escapism" and philosophic resignation in the name of "Dancing under skies that open / That will stay there wishing, hoping." "We really wanted listeners to be able to pull the music out and make it applicable to their own lives," he said. And, as a sign the band is attracting attention, their song "Echo" is featured in the trailer for a new independent film, "The Mourning After," about the emotional aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While they sell their CD from their Web site, www.takecareband.com, the band offers free downloads as a way to attract new fans. "We want to get as many people to hear it as possible," said Dan Joseph. "In this day and age, it's going on there for free anyhow." For Dan Joseph, a four-member band with two sax players defies a lot of conventional categories. "What we're doing is pretty different. We're leaning toward rock, but we're not a rock band," said the 17-year-old senior. "If I really had to describe our music, I'd say we're like indie rockers with a sax." Dan Joseph stressed the band takes a "collaborative approach" to creating music with all members having an equal voice. All four band members began playing their chosen instruments as preteens. Kyle Joseph began guitar lessons as a third-grader while his younger brother started saxophone lessons at the same age. Phelan, whose father has been playing jazz for 25 years, started piano lessons when he was 5 and sax lessons a few years later. And since starting drum lessons in the sixth grade, St. Germain has played in everything from the school concert bands to heavy metal, from jazz to "old school rock 'n' roll." A 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Vermont, Phelan said members' eclectic backgrounds provide the range of skills to "bridge the gap as a gateway band" between traditional pop-rock and the alternative indie sound. And while he has to drive from Burlington, Vt., to New London, Conn., for the concert, Phelan believes having a member in four New England states will help them cultivate a broader fan base. "We're hoping to use that to our advantage and not be localized in just one area," he said. With experience in six very different bands, St. Germain said, "I have a very good feeling about what we're doing." "It's good to dream and it's good to think," said the 18-year-old freshman music education major at Keene State College in New Hampshire. "And it's a good thing to play by ear. I think we have a very good product." The only member not "to live and breathe Radiohead," St. Germain, who prefers heavy metal rockers AC/DC, has played drums for jazz, rock, heavy metal bands and now the alt indie sound of Take Care. "I play freaking loud. I'm good at listening. I don't try to make it all about myself. I'm good at playing lots of different styles," he said. After a successful tune-up Saturday at the Hopkinton YMCA, St. Germain is convinced Take Care can deliver the musical goods. "We're definitely a lot of fun. We're a smiley bunch of dudes," he said during a study break. "It just so happens we're good. We give off such an entertaining vibe, the audiences feel it, too." 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| Progressivism On Tap with William Galston - American Progress Posted: 15 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT Progressivism On Tap with William GalstonOctober 19, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:00pm About This Event
Please join us for the next event in the Progressivism on Tap series featuring William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former domestic policy advisor to President Clinton. He will discuss the role of philosophy in shaping public policy and politics in the White House.
PROGRESSIVISM ON TAP is a lecture and discussion series founded by the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. The goal of PROGRESSIVISM ON TAP is to provide an informal forum for budding activists and professionals to explore the political values and theoretical debates within the broader progressive tradition and to apply those lessons to contemporary political discourse. The speakers, lectures, and debates covered within the series are designed to examine why we believe what we believe as progressives, who the most important thinkers and icons are within the movement's history, where progressives differ on intellectual grounds, and what the theoretical foundations are for many of our current policy and activism efforts. We aim to help young people and activists engage their traditions not just in Washington but in other similar programs with progressives in communities across the country. As the program develops, we hope to help others launch PROGRESSIVISM ON TAP salons in cities and towns across the country in local settings that are relaxed, inviting, informative, deliberative, and open to new ideas. RSVPClick here to RSVP for this event Location Busboys and Poets This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Lynn Wallace, athletic trainer, therapist - Cleveland Plain Dealer Posted: 15 Oct 2009 02:32 PM PDT By Thomas Feran, The Plain DealerOctober 15, 2009, 4:08PM 1948-2009 Survivors: Wife, Diane Tuuri; daughter, Emily Wallace of South Euclid; stepdaughter, Kate Snyder of Russell Township; mother, Pauline of Elyria; sister, Fauna Griffiths of Elyria. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Sat urday, Oct. 31, at the Federated Church, Chagrin Falls. Contributions: Lynn Allen Wall ace Scholarship in Physical Ther apy at the Ohio State University, 660 Ackerman Road, P.O. Box 183112, Columbus, OH 43218-3112 RUSSELL TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Lynn A. Wallace was a student at North Ridgeville High School when he took a correspondence course in athletic training to be able to work with school teams. It launched a career that made him internationally known as a physical therapist and athletic trainer. Wallace, 61, died Oct. 7 at his home in Russell Township from a malignant brain tumor. Diagnosed in 2003, he was expected to survive two years, set a goal of five, and lived nearly two more years after complications of treatment left him virtually paralyzed in 2007. With the help of his wife, Diane Tuuri, he recovered the ability to speak, eat and walk. Wallace served as a sports trainer while a student at Ohio State University, and went to the Rose Bowl with the football team in 1969 and 1971. After a year at the University of Iowa, he returned to Cleveland to work with Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and the Case Western Reserve University athletics department, while earning a master's degree and doctorate. He founded Ohio Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Inc., which was acquired by University Hospitals, and was president of the sports medicine section of the American Physical Therapy Association, which gave him its lifetime achievement award and named its clinical education award for him. His philosophy about education was, "You can never have too much and you can never give too much." He published instructional manuals, pushed to launch the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy and held seminars for student trainers. His passion inspired young people to careers in therapy and medicine. His innovations included Friday and Saturday night clinics where high school football players could get immediate postgame evaluations. They sometimes lasted into early morning, and drew players from as far as Pennsylvania. His office policies included making patients wait no longer than 10 minutes -- "even patients with Michigan ties," the devoted OSU alumnus joked. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Professors See 'Troubling' Halloween Trend - KCCI.com Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:16 PM PDT POSTED: 2:22 pm CDT October 15, 2009 IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Some university professors said they are seeing a troubling trend in Halloween costumes for children, with some for girls being too sexy and for boys too violent.University of Iowa associate professor Gigi Durham tells of a 5-year-old girl a few years ago trick-or-treating in a tube top, gauzy miniskirt, high heels and makeup. She said it brought to mind child prostitution.Durham, who studies the premature sexualization of girls, says dressing up is fun and should be safe. She suggests parents set boundaries about what is appropriate and explain why.University of Northern Iowa philosophy professor Harry Brod said boys should also be careful about the costumes they wear. He notes boy's costumes, particularly the superhero ones accessorized with weapons, seem to encourage violence.Brod encourages parents and children to consider making their own costumes rather than buying one off the rack. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
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