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16:56:53 05/11/12
JPMorgan trading blunder spooks bank stocks
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JPMorgan trading blunder spooks bank stocks
www.euronews.com JPMorgan Chase has shocked the markets by revealing a trading loss of over two billion dollars. It admitted there had been "errors" and "bad judgement" while it was attempting to protect itself against losses through a process known as hedging. The losses could increase by another one billion, the bank said. The incident is particularly embarrassing because JPMorgan Chase's boss, Jamie Dimon, has been strongly critical of the so-called Volcker rule which would limit such risky trading by big banks. Markets analyst Brenda Kelly said this will hit the reputation of Dimon and the bank: "I think it's not a good move. At the end of day this guy did pride himself on being able to weather the storm over the last few years; and this is something - especially in the height of where regulations are taking place and with the Volcker rule due to come into effect in July - that does not bode well for the actual bank itself." The effects of the mistakes by JPMorgan - which is the biggest US bank in terms of assets - rippled through the financial world. For many it revived memories of 2008 when big banks' risky best threatened to collapse the financial system. JPMorgan shares fell by 9.5 percent as the NYSE opened on Friday and dragged other financial shares lower including Bank of America and Citigroup. European banking stocks also declined. Although the loss was specific to JPMorgan, it could have broader negative implications - raising the threat of further ... From: Euronews Views: 1107 10 ratings Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics
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16:49:35 05/11/12
JPMorgan trading blunder spooks bank stocks
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JPMorgan trading blunder spooks bank stocks
www.euronews.com JPMorgan Chase has shocked the markets by revealing a trading loss of over two billion dollars. It admitted there had been "errors" and "bad judgement" while it was attempting to protect itself against losses through a process known as hedging. The losses could increase by another one billion, the bank said. The incident is particularly embarrassing because JPMorgan Chase's boss, Jamie Dimon, has been strongly critical of the so-called Volcker rule which would limit such risky trading by big banks. Markets analyst Brenda Kelly said this will hit the reputation of Dimon and the bank: "I think it's not a good move. At the end of day this guy did pride himself on being able to weather the storm over the last few years; and this is something - especially in the height of where regulations are taking place and with the Volcker rule due to come into effect in July - that does not bode well for the actual bank itself." The effects of the mistakes by JPMorgan - which is the biggest US bank in terms of assets - rippled through the financial world. For many it revived memories of 2008 when big banks' risky best threatened to collapse the financial system. JPMorgan shares fell by 9.5 percent as the NYSE opened on Friday and dragged other financial shares lower including Bank of America and Citigroup. European banking stocks also declined. Although the loss was specific to JPMorgan, it could have broader negative implications - raising the threat of further ... From: Euronews Views: 1064 10 ratings Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics
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10:15:23 02/13/12
Salvage Team Moves in on Costa Concordia
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Salvage Team Moves in on Costa Concordia
For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The work to pump out the fuel from the stricken Costa Concordia Cruise liner has resumed. The operation is necessary to prevent an environmental disaster on the Italian coastline. Our Correspondent has more. A salvage team has begun pumping out the fuel of Costa Concordia. The work has been delayed for a month due to bad weather along the Italian coastline. The ship is lying on a underwater shelf and there are concerns the ship could slide down to the ocean floor or break up. So far the ship has moved about 2 feet. Scientists have placed a number of measuring devices to continuously monitor the movement of the ship. [Sandro Moretti, Professor of Geomorphology]: "The Boat has moved 60 centimeters towards the sea. We don't know if the shifting is a rotation or a settling of the ship on the floor of the sea or if it's creeping toward the sea." Pumping out the 2500 tones of fuel oil from the ship will make it lighter and that can increase the risk of the ship moving. Water will be pumped back in to keep the balance of the ship. Scientists are using GPS and sensors to monitor any movement. [Franco Oliveri, The Protection and Security of the Citizen, EU]: "Our Sensors are able to detect movement in the millimeter range and we will give an immediate alarm if there's any movement above a threshold." The operation is estimated to take a month to complete and is necessary ... From: NTDTV Views: 4 0 ratings Time: 01:55 More in News & Politics
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12:51:25 02/09/12
Costa Concordia set to remain at sea for months
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Costa Concordia set to remain at sea for months
www.euronews.net A fresh attempt to salvage the stricken Costa Concordia is expected to be made on Friday. Bad weather has hampered efforts to remove thousands of tonnes of fuel from the hulk of the cruise liner which ran aground last month, killing at least 17 people. Italian officials, however, say they probably will not be able to move the wreck for up to seven months. "We estimate it's going to take between seven and ten months, seven to break up the ship and ten for its removal," said Franco Gabrielli, head of Italy's Civil Protection Authority. From: Euronews Views: 944 10 ratings Time: 00:58 More in News & Politics
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12:51:25 02/09/12
Costa Concordia set to remain at sea for months
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Costa Concordia set to remain at sea for months
www.euronews.net A fresh attempt to salvage the stricken Costa Concordia is expected to be made on Friday. Bad weather has hampered efforts to remove thousands of tonnes of fuel from the hulk of the cruise liner which ran aground last month, killing at least 17 people. Italian officials, however, say they probably will not be able to move the wreck for up to seven months. "We estimate it's going to take between seven and ten months, seven to break up the ship and ten for its removal," said Franco Gabrielli, head of Italy's Civil Protection Authority. From: Euronews Views: 2657 13 ratings Time: 00:58 More in News & Politics
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07:37:19 01/30/12
Concordia wreck might not be moved for months
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Concordia wreck might not be moved for months
www.euronews.net The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain lying off the Italian coast until the end of the year or even longer. Bad weather and the fact the ship keeps slipping further into the sea mean that breaking it up or salvaging the massive hulk will not be easy. Its presence is something the people of the picturesque Giglio island are having to get used to. For one chef it is not a problem: "On the contrary we will get all these macabre tourists who come to see the ship. They look at it and take pictures..." From: Euronews Views: 1041 1 ratings Time: 01:35 More in News & Politics
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07:37:19 01/30/12
Concordia wreck might not be moved for months
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Concordia wreck might not be moved for months
www.euronews.net The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain lying off the Italian coast until the end of the year or even longer. Bad weather and the fact the ship keeps slipping further into the sea mean that breaking it up or salvaging the massive hulk will not be easy. Its presence is something the people of the picturesque Giglio island are having to get used to. For one chef it is not a problem: "On the contrary we will get all these macabre tourists who come to see the ship. They look at it and take pictures..." From: Euronews Views: 1117 1 ratings Time: 01:35 More in News & Politics
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22:38:19 12/16/11
Edible Fashion Features in China Chocolate Wonderland
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Edible Fashion Features in China Chocolate Wonderland
For more news and videos visit ➡ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ➡ http Add us on Facebook ➡ on.fb.me Shanghai is hosting a one-of-a-kind fashion show. Models clad in chocolate wow the audience in China's new chocolate wonderland theme park. Let's take a look. Shanghai kicked-off a chocolate fashion show on Friday. Models wore fancy chocolate accessories ranging from hats and shoulder ornaments. Chocolate is not particularly fabric-friendly, but some designers found a way around it. [Lin Guodong, Fashion Designer]: "Chocolate can be crispy, it's not very malleable nor can you easily shape it. This time the craftsmen added special ingredients so it could be easily shaped. It was more practical for us. So you can see that it's soft and sticks to the fabric. It's versatile. There's chocolate on the ornament, hat and the dress." The extravagant, edible clothes may look clumsy at times, but one model felt good in it. [Zhang Yiting, Model]: "The clothes made with chocolate are actually the same as normal clothes. The weather is cold, so the chocolate does not melt. Besides it has been specially treated. It's beautiful." The Shanghai World Chocolate Dream Park will feature cocoa terracotta and Chinese landmarks. It is open until mid-February. From: NTDTV Views: 236 5 ratings Time: 01:15 More in Entertainment
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20:00:07 11/13/11
Never Mind Forgetting the Name, Does Perry Realize the Consequences of Closing Those Departments?
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It's an easy joke to make fun of Perry's inability to remember which three departments he'd close as President. It's clear that his campaign will likely not recover as he is polling somewhere south of "Just about anyone else" of likely Republican voters. After eight years of an intellectually incurious Texan governor driving the country and the world economy over the brink, even Republicans are wary of giving his dimmer clone an opportunity to do it again.
But what I think is more frightening is that everyone in the media is so focused on those 53 seconds of stammering that they don't ever get to what the consequences of losing those departments would mean to the country. Considering that he's not the only Republican on that panel making that noise , shall we look at the consequences of shutting down the Commerce, Energy and Education departments ? >
The Department of Commerce contains the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which runs our system of intellectual property. Without it, America would have no way to ensure that inventors could fully profit from their inventions, giving them little incentive to spend the time and money needed for breakthroughs. The pace of American innovation would likely take a huge hit.
Commerce also includes the Census Bureau. The accurate count of Americans that the department provides each decade lets leaders and policymakers know how to allocate resources--housing, roads, utilities--around the country. And Commerce also encompasses the National Weather Service (NWS), which issues crucial warnings about severe weather like hurricanes and floods. When state and local officials make decisions about how and when to evacuate, they're generally going off NWS information.
The Department of Energy, created during the Carter administration, protects U.S. nuclear weapons from accidents or terrorist attacks that could release dangerous radioactive material, killing thousands. Without the oversight that the Energy Department presently provides, it would be difficult to maintain a nuclear weapons program at all. The Energy Department also plays a key role in funding and promoting the civilian use of nuclear power.
As for the Department of Education--likewise created under President Carter--its role is more limited, because the U.S. education system is highly decentralized. Indeed, Perry is hardly the first conservative to pledge to abolish it. The Education Department does have a role in shaping education policy, however, by handing out funds to states that adopt its preferred reforms, and it also enforces privacy and civil rights laws in schools.
As they say, beware the unintended consequences. Can you imagine Rick Perry's America, where there is no innovation, because intellectual property is not protected any more than our nuclear weapons program? Where entire swaths of the country could be wiped out by a category 5 hurricane because our emergency services doesn't have advance notice? Where radioactive disposal is unregulated?
Catastrophe is not too strong a word for Perry's vision for our country.
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20:00:07 11/13/11
Never Mind Forgetting the Name, Does Perry Realize the Consequences of Closing Those Departments?
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 20:00:07 11/13/11
It's an easy joke to make fun of Perry's inability to remember which three departments he'd close as President. It's clear that his campaign will likely not recover as he is polling somewhere south of "Just about anyone else" of likely Republican voters. After eight years of an intellectually incurious Texan governor driving the country and the world economy over the brink, even Republicans are wary of giving his dimmer clone an opportunity to do it again.
But what I think is more frightening is that everyone in the media is so focused on those 53 seconds of stammering that they don't ever get to what the consequences of losing those departments would mean to the country. Considering that he's not the only Republican on that panel making that noise , shall we look at the consequences of shutting down the Commerce, Energy and Education departments ? >
The Department of Commerce contains the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which runs our system of intellectual property. Without it, America would have no way to ensure that inventors could fully profit from their inventions, giving them little incentive to spend the time and money needed for breakthroughs. The pace of American innovation would likely take a huge hit.
Commerce also includes the Census Bureau. The accurate count of Americans that the department provides each decade lets leaders and policymakers know how to allocate resources--housing, roads, utilities--around the country. And Commerce also encompasses the National Weather Service (NWS), which issues crucial warnings about severe weather like hurricanes and floods. When state and local officials make decisions about how and when to evacuate, they're generally going off NWS information.
The Department of Energy, created during the Carter administration, protects U.S. nuclear weapons from accidents or terrorist attacks that could release dangerous radioactive material, killing thousands. Without the oversight that the Energy Department presently provides, it would be difficult to maintain a nuclear weapons program at all. The Energy Department also plays a key role in funding and promoting the civilian use of nuclear power.
As for the Department of Education--likewise created under President Carter--its role is more limited, because the U.S. education system is highly decentralized. Indeed, Perry is hardly the first conservative to pledge to abolish it. The Education Department does have a role in shaping education policy, however, by handing out funds to states that adopt its preferred reforms, and it also enforces privacy and civil rights laws in schools.
As they say, beware the unintended consequences. Can you imagine Rick Perry's America, where there is no innovation, because intellectual property is not protected any more than our nuclear weapons program? Where entire swaths of the country could be wiped out by a category 5 hurricane because our emergency services doesn't have advance notice? Where radioactive disposal is unregulated?
Catastrophe is not too strong a word for Perry's vision for our country.
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11:07:18 08/31/11
Belgium Sees Bright Future For Solar Trains
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Belgium Sees Bright Future For Solar Trains
For more news visit ? english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ? http Follow us on Facebook ? me.lt Train travel is one of the cleanest forms of transportation, but one railway system in Belgium has taken the concept a step further. The developers are hoping a staggering 16 thousand solar panels will be enough to make up for the country's often less-than-sunny days. A public-private consortium consisting of Belgian rail management company Infrabel, and solar developer Enfinity, has installed 16000 solar panels, on the roof of a 2.1 miles long tunnel, between Antwerp and the Dutch border. The panels create enough electricity to power 4000 trains a year, the equivalent of one full day of rail travel throughout the country. The unique feature of the project, which is designed to produce 3.3 gigawatt hours a year, is that the energy produced does not flow into the national grid, but is used directly by the trains. According to Enfinity's head of marketing Jurgen Van Damme, the roof over the train tunnel was ideal for the project. [Jurgen Van Damme, Enfinity, Head of Marketing]: "We are used to have rooftops where there are many obstacles and we need to to to put the panels around obstacles. We need to take into account the shadow. And in this case we had a very nice 3.4 kilometers long rooftop, like a carpet, a long carpet." Due to its weather, Belgium may not appear an obvious candidate for solar energy. But with an average of 900 sun hours a year, the project remains ... From: NTDTV Views: 154 2 ratings Time: 02:44 More in Science & Technology
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14:27:11 07/01/11
BOOBOO STEWART Talks "Breaking Dawn" and New TV Show with Fivel Stewart
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"Maximo TV http://www.maximotv.com http://www.youtube.com/maximotv BooBoo Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) and Fivel Stewart interview at the 10th Annual Harvest and Crush Event by Malibu Family Wines celebrating City Hearts 25th Anniversary at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu,Ca USA September 19, 2010 - Interview by Amanda Vanderpool About Malibu Family Wines: Malibu Family Wines is a family-owned vineyard located on the exquisite 1000-acre Saddlerock Ranch estate. Visitors may recognize the vineyard and unusual rock formations from over 100 movies, commercials and television shows filmed on the property. The estate is also home to dozens of horses and exotic animals and a popular weekend setting for weddings and special events. As a joint endeavor between the Semler and DeJoria families, Malibu Family Wines takes pride in the gentle-handling and traditional techniques that give their wines their special character. With the high altitude and separation from the coast, along with an ideal blend of weather conditions and rich, rocky soil, it's the perfect environment for growing premium wine grapes. About City Hearts: City Hearts was founded in 1984 by Sherry and Bob Jason, who met as attorneys in the Public Defender's Office representing youth charged with crimes. The husband and wife team believed then, as now, that the Arts are the powerful tools to communicate with and rehabilitate troubled youth at risk from gangs, drugs, school failure and crime. They created City Hearts, southern California's preeminent Arts-based program of prevention, to transform and intervene in the lives of our communities' most impoverished and at-greatest-risk children through performance and comprehensive Arts experiences. In 1993, City Hearts created the groundbreaking ""Sentenced to the Stage"" program for non-violent youthful offenders on probation, providing City Hearts as an alternative to traditional community service programs. Over 25 years, City Hearts has helped educate and inspire more than 27,000 children. ***This footage is available for licensing*** The viewing of this clip by website visitors is only permissible for personal use; copying, commercial use, distribution, broadcast, download, additional use or transfer is expressly prohibited. Contact us for more information at maximotv.com for proper clearance.
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16:34:35 06/06/11
The One Am Radio Live in Studio B - Part 1 - What You Gave Away
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Dangerbird recording artists The One Am Radio perform live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco This is Part 1. For the complete performance CLICK HERE
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The One AM Radio is a trio based in Los Angeles, where the sun hasn’t completely thawed their New England roots. They make music about the feeling you get while driving home, fast, late at night, through half-empty streets.
The project began in New England, where Hrishikesh Hirway was studying design and photography at Yale. With a borrowed guitar, a 4-track, and a drum machine, he made cassettes for his friends and his sister to fall asleep to—instrumental lullabies mixed with staticky murmurs of talk radio.
Hirway started writing lyrics and singing over his music, and began performing, using what he’d written on the label on the first cassette — “The One AM Radio” — as a moniker.
Ted Leo gave Hrishikesh his real start and his first release, after the two played a show together, inviting him to come record in Boston at Radium City, Ted’s home recording studio. Those recordings were released as a split 7-inch with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
Because of Hrishikesh’s musical roots, The One AM Radio became an unlikely part of the DIY hardcore scene, playing and touring alongside screamy punk bands in sweaty basements. The homemade recordings were released in the form of EPs and 7”s on a variety of hardcore labels, as well as Hirway’s own DIY imprint, Translucence .
By the time 2004’s A Name Writ In Water was released, people outside of the hardcore community had started to take notice. Pitchfork reviewed the album glowingly, giving it an 8.1 rating, noting “Hirway’s prose is peppered with imagistic bits of landscape. His compositions simply feel colossal…the maps he draws are beautiful.” Time Out New York deemed it one of the top ten albums of the year, and called the “dream mix of vocals, guitars, synths, violins, and ambient beats…both lush and thoughtful.”
That year, between touring and working odd jobs and freelancing as a designer, Hirway began a nomadic lifestyle, criss-crossing the country in his car, with his belongings limited to what could fit in his trunk. He eventually left the US to spend time in his parents’ home country of India, and began writing and recording what would become the album This Too Will Pass while living in Mumbai.
Hirway found himself back in Los Angeles, where he had once lived briefly, but long enough to fall in and collaborate with the likes of Daedelus and the dublab crew, the online radio collective at the heart of the LA experimental electronic scene. This time, shedding the wanderlust that had guided him for so long, he decided to try and make the city his home.
There, he made the acquaintance of the folks at Dangerbird Records, who signed him to release This Too Will Pass .
Los Angeles proved to be a fertile and fortuitous home base for Hirway, as a place where he could continue his unique aesthetic among a collection of luminaries who were like-minded if not exactly like-sounding. He remixed tracks for Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and the Postal Service) and LA beat-scene breakout star Baths, who had been a longtime fan of The One AM Radio. He produced two albums for labelmates Eulogies, and played shows with folks like Juana Molina, El Perro Del Mar, and Damien Jurado when they came through town.
Hrishikesh started making Heaven Is Attached by a Slender Thread during sleepless nights. Tony Hoffer, who has produced albums for Beck, Phoenix, Belle and Sebastian, and Air, ended up hearing demos of some of the early songs and reached out to get involved with the recording. Hoffer took an the role of an advisor, and Hirway would send him his hand-crafted organic electronic songs. Hoffer eventually mixed the album. Baths and his fellow anticon labelmate alias contributed as well, to the songs “Ticking Heart” and “Weathering (The News),” respectively. Hirway’s new bandmates, Fontaine Cole and Scott Leahy, added to the recordings, as well as Daniel Hart, the violinist for St Vincent.
For Hirway, the new LP is about living on the fumes of dreams and hopes, which also happen to be what the plastic city of Los Angeles is built on, and what it is constantly confirming—and betraying. At one point, Hrishikesh’s idea was to make a dance record, and now, he admits, that’s not really how it turned out. But the album does make you want to move, to run, to get in the car and drive fast through the empty city in the middle of the night — to remember how tenuous the hold is on all the things you have, and want, and long for.
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16:10:03 06/06/11
The One Am Radio - Live in Studio B - Part 2- Sunlight
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Dangerbird recording artists The One Am Radio perform live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco This is Part 2. For the complete performance CLICK HERE
Official Site Facebook Twitter MySpace
The One AM Radio is a trio based in Los Angeles, where the sun hasn’t completely thawed their New England roots. They make music about the feeling you get while driving home, fast, late at night, through half-empty streets.
The project began in New England, where Hrishikesh Hirway was studying design and photography at Yale. With a borrowed guitar, a 4-track, and a drum machine, he made cassettes for his friends and his sister to fall asleep to—instrumental lullabies mixed with staticky murmurs of talk radio.
Hirway started writing lyrics and singing over his music, and began performing, using what he’d written on the label on the first cassette — “The One AM Radio” — as a moniker.
Ted Leo gave Hrishikesh his real start and his first release, after the two played a show together, inviting him to come record in Boston at Radium City, Ted’s home recording studio. Those recordings were released as a split 7-inch with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
Because of Hrishikesh’s musical roots, The One AM Radio became an unlikely part of the DIY hardcore scene, playing and touring alongside screamy punk bands in sweaty basements. The homemade recordings were released in the form of EPs and 7”s on a variety of hardcore labels, as well as Hirway’s own DIY imprint, Translucence .
By the time 2004’s A Name Writ In Water was released, people outside of the hardcore community had started to take notice. Pitchfork reviewed the album glowingly, giving it an 8.1 rating, noting “Hirway’s prose is peppered with imagistic bits of landscape. His compositions simply feel colossal…the maps he draws are beautiful.” Time Out New York deemed it one of the top ten albums of the year, and called the “dream mix of vocals, guitars, synths, violins, and ambient beats…both lush and thoughtful.”
That year, between touring and working odd jobs and freelancing as a designer, Hirway began a nomadic lifestyle, criss-crossing the country in his car, with his belongings limited to what could fit in his trunk. He eventually left the US to spend time in his parents’ home country of India, and began writing and recording what would become the album This Too Will Pass while living in Mumbai.
Hirway found himself back in Los Angeles, where he had once lived briefly, but long enough to fall in and collaborate with the likes of Daedelus and the dublab crew, the online radio collective at the heart of the LA experimental electronic scene. This time, shedding the wanderlust that had guided him for so long, he decided to try and make the city his home.
There, he made the acquaintance of the folks at Dangerbird Records, who signed him to release This Too Will Pass .
Los Angeles proved to be a fertile and fortuitous home base for Hirway, as a place where he could continue his unique aesthetic among a collection of luminaries who were like-minded if not exactly like-sounding. He remixed tracks for Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and the Postal Service) and LA beat-scene breakout star Baths, who had been a longtime fan of The One AM Radio. He produced two albums for labelmates Eulogies, and played shows with folks like Juana Molina, El Perro Del Mar, and Damien Jurado when they came through town.
Hrishikesh started making Heaven Is Attached by a Slender Thread during sleepless nights. Tony Hoffer, who has produced albums for Beck, Phoenix, Belle and Sebastian, and Air, ended up hearing demos of some of the early songs and reached out to get involved with the recording. Hoffer took an the role of an advisor, and Hirway would send him his hand-crafted organic electronic songs. Hoffer eventually mixed the album. Baths and his fellow anticon labelmate alias contributed as well, to the songs “Ticking Heart” and “Weathering (The News),” respectively. Hirway’s new bandmates, Fontaine Cole and Scott Leahy, added to the recordings, as well as Daniel Hart, the violinist for St Vincent.
For Hirway, the new LP is about living on the fumes of dreams and hopes, which also happen to be what the plastic city of Los Angeles is built on, and what it is constantly confirming—and betraying. At one point, Hrishikesh’s idea was to make a dance record, and now, he admits, that’s not really how it turned out. But the album does make you want to move, to run, to get in the car and drive fast through the empty city in the middle of the night — to remember how tenuous the hold is on all the things you have, and want, and long for.
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15:57:56 06/06/11
The One Am Radio - Live in Studio B
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Dangerbird recording artists The One Am Radio perform live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco Official Site Facebook Twitter MySpace
The One AM Radio is a trio based in Los Angeles, where the sun hasn’t completely thawed their New England roots. They make music about the feeling you get while driving home, fast, late at night, through half-empty streets.
The project began in New England, where Hrishikesh Hirway was studying design and photography at Yale. With a borrowed guitar, a 4-track, and a drum machine, he made cassettes for his friends and his sister to fall asleep to—instrumental lullabies mixed with staticky murmurs of talk radio.
Hirway started writing lyrics and singing over his music, and began performing, using what he’d written on the label on the first cassette — “The One AM Radio” — as a moniker.
Ted Leo gave Hrishikesh his real start and his first release, after the two played a show together, inviting him to come record in Boston at Radium City, Ted’s home recording studio. Those recordings were released as a split 7-inch with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
Because of Hrishikesh’s musical roots, The One AM Radio became an unlikely part of the DIY hardcore scene, playing and touring alongside screamy punk bands in sweaty basements. The homemade recordings were released in the form of EPs and 7”s on a variety of hardcore labels, as well as Hirway’s own DIY imprint, Translucence .
By the time 2004’s A Name Writ In Water was released, people outside of the hardcore community had started to take notice. Pitchfork reviewed the album glowingly, giving it an 8.1 rating, noting “Hirway’s prose is peppered with imagistic bits of landscape. His compositions simply feel colossal…the maps he draws are beautiful.” Time Out New York deemed it one of the top ten albums of the year, and called the “dream mix of vocals, guitars, synths, violins, and ambient beats…both lush and thoughtful.”
That year, between touring and working odd jobs and freelancing as a designer, Hirway began a nomadic lifestyle, criss-crossing the country in his car, with his belongings limited to what could fit in his trunk. He eventually left the US to spend time in his parents’ home country of India, and began writing and recording what would become the album This Too Will Pass while living in Mumbai.
Hirway found himself back in Los Angeles, where he had once lived briefly, but long enough to fall in and collaborate with the likes of Daedelus and the dublab crew, the online radio collective at the heart of the LA experimental electronic scene. This time, shedding the wanderlust that had guided him for so long, he decided to try and make the city his home.
There, he made the acquaintance of the folks at Dangerbird Records, who signed him to release This Too Will Pass .
Los Angeles proved to be a fertile and fortuitous home base for Hirway, as a place where he could continue his unique aesthetic among a collection of luminaries who were like-minded if not exactly like-sounding. He remixed tracks for Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and the Postal Service) and LA beat-scene breakout star Baths, who had been a longtime fan of The One AM Radio. He produced two albums for labelmates Eulogies, and played shows with folks like Juana Molina, El Perro Del Mar, and Damien Jurado when they came through town.
Hrishikesh started making Heaven Is Attached by a Slender Thread during sleepless nights. Tony Hoffer, who has produced albums for Beck, Phoenix, Belle and Sebastian, and Air, ended up hearing demos of some of the early songs and reached out to get involved with the recording. Hoffer took an the role of an advisor, and Hirway would send him his hand-crafted organic electronic songs. Hoffer eventually mixed the album. Baths and his fellow anticon labelmate alias contributed as well, to the songs “Ticking Heart” and “Weathering (The News),” respectively. Hirway’s new bandmates, Fontaine Cole and Scott Leahy, added to the recordings, as well as Daniel Hart, the violinist for St Vincent.
For Hirway, the new LP is about living on the fumes of dreams and hopes, which also happen to be what the plastic city of Los Angeles is built on, and what it is constantly confirming—and betraying. At one point, Hrishikesh’s idea was to make a dance record, and now, he admits, that’s not really how it turned out. But the album does make you want to move, to run, to get in the car and drive fast through the empty city in the middle of the night — to remember how tenuous the hold is on all the things you have, and want, and long for.
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Video: AFD amps up patrol on the bosque
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eff maher is live near central and tingley with what they found. jeff. and tingley with what they found. jeff. the weather is getting hotter, the wind is not going anywhere, and the little rain we've gotten hasn't helped. with that formula in effect, fire crews are coming minute thumbnail 10:01 pm through this area daily -- not just looking for fires, but also, the people who could start them. "i-40 and tramway...no contact" a-f-d wildland firefighter brian not just looking for fires, but also, the people who could start them. "i-40 and tramway...no contact" minute thumbnail 10:02 pm a-f-d wildland firefighter brian fox is not here to take in the sights of the bosque. he's trying to prevent this from happening again. back in june of 2003, a huge fire erupted on all four sides of montano. the only home lost was under construction -- but it gave people a huge scare because of how close it came to so many homes that sit near the river. and then there was the sage fire last june near coors and la orilla. "our whole goal is to catch the fires when they're small and get them out" we went along with fox and his wildland team -- consisting of two trucks, as they patrolled up and down the bosque just south of montano. their presence here --means a faster response time when a fire breaks out. today was calm - "we had a guy that stopped us this morning that had a cut foot" but that calmness -- can change in an instant, fropeople simply not paying attention. "in previous years we've come across some grills with some smoldering charcoal in them" "the wind is heavy out here anyway so even the smallest things can turn into something major" the wildland trucks will be on patrol everyday from noon to eight p-m. and when we get closer to the fourth of july they will be adding trucks, and extending those hours. live near central and tingley. jeff maher. kob. eyewitness news 4.
