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*WATCH THE FILM HERE: Organ Meets Bigband In The Zeughaus Wismar
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by Jon Hammond
Published August 31, 2015
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Topics Meckelnburg Vorpommern, Landesjugendjazzorchester, NDR Archive, Big Band, Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Camera, Zeughaus Wismar, Landesmusikrat, Jon Hammond, #HammondOrgan #Jazz #Wismar
Organ Meets Bigband in The Zeughaus Wismar – Camera: Heinz Lichius Am 30.07.2015 ist das Landesjugendjazzorchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LaJazzO MV) mit seinem diesjährigen Solisten Jon Hammond in der Hansestadt Wismar zu Gast.
Nachdem sich in den vergangenen Jahren das LaJazzO MV mit den in der Big Band vorkommenden Instrumenten musikalisch auseinandersetzte, wird in 2015 die Jazzorgel musikalisch thematisiert werden. Unter dem Titel "Organ meets Big Band" wird dieses sehr traditionsreiche Instrument der Jazzgeschichte in den Mittelpunkt der Konzertreihe im folgenden Jahr gestellt. Als Jazzinstrument wurde es von Fats Waller in den 30er Jahren eingeführt und hatte seine Hochzeit in den 50er Jahren durch seine Vertreter wie Jimmy Smith. Der international renommierte New Yorker Jazzorganist Jon Hammond wird zusammen mit dem LaJazzO MV unter der Leitung von Michael Leuschner den besonderen Charme dieses Instrumentes wieder zum Leben erwecken. Im Programm sind unter anderem Titel von Jimmy Smith, arrangiert von Steve Grey – eine Leihgabe aus dem Archiv der NDR-Bigband.
Jon Hammond studierte in den siebziger Jahren am Berklee College of Music und am City College San Francisco. Konzertreisen führten ihn quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. In seiner eigenen 'Jon Hammond Show' spielte er mit Musikern wie Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge und vielen anderen. Auch in Europa fand und findet seine Musik unverändert viele Anhänger. Die Medien berichten wiederholt von einem unverwechselbaren und prägenden Sound. Jon Hammond hat u.a. auf der 20. Frankfurter Musikmesse mitgewirkt und tritt vornehmlich in Hamburg auf. "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith.
Programm: "Organ meets Bigband"
Leitung: Michael Leuschner
Donnerstag, d. 30.07.2015, 19:00 Zeughaus Wismar
with Elli Soosz, Jan Rolle, Daniel Be, Leon Saleh, Gabriel Rosenbach, Michael Leuschner, Heinz Lichius, Matthis Rasche, Hörni Thorun, Paul Gramkow, Marie Birkholz, Jan Boge, Ole Si, Elisabeth Guericke, Nane Schüßler, Henning Schiewer, Noah Jens, Oliver Herlitzka, Anne-Katrin Meyer and Al Tobias at Zeughaus Wismar
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Producer Tino's Hammond Organ 80th Anniversary Film Documentary Trailer: Tino Pavlis – by Jon Hammond
Published August 13, 2015
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Tino's Hammond Organ 80th Anniversary Film Documentary Trailer with cameo appearances Michael Falkenstein, Joe Berger, Jon Hammond, Shuji Suzuki and Suzuki Musical Instuments Hammond Organ Team, Bernie Capicchiano Bernies Music Land Australia Hammond Distributor, Jon Hammond's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in world famous historic jazzkeller Frankfurt – Outro music "Organ Meets Bigband" Jon Hammond with Landesjugendjazzorchester LaJazzO MV orchestra – Director/Producer: Tino Pavlis, co-producer Joe Berger http://www.HammondCast.com
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Language English
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by Jon Hammond
Published August 8, 2015
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"Organ meets Bigband" das LaJJazzO M-V LandesJugendJazzOrchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern https://www.facebook.com/events/846845685410695/ Am 01.08.2015 ist das Landesjugendjazzorchester Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LaJazzO MV) mit seinem diesjährigen Solisten Jon Hammond wieder im Klostergarten Rostock zu Gast. Covering Jimmy Smith's Back at The Chicken Shack and The Sermon – Nachdem sich in den vergangenen Jahren das LaJazzO MV mit den in der Big Band vorkommenden Instrumenten musikalisch auseinandersetzte, wird in 2015 die Jazzorgel musikalisch thematisiert werden. Unter dem Titel "Organ meets Big Band" wird dieses sehr traditionsreiche Instrument der Jazzgeschichte in den Mittelpunkt der Konzertreihe im folgenden Jahr gestellt. Als Jazzinstrument wurde es von Fats Waller in den 30er Jahren eingeführt und hatte seine Hochzeit in den 50er Jahren durch seine Vertreter wie Jimmy Smith. Der international renommierte New Yorker Jazzorganist Jon Hammond wird zusammen mit dem LaJazzO MV unter der Leitung von Michael Leuschner den besonderen Charme dieses Instrumentes wieder zum Leben erwecken. Im Programm sind unter anderem Titel von Jimmy Smith, arrangiert von Steve Gray – eine Leihgabe aus dem Archiv der NDR-Bigband.
Jon Hammond studierte in den siebziger Jahren am Berklee College of Music und am City College San Francisco. Konzertreisen führten ihn quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. In seiner eigenen 'Jon Hammond Show' spielte er mit Musikern wie Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge und vielen anderen. Auch in Europa fand und findet seine Musik unverändert viele Anhänger. Die Medien berichten wiederholt von einem unverwechselbaren und prägenden Sound. Jon Hammond hat u.a. auf der 20. Frankfurter Musikmesse mitgewirkt und tritt vornehmlich in Hamburg auf. "The Jon Hammond Show" is a funky, swinging Jazz instrumental revue, featuring notable international soloists and reflecting the influences of Miles Davis, The Crusaders and Jimmy Smith.
Programm: "Organ meets Bigband"
Leitung: Michael Leuschner
Samstag, d. 01.08.2015, 20:30 Klostergarten Rostock
Producer Jon Hammond
Language English
Facebook video https://www.facebook.com/jonhammondband/videos/vb.133709526657853/1105371389491657/?type=3&theater
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Leader Michael Leuschner and Jon Hammond with the famous poster for "Organ Meets Bigband" – NDR Jazz archives special arrangements of Steve Gray come back to life here:
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Published July 24, 2015
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Topics Broadcasting, Public Access, Cable Access, MCTV, Manhattan Neighborhood network, #HammondOrgan Dave Van Ronk, Michael Brecker #MichaelBrecker #BarryFinnerty #musikmesse Alan Pasqua
The Tubes – Band Tonight in Bremen Germany ladies and gentlemen! – Coffee Time with The Tubes' Rick Anderson and Prairie Prince – Jon Hammond
L to R Rick Andrson, Jon Hammond, Prairie Prince
The Tubes is a San Francisco-based rock band whose 1975 debut album included the hit single "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics.[citation needed] They are perhaps best remembered for their 1983 single "She's a Beauty", a top 10 U.S. hit with a frequently-played music video in the early days of MTV; and in the 1980 film Xanadu singing the rock portion of the cross-genre song "Dancin'" opposite a big band.
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Genres Rock, punk, hard rock
Years active 1972–present
Labels A&M, Capitol
Website Official website
Members Roger Steen
Prairie Prince
Rick Anderson
Fee Waybill
David Medd
Past members Vince Welnick†
Bill Spooner
Michael Cotten
Bob Mcintosh
Re Styles
Mingo Lewis
Jane Dornacker†
David Killingsworth
Gary Cambra
The Tubes started as a group of high school friends from Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. Two Phoenix bands, the Beans and The Red, White and Blues Band, both relocated to San Francisco in 1969 and eventually merged. The new band's core membership remained largely intact for more than a decade: Fee Waybill (real name John Waldo Waybill) (vocals), Bill "Sputnik" Spooner (guitar, vocals), Roger Steen (guitar), Prairie Prince (real name Charles L. Prince) (drums), Michael Cotten (synthesizer), Vince Welnick (piano), and Rick Anderson (bass). Singer Re Styles (born Shirley Marie MacLeod) (vocals) and ex-Santana percussionist Mingo Lewis were also fixtures for much of the band's early history.[1]
Show business excess was a common theme of the band's early work, with Waybill sometimes assuming the onstage persona of "Quay Lewd" (a pun on Quaalude), a drunk, drugged out, barely coherent lead singer, wearing flashing glasses and stilt-like tall platform shoes.
Debut album[edit]
The Tubes' first self-titled album, The Tubes (1975), was produced by Al Kooper. The track "White Punks on Dope" was an "absurd anthem of wretched excess" and a tribute to their rich, white teenage fan base in San Francisco.[citation needed] Since then the song has been covered by Mötley Crüe, and the German rock musician Nina Hagen took the tune and set new lyrics to it (not a translation of the original lyrics), titled her work TV-Glotzer ("Couch Potato"), and used this song as the opening track of her own debut album Nina Hagen Band, released 1978 on CBS/Germany Records. The album track "What Do You Want from Life?", which became another of the Tubes' signature songs, satirizes consumerism and celebrity culture and climaxes in a "hard-sell" monologue by Waybill, which name-checks celebrities such as Bob Dylan, Paul Williams and Randolph Mantooth, as well as well-known products of the period, including the Dynagym exercise machine and a host of American vehicles such as the Winnebago and the Mercury Montclair.
Second album[edit]
The Tubes' second album, Young and Rich (1976) on A&M Records, was produced by Ken Scott. It featured "Don't Touch Me There", a suggestive duet between Waybill and Re Styles, which was arranged in classic "Wall of Sound" style by Jack Nitzsche. The song was co-written by Ron Nagle and Tubes dancer/vocalist Jane Dornacker, who died in a helicopter crash in 1986.
Third album, a live album, fourth album[edit]
The Tubes' third album gave way to thematic experimentation with Now (1977) and after their live record What Do You Want from Live (1978), recorded during their record breaking run at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, the fourth album for A&M, Remote Control (1979) was a concept album produced by Todd Rundgren about a television-addicted idiot-savant. The cover of Remote Control (1979) shows a baby watching American panel game show Hollywood Squares in a specially made "Vidi-Trainer".
Music videos[edit]
John Tobler opined that with their media savvy and theatrical skills, The Tubes were born to create rock video, but arrived several years too early.[2] However, the band did produce at least one collection of music videos, which were issued on the 1982 Pioneer Artists laserdisc "The Tubes Video" (this videodisc contained versions of twelve of the band's hits, including "White Punks on Dope", "Mondo Bondage", "Talk to Ya Later", and several others from yet-to-be-completed "The Completion Backwards Principle" album, in slickly produced music videos based on the group's stage shows).
Live shows[edit]
The Tubes put their creativity and art skills mainly into their live performances, in which songs could be full-fledged production numbers, from a beach movie parody for "Sushi Girl", to leather clad S&M hijinks in "Mondo Bondage", to the game show antics of "What Do You Want from Life?" At their peak, their live act featured dozens of other performers, including tap dancers and acrobats. The Tubes' stage productions were choreographed by Kenny Ortega and featured cast members Jane Dornacker, LeRoy Jones, Michael Holman, Michael Springer, Cindi Osborn, Heline Gouax, and Mary Niland from 1975-1977. From 1978-1979, the cast included Sharon Collins, Caty Bevan, and Loryanna Catalano. The Completion Backward tour featured Shelly Pang, Cheryl Hangland, Joey Richards, and Cynthia Rhodes. From 1983-1985, Michelle Gray (who later married Todd Rundgren) and Cheryl Hangland were principal dancers. Several crew members — including Tour Manager Steve "Chopper" Borges, Lee Collins, and Gail Lowe — made frequent appearances on stage in various roles as well.[citation needed]
The Tubes' live shows in the late 1970s and early 1980s were rife with allusions to mainstream film [Dr. Strangelove (1964), Rollerball (1975), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978)] then-forgotten B-movies [Wild Women of Wongo (1958), Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)], music (Tom Jones, punk rock, a medley of Nelson Riddle television themes), contemporary pop culture (Patty Hearst, the Viking program), television (Let's Make a Deal, Fernwood 2Nite, the anime Raideen), and literature (Nelson Algren's A Walk on the Wild Side), presaging the subcultural reverence and over-the-top theatricality of later groups like The World/Inferno Friendship Society.[citation needed]
These shows were expensive to produce, however, and while they earned the band a reputation for being one of the most entertaining live acts of the time, by the early 1980s, they found themselves short of money.
Departure from A&M Records and tenure with Capitol Records[edit]
Their fifth studio album, the self-produced Suffer for Sound, was meant to complete the group's contract with A&M. As its style marked a radical new direction for the band, A&M opted for a more conservative outtakes / B-sides / oddities selection titled T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits) (1981).[3] The band was signed to Capitol Records by Bruce Garfield and Bobby Colomby, scaling back the live shows to cut costs and redesigning itself as a leaner ensemble with a view to release more accessible hits.
Fifth and sixth albums[edit]
Suffer For Sound was not released, so their fifth album release was The Completion Backward Principle (1981), another concept album, featuring the classic rock staple "Talk to Ya Later". The album presented itself as a motivational business document, complete with shocking pictures of the band members cleaned up and wearing suits.[citation needed] The band also had their first Top 40 hit in the United States in 1981, "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" (recorded almost entirely by Spooner, without Waybill's participation). The sixth studio album, Outside Inside (1983), followed a few years later and yielded a few hits, including the number 10 (USA) hit "She's a Beauty".
Seventh album and departure from Capitol Records[edit]
In 1985, the band teamed up with Todd Rundgren again for their seventh album, Love Bomb. With Bruce Garfield and Bobby Colomby dropped by Capitol in the company-wide layoffs that took place pre-reorganization, like many of their label mates The Tubes also were released, however, this occurred just as they were going on tour in support of the album. The band found it necessary to self-finance the tour as a matter of respect to honor their commitment to their fans. Between this tour's self-financing and the band's continued self-financing of their San Francisco recording studio built in 1980, the tour left the band in a half million dollars in debt, obliging them to play lesser expensive and smaller venues for a year to pay off their financial commitments.[3]
Waybill departs[edit]
Fee Waybill had already released an unsuccessful solo album (Read My Lips, Capitol Records) in 1984, but during this time, he had also happily enjoyed a fruitful writing partnership with fellow Capitol Records label mate Richard Marx, their most popular and well known collaboration being "Edge of a Broken Heart", recorded by the female band Vixen. Waybill left the band in 1986 ["Fee broke up", one band member said],[citation needed] leaving the band without a lead singer.
Personnel changes[edit]
Later in the year the remaining members of the band took on a longtime friend from Phoenix, Arizona, David Killingsworth, as lead vocalist. Killingsworth was the singer in the Red and White Blues Band with Prairie and Roger. Michael Cotten relocated to New York to pursue a career based on his artwork, stage design and production, and is considered one of the country's top production designers. In the fall of 1988, Bill Spooner traveled his final tour with the band and left in early 1989. Vince Welnick departed as well to take to the road with Todd Rundgren in 1989 and then joined the Grateful Dead in 1990. Gary Cambra joined on keyboards and guitar in 1989. He and Roger Steen took over most the lead vocal duties after Killingsworth left in early 1990.
Waybill returns[edit]
In 1993, Fee Waybill rejoined the band. This lineup toured Europe and released two albums, a compilation and the 1996 album Genius of America. David Medd joined in 1996 to play keyboards alongside Cambra. In 2001, the band released a live CD, The Tubes World Tour 2001, and continued to tour.
On April 22, 2005, a reunion show took place at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, CA, with Waybill, Steen, Anderson, Spooner, Welnick and Cotten. 2005 also saw the release of their live album Wild in London.
In July 2015, the Tubes started a European and U.S. tour, including dates in Germany, Sweden, the UK and the United States and featured 5 band members (Fee Waybill, Roger Steen, Prairie Prince, Rick Anderson & David Medd).
The Tubes Project and other milestones[edit]
Michael Cotten started "The Tubes Project" in 2005, to save and digitize the band's reel to reel and video tape archive. The collection had been kept in the closet of Tubes fan club president Marylin Wood's son after being discarded in the late 1980s. Included in the vault are full color shows taped for TV at Bimbos in San Francisco, 1975 and VARA TV from the 1977 European tour. Over 70 interviews were conducted with band members, crew, managers, cast and colleagues such as Re Styles, Todd Rundgren, Al Kooper, Devo and David Foster. Hundreds of photos were scanned and compiled from band members and fan collections for use in the hour and half documentary.
After leaving the band, Jane Dornacker formed the band Leila and the Snakes and later worked as a traffic reporter. She was killed in a helicopter crash in 1986, whilst giving a live report.
In April 2005, the band reunited for a concert at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, California. It would be the last performance of The Tubes to include Vince Welnick, and the last time the full line up appeared in public.
Pianist Vince Welnick, who suffered from depression, committed suicide on June 2, 2006.
Gary Cambra left the band in 2006 leaving David Medd as their sole keyboardist.
On September 23, 2007, the remaining members of the Tubes reunited in Phoenix for their induction into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame.
On November 10, 2009, "Mondo Birthmark" a CD of previously unreleased rarities was released through the label Fuel 2000. The package was designed by Michael Cotten and Prairie Prince with rare photos and interviews of the group. The demos also feature former member Bob Macintosh on drums.
1972: Tubes appear in Mitchell brothers pornographic film Resurrection of Eve as Jesus Bongo and the Millionaires.
1973: Opened for the New York Dolls at the Matrix, Iggy Pop at Bimbos, and Led Zeppelin at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.
1974: Tubes shoot "video demo" at California Hall, which lands a record deal at A&M Records, Cotten/Prince paint "Flying Record" mural on A&M sound stage.
1975: Tubes play for two weeks of shows at David Allen's nightclub The Boarding House in San Francisco, several sell-out dates at The Roxy in Los Angeles and The Bottom Line in New York. On December 31, they sell out Bill Graham's Winterland Ballroom.[4]
1976: Held residency at Bimbos in San Francisco for one month, Prairie Prince dubbed "The One, The Only" by columnist Herb Caen. Tubes hold "Talent Hunt" at the Boarding House hosted by Martin Mull; Robin Williams is contestant but loses.
1977: Held residency at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for one month, the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles for two shows a night for one month, and Hammersmith Odeon in London for a week.
1978: Headlined the Knebworth Festival with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel. On April 3, The Tubes performed live with Dolly Parton on Cher… Special, in the "Musical Battle to Save Cher's Soul Medley". As the title would imply, the performance was a duel between the forces of good and evil to determine where Cher would spend her eternal destiny. Dolly Parton was dressed in white and, with a team of brightly clad singers, portrayed an angelic host while The Tubes, dressed in black leather and performing "Mondo Bondage", battled to send Cher's soul into eternal damnation. The band also performed the song "Smoke (La Vie en Fumér)", about a guy in a trenchcoat winning over a girl at a bar with his cigarette smoking technique, which employed giant, twelve-foot inflatable cigarettes. At the end of the number the dancers would bash singer Waybill with the giant cigarettes until he was crushed into the ground.[5]
1979: Tubes play Japan; Cotten/Welnick/Prince/Styles appear on Japanese soap opera. Tubes appear in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine.
1980: Made an appearance in the film Xanadu singing the rock portion of the cross-genre song "Dancin'" opposite a big band.
1980: Sold out the Roxy Theatre for 12 shows
1981: Record Grammy nominated "The Tubes Video" at Shepperton Studios, one of the first long form video discs.
1981: Sang "Sushi Girl" and "Talk to Ya Later" on the television sketch comedy program SCTV, Episode #86 airing July 24.
1981: Appeared and sang, "Sushi Girl" and "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" on Tomorrow with Tom Snyder.
1981: Compose the song "Road Map of My Tears" for the film Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, in which Waybill and Welnick appear, among other musicians, as the fictional rock group The Metal Corpses.
1982: Appeared in a commercial for Activision's video game Megamania.
1983: Opened several dates for David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour and on this tour, among other highlights, they were the first artists to ever play the newly opened Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. At the end of the Bowie tour, they played a few shows featuring their classic no-holds-barred theatrics in Portland, Oregon, and other west-coast cities.
1985: Tour with Todd Rundgren's Utopia, play Radio City Music Hall.
1975 The Tubes
Label: A&M
113 —
1976 Young and Rich
Label: A&M
46 —
1977 Now
Released: May 1977
Label: A&M
122 —
1979 Remote Control
Label: A&M
46 40
1981 The Completion Backward Principle
Label: Capitol
36 — CAN: Gold[6]
1983 Outside Inside
Label: Capitol
18 77
1985 Love Bomb
Label: Capitol
87 —
1996 Genius of America
Released: October 15, 1996
Label: Critique
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2002 Hoods from Outer Space
Released: May 22, 2002
Label: Brilliant
Format: 1 Audio CD
— —
2003 White Punks on Dope
Released: November 24, 2003
Label: Acadia Records (UK)
Budget re-release of The Tubes and Young and Rich
Format: 1 Audio CD
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2009 Mondo Birthmark
Released: November 10, 2009
Label: Fuel
Format: Audio CD
1981 T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
Label: A&M
148 —
1992 The Best of the Tubes
Released: November 17, 1992
Label: Capitol
Format: 1 Audio CD
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2000 Millennium Collection: The Tubes
Released: October 17, 2000
Label: [A&M]
Format: 1 Audio CD
1978 What Do You Want from Live
82 38
2001 The Tubes World Tour 2001 (live)
Released: October 10, 2000
Label: CMC
Format: 1 Audio CD; 1 Cassette
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2005 Wild in London
Released: October 2, 2006
Label: Snapper
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2006 Alive in America
Released: '76 live broadcast from LA Shrine
Label: (unsanctioned) Renaissance
Format: Audio CD
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Year Song Peak chart positions Album
Rock UK
1976 "Don't Touch Me There" 61 — — Young and Rich
1977 "White Punks on Dope" — — 28 The Tubes
1979 "Prime Time" — — 34 Remote Control
1981 "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" 35 22 60 The Completion Backward Principle
"Talk to Ya Later" 101 7 —
"Gonna Get It Next Time" — — — Sports Fans
1983 "She's a Beauty" 10 1 79 Outside Inside
"Tip of My Tongue" 52 — —
"The Monkey Time" 68 16 —
1985 "Piece by Piece" 87 25 — Love Bomb
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Video albums[edit]
Year Video details
1981 The Tubes Video
Released: November 15, 1981
Label: Thorn EMI Video (Betamax and VHS), Pioneer Artists (LaserDisc), RCA Corporation (CED)
Format: Betamax, VHS, LaserDisc, CED
Nominated for a Grammy
1982 The Tubes: Live at the Greek
Released: November 1982
Label: Monterey Home Video
Format: Betamax, VHS
MNN Ch 1 Broadcast on Public Access TV Jon Hammond Show preview air time 08/01 1:30 AM Original Music Travel and Soft News long running cable access on Manhattan Neighborhood Network 32nd year, this episode classic Jon Hammond Show opening with Lloyd Lindsay Young then weather man on WOR, followed by a spirited performance of Jon Hammond Band "Get Back in The Groove" in world famous jazzkeller Frankfurt for Jon's annual musikmesse Warm Up Party with Joe Berger guitar, Heinz Lichius drums, Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone, Jon Hammond at the organ – then the late great Dave Van Ronk exclusive on Jon Hammond Show from days of MCTV Manhattan Cable TV, interview with Alan Pasqua – pianist: Alan speaks about playing with ALLAN HOLDSWORTH & TONY WILLIAMS, studying at New England Conservatory with JAKI BAYARD and studio work with numerous artists including KENNY ROGERS, EDDIE MONEY and many more. Currently on-tour with guitarist ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, bassist JIMMY HASLIP and drummer CHAD WACKERMAN – then back in time to a 1984 performance of Barry Finnerty band with the late great tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker in the club "Seventh Avenue South" that was owned by Michael and his brother Randy Brecker in Greenwich Village. Followed by Joe Franklin king of Radio and TV recently sadly passed away promoting Jon Hammond Show HammondCast ©JON HAMMOND International http://www.HammondCast.com
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by Jon Hammond
Published July 12, 2015
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Get Back In The Groove by Jon Hammond Funk Unit on the Acoustic Nation NAMM Stage in Concert – Artist Info
Joe Berger: Guitar
Roland Barber: Trombone
Louis Flip Winfield: Percussion
Jon Hammond: Organ
Cord Martin : Tenor Saxophone
Jazz JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco Languages: English, German Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Hammond Organ. Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world. Jon has played professionally since age 12. Beginning as a solo accordionist, he later played Hammond B3 organ in a number of important San Francisco bands. His all original group HADES opened shows for Tower of Power, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Michael Bloomfield. Eddie Money and Barry Finnerty became musical associates. Moving East he attended Berklee College of Music and played venues as diverse as Boston's "Combat Zone" in the striptease clubs during the '70's and the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club in Cape Cod, where he was house organist with the late great trumpet player Lou Colombo and developed a lasting friendship with House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He also toured the Northeast and Canada with the successful show revue "Easy Living", and continued his appearances at nightclubs in Boston and New York. Subsequently Hammond lived and traveled in Europe, where he has an enthusiastic following. TV/Video Producer: In 1981 Jon formed BackBeat Productions. Assisted by Lori Friedman (Video by LORI), the innovative TV show "The Jon Hammond Show" became a Manhattan Cable TV favorite. Jon's "Live on the street" video style included news events, as well as live music/video clips of Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Butterfield, Jaco Pastorius, John Entwistle, Sammy Davis Jr., Percy Sledge and many others. The weekly show is now in it's 32ns year and has influenced the broadcasts of David Letterman and others. Billboard Magazine hailed Jon's show as "The Alternative to MTV"
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Check this out:
It's a joke (a pretty good one, IMO)--but it does raise issues with the pervasiveness of trends of dysfunction in the RPG experience.
My own experience has been substantially different than many people's here (it seems) although I count 'munchkins,' 'rules lawyers,' and combat-only-the-rest-of-the-game-is-too-wordy players in past and present groups (and, of course, those terms are being used as lables that would describe patterns of behavior in common gamer parlance).
There's a thread on RPGnet that discusses RPG's as a 'Trust' exercise (like when you close your eyes and fall backwards and trust another guy to catch you). In that case the analogy was drawn between the GM and the players (the players are trusting the GM with the massive bulk of the directoral power).
That thread struck a chord with me: one of the things that really changed for me in my gaming experience was looking at being GM as being an "elected leader for the night"--someone who was tasked to do a (perhaps) difficult job of mediating, providing story material (be it 'meat' or 'a plot line' or just a string of 'interesting combats'--depending on the player in question).
While it was a combination of the RPGnet thread (which is excellent--some people say "yes, gaming is a trust exercise--and that's a merrit!"--an interesting perspective) and the above article that got me thinking about what changed for me, it wasn't a "realization that there were other 'correct' ways to play."
I had a player argue after an Area of Effect blast (HEro) did some unintended (minor) damage above the target area that it shouldn't have happened: the rules didn't specify '
' in the name of the effect so it should be 2-dimentional (it was an energy grenade).
I've had someone tell me that was simply standard--if heavy handed-- (which in context of the discussion I think meant 'acceptable') Gamist behavior. I don't think it was. I didn't rule his way back in highschool and I wouldn't today--but today I might've dropped the unintended side-effect if it was causing problems--or told him that I wasn't going to argue it either way, but that we could come up with a substantial ruling for future games (AOE's are 3D in my Hero games).
I guess the point of this thread (other than sharing the link) was to invite discussion about how you've dealt with (or are dealing with) dysfunctional gaming. Has GNS cleared it all up for you? Are you still having problems? What worked? What didn't?
Obviously some people have found changing games works wonders (Inspecters, for example). Anything else? And what about the trust issue: how much/how far do you trust your GM -- or how far do you think your players trust you as GM?
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Frankly, I feel it is the duty of the GM to earn their players' trust. Now, what I mean by this is to earn their players trust as a fair and reasonable moderator; I ran a game before with hundreds of players, and at times was insane enough to run single events with over twenty participating at once. I yet have over a thousand sheets from that game on my comp. I enjoyed it... and I'd argue as thoroughly for somebody I entirely disliked if something wrong was done to them as I would for my friends. I was respected because you didn't have to like me, or even my style, to get a fair shake. At the same time, of course, I was widely known as devious and tricky when it came to my plots and scenarios... that is not a breach of trust, naturally, but a separate issue, and I was proud that my players trusted me and were ever paranoid and wary playing under me. I did not abuse them... but I certainly kept them on their toes.
It is difficult to trust GMs who engage in favoritism or who take unusual delight in massacring and mangling the PCs, and I mean beyond the usual deviance needed to be a good GM. ::chuckles:: Sometimes snap decisions in game can be good, to make things more realistic when something wasn't thought of... and then again, I knew a fellow staffer in my old game I would ny play under, because if he did not like an item or felt his characters should simply be able to shrug off a spell, or so on, they did, and his chaotic rulings on events and actions was a major turn off. I agree with your jugdgement call about this energy grenade, however, and believe you would call it a precedent for future AoE effects, and leave it at that. It is best to try to warn players when you are going to do things not found in the system, or tweak the way it works, but we can't foresee all situations, and it helps when the players can trust in you to make the right call.
And naturally some will whine, and grouse, and feel otherwise. This is epsecially true when you are running in a public game, or have a limited player pool to choose from, or just wind up with a player who is usually tolerable but occassionally.... well. Part of being a good GM, I feel, is to be able to bend and go with the flow.
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This is a cycle we've seen before. Weinberg notes that "incumbent companies" put up similar fights against the printing press, photo copiers, VCRs, and even the personal computer. In the case of the PC, writes Weinberg, "these interests pushed through laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that made it harder to use computers in new and innovative ways." The challenge for the fledgling 3D printing industry is to understand "how intellectual property law relates to 3D printing, and how changes might impact 3D printing's future," so that it will be ready to fight "before incumbents try to cripple 3D printing with restrictive intellectual property laws."
While patent and trademark law may be used by established industries to trample 3D printing, both have a number of limitations that will make them difficult to use against home 3D printing, explains Weinberg. Instead, threatened industries will likely seek to strengthen copyright laws to make the recreation of objects — or even the creation of objects that perform the same function as a copyrighted item — illegal.
"Useful objects could be protected for decades after creation. Mechanical and functional innovation could be frozen by fears of massive copyright infringement lawsuits," warns Weingberg. "Furthermore, articles that the public is free to recreate and improve upon today (such as a simple mug or bookend) would become subject to inaccessible and restrictive licensing agreements."
At the very least, says Weinberg, "rightsholders could insist that, in order to avoid liability, 3D printer manufacturers incorporate restrictive DRM that would prevent their printers from reproducing CAD designs with 'do not copy' watermarks."
What next?
As mentioned, the goal of Weinberg's paper is to prepare the 3D printing industry and its customers for a coming legal battle over this emerging technology. For the moment, however, 3D printing remains a niche hobby — and an expensive one at that. Even the least expensive 3D printers, ones that must be put together at home and almost require a computer science degree to get working properly, cost around $1,000. And most of what can be made using a 3D printer are small nicknacks: figurines, gears, or nifty pieces of artwork — items that littered many of the Maker Faire booths this weekend. But if the technology were free to advance at its current rate, say enthusiasts, one day soon, it may be possible to create an unlimited number of things, both original creations or replicas of other products.
If Weinberg is right, so-called incumbent companies will flex whatever muscles they can to stop that day from ever arriving. And if you believe the hype around the possibilities of 3D printing, it's hard to not feel at least a bit of sympathy for these companies (and those they employ); the danger of disruption really is, it seems, that high. After all, "you wouldn't steal a car," as the now-infamous anti-piracy ad asserted. No — but what if you could download one?
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Now when I'm mentalist myself in learn something else, I try to find the word and write it in some kind personal list, I have said that before and I have took note of all the leant the same day, and when I need to remember the same word, I'm going to my personal notebook, when I have wrote all my translations before, so I can remind the phrase again, you can't find against your own brain because sometimes that tend to be a lot of information, inclusive in my work when I'm learning some new for me, something unknown for me, I mean, I'm computer engineer and my work is very technical, and the books about informatics and server likely coming up wrote in English, then as I don't know technical English, I can't read very well all the book and sometimes I have doubts about my information gotten in the books.
Then I believe the amount isn't important, the important here in the this moment is the quality with you are learning the language.
You don't need to write a long text for lean new words or practice more your skills not I don't think so, I think that you can achieve more with your reading and your practice speaking with someone who speak the language that you are leaning.
Sincerely yours.
We are building the most important dare for my life and my family feature now we are installing new services in telecoms.
It seems like about 50% of the words are the same as in English, just spelled differently. The rest of the words are what you would learn in the first two weeks of a Spanish class: "Uno, o, un, también, y, éste, del, es, que, y, para, en, de, otros, con, a, lo, por, al, cual, se, le, a, el, nombre, llama" Those are all very easy words. The only ones that you would't learn in the first two weeks are "ordinador, amplia, gama". You'd have to look these up... Unless you could guess by context, or if you knew High School French, you'd see that "ordinador" looks just like "ordinateur" (as well as being able to figure out what "le, se, de, y", etc. mean.
Even if you didn't take Spanish or any other Romance language at all, and just spoke English, you would be able to get the gist of the article, esp. if you circled all the words that were the same as in English and filled in the missing of's the's, and's, etc.
Also the shear number of cognates* means that translating the text in your head to English without writing it down would be very easy, whatever ones level of Spanish. Unlike reading a text in Croatian, where even if you knew every word, almost none of them look the same as English, and you'd go cross-eyed trying to translate it in your head, unless you were quite advanced in the language.
The shear number of cognates* in English and technical Spanish means that while reading, you can go for long periods of time without having to look up every word--which would seriously disrupt the flow of reading, and would no longer be called "reading" but rather an exercise in making flash cards/vocabulary list, which while valuable would so seriously disrupt the flow of your conscious understanding of the text, that you would end up understanding nothing that you had read.
So basically I'm surprised that you find reading technical English so difficult, as English speakers find technical Spanish so easy to comprehend. The only exception would be if it is so technical that it was beyond ones comprehension, like certain types of quantum physics books, for instance. But the fault would not be the fact that they were written in Spanish, because one would be unable to understand them even if they were written in English!
In fact, technical Spanish is even easier than even content written for young children, when you are first learning Spanish. I'm finally getting better at reading books, understanding cartoons and such for young children in Spanish, as my basic vocabulary is increasing. But before, whereas technical Spanish was all English to me, whereas children's books were all Greek to me.
Poetry in Spanish is still very difficult, but is getting slightly better. Before, Spanish poetry was as intelligible as this:
Which is in Croatian! I think that part comes from the Bible, but I can't be certain. That's about how intelligible Spanish poetry was to me initially. There isn't a single word I can understand. I'd have to look up every single word in that text. That's not *reading*, that's preparing flash cards, and getting ones hands tired flipping through the dictionary, or reading the footnotes for each word! I've gotten (very) slightly better, so far, so now I can pick out a few words in Spanish poetry, so it's starting to look less like Croatian to me.
Notice what a difference that is compared to technical Spanish! In that article about Computers in Spanish, there were only 3 words in about 80 that I wouldn't be able to understand after a few weeks of taking Spanish (2 words if I knew even the most rudimentary French.)
Sent from my Smartphone. Oy, my hands hurt now My internet connection at home is down today.
No van a creer lo que vi, oí y experimenté hoy. Fui a la oficina de correos aquí en California/U.S. para enviar un paquete y fuera de la oficina de correos era una joven de unos treinta años. Tenía un bebé con ella en un cochecito de bebé y un letrero que decía: Sin trabajo, sin dinero, con niños, por favor ayuda. Pensé que tal vez era una hispana de modo que hablé con ella en español. Ella me contestó en español pero con una evidente acento extranjero que me mostró que no era una parlante nativa de español. Le pregunté de dónde era y me dijo Bosnia. Luego le pregunté si ella había aprendido a hablar español en Bosnia o en Europa. Dijo que no, que había aprendido a hablar español en los EE.UU./California mirando telenovelas en español. Traté entonces de hablar con ella en inglés. No me entiendía nada. Yo no podía creer! Ella ha aprendido español en los EE.UU., pero no inglés. Eso es muy divertido y interesante para mi pero al mismo tiempo muestra hasta que punto una persona puede aprender el español mirando novelas en español en el televisor.
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Es una lástima que ella era afanática de telenovelas hispanas en lugar de telenovelas anglos. En California, si mirara a programas en inglés seguro que tendría más facilidad encontrar empleo y alojamiento. Aunque en partes de EEUU tiene aspectos bilingües, la mayoría del poder está en las manos de los que hablan inglés
When in Rome....
Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias.
Bajo esas condiciones los compañeros de trabajo le hablarán en castellano a esa refugiada, por lo tanto es de esperar que sepa más castellano que inglés.
Y así se sigue escribiendo la historia.
Yo por lo menos trataba de enseñarles inglés laboral así como guías de comportamiento tanto en el ámbito laboral como en el cotidiano.
Para tener enemigos no hace falta declarar una guerra; solo basta decir lo que se piensa.
Mi punto era mostrar cuanto español se puede aprender
mirando las telenovelas en español.
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Bueno pues por mi parte creo que es mejor la inmersión en un país anglosajón, sin embargo para iniciar si es mejor tener buenas bases en el idioma en mi caso hice 2 trimestres en Madrid y me ayudo mucho para mi posterior viaje a Escocia, lo agradecí mogollón, igual tienes muchos recursos en internet; podcasts en BBC, videos, música, Netflix puedes ver series y ayuda mucho. Por supuesto ya hablando ingles sí que se abren muchas puertas. Buen día!
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My 5 Recommended Methods for Learning Spanish [#5 is the best]
As someone who has lived in Uruguay and Colombia for the last 10 years, I have become fluent in Spanish and have helped a lot of Spanish speakers become fluent in English.
I have narrowed down language learning methodologies to five specific things which are as follows:
I hope this helps someone out there and if you have any questions just hit me up. Have a great day!
Cheers, Richard
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It's spring break and the kids need to be stimulated, entertained and educated, so here's a spring break refresher course.
It's spring break and the kids need to be stimulated, entertained and educated, so here's a veritable spring break refresher course. Study this guide of 101 things to do during spring break, then consider yourself a graduate of the school of kids' amusement.
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1. Planet Lazer — Richmond, Langley, New Westminster and Burnaby. Commando laser tag action in an impressive arena with plenty of sniper spots. www.planetlazer.net
2. Go-karts — Richmond. Make like Mario Andretti at one of Western Canada's largest kart tracks. www.richmondgokarts.com
3. Playdome — BC Place. Canada's largest indoor carnival rocks 45 rides, including the 100-foot Mega Drop, Ring of Fire, Super Shot, the Zipper and more, with games and a carnival concession. www.bcplacestadium.com
4. Indoor Trampoline Park — Richmond. Canada's largest indoor trampoline park offers a football field-sized arena of interconnected jumping zones. www.extremeairpark.com
5. North Shore Paintball — North Vancouver. Intense, simulated war game for Terminator fans in wild indoor/outdoor terrain. www.nspaintball.ca
6. Monkido Aerial Adventure — Maple Ridge. Swing, jump, and zip line through jungle-inspired obstacle courses built with cargo nets, rope swings, tightropes, swinging logs, wobbly bridges, and more. wildplay.com.
7. Grouse Mountain Ziplines — North Vancouver. Soar over the treetops at speeds reaching 80 km/h. Dress warmly, as though you're going for a winter motorcycle ride. Grousemountain.com
8. Fly Zone Bodyflight — Richmond. Experience the world of skydiving, safely, without having to jump out of an airplane. www.flyzone.ca
5. Cliffhanger — Richmond, Coquitlam, Vancouver. Now is the time for the aspiring Spider-Man (or woman) to learn the ropes. Experienced climbing instructors are on hand. cliffhangerclimbing.com
10. Ocean kayaking — Vancouver. Guided tours begin with an introduction to the sport and offer a choice of three beautiful locations. Ecomarine.com
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11. Archery — North Vancouver. Thanks to Hunger Games, it's hip to be a toxophilite (a student or lover of archery). The Introduction to Archery course includes six sessions. northshorearchers.com
12. Swordplay – Vancouver. Drop cool Jedi moves, Luke Skywalker-style. Free trial classes are available. www.academieduello.com
13. Circus arts — New Westminster. See amazing children learn circus feats — unicycle, juggling, tight wire, trapeze, trampoline, acrobatics and more. The final day of camp features a student-led show for friends and family. www.vancouvercircusschool.ca
14. Martial arts — Vancouver. Develop your mind/body connection and maximize your hidden greatness at Vancouver's top ranked Purple Dragon Academy. Book a free class. www.purpledragonacademy.ca
15. Skateboarding — Vancouver. Master proper balance and tricks during one-on-one lessons as well as group camps. www.skateboardlessons.ca/classes/vancouver-bc (via Go Skate Canada.)
16. African drums — Vancouver. Pick up basic conga patterns that work in a rock band. Drums supplied. www.drumming.ca
17. Pottery — Vancouver. At Claytek Studios, which has a great view of False Creek, classes include unlimited studio access. www.claytekstudio.com
18. Farming — Vancouver. Six to 11-year-olds take on real farm responsibilities — milk the goats, collect eggs, bake pizza (but first plant the wheat and mill the flour). www.southlandsfarms.com
19. Cycling – Vancouver. Six sessions combine learning road rules and how to ride. www.bikesense.bc.ca/courses.htm
20. Cooking — Vancouver. Learn to create a nutritious meal from scratch using seasonal produce in the comfort of your own home. www.dizzywhisk.com.
21. Private detective work — Vancouver Police Museum. Solve a stolen painting crime using forensic investigation, including analyzing fingerprints, shoe, tire and bullet evidence. www.vancouverpolicemuseum
22. Archeology — Surrey. Learn to identify remains of plants and animals from different geological periods at the Focus on Fossils exhibit at Surrey Museum. www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation
23. Astronaut — North Vancouver. Using motorized Lego, kids build models related to space exploration and extraterrestrial worlds. www.northvanrec.com/programs
24. Swimming — UBC. Children can improve their swim skills and strokes. Also includes sports and games, and arts and crafts. aquatics.ubc.ca
25. Horseback riding — Vancouver. Campers learn to care for "their" pony and basic skills. On the final day, parents attend a show. www.ponymeadows.com
26. Soccer — Burnaby. Students learn new techniques and to make the best of those new skills during team play. The camp also serves as tryouts for the full-time program. www.romantulis.com
27. Badminton — Vancouver. Pick up skills on the world's largest badminton floor, also the home of Canada's No. 1 ranked player Anna Rice. www.badminton-vancouver.com
28. Track & Field – UBC. Explore sprints, hurdles, middle distance, jumping and throwing events, and see which one you're best at. camps.ubc.ca/programs/spring.php
29. Hockey – UBC. Includes two ice times per day, plus off-ice activities like swimming, tennis, floor hockey, and more. camps.ubc.ca/programs/spring.php
30. Basketball — Surrey. This Kwantlen University program helps young athletes play at their full potential by cultivating character through basketball. www.excelbasketball.net
31. Tennis – UBC. Learn the fundamentals of tennis — all the strokes, the scoring system and how to play matches. www.tennis.ubc.ca
32. Gymnastics — Vancouver. For budding Nadia Comanecis — the instructor to student ratio is 1:6 for kids three to eight years old. www.jumpgymnastics.ca
33. Skiing — Cypress Mountain. Energetic instructors ensure kids learn to ski, or improve their skills, while having a great time exploring the mountain. cypressmountain.com/Raven-Riders-Youth-Camps
34. Golf — Coquitlam. Learn the game of golf from CPGA-certified professionals, who keep the emphasis on fun. www.eaglequestgolf.com.
35. Volleyball — North Vancouver. Take "Dynamic" Dan Miscisco's spring break volleyball camp then rule the beach this summer. www.dynamicdancamps.com
Off-the-Beaten Track Hits
36. Canadian Museum of Flight — Langley. Explore a collection of 70 vintage aircraft, climb inside the outdoor planes and helicopters, and learn about the history of flight from enthusiastic staff. www.canadianflight.org
37. Bloedel Conservatory — Vancouver. A warm, lush place in Queen Elizabeth Park with flowers and trees you rarely see elsewhere. Play a fun game and find all the exotic birds on the list. vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/bloedel-conservatory
38. Britannia Mine Museum — Britannia Beach. Riding a rickety boxcar through a copper mine tunnel gives a sense of what it was like for miners in the old days. Check out the massive mining trucks and pan for gold. britanniaminemuseum.ca.
39. B.C. Sports Hall of Fame — BC Place. Learn about B.C.'s sporting history then hit the Participation Gallery's race car simulator, arm wrestling machine, climbing wall, and more. bcsportshalloffame.com
40. Pacific Museum of the Earth — UBC. Rock out in a spectacular display of rocks, minerals, and fossils. Plus it features a full-on Lambeosaurus dinosaur skeleton. www.eos.ubc.ca/public/museum/
Spring Break Camps
41. UBC Ropes Course — UBC. Campers spend a week in a forested jungle gym, loaded with all manner of climbing contraptions woven through trees. Team building is central; many of the high moves involve assists. camps.ubc.ca/programs/spring.php
42. Camp Jubilee — Meet in Deep Cove. Marshmallows and campfires, hiking, archery, kayaking, crafts and games are on the agenda at this hidden gem in Indian Arm with rustic cabin accommodation. www.campjubilee.ca
43. Whitecaps FC Camps — Vancouver. Take your game to the next level with instruction from Whitecaps FC staff coaches, with visits by Whitecaps players. www.whitecapsfc.com/youth/programs/camps
44. West Point Grey Academy — Vancouver. The secret's out: The public can access private school spring break camps, this one featuring ping-pong, cooking, floor hockey, improv shows, scavenger hunts and more. ("More fun than Disneyland," said one participant.) www.wpga.ca
45. Camp Sing! Dance! Act! — North Vancouver. From auditions to the final bow, campers experience the fun and hard work it takes to put on a musical. www.northvanrec.com/programs
46. Music for Pop Mozart — UBC. The camp is designed to draw the musician out of everyone with beginner guitar, percussion, computer music, and more. camps.ubc.ca/programs/spring.php
47. Bike Adventure Camp — Vancouver. Bike around Stanley Park Seawall, participate in a bike skills rodeo and more. www.vanymca.org/camps/daycamps.html.
48. Teen Sketch Comedy Camp — Vancouver. At the Roundhouse Community Centre, five comedians teach the basics of sketch comedy, culminating in an evening public performance. www.vact.ca
49. SFU Out Trippers — Burnaby. Each day features new fun — skating, swimming, bowling, laser tag, Science World, a movie at Metrotown. www.sfu.ca/camps/springcamps/springbreak.html
50. Adventures Abound — UBC. This ultimate kids package includes snowtubing, Watermania, Planet Lazer, Cliffhanger, Science World, and more. camps.ubc.ca/programs/spring.php
Animal adventure
51. Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre — Langley. The leading Canadian facility for endangered wildlife hosts B.C.'s rarest mammal, rarest bird and rarest amphibian. Pre-booked tours only. www.mtnviewconservation.org
52. Maplewood Farm — North Vancouver. Collect eggs, groom ponies, prepare animal feed and explore "staff only" areas of the working 200-animal farm. Maplewoodfarm.bc.ca
53. George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary — Westham Island, Fraser River. See how many of the 230 species of birds that have appeared at the sanctuary you can spot. www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com
54. Secret World of Sharks and Rays — Vancouver. This Vancouver Aquarium exhibit is Jawsome! Learn wild facts about tropical sharks, and the 14 shark species that swim in B.C. waters. www.vanaqua.org
55. Cinemazoo — Surrey. This place usually works with film crews, but a trained animal expert will bring a tarantula, alligator, snapping turtle, boa constrictor or other exotic animals to your home for a price. Cinemazoo.com.
56. OWL (Orphaned Wild Life) Rehabilitation Society — Delta. Get close to majestic bald eagles, super cute snowy owls, falcons, vultures and more. www.owlcanada.org
57. Greater Vancouver Zoo — Aldergrove. Commune with grizzly bears, Arctic wolf, camels, mountain sheep, hippopotamus and more. www.gvzoo.com.
58. Bees and Bugs Lab — Cloverdale. Scorpions? Check. Tarantulas? Check. Plus a live bee colony at work in a glass observation hive. This cute space delivers. www.honeybeecentre.com
59. Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey — Maple Ridge. Learn how to handle a bird, then walk through the woods with it on your fist. www.raptorsridge.com/
Day tripper
60. Bowen Island. Take a 15-minute ferry to an island that seems set in a time when hippies spread the love. Spend a car-free day exploring Snug Cove shops, Artisan Square, and Crippen Park. www.bowen-island-bc.com
61. Chuckanut Drive. Just south of Bellingham in Washington State lies a winding 21-mile seaside road presenting spectacular views, state parks, great hiking trails and first-rate oyster restaurants. chuckanutdrive.com
62. Whistler. Each Wednesday evening through March is family night, with free activities at Whistler Olympic Plaza including glitter bombing, giant bubble blowing, tobogganing and skating. And, as if you need reminding, don't leave without riding the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. www.whistler.ca
63. Harrison Hot Springs. Surrounded by mountains and a sandy beach, the Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa, with its five naturally hot pools, and waterfall sculpture setting, is a great place for families. www.harrisonresort.com
64. Steveston Village. Fans of the TV show Once Upon a Time know it is filmed at this picturesque fishing community. Kids will enjoy looking at the boats and Moncton Street's small town charm.
65. Fort Langley. Experience the history of the fur trade while exploring a trading post set up by the Hudson's Bay Company. Then browse the heritage village's art galleries and shops. www.fortlangley.com
10 Best Vancouver Hikes (Ranked easy to hard)#
66. Pacific Spirit Regional Park — Surrounds UBC. Immerse yourself in wilderness right in the city, take a short walk or make a full-day excursion in dense forest, or along the beach. www.metrovancouver.org
67. Rice Lake — Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. An easy, stroller-smooth trail meanders around a mountain lake, past picnic tables and a fishing pier. Serene and lush. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/rice-lake
68. Finn Slough – Near Steveston. Explore a quirky, rickety floating house community established in the 1880s. Once there were dozens of such villages on the banks of the Fraser; this one's the last. www.finnslough.com
69. Lighthouse Park — West Vancouver. Trails hug the rocky coast and wind deep into the rainforest, then jut out on high peaks for views of the water. A quintessential Vancouver nature experience. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/lighthouse-park/
70. Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge — North Vancouver. An awesome bridge in a magical forest swings 50 metres above a river canyon. Smaller than the Capilano Suspension Bridge, but free. www.dnv.org/ecology
71. Cypress Falls Park — West Vancouver. Just a short walk through a dense forest leads to two beautiful waterfalls. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/cypress-falls
72. Capilano Canyon — North Vancouver. Hiking the 2.6 km trail below Capilano Suspension Bridge offers stunning views of the canyon and Grouse Mountain. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/capilano-canyon
73. Dog Mountain — via Mount Seymour. Rugged, but mostly flat terrain through astonishing forest with breathtaking, panoramic views at the end. Easy to traverse in the snow. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/dog-mountain
74. Stawamus Chief — Squamish. The second largest granite monolith in the world has three domed summits to hike, all accessed by a trail that starts near stupendous Shannon Falls. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/stawamus-chief/
75. Hollyburn Mountain — Cypress Mountain. An uphill snowshoe route to the peak rewards climbers with a spectacular view of Georgia Straight, the Lions, and the nearby Grouse Mountain area. www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/hollyburn-mountain/
Best Vancouver Attractions
76. Capilano Suspension Bridge — North Vancouver. One of North America's longest and highest suspension bridges sways and shakes in a thrillingly-good way. Also worthy: totem poles, Cliffwalk and Treetops Adventure. www.capbridge.com
77. Vancouver Aquarium — Vancouver. Beluga whales the size of mini-buses are the big draw, but countless other weird and wonderful sea creatures and an exotic tropical environment also captivate. www.vanaqua.org
78. Museum of Anthropology — UBC. World class museum focuses on First Nations' history and art. Extraordinary totem poles. moa.ubc.ca
79. Grouse, Cypress, Seymour mountains — North Vancouver. Savvymom.ca ranks Grouse as most kid-friendly, others say Cypress is best for longer runs, while many swear by Seymour's terrain, like one giant snowboard park. vancouversnorthshore.com/what-to-do-outdoors/mountains
80. Science World — Vancouver. A full slate of fun is on tap for spring break, including model train madness, build your own roller coaster, and bridge building and breaking. www.scienceworld.ca
81. H.R. MacMillan Space Centre — Vancouver. Spotlights Canada's role in space. Exhibits deal with the feeling of being in space, space explorations, and a space-flight simulator. www.spacecentre.ca/
82. Beaty BioDiversity Museum — Go for the giant blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling. Stay for the thousands of other skeletons and preserved plant, animal and fossil specimens to look at. www. beatymuseum.ubc.ca
Hey, Picasso!
83. Place des Arts Spring Break Camp — Coquitlam. Popular camps offer pottery, fibre arts, animation and more, for kids, and television, theatre and film production for teens. www.placedesarts.ca
84. Arts Umbrella Spring Break Camp — Granville Island and Surrey South. Kids can experience the joy of creating through drawing, painting, hip hop, dress-up drama, digital art, sculpture and more. www.artsumbrella.com
85. Art Explorers Spring Break Camp — West Vancouver Museum. Art-astic experience designed to develop the ability to express ideas through drawing, painting, and sculpture. www.northvanrec.com/programs/day-camps. aspx
86. Family Fuse Spring Break — Vancouver Art Gallery. Funny and informed guides lead tours through the boundary-pushing Art Spiegelman show, then families hone their fine art skills together. vanartgallery.bc.ca
87. North Vancouver Community Arts Council — Maplewood House. Learn to draw animals, make a papier mâché mask, and create a monster from recycled materials. nvartscouncil.ca
Best indoor thrills
88 Riverport Sports and Entertainment Complex — Richmond. This one-stop family fun centre features Watermania (with two three-storey waterslides), Zone Bowling, Richmond Ice Centre, Go Bananas, Silver City movie theatre and restaurants. riverport.ca
89 The Dry Spot Indoor Sk8Park — Vancouver. Vancouver's only indoor skateboard park. Certified skateboard instructions show kids how to execute that ollie to perfection. www.skatethedryspot.com
90. Captain Kid's Fun Centre — Langley. Features an 18-metre triple slide (good for racing), the super-fast lava slide (not for the timid), tunnels, climbing aparatus, rides, obstacle courses and more. www.sportsplexbc.com/facilities/captain-kids-fun-centre
91. The Great Escape — Langley. Slip on a harness and take on Air Trek, an obstacle course in the air, improve your bowling and mini golf games, play laser tag, and go ballistic in the ball shooter zone. www.thege.ca
92. 6 Pack Indoor Beach — Richmond. Canada's only indoor beach offers volleyball and every other beach sport year round, plus the biggest sandbox you'll ever make a castle in. 6packbeach.com
93. Koko's Activity Centre — Port Moody. Features a giant climbing structure, three slides, movie area, merry-go-round rides and miniature car rides. Honourable mention: Crash Crawly's, Go Bananas, and Jungle Jacs. www.kokos.ca
Money's no object
94. Helicopter tour — Vancouver/Richmond Heliport. Blackcomb Aviation will give you and six of your friends a potent high for $3,000 an hour. www.blackcombhelicopters.com
95. Guided fishing tour — Vancouver. March sees solid numbers of chinook salmon with five or six fish hooked per trip. Full day $1,000 for six. www.vancouverfishingtrips.com
Choice free/low cost activities
96 Granville Island Kids Market — Vancouver. Highlights of this kid heaven include the toy-tastic Kaboodles store, Kite and Puppet Shop, Adventure Zone (with a four-level playspace) and Circuit Circus (for 25 cents a pop, play pinball till you drop). www.kidsmarket.ca
97. Stanley Park — Vancouver. Circle Lost Lagoon, walk the seawall, check out eight totem poles, ride the miniature train, and discover the place within the deep forest where you can't hear a single city sound. vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/stanley-park.
98. Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday night — Vancouver. Finally, an excuse to read comics at an art gallery. Renegade Art Speigleman's retrospective inspires for revealing the sheer range of adventures and emotions comics can portray. By donation. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
99. Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory — Vancouver. Every clear Saturday evening, the half-metre telescope is focused on whatever stars or planets are worth watching that night. www.spacecentre.ca/gms
100. Skating — Vancouver. The trick about playing tag on the rink: You must be extremely subtle, no disrupting the flow of skaters in this game of speed, precision and silence. Every community centre rink offers Low Cost Skate, for $1.50 to $3. vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/ice-rinks.aspx
101. Celtic Village at CelticFest — Vancouver. The village offers free Celtic music, a street market, Kids' Celtic Corner, dance performances, food and other family-friendly activities this weekend. www.celticfestvancouver.com


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