The Yellowstone Supervolcano

by Jack Brummet, Cringe Ed.

On on January 1, 2009, a warning was posted by geologist Christopher C. Sanders:

"I am advising all State officials around Yellowstone National Park for a potential State of Emergency. In the last week over 300 earthquakes have been observed by the USGS. We have a 3D view on the movement of magma rising underground. We have all of the pre- warning signs of a major eruption from a super volcano. I want everyone to leave Yellowstone National Park and for 200 miles around the volcano caldera."

Mr. Sanders was off by some unknown interval. The supervolcano has yet to blow. If it were to blow, from what I saw on the island of Thira (a/k/a Santorini) in Greece, 200 miles might be just enough distance to survive.

Read the article on Santorini's supervolcano here, on All This Is That.
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Ivanov's landing: pilot error at the Gatchina Military Flying School

By Jack Brummet, Travel Ed.

Flying cadets, circa 1914, at the Gatchina Military Flying School near Petrograd, point fingers at student pilot “Ivanov" after the crash landing in which he "injured only his dignity."  This image is from the collection of Alexander Riaboff (1895-1984) who served in the Russian Army Air Service and trained at Gatchina. Riaboff is one of the cadets pointing fingers at Ivanov. 

[Image Number: SI-90-5858 Credit: National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution]"

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Favorite all time album titles

By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.

• The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire - McLusky
• The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get -  Joe Walsh
• Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile
• Greatest Hits Vol. III - Umphrey's McGees' first album
• Did I Shave My Legs For This? - Deana Carter
• You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic - Ian Hunter
• Vulgar Display of Power  -  Pantera
• Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch - Frank Zappa
• Hairway To Steven - Butthole Surfers
• A Momentary Lapse of Reason  -  Pink Floyd
• Fear of a Black Planet  -  Public Enemy
• Rum, Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues
• Weasels Ripped My Flesh  -  The Mothers of Invention
• More Songs About Buildings and Food  -  Talking Heads
• I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
• Songs About F**king -  Big Black
• Free your mind and your ass will follow - Funkadelic
• Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
• You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish - REO Speedwagon
• The Pope Smokes Dope - David Peel & the lower east side
• In a Priest-Driven Ambulance by The Flaming Lips
• Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death - Dead Kennedys
• If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan

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Smoke Farm Lo Fi Festival 2013 - Photos and videos, part 3

By Jack Brummet, Lo-Fi ed.

The exhibits and performances we saw Saturday at Smoke Farm, on the shores of the Stillaguamish River:

the bonfire gets going

torches lit for the march to the acrobats

Bonfire, continued

a curious exhibit with cool ambient music

This globe was a translucent sculpture (when illuminated), and felt airy, paper-y, and insubstantial. Kind of like a Japanese paper lantern. I saw the globe earlier, during the day as its own piece of art. At night, we were led by the wonderful Orkestra Zirconium on a 15 minute walk through the woods to see this acrobatic tour de force by Tanya Brno and Yuri Kinoshita. The globe was hoisted up about 30-40 feel in the air, suspended from a tree. The acrobat mostly stayed in the globe, at times dangling her head or legs out of the opening, and later descended to earth, twirling downward on a red, silky looking rope. In the dark, it was just amazing. I never could figure out how the thing could support someone spinning around and twirling and somehow standing on some sort of platform or strut in the globe, which looked flimsier than Papier Mâché.
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A march through the woods with Orkesta Zirconium

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Smoke Farm Lo Fi Festival 2013 - Photos and videos, part 2

By Jack Brummet, Arts Ed.

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Smoke Farm Lo Fi Festival 2013 - Photos and videos, part 1

By Jack Brummet, Lo Fi Ed.

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Brummet breakdown: word salad

By Jack Brummet

Taking my patrilineal name and breaking it down. . .my matrilineal name, Jones, will produce less interesting results.

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POTUS Abraham Lincoln: a night to remember

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Poem: Frontier Justice

By Jack Brummet

1
A roiling thunderstorm clears the air
Like Wyatt Earp's peacekeeper

2
A bad beginning can be overcome
But a good end lasts forever

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The Longest Time - the one song by Billy Joel I love

By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.

If you read All This Is That much, you probably know that while I love rock, jazz, bluegrass, blues, country, and classical music, I love most the music that rocks, has hooks, harmony, melody, and preferably, great lyrics. I've never been a Billy Joel fan, but since the first day I heard "The Longest Time," it's been one of my favorites. Even decades ago, when it was released, it sounded like an incredible nod and homage to do-wop and harmony.



The Longest Time
by Billy Joel

Woa, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woa, oh, oh
For the longest

If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time

Woa, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woa, oh, oh
For the longest

I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for

Who knows how much further we'll go on
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time

I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for

I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time

Woa, oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woa, oh,oh
For the longest time
Woa, oh, oh
For the longest time
Woa, oh, oh,
For the longest time
(Fade Out)
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Presidents, First Ladies and country stars

By Jack Brummet, C & W Ed.

Another Willie and Jimmy meetup

Richard Nixon sits in at the Grand Ole Opry

Kris Kristofferson and Darius Rucker meet FLOTUS

Waylon and his wife Jessi Colter meet FLOTUS Rosalynn Carter

Willie and Jimmy on the porch

Jimmy sits in with Willie

Jimmy Carter on the mouth harp

An earlier shot of Willie and Jimmy

Jimmy Carter wearing a headband on stage

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Alfred Hitchcock on drums, wearing a Beatle wig, circa 1964

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