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Ep. 064: In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Ash Borer and Krullur. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists before Chris gives an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod. Pat and Reece offer up their list of Top Ten Univerally Panned Albums That Weren't That Bad. Chris reviews Napoleon for this week's Social Media Highlight segment before we close out the show with a response to our discussion last week, reviewing the things for which we are NOT thankful in heavy metal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Christi sits down with the Director of Grand Junction Parks & Recreation, Ken Sherbenou, and with the City Forester, Rob Davis, to talk new parks, how to protect your trees, and the exciting projects on the horizon for our city!To find out more about what is happening in Grand Junction parks, visit their website.If you prefer video, check the video out on YouTube!

In today’s reader-supported public service announcement, the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards is getting ready for a series of fall classes for new volunteers. The Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards increase public awareness of the value of trees in all environments, rural and urban. The Fall 2021 class will involve a combination of online training sessions and field activities with a maximum of 32 students to facilitate the best field training possible. The registration period opens on June 15 and slots will fill quickly! With a 15-week duration beginning August 7th and ending November 13th the online classes will precede the field activities held on every other Saturday at various locations in the Charlottesville area. Learn more at charlottesvilleareatreestewards.org. On today’s show:A small hydroelectric plant on the Hardware River gets the nod from the Albemarle Planning Commission The city will work with the USDA to introduce wasps to save younger ash treesVMDO aims to build net zero building for PVCCVirginia aims to reduce stormwater runoff on 400,000 acres of public land As stated in the sub-headline, June 5 is World Environment Day. This program has many beats, representing various interests I have as a reporter and community member. Today’s installment has several segments about the natural world around us, and how we may fit in.But, first, a quick update on the status of efforts to address climate change, perhaps the biggest environmental issue of our time. The city of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia all have adopted ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals.  There’s a joint website where activities are intended to be tracked. Charlottesville completed an inventory in 2016, and have adopted a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030 and net zero by 2050. The first measurement will be made from an inventory completed in 2011. The city is now putting together a climate action plan. (website) (emissions page)Albemarle County adopted a climate action plan in October 2020 last year and are now working on an inventory of where emissions stand now. Supervisors have adopted a resolution seeking to be net zero by 2050 and to be 45 percent below where the numbers were in 2008. (Albemarle climate page)UVA adopted a sustainability plan in October 2020 intended to build off of previous plans. This plan seeks for the University to become carbon neutral by 2030 and fossil fuel free by 2050. The plan also seeks to reduce water use and nitrogen emissions by 30 percent by 2030, as well as a 30 percent reduction for waste and an increase in sustainable food purchases by 30 percent. Read this plan here. Read about all the plans on the Climate Action Together websiteA new building under construction at Piedmont Virginia Community College aims to be a net zero energy building, the first of its kind at a higher education institution in the Commonwealth. VMDO Architects has designed the Advanced Technical Training Center which is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023. The Center will house laboratory space for robotics, advanced manufacturing, and cyber-security. The project has a budget of $21 million. The Advanced Technical Training Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), by VMDO Architects and slated for completion in spring 2023, will be the first higher education facility in Virginia, and one of just a handful of community college facilities in the US, to achieve net zero energy. (VMDO Architects)Governor Ralph Northam has signed an executive order directing state agencies and higher education facilities to take steps to reduce stormwater runoff on public land. Executive Directive Seventeen sets specific reduction targets for phosphorus and nitrogen. Those are two major pollutants that destroy habitat for aquatic species in the Chesapeake Bay by removing the oxygen. Virginia and several other states must meet the terms of a 2009 mandate from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve water quality in the bay by making the reductions. Northam’s directive covers about 400,000 acres of land. “The Commonwealth of Virginia has pursued and achieved significant reductions in nutrient and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers and streams that are tributaries to the Bay,” reads the directive’s summary. “Despite real progress, continued reductions in nutrient and sediment pollution are necessary both to restore the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and to meet federal Clean Water Act requirements.”For more details, read Sarah Vogelsong’s story posted on the Virginia Mercury. At the local level, education efforts are coordinated by the Rivanna Stormwater Education Partnership. Local investments include millions to upgrade what’s now known as the Moores Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility - formerly known as a wastewater treatment plant. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority spent $48 million to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus released into the river. A map of the Chesapeake Bay watershedThe city of Charlottesville is soon to receive some help from the United States Department of Agriculture in the fight against the Emerald Ash Borer, which is devastating ash trees across the east coast. Patrick Booz is a plant health safeguarding specialist with the USDA and he addressed the city’s Tree Commission on June 1. He said the agency had been relying on quarantining ash products as a way of stopping the spread of the ash borer, but that has not been an effective strategy. The new strategy is to introduce wasps to fight the invasive ash borer.“There’s four different species now of parasitoid wasps that are found in the native range where Emerald Ash Borers was found and that’s in Russia and China,” Booz said. ‘So these wasps will predate. They’re stingless wasps and they’re not going to harm anybody else.”Booz said when introduced nearby, the wasps will lay their eggs inside the eggs of Emerald Ash Borer. He said this treatment is best applied to younger trees that are not yet infested, and he’s proposing introducing the wasps at the Ragged Mountain Natural Area. One member of the Tree Commission asked if there would be any unintended consequences.“USDA has reported that there weren’t any unintended consequences so far, but I mean who knows?” Booz said. “It’s pretty early in the process but so far we haven’t had any insect species that it was attacking.”According to a press release, the wasps have been introduced in 28 other states so far. The city has been treating 32 ash trees since 2016 to prevent infestation, and budget constraints have prevented a wider application. Once infested, trees can die after two or three years due to larvae burrowing for food. The Commission voted to endorse the use of wasps, but member Peggy Van Yahres voted no due to the possibility of unintended consequences. Watch the whole Tree Commission meeting on the city’s video channel. The Emerald Ash BorerYou’re reading to Charlottesville Community Engagement. In this subscriber supported public service announcement, over the course of the pandemic, the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society has provided hours and hours of interviews, presentations, and discussions about interpretations and recollections of the past. All of this is available for you to watch, for free, on the Historical Society’s YouTube Channel. *A plan to update  a hydroelectric plant at the Jefferson Mill Dam on the Hardware River obtained a recommendation of approval from the Albemarle Planning Commission on June 1, but not without a tough question intended as a softball. In beginning of the 21st century, construction of dams is strongly discouraged in most cases, with the exception of impoundment for water supply. But the Jefferson Mill Dam dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. Bill Fritz is the county’s development process manager. (staff report)“The existing dam and the adjacent building date to the 1800’s and the mill building is now used as a home,” Fritz said. Power has been generated at the location for much of that time, but the proposal is to update the turbine that’s within an underground water room through which a diverted portion of the river flows. “The project will improve the outfall from the water room, install new inlets to bring water to the turbine,” Fritz said. “The applicant has submitted by far the most extensive and complete application I’ve seen in thirty plus years I’ve worked for the county.”However, the applicant was not quite ready to give a presentation. While not required, it’s customary for a formal presentation to be made when making a land use request. But we’ll hear more about that in a moment. Fritz said state agencies found no significant concerns and all potential issues have been resolved. Currently fish and eels cannot swim upstream past this point, but that will change after the work is complete. “It’s not the subject of the special use permit but the applicant is proposing to install a ladder on the dam on the opposite side of the river from the mill building,” Fritz said.In addition to the fish ladder, a ramp for eels will also be installed (Credit: Natel Energy) The applicant did not prepare a presentation but was available to answer questions. At first it appeared no one would ask one, but Commissioner Tim Keller went ahead and offered one up. Keller is a professor emeritus of landscape architecture at Iowa State University. “Let me preface this by saying that I do support it and this is the great conundrum between cultural resource protection and natural resource protection that I spent my professional lifetime thinking about,” Keller said. “But just to be a devil’s advocate here, wouldn’t best practices here be to remove this dam? Best environmental practice be to remove this dam completely?”Fritz said that did not come up during the discussion with state agencies. The project manager said there was no compelling reason to remove the dam based on this application. “The studies that we’ve done thus far and the information that’s publicly available indicates that the dam is not a huge hindrance to species, especially species of concern, going upstream any farther due to the amount of dams that are below the Jefferson site,” said Jessica Pendrod of Natel Energy. Keller was satisfied with the answer, but civil engineer Joseph Head jumped on the Zoom call to offer this response.“The best practices would probably be to tell us to tear up all of our freeways and turn them into meadows full of butterflies,” said Joseph Head. “But that would make it hard to get your truck around if you did that. So it’s a balance between human existence and the animals.” Head said the stone dam has withstood years of being pummeled by the Hardware, which he called a “flashy” river that can go from an easy stream to a raging torrent in hours if there’s enough rainfall.“This dam’s actually totally amazing,” Head said. “These guys built this and did it my hand 200 years ago. It’s just rock and mortar and it’s still there. This river has been pounding on this dam for 200 years and it’s still there.”Commissioner Karen Firehock also supported the project, but said that the best practice would be to at least study a partial removal of the dam.“From an environmental perspective, the best option would be a partial breach of this dam so that we don’t have a dam across the river and if anyone wants to study this, there are a multitude of dams that have been come down in Virginia including some major ones,” Firehock said. “There’s a whole host of problems that occur from warming water behind the dam, from preventing migration and passage, from trapping sediments, sometimes which are contaminated.”Firehock supported the upgrade of the powerplant but did not want that vote to be interpreted as support for continued existence of dams.“Just because something is historic doesn’t mean we should maintain it,” Firehock said. “There are historic coal mines. No one would make an argument for maintaining all of our historic coal mines so I just don’t think that argument holds water so to speak.”To learn more about the dam removal at the Rivanna River, visit the Rivanna Conservation Alliance. You can watch the whole item on the Albemarle County YouTube page. Special thanks to the Valley Research Center for a donation in January that has helped provide music beds for the audio version of this. I strongly suggest listening to the program if you’ve not heard it before. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Amazon or just hit the play button above! This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Join host Holly Fox for another Diabolus Templum! Dark, heavy and brooding tunes from Agalloch, Ash Borer, Evoken, Negura Bunget, Wolves in the Throne Room,...

Curve [01:01] "I Speak Your Every Word" Blindfold EP Anxious Records ANX T 27 1991 Rise again, mighty wah guitars of the early 90s! Nadja [04:56] "Bliss Torn from Emptiness Part One" Bliss Torn from Emptiness Dirtier Promotions DPROMDLP103 Originally released in 2005 as one 49 minute track, this splatter white/black vinyl copy was released in 2014 with Bliss Torn from Emptiness split across three sides with the fourth side containing a live German recording of "Memory Leak". Alvarius B [23:09] "Dirty Angels" Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset Abduction ABDT 032 2005 One of Alan Bishop's aliases covering an Ennio Morricone song from the 1969 Mauro Severino film Dirty Angles (Vergogna schifosi). Ash Borer [26:43] "Oblivion Spring" Bloodlands Gilead Media/Psychic Violence RELIC 47/PV-VII 2013 Some fine Bay Area-ish atmospheric black metal, with a somewhat relevantly titled lead track. Lord Buckley [42:19] "Subconscious Mind" Blowing His Mind (And Yours Too) Fontana TL 5396 1966 So far out, he was in. Blue Magic [45:16] "Sideshow" Blue Magic ATCO Records SD 7038 1974 Yes indeed, step right up ladies and gentlemen and hear this Philly Soul classic. Joni Mitchell [49:30] "All I Want" Blue Reprise MS 2038 1971 This album made it to number 15 in the top 200, dulcimers and all. Matthew Sweet [53:03] "Back to You" Blue Sky on Mars Zoo Entertainment A very Beach Boys bit of Power Pop, in a mighty fine way. Music behind the DJ: "The Singleman Party Foxtrot" by Dave Grusin

Enter for your chance to win Fine Woodworking's Shop Giveaway: Upgrade to Laguna! The winner will receive a prize that includes: 14|12 Bandsaw F2 Fusion Tablesaw 1 HP Dust Collector REVO 12|16 6″ Jointer ShearTec II  Question 1: From William: I live in Ohio where the Emerald Ash Borer is ravaging every ash tree around. With all these ash trees coming down and the infestation of the Ash Borer, are we looking at a future shortage of ash trees?  Should we, as woodworkers, stock up on quality ash boards while we can get them and while they're fairly inexpensive? Question 2: From Paul: I’ve started looking for a better sketchbook and am overwhelmed by the choices.  I’ve heard Mike talk about the books he uses, but I’ve never heard him mention the brand or “model” he favors.  On STL 155 he mentioned 60-80 lb paper, spiral bound, unruled, 6x9 size. Frankly, that limits it to about half a zillion options and it’s very hard to judge quality even touching the book at the local art supply place.  So please spill, Mike! Segment: All-Time Favorite Tool Mike: Japanese saw with the handle trimmed off Barry: His new benchtop mortiser Ben: Dovetail marker made by Christian Becksvoort  Question 3:   From Caleb: I'm wondering if any of you have used a hollow chisel mortiser as a drill press? Is this a viable way to get around buying a drill press? Question 4: From Chris: What books inspire you to get out to your shop and build something? Any favorite books on the history of woodworking and maybe different trends through the ages? Or books specific to a style of working, like Shaker or arts & crafts, etc.? And from Larry: I would love to see a Live Talk episode on “go to books” reference books for novice woodworkers. Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

Enter for your chance to win Fine Woodworking's Shop Giveaway: Upgrade to Laguna! The winner will receive a prize that includes: 14|12 Bandsaw F2 Fusion Tablesaw 1 HP Dust Collector REVO 12|16 6″ Jointer ShearTec II  Question 1: From William: I live in Ohio where the Emerald Ash Borer is ravaging every ash tree around. With all these ash trees coming down and the infestation of the Ash Borer, are we looking at a future shortage of ash trees?  Should we, as woodworkers, stock up on quality ash boards while we can get them and while they're fairly inexpensive? Question 2: From Paul: I’ve started looking for a better sketchbook and am overwhelmed by the choices.  I’ve heard Mike talk about the books he uses, but I’ve never heard him mention the brand or “model” he favors.  On STL 155 he mentioned 60-80 lb paper, spiral bound, unruled, 6x9 size. Frankly, that limits it to about half a zillion options and it’s very hard to judge quality even touching the book at the local art supply place.  So please spill, Mike! Segment: All-Time Favorite Tool Mike: Japanese saw with the handle trimmed off Barry: His new benchtop mortiser Ben: Dovetail marker made by Christian Becksvoort  Question 3:   From Caleb: I'm wondering if any of you have used a hollow chisel mortiser as a drill press? Is this a viable way to get around buying a drill press? Question 4: From Chris: What books inspire you to get out to your shop and build something? Any favorite books on the history of woodworking and maybe different trends through the ages? Or books specific to a style of working, like Shaker or arts & crafts, etc.? And from Larry: I would love to see a Live Talk episode on “go to books” reference books for novice woodworkers. Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

Parasites, disease and invasive species have been wrecking havoc on America's forests for decades. In the last century a blight nearly wiped out the American chestnut tree. Dutch elm disease continues to wipe out vast numbers of trees. Now the emerald ash borer, a beetle from Asia, has killed some 50 million trees and it's threatening the forests from which logs are drawn to make baseball bats. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got an update from John Considine, a materials research engineer at the Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory, on federal efforts to help baseball and its bats.

Working Class Audio Session #134 with Andrew Oswald!!! Andrew Oswald is a recording engineer who is based out of Oakland, CA who makes records almost everyday. He  co-owns and operates Secret Bathroom, a recording studio in West Oakland, where he also does a monthly live in studio podcast called Live From Secret Bathroom, that features new and upcoming bands. Andrew started recording bands in high school while growing up in San Diego where he also took a series of Pro Tools certification classes. Eventually he made his way to the Bay Area to go to recording school even though he already accumulated a few years of experience . While in recording school he continued to record bands and become affiliated with local recording vets Eli Crews (WCA #044) and Jonah Strauss (WCA #016)  who gave him keys and access to their studios . Andrew found early success with his recordings of the band Ash Borer which were both praised by Pitchfork . After graduating Andrew  and his studio partner Max Senna opened Secret Bathroom and have been making records in that space for the last 6 years. YOu can read more on Andrew at: http://secretbathroom.com/ and http://www.andrewoswaldrecording.com/

Antes de la gala donde anunciaremos los ganadores de las votaciones al mejor disco del año (¡votad!, sorteamos una camisetaca: http://www.suicidebystar.com/premios-suicidebystar-2016-votaciones/), venimos con el último podcast del año. En este programa daremos un buen repaso a los carteles de festivales de música que se celebrarán este verano: Primavera Sound, Sónar, MadCool, Download, BBK, etc. Además analizaremos algunas de las últimas novedades discográficas, como son los nuevos lanzamientos de Metallica, Ash Borer, Bölzer, Urfaust o World End’s Girlfriend. Ya de paso, comentaremos alguna de las noticias más recientes, como son los adelantos de The XX, de The Jesus and Mary Chain y At The Drive-In. Y por supuesto, un espacio para nuestro Fauna Mongola: comentaremos un poco la polémica que ha surgido a partir del videoclip de ManUNkind o como van las cosas en el planeta Kanye West.

In this installment, your favorite heavy metal caballeros take a look at the latest albums from Ash Borer and Krullur. General, recording, touring and charting news is reviewed for several artists before Chris gives an update on the YouCaring campaign for Mike Williams of EyeHateGod. Pat and Reece offer up their list of Top Ten Univerally Panned Albums That Weren't That Bad. Chris reviews Napoleon for this week's Social Media Highlight segment before we close out the show with a response to our discussion last week, reviewing the things for which we are NOT thankful in heavy metal.

Coleman InGRIM unleashes more savage sermons from the void. New stuff from the mighty Darkthrone, Ash Borer, Deathspell Omega, Crowbar and more.