Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS Space Age Love Song (1982 UK limited edition 7 Picture Disc single featuring the original cover artwork, also including Windows on the B. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 29, 1983".^ a b "A Flock of Seagulls – Allmusic".^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". on singing songs about sun in the morning and moon at night.: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ^ a b " A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song".^ "Magnet Exclusive: Premiere Of A Flock Of Seagulls' 'Space Age Love Song' Video." Magnet."A Flock of Seagulls' Original Lineup Remade Their Best Song for First Recording in 34 Years". "Space Age Love Song" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" summed up synth-pop's spaced-out loneliness, dreamy confections imagining absent lovers from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The lyrics explain that: 'I saw your eyes and you made me smile.'" Track listing that whole "across the crowded room/caught your eye" thing. If everything is right, you catch their eye. When you meet somebody there is an instant eye contact if the chemistry is right. Lead singer Mike Score has said of the song's meaning, ""Space Age" was just about intimacy, if you'd like. The band made another video in 2018 to coincide with the release of Ascension. The 1982 music video also took place on top of the Danceteria nightclub in New York City. Ī music video of the song was produced in 1982 and featured the band miming a performance of the song. It is the first single from the band's sixth album, Ascension. In 2018, a re-recorded version of the song, featuring the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, was released as a 5-track and 8-track special edition EP. The song reached the top 30 in the UK and the US in June 1982 and February 1983 respectively. Lead guitarist Paul Reynolds remarked on their 1984 video album Through the Looking Glass that, as the band could not come up with a title for the track, he suggested "Space Age Love Song" because he thought it sounded like a space age love song. " Space Age Love Song" is a 1982 single released by the British band A Flock of Seagulls. There’s also a full discography and picture sleeve photos included with the liner notes.Ī Flock of Seagulls fans are likewise directed to Cherry Pop’s reissue of the equally essential and in many ways better second album, 1983’s Listen which included the hit “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You).” Their lesser third and fourth albums have also been reissued by Cherry Pop." Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" The reissue edition included the longer album version of A Flock of Seagulls’ biggest hit, “I Ran (So Far Away),” with the spacey intro. It was really cool to have them all now in one spot on a compact disc. You know the hits from the self-titled debut album by Liverpool’s other Fab Four, “Space Age Love Song” and “I Ran (So Far Away),” and – to a lesser extent – “Messages” and “Telecommunication.” But choice album tracks on this New Wave/electro pop classic like “Standing in the Doorway,” “Man Made,” “You Can Run” and the fab instrumental “D.N.A.” are equally as compelling as the hit singles.įans are directed to the remastered 2011 reissue from Cherry Pop Records, which included four bonus non-album b-sides (“Pick Me Up,” “Windows,” “Tanglimara” and “Intro”). It’s time that certain critics got over the band’s name and the singer’s then-seagull haircut, and just listen to A Flock of Seagulls without prejudice.
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Why exactly you choose to float a lantern and what wishes or remembrances you imbue it with are totally up to you, to be shared among a Burning Man-esque circle of attendees all doing the same thing. The two-day festival (Oct 7, 8) outside of Las Vegas kicks off in the afternoon with music sets, sound baths and breath work, and each night culminates in a massive, simultaneous lantern release just after sunset-and we do mean massive, with thousands of attendees expected. Carolina Ballet presents The Nutcracker, Dec.As cathartic and communal as it is visually stunning, the annual Rise Festival marks the release of thousands of illuminated lanterns into the night sky above the Mojave Desert.Raleigh Ringers Holiday Concerts, Dec.North Carolina Master Chorale presents Joy of the Season, Dec.51st Annual Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour, Dec.Happy Holly Days Christmas Parade, Dec.The Justice Theater Projects presents Black Nativity in Concert, Dec.Theatre In The Park presents A Christmas Carol, Dec.Holiday Pops with the North Carolina Symphony, Dec.Raleigh Little Theatre presents Cinderella, Dec.WRAL Nights of Lights at Dorothea Dix Park, Nov.THE RINK presented by UNC Health at Red Hat Amphitheater, Nov.78th Annual ABC11 Raleigh Christmas Parade, Nov.More upcoming holiday events in Raleigh, N.C. VIP tickets are available for special Monday tours that begin at 4:30pm. The festival opens at 6pm nightly, with a special Twilight Ticket available for 4:30pm entry Tues.-Sun. Parking is free at venue-owned parking lots. Tickets are available online or at the box office at Koka Booth Amphitheatre. Tickets, starting at $15, can purchased for specific nights or as an "any night" ticket (comes with small price increase). Tickets are required (except for those ages two and under). The North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival is open seven days a week, including holidays, through the new year. Food and beverages will be sold, including popcorn, pretzels, coffee and hot chocolate (adults can get those spiked with Bailey's), plus beer and wine.īring your cameras! Photography is encouraged-tag your photos on social media with #visitRaleigh and #NCChineseLanternFestival so we can check them out! Most of the displays have movement or interactive features, some will make you laugh and all of them are visually impressive.īeyond beautiful lanterns, the festival also welcomes a showcase of Chinese culture-nightly stage performances (6:30, 7:30 and 8:30pm) featuring martial arts, traditional dance, acrobatics, drum performances and more.Ī typical guest may take approximately one hour to walk through the entire festival. Other displays include a dazzling kaleidoscope you can step inside, a misty rain garden, a group of playful pandas, a couple of truly magnificent parrots and many more (we won't spoil them all!). The jaw-dropping piece floats on Symphony Lake, just a stones throw from the amphitheater stage.Īnother Dragon-seen in photos above and also below-stands guard in front of the Imperial Palace of the Ming Empire, among the largest displays the festival has ever unveiled. The Dragon-the star of the show and an important cultural symbol in China-weighs more than 18,000 pounds, is longer than three school buses and requires a crane with a 15-person crew to install the head. In all, 2,500 lanterns and more than 15,000 LED lights make up 50 distinct displays, including the return of the spectacular Chinese Dragon. Each lantern at this year's festival was handcrafted and assembled by more than 25 visiting Chinese artisans and performers to our area. Today, they're popularly used to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The lanterns are on hand to showcase the beauty and artistry of the Chinese culture-the art of Chinese lantern making dates back more than 2,000 years, with lantern-crafting skills being passed down from one generation to the next. A sensory-friendly night will take place on Dec. Booth Amphitheatre has paved walkways and is wheelchair accessible, including the parking area and entrance. More than 200,000 visitors are expected to come from across the state to see the glowing pieces of art.Īccessibility note: This event is a self-guided walking tour. Hundreds of larger-than-life lanterns will be on display, making for an incredible, colorful adventure you can walk through this holiday season. The festival-which only visits a handful of spots around the country each year is presented in Cary in partnership with Tianyu Arts & Culture, Inc.-opens Nov. A 200-foot-long, 21-foot-tall dragon has invaded Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C. Yes, the North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival has returned to the Raleigh area for a seventh time! Top with sea salt, cacao nibs or coconut flakes! Hemp seeds or chia seeds would be nice too! Pre-run snackįueling before and after a run is SO important, and this is a perfect easy-to-digest option before a run and a quick way to get in some carbs post-run. Use peanut butter, almond butter or sunflower seed butter! Any nut butter will work! Even coconut butter would be tasty! That will help prevent a runny tahini mess. And if you make these in advance or want to take them with you in the car or on a run, wrap them individually in plastic wrap and keep them frozen until you’re ready to take them with you. Tahini (at least the Trader Joe’s brand) is pretty runny, so I suggest keeping it in the fridge. And sometimes I’ll actually sit down to eat. I usually just grab a couple dates, the jar of tahini and a spoon and start popping out the pit and replacing it with tahini. I don’t often make them in advance, but you certainly can. They’re also perfect for an afternoon treat that won’t spike your blood sugar and leave you crashing shortly afterwards! ( These sweet & salty energy balls are another favorite of mine!!) I find the combo really easy to stomach before and after workouts, which is key. And the combo is a great vehicle for toppings like cocoa, coconut flakes and cacao nibs.ĭates stuffed with tahini are also a great pre-run or pre-workout snack. Since dates are super sweet, the somewhat savory tahini pairs perfectly with them. While I didn’t love it on its own, I found it also pairs perfectly with dates. So, when I ran out of almond butter and peanut butter a while ago, which I often stuff into a date for a pre-run snack, I turned to the jar of tahini. But, I still had tahini in my fridge and I didn’t want to just throw it away. (Hey, I’m lazy and store bought stuff is good! Especially Roots Hummus!) I tried eating tahini on its own, but I really didn’t like it. I used to make my own hummus a lot and then tired of that. And tahini is simply a sesame seed butter – similar to peanut butter or almond butter, but made with sesame seeds. So, I googled homemade hummus and learned that tahini is a key ingredient. While I had absolutely no idea what tahini was, after trying the most amazing hummus, I needed to figure it out. I was recently graduated from college and working at Goldman Sachs, and one of my coworkers suggested we go to nearby restaurant that had the most amazing hummus, explaining that it was amazing because of the tahini they used. I remember the first time I heard about tahini. It also makes for a great pre-run or pre-workout snack that won’t sit like a brick in your stomach! Have a jar of tahini in your fridge you’re not sure what to do with? I’ve got you covered.
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While the Pixel is thicker and heavier than the Pencil, it’s more pen-like than the Script.The Adonit Dash 4 is perfect for note taking and light sketching (Image credit: Ben Brady) And it has two shortcut buttons, which neither the Script nor the Apple Pencil have. Adonit added tip drag to that Pixelpoint tip, so it feels more like writing or drawing on paper than on glass. The Pixel also has a sleeker, more traditional pen design with a more precise Pixelpoint tip. The Pixel has improved pressure sensitivity so you can lighten or darken your shading just by altering the stylus’s pressure on the screen. I also compared the Pixel to Adonit’s Jot Script on an iPad Air. Using the Pixel on the iPad Air, he struggled to make straight lines, even with Concepts’ snap guide turned on. Not surprisingly, he preferred the experience of using the Apple Pencil on the Pro, but the Pixel wasn’t far behind. I’m no artist, so I enlisted the help of IDG graphic designer Erik Swanson, who has experience sketching with a variety of styluses and tablets. Pairing the Pixel to supported apps like Concepts is simple. Adonit marketing manager Rafael Gomez said the Pixel works far better on the iPad Air 2 than the Script or Touch did, and that the new stylus combines the best of both products. On the Pro, the Pixel was as responsive as the Pencil, with almost no offset. Using the Pixel to draw in Concepts on the first-gen Air, there was a noticeable lag between when I started sketching and when lines appeared onscreen. Don’t expect the same level of performance on older iOS devices. That’s essential, because I write quickly when I’m taking notes and need a stylus that can keep up.īut the Pixel is still a solid pen-at least on the Pro. With the Pencil, I can write naturally, with the entire side of my right hand touching the screen, and the result looks and feels like my handwriting on paper does. You can change the writing gesture setting in GoodNotes to optimize the Pixel’s palm rejection, and while I selected the hand position that most resembles my natural writing style, I still had to hold the pen awkwardly if I wanted to write with my hand touching the display. On the iPad Pro, using the Pixel in GoodNotes was almost as seamless and easy as the Pencil, though not quite. Notes Plus, Astropad, Medibang Paint, and Autodesk Sketchbook are expected to integrate the new stylus at launch, and Adobe Sketch, Adobe Draw, and Procreate will support the Pixel soon after launch. I tested the Pixel in a note-taking app, GoodNotes, and sketching app, Concepts, which were the only supported apps before the stylus’s official launch on Tuesday. I tested the Pixel with the iPad Air 1 and the 12.9-inch Pro, and while there were some noticeable differences in Pixel performance between the two devices, this stylus is a huge improvement over Adonit’s older pens. The Adonit charging dongle plugs into a USB port. The end of the pen magnetically snaps into the charger, which you plug into a USB port. The charging dongle that comes with the Pixel is the exact same as the one that comes with the Script. It has pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, two shortcut buttons, and a grip sensor to detect when you pick it up, so you don’t have to turn it on. The Pixel doesn’t work with the little Pro just yet.Īdonit Jot Script, Dash, and Touch, the Pixel has a 1.9mm Pixelpoint tip instead of a nub or disc, making it easy to draw or sketch in apps that support Adonit products. Apple Pencil works with just the 12.9-inch and 9.7-inch iPad Pro models, while the Pixel is compatible with the iPhone 5, 6, 6 Plus, third- and fourth-gen iPads, iPad minis from 1–4, both iPad Air models, and the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The Pixel’s selling point is compatibility. This stylus works with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, but Apple Pencil reigns supreme. 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Whereas in 2012-2013 you could count on a well-received title selling a lot in its first month, you can't rely on that anymore. Does this success translate into a good response from the market? Notably, which geographical areas are more responsive to your products?ĭave: The market is MUCH different then it was a few years ago. Personally, I don't mind it as long as there's no piracy involved.ĪP: You recently published Technobabylon, which is receiving positive feedback from the critics. Whether or not they allow fan localizations is up to them. As I said before, there are reasons why a company can't or won't do a localization of their game. Do you think this phenomenon could negatively affect the distribution market?ĭave: I don't see why it would. So we need to make decisions like this.ĪP: In the last few years we’ve witnessed an increase in fan-made localisations, often carried out without retribution. We can't bounce back from a financial loss like bigger companies can. I know this disappoints a lot of people, but as a tiny company we have to be very careful where we spend our time, money and resources. So for these reasons, we decided that translating our games just simply wasn't worth it. Plus, Adventure Game Studio (the engine we use) is notoriously translation-unfriendly. Ironically enough, the more text you have in your game the longer and more complicated the task is. Our best seller, translated into the language of the biggest market for adventure games, spearheaded by the biggest company in that market? It sounded like a sure bet. We translated Gemini Rue into German, partnering with one of the biggest adventure game publishers in that country. Given your growing success, haven’t you considered expanding localisation to other languages?ĭave: We have, and sadly our experiences with localizations have not been terribly good. I’m thinking about titles such as Primordia, with particularly difficult texts for those who don’t get along with english. So I stick with what I know.ĪP: Wadjet’s catalogue boasts many titles appreciated by the public, but it lacks of an italian localisation which undermines its success in our Beautiful Country. Pumping up our resolution would increase our budget by a LOT, and I am not entirely sure that our profits would rise to match. I know how much it'll cost, how much time it will take to make, and roughly what we can expect to earn back from it. But as we've done more games, I've grown to appreciate the style and what we can do with it. Pixel art was cheaper to produce and could be made much quicker. How come you took this stylistic decision? And what does such a choice imply as far as advantages/disadvantages go?ĭave: At first, this was a budget choice more than anything else. But now? I think I'm ready.ĪP: Speaking about Wadjet Eyes’ works, it is undeniable that your most distinguishing mark is the pixel-art based graphics. There's no WAY I could have made it back in 2006 when I had zero experience under my belt. My next project ( Unavowed) is probably the most ambitious, most complex game I've ever done. As I got more experience, I grew in confidence and ability and was able to tackle bigger projects. Back when I first started, I was only capable of making small games over a very short timeframe, so that's what I did. The rise of indie developers brought back all sorts of old genres, point-and-click adventures included.ĪP: Italy is full of talented youngsters eager to follow your steps. It's not just point-and-click adventure games that have "come back from the dead." You've got platformers, shmups, roguelikes, real time strategy - all of which were considered "dead" genres by many. 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Rocky is gray with white paws, a white tip on his tail, and white tips on the fur tufts on his face, along with a darker gray circle around his left eye and two circles on his back. He's just as playful as the other pups when off-duty. He may get exasperated with Marshall accidentally spraying him, but he is quick to forgive him for that, although in some cases he laughed. Even though Marshall and Zuma are associated with water, he's close friends with them. His reasoning is that he's able to breathe underwater as a mer-pup, and that he's dry in his scuba suit. However, he accepts being wet whenever he is turned into a mer-pup or when he's in a scuba outfit. He'll face that fear to help others in danger, but he can't seem to get over it permanently. As such, he despises taking baths and is determined to avoid them, to Katie's chagrin. Rocky has aquaphobia (the fear of water), and is constantly getting wet as a running gag, much to his dismay. Second to Ryder, his mechanical know-how is the best and he fixes whatever's broken or malfunctioning. He is resourceful and he always has the right materials for repairing things. He doesn't just use his own materials, though if something's lying around, he'll find a better use for it. He is quite intelligent, as he often implements devices out of the materials in his vehicle. He reduces, reuses, and recycles anything he can find. As he always says, don’t lose it – reuse it! Personality Rocky is the pup to ask for any creative ideas! He has an eye for turning trash into treasure, and is always able to find just the right thing to solve a problem. Rocky uses his handy claw to pick up pieces that could be recycled and use them for other purposes. He is a hybrid/mix-breed Eco pup who always has something to fix a problem. |
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