Some questions about hats reminded mills of kurt weill, while blegvads strayed sounded like kevin ayers art rock. Oklahoma exda and newspaper appeal judges decision on state free speech law. The strays, by emily bitto emily bittos new novel is set in the overheated avantgarde art scene of depressionera melbourne, where two girls conventional lily and sharp. It sold quite fairly for such an unpopulist band and was one of the factors driving slapp happy and henry. The groups songwriting had improved since 1972s sort of. The smalltown library cat who touched the world, strays is a compelling true story of a man who rescues a stray, injured cat and how they save each other. Broadly defined, defamation is an intentional false communication, which is either published in a written form libel or publicly spoken slander, that injures ones reputation.
Its a slap happy game chock full of lightningfast reflex action. Slapp happy liked clarinets and pianos, too, and cabaret. Refers to strategic lawsuits against public participation. Peter blegvad takes the lead vocal on strayed and does a neat pastiche of lou reeds. These are lawsuits filed with the primary intention of quieting the defendant. Slapp happy henry cow desperate straights slapp happy henry cow. From the 1975 album desperate straights all my dismembered, halfremembered.
Publication date 20161024 topics massachusetts, westford, westford community access television, westfordcat, public access tv, community media, peg, youtube, 2016 language english. It is a nonfiction book, and cheryl strayed, is the author and main character in the book. Rr subscriber editions were limited pressings of between 150 and 600 copies and ordered and paid for in advance of the actual pressing. The rights to speech and petition are enshrined in the first amendment to the united states constitution. A former county district attorney filed a defamation lawsuit against a local newspaper, but a judge dismissed the suit based on the states antislapp law. The rounds are spread out face up and the rectangles are stacked face down. Their lineup consisted of anthony moore keyboards, peter blegvad guitar and dagmar krause vocals. Holding forth on a topic of no worth a pissy myth about birth of war and as for those hats theyre a bore not amusing anymore dare i ask myself what. Corporations that sue to shut you up in pr watch, volume 4, no. Slapp happys sound was characterised by dagmar krauses unique vocal style.
Slapp happys magnificent desperate straights, enhanced by henry cow volunteering themselves as a backing band, is an excellent counterpoint to the cowbackedbyslapp album in praise of learning. The band members moved to england in 1974 where they merged with henry cow, but the merger ended soon afterwards and slapp happy split up. Desperate straights is a 1975 album by slapp happy made in collaboration with henry cow as opposed to in praise of learning of the same year which is a henry cow album made with some contribution by slapp happy it shifts more towards avantprog while still remaining a mostly pop album. In fact, the united states supreme court has said that the right to petition the government is the very foundation of our democracy. I n the winter of 1994, while queuing to pay for a shovel in a minneapolis hardware store, cheryl strayed picked up a book called the pacific crest trail, volume 1.
Free speech and healthy debate are vital to the wellbeing of a democracy. Blegvad was an associate of the german group faust and this recording was made in1972, in the. Homeless, alcoholic, and depressed, michael king lives in a ups loading bay on the wrong side of the tracks in portland, oregon. Its true that in praise of learning might be leaning heavily on the instrumental arrangements with clear links to jazz but it would be. Slapp happys debut unveiled a band that was not so much an avantrock group as one that seemed primarily interested in toying with rock conventions, as if such subversion was more inherently worthwhile than playing it straight. I am even reminded of some of mike westbrooks work. Slapp happy slapp happy or slapp happy acnalbasac noom. I have always had a fondness for books with an adventure plot plots where a character decides to embark on a journey, either for the purpose of escape and selfdiscovery, or because they are intrigued and excited by. What is a strategic lawsuit against public participation slapp. A person who slapp the b a s s is a slapper, but slappers also referes to davie504s loyal fanbase who slapps like at all of his videos before they even watch them because they are true slappers. Slapp happy are utterly unique in the history of rock, surrealists out of time who turned to sound rather than paint, and they remind us in a quiet, subversive way of just how radically selfdefining and singleminded popular music can be. As soon as one rectangular card is turned up, the wild action starts. Defamation claims in slapps california antislapp project.
Slapp happyhenry cow desperate straights 1975 germanyuk, canterbury scene, avantprog dagmar krause female vocals, organ 12 peter blegvad guitar, artwork, vocals. Oklahoma state antislapp public participation project. Blegvads stopandgo surf rock tune strayed laments losing touch with reality. What are slapps and antislapps and why should you care. Slapp happy peter blegvad, anthony moore, dagmar krause had already. Stauber and sheldon rampton and is used here with permission. Originally an eponymously titled debut for virgin from avant popsters slapp happy, casablanca moon does not include the same versions of the tunes recorded earlier with faust, first intended for release by polydor, and ultimately issued by recommended records and by cuneiform with bonus tracks under the title acnalbasac noom. Slapp happy strategic lawsuits against public participation slapps, see the overview section of this guide you can use massachusetts antislapp statute, found at m. The ninth circuits recent published opinion in hyan v. Slapp happyhenry cow desperate straights 1975 germany.
With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand. For general information concerning strategic lawsuits against public participation slapps, see the overview section of this guide new yorks antislapp laws, found at n. After moving to london and signing with virgin records. The acronym slapp stands for strategic lawsuit against public participation a phrase coined by two law school professors in the late 1980s. Even though desperate straights is often labeled as more of a slapp happy release, i honestly dont consider it to be dominated by either of the two acts. Antislapp law in new york digital media law project. In each case, the special motion to strike the complaint under the antislapp law c.
Like the first slapp happy albums the history of their second album is too complicated to go into nowi recommend acnalbasac noom above the other options, desperate straights is primarily structured around the lyrics of peter blegvad, sung by the peerless dagmar krause, set to music by both blegvad and anthony moore. Desperate straights is something else, the first fusing of henry cow and slapp happy who went on to make in praise of learning as well. Slapp happy was a germanenglish avantpop group, formed in germany in 1972. There are kooky slappers and 2 sets of whacky character cards. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from slapp happy. The united states and california constitutions grant every person petition and free speech rights to participate in government and civic affairs, speak freely on public issues and issues of public interest, and petition government officials for redress of grievances. Previously unreleased special subscribers edition limited to 600 copies. They identified a trend of retaliatory lawsuits brought to intimidate and silence opponents and. Slapp happyhenry cow a worm is at work lyrics genius. What is a strategic lawsuit against public participation. Desperate straights is a collaborative studio album by british avantrock groups slapp happy. Usually followed by the word b a s s to describe the e p i c action of slapping a b a s s to produce some sweet sweet melodies. At slapp 3, you have slapp running in python 3 in the slapp repository you have a lot related material and a large set of old versions.
But is an order granting a defendants antislapp motion immediately appealable. The current antislapp landscape, including the immediate practical and likely future implications of blanchard, other new cases, trends in the appellate courts and upcoming cases. Slapp happy also known as casablanca moon is a studio album by germanbritish avantpop group slapp happy, recorded at virgin records manor studio in 1974 this album was originally recorded in 1973 in germany under a working title of casablanca moon with faust as slapp happys backing band, but polydor records in germany rejected it. Slapp happy were formed in hamburg with dagmar krause on vocals, anthony moore on guitar, keyboards and vocals and peter blegvad on guitar and vocals. Slapp happys last proper album, ably backed by the cow and various members of the faust enclave, reminds me more than anything else of those dadacaberetditties apparently sung but never recorded at the caberet voltaire the club in zurich, not the band by hugo ball and his band of merry men and ladies naive yet erudite europa and. This collection owes more to the brechtweill school of art songwriting and is quite poppy is places, especially on tracks such as peter blegvads strayed. That meant that at its least impressive, it didnt qualify as either good avantrock or good conventional rock, instead lumbering along with selfconsciously jagged tunes. The first of the two slapp happyhenry cow collaborations, or the other way around if you feel like it. The second was this collection of basically slapp happy penned songs. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life.
From lost to found on the pacific crest trail by cheryl strayed about the book at 22, cheryl strayed thought she had lost everything. Antislapp laws are designed to provide for early dismissal of meritless lawsuits filed against people for the exercise of first amendment rights. Aside from the excellent war, in praise of learning was focused mainly on unwelcoming avantgarde soundscapes. In the wake of her mothers death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed.