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Named among the top albums of last year by such high profile outlets as NPR, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, VICE, and more, PETALS FOR ARMOR made a spectacular chart debut upon its May 2020 release, arriving at #1 on Billboard's "Alternative Albums" and "Rock Albums" charts while also landing at #18 on the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200. In addition, the album made top 10 debuts around the world, including #4 on the UK's Official Album Chart and #6 on Australia's ARIA Chart. Produced by Taylor York, Williams' lead collaborator in the GRAMMY Award-winning Paramore, PETALS FOR ARMOR was met by worldwide critical acclaim, with the New York Times declaring it "an eclectic, unexpected, ambitious solo project (that lets) the singer and songwriter exorcise demons and stretch her creative powers," noting its "songs encompass self-empowerment, romantic sparks, female solidarity and simply thriving." PETALS FOR ARMOR is "full of feminine imagery and dance music textures that evoke diverse influences from Björk and Janet Jackson," wrote Rolling Stone. "It's the sound of an artist blooming into some of the best music of her career." "Just like Fiona Apple or St Vincent, (Williams) refuses to put an easy score to her own complicated emotions," wrote The Independent. "PETALS FOR ARMOR doesn't offer up an easy redemptive arc towards happiness; it is a Herculean effort to pull yourself out of depression. But in letting us in on that effort, Williams has created something special."




Jessie St James Easy




At vComm we've been banging that drum for more than a decade. It is easy to get early adopters and evangelists to see this. It is almost impossible then for them to convince enough other people in their firms of it. It is such a massive change that wide-spread adoption has been almost impossible to achieve. Zoom became wildly popular because they made something most people were already familiar with easier to do and more reliable. I'm still not sure how you go about achieving a total paradigm shift where every element is different. Maybe when there are enough Fortnite and Minecraft players in senior positions in the workforce?


Published during the Harlem (or 'Negro') Renaissance, Plum Bun (1929) has been praised as Jessie Fauset's best and most ambitious novel, and yet there is a thematic conflict at its core. Fauset claimed to have written A Novel Without a Moral (Plum Buns subtitle), and yet she places her characters within a clearly defined moral universe. I want to argue that she solved her problem by resorting to melodrama, not to evade answering the questions that Plum Bun raises but to set melodrama's 'answers' alongside an unsolved mystery that haunts the novel. These two perspectives, mystery and melodrama, reflect a tension between an American history whose Gothic undercurrents negate the possibility of easy solutions and the mythical 'home' of melodrama, the Great Good Place where solutions can be imagined. (1) Linda Williams has argued that American melodrama begins, and wants to end, in a 'space of innocence' which is almost always the idea of 'home'. (2) The idea of 'home' is what gives melodrama its 'moral legibility'. (3) 'The 'main thrust' of melodramatic narrative', she insists, 'for all its flurry of apparent linear action, is ... to get back to what feels like the beginning'. (4) And yet if 'home' reflects the circular path to which melodrama tries to return, why does Fauset end her novel with her protagonist, Angela Murray, living as an expatriate in a hotel in Paris?


St. Paul is a foodie paradise, but you don't have to be big on organic or local food to enjoy the local dining scene. If you're a fan of old school eateries, you'll love the iconic Mickey's Diner. The tiny restaurant is based in an old-fashioned dining car, giving it a unique vibe you won't find anywhere else. From burgers and fries to chocolate malts, you can enjoy all of your favorites at Mickey's. If, however, you're in the mood for the rare delight of an amazingly greasy pizza, be sure to stop by Red's Savoy Pizza. The most alluring greasy food in the Cities, however, is found at the Minnesota State Fair, where, for two weeks every summer, you can enjoy every imaginable culinary creation on a stick.


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