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IT’S LIT: Celebrating Travis Scott’s 33rd Birthday With All Of His Top 10 Billboard 100 Hits

Written byDavonta Herring

Published onApril 30, 2024

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One of the biggest artists and popular culture figures of this generation turned 33 today. Click inside to celebrate his legacy with a gallery of all of his Top 10 hits!

Jacques Bermon Webster II was born in Houston, Texas. Webster lived with his grandmother in South Park, Houston from ages one through six. He then moved to Missouri City to live with his parents. Due to the fact that Webster’s father is a soul musician and his grandfather was a jazz composer, music was already embedded in him. While attending Elkins High School, which he graduated from at 17, he participated in musical theater. During his second year at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Webster dropped out to fully pursue his music career.

One he left college, Scott moved to New York City. He slept on his friend’s floor and spent most of his time at Just Blaze’s studio. Unfortunately for him, progress didn’t come fast enough. He moved to Los Angeles after only living in NYC for four months. After falling on tough times in LA, Scott moved back to Houston but was eventually kicked out of his parent’s home. When he moved back to Los Angeles, he began to sleep on the couch of a friend who studied at University of Southern California. Around the time, Grand Hustle Records rapper and owner T.I. heard one of Scott’s productions. One of T.I.’s representatives invited Scott to a studio for a meeting. During the meeting, T.I. rapped over one of Scott’s productions, laying the groundwork for Scott to sign with Grand Hustle.

After several delays, Scott’s first solo full-length project, Owl Pharoah was released on May 21st, 2013. The following year, he released Days Before Rodeo, his second mixtape and the prelude to his debut studio album Rodeo. The highly-anticipated album was released on September 4th, 2015. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart and catapulted him to a household name. Since then, Travis has released three more solo albums (Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, Astroworld, Utopia) with all three reaching number one of the US Billboard 200, a collaborative album (Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho) with Quavo and a compilation album (Jackboys) with the rappers signed to Scott’s Cactus Jack imprint.

Cactus Jack Records, which was founded in 2017, is just another venture Travis has dived into. He started the annual music festival Astroworld in 2018. Over the years, Scott has collaborated with countless clothing and sneaker brands including Been Trill, Diamond Supply Co., A Bathing Ape, Nike, Helmut Lang and Jordan, just to name a few. The ‘Pick Up The Phone’ artist has teamed up with the likes of Fortnite, McDonald’s and even PlayStation to promote special merchandise, meals and so many other things. He made his theatrical in the 2021 film Gully. Later in the year, he signed a movie production deal with A24.

Travis Scott has left an undeniable mark on this generation. Although he is involved in so many things, the world initially came to love him based on his music prowess. To celebrate his legacy and his birthday, check out our gallery of all of his Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits. HAPPY 33RD TRAVIS!

1. Drake ft. Quavo & Travis Scott – Portland

Source:Drake

2. Stargazing

Source:Travis Scott

3. Sicko Mode ft. Drake

Source:Travis Scott

4. Lil Wayne ft. Travis Scott – Let It Fly

Source:Lil Wayne

5. Kodak Black ft. Travis Scott & Offset – ZEZE

Source:Kodak Black

6. Post Malone ft. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott – Take What You Want

Source:Post Malone

7. Highest In The Room

Source:Travis Scott

8. Travis Scott & Kid Cudi – The Scotts

Source:Travis Scott

9. Franchise ft. Young Thug & M.I.A.

Source:Travis Scott

10. Drake ft. Travis Scott – Fair Trade

Source:Drake

11. Drake ft. Travis Scott – Pussy & Millions

Source:Drake

12. Travis Scott, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd – K-POP

Source:Travis Scott

13. Travis Scott ft. Drake – MELTDOWN

Source:Travis Scott

14. Travis Scott ft. Playboi Carti – FE!N

Source:Travis Scott

15. 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin – née-nah

Source:21 Savage

16. Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti – Type Shit

Source:Future

17. Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott – Cinderella

Source:Future

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thescribblingtourist · 1 year

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A Career in Clay

Meet Hamilton Wiltshire, Master Potter of Barbados

Written By Richard Perry

“I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter’s hand.” — Janet Fitch, White Oleander

On our third trip to Barbados, my wife decided that to celebrate her birthday she would like to meet the man behind the popular Hamilton’s Pottery brand. The trouble was, no one, including our cab driver (and his dispatcher), had any idea where to find the shop.

The glossy tourist brochures make no mention. All we knew was that it was somewhere in the St. Thomas parish, far removed from the commercial districts in Bridgetown or Holetown. A Google search advised that we were to ‘turn at Little Jerusalem junction.’

So, we headed inland toward Welchman Hall Gully and Misery Hill until a blue roundabout sign confirmed we were on the right track. Up we climbed, past rickety farm houses, past a lone foraging goat, past a tall sugar cane crop until a bumpy Allan View Road – more a pathway than a road – took us to a non-descript grey building with a sign confirming that we’d arrived.

“You’re a hard man to find,” said my wife as we entered the shaded workspace. “I’m the Shelley who sent you the email from Canada.”

“Oh yes, I remember,” said Mr. Hamilton Wiltshire, greeting us with a wide smile as he placed a handle on another clay mug being readied for the kiln. “Hello Ms. Shelley. Pleased to meet you and welcome to Barbados!”

Shelley told him how we had received gifts of his pottery in recent years. She began her shopping while I chatted with this amiable Bajan craftsman. Turns out he has been turning Barbadian clay into pottery now for more than four decades.

“I began when I was a teenager and heard a radio spot promoting government pottery training right out of high school,” he said. “From there I took further training, including study in Italy, and started my business selling Indigenous pottery.”

In fact, Wiltshire used Indigenous Potteries as a business name, until a customer wandered into the shop one day and asked if this was ‘Hamilton’s Pottery’. After another visitor asked the same question, he decided to personalize his brand. A wise decision.

Today, Hamilton runs the countryside business with the help of his wife, sister and cousin. Their son lives abroad in the UK.

“I hope that maybe someday he will come home and work with us,” he said. “I am hoping to find a younger person, someone with the right attitude, to be trained to work with me.”

Wiltshire produces a range of stunning ceramic products, many of which are sold through retail outlets such as the popular Cave Shepherd chain of eight stores and the Best of Barbados shops. He also sells from a tent during the popular Holetown Festival in mid- February each year.

“The festival keeps me up until 2 a.m., but I love it,” he adds, while setting the latest mug onto a shelf to dry before being baked in the kiln.

His pottery is made with red clay sourced in nearby St. Andrews. The end products include functional and traditional pots – monkey jars, table ware and vases – along with decorative candle shades, flying fish wall art, chimes and spoon ladles.

During our brief visit, his cousin was inserting individual plugs of clay onto a mould press, which produced a ready-to-bake spoon ladle. As each item was retrieved from the mould, he trimmed the excess clay by hand. All of the colourful glazes that are baked onto Wiltshire’s creations are environmentally safe.

Earlier in his career Wiltshire was encouraged to ship products to overseas markets, but the huge demand on his time took away from what he loved most – the craft itself.

“I had to ask myself the question: Am I a potter or a packer?” He eventually cut back from ten staff to three. He will, however, still produce some custom orders.

Hamilton rung up our purchases and helped wrap them, offering a generous discount on top of the already reasonable wholesale price. It was a huge saving over the retail markups found elsewhere.

On our return to Holetown, our cab driver Dwight tells us his real passion is cooking. He has studied in the US and UK and is considering taking a course in fine cuisine in Montreal, Canada. So, it was no surprise to me that my kind wife added something special as we paid our fare – one of Wiltshire’s specialty kitchen items – a ceramic spoon ladle glazed in beautiful Caribbean blues and greens.

“Something to remember our trip by,” she said. “And now you’ll always know where to bring your passengers if they’re looking for Hamilton’s shop.”

Weeks later back in Canada, it is a chilly winter’s morning, a far cry from the 28-degree Celsius climate in Barbados. We reach for our coffee mugs. Smiling, we remember our search for the happy Bajan potter who has pleased thousands of customers throughout the Caribbean and overseas.

Turning the mug over, we read the inscription on the bottom: Hamilton’s Pottery, Barbados. A pleasant reminder of the day we met this extraordinary craftsman and gentleman. -30-

To find Hamilton’s Pottery of Barbados:

By car: From Holetown, drive 9.7 km east for 13-15 minutes via Highways 1A and 1. Turn at Little Jerusalem Junction, following the blue arrow sign for Hamilton’s Pottery.

Address: Lot 4 (Allan View Road), Sturges, St. Thomas, Barbados.

Tel: +1 246-242-7176

Email: [email protected]

Hours: Mon to Fri – 9am to 5pm and Saturday – 9am to 1pm

Closed Sunday.

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intericsdigital · 1 year

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Childhood Passion turned into a India’s most popular streetwear brand amongst Genz

One name that has become synonymous with hip-hop fashion is Urban Monkey. A 2014 brand that has become highly popular in the Genz & Millennials because of its unique street style designs with precise quality. Yash Gaganwal, founder of Urban Monkey introduced this brand to provide much-needed products for the skateboarders, athletes & underground artists in India.

Story of Yash Gaganwal, Founder of Urban Monkey

A 12 year old kid who loved skateboarding turned underground culture into his passion. Yash returned to India from Hong Kong at the age of 24, where he found skateboarding wasn’t much of a thing. He also noticed that where the sport did have proper equipment was also missing the hip-hop touch. That is when it actually struck him about the missing street culture in India & no real presence of any fashion brands to represent the culture.

Emergence of Urban Monkey

With no popularity in skateboarding, Yash joined a small skateboarding academy in Mumbai. His friend’s use to ask him to bring skateboarding equipment from Hong Kong. Thats it… this where the idea of Urban Monkey was born.

They started designing & selling caps & skateboards. A positive response from the crowd is what motivated the brand to push more and design other accessories as well including T-shirts, hoodies, glasswares & many more.

Urban Monkey gave streetwear recognition within the market. It emerged as youth fashion & has gained a lot of popularity as well. Today, Urban company collaborates with celebrities such as Rannvijay Sinha, Raftaar, Emiway Bantai & more.

How Urban Monkey boosted their business

From earning 30 thousand per month to 4.5 million in three years, Urban Monkey climbed the stairs of success in a very short span of time. You must be wondering how big this jump is. Well when you have unique products in your treasury along with impactful digital marketing strategies, then you’re definitely winning.

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3. Massive Collaboration & Appearances: After receiving a healthy recognition on social media and amongst the youth, the brand partnered with ‘Gully Boy’. The purpose behind this was to strongly support the underground artist and to show that their brand is truly based on ‘community first & genderless’ values. The brand even appeared on the famous Indian television show the Shark Tanks.

Results of using specific digital marketing strategies:

1. Increase in Return of Investment (ROI) by 125 times.

2. The traffic on website doubled

3. The revenue generated in the first 6 months grew by 40 times

4. The brand got 4 million new impressions Pan India

To conclude, Urban Monkey is a perfect example of how a small business can grow in a very short span of time by using digital marketing strategies correctly. But how do you do that? Don’t worry Interics Designs - the best digital marketing agency in Pune is the answer to all. We provide you with the most professional SEO services, social media marketing, content marketing, branding, website designing are just a few to name.

With more than three decades of experience, we are very specific while applying any digital marketing strategies or campaigns. We do a complete research of your brand, its competitors, the market you’re involved in, your target audience, your on-page as well as off-page scenarios. Your brand becomes our responsibility because we just don’t provide services, we provide solutions!

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cliffgrove · 4 years

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(Taken on the Woodward Trail looking north towards Limantour, on March 14, 2020.)

Three quarters of the way down Woodward Valley trail, when you come out of the last pines, you start seeing the old-growth sentinels dotting the coastal scrub. For the first time since a peek at the top of Mount Wittenburg, you have a view to the Estero to the north and of the wider landscape. The Douglas Firs are huge and bare and they look like they’ve been through it. They sit in these gullies, bathed in poison oak and berry bushes, providing a fitting frame for the landscape of Limantour in the background. Damn, it’s pretty. The landscape looks ancient and so weathered. But everything on it is brand new.

Almost 25 years ago, the Mount Vision Fire burned the area in the photo above all the way down to the beach. And the Fire Lane Trail and Drakes View and all the way up to Mt. Vision to the right of the frame. It burned the Woodward Trail behind and a lot of it in between. The forest has thrived since. Bishop Pines grow thick before they crowd each other out. Lupine and ceanothus colonized the understory first and is everywhere now. Birds are everywhere. New or not, it’s one of the prettiest areas of the park and that’s because of the fire.

So you have to hope it happens again. Hopefully the extra fuel and the canopy fires don’t take down the tallest Douglas Firs. Hopefully the smoke scared off the animal population before the fire spread. Hopefully the Bishop pinecones have already opened and have found their soil. Now all we need is the rain.

#Landscape Photography #Point Reyes National Seashore #California

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im-fairly-whitty · 6 years

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-slides a corn chip- tell me, what's your eel story?

NOW I HAVE THREE (3) CORNCHIPS.

Sorry it took so long, but here’s the long-awaited eel story I hinted at in the tags of this post.

Alrighty, so when I was twelve my family lived in New Zealand for a bit, it was amazing. I live in the desert, so going to a country where there’s lush foliage EVERYWHERE boggled my mind. I fell in love with the ocean (the Raglan and Whangamata beaches are my favorites) and their ice cream, and living out of a pull-behind camper for months on end and setting up at a new beach every other night while we roamed around the islands.

I was an animal nut as a kid, and my parents Thornberried me (that’s a verb now), taking us kids on extensive hikes and birdwatching trips, so I knew the name of everything that moved out in the bush (forest) as well as the beach and loved every minute of it.

But let me tell you about eels.

So New Zealand doesn’t have snakes. Like at all. Because of this most everything on the island evolved to be round and fluffy and flightless. Although feline and canine and mustelid predators have made their way to the NZ wilds, the government has never ever allowed a serpent onto their islands, they even keep snake skins from being brought in.

This means that the New Zealand longfin eel is the closest thing to a snake that they’ve got, and these guys sure are something. They grow up in freshwater inland in streams and rivers and lakes, then when they want to get it on they swim all the way out to the ocean to get a date and have some kids.

^^ First date, aren’t they adorable?

But anyway, as a kid I’d see these river noodles swimming in streams, mostly at dusk, when they came out to hunt. And these guys arent itty bitty either:

^^Try this on for size.

They can get several meters long.

They’re normally pretty harmless if you’re on land, some places you can even feed them as an attraction, but if you get in the water they can get feisty. Not only that, but they’ve got several rows of tiny teeth in their mouths that point backward, meaning that if any part of you gets in their mouth…it’s not coming back out…They’ve been known to slowly mangle livestock to death that have become trapped in river gullies, pulling them apart bit by bit.

So! What’s my story?

This is the story of when 12 year-old Wit went eeling in the middle of the night in the middle of the bush.

I was on a girl’s camping trip, a bunch of pre-teens from my neighborhood, and our camp leader and her husband were leading the way on this adventure that was distinctly non-American:

Exhibit a: We’re busting through the middle of the bush and pitch our tents in a clearing. Mr Campleader looks to the treeline and points, saying “Eh, right over there, my dogs and me got a 300 kilo wild-boar a couple weeks back.”

B: It’s the middle of the night and we’re roused from our sleeping bags, because it’s time to go eeling, eel fishing. You see, eels only come out when it’s dark, really dark, and so we go hiking off into the forest. Single file, and being as quiet as we can because Mr. Campleader has told us that there’s more wild boar roaming this part of the woods. (Boar that btw can slice open a grown man with their razor-sharp tusks.)

C: We’re all silent as we hike through the trees, and we hop a fence or two. That’s when the headlamps all get turned off, because we’re getting close to the eels, who hate light.

“Alright, split into pairs,” Mr. Campleader says, pulling something out of his pack. It’s cubed raw ox heart, and he starts putting pieces on fishooks tied to a length of fishing line. “I’ll take you to the sinkhole once you’ve got your line prepped.”

Oh yeah, there’s a sinkhole.

“So this sinkhole,” he says, “it drops about three meters down to the water. Don’t you go falling in or they’ll start taking bites of you, just like my bro’s cow last summer. Poor thing was in the water for days, had to shoot her when they finally found her, the state she was in. Poor thing.”

Being the chronically overeager child I am, I grab a far less excited looking partner and volunteer to go first, so Mr. Campleader helps lift me over the last livestock fence and leads the two of us by the hand in the pitch black forest.

We’re being quiet, but as I blindly follow him through the trees I hear splashes, it’s the eels hearing us coming and diving back into the water below.

Did I mention that eels can walk on land?

Their coming of age quest to return to the ocean will lead them to go for strolls on their tiny stiff fins across paths and pastures when necessary. Or basking on the edges of sinkholes in the middle of the night.

Mr. Campleader, who apparently can see in the dark, sits me down in the dark. He whispers that I’m at the very edge of the sinkhole, so not to move at all, and helps me toss my baited hook down into the water below, the end of the string wound around my hand.

Oh, and my partner? He sits her down behind me, and has her wrap her arms around my waist.

This you see, is to prevent me, a twelve-year-old girl, from being forcefully yanked down into the sinkhole by the very eels I’m trying to catch.

This is also approximately the point when I begin to question the wisdom of this entire situation.

Mr. Campleader goes to get the resto f the girls seated around the sinkhole and I sit in the dark for a long time with my human anchor. I’m seriously considering where my life choices have led me at such an early age, when the line in my hand twitches.

And then the line in my hand yanks.

Already hyped on “I might possibly die tonight” adrenaline, I jolt and frantically whisper for Mr. Campleader to come. I’m still supposed to be quiet, so I let the line yank at me as I stage whisper as loud as I can. Mr. Campleader hurries over and I start to pull on my line, but then it snaps slack. Mr. Campleader pulls up the frayed end for us to see in the light of his headlamp.

“Ah, see? You left her on the line too long, all her teeth sawed through the line.”

You know.

Like fish usually do to fishing line.

It’s fine.

My line’s rehooked and rebaited, I’m applauded for getting the first bite of the night and told to call sooner if it happens again.

Now my anchor and I are much tenser now we know they’re down there.

And it’s not too terribly long before my hand is pulled downwards again with a mighty jerk.

Mr. Campleader crashes over as my anchor and I whisper hysterically, the line getting heavier as we try to stand and I reel up the line hand over hand as quickly as I can. He reaches over with his huge Maori arms and grabs the line, powerfully yanking it up.

There is an image forever branded in my memory, and it’s the circle of light from his headlamp illuminating a glistening and writhing length of slimy grey muscle hanging from my fishing line. For an awful and awe-inspiring moment my eel, twice as thick around as my own neck, hangs there, and then suddenly, it drops back down into the water with a splash.

Mr. Campleader is devastated.

“I am so sorry!” he cries, grabbing his hair, “I lost you your eel! She must have been six feet long! I should have pulled it up faster, it got off the hook, it must have been nine feet long! I am so so sorry!”

I shakily tell him not to worry about it.

I’m suddenly very grateful not to have six feet of angry eel on my hands in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere.

No one else gets a bite the rest of the night and we eventually pack up and head back to camp. The next morning Mr. Campleader tells us he set an eel trap downstream yesterday in case we didn’t catch anything and he holds up the trap triumphantly to show a very much alive two-foot eel inside.

I am the only one of the girls willing to go near it, so I fish the little guy out and hold him while the others gather around. You know how some people think snakes are slimy, but they aren’t? Well, eels are slimy, really slimy. they’re coated from tip to tail in a thick layer of mucus that clings to your skin when you handle them, and soon my hands and arms are covered in the slippery clear substance.

He was actually pretty docile and I was careful to hold him right, having had countless pets in my day. Picture were taken, the others tentatively touched it while I calmly held him, and then Mr. Campleader announces brightly that its time for our next activity. He takes the eel from me, cuts its head off with his hunting knife, and then shoos us away to wash our hands.

We spend the afternoon decorating pillowcases while said eel bleeds out, hung from a nearby tree.

You know, normal girls camp stuff.

Later that day as we pull back into town Mr. Campleader’s brought fish and chips for everyone, with a surprise side dish of the eel, who has been battered and deepfried.

I’ve had eel and eel sauce since then, but friends, perhaps you will understand when I tell you that I did not eat a single bite of that particular eel that day.

#eel #long post #every time I saw Mr. Campleader he would apologize profusely #he even wrote an apology on my pillowcase when we all signed eachother's #wit writes #story #my life #new zealand

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thehikingviking · 2 years

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Spanish Needle from Lamont Meadow

With the summer hiking season coming to an end, I really wanted to climb one more Sierra Nevada peak while the Range of Light was still accessible, but I had to be in Los Angeles for a baby shower. I figured I could find a nice hike down there, but the more I looked, the less excited I became about the options within the Transverse Ranges. I then started to think bigger. Perhaps I could find a peak in the Southern Sierra with a reasonable drive. The SPS list is a Southern Californian list anyways since it criminally omits several great peaks in the northern section of the range. After some quick research, I found that Spanish Needle was only a 3 hour drive from LAX. Therefore, I planned to drop Asaka and Leif at the airport at 6am the morning after the party and drive to the trailhead afterwards. I also discovered a route that is shorter than the standard approach via the PCT from Chimney Creek Campground. With a capable vehicle, one can approach from the northwest via an unnamed dirt road from Lamont Meadows. I wasn’t sure how far I’d be able to drive, and I would find out only by trying.

Things went mostly as planned the morning of. I dropped Asaka and Leif off and began my drive north. Aside from Google Maps almost completely screwing me over, I made it over Walker Pass in decent time. I left Highway 178 and turned onto Chimney Peak Road, then drove north along dirt roads to Lamont Meadow. The turnoff to the unnamed 4WD road was not obvious, but easy enough to find when looking for it. It drops down steeply and crosses Chimney Creek. My Jeep had little trouble crossing this section, but it was fall of a drought year. From there the driving was generally easy. I drove until I reached a thicket. I could have squeezed through, but I wasn’t interested in scratching my brand new car.

I had already shaved off a mile of hiking, so I was satisfied to start from here. I drove back a little bit and found a place to park off the side of the track.

Once through the thicket, the road improved once again. Lamont Peak stood above me to the south.

I aimed to reach the low point in the saddle ahead.

The meadow was very pretty. The road then led into the forest. Coulter pine cones littered the ground.

All the while I was impressed with the quality of the road. I could have driven 1.5 miles further with no issues. A fallen tree finally barred further progress, and the dirt road evolved into dirt bike tracks thereafter. Eventually the dirt bike tracks disappeared, and I was left climbing up a dry gully. In some places this gully would get choked up with a fallen tree or some brush, making me sidehill around whatever obstacle lay in my path.

The bushwhacking that I found was minimal, but it was getting kind of warm, and nobody likes bushwhacking in warm weather. As I climbed in elevation, East Lamont Peak and Lamont Pinnacles rose above the surroundings.

The final ascent up the gully was very steep, but there was no more bushwhacking to be had. I followed mostly animal trails until I reached the PCT above.

The trip reports stated that I would need to sidehill beneath the ridge ahead of me.

I took a rest in the shade here, then continued on the trail a short distance to the south. There wasn’t a super obvious marker for where to leave the trail, but I did notice a faint use trail.

I made my first mistake shortly thereafter. I was well aware that a long section of sidehilling lay ahead, but since I couldn’t spot an obvious cairned route, I decided to slowly gain elevation as I traversed. I should have instead just maintained my elevation because in a short amount of time I found myself cliffed out with big air beneath me. I was forced to descend several hundred feet to get around the cliffs, and after doing so I found some cairns marking the standard route.

Not only were there cairns, but there were sections of use trail in various places. It was now approaching midday and getting pretty warm. There was a balmy easterly breeze blowing from the desert.

There was a lot of loose talus, and I would say this section was not particularly fun. Needless to say I was relieved to finally gain the main ridge.

While there was an easier way below, I stayed atop of the ridge for a short section, which was very exposed and brushy in spots. A faint use trail reappeared again and I switched back up the gully above. Once atop a false summit, the true summit finally came into view.

I had to drop down to a shallow notch. I placed my hand on a rock for balance, and in doing so accidentally tore open my hand. That rock was really sharp. I formed a fist to apply pressure in an effort to stop the bleeding. I wasn’t thrilled about this because right after was the start of the class 3 section where I actually needed my hands for once. The first block to surmount was about head high, and could either be ascended by a crack or some angled steps on the left.

Once atop this I simply walked across the infamous friction slab. In dry conditions this was very easy for me, even though I was hiking with my “slippery” shoes. I could see how this could be an issue in icy conditions. Perhaps someone who is afraid of heights might have trouble here, but then why would someone climb peaks if they are afraid of heights?

I thought the scrambling would end there, but I was in for a surprise. There was some additional route finding and scrambling for me to enjoy the rest of the way. None of it was hard though, except in one section a tree blocked what would be the easiest route.

Some excellent holds on solid rock followed by a small jump took me to the summit. To the south was Owens Peak.

To the southwest was Canebrake Flat.

To the northwest were East Lamont Peak and Lamont Pinnacles.

To the north were North Needle, Lamont Benchmark and Sawtooth Peak.

Off in the distance were Mt Langley and Olancha Peak.

To the northeast were Telescope Peak, Maturango Peak and the Mojave Desert.

To the east was Rodecker Flat.

I opened the summit register and found a gem; a 1964 Carl Heller signature.

The temperature was even warm on the summit. It did not feel like a Sierra peak, and the crows had started to encircle me, hoping that I would keel over. Not today crows, not today!

I turned my attention to South Needle. I had interest in this one since Bob Burd recently told me that he had been looking at this one for years. It was a short distance from my location, so I decided to give it a try.

Making it down without a rope appeared doubtful from the onset, but I decided to investigate anyway. I found a series of ledges, and I was able to drop further and further down, finding weakness after weakness.

It started as class 3, then slowly progressed to class 4. It looked like I would be able to descend all the way to the saddle with a series of class 4 moves, and while I feel like I would have been able to do it, I didn’t feel the risk was justified. The only reason I was doing this was to impress Bob, and that was a dumb reason.

Besides, it was too darn hot. Even if I could get down, I would suffer while hiking all the way to South Needle, only to have to reclimb Spanish Needle again. I figured that it would make more sense to climb North Needle instead, as this was on the way back. I re-ascended Spanish Needle then turned my focus to the point to the north.

I scrambled back down the class 3 section, pausing at the slab to take a photo of the exposure.

After descending the class 3 section in its entirety, I stopped again to document the crux of the climb. Again, nothing too special here.

I had read Bob Burd’s trip report regarding the traverse from Spanish Needle to North Needle. He documented brushy sections and some class 4, and this is exactly what I found.

The rock quality was poor in places, and the brush simply made things annoying. I was hot and sweaty, and there were several minor pinnacles that I had to ascend and descend.

I was not really enjoying this traverse either, but perhaps it was better than the boring sidehilling below.

Just when I thought I was in the clear, I reached the base of the summit pinnacle and was stopped by a near vertical cliff. A direct attempt looked like class 5, so I started investigating around the corner to the left.

I found a weakness in the rock. An exhilarating scramble ensued, and after some solid climbing I made it atop the western side of the pinnacle.

From the top of the ridge, I headed back east towards the summit where I found a pipe bomb register. I could not open it no matter how hard I tried.

To the south were Spanish Needle, South Needle and Owens Peak.

To the west were East Lamont Peak and Lamont Peak.

To the north were Lamont Benchmark, Olancha Peak and Sawtooth Peak.

The beauty of now being atop this peak was that it was a simple hike back down to the PCT. I encountered nothing more than class 2 and was back on the trail in no time.

I wanted to climb Lamont Benchmark next, so I continued north along the PCT. After 1.5 miles of trail walking, I decided that it was not worth it. I was almost out of water and simply over it. I hate hiking in the heat, and I was no longer having fun. I then decided to drop straight down the sandy mountain slopes. I followed a dry gulch all the way back towards my ascent route at the bottom of the canyon.

Once back on the 4WD road, I had an enjoyable, shaded hike back to the car. I watched the sun dip behind Lamont Pinnacles.

I found my car where I left it and drove back to Highway 178. I stopped at Sierra Vista restaurant in Weldon for a delicious dinner. I was tired and dirty, but it was well worth it because I was able to steal an SPS peak out of a non-hiking weekend.

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Bewakoof expands its fashion category with launch of streetwear collection

Bewakoof, a leading D2C fashion brand, announced the launch of its first ever streetwear collection, Seedhe Gully Se. The expansion of categories is part of the company’s goal to reach Rs 2,000 crore in revenue by 2025.

Inspired by the streets of India, Bewakoof’s streetwear collection is an ode to multiple India’s that reside in the gullies of our metros and small towns. The company has also launched a brand video showcasing its collection across all digital platforms. The video is already garnering a lot of interest with over 2 lakh views on YouTube alone.

Prabhkiran Singh, Founder CEO, Bewakoof, says “Based on the underground movement and moving from being flashy to wearing your own attitude, streetwear enables the youth to move out of labels and get into their own skin.” The company has a total user base of 4 million with current brand sales at Rs 300 crore.

The company has recently raised Rs 60 crore in a pre-series B round led by InvestCorp. Till data Bewakoof has raised Rs 170 crore.

Bewakoof Streetwear has a size inclusive, gender neutral range of Hyper Prints, Color Blocks, Bottomwear and more. The collection with over 100 SKUs is aimed at fashion lovers who want to express themselves as they do through their social media by posting writing imagery, art or any other creative form which helps them share their voice with the people. The theme of the collection Modern Noise is inspired by people who wear their attitude through clothing.

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Pandora's Box

A long time ago, i used to work at Best Buy. I shilled TVs back in the Electronics section and was pretty good at it. Occasionally, i had to help in the Magnolia section, the high end stuff, because of my crazy attach rate. I don’t care for TVs like that but i do game pretty hard and i am a console slut so i keep on on the latest display tech. My hobby made me pretty knowledgeable about TVs so the job was cake to me. We had this one, massive, TV that was an OLED and needed a movie to show off that stunning new tech. I suggested one Tron: Legacy because of the color contrasts, the blacks are usually inferior on LED TVs but not so much on OLEDs. Figured having a brand new tech like this, a movie like that would be beautiful to watch. I was vetoed and, instead, they chose to put on, ad nauseam, Jame’s Cameron’s Avatar. Boy, let e tell you, i f*cking HATE Avatar!

Up to that point, i had never seen Blue Cat Pocahontas. My very Hipster-ish nature tends to get in the way of me enjoying “popular” things. I don’t care for what the masses gravitate toward, unless it is brilliant to i already have an existing relationship with it. This is a character flaw i have as, double-backing after he hype dies down, i sometimes find real gems. Gone Girl immediately comes to mind. This is not one of those times. I read a few reviews and the synopsis on Wikipedia and immediately understood i had already seen this movie before so i wrote it off as superfluous. Since this was the display media for the flagship tech in the high end electronics store, I had to watch this thing on repeat all day. That is three times a day, everyday that i worked. It was hell.

The odd thing is, as many times as i was forced to endure this azure mediocrity, i can’t tell you anything about it. I know the plot in the glibbest sense and kind of resent the f*ck out of. Like, manifest destiny sh*t with a “European” hero to save the day. It’s straight up colonialism with a White Savior. It’s gender-swapped Pocahontas. It’s Alien Dances with Wolves. It’s Fern Gully with giant, blue, cat people who f*ck with their tails. Outside of the common plot points between those movies, i don’t remember anything about Avatar. It’s that forgettable. The writing in this thing is near non-existent. Like, there isn’t a single character that leaves an impression. All the cat people look the same, the main antagonist is generic White lead number seventeen, the Blue cat savages have magic powers, the fundamental romance is portrayed like a virgin with angst wrote it, and the ending is laughably uninspired. Why is this thing so f*cking popular?

The answer to that question is because people are dumb and distracted by shiny things. As a film, on a narrative level, Avatar is trash as f*ck. There is nothing new or innovative done with this type of story but the technical aspects of the movie are breathtaking. I’ll never sit here and say that Avatar doesn’t deserve all of those Oscars, man, because holy sh*t! This thing won for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects, which all makes sense because this movie is bloody gorgeous. I still think Tron: Legacy would have been a better film to truly demonstrate the power of that TV but Avatar turned out to definitely be a solid second choice. I was captivated by a lot of what i saw. The world of Pandora was stunning and realized so well. There was so much biodiversity n this entirely artificial world that you couldn’t help but be impresses. And the tech? Bro, that sh*t, alone, should have earned Cameron the Oscar. It’s actually funny because Avatar was a test run in order to develop that very specific technology in order to create Battle Angel Alita. I can kind of thank the success of Avatar for bringing Gally to the big screen but that’s as far as I'm willing to praise this pile, outside of the technical mastery.

So if i can freely admit that Avatar is a triumph of technical film making and even rationalize the success based upon the industry altering technology developed to make it, why do i still hate it? Because this sh*t isn’t new. Cameron is expected to innovate. That’s what he does. That’s what he loves to do. He’s basically Eighties Michael Bay but with the ability to tell a coherent story. You have to keep in mind; Cameron developed the T-800 endoskeleton from a dream. He wrote The Abyss to play with computer rendering tech before the sh*t became mainstream. He developed Terminator 2, arguably the greatest Nineties action movie to ever be made, specifically to push the Abyss effects to their limits in the form of the T-1000. He took what he learned from The Abyss and applied it to Titanic, birthing the most successful film in history, until that was outdone by another effects laden spectacle of his own creation, Avatar. Cameron got his start in the industry as an effects artist for the very best looking Roger Corman films. Dude created the Queen Alien, like, designed how that puppet would move and behave. Effects are his bread-and-butter so of course Avatar was going to LOOK good. But visuals are only half of visual storytelling and Avatar drops off a cliff in regards to the other half.

I can’t stand Avatar because it’s all style over substance and that level of success, outgrossing even Avengers: Endgame as the most profitable film, ever, is a constant reminder that the majority of the movie going public are easily distracted idiots. I cannot tell you how many people told me that Avatar deserved all of the awards and that i understood because I'm a “movie guy.” Technical Oscars, sure. It won the right ones. But people were outraged this thing didn’t win Best Picture and sh*t. Like, it’s a bad movie, man. It’s the epitome of a polished turd, of course it didn’t win Best Picture. It’s pretty as f*ck, sure, and if you enjoy it, that’s cool, too, but just having dope effects doesn’t make up for it’s terribly unoriginal narrative or forgettable script in general. If we’re disregarding the actual storytelling aspects of film and awarding Oscars strictly on the strength of the effects, then Michael Bay would take home Best Director every time he releases a movie. Michael Bay is never winning an Oscar for Best Director, just like Avatar shouldn’t have been in the discussion for Best Picture.

This thing is a turd wrapped in gold foil and the fact it’s getting four goddamn sequels is making crazy. so many lower budget and unique stories are we going to miss out to revisit Blue Cats? How many other dope worlds are we missing out on because Disney is risk averse and dedicated a billion f*cking dollars to some more of these sh*tty sequels rather than funding just SO many other, fresher, ideas? How profitable can these movies really be now that the tech to make them is readily available. I reference Alita before for good reason. That’s the benchmark for this type of film now and no one saw it. Gunnm has a huge fan base and it still struggled at the box office. Avatar is no one’s favorite franchise and, outside of the novel effects, what’s left? I mean, Dune just came out and that thing’s visuals sh*t on anything Cameron has ever made up to this point.�� Nolan drops a visual feast every time he makes a studio film and somehow presents a coherent narrative to boot. At this point, considering even A24 has the ability to deliver striking visuals in low budget films such as The Green Knight or Ex Machina, what’s the draw for more Avatar? Who the f*ck is this franchise for?

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Niche stars and not-quite celebrities are churning out namesake products — T-shirts, coloring books, tissue boxes — made for a dedicated few.

By Jon Caramanica

When he was 13, Leo Mandella began posting photos of his street wear outfits to his Instagram account, @gullyguyleo, and with his sophisticated color sense, confident poses and baby face, he was a quick hit. His hundreds of posts earned him a follower count comfortably in the six figures, but still he craved more.

“I want to show that I’m more than a kid who wears outfits,” Mr. Mandella, now 15, said in a recent interview. “I’ve always known if this blows up, I can create a brand on the back of it.”

Making clothing of his own would be a natural extension of his brand — Mr. Mandella eventually released a few items under the Gully brand name — but he wanted to make a loud, unexpected splash. His idea: a coloring book, with 25 line illustrations of him wearing high-end street wear, accompanied by a pack of Gully crayons. Released late last year, it sold several hundred copies.

“We wanted to make it exclusive, for the people who were actually passionate about buying,” Mr. Mandella said.

Which is to say, for the people who were so passionate about Mr. Mandella — a teenager living in Warwick, England who invented himself online from whole designer cloth — that they craved an even more tactile connection. His coloring book is part of an emergent movement of micromerch: personal merchandise for niche public figures and celebrities (or even not-yet celebrities) made possible by innovations in manufacturing and distribution, and with mechanisms greased by the ease of the internet.

Consider it the modern-day equivalent of the private-press LP or the small-batch zine, amplified for social media and very late capitalism.

Buying merch — T-shirts, key chains, mugs, etc. — to support a band, or a favorite actress, has been a common expression of fandom for decades. And in recent years, merch has begun to infiltrate fashion on two fronts. Companies like Bravado, the merchandising arm of the Universal Music Group, have propelled traditional musician merch into the hypebeast cycle. And brands including Vetements and Balenciaga have absorbed merch aesthetics into meta-referential clothing.

Now, though, small-batch merch — a couple dozen to a couple thousand items — can be made available for almost anyone, from emergent social media or reality TV demicelebrities to casual dadaists who toy with the dissemination of ideas in the modern marketplace. In an era when personal branding is presumed, no following is too small to monetize.

Want to show support for Sean Bryan, a.k.a. the Papal Ninja, an American Ninja Warrior contestant and lay minister? There’s a shirt (and laptop case) for that. Enthralled by the 1980s sunglasses worn by the rubber-legged teen social media star Roy Purdy in his absurdist dance videos? For a while, he sold them, too. Obsessed with Gordie, the French bulldog owned by Alex Tumay, who engineers Young Thug’s records? Buy a shirt.

“I’d never pitched myself as a product to people,” Mr. Tumay said. “It was kind of a sellout angle I was worried about.” But he’s sold around 50, and the money he took in paid for flights for him and his partners to go to the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin last month.

Peloton, the home indoor cycling business, has a stable of a dozen instructors, and sells merch inspired by each. Jill Foley, Peloton’s director of boutique apparel, said the company has sold hundreds of T-shirts and tank tops with instructor catchphrases like “It’s Not That Deep” (Cody Rigsby) and “Sweat Sing Repeat” (Jenn Sherman).

“We’re getting messages to people in this micro way,” Ms. Foley said, emphasizing the intimacy of the relationship Peloton riders develop with their chosen instructors. “We’re in people’s homes in their daily life.”

At times, the micromerch comes before the notoriety. On the most recent season of “The Bachelorette,” Lucas Yancey spent most of his energy screaming “WHABOOOOOOM,” rather than pursuing Rachel Lindsay. Conveniently, he was already selling shirts with the phrase on his website.

In this, at least, he was ahead of the curve. Most graduates of the Bachelor ecosystem migrate into the murky worlds of paid Instagram posts and event appearances, but Ashley Iaconetti, a contestant known for persistent waterworks and committed virginity, decided to become the brand herself. “I always thought myself being so known for crying,” she said. “Why don’t I have a deal with Kleenex or Puffs?”

Instead, she began selling her own tissue boxes (in truth, a printed sleeve with line drawings of Ms. Iaconetti’s forlorn face sheathing a plain white tissue box) along with other merchandise. “Snooki was Snooki, and now she’s kind of her own brand,” she said. “Also, Kylie lip kits subconsciously encouraged me.” (Indeed, the peak micromerch endgame is something like Kim Kardashian West’s Kimoji, which sells pool floats, mouse pads and Post-it notes shaped like her derrière, among other items.)

These nascent micro-personality businesses may never reach that level of name recognition or profitability, but they’re something more than mere pet projects. “The easiest term is to call it a brand,” Matthew Hwang of Pizzaslime said, but conceded that wasn’t quite sufficient. “We almost need to come up with new words.”

Pizzaslime is a creative agency specializing in creating viral moments, and also a rapid-response merchandise business specializing in capitalizing on them. Early last year, a sharp-tongued teenager, Danielle Bregoli, went viral following a hilarious moment on “Dr. Phil” where she threatened judgmental audience members to “cashmeoussidehowbowdah” (say it slow). Within two weeks, Pizzaslime had made a slew of merch for her featuring the catchphrase, including a $250 blanket featuring her face — all sold out.

“When anyone is smart enough to build a following on social media, strategic in the ways they build their content, they can utilize those same sort of strategies for merchandise,” Mr. Hwang said.

Which raises the question of what the smallest following a person can have while still being able to sell merchandise can be. “I’ve worked with people who have 10 million Instagram followers and they’ve done less than someone with 20,000,” said Chase Ortega, who owns the Hyv (pronounced “hive”), a merchandise company that primarily handles emerging musicians, but which has employed the same infrastructure to service merch for several nontraditional clients, including the feminist artists Grace Miceli and Molly Soda, the social media star Too Poor (an ex-girlfriend of Lil Peep and something of a modern-day Nancy Spungen), and the surrealist comic artist Zack Fox.

“I think of it as a new record label. I’m not trying to be Bravado,” Mr. Ortega said. “I want to be the Matador. I want a cool roster.”

That frees him up him to sell, with Mr. Fox, a couple of hundred water bottles emblazoned with a reclaimed bigoted phrase (that can’t be published here) derived from a Twitter meme.

For Mr. Fox, merch isn’t strictly about celebrity. “I’ve always leaned more into making things artistically valid to me,” he said. In buying the water bottle, he explained, “You’re buying a piece of performance; you’re not really trying to rep Zack Fox.”

That tension between the intentions of the purchaser and creator also intrigues Ayesha Siddiqi, a creative consultant specializing in trend forecasting with a robust Twitter following who, in partnership with the artist and musician Saba Moeel, recently collaborated on the design of a collection of shirts and hoodies. Some are drawn directly from Ms. Siddiqi’s tweets, like the hoodie that reads Spider Labor Solidarity. “It means what it says — that my solidarity is with the workers, especially those who work quietly and alone and for the benefit of all those around them,” Ms. Siddiqi wrote in an email.

But even though they weren’t intended as personal merch, some people have been buying them, she said, “because they were fans of ours to begin with and liked the opportunity to support something we’d made.”

In some cases, micromerch may be the pretense for providing an undersupported creative with some revenue, a cousin of Patreon subscriptions or Twitch micropayments. For Mr. Fox, selling merchandise has provided an alternate revenue stream, and one with ideological punch. “The idea is a seed, and it’s always going to upstream to someone making money off it,” he said. “Me selling this stuff is a way to, in one moment, protect the idea and also give myself what’s due.”

It can also be a way to extend a moment that might otherwise be fleeting, give it physical form so that it might travel far beyond where it began. And it can lead to bigger things. Recently, Mr. Mandella was tapped by a Converse to help relaunch the One Star sneaker. On his Instagram, he posted a photo of himself inside a bus covered in a 15-foot-tall photo of him. Who’s micro now?

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Nelvana properties:

1.Babar and the Adventures of Badou

Catch Babar and the Adventures of Badou all around the world in this celebrated return to the small screen! The show centers on Badou, King Babar’s grandson, and his diverse group of friends. This re-invention of the Babar brand features all the key elements that preschoolers adore: lovable and funny characters; rich environments from the King’s Palace in Celesteville to the lush jungle; and imaginative stories that include pirate treasures, palace mysteries and loads of other “tusktastic” adventures. With stunning CGI animation, updated characters and exciting story lines, Babar and the Adventures of Badou is guaranteed to extend Babar’s 80-year legacy for decades to come.

Key Facts

Target Demo: Kids 2-5

Brand Essence:

Tone: Adventurous

Values: Family, Respect, Courage, Leadership

Themes: Exploration, Mystery, Active Play, Adventure

Key Broadcasters: Disney Junior (USA), YTV (Canada), Disney Channel/TF1 (France), KIKA (Germany), Discovery Kids (Latin America), CITV (UK), Minimax (Eastern Europe), and M-Net (South Africa)

Key Merchandise Categories: Mastertoy, Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Personal Care, Social Expression, Interactive, Live Theatrical

Territories Available: Worldwide

2.Beyblade

BEYBLADE Worldwide Domination! BEYBLADE appears on numerous toy lists and award rosters, but most importantly is the obsession of millions of kids. Worldwide, BEYBLADE is a unique battling sport that lets boys live out the fantasy portrayed in the animated series by competing head-to-head in an action-packed strategic game. The Beyblade franchise captures the attention of boys through innovation and competitive play. BEYBLADE is on fire—join the phenomenon!

Key Facts

Target Demo: Boys 6-12

Brand Essence: Competition, Collectability, Customization

Key Broadcasters: Cartoon Network (Australia), YTV (Canada), Canal J/Gulli (France), Nickelodeon (Germany), Disney XD (Latin America), M-Ney (South Africa)

Key Merchandise Categories: Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Seasonal and Sporting Goods, Back-to-School, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Interactive

Territories Available: Worldwide (excluding Asia, Middle East, Turkey, Italy, Greece)

3.Max & Ruby

Based on the clever and colourful books by internationally acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Rosemary Wells, Max & Ruby follows the hilarious, entertaining and mischievous misadventures of bunny siblings, Max, and his older sister, Ruby. The brand garners high awareness and affinity from both preschoolers and their parents, becoming a leader in trusted family-friendly brands. The playful and entertaining duo hopped onto the small screen in 2002 and their adventures continue in 2011 with a new season —so come join the bunny party!

Key Facts

Target Demo: Preschoolers (Kids 2-5)

Brand Essence:

Tone: Imaginative, Encouraging, Safe

Values: Teamwork, Spontaneity, Creativity

Themes: Activity Play, Classic Sibling Relationship

Key Broadcasters: Treehouse (Canada), Nickelodeon (USA), and Nickelodeon (Multi-territory)

Key Merchandise Categories: Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Seasonal and Sporting Goods, Back-to-School, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Interactive Territories

Available: North America

4.Bakugan

Bakugan is exploding with power! In season 4, Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge, Dan and the Brawlers are challenged for their title as the number one battlers at the "Grand Prix BakuganTournament". Bakugan remains one of the top boys’ action properties and is evolving into an evergreen brand for Nelvana. With the brand essence centering on competition and collectability, boys everywhere are joining the Bakugan phenomenon. Ongoing tournament play and demonstrations across North America are being shared and duplicated in marketing around the world to keep Bakugan top-of-mind for diehard fans and engage new ones. As a property that has achieved top industry accolades and from season to season, Bakugan has successfully proven to be a long-term brand.

Key Facts

Target Demo: Boys 6-11

Brand Essence: Action-adventure, Strategic, Competitive

Key Broadcasters: Teletoon (Canada), Cartoon Network (USA), Cartoon Network (Multi-territory)

Key Merchandise Categories: Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Seasonal and Sporting Goods, Back-to-School, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Interactive

Territories Available: Worldwide (excluding Asia, Middle East)

5.The Backyardigans

The Backyardigans brand has become a highly trusted and recognized household name. The five high-spirited preschool friends - Pablo, Uniqua, Tasha, Tyrone and Austin rely on their vivid imaginations to transform their backyard into a fantastical adventure and together they embark on amazing journeys that stimulate imaginative play, all the while singing and dancing. With The Backyardigans’ wide array of environments, imaginative storylines, and playful themes, the brand has a wide array of factors that lead to mindful and creative merchandising opportunities. It is time to get your dancing shoes on and join the party!

Key Facts

Target Demo: Preschoolers (Kids 2-5)

Brand Essence: Imagination, Exploration, Teamwork

Key Broadcasters: Treehouse (Canada), Nickelodeon (Australia/NZ), Nickelodeon (France), Nickelodeon (Italy), Discovery Kids (Latin America), Nickelodeon (Pan-Asia), Nickelodeon (UK)

Key Merchandise Categories: Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Seasonal and Sporting Goods, Back-to-School, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Interactive

Territories Available: Canada

6.Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom is making a big impression with teens and tweens around the world. Apparel, accessories, social expressions, bags, and gift items make up the foundation of this uniquely eye-catching lifestyle brand. Created by Mighty Fine in 2000, Ruby Gloom has evolved into a character representing self expression and individuality. New artwork is frequently supplied to keep the brand fresh with fun themes inspired by pop culture and the fashion world. Rubygloom.com also received a makeover to reflect the trendy direction of the brand. Having already made her way into a Japanese music video and a Telenova soap opera, there’s no telling where this globetrotting girl will go next!

Key Facts

Target Demo: Teens and Tweens

Brand Essence: Unique, Cute, Edgy

Key Broadcasters: Nickelodeon/ABC (Australia), Zona A (Columbia), RTM (Malaysia), Canal Once (Mexico), Zigzap (Poland), Pop TV (UK)

Key Merchandise Categories: Secondary Toys, Apparel & Accessories, Seasonal and Sporting Goods, Back-to-School, Home Furnishings, Publishing, Interactive

Territories Available: Worldwide

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Australia’s Most Stunning Gardens, Revealed!

TDF Design Awards

by Amelia Barnes

Ben Scott Garden Design, Garden House Garden. Photo – Derek Swalwell

Ben Scott Garden Design, Garden House Garden

Terraced over three levels, Ben Scott Garden Design has created a multi-dimensional landscape in the Malvern Garden House. Every facet of the garden supports the architecture principles of the accompanying home, providing flexible and adaptable spaces for a growing family. It’s an animated and immersive space that captures the wonder and imagination of a child’s mind.

Revisit our feature on the Malvern Garden House here.

Acre, Dune House. Photo – Derek Swalwell. Garden Life, Palm Beach Garden. Photo – Nick Watt

Acre, Dune House

A steep, difficult beachside site has been activated by a raised lawn, lap pool and emotive planting palette. Adopting a new take on coastal garden design, Acre have created a space that remains stylish, refined, and almost European in its design intent. The material palette is textural and timeless, with a selection of plants that feels sophisticated while also loose and emotive. Perennial grasses and flowers give this project a uniqueness not usually seen on a coastal property.

Revisit our feature on this project here.

Garden Life, Palm Beach Garden

A clifftop, seaside wonderland has been refreshed by Garden Life with a naturalistic planting palette inspired by the dry gardens of the Mediterranean and Morocco. Combining miscanthus, aloes and salvias with Mexican lilies, rosemary, Indian hawthorn and Mauritian hemp bush, the various textures and colours come together to create an enchanting scheme. There is always something flowering in this garden, from the orange winter-flowering aloes, the agapanthus in summer, and salvias going right through to autumn.

Rolling Stone Landscapes, Amongst The Trees. Photo – Peter Crumpton. Ian Barker Gardens, Deepdene. Photo – Claire Takacs

Rolling Stone Landscapes, Amongst The Trees

Nestled among the trees is this relaxing garden surrounding the Rolling Stone Landscapes headquarters. An existing circular concrete rainwater tank converted into a fire pit area sets the tone for the remainder of the garden, with a curved path forging its way through lush mixed plantings of grasses, succulents and trimmed hedges. A set of custom pre-formed concrete steps connects the areas in an informal way and provides additional seating area around the fire pit.

Ian Barker Gardens, Deepdene

This 1860s one-acre property is believed to have been designed by William Guilfoyle, the creator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, and it is listed on the National Trust. A recent two-year makeover by Ian Barker Gardens has restored as much of the original garden charm, including a nationally registered 135+ year old cork oak tree, requiring x-raying of the ground before excavation. Original rose arbours and existing sculptures have also been restored to their former glory.

Revisit our feature on this Deepdene garden here.

Eckersley Garden Architecture, Yarra River Cascading Garden. Photo – Caitlin Mills. Kathleen Murphy Landscape Design, Native Retreat-Studio Garden. Photo – Marnie Hawson

Eckersley Garden Architecture, Yarra River Cascading Garden

On the edge of the Yarra in Melbourne’s Toorak is this truly spectacular garden by Eckersley Garden Architecture, inspired by Guilfoyle’s Volcano garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Planted in challenging conditions on a steep site, this bold, eclectic outcome demonstrates the power of close collaboration between client, environment and designer. Eckersley Garden Architecture have worked with the existing bones of the garden, adding finesse and flair to encourage people through the space and down to the river.

Revisit our feature on this Toorak garden here.

Kathleen Murphy Landscape Design, Native Retreat-Studio Garden

Kathleen Murphy’s own studio garden is an ongoing project that serves as both a hardy family garden for her three children to enjoy, as well as a place to explore ideas and demonstrate concepts in context for her clients. The vision for this garden was to frame views of the Macedon Ranges, nestle the studio into the landscape, visually connect the outdoors to the accompanying home, and use drought and frost plants. The garden allows Kathleen to experiment with plants before using these in client projects, and is therefore always changing.

Revisit our feature on Kathleen Murphy here.

Kate Seddon Landscape Design, TarraWarra Museum of Art Pathway. Photo – Rob Blackburn. Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture, Cottesloe 01. Photo – Tristain Peirce

Kate Seddon Landscape Design, TarraWarra Museum of Art Pathway

This garden was commissioned to connect the lower carpark area of the TarraWarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley to the Allan Powell designed building at the top of the hill. A subtle approach was required, as to complement and not interfere with the existing harmonious setting. Kate Seddon has designed a landscaped footway that guides visitors through the sloping park. Steps disappear into the verdant hills, materials reflect those already on the estate, and a deck provides a gathering place for events.

Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture, Cottesloe 01

A unique opportunity to design a small sheltered courtyard with multiple living zones on the Cottesloe beachfront has resulted in this outdoor living space, which is used daily as an extension of the accompanying home’s living spaces. Central to the design is an outdoor fireplace that is visible through the home, flanked with a raised decking space for casual entertaining, and built-in seating for reclining. Planting developed in conjunction with a landscape contractor has delivered a detailed and drought-resistant outcome.

Kieron Gait Architects & Dan Young Landscape Architect, Whynot Street Carport and Pool. Photo – Christopher Frederick Jones. Kate Seddon Landscape Design, The Composed Garden. Photo – Rob Blackburn.

Kieron Gait Architects & Dan Young Landscape Architect, Whynot Street Carport and Pool

This new carport and pool by Kieron Gait Architects & Dan Young Landscape Architect in Brisbane highlights its surrounding landscape to provide a connection to place. The concrete carport roof is functional, while providing a terrace to enjoy the northern views. Utilising the slope of the site and stepping down the walls, the rear garden is connected to the gumtree green palette of Mt Coot-tha beyond. The use of excess stone leftover from the carport excavation around the pool gives the illusion of a natural swimming hole, with deep coloured water reminiscent of that found in a gully.

Revisit our feature on this West End garden here.

Kate Seddon Landscape Design, The Composed Garden

This minimalist design combines a natural material palette with a celebration of seasonality. Inspired by the natural and designed landscapes of both Japan and Denmark, Kate Seddon devised a series of layered spaces, providing areas for lounging, entertaining and transition. The rear garden encourages engagement with nature, transitioning from a terraced seating space into greenery, then a seating area with a fire pit. Paving materials including concrete and split stone pavers link the various spaces.

Revisit our feature on this Hawthorn garden here.

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vivekkvinay · 4 years

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When In The Winter Of 1989 A Petite, Innocuous-looking Sachin Tendulkar First Walked Down The Pitch To Bat Against Mighty Pakistan, Who Would Have Imagined This Teenager Would Become The Very Reason For Millions Of Indians To Watch And Play Cricket.. I Was All Of 12 And He Was 16, When I First Saw Him Hold That Bat And Play The Ball, On My Family's New Colour Television Set!A Young Boy Taking On The Big, Bad World Brings Out The Deepest Emotions In Those Watching. #Sachin Had Already Become A Rage By The Early 90's.. Little Boys Wanted To Bat, Dress And Wear Their Hair Like He Did.I Remember Watching An Advert For The Cola Brand That Featured About A Dozen Boys Playing Gully Cricket, Wearing Tendulkar Masks. That Commercial Captured The Very Popular Sentiment, "Everyone Wanted To Be Like Him..When He Was Just On His Early 20's" -Aakash Chopra(The Reinventionist) #Sundayread #Happycouriers #sachintendulkar 🌠🏏🇮🛐🤗😘 #cricket🏏 #goodreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B8DgPaNhHMhMutccOS8s_b_XfM4voao9FRgIaI0/?igshid=d8fxqtesiqb2

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bhuwank · 5 years

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Most gorgeous actress of the Bollywood industry 2019

1) Sara Ali Khan

The daughter of the two gorgeous parents, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, Sara Ali Khan debuted in the Bollywood industry last year only(2018). At just 25 years of age, she has already worked in two brilliant movies, Kedarnath and Simba and has two movies lined up to be released, Love Aaj Kal 2 and Coolie No1. She is just too gorgeous to be real. Her charm, packed with her beauty and down-to-earth nature is just the perfect combination a girl could have.

2) Alia Bhatt

Born on 15th March in the year 1993 into the Bhatt family, Alia Bhatt is the daughter of renowned film producer, Mahesh Bhatt, and Soni Razdan. Having made her debut in the movie Student Of The Year, she went on to work in a few blockbuster movies such as 2 States, Udta Punjab, Highway, Gully Boy and several more as well. For her brilliant acting skills, she won one Filmfare as well as two-star dust awards. One of the most beautiful actresses who has blessed our industry, Alia Bhatt is a total package!

3) Disha Patani

Easily one of the youngest and hottest actresses working in the industry at present, Disha Patani is a sensation in the world of Bollywood. Being just 24 years of age, she has the potential and promises to be a big name in the history of the Indian film industry. Although she was seen in the advertisement of the Cadbury brand, which earned her a lot of appreciation it was the movie Dhoni: The Untold Story which brought her into the limelight in the world of Bollywood industry.

4) Kiara Advani

Currently one of the most hyped and hot topics of the industry nowadays, Kiara Advani is the epitome of beauty and perfection. As of now, she has just acted in two Bollywood movies till now. She made an appearance in the movie Dhoni: The Untold Story as the reel life wife of Dhoni. She was the lead actress in the super hit movie, Kabir Singh in which she was starred opposite Shahid Kapoor. Keeping her acting and movies aside for a while, Kiara Advani is one of the most stunning actresses out there and has been blessed with the looks worth dying for.

5) Kriti Sanon

Born on 27 July in the year 1990, Kriti Sanon made her acting debut in a Telugu Psychological thriller movie - Nenokkadine. Just a perfect example of beauty with brains, Kriti is a graduate in Electronics and communication. She debuted in Sabir khan's romantic movie opposite Tiger Shroff after which she worked in the blockbuster movie Dilwale. Her recent work was in the movie Luka Chuppi. Blessed with a great height and the perfect smile, Kriti Sanon is very pretty and elegant.

Hope you liked this article.

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pathtopurchase · 5 years

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Taking mystic chords to market

I attended a lecture on the marketing of music this weekend by an alumnus from the Berklee College of Music. It seems there are ~100,000 music records released worldwide each year. I’m not sure how a release is defined here, but it’s a large number. As an artiste, how do you get your music discovered?

A few principles apply.

It helps to ride on cultural trends. Alex Bogusky of Crispin Porter + Bogusky says the way to ride cultural trends is to position a brand at a point of tension between opposing viewpoints, at a time when it’s not clear which way the cultural currents will flow. The movie “Gully Boy” has a song called “Apna Time Aayega”. Part of the reason for its popularity may well have been that it resonated with the huge aspirations of youngsters and the difficulty in getting across the chasm to opportunity.

When releasing the first few songs, it seems important for an artiste to have some thematic unity so that they can shape the way they get stereotyped. For instance, it’s probably not a good idea to release a hip-hop, rock and Carnatic song if you’re just starting out as an artiste. To paraphrase Warren Buffett, you’d better make it clear if you’re about a ballet or a rock concert.

Within a song, it’s useful to have a “hook”. The hook acts as a sort of brand for the song and draws listeners in.

The industry seems to have quite a few people (songwriters etc.) who practice these principles to manufacture hits. While I’m not sure if a notes-by-the-numbers approach delivers much for a connoisseur, it seems successful enough to persist in the industry.

Also, with streaming services like Spotify and YouTube increasingly becoming the primary way for people to discover music, I wonder if SEO-like work for music will start becoming important. Perhaps this is already happening.

That said, I also think artistry, craft and sheer brilliance have a way of finding audiences. This is as true of brands as it is for music artistes.

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dailyobjectsblog-blog · 5 years

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Trending Huawei P20 Pro Cases by Daily Objects that will make your phone look more beautiful

Huawei’s P20 Pro is an evolution in Huawei P’s grand series. Already most popular for their smartphone photographs, the P20 Pro with its Leika Triple Camera adds to the glory of its name in the market. Its body looks sleek with a shape that is “precision crafted”. This device of the class is definitely a good deal of joy to own.

To ensure that this device’s class passes tough tests of damage and durability, you need to ensure the best shields for it. DailyObjects is one brand you can blindly put faith in when it comes to product quality and security. It is the largest seller of Smartphone cases in the Indian market and also has its popularity spread worldwide. DailyObjects gives you the best combination of quality and design. Our favourite DailyObjects new Huawei P20 Pro cases include the following - 1. Butterflies and Hibiscus Flowers Case Cover-

This makes a very good choice for people who like to flaunt the beauty of florals. The subtle colour combination of this design and the print quality combine to give you the best for your phone. 2. Gatsby Ocean Case Cover-

Glitter glitter everywhere! A little bling is never too much for a few people and this case by DailyObjects was specially made for them. This Gatsby Ocean Case Cover has a beautiful combination of blue and grey and is sure to turn heads wherever you go. 3. Apna Time Case Cover-

This is definitely for the die-heart gully boy fans! You seek your inspiration from Bollywood and we understand this. So, grab this case for the times to come! 4. Black and Sea Marble Case Cover-

This case is a sure buy for anybody who likes the class that marble flaunts. Coming in shades of ocean blue, this will perfectly showcase the lethal combination of class and durability.

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A splash of colours with the oriental feel makes for a good day! We have for you in our list the best to go for from DailyObjects for that colourful day effect. The Gilt and Glory Moroccan Case is definitely a steal from their site. This case is the best you can choose when it comes to spreading the fresh colour vibe. Good cases always make a good decision. And DailyObjects is one brand to trust in regards with the former. The prices are minimum and the quality is at its peak best. So, Get to their site now and check out how many you can grab for you Huawei P20 Pro.

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