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My husband, Shane The most genuine, kind, intelligent and inspiring person I know. Thank you for being my world and for all of your love and support.
TUSK MAGAZINE TUSK Magazine Publisher: Denise Faddis Editor: Denise Faddis Editor: Shane Faddis Copy Editor: Shane Faddis Photographer: Denise Faddis Creative Director: Denise Faddis Graphic Designer: Denise Faddis
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What do you love to do? Does it change as the years move forward or have you been in love with many of the same activities for most your life? It’s an impressive thing to witness, watching someone with pure drive, spend their life mastering the one thing they enjoy so truly that they come back to it everyday. I have a hard time imaging that I could find one thing that could capture me that way - the exception being my love for creating. Even though it’s an umbrella term and not a specific activity, it is my passion and the one thing that holds me tight. It is the love that I so willingly obey when it comes calling. I can barely recall a time that more than one day has gone by that I’m not creating in one way or another. Be it writing, designing, metal working, playing the guitar, cutting up and reworking clothes, painting, decorating, drawing, or photography. I have always loved photography and started capturing images when I was six. I admired my dad’s passion and talent for the craft, and picked up a camera to join him as soon as I could. I then introduced my form of cinematography; buying a camcorder after years of saving birthday gifts, allowances and generous other contributions from my parents. I spent most of middle school and high school writing small movie scripts and music videos, and wrangling friends to help me bring them to life. I brought my camcorder everywhere - parties, road trips, family outings. I look back and realize that was my first form of interviewing and learning about people who intrigued me. Today, I spent the morning at the gym, then went to work (designing another magazine), then came home and spent the evening, one of many, working on this issue of TUSK. My passion is the only reason these issues ever get completed and out to you. It’s also the reason I’ve spent many nights after work building a new and much improved TUSK website. Please take a minute and check it out! I think you will find that there are some really interesting articles, interviews, and photo features, you may have never seen. In fact you can read an interview, see the photos of the artist, and hear their music while you do so. The future of TUSK lies in the evolution of this new website and the possibilities it brings. TUSK Magazine has steadily evolved into TUSK Denver, and rather than full issues, you will now find new photo-shoots, music, interviews and more updates on Denver artists, easy to read and load on line. So, check in often, and see what’s new. This issue of TUSK continues to feature an impressive group of people that also live to create. In fact, I think it might contain two of the most interesting interviews we have ever published... (Cover Image: Features clothing from Ruckus Apparel. Models, Chelsea Robyn & Jessica Martinez, Make Up Artist, Jo Dang, and photographer, Denise Faddis)
Cheers! Denise Publisher - TUSK Magazine info@tuskdenver.com
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The new TUSK Denver website. Take a minute and check it out, I’m confident you will enjoy the easy to navigate layout and interesting group of interviews. Check it often and watch for new interviews, photo features, and music. www.tuskdenver.com
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HOTGUN Images & Interview by Denise Faddis
Describe your sound. Who are your major influences? I think we’re a little glam and a little garage with heavy 60s & 70s influences, from New York Dolls to Thin Lizzy and ACDC. Right now we just want to rock the heavy sounds. When did you form your band? January 2011 What inspired you to make music together? Mark Richardson, Paul Shellooe and myself have been playing music together for the last 5 years with The Informants, but the last couple of years, the 3 of us have really expand-
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ed together in our musical tastes and cravings. Over the years, we’ve played music with and have formed a tight friendship with Gregg Scragg (GT), who at the time was writing music, singing and playing guitar for GT & The Sidewinders. I also used to play with GT in a rockabilly band, where he drummed for us like a bat outta hell. We all fantasized about playing music together in the future and as fate would have it, he’s back to his ferocious drum chops, playing like Mikkey Dee from Motorhead! Tyson came into the picture as we were on a plane from LA back to Denver, talking about who our new bass player needed to be; an aggressive, confident weathered rock n rolla. Our phone rang in the taxi from DIA and it was Tyson inviting us to a party with some musical business to discuss. End of story. How can TUSK readers learn more about you and hear your music? www.hotgunrocks.com What are two lines of your all time favorite lyrics - any song, any artist? Wow! That’s a loaded and brilliant question. I want to share Mark Richardson’s lyrics with the world! The one that just popped into my head is from one of The Informants songs that I sang for and Mark wrote and it’s “Baby pull the trigger on my Redheaded gun!” I think another favorite is from an Aretha Franklin song. “Without a word of warnin’ blues walked in this mornin’ and circled ‘round my lonely room.” Thanks Denise!!!! Hotgun at the Rockaway, April 2011 5 TUSK faddiscreative.com
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Photographer: Todd Roeth
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years! Brian McRae on drums, Bijoux Barbosa on bass and Eric Moon on keys.
What inspired you to make music together? Describe your sound. Who are your major influ- Well, we all love to play! The three players I use actually play weekly together in a band called gogolab. It’s ences? My sound- it’s certainly diverse. There are elements of a mash up of free improvisation set to a film score. So jazz, rock, jam-band, singer/songwriter all mixed in. I much fun to hear! I think we have a lot of fun playing as like to make sure each song I write has a different musi- a lot of the music I write lends itself to improvisation. cal feel. It evokes a different emotion or takes you to a It’s a great fit for all those players. Every time we play it’s completely different. different place. I grew up with heavy metal like Metallica and Guns N Roses and then started getting into Bob Marley and Eric How can TUSK readers learn more about you and Clapton. I was always a huge Dave Matthews fan in high hear your music? school and in college I loved The Roots and The Wu- www.robdrabkin.com Tang Clan. As soon as I started getting into music more, I started listening to singer/songwriters a lot more. Nick What are two lines of your all time favorite lyrics any song, any artist? Drake, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison. “And the moon rose over an open field” - Paul Simon The list goes on and on :). from America. I have no idea why. At least that’s what jumps to mind today. The meaning in these lyrics isn’t When did you form your band? I’ve been playing with the same players for almost two much, it’s such a simple description, but just the way he sings it knocks me over every time! :). 6 TUSK faddiscreative.com
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FINAL BLOW Describe your sound. Who are your major influences? We’re an old school style hardcore band. Influenced by mostly New York hardcore bands like Sick of it All, Sheer Terror, & Madball.
How can TUSK readers learn more about you and hear your music? You can check out our purevoulme.com & reverbnation. com sites at: http://www.purevolume.com/finalblow http://www.reverbnation.com/finalblow
What are two lines of your all time favorite lyrics any song, any artist? “we’ll shout it strong, shout it loud. We are the ugly & proud” form the song Here to Stay, by the band Sheer When did you form your band? The band was formed by Vocalist Vino in late 2008 how- Terror. ever we didn’t become a real band till Jay joined. We’ve gone through a lot of different members in a short time, In the picture is, from left to right, Jay Shedlin, Guitar; Vino, Vocals; Cassie Begay, Bass; & Fritz Ahlquist, but this line up is the best we’ve had by far. Drums. Photograph: Final Blow What inspired you to make music together? We’re just four friends trying to have a good time & provide a release from the everyday bullshit we all have to go through.
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C. Vincent Plummer
Tell us about yourself ? I’m a musician and general creative misfit grinding it out in Los Angeles. I’m a general aesthetic & music enthusiast/promoter. I’m a Sagittarius. I love yoga heads, beat ninjas, & good café. I dig backpacks, beaches, busses, & bungalows. I’m also romantic for tech start-ups, media 2.0, & biz ideas that make artists $$.
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What do you love most about making music? Nothing excites me more than when a good song is born. It’s a magical thing. If I’m writing by myself, it typically happens late at night in my apartment while I’m farting around with something else. If I’m writing with others… it’s maybe the lightest moment that you can have with someone. It’s pure forward momentum, ya know… the world will beat the song down over time, but in the beginning there are so many possibilities. These days… the home studio is usually synonymous with the experience.
- So probably something in some other country. Ummmm… I almost rolled down a volcano once in Costa Rica… almost went to jail once in Morocco… unknowingly slept in a methlab once in Scotland… dove into 1000’s of jellyfish in México…. witnessed some interesting Santería rituals in Cuba… and went frog gigging in the swamp with some hillbillies in Arkansas. I dunno. Life is long and full of crazy stuff. If you move around enough, it’ll find you.
When did you first start playing and experimenting with music? I’ve always kind of hovered around music. I messed a little when I was a kid. On and off throughout middle school and high school. I didn’t really start playing music though with any sort of dedication until I was 21. That was when I learned to play the guitar.
Who are your favorite artists? A few mainstays. – Elliott Smith, Mice Parade, D’Angelo, The Notwist, Lali Puna, Radiohead, Phoenix, Sigur Ros, The Books, Jon Brion, Andre 3000, Loney Dear, & Andrew Bird
What do you love about Denver? Denver is bathwater. It’s the easiest place in the world to Who or what inspires you? do whatever you want. Of course, I miss my crew. My The obvious answer to this one is - I’m inspired by the best friends live there. I also miss the mountains in the amazing people that I’m blessed to play with and listen summertime. Camping in Colorado is the best. to. The more personal answer comes from many different places. Lyrically, I take my inspiration from quirky What is your most memorable or impact-full childlittle experiences I have. I love to listen to people’s sto- hood memory? ries. I usually find myself reimagining them with differ- Hmmm. I grew up in southern Baptist churches. So… ent words. I take a lot of creative liberties in my story probably people sweatin’, speakin’ in tongues, and telling I guess. twitchin’ w/ the Holy Ghost.
Where can people hear your music? Greybird – http://greybirdmusic.com (New digital release 4.1.11) The Mercury Project – http://themercuryproject.bancamp.com What else do you love to do? I love to have breakfast with friends & I love to make videos. If I had any bread… I would love to help other artists make stuff. Yeah… Truthfully, the older I get, the more I would really dig the role of making things happen for other creative types. What is the craziest thing that has ever happened to you? I dig traveling and crazy shit always happens in transit
What’s the best advice you have ever been given? I’m going to paraphrase, but it is more or less a manifesto. I picked up on this from a handful of successful musical entrepreneurs. Upcoming artists. Until you have a fanbase of 2500 peeps… be willing to give a lot of your stuff away for free. Accept donations. We’re inundated these days with media, so why do you think the modern broke ass consumer (who doesn’t have a problem finding other free media) should pay for yours? It’s a very interesting time. We’re both empowered and enslaved by a creative technological bubble. Build relationships. Your relationships will carry you further than the $5 profit you make on a CD. Leverage your relationships and tap into the abundant universe we live in. Think beyond your product. You are the brand… not the CD. Make art for art sake. Be open to different ways of making money. Your relationship skills will get you paid in the long run. Oh… and don’t be a dick. It’s bad for business. How you treat people is more important than what you do.
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Raise A Ruckus TUSK sits down with the owner of Ruckus Apparel, Josh Schmitz Interview & Image of Josh Schmitz by Denise Faddis
Photographer: Erich Garza (Read about Erich at www.tuskdenver.com)
Models: Shae Tamati / Caleb Gardner Chelsea Robyn / Jessica Martinez / Madelyn Lance Make Up Artist: Jo Dang (BYOB BEAUTY)
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How did RUCKUS Apparel get started? Ruckus was founded in 2009, by accident to be honest. I started making t-shirts for myself to wear and people would ask where I got my shirts, haha. When I said that “I made it” they would ask me to make one for them too and really it kind of grew by word of mouth. Soon I was making enough shirts that it was time to become legal and legit.
Photographer: Erich Garza Models: Shae Tamati / Caleb Gardner Chelsea Robyn / Jessica Martinez / Madelyn Lance Make Up Artist: Jo Dang (BYOB BEAUTY)
How long has RUCKUS been in business? Officially since November of 2009. What inspired you to create and build your own business? One day I was wearing a white shirt that said “HURLEY” across the front and I was like, no no no, I’m not paying to be a walking billboard anymore. I don’t want to rep someone else’s stuff; I want to rep my own stuff. What do you love most about owning RUCKUS Apparel? That’s a really hard question. I Love a lot of things about owning this company. I LOVE the people that I get to meet and the people that I get to do business with. The people / team / Family / Army / Supporters / Models / Promoters / etc. I Love meeting and working with new people. I love that I have the final say when it comes to the events, designs, colors, models, etc. I don’t have a boss above me saying “No you cant have 11 foot pythons on the runway” or “No you cant open the show with spinning fire” Or “No you cant release a tank top during the winter” I get to do what I want and I love it. Tell us about yourself. Did you grow up in Denver? Yep – I am a Colorado boy through and through. I grew up in a little suburb directly west of Denver called Wheat Ridge. Our family moved a lot throughout my childhood. I lived in eleven different houses in the Denver area while growing up. The joke was that my mom would rather move than do spring cleaning. I can actually remember all the different elementary schools I went to, but I primarily went to Everitt Middle School and then later attended Wheat Ridge High School. When I graduated high school I played rugby overseas for awhile and when I returned I went to the University of Wyoming just long enough to realize that I hate Wyoming haha. I returned and finished my degree in Denver. My whole family lives here in Denver. My dad is a Pastor at Westwoods Community Church and my mom works for Frontier Airlines at DIA and at CCU in the Athletic Depart12 TUSK faddiscreative.com
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Photographer: Erich Garza Models: Shae Tamati / Caleb Gardner Chelsea Robyn / Jessica Martinez / Madelyn Lance Make Up Artist: Jo Dang (BYOB BEAUTY)
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ment. I love being around my family. It’s a key ingredient to happiness I think. I call it the three “Fs”. Faith/ Family/Future. If you concern yourself with those three things and discipline yourself to keep them first, you will be ok.
people actually buy and wear. Find the balance - and you have unlocked the most important key of all.
What’s the craziest/wildest thing that has ever happened to you? There is a laundry list. Haha Where do I begin - honestly above everything else - knowing that I deserve death and hell and that I am so much lower than so many other people, but that for some crazy reason - through the eyes of my creator I am something beautiful and worth saving. I don’t understand the idea or concept of real true Grace - it baffles me completely. Knowing that I, by myself am worthless, but with Christ all things are possible. Being saved and redeemed by Christ, stripping me of my shame and guilt to make me whole again is by far the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my life.
Your favorite all time musician/band? Too many to name. I operate on such extremes; it all depends on my mood. I listen to everything really - HipHop / HardCore / Dubstep / Acoustic / Indie / Techno, etc. I literally listen to everything, well besides Country. I HATE Country music. I think that comes from not liking complainers, haha. Currently on repeat on my IPOD though is Close Your Eyes, For Today, Lydia, and the old Meese ep.
Who or what inspires the designs behind Ruckus Apparel? I come up with all the concepts and then my amazing What’s your favorite restaurant or bar in Denver? team of designers makes them come alive. The concept That’s a tough question! I really like Marcos Coal Fired behind our brand or our key factors you might say are Pizza downtown, as well as LIME in Larimer square. As Sexy - Gangster - Athletic. We have been defined before far as bars / clubs - It depends on the mood. If I am as “GUESS meets Compton High School Football” and getting dressed up - you can find me at 24k, Suite 200, “DIESEL’S cousin from the wrong side of the tracks.” and my personal favorite - The Jet Hotel & Twenty. If I Haha I welcome comments like that; I mean who else am just looking for a good time - Bakers St, and Beauty in the industry do you know that could actually pull off Bar is where it’s at. those kinds of descriptions?
What made you want to collaborate with TUSK? I wanted to collaborate with TUSK because I enjoy stretching my limits, and breaking out of the mold. A lot of people will tell you that you have to have a niche market and focus all of your energy into that “target audience”. I don’t believe that. I am a very firm believer that there is no such thing as genres - so don’t try and put me in one because i wont fit. We cater to everyone from hustlers to preachers, from Athletes to Artists. TUSK was another outlet for us to prove to people that were not a genre brand - we are a confidence brand. No matter what you do or who you are - if your confident about it - RUCKUS is for you. I have a very high appreciation of the way TUSK magazine is run, so it was a very easy fit and was an amazing collaboration right from the gates. This was an awesome experience and I look forward to working with you guys more!
What’s the best advice you have ever been given? I might have to say it was Tyler Durden in FIGHT CLUB “You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis.” Haha. Past that, it’s definitely my dad’s advice that I cherish. He always raised me and my brothers to be MEN and not BOYS. I think there is a huge difference there that some people fail to see. Today I see a generation of boys not knowing how to be men. My dad always told us to strive to be MEN. Disciplined, Responsible, Respectable, Tough, Noble, Hardened, and Above Reproach. Society for some reason is taking masculinity and turning it into something dirty and I think that’s hor- Where can TUSK readers buy Ruckus Apparel? rible. I think that it is actually a huge tragedy in itself. www.ruckusapparel.com What do you love most about fashion and the industry? I love that there is no right or wrong in fashion. There is shock and awe factor and then there is the idea of what 16 TUSK faddiscreative.com
Is there anything people often assume about you that is not true? I think a lot of people think I am unapproachable, but that’s not true. Don’t be intimidated; just come say what’s up.
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Photographer: Erich Garza Models: Shae Tamati / Caleb Gardner Chelsea Robyn / Jessica Martinez / Madelyn Lance Make Up Artist: Jo Dang (BYOB BEAUTY)
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ph o t o-j u n ki e
Jody Akers photography makes me think of those "choose your own ending" books I loved as a kid. He has an ability to photograph any subject and set up a story-line that connects uniquely with each viewer; as though he sets up the scene and we get to writhe deep into our own psyche and fading memories; writing our own ending to his intriguing set up. Story & Images of Jody Akers by Denise Faddis Featuring Photography by Jody Akers
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found in this place that is circling around the sun, what a beautiful dream like a flash on a screen in a blink of an eye and be gone.” Just always stuck with me.
What do you love most about photography? There are so many things I LOVE about photography. With the street stuff it’s the interaction with others; capturing moments in time. With my pinhole work it’s just the magic of a long exposure Holga; the surprise of things I get after seeing each roll. And with my new work, the wet series, its almost like I have come full circle; I am destroying 22 TUSK faddiscreative.com
Craziest thing that has ever happened to you? So many crazy things have happened to me! But one I will always remember is, before Coors field was built I would love to wonder around old lower downtown. And before the Flour Mill Lofts were the Flour Mill Lofts, it was this crazy empty building. One time while shooting in there (and you always had to jump a fence or crawl though a hole to get in; always an adventure just getting in). Anyway, I was shooting graffiti on like the 3rd floor, and I hear something a few floors up (there were holes in the floor and ceiling of the Flour Mill building). Anyway, I look out and up one of the broken out windows and 4 skin head/neo-nazi’s are looking down. Anyway they start down the stairs saying they are going to beat me; make me pay for being in there. I guess they hung out there. Well, I took off down the stairs with all of them chasing me, I jump off the dock onto railroad tracks that ran by the building. I started running as fast down those tracks as I could with the 4 of them good negatives with the hopes the chasing me. Slowly, one by one, outcome will transcend the original they drifted off till it was just me . I could go on and on about all the and this very skinny skinhead. He magical things I love about photog- was getting close and I thought he had me; I must have ran a mile, lol, raphy - could go on for hours . they never did catch me, and I did Favorite two lines from any go back! lol, what fun. Also, I was blown over by a F18 on the flight song? ok, favorite 2 lines from a song; deck of an air craft carrier when I “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”, was a flight deck Navy Photograby Neutral Milk Hotel. The lines pher; pretty scary. Been hijacked by are: “What a beautiful place I have a jeepney driver in the Philippines
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Wet White by Jody Akers Empty Pool #2 by Jody Akers
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in the jungle. So many crazy stuff. Best advice you have ever been given? Best advise: work hard and laugh often!! Favorite place to go in Denver? So many favorite places I love to go in Denver, but 2 are at the top. Lakeside Amusement Park has always held a special place in my heart. I had worked there when I was young, like 16, and then a few years back I was lucky enough to help clean up the old Carousel. I would go in very early on Saturday and Sunday mornings, before the park opened, and was lucky enough to explore every inch of the place with no one around. Then working the Carousel the whole summer; taking photos at every break. What a beautiful old part of Denver. The 2nd is Riverside Cemetery. Again, I have been going there for as long as I can remember. It’s Denver’s oldest cemetery, and is such a very cool place to wander around with thoughts in my head. I AM A PHOTO JUNKIE lol. I am so lucky to have found my passion at such a young age. I built my first pinhole camera at 12. I was doing Polaroids and shooting as much as I could all through school. Then I joined the Navy, and for 5 years was a Navy Photographer. After I got out of the Navy I moved back to Denver, and have worked in photo labs to pay the bills ever sense. All the while always making photographs. I have worked at Denver’s best photo lab for the last 11 years, Reed Photo Imaging. I have been lucky enough over the years too be involved in a few group and 27 TUSK faddiscreative.com
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juried shows in galleries past and present here in Denver. I was lucky enough to be a part of the Month of Photography this March, with a piece being selected to hang in the Hinterland gallery; a juried show called Down the Rabbit Hole.
in your issue of TUSK I am a very You need to check out RIVER lucky man to have such very good SIDE it is an amazingly beautiful friends!!! place!!! thanks again.
One last thing about Lakeside. As a kid I would sneak in and watch the Midget races at the old Lakeside Speedway. Wow, what memoHaving fun with gorilla art right ries going in there after it was shut now putting photos printed on down and almost crumbling. It was brown craft paper with a spray amazing, with thoughts of the old painted stencil of a toy camera on days of a Saturday night, the grandabandoned buildings around Den- stands full of people, and those ver so keep your eyes open lol little cars screaming around that Thank you Denise for having me small track! 28 TUSK faddiscreative.com
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Gorilla Art
“My gorilla art is very reminiscent of the photographs themselves; a moment in time, printed only to exist for a short time.”
I decided I wanted a CHEAPER way to show my art, not having to mess with printing, framing and such, and fees to submit work for galleries . I have a graffiti artist as a neighbor and we started talking about stencil type of art, so i thought it would be cool to design a toy camera stencil and spray paint it on the paper and not on the building. So, with the help and advice of some other friends, I decided it would be cool to print on brown craft paper to give sorta a softer sepia look to the print. The 2nd one I put up was a 4 piece panel on a building on Santa Fe for the month of photography. The one you watched me put up was my 3rd, so I am still new to this. I plan on doing another soon on Broadway, I have to say knowing I may get caught is a rush and sort of addicting, so if I can do one a month I will be happy. The photo is scanned to a large file then printed on an Epson printer. The paste I use is just flour and water. My neighbor had done some gorilla art and told me to mix 1 part water to 1 part flour; but it seems to work better more like 1 to 5 you get a thinner mix, I mix enough for a few prints and just use a portable container and a sponge to put it up. It’s all organic and very non permanent. I only put them on buildings that are vacant knowing they will be down in a matter of weeks. its just a different type of graffiti; one that isn’t as permanent. Plus, its always cool to drive by a week after I have put one up and see the edges peeling up, or part of it torn; just watching it fade away is very cool.
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TUSK :: SAFEHOUSE DENVER
About SafeHouse Denver’s Programs and Services Established in 1977, SafeHouse Denver operates the only shelter in the City and County of Denver that exclusively serves victims of domestic violence. SafeHouse also runs a non-residential Counseling & Advocacy Center where we provide all of our support services to women and children experiencing intimate partner violence who don’t need emergency housing. SafeHouse Denver works to eliminate domestic violence in our communities by • providing shelter and counseling to victims of abuse; • working with public and community agencies to improve the way our systems respond to domestic violence; • and by offering educational programming to prevent future violence. SafeHouse began as a 16-bed shelter providing a safe place for women and their children. Today, SafeHouse’s shelter has 26 beds plus cribs, serving more than 340 women and children in a typical year. In addition, SafeHouse serves hundreds more women and children through non-residential services. More than just keeping women and children safe, SafeHouse services include individual counseling, advocacy support groups, legal assistance and referrals to other services. SafeHouse Denver Mission Statement
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SafeHouse Denver assists women, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. SafeHouse strives to: • intervene in domestic violence with services that empower women and children to live free from domestic abuse. • prevent domestic violence through education efforts that foster and support a broad movement for violencefree communities. • facilitate an interactive, collaborative community response to relationship violence that identifies victims earlier, makes victim services more accessible, and builds community awareness and accountability. Support Safehouse Denver Donate online through the links on this website. You may donate to SafeHouse Denver online through the Giving First or Network for Good services. You may make a one-time donation with a major credit card or online check, or sign up for automated monthly, quarterly, or annual donations. Mail a check to 1649 Downing St., Denver, CO 80218 Call 303-302-6112 to make a credit card donation over the phone.
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TUSK :: Edgar Allan Poe A Dream Within A Dream
Spirits of the Dead
by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1850)
by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1829)
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow -You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.
Thy soul shall find itself alone ‘Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone -Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy: Be silent in that solitude Which is not loneliness -- for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee -- and their will Shall then overshadow thee: be still.
I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand -How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep -- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?
For the night -- tho’ clear -- shall frown -And the stars shall look not down, From their high thrones in the Heaven, With light like Hope to mortals given -But their red orbs, without beam, To thy weariness shall seem As a burning and a fever Which would cling to thee for ever :
Show Some Love
Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish -Now are visions ne’er to vanish -From thy spirit shall they pass No more -- like dew-drop from the grass: The breeze -- the breath of God -- is still -And the mist upon the hill Shadowy -- shadowy -- yet unbroken, Is a symbol and a token -How it hangs upon the trees, A mystery of mysteries! --
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