by RZ22

The Obama Deception is creating heated debates right now, even in Berlin. Mike passed it on to Alec, Alec passed it on to me.

What do YOU think?

It’s Mid March and it looks as the euphoria of the Obama win has disappeared. Most people have turned away from politics (or should we call it mass media election entertainment?), thinking that it’s all safe and taken care of.

Every time Alex Jones appears (and he is a Foo Fighters fan, which makes us question his true intentions – yes, when you are a mid 30ties woman who thinks the drummer is “cute”, you are maybe forgiven…But Alex Jones and Foo Fighters? get outta here) it is time to look at ourselves…do we get all emotional when this guy screaming at us? Is he right?

Is this a conspiracy theory? What do you think?

Has our generation fallen for a president because our “taste” has been exploited?….our taste for hip hop culture and US MTV? Jay Z? If a “black” president is elected, can you criticize him in the same way as all the others? Fact is it is hard to raise awareness in times when people are scared to lose their jobs and love the charisma of a leader.

It almost feels a bit like right after 911, but in a positive way. Every time when one can’t say something, then it’s time to be on high alert!

Another sign is when the music scene is dead quiet. This should be more exciting than 1977′s punk movement in the UK! Wait, Peaches is releasing a new record…we are already asleep. Digitalism sucking corporate cock working for Nokia.

Did you see the news about the German industry writing to the government that students coming out of university are now too “aligned”, too “adapted”, too “conform” for the challenges that the industry faces right now. Well, you bred those consumers carefully, and now it doesn’t make sense anymore?…haha

Watch KRS-1 answer some questions in here. This is always worth it! (What happened to Hip Hop by the way? How did we let this slip? f$$$$ing hell…)

THINK! And let us know what you think!

There is nothing to discuss about music anymore as it is a dead horse. What a shit time for music journalists right now. All the free flights, all the little steps towards corruption, faking opinions, ads, well…music in 2009…this is what you created Mr Music Journalist. You gave away your only weapon, your voice …for a little bit of cocaine and CDs that you sold on ebay.

If we agree or not, The Obama Deception is everything a modern pop song should be:

mind challenging, emotional and passionate plus a good rap of KRS! Well, Beyonce …you got to train your mind instead of your legs to compete with that!

The Obama Deception Pt.1

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www.eyho-blog.com

Regarding NIN music used at Guantanamo Bay for torture

It?s difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music you?ve put your heart and soul into creating has been used for purposes of torture.
If there are any legal options that can be realistically taken they will be aggressively pursued, with any potential monetary gains donated to human rights charities.
Thank GOD this country has appeared to side with reason and we can put the Bush administration?s reign of power, greed, lawlessness and madness behind us.

Trent Reznor

http://ninblogs.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/regarding-nin-music-used-at-guantanamo-bay-for-torture/

A MAZE.JUMP ‘N RUN 03:

A MAZE. pr?sentiert am Mittwoch den 10.Dezember zwei Klassiker in einem neuen
Gewand. Der K?nstler ‘telematique’ verbindet ‘Pong’, die Mutter aller Computerspiele
mit Videotechnik und zaubert die Spieler ‘INSIDE PONG’. Somit hat der Spieler nicht nur
das Spiel, sondern auch sich selbst im Blick.
‘extrajetzt?’ hat sich ‘Snake’, dem Dinosaurier aus den 80zigern gewidmet und daraus
ein gesellschaftliches Ereignis programmiert. Mit Hilfe der Bluetooth Technologie wird
es 7 Spielern per Handy erm?glicht, gleichzeitig eine Schlage auf einem Public Display
zu bewegen. Gewinner ist, wer am meisten frisst und somit seine Schlange wachsen
l?sst. Der Preis ist die selbstverfasste Textnachricht, die auf dem Public Display dargestellt
wird.
Bitte kommt p?nktlich, um die Einf?hrungen der Projekte nicht zu verpassen. Die K?nstler
sind anwesend und offen f?r Fragen.

_Date: Mittwoch: 10.12.2008
_Zeit: 21:05 Uhr
_Ort: KIM, Brunnenstr. 10

F?r Computerspiel inspirierte DJ Sets sorgen die A MAZE. JUMP ‘N RUN Residents, Storno
(Roooar) und Computadora (http://bleepstreet.com).

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_INSIDE PONG by telematique:
http://telematique.de

Preview:
http://cb-film.de/home/telematique/clips/telematique-installation-inside-pong.mov

Sven Gareis ist seit 1998 mit seinen Videoinstallationen und Live-Performances Teil
der internationalen Kunst- und Clublandschaft.
Die Arbeit von telematique ist ma?geblich von einem experimentellen Ansatz gepr?gt.
Ziel ist es, Bildlandschaften zu generieren, die eine enge Beziehung zwischen dem
Pr?sentationsort, dessen Architektur und der Livemusik herstellen. Zu diesem Zweck
werden von dem K?nstler immer neue Arbeitstechniken und Steuerungstools entwickelt.
Das Ergebnis sind atmosph?risch dichte, ?berraschende Bildwelten, die sich situativ aus
pr?zise auf die Musik abgestimmten abstrakten Bildmustern und gegenst?ndlichem
visuellen Material zusammensetzen.

_RAVE SNAKE by extrajetzt?:
http://public-playing.de
http://extrajetzt.de

Preview:
http://public-playing.de/media/xj_you-doku-showcase_publicplaying_ravesnake_071127.mov

Public Playing:
Mit Public Playing wollen wir kreative Spielkonzepte mit neuartigen Technologien wie z.B.
Bluetooth, Wlan, SMS, QR-Code, GPS, Touchscreen, etc. f?r Gro?displays im realen Raum
entwickeln und evaluieren.

Extrajetzt:
Extrajetzt? produziert seit 2002 digitale und interaktive Inhalte f?r verschiedene Medien,
Plattformen und Kan?le wie Internet, Mobile, iTV, Out-of-Home und Big Displays.

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Call for Bits:
Contact: thorsten@amaze-festival.de

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Last AJNR Video:

Be A MAZE.D

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Writer Nathan Meunier interviewed Alec Empire about his Gameboy album which originally was released in 1998. Since then game boy music has really developed into a genre of its own. We had some request from subscribers to re-publish the interview as it is hard to find on the internet.

ALEC EMPIRE ON “WE PUNK EINHEIT”

-How did you come to use the game boy as a tool for creating music?

ALEC: It was very obvious to me. When I started Atari Teenage Riot, I loved the idea of using a tool which is supposed to be a videogame only.

Of course the Atari back then was a proper little computer, like the Amiga. When Nintendo released the music programm I just had to get it. Since I started DJing in the early 90ties I was always playing video game music in my sets. Not the usual novelty joke stuff, serious game music which I find amazing as music to listen to.

-What game boy program did you use specifically to compose “We Punk Einheit”? What other game boy programs, if any, have you used to create music and what are your impressions of those programs. (The main programs I’m aware of are the game boy camera, Little Sound DJ, and Nanoloop).

ALEC: I did We Punk Einheit with the game boy camera. But then started to use Nanoloop live in all of my solo electronic shows. The programs are limited but it that’s the challenge of it. The feedback that I got from people was ‘how on earth did you come up with that on this little machine?’
I think it’s a mind set, many people look at an instrument like this and see it as a gimmick. I respect it in the same way I respect a piano or a guitar.
When I used the game boy live , and I use different ones, the first one, the second one and so on, because they all have different frequency ranges, I mean a different sound, I realized how powerful the machine really is when heard over a big P.A.

-How long did it take to create “We Punk Einheit”? Tell me about the composing and recording process used to create the record.

ALEC: I can’t really tell how long it took, because I did the record in between recording sessions for an album I have done called ‘Miss Black America’. I would guess I did one song a day. I remember making the music felt like when you reach a high level in a video game, old school video game, you reach a difficult level, everything goes fast and you react quick…it?s exciting, thrilling…your body releases adrenaline or something…that’s how it felt…very similar how I record music in general.
A lot of super quick decision making. When a pilot flys in a fighter jet, he or she can’t step back and think, because then it’s too late. You have to trust your instinct in that moment.

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-Musically or thematically what did you set out to do in creating this
particular record?

ALEC: There is a link to the old game Space Invaders or Astroids, also in the artwork. To me these were quite nihilistic games, because you could only lose.
The aliens would always take over. I loved that when I was a kid. The music and sounds that came with it. Very cold , like an unstoppable machine which destroys you, the player. You can be sure about that when you start the game.
We did game boy parties in 1998, they were called the ‘Out’ parties, DJs were called ‘bodysnatchers’ and not DJs. We played video game music, no wave and weird Japanese art records there. It was a strange atmosphere there in Berlin. With the double album I wanted to capture that vibe. We Punk Einheit ist he document of that time.
I was so bored with the British music press praising the Beatles on and on. At those parties we wanted to draw a line once and for all and reject the old tradition of music making which is (still) stopping or slowing down the evolution of music….if you know what I mean. I grew up in Berlin. The artists in Germany made a fresh start after the Hitler regime. They thought that if a society that evil came out from the art created before it, then we must invent a new way of thinking and creating. Sometimes you have to let go of the past, and this is what we did back then.

-What was your favorite and least favorite part of working with a gameboy to produce the record.

ALEC: I had a great time the whole time…because once I got in there, it was like composing in a little articifical world on its own…if you know what I mean. It felt like being in the world of 80ties space invaders or house of terror. When I was a kid, I dreamed about being in these worlds.

-Have you incorporated game boy sounds into any other records you’ve put out?

ALEC: Yes, I have on various ones….CD2 from ‘Intelligence and Sacrifice’ or ‘The Live Sessions in London 2002′. And more… I always have it ready to go, it’s sitting next to all my other instruments in the studio.

-Have you used a game boy in live performances and if so how was it utilized? Have you used other video game hardware to create music?

ALEC: I used the game boy many times live. I was even once attacked by another musician at a show in Helsinki at a festival. He was angry at me because he said it?s not ‘music’. Using the game boy can provoke many people in an audience.
It is looked at like the ‘anti-instrument’. Which is not right of course, because it is a mini computer with a synth. I have never used other video game hardware live. Mainly because the game boy really sounds good.

-what are your thoughts on some of the music out there that has been created using game boy hardware?

ALEC: I think people should stop treating it as a ‘fun’ tool and get serious with it.
To me that?s the part where the humour comes in. To go ‘haha this is a game boy , it makes ping pong sounds’ is a joke told too often already. It really reflects on the person using it.

- Thank you very much for your time.

NTR’s album will be available again next week at The Hellish Vortex
click here

check out Nanoloops website here
official NTR myspace

+ SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME
IN LA, PHILLY, ALBUQUERQUE +

It’s almost Halloween and The Great Pumpkin is coming for yer ass… and that sick bastard has a fire extinguisher full of pee with your name on it! What to do?? Hide out with us candy poisoners at the Legion of Doomed Filmmakers for some sick twisted events!

Contents:
** Los Angeles events
** Albuquerque events
** Philadelphia events
** NYC events

* in LOS ANGELES *

| | Thursday October 23rd – LA | |
HALO-8 / BURNING ANGEL / UNITSHIFTER HALLOWEEN PARTY
(not to mention the fact that it’s the Opening Night Party for the ‘Halo-8: Films That Kill Fest,’ the LA premiere of ‘Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game,’ and the release party for ‘The Devil’s Muse’ — talk about multi-tasking!)

Hardcore Punk Cinema Matinee starts at 3pm – N.Y.H.C. , Threat , Punk Rock Holocaust 2 !

Horror Movies start at 7:30pm – Gimme Skelter , The Devil’s Muse !

Live Music starts at 10:30pm – The Devil’s Muse score composers:
DAVID J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) EGO PLUM (Nickelodeon’s ‘Making Fiends’)

Midnight Movie Madness: The LA premiere of Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game … a live event you don’t want to miss that mixes pub trivia with Rocky Horror-style ‘audience participation’ – starring Tiffany Shepis, Joanna Angel, Masuimi Max, Whisky Lux, Daisy Sparks, Page Turner, Alister Angel, Cali Nova, Morgan Mae, Wendy McColm, Melissa Bacelar, Katie Nisa!

Hosted by JOANNA ANGEL
with tons of special guests including MASUIMI MAX, MELISSA BACELAR, KATIE NISA, and more more more more more!

FREE BEER . . . . . FREE WINE . . . . . FREE RED BULL

. . . . . FREE ZOMBIE MAKEUP . . . . .

$15 ($8 if you come in costume – otherwise it’s zombie makeup for you!)
Price includes 7 movie screenings, party, Halo-ween goodie bag, beer/wine/RedBull

* If you’ve worked on any Halo-8-related projects, please contact me for guest list info *

* If you’d like media access, please contact maddy@halo8.tv *

The Engine Theater
Engineering Cinematheque, created by Bizzurke Army at Studio 1636
1636 Wilcox Ave, LA CA 90028
(between Hollywood Sunset)

http://www.theenginetheater.com

More info at http://www.halo8.tv

| | October 23rd thru 29th – LA | |

“HALO-8: FILMS THAT KILL FEST”

Hardcore Punk Films vs Horror Films… who will win???

Bruised knuckle matinees, bloody hatchet nights… it’s the toughest film fest ever and our recession-era pricing makes it cheaper than renting movies since some of our most devoted fans are squatters, ex-cons, and hobos!

3pm – 2am everyday!
The Engine Theater, 1636 Wilcox LA CA 90028

8 Films every day, capped off with a “Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game” Party starting at midnight every night and always hosted by a different Halo-8 starlet… Joanna Angel, Meghan Mayhem… who else?? Surprise Guests!!!

FREE BEER . . . . . FREE WINE . . . . . FREE RED BULL Hardcore/Punk Matinees: 3pm: “N.Y.H.C.” [Dir. Frank Pavich]
“Smashing… a terrific, well-told story.” -Cinematical

The legendary documentary about the world’s hardest music. With Madball, 25 Ta Life, VOD, Crown of Thornz, Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Toby Morse (H2O), Lou Koller (Sick Of It All), John Joseph (Cro-Mags), and Jimmy Gestapo (Murphy’s Law). (90 mins) 4:30pm: “THREAT” [Dir. Matt Pizzolo]

“Makes KIDS look like an after-school special!” -Urb Magazine

Award-winning urban thriller about an intellectual black radical and a nihilistic punk who accidentally start a riot in NYC’s Lower East Side. (88 mins) 6pm: “PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST 2″ [Dir. Doug Sakmann]
“Incredibly funny… a lunatic loveletter to bloodletting.” -DVD Talk

The Van’s Warped Tour slasher film in which a headless killer decapitates bandmembers and uses their severed heads as disguises. This time the death toll includes The Aquabats, The Bouncing Souls, My Chemical Romance, The Casualties, and many many more!(90 mins) Horror Nights: 7:30pm: “GIMME SKELTER” [Dir. Scott Phillips]

“Pitch perfect… hits every target… a gleeful, pulpy outing.” -Micro Cinema

Bare-knuckled horror about a guy who thinks he’s Charles Manson’s illegitimate son and decides to outdo the old man. With Gunnar Hansen (“Texas Chainsaw Massacre”), Elske McCain (“Poultrygeist”), and Trent Haaga (“Deadgirl”). (85 mins) 9pm: “THE DEVIL’S MUSE” [Dir. Ramzi Abed]

“Intoxicating sensual” -Rue Morgue

Stylish and surreal horror about a young actress living out the last days of the Black Dahlia. With Kristen Kerr (“Inland Empire”), Julie Strain (“Heavy Metal 2000″), Lizzy Strain (“Magus”), Mark Borchardt (“American Movie”), Gidget Gein (“Marilyn Manson”), and pinup-star Masuimi Max. (90 mins) 10:30pm: “PINK EYE” [Dir. James Tucker]

“Vicious and convincing… a lingering nightmare.” -Bloody Disgusting

Gore-drenched slasher horror about asylum inmates run amok. From the creative team behind Lionsgate’s “Skinned Alive:” director James Tucker, writer/actor Joshua Nelson, actress Melissa Bacelar. (87 mins) Midnight: “SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME” [Crt. Matt Pizzolo]

“Lets gorehounds fulfill their deepest, darkest fantasies.” -Video Business

Interactive campy-horror film/party where the correct answers to slasher-movie trivia questions empower geek Paul Tard to take revenge on his ex-friends. With Tiffany Shepis (“Nightmare Man”), Masuimi Max (“The Devil’s Muse”), Joanna Angel (“Sick Twisted Horror of Joanna Angel”), Katie Nisa (“Threat”), and Melissa Bacelar (“Pink Eye”). Collaboratively directed by Doug Sakmann, Ramzi Abed, Joanna Angel, Kurly Tlapoyawa, and Matt Pizzolo. Hosted by a different starlet each night. Halloween Treat: “YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS” [Dir. Curt Johnson]

* This will be distributed on dvd free with admission as a Halo-ween treat
“A miraculously even-handed treatment of a snarlingly divisive
debate.” -Variety

The critically acclaimed, controversial, and embattled documentary about the animal rights movement and why the FBI raised animal rights activists above Al Qaeda on the Terror Watch List.

FREE BEER . . . . . FREE WINE . . . . . FREE RED BULL $15 for whole day (8 films, 1 party, free beer/wine/RedBull)

The Engine Theater
Engineering Cinematheque, created by Bizzurke Army at Studio 1636
1636 Wilcox Ave, LA CA 90028
(between Hollywood Sunset)

http://www.theenginetheater.com

More info at http://www.halo8.tv

* in ALBUQUERQUE *

|| Sat OCT 25th – Albuquerque ||
The Albuquerque premiere of “Slumber Party Slaughterhouse”
Presented by Burning Paradise hosted by Kurly “toofast” Tlapoyawa

$7 – 10:45pm

Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 255-1848

http://www.guildcinema.com

* in PHILADELPHIA *

|| Sat OCT 25th – Philadelphia ||
Horror double feature: “Slumber Party Slaughterhouse” at 8pm,
“Isle of the Damned” at 10pm.
941 Theater, 941 N. Front St, No Libs, Phila. PA 19123 Next on Oct 25th is a Horror Double Feature in Philadelphia at Backseat
Conceptions’ 941 Theater with the Philly premiere of both ‘Slumber Party
Slaughterhouse’ (8pm) and ‘Isle of the Damned’ (10pm), that will
also feature a sneak preview performance of the Living Dead Girlz, warming up
for the main event the next day? http://www.941theater.com/

* in NYC *

|| Sun OCT 26th – NYC ||

WORLD ZOMBIE DAY IN NYC!!! Sunday, Oct 26th is World Zombie Day in NYC! The NYC Zombie Crawl starts around
2pm in the Union Square Area and crawls through several stops in the Village
(FREE – Locations TBA) and it all leads to the grand finale at 8pm the Knitting
Factory with the Living Dead Girlz Zombie Nation Tour starring the Living Dead
Girlz and featuring Strip For Pain: America’s Most Dangerous Gameshow,
Disgraceland Hook Squad and the rockin’ bands Jungle Junkies, Nassau
Chainsaw, Kissy Kamikaze and Cleric! Tix are $20 in advance or if you are a
zombie, $25 at the door for civilians!

BUY ADVANCE TICKETS NOW

http://ny.knittingfactory.com/show.php?event_id=114820

Check out the write up on Fangoria.com

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=7413

HALLOWEEN in NYC PHILLY Halloween parties on the 31st in NYC and Philadelphia simultaneously! More
details to be announced soon, but I can say this… Re-Penetrator: LIVE in NYC
with Joanna Angel, Rocky Horror stylee! More to come!

NYC – SMack! Halloween- Zombie Fetish Ball – 9pm
100 Lafayette St – 100 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10002 Philly – 941 Theater – Richta Scale Halloween Costume Party – 9pm
941 Theater – 941 N. Front St, Phila PA 19122
http://www.941theater.com/ || OTHER NEWS || New DVD releases!

- SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE : THE GAME : That’s right… now you can play the interactive, campy-horror comedy in the privacy of your own home! It streets on October 28th, but pre-order it now before you lose your job!

- PUNK DISORDERLY : 2 discs, 5+ hours, 90+ bands featuring Sham 69, The Business, Anti-Nowhere League, Conflict, The Boys, and *tons* more. – GIMME SKELTER : Bare-knuckled grindhouse-style horror that makes Tarantino Rodriguez feel like a bunch o’ sissies! – THE DEVIL’S MUSE : “Sensual intoxicating” (-Rue Morgue)
Stylish surreal horror about a woman living out the last days of the Black Dahlia; starring Kristen Kerr (“Inland Empire”), Julie Strain, Masuimi Max, and tons more. – PINK EYE : “Vicious convincing… a lingering nightmare.” (-Bloody Disgusting)
The inmates take over the asylum, literally.

New comics! – GODKILLER : “An iconoclastic hero’s journey like none before it.” (-Comic Box)
When free will is outlawed, only outlaws will have free will.
Written by Matt Pizzolo, illustrated by Anna Muckcracker.
First two issues free at Televandalism.com
http://www.televandalism.com – HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY -BY ALEXANDRA JONES : “Mixes firecracker charm with laugh-out-loud humor and a sly, subversive wit.” (-Comic Box)

Anything boys can do, these girls can do ballsier.
Written by Matt Pizzolo, penciled colored by Andrea Blanco, inked by Ale Alvarez.
First two issues free at Televandalism.com

http://www.televandalism.com – Also, I have a new film-industry-related blog called Hollywood-2.0, check it out here http://www.hollywood-2point0.com HALO-8 ENTERTAINMENT
….where studios fear to tread…

http://www.halo8.tv

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Our friends from Halo8 and Kings Mob are throwing a party in New York today!

this is for the release of SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME !!!!

(with Alec Empire’s song “Down Satan Down” as main theme song by the way)

Masuimi Max is starring in it…she was probably the only reason why we logged into Myspace four years ago.

(and not Crystal Castles or any of the shitty nu rave from the UK…when was the last time a good record came from the island??? but that’s another question)

These days someone will have to pay, so this game is soooo made for now. The poster says it all.

read what they have to say:

“Happy Halo-ween everybody!

It’s that time of year again where we all dress up like ninjas and jump out from behind the dishwasher to scare mom!

Here at the Legion of Doomed Filmmakers (featuring your friends from Halo-8, UnitShifter, Backseat Conceptions, Burning Angel, Bloodshot Pictures, Burning Paradise, & Kings Mob) we have a slew of horror themed events coming up with sexy zombiegirls, premiere horror movies, and ridonkulous parties.

|| Sat OCT 11th – NYC ||
‘SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME’ screening-party
9pm, Pioneer Theater

It’s the world premiere of “Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game!” an interactive, high-larious, campy-horror event that mixes Rocky Horror-style ‘audience participation’ with pub trivia-style competition. Put your slasher movie knowledge to the test while helping hapless geek Paul Tard take revenge on his knucklehead friends!

SPS stars JOANNA ANGEL, TIFFANY SHEPIS, MASUIMI MAX, WHISKY LUX, DAISY SPARKS, ALISTER ANGEL, CALI NOVA, MORGAN MAE, WENDY MCCOLM, MELISSA BACELAR, & KATIE NISA!

Scenes are directed by DOUG “FINGERLESS” SAKMANN, KURLY “KNUCKLES” TLAPOYAWA, JOANNA “ARIANA” ANGEL, RAMZI “KNEECAPS” ABED, & MATT “WIDEMOUTH” PIZZOLO.

Get tix here https://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=161281
click here for tickets
$10 or $6.50 to members/students/seniors ”