SearchJapanese F4: Miki Onaga enjoys strong F4 debut at FujiMARCO ALBERTINI4 hours ago4 min readAt the season-opening Fuji round of the Japanese F4 season Miki Onaga finished 13th on her single-seater debut ahead of experienced teammate Kenta Kumagai Rio Shimono and Ai Miura stayed out of trouble to take top-20 finishes across the three races Photo credits: OTG Motor Sports2022 Kyojo Cup champion Miki Onaga raced in the Fuji round of the Japanese F4 Championship to make her F4 debut and was on pace with the top 10 throughout the weekend taking a best result of 13th in the three races Fellow Kyojo Cup driver Rio Shimono also competed in the same round for Dr Dry Racing Team taking a best result of 16th after her strong weekend at Motegi in both F110 Cup and MEC Also in the field was 2020 Kyojo Cup champion who competed for Bionic Jack Racing and scored a best result of 17th Kageyama Racing's Ryo Shirasaki started on pole alongside teammate Itsuki Sato leaving Tokiya Suzuki to take advantage of it and recover from fourth to first in the first sector Kenta Kumagai and Kotaro Shimbara made contact at turn 3 but both cars carried on and thus the race remained green Masaki Murata and Ryota Horachi began exchanging positions while battling for seventh before getting passed by Fuki Tanaka who started gapping the pair as Horachi completed the pass on Murata just before the lap was over Tanaka wasn't able to pull away from Horachi who overtook the Drago Corse driver around the outside of the first corner a few laps later to get seventh Takahiro Kikuchi spun at turn 13 and was hit by Shouma Arimura Kiyoshi Umegaki took the lead from Suzuki at the first corner in a daring move down the inside of the hairpin The race restarted on lap nine and the top three all went side-by-side going down to turn one but Umegaki remained on top throughout the lap until Tokiya Suzuki took back the lead the following lap at the same spot Ryo Shirasaki climbed up to eighth after falling to last by overtaking Megumu Suzuki with a handful of laps remaining the safety car was called out on track as Fuji Kishi collided with "Dragon" at the first corner putting the latter out of the race and ending the race under safety car conditions Tokiya Suzuki won the first race of the season ahead of Kiyoshi Umegaki and Itsuki Sato while Rio Shimono took 17th and Ai Miura finished 19th on her return to F4 competition "Kentaro" won the Independent's class ahead of Nobuhiro Imada and Isao Nakashima Photo credits: Dr Dry Racing TeamFor the second consecutive race Ryo Shirasaki was on pole alongside Itsuki Sato Shirasaki kept the lead at the start as the field navigated the opening sector without incidents crashed with Keito Matsui at the first corner putting both cars out of the race and bringing out the safety car the race restarted and Shirasaki kept the lead from Sato as Syo Momose collided with one of the TGR-DC cars and sustained wing damage which would lead to him pitting at the end of the lap Fuki Tanaka spun Yuzuki Miura and collected Masaki Murata putting both the Drago Corse and the Zap Speed drivers out of the race as Miura continued Kotaro Shimbara overtook Ryota Horachi for fifth and was followed by Kiyoshi Umegaki who also overtook the Ponos Racing driver in the closing stages Ryo Shirasaki took his maiden win in F4 competition ahead of Itsuki Sato and Tokiya Suzuki Ai Miura was the sole finishing female driver of the race in 17th as Onaga retired and Shimono didn't take the start the Independent's class was won by "Dragon" ahead of Isao Nakashima and "Kentaro" Photo credits: OTG Motor SportsIn race three Itsuki Sato started on pole alongside teammate Ryo Shirasaki as Miki Onaga Shirasaki took the lead from his teammate and held it throughout the opening lap along with Nobuhiro Imada crashing on the exit of the final corner bringing out the first safety car of the race Itsuki Sato attempted to take the lead back from Shirasaki but his aggressive move on the inside of turn one didn't pay off as Shirasaki kept the lead as at the same corner Ryo Shirasaki and Ryota Horachi both came to a halt due to mechanical problems and retired from the race With the final race ending under safety car conditions Itsuki Sato took his maiden series win ahead of Tosei Moriyama and Tokiya Suzuki Rio Shimono was the highest-finishing female driver in 16th ahead of Ai Miura in 19th and Miki Onaga in 20th "Kentaro" won ahead of "Ken Alex" and Isao Nakashima The first round of the 2025 F4 Japanese season was a promising one for Kyojo Cup champion Miki Onaga who defied expectations and was constantly knocking for points while Rio Shimono and Ai Miura both had clean weekends taking top 20-results during the weekend while avoiding crashes Or you simply want to stay up-to-date with their results Privacy Policy '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - 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cuttings were held on April 26 for the new Ben and Bertha Mieth Outdoor Pavilion and Woody and Miki Martin Volleyball Courts on the HPU campus The new facilities are located between Veda Hodge Hall and the J “We are so grateful for the Mieth and Martin families and their investment in the student experience at HPU,” said Dr “These state-of-the-art facilities on our campus will allow for wonderful gatherings for students as well as provide competitive space for our new beach volleyball team.”  Ben and the late Bertha Mieth gave the lead gift for the 8,700 square foot pavilion The couple were married for 71 years and devoted their lives to serving the Lord Ben is the founder of International Commission an organization that has reached millions for Christ since its founding in 1972 six grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.  Key features of the new 8,700 square foot Mieth Pavilion include space for a gathering of 250-300 people; technology with 10 outdoor televisions and a 12x16-foot video wall; commercial grade kitchen with gas grill sinks and refrigerators; a storage area; restrooms; and a serving area for food The video package will allow student and community groups the opportunity to host movie nights stream HPU athletic competitions and host large watch parties.  Woody ’80 and Miki ’80 Martin gave the lead gift for the new sand volleyball courts connected to the pavilion Miki is the daughter of Ben and Bertha Mieth and played volleyball at HPU during her time as a student The Martins are both alumni of HPU and retired educators who spent their careers in teaching They have two children and three grandchildren.  The three NCAA-regulation beach volleyball courts will be used for the launch of beach volleyball at HPU in the fall of 2025 with competition beginning in the spring of 2026 The courts will also be available for intramurals HPU recently hired alumna Micah Taylor to serve as the first beach volleyball coach Program participants for the dedication ceremony included Dr vice president for student experience; Ben Mieth; Woody and Miki Martin; and Taylor HPU Fest was held on the grounds for students with 15 teams competing in a volleyball tournament “I am so excited for the Mieth Pavilion and Martin Volleyball Courts,” said Dr “Our students will utilize this space daily in both recreational and varsity athletic competitions I am so grateful to these families for their generosity in supporting the student experience.” This is an initiative to improve the student experience and provide additional community spaces for both the HPU family and the Brown County area The project was built by Brasher & Co. a local outdoor specialist company based in Early For information about giving opportunities for this project and other campus initiatives, visit www.hputx.edu/give.  Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered close-knit academic community located in the heart of Texas since 1889 © 2025 San Saba News & Star Taking The Miki A was victorious in the $16,666 featured pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday the 1-5 favourite Taking The Miki A (pictured above) and driver Tyler Miller were part of a three-way tussle for early command with Oaxacan Dream M (Braxten Boyd) and Won Surreal Deal (Colin Kelly) ultimately seizing the lead by the :27.2 opening quarter Won Surreal Deal launched a first-over challenge but Taking The Miki A dug in to maintain a narrow advantage at the :55.4 half and widened her lead to three-quarters in 1:23.4 the Jeff Cullipher trainee unleashed a devastating burst of speed drawing away to win by open lengths in 1:52.3 over a fast track Alta Madeira N (Mike Merton) was second-best while Red Carpet Ready (Ridge Warren) rounded out the trifecta Owned by Pollack Racing LLC, the seven-year-old Taking The Miki A notched her second win of the season and 15th lifetime victory Miller also clicked with Divine Right ($3.30) and Devious Babe ($3.20) to complete his driving four-bagger Driver Braxten Boyd matched 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Use of this site signifies your agreement and compliance with the legal disclaimer and privacy policy U.S. Trotting News NY — Braxten Boyd and Tyler Miller recorded driving grand slams at Tioga Downs on Sunday (May 4) Miller won four including the featured $12,000 pace with Taking The Miki A ($2.70) and Won Surreal Deal (Colin Kelly) all skirmished for the early lead.  Taking The Miki A got to the quarter first in :27.2.  Won Surreal Deal went first up to challenge with a lap to go.  Taking The Miki A led by a nose to the half in :55.4.  She would break lose and lead to three-quarters in 1:23.4 As they made the turn for home Taking The Miki A took off like she was shot out of a cannon and stormed home in 1:52.3.  Alta Mediera N (Mike Merton) was a distant second.  Red Carpet Ready (Ridge Warren) finished third Taking The Miki A is a 7-year-old mare by Always B Miki.  She is owned by Pollack Racing and trained by Jeff Cullipher.  It was her second win this season and her 15th career victory Miller got his other wins with Divine Right Tioga Downs returns to live racing on Friday (May 4) with a post time of 6:15 p.m For more information go to www.tiogadowns.com What is the USTA? Become a Member Renew Discounts Free Account Member Services Department Directory MyAccount Hoof Beats Magazine even as it refuses to indulge in nostalgia it deals patiently with the past without trying to recreate it While Tripla is respectful of Lush’s sound—the wafer-thin reed of Berenyi’s soprano has hardly dulled with time—the music takes a playful attitude toward that band’s records. Freed from the complications of her working partnership with Lush cofounder Emma Anderson Berenyi and her trio stroll across genres and through moods with a wanderer’s pleasure; the way she breezes through the vocal of the psychedelic disco “Big I Am” suggests she would’ve made an inspired collaborator for DFA in the mid aughts The end result across the album is close to dream pop but the songs’ lyrical grounding in the present lend a tetchy air closer to the bleary-eyed feeling of being freshly awakened than to the pristine world of slumber the McKillop-penned “8th Deadly Sin,” a cascade of melancholy pours from Berenyi’s 12-string guitar It’s a song about our collective difficulty taking environmental collapse seriously and just as Berenyi sings about “plastic lives” and the difficulty in distinguishing skeletons from trees the relentless thump of the kick drum and a swirl of programmed synth try to pull her away enacting the same distraction the lyric laments It’s gorgeous and immensely sad; the song may be about the destruction of the physical world but the way Berenyi delivers it makes it feel like it’s about decay and decline in a broader sense You can practically hear her thinking about how wonderful things might have been Will lead college dedicated to tackling our world’s most pressing issues dean of ASU's College of Global Futures at the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health Photo by Andy DeLisle/ASU Knowledge Enterprise Miki Kittilson has been appointed dean of Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures, a unit of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory “As we enter this next phase of growth for the College of Global Futures, Dean Kittilson’s vision aligns with ASU’s aspiration to build a new kind of college — one that drives global impact at scale,” said Nancy Gonzales executive vice president and university provost “She understands the complexity of this challenge and will approach it with a solutions-focused leadership style that will be instrumental in advancing our mission.” Kittilson will also work to advance the larger mission of the Global Futures Laboratory university-based approach to ensuring a future where well-being is attainable for all of Earth’s inhabitants "I have had the opportunity to witness Dean Kittilson’s leadership in action over the past few years,” said Peter Schlosser vice president and vice provost of Global Futures and director of the Global Futures Laboratory “She is a natural collaborator with a clear vision regarding the potential of the College of Global Futures the primary learning space of the Global Futures Laboratory She also has a unique ability to inspire students and colleagues alike." Kittilson’s background as a first-generation student and ASU graduate shapes her core values and informs her commitment to student access to a top-notch college education and to achieving success by helping students realize their potential for meaningful and prosperous careers "As the core learning space of the Global Futures Laboratory the College of Global Futures operates within a dynamic purpose-built ecosystem — one designed to tackle our planet’s most pressing challenges,” Kittilson said “It’s a place where learning isn’t confined to a classroom but woven into the urgent work of building a better world.” Kittilson served as associate and vice dean during her three years at the College of Global Futures, where she displayed leadership in driving enrollment and fostering innovative program development such as the Global Futures Impact Scholars program Kittilson’s 20-year career as a social scientist took a new direction as she learned more about the vision for Global Futures at ASU, and working with new colleagues in the schools of sustainability, innovation, complex systems and ocean futures opened new windows to seeing how political economic and social structures are critical in shaping a healthier planet We can’t solve them with outdated approaches or incremental progress,” Kittilson said “We are transforming how knowledge is created how ideas become action and how we empower future leaders — because the choices we make today shape our futures.” She has authored four university press books and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in leading journals Her co-authored book, "Reimagining the Judiciary: Women’s Representation on High Courts Worldwide" (Oxford University Press, 2022), won an American Political Science Association Award for best book on law and courts “I’m honored to lead a college that is driving change — pushing boundaries embracing innovation and working every day to build a thriving future for all,” Kittilson said a professor in Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and a research scientist with the Institute of… Isiaha Rodriguez is a first-generation college student whose journey through applied mathematics at ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences is rooted in curiosity Jack Tess is planning to go to law school — the next step in a journey driven by advocacy equity and representation.He worked as a substitute teacher while earning his master’s degree in… Bethlehem Central School District Thank you to author and civil rights activist Miki Conn for spending time with our students earlier this month with BCHS teacher Preya Krishna-Kennedy) was a special guest at a joint meeting of the student clubs Students for Peace and Survival (SPAS) and ALANA (African entitled “Integrating Delmar 1957: The Story of Friendship.” The book chronicles her family’s search for housing amid discrimination and their experiences as the first Black family in Delmar in the 1950s The book is told through journal entries kept by Conn’s mother a white woman who rented her house to the Cunningham family despite pushback from neighbors and community members who would go on to become lifelong friends were unaware that they had each kept private journals about their time together until learning about the separate journals decades later Integrating Delmar is a memoir and a piece of American history,” Conn told the students “Change in assumptions and attitudes is the basis of real change People getting to know one another as human beings even what we don’t have in common but to know we are all human beings That is one of the lessons of this book and it is one of the things I want you to hear and understand.” the indie star answers your questions on the harsh 90s music press it still hurts’This article is more than 2 months oldAhead of her trio’s new album Did you actually want that level of success then we wouldn’t have been on 4AD – because Pixies and Cocteau Twins were on 4AD and neither of them had a Top 10 single but 4AD was not the label to push you up the Billboard charts I don’t think any of us were built for that treadmill I used to prepare for tours by taking Linguaphone tapes and thinking But within two weeks I was pissed out of my mind and shagging around and acting like an animal Do you have a favourite memory of Chris you’d like to share so there’s not a single anecdote that sums him up I think he obviously went through something very difficult which must have overwhelmed him and ended with him taking his own life my overwhelming feeling was that I just wanted to run out of the room I like to think that now he’d have been very happy Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success ElephonseI was OK when I was going through a lot of what’s in the book you’re writing about a lot of significant moments but you don’t want to give people the impression your life was wall-to-wall drama I guess no one would have seen the sexual abuse stuff coming [Berenyi alleged that she was abused by her grandmother] I didn’t really talk about it in interviews because I didn’t trust the journalists to handle it properly but I didn’t like the Daisy Chainsaw/Babes in Toyland image of ripped clothes One thing that hadn’t been talked about is how normalised it becomes in your life and how damaging it can be some people self-harm or struggle with relationships and every now and then I’ve had a nod from people who’ve said they went through something similar What was the most unexpected – or pleasant – response to your memoir but it meant most to me that people praised the actual writing I had so little self-confidence when doing it I would think: “No one cares about the singer from Lush doing a bloody autobiography.” It was gruelling So it was nice to realise that sometimes the smaller stories are the most interesting ones how did the Lillies’ single And David Seaman Will Be Very Disappointed About That … come about CoopertapesSimon Raymonde from Cocteau Twins Moose [Kevin McKillop] and Russell [Yates] from the band Moose Chris [Acland] and I used to go see Spurs together When we beat Arsenal in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final Lush were asked to do a flexi for a club fanzine called The Spur It was a bit of fun that became a news story When I turned up for the photo session we’d all been out the night before so I could barely stop myself from vomiting We all looked absolutely fucked apart from Simon My sole contribution to the song was to ad lib “3-1 Will you ever go back to the pinkish-red hair you had in Lush DaveBrettThere’s always an assumption everything I do is thought out and planned – but the only reason I had my hair red was that I’d been mucking about with Crazy Color since I was 14 I’m actually very lazy when it comes to presentation I cut my own hair and if I find clothing I like that’s it for the next two years people used to stare at me but I zoned out to the point I couldn’t see it I wasn’t going to stop dyeing it because some bloke would go: “Oh you’d look really pretty if your hair was natural.” The reason I stopped was because I thought: “I haven’t time for this.” You’re thankful if you even have time to get dressed Berenyi on stage with Lush in Prague Photograph: Martyn Goodacre/Getty ImagesDid you find the music press a bit cringey in the 90s It was almost like the writers decided they were as interesting as the artists ApexPredatorThere’s this notion that the music press back in the day was just about building bands up to knock them down – but I actually think it’s really hard to write about music well and especially having to constantly make every band sound unique and not bore everyone witless abysmally paid and there were very young people involved The worst of that period was when you had a muscle-flexing journo trying to score points off a band It was very tabloid and I don’t think bands were treated particularly well so I expect thinking “I hope I get some shifts” is the same as a music journalist hoping to get that next trip to Los Angeles What was it like having Robin Guthrie from Cocteau Twins produce Lush nicksleftfootWhen Emma was sending out demos she sent one to Robin and he was interested in us before we signed to 4AD We didn’t have a clue what we were doing but he brought out the best in us turned up at our Peel session as the backseat driver and really looked after us For someone like him to genuinely care about our music was just brilliant Have you ever found yourself gazing at your shoes while performing? VerulamiumParkRangerNo and I don’t think any of us ever gazed at our fucking shoes [laughs]. If we were looking down it was at our effects pedals. The term “shoegazing” was coined as a sort of insult, so it’s very funny that it’s become a genre. Revenge of the nerds! Tripla is out on 4 April on Bella Union. The Miki Berenyi Trio tour starts the same day, at Rough Trade East, London. Menu Listen The former Lush leader’s new group opened for Tolhurst and Budgie during a recent US run With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records the sophomore album from the endearing Brighton duo is a jolt of punk-rock beauty The NYC-based project’s second album delights in its confident sense of chaos with vocalist Cole Haden knowing full well there’s no way we’re going to avert our gaze for a single moment Channeling Ziggy Stardust’s glam transcendence Will Toledo resurrects the album as a grandiose narrative vehicle while marking his valiant stride into the rock canon After releasing their debut album last month, Miki Berenyi Trio have already returned with a new single made in collaboration with Lol Tolhurst and the rock icon’s son Billed as Miki Berenyi Trio x Lol Tolhurst x Gray the track is called “Stranger,” and it was recorded between Los Angeles That group opened for Tolhurst and Budgie on a US tour Their connection manifests itself on “Stranger,” a wistful and crisp shoegaze banger built around Berenyi’s vocals “‘Stranger’ arrived as a demo from Lol/Gray and melodies,” Cherer commented on the collaboration “I liked the insistent repetition of the long outro and was instantly minded to explore a Talk Talk approach which is where the piano line with the Ashes to Ashes flanger wobble came from The outro was extended to make a virtue of the repeated progression and the strings synths were added to help swell that into a wall of crescendo “Miki then took over adding lyrics and the gorgeous vocal melodies Moose added layers of shimmering guitars and a rough mix was sent to Lol who added drum parts recorded by Martin Fleischmann in Los Angeles Leonards for a mix where I also sneaked in a nice fat with each person’s contribution making the song bigger and more beautiful at every turn.” Check out the video for “Stranger” below, and revisit our piece with Berenyi, Cherer, and bandmate Kevin McKillop outlining the trio’s influences on their album Tripla here AD Opening Reception May 9 (Fri) 2025 17:00 - 20:00 Leave a rating/comment#Painting#InstallationBack to ArticlesSHARE Miki Berenyi Trio are Miki Berenyi on vocals/guitar (Lush) Kevin (KJ) “Moose” McKillop on guitar (Moose) and Oliver Cherer (Gilroy Mere For those needing a flowchart, the three musicians first worked together during Piroshka’s 2021 tour; Miki and KJ being founder members, and Oliver coming in on bass to replace Mick Conroy (Modern English) who had moved to the US. Along with drummer Justin Welch (Elastika), Piroshka goes back to 2018 and yielded two LPs. (See their bandcamp page here.) “The album was written to play live.” KJ echoes this sentiment saying that rather than having the songs exist as “studio entities” they wrote and arranged them knowing upcoming gigs would be ideal places to try them out “8th Deadly Sin” has a dance beat awash in synths and sparse guitars and is decidedly reminiscent of Miki’s Lush years There’s a cold steel-ness to the production that Martin Hannett was famous for in decades past and it helps so much here to balance what could have resulted in a too-sweet pop confection speaking to how humans are decimating the planet “Kinch” follows. The amorphous, atmospheric melodies are buoyed by a stomping drum track. This tune reminds me of the latest music from Miki’s bandmate in Lush, Emma Anderson, on her outstanding ”Pealies” LP (Sonic Cathedral Miki channels Lush’s “Light From a Dead Star” with her novel and somewhat “spooky” (sorry!) vocal delivery The song seeps into you like a futuristic lullaby and builds with synths-a-swirling I do think live drums would have made this song even better and I’d say this is true with several tracks on ”Tripla” “Gango” has a decidedly Gang of Four bite to it before spinning off with an array of slightly industrial electronics that make so much sense here Kevin’s influence here may carry over from his days in Moose and direct with a minimalism that allows for Miki’s vocal to float overhead before the groovy beat kicks in and synths add levity while Miki bashes away at social media’s vapid darlings “Manu”’s groovy lounge-room beat evokes a sun-splashed 60s roadtrip “Ubique” begins with Creatures vibes before it too goes off into a shimmering MB3 has produced a gorgeous new record that carries on many of the best aspects of Lush without sounding repurposed or pastiche Put on the headphones and drift away for a blissful 40 minutes Tripla by Miki Berenyi Trio Spring Campaign in Full Swing!Join us to reach our $60,000 goal Mass Propers for Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter: says the Lord; whoever comes to me will never hunger Preface II of Easter: It is truly right and just but in this time above all to laud you yet more gloriously when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed Through him the children of light rise to eternal life and the halls of the heavenly Kingdom are thrown open to the faithful; for his Death is our ransom from death and in his rising the life of all has risen every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers sing together the unending hymn of your glory we believe that we shall also live with Christ Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter: O God who open wide the gates of the heavenly Kingdom to those reborn of water and the Holy Spirit pour out on your servants an increase of the grace you have bestowed they may lack nothing that in your kindness you have promised who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit » Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books! After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians he used his inheritance to free Christian prisoners held by the Moors He later founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians) beginning in 1218 devoted to ransoming Christians John the Apostle was taken to Rome under the Emperor Domitian and plunged into a cauldron of boiling oil; by a striking miracle he came out safe and sound from this torture This disposition to forgive did not die with St but has continued to be one of the most characteristic virtues of the saint Benedict as related in the Dialogues of St that he was continuously and severely persecuted by a delinquent priest who lived in the neighborhood of the monastery in order to protect the virtue and the vocations of his disciples Benedict decided to abandon the site of his monastery and move to another location He and his monks had hardly left their monastery when word was brought that the persecutor had died suddenly Contrary to the expectation of the messenger who brought the news Benedict broke out in loud lamentations that his enemy had died suddenly and had not had an opportunity to repent The saints see so much more clearly than we the relative unimportance of the hardships and injustices we suffer in this world and the importance before all else of the sinner's being converted and repenting of his sins How long and how persistently we harbor grudges in our hearts against those who have offended us How difficult we find it to forgive freely and from our hearts Yet we proclaim ourselves to be Christians and to practice all the Christian virtues Do we forget that our Lord told us that if we expect our prayers to be heard and our sacrifices to be pleasing in the sight of God and go first and make peace with our brother Nor is the disposition to forgive our enemies peculiar only to the saints and martyrs of the ancient Church; nor should we expect it to be and if His disciples were commanded to forgive their enemies in His day Father Pro was executed in Mexico some years ago he was asked by his executioner if he had anything he wished to do or anything he wished to say before the sentence was executed Father Pro said that there was; he wished to be given an opportunity to pray for his executioners and to give them his blessing before he died During the persecutions in Spain during the late civil war one of the religious who was to be put to death by the communists was led to his death with his hands bound asked to be allowed to give his blessing to the members of the firing squad It is said that the officer in charge of the guard untied his hands and then swiftly struck off the hands of the priest with his sword raised his right arm and traced the sign of the cross over the heads of his murderers This is the true sign of the authentic martyr the characteristic mark of the true saint of the Church Who His own self bore our sins in His body upon the tree" (Epistle) The redemption of man as accomplished by Christ might have been accomplished in other ways but none of them would have been as perfect as the way Christ chose God might have forgiven man outright without requiring any satisfaction for sin This would have been a splendid manifestation of the infinite mercy of God but it would have ignored His infinite justice God might have refused redemption and forgiveness altogether and this would have been in complete conformity with His justice but it would not have satisfied His infinite mercy Perfect redemption required that both God's mercy and justice be satisfied Any act of satisfaction on his part would only have been of limited and finite value An act of reparation offered by a divine person would have been adequate since it would not have been offered by the offending party The only possibility of a perfect redemption was for the divine person to become incarnate could perform acts of infinite value; since he was a human being He could act in the name of the human race and offer an act of reparation which would be both adequate and authentic But the martyrdom of the latter Apostle called for a scene worthy of the event was not a sufficiently glorious land for such a combat whither Peter had transferred his Chair and where he died on his cross and where Paul had bowed down his venerable head beneath the sword alone deserved the honor of seeing the beloved disciple march on to martyrdom with that dignity and sweetness which are the characteristics of this veteran of the Apostolic College In the year 95 John appeared before the tribunal of pagan Rome the worship of a Jew who had been crucified under Pontius Pilate He was considered a superstitious and rebellious old man and it was time to rid Asia of his presence sentenced to an ignominious and cruel death A huge cauldron of boiling oil was prepared in front of the Latin Gate The sentence ordered that the preacher of Christ be plunged into this bath The hour had come for the second son of Salome to partake of his Master’s chalice the boiling liquid lost all its heat; the Apostle felt no scalding when they took him out again he felt all the vigor of his youthful years restored to him This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Miki Berenyi, former frontwoman of the ’90s dream pop greats Lush, released her debut album with the Miki Berenyi Trio just last month Today they’re already sharing more new music in the form of a single called “Stranger” that features the Cure founding member Lol Tolhurst and his son Gray “Stranger” was initially conceived by the Tolhursts after Lol supported the Miki Berenyi Trio on tour last year; they had so much fun they decided to tour together again this spring along with Gray “Stranger” is moody and psychedelic layered with peculiar vocal harmonies and lots of reverb Berenyi explains: “The lyrics are about being a friend to a long-term couple splitting The tragedy at the center is the people actually breaking up but the repercussions ripple outward.” The most important stories and least important memes As she returns with her Miki Berenyi Trio following her barnstorming memoir She fronted Lush, who stood out from both the dream-pop and Britpop scenes in the 1990s; more recently, she wrote one of the best rock memoirs this decade. Now, Miki Berenyi is back with new music as Miki Berenyi Trio, and will be answering your questions on her life and career. Berenyi has also fronted Piroshka, a band featuring members of Elastica, Modern English and Moose, the latter namely her partner Kevin McKillop. The couple have since formed the Miki Berenyi Trio alongside guitarist Oliver Cherer, and are gearing up to release their debut album Tripla on 4 April. Ahead of its release, Berenyi will answer your questions – post them in the comments below before Monday 17 February. Her answers will be published later that week. Miki Berenyi Trio’s Tripla Influences Playlist The Lush vocalist—along with bandmates Ollie Cherer and Kevin McKillop—share how Gang of Four and more shaped the sounds of their debut album the Trio will release their debut album Tripla via Bella Union with the band seamlessly bridging the gap between the dream-pop sounds Berenyi initially helped usher in during the early-’90s and today’s more fractured take on the genre Lead single “8th Deadly Sin” introduced the band’s sound over electronic percussion ripped from the alternative-dance scene while the more recent “Big I Am” presents a hazier vision of what Tripla might have in store While we still have another day to wait until we can hear the full record all three members came together to present us with a playlist of influences that speak to both the vintage and contemporary inspirations on the record—which together demonstrate the broad palette the trio worked within “The stuff I listen to when I’m recording tends to be more of a palate cleanser,” McKillop shares I listen to a multitude of old faves from different worlds—some things have been with me for decades others are new bands and artists I may have seen live recently.” You can pre-order Tripla here, and check out the playlist MB3 came up with below. Tom Tom Club, “Genius of Love”Tina Weymouth is my longest serving and most constant Reason to be Cheerful. Her spare, lean basslines are an inspiration, and her influence on “Big I Am” nudges plagiarism, for which I am unapologetic. I’ve not yet perfected that running-on-the-spot thing she does, though.  Cocteau Twins, “Ivo” I bought this on release and played it to death, and when writing new songs with MB3 it became an unavoidable touchstone. Still utterly irresistible. The Monkees, “Porpoise Song”I was playing this a lot when we were writing Tripla, and I think its soaring, wistful vastness seeped in by osmosis. That kind of majestic beauty isn’t a quality I’d obviously associate with The Monkees, but that’s exactly what it’s made of.  Föllakzoid, “I”There are definite EDM elements to the MB3 sound—I’m a sucker for an arpeggiating mono synth and a space echo, and Föllakzoid’s I album has them in abundance. It’s no surprise that they pop up here and there on Tripla. Dark, hard, and unrelenting, and a constant soundtrack throughout 2024. Craven Faults, “Vacca Wall”It’s become something of a tradition to listen to dark-ambient techno on the motorway, late at night after MB3 shows, and Craven Faults seems to come up more than most. The only drawback is that pulling into the forecourt of a motorway motel at 2 a.m. with this as the soundtrack feels like driving into a particularly doomy slice of Scandi noir. Unsettling. Red Crayola, “Hurricane Fighter Plane”A band I used to go see in the ’80s called The Purple Things used to do a cover of this song, but it’s not on Spotify so I’ll go with the original—it was the jumping-off point for my writing “Hurricane” (another namecheck!). I always loved that simple, looping bass line that instantly makes your dancing muscles twitch while retaining a hypnotic quality.  Françoise Hardy, “Comment te dire adieu”I was always a bit wary of the French femme fatales of ’60s pop because so many blokes around me in bands at the time fetishised Birkin/Bardot/Hardy for, I felt, all the wrong reasons. But there’s no resisting such a classic bit of French pop, and that descending melody scale has been used in many songs, so I thought I’d do my own take with “Kinch.”  Simple Minds, “Changeling”This early era of Simple Minds was a touchstone when we started Piroshka, and although I don’t write songs like this, or sing anything like Jim Kerr, the dynamics of the music are incredible and something to aspire to (in my wildest dreams). Culture, “Two Sevens Clash”A mega-slice of joy, it’s impossible to prevent this track from taking total control of body and soul. The whole album is stunning—the tracks “Natty Dread Taking Over” and “Calling Rasta for I” are equally superb. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, “They Say It’s Wonderful”This is from an Impulse album from 1963 (a vintage year—I was born that January!). Both artists had an early affiliation with Dizzy Gillespie, though they were never in his band at the same time. I could’ve picked anything from this album (“Lush Life,” for example). Sparse and tender, warm and so humane, this has been part of my life for nearly 40 years.  Daniel Avery, “Higher”Some old-skool DnB. This is one of the highlights of Ultra Truth, released a few years ago and easily one of the best records of recent times. I’ve been lucky enough to catch Avery’s DJ sets at various festivals in the last few years. He’s incredible and never disappoints! I’d also recommend his DJ Kicks album. Arvo Pärt, “Summa”There are many recordings of this, both orchestral and choral. I lean toward the latter and this Hilliard Ensemble recording is amazing—ethereal with a pared-back simplicity that conveys real intimacy. You can imagine opening your eyes and seeing them singing right there in front of you. Northern Transmissions is a music website started for music lovers, by music lovers. We feature interviews, album and live reviews from today’s most influential independent bands and artists. Northern Transmissions also features music news from around the world everyday. Miki Berenyi Trio share final album cut “Kinch” alongside an official video and announced a North American fall tour and how it makes you think about the nature of love.” is named after its lead singer – a direct way to convey the presence of the former singer/co-guitarist of Lush and one of the most instantly recognisable faces of the ‘90s – but the songwriting is entirely a three-way collaboration by Miki Berenyi as the album title describes: acknowledging the mother tongue of Miki’s father Tripla is completed by a superb mix by Paul Gregory of Bella Union labelmates Lanterns On The Lake with artwork by Chris Bigg – who designed the sleeves for Piroshka and contributed to all of Lush’s sleeves – incorporating photography from Martin Andersen “There is something very ‘grass roots’ about what we’re doing,” says Miki “There’s no point following the ‘announce the album then record the next album’ route – we just want to wring as much enjoyment out of this as we can 10/10: Washington DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse 10/11: Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 10/12: Cambridge OR @ Mississippi Studios 10/27: San Francisco CA @ Great American Music Hall 10/28: West Hollywood order tickets for Miki Berenyi Trio HERE affectionately known by many as “Miki” Though her high school years were incomplete Miki’s unwavering dedication resulted in her obtaining her GED in 1979 The two shared wonderful memories together one of those being their wedding date on July 11 The pair went on to start a family of their own Miki worked at the Gold Dust Casino in Great Falls as a waitress and later a prep cook She loved her second family at the Gold Dust Miki’s coworkers and customers brought a special light to her life especially when she’d visit with their dogs that would wait in their cars outside Miki loved to create beautiful flower gardens She could always be found there working on a crossword puzzle or sudoku during the warmer months She enjoyed camping with her grandkids at Snowbank Lake where she could always be counted on to tend the fire was her best buddy and he was by her side until the end We all hope she is on the other side with her last best buddy; a talking wolf dog also named Harley She was clearly limited in her pet naming abilities Tripla, out April 4 via Bella Union, is the debut album from the Miki Berenyi Trio Joining her are KJ “Moose” McKillop and Oliver Cherer two veteran musicians who share Berenyi’s musical roots and vision on album that she says may not be so much a clean break from the past as much as it is a continuation of the music she’s created since she first emerged on the music scene in the late 1980s with Lush Berenyi and McKillop were also members of the relatively short-lived group Piroshka which also featured Justin Welch (ex-Elastica) and bassist Mick Conroy (Modern English) and Welch engaged with work in both the Pretenders and Jesus and Mary Chain Berenyi and McKillop moved forward with the new trio creating a new and exhilarating body of work intended not only for the studio but also the live stage (The group already has gigs on the books this spring in the EU and will tour the U.S Berenyi recently discussed the origins of the band and a variety of other topics from her home in London Host/producer: Jedd BeaudoinDigital producers: Karlee Cooper The longtime central bank governor often served as a vocal counterpoint during Michael Barr’s tenure Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle “Miki” Bowman is the White House’s nominee to serve as the central bank’s next vice chair for supervision, President Donald Trump announced Monday in a Truth Social post “Miki has been serving honorably on the Fed’s Board of Governors since 2018 and has great expertise dealing with Inflation “Our Economy has been mismanaged for the past four years I am confident we will achieve Economic heights never before seen in our Nation’s History.” In a statement Monday Bowman said she is “grateful for the continued faith and confidence [Trump] has placed in me to fulfill this vital role.” Despite Trump’s assertion Monday that Bowman “will be” the Fed’s next supervision czar she still must go through the typical nomination process: a hearing in front of the Senate Banking Committee whose members will then vote on whether to advance the nomination to the full Senate Her nomination is not expected to see an overwhelming challenge since Republicans have a majority in the Senate Sen. Tim Scott called Bowman “an important voice on the Federal Reserve Board in pushing back on burdensome rules and regulations that stifle economic opportunity,” according to a Monday statement “I’ve long called for more accountability at the Federal Reserve and I’m hopeful that Governor Bowman will help increase transparency around the regulatory and supervisory work of the Board,” Scott said “There is significant work ahead to rightsize our regulatory framework and remove politics from our federal financial regulators.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, the banking panel’s ranking member, however, said placing Bowman in charge of supervision at the Fed “begs for another cycle of Wall Street deregulation, bank crashes, and bailouts,” according to a statement seen by Bloomberg have expressed enthusiasm for Bowman’s nomination “I’d be excited to see Miki Bowman appointed. I think the industry would be excited to see Miki Bowman appointed, and then that can help the banks move forward, to do what the banks should be doing, which is getting capital into the system and help supporting growth in the economy,” Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told Fox Business last week In a statement Monday, American Bankers Association CEO Rob Nichols called Bowman a “thoughtful principled voice for sensible regulatory and monetary policy.” “We urge the Senate to quickly confirm her so she can take on the additional responsibilities that come with this important role,” Nichols said “Her prior experience as a community banker and state regulator brings a much-needed real-world perspective to a wide range of policy issues facing our industry including the need to ensure that all market participants have a level playing field.” Bowman served as the state bank commissioner of Kansas and was a vice president at Council Grove Get the free daily newsletter read by industry experts Regulators have terminated 11 consent orders against Wells since 2019 A plane that crashed in a Minneapolis suburb Saturday was registered to Terry Dolan the lender’s chief administration officer CEO Andy Cecere confirmed in a Monday memo to employees that Dolan died in the crash Subscribe to the Banking Dive free daily newsletter The free newsletter covering the top industry headlines While it’s unfortunate that Andrew Tate exists, the vile misogynist influencer did inspire MJ Lenderman’s “Wristwatch,” one of the best songs of 2024 Miki Berenyi Trio are also taking jabs at him on the new Tripla single “Big I Am.” “I’ve witnessed 50+ years of the trends in masculinity and frankly and there are boys who can be misguided but easily mature into the best of their sex,” Miki Berenyi says “But this latest incarnation of ‘winning’ the sex war is a laughably infantile and willfully regressive new low.” The release comes shortly after Berenyi revealed in an interview with The Guardian that she is not on good terms with her beloved shoegaze band Lush “Without Chris [Acland] as a balancing influence Emma [Anderson] and myself had a difficult relationship,” she explained I didn’t write about it in my book because I didn’t want it to be like Morrissey’s autobiography with pages of boringly minute detail on the trial The most important stories and least important memes, every Friday. Defined as the quality of being eminent or distinguished It is often argued whether its origins lie within a person or are they learned It is a debate that often surrounds many young athletes who rise to the top of their sport before they can legally rent a car A young adult hogging all the accolades must possess some intrinsic gift or be spoon fed a magic elixir from the wisest of coaches or a result of years of dedicated training For world champion Tsubaki Miki the answer may be all of the above or something even deeper The 21-year-old Japanese snowboarding sensation sits atop the current overall women’s standings of the VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup She is the dominant force on tour with three victories this season and eleven podiums in twelve races With a nearly insurmountable lead in the crystal globe race Miki is on pace for her fourth straight top five overall finish Despite her youth her trophy case to commision an architect to draft up an addition six junior world championship medals and six world cup wins in less than seven years This is just the beginning of her years at the sport’s highest level yet greatness already provides a fitting description Her desire for the top of the podium comes from hunger sure but there is no “Mamba Mentality” of arrogance here Miki’s pursuit of snowboard excellence comes from a much deeper place - love Miki’s connection to snowboarding grew from one of the deepest connections in the world Miki’s girl dad was a snowboard instructor and put her on the fresh powder from a young age He was her first coach although the youngster has raced past her old man’s abilities so it was inevitable that I would pass him,”– Miki said with a laugh.Miki also leans on 2022 overall champion Lee Sang-ho for guidance The Korean veteran on the men’s side speaks with Miki often Their connection supersedes any linguistic roadblocks “He is fast and strong and I’m learning a lot from his riding I also respect his attitude and way of thinking about snowboarding both as a top athlete and as a senior in life Sang-ho was always willing to answer any questions I had but he spoke to me in a way that was easy to understand I basically learn from the way he lives his life,”– Miki said The secondary voice is useful as Miki keeps a small team After multiple coaches following her father A potential sign that greatness may come from within a small competition was being held at a ski resort where I used to go I asked to compete and I entered the elementary school division I was so happy to see the view from the podium and the congratulations I received at that moment I made it my first goal to win that competition and that is how I entered the world of snowboard alpine,”– Miki said.Tsubaki Miki tops the podium in Rogla 2025 © Miha Matavz/FISShe carved a blazing pace ever since Despite her youth Miki has a whole career length under her belt Many youth athletes suffer a spout of burnout and either hang up the boots or find a way to push through as they chase the pinnacle of their sport there were many times when I was in a situation where I might have to quit and each time I wondered how I could continue and each time I just looked forward,”– Miki said.Her love of the sport is genuine It comes through every time she crosses the finish line throwing a triumphant fist pump and ear-to-ear grin “I love snowboarding and I love the view I see when I am snowboarding I love competing against someone else for speed the World Cup is a heavenly place where top athletes from all over the world gather so I always want to stay on the snow until the very end of the competition That's all there is to it,”– Miki said.One can imagine you might have to drag Miki off the board Perhaps in thirty years Miki will be surpassing the current ageless marks Claudia Riegler is making on the World Cup tour this season Miki’s favorite moment of her young yet lengthy career came around a monumental career moment when she summited the PGS podium of the 2023 World Championships at Bakuriani “It was the time between winning the semi-finals and the big finals of the World Championships I was so into snowboarding that I didn't think about anything but snowboarding I really felt that I had worked hard for this movement and achievement,” Miki said Tsubaki Miki in action dueling her competitors ©Miha Matavz/FISIt is in those moments between rounds where Miki finds her peace She reviews the video from her previous runs and finds ways to chase more speed in the next round This focus and drive gives her a noticeable tranquility on race days so I try to ride better in quarterfinals than in the 1/8 final and in the semifinals than in the Quarterfinals and so on That may lead to my calmness,”– Miki said.Do not mistake that peace for a lack of drive Miki sits comfortably ahead of her peers this season but is hungry for more “My goals for this season are to win three crystal globes and another world championship It is an important step towards the next Olympics My ultimate goal in my athletic career is to win a gold medal at the Milano Olympics I have been working hard since I was 8 years old to get there I’m generally happy with the current results this was a season in which I wanted to achieve results at all costs But I’m looking for more speed and strength I will continue to practice hard during the remaining two months to prepare for the World Championships,” Miki said always chasing greatness even when it is already achieved That drive finds a bit of backseat in her offseason activities or the short in-season breaks Miki returned home after her win in Rogla for training during the current short break She will find some comfort in her home surroundings while getting ready to battle it out for the season's return in Canada in February Off the mountain Miki maintains a normal life of a food-driven young adult Well as normal as one can get when every winter you are compiling passport stamps like Taylor Swift on her world tour my mother's cooking is so exquisite that I always have her make it for me when I am able to go home when I return to Japan,”– Miki said.Perhaps the great secret elixir was ramen broth all along Four $50,000 third-round divisions of the Blue Chip Matchmaker were held clearly stamped herself as the one to beat springing from the starting gate and rolling to the top over first-round winner Walkin On Sunshine off the opening bend Bartlett had a very relaxed mare cut fractions of :56.4 and 1:25.2 with Uptown Hanover and Todd McCarthy offering a mild first-over response on the backstretch but never getting to the wheel of the heavy favorite pacing home in :27.4 to better Walkin On Sunshine by three lengths Aardie B Miki N is trained by Yonkers’ leading conditioner Aardie B Miki N paid $2.60 to win with the exacta worth $3.70 and the triple $12 Tarapasta scored her first victory in the series in the opening Matchmaker division for trainer Travis Alexander in 1:54.1. Facing just four rivals, driver Matt Kakaley had Tarapasta, a 5-year-old mare by Downbytheseaside racing three-wide through the opening turn before securing control through a :27.1 opening quarter Promiseland A and Jason Bartlett stretched out the 9-5 second choice while seating Intothemysticmoon on the first turn Kakaley had company rather quickly as 3-5 favorite Millwood Bliss N and Dave Miller moved well before the quarter on a prolonged bid to secure control Millwood Bliss N cleared the top off the second turn and reached the half in :56.3 pulled Tarapasta from the pocket and went right by before three-quarters in 1:25.3 Challenged briefly on the final turn by Promiseland A Tarpasta strode out to a :28.3 final quarter for an easy score Promiseland A held second with Lydeo advancing for third Tarapsta returned $5.90 to win and keyed a $22.60 exacta and $178.00 triple payout Rocket Deo bounced back in a big way after failing in the second leg as the heavy favorite, as Bartlett guided the 4-year-old by Captaintreacherous from off the pace to victory in another Matchmaker division The Brett Pelling-trained mare was held in reserve off the early pace as Coachellabound N and Brent Holland made a second move before the quarter after yielding to Talk Curdy To Me on the opening bend Coachellabound N had control in a soft :28.3 opening fraction and was content to hit the half in :57.3 without dispute Bartlett put Rocket Deo on the move on the third turn but she didn’t gain much ground on the pacesetter as Holland and Coahcellabound N sprinted a third quarter in :27.2 and hit that marker in 1:25 with Talk Curdy To Me and McCarthy briefly coming out of the pocket and forcing Rocket Deo to race three-deep into the final bend Coachellabound N briefly got some separation on the final turn and the 4-5 favorite responded in kind to take control and stroll home to a 1:53.4 victory Morrison Racing and John Fielding own Rocket Deo who paid $3.80 to win and keyed a $15.80 exacta and $34.80 triple Silk Cloud A and driver Jordan Stratton were dominant in another Matchmaker division, securing control on the opening bend and going wire-to-wire in 1:54.3. Silk Cloud A, owned by Eric Good and David Kryway, is a 7-year-old daughter of Shadow Play trained by Peter Tritton Stratton used the quick early burst of Silk Cloud A to clear the front into the opening bend and looped High Flyin’ Filly (Yannick Gingras) Silk Cloud A put Cheryls Shadow in the pocket and led that one through the opening half Turn The Page N and driver Ron Cushing attempted an uncovered assault on the backstretch but Stratton and Silk Cloud A were comfortably in control hitting three-quarters in 1:25.2 and rolling home with a :29.1 final quarter Cheryls Shadow followed the winner home in second with Turn The Page N third Silk Cloud A returned $3.40 to win and keyed a $17 exacta and $43.40 triple payout Silk Cloud A won for the 26th time in her career The preliminary rounds of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series will continue through April 25 with the leading point earners advancing to the final on May 9 A major change in 2025 revolves around the added money for the final of the Matchmaker which gets a boost from $125,000 to $200,000 equaling the MGM Borgata Pacing Series total the Blue Chip Matchmaker final will certainly offer the richest purse in recent history and far eclipse the $276,200 purse from 2024 SERIES ACTION RETURNS ON MONDAY & WEDNESDAY: Monday’s (April 14) third leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series has four $50,000 splits Two-for-two For Once Inmy Life is taking the week off but Mossdale Ben N will try and improve to three-for-three in the event in the final section (race eight) The prelims of the John Brennan Trotting Series then conclude on Wednesday (April 16) with a trio of $30,000 splits of the third round Named in honor of the longtime SOA of New York horsepeople’s representative who passed away from complications of COVID-19 in March 2020 the John Brennan Trotting Series will have a $100,000 guaranteed final and $50,000 guaranteed consolation on April 23 PICK-5 POOL GETS A BOOST ON MONDAYS & FRIDAYS: Continuing for every Monday and Friday card during the legs of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series will offer a $20,000 guaranteed Pick-5 pool in race five The guaranteed Pick-5 pool on Mondays is also a part of the USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program MGM Yonkers Raceway is currently operating on a Monday-through-Friday live racing schedule with post time each night at 6:45 p.m Website by Make a Spectacle This marks a big change for what’s happening right now for 2025 and imaginative dreamy-pop that’s waiting for us like a flower waiting to unveil its true identity The new band is called the Miki Berenyi Trio It’s a mixture of shoegazed form in its arrangements and electronic music that’ll take you back to the 1990s and early 2000s when bands like Radiohead and of course Goldfrapp were just getting started is one of those albums that is like a breath of fresh air giving its awesome form of power to be explored across the heavens Miki Berenyi has made a name for herself when she was in a band called Lush which released three studio albums (Spooky Piroshka which released two studio albums (Brickbat and Love Drips and Gathers) from 2019 to 2021 The album title Tripla is taken from the mother tongue of Miki’s father the line-up considers two guitarists; KJ “Moose” McKillop from ‘90s shoegazing band Moose who is Berenyi’s life partner you get a sense of meditated guidance in which the band have put listeners into this spiritual atmosphere in the way they have shown evidence behind tracks ‘8th Deadly Sin’ the Kraftwerk-like nod which speaks of Autobahn and Radio-Activity with a late ‘60s garage rock attitude with ‘Kinch’ and the electronic future detailing on what’s to come in the years to come on ‘Vertigo’ Once we go into the film-noir bass intro attitude for ‘Gango’ you begin to think of the THRAK-era from King Crimson that comes right off the bat but it becomes this action-packed synthesized arrangement as Miki’s slithering vocals begins to climb upwards to the buildings searching for more clues the killer has left behind The electronic popping effects behind ‘A Different Girl’ makes it a deep cavernous turned uplifting hope of things to come to see a bright light at the end of the tunnel ‘Big I Am’ is Miki going into this ‘70s funk foot-stomping attitude that’ll reach the heavens nonstop Those shuffling grooves with its Leslie speaker form and the Syd Barrett-era of Pink Floyd’s keyboards closing the piece in this fading scenery while ‘Hurricane’ adds in those darker effects with a tidal-waving attack honoring Deborah Harry’s arrangements and of course Elastica that comes to mind when it comes to the post-punk format And Miki herself has done her homework very well by going into the full-scale assault with its widescreen format to travel deeper into the jungle in the hottest part of the summer with its dance-like vibration And its back to the funk-rock orientations once more as the trio imagines themselves writing a score to the ‘70s Blaxploitation films such as Superfly and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song with Curtis Mayfield handling the production levels behind ‘Manu’ Miki honors the soul legend as if they’re continuing where ‘Freddie’s Dead’ had left off on ‘Manu’ under-watery voyages turned string quartet finale of ‘Ubique’ the trio head home in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and be free from all of the chaos on the surface with its joyful and dreamy orientation to get our spirits up and rise once more to walk into Goldfrapp’s territory with mind-blowing results that Miki has endured Regular visitor? 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More Info Website by Make a Spectacle Miki Abraham said they love to travel — and are especially fond of doing so solo “without having a council of people” in tow “I kind of get to pretend I’m this mysterious person going somewhere where I’ve never been before and posting up in a coffee shop,” they said but I’m an artist — what do we expect?” Abraham plays LuLu in the national tour of “Shucked,” coming to Citizens Opera House April 8-20 They were in the show’s ensemble and understudy for LuLu on Broadway “I played this role 57 times on Broadway so far on tour,” they said in a recent phone call from Schenectady “I feel like [LuLu] is a part of me at this point What I like most about LuLu is that she takes up so much space — even when the space is not there to take.” Their character is a whiskey distiller who convinces her cousin (Maizy the show’s lead character) to travel from the fictional rural locality of Cob County to Florida to figure out a way to save the town’s dying corn crop Abraham said that people should see the musical comedy because “it’s a moment to step about from your life and all the crazy things going on … to sit in a room with strangers and laugh I think that’s something that’s really important for all of us right now.” They added that the show’s creative team counted 178 laughs in the show – “180 if we’re feeling spicy.” The Paducah native lives in New York City with their husband Alex Joseph Grayson — an actor who most recently appeared on Broadway as Jim Conley in the 2023 Tony Award-winning revival of “Parade” — and their “little pandemic dog,” a Shih Tzu-Chihuahua mix who said they have never been to Boston but are looking forward to exploring the city I have this image of sitting outside on a hot night listening to Spanish guitar Do you prefer booking trips through a travel agent or on your own What has been your worst vacation experience A few years back I did a solo travel to Berlin and my luggage got lost — so I unintentionally had a European backpacking moment What is your favorite childhood travel memory my mom would always get me a travel snack and I remember one night staring at this candy in a glass jar by my bed just waiting for it to be morning so I could eat it in the car What book do you plan on bringing with you to read on your next vacation If you could travel with one famous person/celebrity She just seems like she would be one of the homies Whenever I travel internationally on vacation There’s a different quality in the photos – and I’m not distracted by being locked to my phone all the time What is your go-to snack for a flight or a road trip What is the coolest souvenir you’ve picked up on a vacation I went to Aruba with my husband before the tour of “Shucked,” and we found this white braided bracelet that had little gold stones and beads on it He’s not someone who would see something and say “Oh I’m going to buy this for my wife.” He’s not a jewelry guy “I don’t know what it is about this bracelet,” but that it was one of the most beautiful bracelets he’d ever seen There was something about it that feels so sweet and very specific to our honeymoon and being in Aruba What is your favorite app/website for travel Juliet Pennington can be reached at writeonjuliet@comcast.net. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information the band have shared a video by Sébastien Faits-Divers combining live footage filmed in Dijon France with artwork by Chris Bigg for their lead single “8th Deadly Sin” The album title describes: acknowledging the mother tongue of Miki’s father Miki Berenyi Trio have announced a number of upcoming live dates including UK shows as part of Independent Venue Week followed by Rough Trade instore performances in April and a European tour in April and May Commenting on “8th Deadly Sin” Miki Berenyi says: “Simon Raymonde instantly picked this out as a single and it immediately went down a storm when we played it live I can’t pretend that I am in a position to lecture others over their green credentials but there’s a broader philosophy in the song that I can relate to – humanity hurtling toward its own destruction which (to me) applies as much to wars and social intolerance as it does environmental issues.” Tripla was mixed by Paul Gregory (of Bella Union labelmates Lanterns On The Lake) with artwork by Chris Bigg – who designed the sleeves for Piroshka and contributed to all of Lush’s sleeves – incorporating photography from Martin Andersen But for all the album’s heightened and sophisticated sound not only recording at home but driving a car packed with their gear “There’s no point following the ‘announce the album Miki Berenyi Trio Tripla tracklist Bella Union Pre-order Tripla HERE and how it makes you think about the nature of love,” Miki Berenyi explains The trio have also announced a North American tour; check out the dates below along with the “Kinch” music video directed by Sébastien Faits-Divers Close JP Launching New Whole-home Air Conditioning System OASYS Panasonic Eco Systems North America (PESNA) She began her career in sales to domestic housing manufacturers at Panasonic Ecology Systems Co. she transitioned to product planning and new business development for large overseas markets she is now leading the launch of the OASYS whole-home air conditioning system whole-home HVAC systems that heat and cool an entire building with a single unit are the norm transitioning to more efficient heat pumps and inverter-based air conditioning is essential for advancing a decarbonized society the first whole-home air conditioning system in the US to seamlessly integrate*1 Mini Split AC and transfer fans using DC motor-driven ventilation fans ＊1: According to research by Heating & Ventilation A/C Company As one of North America's leading providers of ventilation fans Panasonic launched the OASYS project in 2020 to establish a new whole-home air conditioning business By leveraging our existing high-performance HVAC*2 products and energy efficiency in a single solution a collective term for air conditioning systems OASYS is more than just an air conditioning system Its key feature is that it delivers value by integrating seamlessly with the overall home design which allows builders and other B2B stakeholders in home construction to experience the OASYS concept firsthand plays a key role in advancing the business I have been closely involved in this initiative which also serves as a testing ground for future products and services We eagerly anticipate a positive response from visitors wishing to experience it firsthand OASYS is based on a system developed by a Japanese startup for the domestic market Expanding it to the US requires adapting to local market conditions one of my crucial missions was to define component specifications Clearly explaining the key features of the OASYS system to partner companies The biggest challenge was overcoming the differences in business practices between Japan and the US Although OASYS is a superior whole-home air conditioning system in order to enhance the home's overall performance holistically close coordination with home construction is essential from HVAC and energy planning to determining the placement of the mechanical room construction firms oversee the entire process and home design are handled separately by different specialists not only did we have to coordinate with a wide range of partner companies but there were also many tasks where it was unclear who was responsible for ensuring the performance of OASYS and the overall home I carefully explained the OASYS system to partner companies ensuring that all necessary steps for its implementation and installation were executed correctly We established a solid business framework through ongoing discussions on roles colleagues and local team members were always willing to offer support emphasizing that there is not a single correct answer for new challenges along with close communication and collaboration I find fulfillment in helping people enjoy both energy efficiency and comfort in their homes without compromise but its true value can only be fully understood through firsthand experience I look forward to welcoming many customers to the Concept Home to experience OASYS firsthand we will continue evaluations and discussions with local teams to deliver systems tailored to each region’s specific needs Another key strength of the Panasonic Group is our ability to offer not just air conditioning solutions but also integrated systems that combine hot water heating and energy generation and storage I will continue promoting collaboration across PESNA to further expand OASYS Panasonic launches a business for the OASYS Residential Central Air Conditioning System in the US market Panasonic Group PeopleDiscover the Earth Area at The Land of NOMO « Back Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with painter, sculptor, and installation artist Masako Miki from her quaint studio in Berkeley Japan and moved to America at the age of 19 talks at length in our conversation about boundary: that between Western and Eastern belief systems; that between public and private art; that between art of the past and art of the present as well as her fond remembrance of encounters with deities and spirits at rituals or in everyday life in Japan they’re constantly embracing the dichotomies Miki harbors special fondness for a cultural environment where proximity to other possible worlds is not taken as a surprise or a threat but accepted as part of the metaphysical givens In spite of American secularism telling us otherwise the artist recognizes that the visible world does not constitute the totality of things Miki’s insistence on the place of the spiritual in public life emanates throughout her body of work meticulously mining historical traditions for speculative fictions capable of repairing and healing Shortly before we spoke, Miki won the Anderson Ranch Visiting Artist Prize for her felt sculptures “Kyōrinrin” (2024), inspired by the spirit of knowledge formed from extravagant Buddhist scriptures left unstudied and gathering dust, and “Gobo Obake” (2024), a Burdock Roots gaining consciousness through age, presented at Ryan Lee Gallery’s booth at this year’s Aspen Art fair “I use Japanese mythology as a context,” the artist tells me of the ways her character work intertwines with various spiritual ideologies “My work is not about them...when you’re writing fiction you need to have convincing characters to navigate the ideas and content [but my work is] really all about expanding this imagination in which my characters can exist.” Miki’s endeavor of imaginative expansion is evident in her current project at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: (Super)Natural: Paul Klee and Masako Miki. The exhibition pairs up 17 Klee drawings from the museum’s collection (personally selected by Miki) with Miki’s own grandiose watercolor landscape “Hyakki Yagyo Night Parade of One Hundred Demons—Beginning of Another Life with Ruby Red Fox Deity” (2021) The painting renders creatures of Japanese folklore marching through the streets of Kyoto at night the ominous disruption of the already blurry boundary between the real world and the supernatural world is transformed into an almost endearingly celebratory observation of colorful dynamism and playful shapes Propelled by the affective power derived from the universally evocative capacity of imagining Miki works expand the original contexts of Japanese folklore and mythology and creatively generate new tales for our turbulent times Having read Klee’s diaries (Klee himself would have called them “creative confessions”) in preparation for (Super)Natural Miki feels particularly compelled by Klee’s insistence on representing what is beneath or beyond the world of visible things: “There are many more latent realities,” Miki says of Klee “I think he’s saying: ‘What we see is one isolated incident that what we chose to believe is the only ultimate reality.’ There’s more than what we see there’s more than what we believe that’s in his creative process—I think he’s trying to reveal something that is not quite happening yet It’s really about imagining something that hasn’t happened yet.” Miki also translates her various characters into sculptures While being a visiting professor at UC Davis Miki became immersed in the intricate process of felting which involves a nearly endless process of needling upon textiles with heat The hands-on and durational approach creates an often-lost intimacy between her and the materials being worked upon Miki’s felted character sculptures thus take on a considered and constantly evolving texture and materiality where the tactile processual conditions of sculpture-making become an investiture of visual pleasure itself “I want my viewers to come closer to the sculptures,” Miki says she succeeds in bridging the gap between subject and object quite often Ancient traditions become alluring symbols of non-human agency that keep spectators hooked Miki’s public sculpture practice—like her larger-than-life bronze sculptures mounted in the campus of San Francisco’s Uber HQ—evoke a different sense of the fantastical in a medium that has traditionally leaned on the side of singularity and closedness of existence The display at Uber HQ is inspired by a common animistic story widely circulated in Japan one in which discarded utilitarian tools that were considered replaceable could potentially become vengefully alive feeling abandoned by their previous owners Neither wanting to create something spatially overpowering to spectators—with the story’s troubling history associated with how oppressive regimes organize didactic relations through manufactured architecture—nor desiring to fall back into the trope of celebrating the technological wonders of human authorship Miki tried to blend the humor of pop art with minimalistic smoothness via a non-hierarchical and collaborative process between Miki and her fabricators:  “Art has the power to transform perspectives and make us question ‘What is this?’ It should be a simple invitation; if it’s too didactic or people feel like they’re not invited How do you involve the community?” She asks it’s crucial that people feel they can be a part of it.They’re not going to be judged by how they look or where they come from Public art projects provide a way for everyone to access and engage with what I consider one of the most important human attributes.. the public domain brings a wider audience to me and it’s important for bringing people together through all different facets of accessibility.” Confronting the question of human empathy—or lack thereof—under advanced capitalism is also of personal significance to Miki When I point out that her sculptures fit into the conventional definitions of “cute,” Miki gives me a crash course on the history of cuteness in Japanese culture which is to feel compassion for the subject of adoration and to delight in the magnificent matter of the living world The word kawaii had its etymological origin in Lady Murasaki’s 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji Murasaki uses the word kawaisō to describe feeling sad or sorry for piteous things it’s not quite the word that I feel affiliated to,” she says “Even though my work has been described as cute Including the complex meaning of the cuteness meaning it’s more about the subject matter in that you feel compassion.You embrace and accept [the works] as they are which is in a very incomplete stage of how things are described It really releases everything of why I make the work that I make The question of empathy takes on another meaning for Miki which is intimately implicated in her personal identity crisis and formation leaving certain cultural traits behind without fully discarding them and absorbing the unfamiliar cultural elements of her new environment—without fully essentializing them as part of her fixed self Navigating such cultural dilemma through art Miki builds a cross-generational affiliation with Isamu Noguchi and Ruth Asawa two Japanese modernist artists who strive to carve out ways of resolving this international struggle—to simultaneously understand oneself empathetically while being understood through the empathy of others—in their own practice She finds herself drawn to Noguchi’s “Play Mountain,” where children are invited to self-direct creative forms of play—poignant reminders that understanding oneself is a non-linear journey and is always already situated in a community “The most important part of being an artist is that we create content for people “I feel that my work has this kind of ambiguity but it’s really about embracing these imaginations The idea of our ability to create fiction and illusion is a powerful tool for us because that’s how we navigate and create a common story that connects us.” I ask Miki what kind of lessons she would like her audience to take away from her art She admits that she hopes that any of these “lessons” are not concrete givens but rather calls for action; calls for creative becoming In a world torn by political despair and ecological catastrophe and new ways of living that acknowledge our interconnectedness—a kind of connectedness that Miki and her audience are equally navigating—are being synthesized Making works at the threshold of what is believable and what is not looser movement of breaking apart dichotomies Written by Qingyuan Deng Stay up-to-date with exclusive events and content SearchMiki Koyama sweeps Ferrari Challenge Japan season opener at SuzukaMARCO ALBERTINIApr 83 min readMiki Koyama kicked off the 2025 season with two wins in the season-opening round at Suzuka on Formula One's support bill which also saw Anna Inotsume scoring a podium in race two on her return to the series Photo credit: Ferrari Races2022 Formula Regional Japan champion Miki Koyama dominated Ferrari Challenge Japan's season-opening round at Suzuka to take an early championship lead 2023 TCR Japan champion Anna Inotsume stole the spotlight in race one and stood on the podium on Sunday Koyama led from pole at the start from Tadao Uematsu as Anna Inotsume had a slow start and fell to seventh at the end of the opening lap passing "Yamatatsu" at the Hairpin for sixth place in a daring move down the inside It didn't take long for Inotsume to catch Motohiko Isozaki who she would pass on the inside of 130R to get up into fifth place with one third of the race completed Green flag action was soon halted when Cornes Osaka's Masahiro Otsuka crashed at the hairpin bringing out the safety car with 15 minutes left on the clock Once the debris was cleared and Otsuka's car was moved to a safer place on track the safety car came into the pits with five minutes left Koyama had a great launch and was able to keep Uematsu at bay as they headed into the opening section of the track Inotsume also had a great start and immediately began attacking Super Formula Lights veteran Nobuhiro Imada for third Searching for a way past in the final laps of the race Inotsume capitalized on a mistake from Imada on the last lap at the Spoon Curves to put herself alongside the Rosso Scuderia driver as they headed to 130R Exchanging paint all the way down the straight Inotsume completed the pass before 130R to take third with a few corners left and complete a stellar comeback from seventh Miki Koyama led all 14 laps and won the first race of the 2025 season by seven seconds over Super GT veteran Tadao Uematsu while also setting a new track record for Ferrari Challenge cars at Suzuka “The start went well,” Koyama said post-race I focused on maintaining a lead over the second position The team did a great job with tire management The 296 Challenge is easy to drive with great power.” Despite standing on the podium in third place Inotsume was given a post-race penalty for dangerous driving which sent her back to fourth and promoted Imada to third was started behind the safety car as rain hit the track green flag action began and Koyama led from Inotsume as the field navigated the difficult conditions untroubled Cameras soon turned to race one podium finisher Nobuhiro Imada as he went into the pits after his car suffered a mechanical failure Inotsume set the fastest lap of the race while hunting down Koyama for first as behind them Yasutaka Shiraishi overtook John Leo before the hairpin to move up into P22 As Shiraishi began to rapidly ascend through the field Tsutomu Shimoyama overtook Ryutaro Saito around the outside of the esses to take P11 in the closing stages Norikazu Shibata suffered a left-rear puncture while running tenth and pulled off the racing surface to retire from the race Miki Koyama remained unchallenged and won race two after leading from start to finish Anna Inotsume was able to beat Koyama's fastest lap to take second ahead of Tadao Uematsu “I achieved consecutive pole-to-win victories in Race 2,” Koyama said post-race “Although it was my first time in wet conditions and I was a bit worried the track at Suzuka Circuit surprisingly offered a lot of grip I initially increased my pace to widen the gap and then drove safely for the rest of the race.” It was a breakthrough weekend for both Koyama and Inotsume who both showed their full potential at the home of the Japanese GP with Koyama leading from start to finish both races as Inotsume showed strong page on track to step on the podium twice across the weekend 19 1⁄16 × 23 × 1 1⁄2 in Museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative and Miné Okubo is an unprecedented exhibition that explores in depth three trailblazing American artists of Japanese descent and asserts their rightful place in American art The exhibition illuminates not only the expansive and diverse bodies of work by Hayakawa but also a nuanced picture of how these women as the minority among the minority in an art world dominated by male (and predominately white) artists became critically acclaimed artists with long and illustrious careers in the U.S Pictures of Belonging aims to drive home the point that the artists’ experience of mass incarceration and relocation as Japanese Americans during WWII These women continued to grow as artists who were fearless in experimenting and exploring new artistic expressions throughout their lives Created during the tumultuous decades in American modern history remind us of the power of art in the face of adversity and challenge Sign up for Smithsonian e-news You will need to sign in or create a Formula E account Japanese Super GT Championship competitor and Toyota Gazoo Racing development driver will drive for Lola in all-female Formula E test session during upcoming pre-season testing Lola Yamaha ABT has announced that Miki Koyama (Miki) will represent the team in Formula E’s first all-female test session, at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia Miki has achieved impressive results in her career becoming the first female racer to win a mixed-gender securing the 2022 Formula Regional Japanese Championship who is part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing driver development programme is currently competing in the Super GT Championship She also competed in the W Series from 2019 to 2021 and recently won the Suzuka round of the Super Taikyu Japanese Endurance Race in the ST-X Class “We’re thrilled to welcome Miki to the team. As our recent signing of Zane Maloney our commitment to accelerate the next generation of motorsport extends beyond the technology to the drivers themselves Providing greater opportunities for women throughout the paddock is a key part of that vision,” said Chairman of Lola Cars Ltd every second of pre-season testing is invaluable We’re highly confident not only in Miki’s abilities to maximise this opportunity for herself but to use her experience to help us with our key development goals during this vital time for the team.” “The upcoming test in Valencia is a great chance to experience the next generation of Formula E cars and I’m looking forward to making the most of my time in the car and to also provide constructive feedback to the team as we prepare for the upcoming season It’s exciting to be part of such a progressive initiative as the all-female test The first event of its kind in any FIA championship the session will take place on Thursday 7th November during pre-season testing at Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia With each team required to field at least one female driver in a current-season car the women-only session aims to provide a platform for a demographic of elite drivers who may not otherwise get an opportunity to showcase their abilities at this level Every driver set for Formula E's Women's Test in Valencia The drivers will also take part in press conferences briefings and interviews to help raise their profiles within elite motorsport and inspire those hoping to follow in their footsteps at both grassroots and professional levels.