A collection of Views is a group of blog posts, articles, and writings from Firehouse.com Contributing Editor Ryan Pennington. Expressing the views of the street level firefighter the "views" are all written from this perspective. Bunker up and share in the view from the jumpseat.
The first three books following Bram and his merry gang of almost-villains in this illustrated middle grade series that's The Bad Guys meets Amelia Fang are now available together in a shrink-wrapped set Villains Academy is the most prestigious of villain schools where being bad feels so good and the classes are guaranteed to make students leave as fully formed villains...or in pieces On werewolf Bram's first day at Villains Academy, he doesn't feel like a villain at all. The other monsters seem way scarier and more diabolical than he could ever be. With the help of new friends Mona the elf-witch, Bryan the lion, Shelia the ghost, and Tony the skeleton, can Bram become the big bad he's always dreamed of being? Together, the friends pursue the coveted Villain of the Week trophy, race against time to save a group of dragons, and compete in the Gruesome Games. This laugh-out-loud shrink-wrapped set includes: Villains Academy How to Steal a Dragon How to Win the Gruesome Games
Sets In The West is Ryan Fredric Steinbeck's eighth collection of poems. Written in just over the span of six months, the characters in this book take a journey through mourning as they deal with loss of family members and loss of identity in the process. Other faults are exposed as they look for meaning. Carefully crafted, the book meticulously builds upon each story on it's way to the ending, where acceptance and resolve begin to emerge. The standout has to be "Conversation With A Ghost in a Bar" as the character here speaks to an empty chair while amusing the bartender. Highlights also consist of the title poem, along with "Healing Light", "The Walk Alone", "These Hands", "Conversation With A Ghost in a Bar", "Trespass", "These Wings", and "Where I End".
A collection of views from a Jumpseat-riding firefighter is a collection of blogs and stories from Ryan Pennington. Come join Ryan as he shares his views on different topics and how they are seen from a street level firefighter.
A major goal among activists over the past several years, the last 3 especially, has been to evaluate the ways capitalism is wreaking havoc on our environment. When trying to imagine something other than capitalism in order to change our trajectory, we might be tempted to adopt the view offered by Fredric Jameson and say: it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. Indeed, the perpetual "innovation" and "growth" Jameson discusses in "Future City" is tearing down our eco system. The authors in this volume have, first, diagnosed this problem, but also have reached conclusions about how we may get ourselves out of this mess. Solutions-based thinking is so important, as Lehigh Valley Vanguard is not a nihilist project. We begin with Alyssa R hricht's series "Capitalism and Climate Change." In this three part series, R hricht sheds light on the systemic dismantling of our resources through greedy capitalist practices. Next, Ryan Scacci discusses how we should feel about all this in "Environmental Helplessness or Environmental Empowerment." Then, Marilyn Hazelton reports from the front lines of one of the biggest national protests on environmental concerns to date in "Changed by the People's Climate March." In "Morton Biskind: The Connecticut Physician Who Warned the World About DDT," Andy Piascik points out how we tend to push away people who refute any narrative which does not correspond with our notion of empire. After it seems we've been ruined by our own ignorance, Matthew J. Ricketts elucidates some solutions in " Solution to Global Corruption and Inequality." Continuing with that solutions-based thinking are Adam Heidebrink-Bruno and Hal Murray in "Bartering for Justice" and "To Barter or Not to Barter." Finally, Ricketts closes out this volume by bringing sovereignty right to your neighborhood in "The Things Neighbors Could Do." May this volume serve as a useful catalog of history. Hopefully of a time when we decided to turn things around.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
A collection of six Christmas and holiday charts for small jazz groups at grade 2.5. All charts are scored in three-part writing, with flexible instrumentation provided by all three parts in each wind book. Solo sections are provided with changes, and also a mini-clinic with a break down of the spelled-out chord progression and a scale etude for each tune. Twelve transcribed solos match the recordings note-for-note, and twelve suggested solos give younger players a starting point with themes taken from the recorded solos. 54 downloadable play-along tracks provide every instrument a chance to sit in with the recorded band. Contents include: Up On the Housetop, Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, The Holly and the Ivy, Auld Lang Syne.
