Morris Gould the Mixmaster blossomed out of the London pirate-radio scene in the 80s. He began to take hold on the discipline creating a ONE TRICK PONY that did it all via loops beats and samples…culminating in audio soundscapes designed to induce dreamy hypnotic almost narcotic states for the listener. He started working as the Rhythm Method but in ‘85 adopted the Irresitible Force name when he began collaborating with Des De Moor.
Although this match-up was short lived, this was the birth for Madhouse which gave rise to the whole ELECTRONICA RAVE TECHNO era…He did a brief tour with Meat Beat Manifesto and the popular Shamen but his true genius seemed to become evident in the early 90s when he began appearing regularly @ Heaven … which was the Acid and MDMA fueled chillout club originating from another ambient pioneer, Dr Alex Paterson, who was the brainchild of the Orb.
In 1992 the Irresistible Force released “Flying High”, a blissful near religious experience album and then followed it in ‘94 with “Global Chillage” and then in ‘98 he released another smooth psychilled masterpiece titled “Its Tomorrow Already’. Since then he has only been a live ENTITY for the most part,except some collaborative releases on the Ninja Tune label. Whether he is Morris Gould: Mixmaster Morris Rhythm Method or
the Irresistible Force one thing is certain…his sonic creations are treats from another world.
Bowling Green, Ky., lawmaker pushes for room tax to be used to boost tourism.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 7, 2004 By Jim Gaines, The Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7–The refinancing of bonds on the Sloan Convention Center has freed up funds from a special room tax at the Holiday Inn University Plaza. So Bowling Green City Commissioner Jim Bullington is proposing that that money be reallocated to its original purpose: supporting local tourism.
“It is not going to be used for their regular budget,” he said. “It’s only going to be used for special tourism-related projects.” An ordinance change to that effect is on the agenda for Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting.
A special 3 percent transient-room tax is levied on all hotel rooms in the city, and funds from most of them go to the Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. But the 3 percent tax from the Holiday Inn University Plaza — plus and additional 1 percent at that hotel alone — has gone for years to pay off bonds at the city-built convention center attached to the hotel.
But the city refinanced those bonds earlier this year, making a substantial savings in interest.
“Since we have redone the bonds and have ascertained that we have surplus income in that account, it’s my feeling that that money needs to go to tourism,” Bullington said.
The 1 percent special tax will continue to go to the convention center for maintenance, he said. website bowling green ky
The money reallocated to the visitors bureau would be spent on special projects, such as possibly buying the historic Jones-Underwood house downtown, for use as a museum; maybe installing a museum at the L&N Depot; and continuing to support development of Lost River Cave and Valley, Bullington said. see here bowling green ky
It would be used specifically to enhance tourist attractions, said Gary West, executive director of the bureau.
“It could be, probably, anywhere from $140,000 to $160,000 a year,” he said.
Bowling Green proposes to pay $209,000 into the Bowling Green Police and Firefighters Retirement Fund for 2005, almost twice as much as in the last fiscal year. A municipal order to that effect is up for consideration.
The city paid $108,000 — a 3 percent cost-of-living increase — into the closed-out pension fund for retired police and firefighters in mid-2004. But the changing financial markets have required more than that this year.
“Interest income is down in the fund, as anyone who has stocks, bonds or any sort of investment income knows, over the past couple of years,” said Davis Cooper, city Chief Financial Officer.
The actuary managing the account therefore had to figure that it may remain down over the life of the fund, requiring a larger city contribution, he said.
Sitting in meetings has become risky for City Clerk Katie Schaller. Part of the commission chamber’s ceiling, over her seat, began to give way recently.
It’s been temporarily patched with plywood, but a permanent fix is on Tuesday’s agenda.
Commissioners will vote on paying Century Construction of Bowling Green $49,527 to tear out and replace the existing ceiling.
The work will start Dec. 14, a day after a Bowling Green Municipal Utilities board meeting in the chamber, said Citizen Information and Assistance Director Mike Grubbs.
City commissioners, BGMU board members and the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County will all move their meetings to the Warren County Fiscal Court chamber on the second floor of the Warren County Courthouse, across College Street from City Hall, while the work is underway, he said.
“We’ll probably have to be out at least until early February,” Grubbs said.
Mixmaster Morris will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
