"The Bacchae" by Euripides; Neoteric Ensemble at NIU, DeKalb, IL April 29, 1988; courtesy Mark Nagy; Program on paper, 8-1/2 x 11"

Ayer Collection 0042

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;Clips from <em>Relâche: a Piece for Dogs</em>
:Erik Satie interpreted by the Neoteric Ensemble
:Recording by Panda Kroll and Larry Nordstrom
:VHS tape
:55' 40"
:April 1986
:Images © 1986 the Neoteric Ensemble
<noinclude>
:Collection of David and Rebecca Ayer
</noinclude>
:Video extensions in MediaWiki have broken every few versions as HTML5 and services such as YouTube became dominant. Until we have it working again, here are a few media clips to download:
<br clear="both">
<p style="float:right">[[File:Relache_0075_Testimonial.mp4]]</p>
:[http://dekalborama.com/mediawiki/images/5/53/Relache_0075_Testimonial.mp4 Relache_0075_Testimonial.mp4]
:The Woman (Carol Funke) examines the Decor; segue to Steve Doyle's testimonial to Satie. The Men finally get to break the poses they've held for the last twenty minutes as the audience was seated and the overture played.
<br clear="right">
<p style="float:right">[[File:Relache_029_Orchestra.mp4]]</p>
:[http://dekalborama.com/mediawiki/images/e/e2/Relache_029_Orchestra.mp4 Relache_029_Orchestra.mp4]
:The orchestra accompanying the film.
<br clear="right">
<p style="float:right">[[File:Relache_039_Dance.mp4]]</p>
:[http://dekalborama.com/mediawiki/images/9/9b/Relache_039_Dance.mp4 Relache_039_Dance.mp4]
:The Woman dances with Satie ([http://dekalborama.com/wiki/Jim_Slenger Jim Slenger]).
<br clear="right">
<p style="float:right">[[File:Relache_041_Wheelbarrow.mp4]]</p>
:[http://dekalborama.com/mediawiki/images/b/b1/Relache_041_Wheelbarrow.mp4 Relache_041_Wheelbarrow.mp4]
:The Dance of the Wheelbarrow and first of several exits.
<br clear="right">
:Getting video up on this site is an experimental effort. Not all video will play in all browsers. We welcome advice on better tools to address this, or you could just carp about technology's unholy alliance with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove Military Industrial Compex], etc. Interested parties, please check out the [[Video Sandbox]].
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File:Relache 041 Wheelbarrow.mp4

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File:Relache 0075 Testimonial.mp4

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Gongmaster:

<p style="width:250px; margin-right:50px; float:right;">
[[File:Yellow_810417.mp3]]
</p>
;Audio, <em>Yellow</em>
:[[Brent Davids]]
:Audio file
:4' 53"
:Performed by the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:© 1981 Brent Davids
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:Commentary to follow. Please contact us with more information about this work.

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File:Yellow 810417.mp3

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Nichols Collection 0005

2021-09-24T03:23:10Z

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;<em>Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork</em>
:A Song Cycle on Poems by Richard Brautigan
:[[Gene Nichols]]. Text by Richard Brautigan
:Stereo audio tape, with score
:Performed by Gene Nichols with the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:Music © 1980-1981 Gene Nichols, text © 1971 Richard Brautigan
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:The second half of 1981's April 17 program was given over to these interpretations of Brautigan's 1971 poem collection ''Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork.'' Each segment is a separate poem, with its own instrumentation and score. (In what I take to be the spirit of the work, though, I have made each Flash player a separate instance; so, if you like, you can play all the poems at once.—[[User:Gongmaster|daa]])
:Please contact us with more information about this work or the performance itself. Notes and commentary can be inserted along with each file below.
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0001.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0002.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_01.mp3|''Prologue: Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork'']]<br />4' 19"
</p>
<p>Dedication 1: for Diane Ragains
</p>
<p>Dedication 2: for Diane Ragains, '''Joe Pinzarrone + the Neoteric boys'''
</p>
<p>November 1980
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0003.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_02.mp3|''Two Guys Get Out of a Car'']]<br />0' 47"
</p>
<p>Things begin to look a little looser...
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0004.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0005.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_03.mp3|''Homage to Charles Atlas'']]<br />1' 19"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0006.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_04.mp3|''Seconds'']]<br />1' 09"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0007.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_05.mp3|''Montana Inventory'']]
<br />1' 32"
</p>
<p>Things become looser still...
</p><p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0008.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_06.mp3|''We Meet, We Try, Nothing Happens, But'']]<br />1'28"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0009.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_07.mp3|''As Mechanical as a Flight of Stairs'']]<br />1' 26"
</p>
<p>A brief return to conventional notation...
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0010.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_08.mp3|I'll Affect You Slowly'']]
<br />1' 20"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0011.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0012.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0013.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_09.mp3|''They are Really Having Fun'']]<br />6' 06"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0014.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_10.mp3|''What Happened?'']]<br />1' 44"
</p>
<p>...followed by "Hot wailing"...
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0015.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0016.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_11.mp3|''Punitive Ghosts Like Steam-Driven Tennis Courts'']]<br />3' 44"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0017.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0018.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_12.mp3|''Crow Maiden'']]<br />3' 10"
</p>
<p>The score flirts with orthogonality, then segues to something a bit more episodic and instructive: "Some instrumentalists apply light, fast 'karate chops' to the vocalist's back during this passage."
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0019.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_13.mp3|''Nine Crows: Two Out of Sequence'']]
<br />1' 26"
</p>
<p>Coffee (or something) has its way with the score.
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0020.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0021.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_14.mp3|''Business'']]
<br />0' 42"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0022.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_15.mp3|''Voluntary Quicksand'']]
<br />0' 34"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0023.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_16.mp3|''Death Like a Needle'']]
<br />1' 19"
</p>
<p>(There's something about this work that wants to stay a secret. The published poem includes the comment, "...[I can't make the next two words out. I first wrote this poem in longhand]..." which Gene transcribes in the score, along with stage directions. This sheet [page 23] came to me with a folded-back top right-hand corner. It had clearly been fed into the copier that way, as the print runs right up to the bent edge. The page number is missing. Of the twenty six pages of score, this sheet is the only one that misfed in the scanner. It survived, not without a struggle.—[[User:Gongmaster|daa]])
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0024.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0025.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_17.mp3|''We Were the Eleven O'Clock News'']]
<br />3' 09"
</p>
<p style="clear:both;">
[[File:Score_Neo_810417_0026.jpg|250px|thumb|right]]
[[File:Loading_Mercury_with_a_Pitchfork_18.mp3|''Epilogue: The Curve of Forgotten Things'']]
<br />2' 54"
</p>
<p>The final note: "November 25-26, 1980; rearranged Spring, 1981 DeKalb, Illinois"
</p>

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Nichols Collection 0004

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<p style="width:250px; margin-right:50px; float:right">
[[File:I_Am_Joes_Body_810417.mp3]]
</p>
;Audio, <em>I am Joe's Body</em>
:[[Roger Hintzsche]] and [[Gene Nichols]]
:Audio file
:13' 43"
:Performed by the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:© 1981 Hintzsche and Nichols, with a hat tip to the ''Reader's Digest'' series
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:Commentary to follow. Please contact us with more information about this work.

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Nichols Collection 0003

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<p style="width:250px; margin-right:50px; float:right">
[[File:Improvisation_810417.mp3]]
</p>
;Audio, <em>Improvisation #2</em>
:[[John Butera]]
:Audio file
:3' 40"
:Performed by the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:© 1981 John Butera
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:Commentary to follow. Please contact us with more information about this work.

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Nichols Collection 0002

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<p style="width:250px; margin-right:50px; float:right">
[[File:Yellow_810417.mp3]]
</p>
;Audio, <em>Yellow</em>
:[[Brent Davids]]
:Audio file
:4' 53"
:Performed by the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:© 1981 Brent Davids
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:Commentary to follow. Please contact us with more information about this work.

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Nichols Collection 0001

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<p style="width:250px; margin-right:50px; float:right">
[[File:Use_Your_Pencil_810417.mp3]]
</p>
;Audio, <em>Use Your Pencil (A 12-Tone Piece)</em>
:[[Robert(o) Mendell|Robert Mendell]]
:Audio file
:6' 48"
:Performed by the Neoteric Ensemble
:April 17, 1981
:Northern Illinois University
:© 1981 Robert Mendell
<noinclude>
:Collection of [[Gene Nichols]]
</noinclude>
:Commentary to follow. Please contact us with more information about this work.

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dekalbowiki:Current events

2018-07-31T23:44:35Z

Gongmaster:

=Raising the barn=
Here's the list of current tasks needing immediate attention. The site's not really safely in orbit until these are done.

==Open==
*Security
**Add and test email confirmation
**Complete Anti-spam setup
* Pages needed
**[[dekalbowiki:Community portal]]

==Ongoing actions==
*Compile invitation list
**See [[:Category:Diaspora]]
**Hunting addresses and contact info
**Sending invites as time and opportunity permit
* Pages needed
**Bands
***See [http://dekalborama.com/blog the blog pages]
***See also [[:Category:Bands]]
**People
***Individual page templates started. See [[:Category:Diaspora]]
**Projects

== Deferred big ticket items==
*Administration
**Contact us (share with WordPress menu)
*Mechanics
**Shared user DB
***Sign up from MediaWiki or WordPress
***Common sign-on and password
***Easiest done ASAP!

=Maintenance like dodging asteroids=
...or wildfires. Oh, well. Life's like that. Five years on, there are more important things to do...

* Migrate to compatible LTS release(s)
** See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download MediaWiki's Download page]
** Update PHP to current recommended version
** Re-skin wiki as needed to keep abreast of recommended supporting software
*** Discontinue use of TwentyTen and ENKten skins
*** Update skinning methods per MediaWiki LTS 1.23 and 1.27

=Aborted=
*Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfHandler Extension:PdfHandler]
**Woah! [http://godaddy.com GoDaddy] will not support needed commands!
**Aborted until future host move —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-02-04
*Fix [[Special:ListFiles|File List]] table format
**All text readable in the frame
**Submit to [http://samwilson.id.au/2010/10/20/twentyten-for-mediawiki/ Sam Wilson] if interested
**Final disposition: TwentyTen theme superseded by MediaWiki maintenance ca. 2015, 2017
*Link to ccHost
** ccHost software not reliably maintained or easy to administer
**"Thousands of breaking fixes" to get to PHP 5.4
**Use of ccHost to be discontinued at sister site [https://wikigong.com/wikigong-sounds/ wikiGong.com] ca. 2018
*Assign account admins
** No takers as of 2018

=Done=
*Extensions, so far
**Akismet —[[User:Gongmaster|daa]] 2012-02-28
**reCAPTCHA —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**Audio player —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**FlashMP3 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**SpamBlacklist —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Anti-spoof —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Abuse Filter —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04

*Tasks
**Change registrar info: see [https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=dekalborama.com ICANN WhoIs]
**[http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php ImageMagic] <em>convert</em> available on hosting service —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-02-04
**Added menu links to wiki and blog templates —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] ca. 2012-01-21
**Added "Dimensions" to [[Template:Artifact]] (what was I thinking?) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-15
**Copyright policy: now see [[dekalbowiki:Copyrights]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Privacy policy: now see [[dekalbowiki:Privacy_policy]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**About (share with WordPress menu): [[dekalbowiki:About|copied]] for now —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Add useful text and links to dekalborama front page —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Add skin customization
***Implement child theme "EKNten" including "album" —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-12
***Create css "album" rollover class —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-11
**Set up user privileges (basic) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**Implement CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**[[dekalbowiki:Current events]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**Implement logo on WordPress TwentyTen sidebar —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**Re-size logo to match WordPress —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**[[Template:Event]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**[[Template:Manifesto]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**[[Template:Group]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**Get uploads working —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
***Required changes to php.ini
***Increased all memory limits
**Apply TwentyTen skin —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Update DB to MW 1.17 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Update to WordPress 3.3.1 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-03
**Logo (placeholder) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-02
**Update to WordPress 3.3.0 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2011-12-31
**Re-install MediaWiki 1.17 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2011-12-31
**Re-install WordPress —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2011-07-07
**Relocate [http://dekalborama.com dekalborama.com] to separate hosting account —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2011-06-25

[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Site administration]]
[[Category:Work to do]]
[[Category:Vandals]]

Category:Diaspora

2018-07-31T23:39:26Z

Gongmaster: Created page with "Here is a roster of former band members, contributors, supporters, hangers-on, ''agent provocateurs''... It's a work in progress so please [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com cont..."

Here is a roster of former band members, contributors, supporters, hangers-on, ''agent provocateurs''... It's a work in progress so please [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us] with clues.

dekalbowiki:Current events

2018-07-31T23:19:50Z

Gongmaster:

=Raising the barn=
Here's the list of current tasks needing immediate attention. The site's not really safely in orbit until these are done.

==Open==
*Security
**Add and test email confirmation
**Complete Anti-spam setup
* Pages needed
**[[dekalbowiki:Community portal]]

== Deferred big ticket items==
*Administration
**Contact us (share with WordPress menu)
*Mechanics
**Shared user DB
***Sign up from MediaWiki or WordPress
***Common sign-on and password
***Easiest done ASAP!

Oh, well. Life's like that. Five years on, there are more important things to do...
=Maintenance like dodging Asteroids=
* Migrate to compatible LTS release(s)
** See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download MediaWiki's Download page]
** Update PHP to current recommended version
** Re-skin wiki as needed to keep abreast of recommended supporting software
*** Discontinue use of TwentyTen and ENKten skins
*** Update skinning methods per MediaWiki LTS 1.23 and 1.27

==Ongoing actions==
*Compile invitation list
**See [[Diaspora]]
**Hunting addresses and contact info
**Sending invites as time and opportunity permit
* Pages needed
**Bands
***See [http://dekalborama.com/blog the blog pages]
**People
***See [[Diaspora]]
**Projects

=Aborted=
*Install [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfHandler Extension:PdfHandler]
**Woah! [http://godaddy.com GoDaddy] will not support needed commands!
**Aborted until future host move —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-02-04
*Fix [[Special:ListFiles|File List]] table format
**All text readable in the frame
**Submit to [http://samwilson.id.au/2010/10/20/twentyten-for-mediawiki/ Sam Wilson] if interested
**Final disposition: TwentyTen theme superseded by MediaWiki maintenance ca. 2015, 2017
*Link to ccHost
** ccHost software not reliably maintained or easy to administer
**"Thousands of breaking fixes" to get to PHP 5.4
**Use of ccHost to be discontinued at sister site [https://wikigong.com/wikigong-sounds/ wikiGong.com] ca. 2018
*Assign account admins
** No takers as of 2018

=Done=
*Extensions, so far
**Akismet —[[User:Gongmaster|daa]] 2012-02-28
**reCAPTCHA —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**Audio player —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**FlashMP3 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**SpamBlacklist —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Anti-spoof —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Abuse Filter —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04

*Tasks
**Change registrar info: see [https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=dekalborama.com ICANN WhoIs]
**[http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php ImageMagic] <em>convert</em> available on hosting service —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-02-04
**Added menu links to wiki and blog templates —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] ca. 2012-01-21
**Added "Dimensions" to [[Template:Artifact]] (what was I thinking?) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-15
**Copyright policy: now see [[dekalbowiki:Copyrights]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Privacy policy: now see [[dekalbowiki:Privacy_policy]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**About (share with WordPress menu): [[dekalbowiki:About|copied]] for now —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Add useful text and links to dekalborama front page —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-14
**Add skin customization
***Implement child theme "EKNten" including "album" —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-12
***Create css "album" rollover class —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-11
**Set up user privileges (basic) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**Implement CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-07
**[[dekalbowiki:Current events]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**Implement logo on WordPress TwentyTen sidebar —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**Re-size logo to match WordPress —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-06
**[[Template:Event]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**[[Template:Manifesto]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**[[Template:Group]] —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
**Get uploads working —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-05
***Required changes to php.ini
***Increased all memory limits
**Apply TwentyTen skin —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Update DB to MW 1.17 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-04
**Update to WordPress 3.3.1 —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-03
**Logo (placeholder) —[[User:Gongmaster|Gongmaster]] 2012-01-02
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Credits

2018-07-31T02:37:04Z

Gongmaster:

Template "EnkoBook" is based on MediaWiki skin "MonoBook." It was created to simplify updates to MediaWiki LTS release 1.23 and beyond per
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skin_autodiscovery MediaWiki's user documentation].

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Credits

2018-07-31T02:36:01Z

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Sandbox

2018-07-31T02:30:08Z

Gongmaster: /* More convenient workspaces */

<ul>
<li>A place to play.</li>
<li>A place to spawn new pages.</li>
<li>A place to test what works.</li>
</ul>
<p>Setting up for spam filters....
<ul>
<li>[[My_spam_blacklist]]</li>
<li>[[My_spam_whitelist]]</li>
</ul>
See whether these exist....
</p>
<p>Setting up templates for submissions and linkings
<ul>
<li>[[Template:Artifact]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Event]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Manifesto]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Group]]</li>
<li>...and creating [[Template:Ephemera]] transclusion page....</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Let's test it:
{{Template:Ephemera}}
</p>
===Testing the bigbullet css class....===
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div id="ephemera" class="bigbullet" style="float:left;">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">Use "id='ephemera'" to invoke the animated "Neoteric book" image under the cover.
</p>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div class="bigbullet" style="float:left;">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">Using no "id" value gives us the default background animation....
</p>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div class="bigbullet" style="float:left; background-image:'images/b/bc/Sitelaunch_B_anim_125.gif';">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">But can we override the animation by simply using the style property during invocation?
</p>
<p class="bbtext">
No. But surely there is some css way to do image substitution without defining style sheets for individual pages....
</p>
</div>

==More convenient workspaces==
<p>Creating [[Collection of Gene Nichols]]
</p>

<ul>Band pages
<li>Create a [[Neoteric Ensemble]] page...
</li>
<li>Create a [[Potato Engineers]] page...
</li>
</ul>

<p>To create a [[new_page]]:
<ul>
<li>Get a login: [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us]
</li>
<li>Edit any page (this one works)
</li>
<li>Type the new page name encased in double square brackets
</li>
<li>Save your edits (or use "show preview")
</li>
<li>Click the link to open the new page and start editing...
</li>
</ul>

It's easy enough to be non-obvious...

Working through the [[Categories:Diaspora|diaspora]]:
* Anyone left?
Add link to a blank page for nominees. Removal from this list should mean a page exists!

Our [[Video Sandbox|video experiments]] dragged on and on, so now there's a separate page...

And a page for [[Credits]]: GNU licensed software, etc....

[[Category:Site_administration]]
[[Category:Templates]]
[[Category:Work to do]]

Sandbox

2018-07-30T17:05:20Z

Gongmaster: /* More convenient workspaces */

<ul>
<li>A place to play.</li>
<li>A place to spawn new pages.</li>
<li>A place to test what works.</li>
</ul>
<p>Setting up for spam filters....
<ul>
<li>[[My_spam_blacklist]]</li>
<li>[[My_spam_whitelist]]</li>
</ul>
See whether these exist....
</p>
<p>Setting up templates for submissions and linkings
<ul>
<li>[[Template:Artifact]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Event]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Manifesto]]</li>
<li>[[Template:Group]]</li>
<li>...and creating [[Template:Ephemera]] transclusion page....</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Let's test it:
{{Template:Ephemera}}
</p>
===Testing the bigbullet css class....===
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div id="ephemera" class="bigbullet" style="float:left;">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">Use "id='ephemera'" to invoke the animated "Neoteric book" image under the cover.
</p>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div class="bigbullet" style="float:left;">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">Using no "id" value gives us the default background animation....
</p>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div class="bigbullet" style="float:left; background-image:'images/b/bc/Sitelaunch_B_anim_125.gif';">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">But can we override the animation by simply using the style property during invocation?
</p>
<p class="bbtext">
No. But surely there is some css way to do image substitution without defining style sheets for individual pages....
</p>
</div>

==More convenient workspaces==
<p>Creating [[Collection of Gene Nichols]]
</p>

<ul>Band pages
<li>Create a [[Neoteric Ensemble]] page...
</li>
<li>Create a [[Potato Engineers]] page...
</li>
</ul>

<p>To create a [[new_page]]:
<ul>
<li>Get a login: [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us]
</li>
<li>Edit any page (this one works)
</li>
<li>Type the new page name encased in double square brackets
</li>
<li>Save your edits (or use "show preview")
</li>
<li>Click the link to open the new page and start editing...
</li>
</ul>

It's easy enough to be non-obvious...

Working through the [[Categories:Diaspora|diaspora]]:
* Anyone left?
Add link to a blank page for nominees. Removal from this list should mean a page exists!

Our [[Video Sandbox|video experiments]] dragged on and on, so now there's a separate page...

[[Category:Site_administration]]
[[Category:Templates]]
[[Category:Work to do]]

Help:Contents

2018-07-30T17:05:07Z

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General help...

<p>To create a [[new_page]]:
<ul>
<li>Get a login: [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us]
</li>
<li>Edit any page (this one works)
</li>
<li>Type the new page name encased in double square brackets
</li>
<li>Save your edits (or use "show preview")
</li>
<li>Click the link to open the new page and start editing...
</li>
</ul>

It's easy enough to be non-obvious...

Lisa Nelson

2018-07-30T16:49:43Z

Gongmaster: Created page with "Placeholder for now.... Category:Diaspora"

Placeholder for now....

[[Category:Diaspora]]

Sandbox

2018-07-30T16:49:29Z

Gongmaster: /* More convenient workspaces */

Neoteric Ensemble

2018-07-30T16:32:51Z

Gongmaster:

[[File:Ephemera_rectoA.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The Neoteric book project]]
This page is the index to the Neoteric Ensemble book project and all things Neoteric. I'm titling the book ''Ephemera: urged on by Joseph Pinzarrone'' until JP decides on something better (The subtitle is from the 1985 program notes for [[Ayer_Collection_0009|''Virtuoso Works for Elastic Theatre'']]).

Please consider uploading whatever you've got that's related to the Neoteric Ensemble of DeKalb, Illinois. If it's your own work, assume it will be used in upcoming production(s) based on this site. It's especially useful if you add the phrase "Used with permission" in the [[Special:Upload]] comment text.

We want to check out everything from anybody, so please pass the links on to anyone you know who took part or has an interest.

— Dave Ayer, 2012

<br clear=all>
= Progress, such as it is =
Add useful links here. Pointers to new material or works in progress are particularly interesting.
==[[Collection of Gene Nichols]]==
Gene sent over a ton of goodies that arrived June 25,2012. That included three (count 'em: three!) audio CDs to upload. Visit and revisit [[Collection of Gene Nichols|Gene's collection]] because it will take some time before everything's scanned and loaded.

==[[Collection of Tim Blickhan]]==
Tim started submitting material the week of January 30. If he doesn't have the most extensive collection—an assertion some challenger would need to prove—it's still likely his is the best preserved and most thoroughly circumscribes the collective Ensemble oeuvre. [[Collection of Tim Blickhan|Check it out!]]

==[[Collection of David and Rebecca Ayer]]==
We've scanned in almost everything Neoteric-related and worth scanning, which amounted to about fifty graphic images, and uploaded them to the site. Commentary is in progress, and more memories and corrections are welcome. Check out [[Collection of David and Rebecca Ayer|the link]] for the current list.

==[[Collection of Joseph Pinzarrone]]==
This is just a place holder for now until JP begins excavating his garage....

==Templates==
The collection is a compiled list of independent pages which are then collected by [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion transclusion]]. I had the idea that it would be useful to organize things so that files could be used in separate views: say, as a collection but also appearing in an article about a band or individual. So there are also templates for:
*[[Template:Group|Groups]]
*[[Template:Manifesto|Manifestoes]]
*[[Template:Event|Events]]
*[[Template:Artifact|Artifacts]]
I'm pretty sure I went way overboard on this. Do feel free to organize your material as you like it, or to improve on my schema.

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Collections]]
[[Category:Ephemera]]
[[Category:Neoteric Ensemble]]
[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Raison d'être]]
[[Category:Site Administration]]

Template:Group

2018-07-30T16:26:27Z

Gongmaster: Updated to improve text flow in preparation for template change.

=Group template=
<p>[[File:Neoteric 0010.jpg|250px|thumb|The group's image.]]
This template is designed to concatenate several other pages through [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Transclusion transclusion]. For example, use this template to introduce band or or large-scale project, and then incorporate individual events and projects pages.
</p>
<p>To create a new group page:
<ul>
<li>Create a blank page with the group name.</li>
<li>Edit the new page:
<ul>
<li>Copy this template text into the page.</li>
<li>Replace these instructions with an introductory paragraph or two.</li>
<li>Edit and add Categories at the bottom of the page so others can easily find and reference the material</li>
</ul>
<li>Incorporate existing pages into this higher-level article using double curly braces around the page name.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Here transclusions of the [[Template:Manifesto]] and [[Template:Event]] pages appear between horizontal rules:
</p>
<hr>
{{Template:Manifesto}}
<br clear=all>
<hr>

{{Template:Event}}
<br clear=all>
<hr>

<p>This next line is part of the transcluding group page again.
</p>
<p>Make sure you have permission to use all copyrighted material. These days it is often better to ask permission, as corporate copyright holders are sometimes stingy with the forgiveness.... See [[dekalbowiki:Copyrights]] for our own policies.
</p>
<hr>
<p>Audio files on this page <span style="vertical-align:text-top">[[File:cc_by_sa_80x15.png|link=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]]</span> 2010 D A Ayer. Photos ©2005-2010 Joseph Pinzarrone and EX Rator; used with permission.
</p>

[[Category:Bands]]
[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Performances]]
[[Category:Raison_d'être]]
[[Category:Templates]]

Collection of Mark Nagy

2018-07-30T16:19:14Z

Gongmaster: Updated to improve text flow in preparation for template change.

<div style="clear:both; min-height:155px">
<div id="ephemera" class="bigbullet" style="float:left;">[[File:Ephemera_rectoB_stat_125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]
</div>
<p class="bbtext">Mark's stuff.
</p>
</div>
Mark was active in the Neoteric Era just before its ''fin de siecle'' "Harry Castle" period at the end of the 'eighties. As Mark unearths treasures, we will post them.
<hr>

{{:Nagy_Collection_0000}}
<br clear=all>
Edit or add more information: [[Nagy_Collection_0000]]
<hr>

{{:Nagy_Collection_0001}}
<br clear=all>
Edit or add more information: [[Nagy_Collection_0001]]
<hr>

[[Category:Collections]]