Neulore biography definition
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On a Tuesday night in early September, I flew solo to pop rock four-piece Hippo Campus’ headlining show at Berklee’s Cafe939. While the Twin Cities band’s catchy, hook-filled Bashful Creatures EP had served as the soundtrack to my summer commute to Manhattan, I knew little of the group’s history or performance style. That evening turned out to be a revelation; I watched with a perpetual feeling of holy s***, as four guys who looked younger than I am perform with more energy, chemistry and technical proficiency than I’d witnessed at the majority of shows on my laundry list of concert attendances.
Two months later, a couple friends and I ditched class and other weekday obligations to see Hippo Campus perform in Brooklyn, where we scheduled a post-soundcheck Q&A with the band to follow up an Artist Profile I’d written previously. After four hours on a bus, three hours of traipsing through rainy Manhattan, and two rounds of drinks at a Brooklyn diner that seemed straight out of
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Arguably all families on the list could have had more than a single episode dedicated to them. The Custises did. The Carters, however, must have more than one, which is what I’ve done with this family. The sheer storlek and importance of just the John of Corotoman line requires, even summarily, more time. As such, this episode briefly looks at the Carter’s American founding up to the emergence of family scion Robert “King” Carter.
The Carters were quite common in England. They were not nobility, but did acquire enough land and importance bygd the late 16th Century to earn the right to a coat of arms. They acknowledged their commonality on that family crest, as you can see above, by affixing wheels to their shield as a nod to their family past. Carting goods, though common, however, allowed the Carters of all branches to learn something of the merchanting trade. That knowledge put them in prime position when the time came for New World trade to begin.
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