NO. 2-RANKED IN THE WORLD, GEOFF ESPER
TO COMPETE AT THIRD-ANNUAL
SNOWBIRD BRATWURST-EATING CONTEST
Top Competitive Eaters to Converge in Utah to Win $4,000 in Prize Money
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The No. 2-ranked competitive eater in the world, Geoffrey Esper from Oxford, MA, and other top-ranked eaters will gather in Utah for the third-annual Snowbird Bratwurst-Eating Championship to take place at 1:45 P.M. Mountain Time on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Oktoberfest Halle at the Snowbird Center Event tent, at Snowbird, UT.
Major League Eating is proud to announce the return of this delicious event to their 2019 slate of sanctioned eating championships. This year, The Snowbird Bratwurst Eating Championship will showcase the eternal battle between man and woman and tubular Germanic meats over 10 minutes of grueling, delicious competition.
“Snowbird is the perfect location in Utah for such a wildly entertaining food eating competition,” said Dave Fields, Snowbird General Manager. “We wish all the competitors the best of luck as they prepare to battle on the Oktoberfest Halle Stage.”
“We are thrilled to be back in Snowbird, UT, for the third consecutive year to host the Snowbird Bratwurst-Eating Championship,” said Sam Barclay, emcee of Major League Eating. “Annually, this event draws in the world's most skilled competitive eaters who are eager to indulge in bratwurst and set a new world record.”
At last year’s event, Geoffrey Esper ate 33, 4.5oz, brats in 10 minutes taking home the title of Snowbird Bratwurst-Eating Champion of the World. It was Espers first time facing the bratwurst in a contest setting. He fell one brat short of Gideon Oji’s 2017 world-record of 34 brats in 10 minutes—the mark to beat this year.
Esper will face fierce competition. Other top-ranked eaters in attendance will include the No.1-ranked female competitive eater in the world and No. 6-ranked overall, Miki Sudo of Tucson, AZ; No. 8-ranked Nicholas Wehry from Torrington, CT; No. 10-ranked Michelle Lesco from Tucson, AZ; No. 11-ranked Matt Hazzard from Atlanta, IL, and No. 34-ranked Derek Hendrickson from Las Vegas, NV.
About Snowbird's 47th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration!
Voted one of America's 10 Best Oktoberfests by Men's Journal Magazine. Snowbird's Annual Oktoberfest attracts over 60,000 visitors and has grown to become one of the largest festivals in Utah. Every Saturday and Sunday from Aug. 17th through Oct. 20th, 2019, including Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 2nd.
About Major League Eating
Major League Eating (MLE), the World governing body of all stomach-centric sports, conducts more than 80 events annually, including the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y. The competitive eating community, which numbers more than 8,000 veteran and rookie athletes, travels the World in search of top titles and the glory that they provide. For more information, visit www.majorleagueeating.com. Follow Major League Eating on Twitter and Instagram @EatingContest. Like Major League Eating on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/eatfast.
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The Early November
Premieres New Single
"I Dissolve"
Streaming now on BrooklynVegan
Lilac Out 9/27 via Rise Records
Available for Pre-Order: theearlynovembermusic.net
Tickets On-Sale Now for Fall Headline Tour
Featuring Have Mercy and OWEL
"...an atmospheric slow-burner that fuses together jangly acoustic guitars,
post-rocky vibes, and soaring pop hooks." - BrooklynVegan
Philadelphia, PA - August 8, 2019 - Alternative rock icons The Early November are treating fans to another song from their forthcoming album, Lilac. The beautifully wistful "I Dissolve" is streaming now on BrooklynVegan. Lilac, the band's highly anticipated 5th studio album, is set to be released on September 27th via Rise Records. The Early November's first album since 2015's Imbue, Lilac represents a shift towards a more pop-centric sound while preserving the raw vulnerability that the band has become known for. Pre-orders are available now at www.theearlynovembermusic.net.
The band shares: "It's uncomfortable for people to talk to others about their depression. They will often say 'things will be okay' or 'you'll be fine' so that the topic can be moved on from. For some people that is a very unrealistic thought though and feels dismissive. Listen to your friends and loved ones when they reach out. It takes a lot of courage to do so. You don't need to have all the answers but listening goes a long way and means a lot."
The Early November will be supporting the release with a fall headline tour featuring support from Have Mercy and OWEL. The month-long run kicks off on September 13th in College Park, with stops in Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, and more. It concludes with a hometown show in Philadelphia on October 19th. Tickets for all shows are on sale now and available at www.theearlynovembermusic.net.
Produced by Enders at his own LumberYard Recording Studio, Lilac channels a heavy-hearted determination in its chiming guitars, kinetic rhythms, and complex yet indelible melodies. As Enders reveals, the album's eclectic sonic palette and inventive arrangements have much to do with an intentional shift in songcraft. "A lot of the songs came from avoiding that comfort zone of a very sad guitar line, and going to a completely different instrument-like starting with strings or piano or sometimes a beat," he says. "
I tend to hang on to those very droney tones, so rethinking the way songs could be put together made everything pop a little bit more."
Throughout Lilac, The Early November match their emotional outpouring with rigorous self-examination, a dynamic embodied on the confessional but cathartic "Hit By A Car (In Euphoria)." "That song is like a journey of me realizing how good I am at hiding my inner demons, and then feeling sort of crazy for a while, and then finally telling myself to just stop complaining," Enders explains. On "I Dissolve," the band captures an existential frustration, threading the defiantly soaring track with some brutally self-aware reflection. One of the most poignant moments on the album, "Ave Maria" builds a brilliant tension between its bright textures and lyrics speaking to a weary perseverance. And on "The Lilac," The Early November close out with a hushed folk reverie, their lilting harmonies and lush string arrangement cutting through a mood of fragile desperation.
Despite often pushing into troubled emotional terrain, Lilac ultimately conveys a restless idealism, a message made all the more impactful by The Early November's unapologetic honesty. "The thing I'd love for people to take away from this record is that it's okay to go through dark times, but don't get too hung up on them-don't let the dark times end you," says Enders. "This album started out dwelling too much on that darkness, but hopefully now it can bring a little bit of light to anyone who needs it."
For More Information, please visit:
Website: www.theearlynovembermusic.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/earlynovember
Twitter: www.twitter.com/theearlynov
Instagram: www.instagram.com/theearlynovember
Download High Res Press Photo Here
Download High Res Album Artwork Here
Lilac Tracklisting:
1. Perfect Sphere (Bubble)
2. My Weakness
3. Ave Maria
4. Hit By A Car (In Euphoria)
5. Comatose
6. Fame
7. You Own My Mind
8. I Dissolve
9. Make My Bed
10. Our Choice
11. The Lilac
Upcoming Tour Dates:
9/13 - College Park, MD @ Milkboy Arthouse
9/14 - Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
9/16 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
9/17 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
9/18 - St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
9/20 - Houston, TX @ Secret Group
9/21 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda
9/22 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
9/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
9/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
9/26 - San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues Voodoo Room
9/27 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
9/28 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
9/30 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/01 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
10/02 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/04 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
10/05 - Denver, CO @ Globe
10/07 - Kansas City, MO - The Rino
10/08 - Burnsville, MN @ The Garage
10/09 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
10/11 - Cleveland, OH - Mahall's
10/12 - Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups
10/13 - Toronto, ON @ Hardluck Bar
10/14 - Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
10/16 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
10/18 - Asbury Park, NJ @ House Of Independents
10/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
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Are we ready now to put shooters’ gender at center of gun debate?
by Rob Okun
694 words
Last weekend’s killing sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, brought the number of mass shootings in the first 215 days of the year to 251. In the United States of Ammunition, that’s more than one a day. What’s going on? To paraphrase James Carville, “It’s the masculinity, people.”
It’s infuriating to me that because it’s so obvious who did the shooting the media, politicians, and pundits rarely cite the most significant common denominator of virtually every mass murder in the U.S.—the shooter’s gender! Patrick Crusius, the 21-year-old Texan charged with the El Paso murders, is an avowed white supremacist. The slain Dayton killer, Connor Betts, had previously compiled a “rape list” of females he wanted to sexually assault. Both are poster boys of toxic masculinity.
Any hope we’ll end the madness must begin by acknowledging that it’s almost always men shooting. Until we make gender central to our efforts to prevent mass shootings, we are on a fool’s errand. I have been repeating this message for 20 years, since Columbine. Before Tree of Life, Thousand Oaks, Parkland, Sutherland Springs, and Las Vegas, there was Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Aurora. All male shooters; usually white supremacists.
Let’s also acknowledge what’s not being examined—how we socialize boys and how little attention we give disaffected men. Think about the loner, the male outcast in high school. (Connor Betts’s ex-girlfriend told MSNBC that the Dayton killer had “no support system.”) Because we know how alienated nearly all perpetrators are, that gender is not central to the national conversation reveals a blindness of the highest order. Ignoring this fact just escalates the danger.
Don’t get me wrong. Increase gun regulations—the tougher, the better. Step up pressure to shutter the NRA. Support the Giffords Law Center, Guns Down America, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Brady campaign. Have at it.
National Study on Boys’ Socialization
We need a nationwide uprising. Demand Congress authorize the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to study how we socialize males, beginning in preschool. Imagine if from age three on we followed males not just to identify troubled boys—but also and more importantly—to better develop curricula to cultivate their emotional intelligence and enhance their sense of connection. A pilot program could be rolled out next spring through Head Start.
What role could the authentic media play? How about a Frontlines investigation on manhood and violence? Or, a John Oliver Last Week Tonight special. Newspapers in the cities where shootings have occurred could collaborate to produce a multipart nation-wide series on “Men, Masculinity, and Mass Shootings.” The networks and cable news could do specials, too. Since the #MeToo movement began the media’s been pretty successful connecting the dots between toxic masculinity and sexual assault. Why the blind spot around mass shooters?
For years I’ve been part of a global movement of antisexist men working in 700 NGOs in 70 countries committed to transforming masculinity. From preventing violence against women and girls to advocating for women’s reproductive health and rights; from campaigns championing involved fatherhood to raising healthy boys. The magazine I edit, Voice Male, has been chronicling these efforts for years.
So ask yourself: why does virtually no one think about gender when considering mass shootings? Or, for that matter, when contemplating how to best protect people of color, LGBTQIA folks, Muslims and Jews when we are attacked? Because we assume the perpetrators will be men, usually white. If women had been the shooters in El Paso or Dayton, that’s all we’d be talking about, right? (Ditto if the shooters were persons of color.)
It is the masculinity, people. Addressing mass shootings without making gender central to the debate is like expecting a three-legged stool to stand on two legs. Challenging weak or no gun laws and pointing out how secondary mental health challenges are is not enough. We must keep the focus on masculinity.
If you agree, do more than lobby your elected representatives. Blast social media; wake up your faith communities, your schools. Demand media coverage, too. To honor the memories of the murdered, and to comfort the wounded and their families, it’s the least we can do.
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Rob Okun (rob@voicemalemagazine.org), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is editor of Voice Male magazine and a member of the steering committee of North American MenEngage.A new edition of his anthology, VOICE MALE: The Untold Story of the Profeminist Men’s Movement, was published in 2018.
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