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spring 2024
TUNES Somewhere between “I can’t believe he dumped me,” and “Boy, bye,” is Double Dueces by none other than Double D. They blessed us with the soundtrack to our hot girl summer. Whether it’s a bummer or a blessing, those cherry-red disco balls will help you get over that ex and onto the next one. Imagine the 36 Chambers of Shaolin, but each chamber takes you through a different level of grunge. Listeners move from chamber to chamber being torn to shreds by riffs from Tom Morello, Anders Osborne, and Eddie Vedder to name a few. Now, the curator claims to be the biggest Pearl Jam fan at Stonefield, but somebody else is a member of ten club. Regardless if they’re the #1 or #2 fan, give 042 a shot if you miss that filthy sound that could only be created in the 90’s. Have you ever felt like your life was the final lap of a race on Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64? Boy do we have the playlist for you. Each song on Mixtape 043 is 170 bpm MINIMUM. A bit of Princeton slang, “Rip Session” toes the line between a caffein-induced heart attack and just enough coffee to get that site plan finished before the deadline. If you’re looking for intensity, look no further. This one’s for you! If you managed to survive the 36 Chambers of Cheese Graters on Mixtape 042 then get ready, because 044 delivered for round two. Much like a vicious dog in a cage - they may seem innocent through the glass of his side office in Rutherford, but inside that room is a whirlwind of rage that comes out through the voices of Trent Reznor, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, and many others. Whether you’re smashing things, lifting weights, or even designing roadways - this one is sure to get you through it.
Photo taken in Japan.
Wasn’t it great that one day this Spring when it wasn’t raining, and we could all enjoy the season in its full glory? We remember that one day, too. Now, before we all start to wonder what projects are going to float away with the next big rainstorm, let’s take a moment to relax and enjoy these rains for what they are. They bring us the reds, pinks and whites in our trees. Smell the fragrance of blossoming plants along our streets and in our neighborhoods. And when the clouds finally break, talk a stroll and soak in that warm sunshine that we’ve been missing for the last few months. Now is the time to get cracking for the busy bees of Stonefield. Speaking of our buzzing brethren, here’s a fun fact: Did you know honeybees swarm during the Spring as a way to start new colonies? They’re actually at their most docile and harmless during this season because really, they’re just looking for their next home. And once they are in the hive, they transform from the single bee to the collective bee – making delicious honey together. There is nothing so social, so communal and so interdependent and beautiful as what happens in that hive. If you want a bee to make honey, you don’t issue protocols; you put that one bee together with lots of other bees and arrange the general environment for the air to be right. Just ask Jason Statham.
spring 2024
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earth day recap A look at the contributions made by the Stonefield Green Team
Led by Team Paris, our volunteers arrived on a brisk Friday morning in Leonia, NJ to assist the Teaneck Creek Conservancy Group to clean up and enhance their park. With the help of a few employees at Topology, a little over twenty volunteers split into factions focused on different goals. Some scoured the park for century-old bricks left behind from factories previously demolished on site while others prepared the foundation for a stone floor to be laid using those recycled bricks. Simultaneously, other groups collected pounds and pounds of trash while one group was determined to dig up an artifact from the past. Just like Master Yoda using the force to pull the X-Wing out of the samp, Jason Aktas can be seen digging up a K-Mart shopping cart that had likely been submerged in the ground for decades. We should all take notes on that impeccable form. A “T” (for Teaneck) became the focal point of the field of stone created by Stonefield. An existing rain shed was in need of a floor to support educational activities for local schoolchildren on field trips to the park. Who needs grading plans? Just look at how level that floor is! Just like last year, volunteers were rewarded for their volunteering efforts with limited Stonefield Earth Day shirts. Everything we do at Stonefield directly impacts the communities we live and work in, so it’s equally important that we do our part in cleaning up, protecting, and preserving them. For those interested, the cart is currently being repurposed into a sculpture soon to be on display somewhere within the park. Any day now, park visitors will be able to see that cart along with many other sculptures as they walk along the path.
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