McFarland & Company, Inc. is a book publisher of primarily academic and adult nonfiction based in Jefferson, North Carolina. Its president and editor-in-chief is Robert Franklin, who began the enterprise in 1979.^[1][2][3] McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and as of 2011 had published approximately 5,000 titles.^[4]

Subject matter[link]

Its target markets are libraries and direct mailing to enthusiasts.^[1] They have been noted in an editorial by Dr. Ron Hyatt (d. 2007)^[5] of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for publishing of a high quality along a variety of interests. Of particular praise was their contribution to sports literature, especially baseball history.^[1][6] According to the Mountain Times, McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monograph and reference book titles a year.^[4][7] The company now claims that figure has increased to 400 per year.^[8] International chess master Jeremy Silman has called McFarland "one of the unsung heroes of the chess publishing world"^[9] and "undisputed king when it comes to publishing works on chess history."^[10]

List of scholarly journals[link]

• Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game
• Black Ball: A Journal of the Negro Leagues
• Clues: A Journal of Detection
• Journal of Information Ethics
• North Korean Review

Key people[link]

Notable people within the organization include Franklin, Executive Vice President Rhonda Herman, who is noted for having brought the company into the electronic age,^[7] and Acquisitions Editor Charles Perdue.^[4]

Awards[link]

McFarland claims to be three-time winner of the Governor's Business Award in the Arts and Humanities.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• McFarland company website home page

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Keith R. McFarland (born 1956) is an American consultant, author, and lecturer on leadership and business growth. He is author of The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers, and is a regular contributor to Businessweek and Inc. magazines.

Biography[link]

McFarland received a BS and an MBA degree from Pepperdine University, where he later served, at the age of 26, as associate dean of the Pepperdine University School of Business and Management. He went on to serve as CEO of two technology firms: Collectech Systems Inc. in Westlake Village California, and Nivo International of Orem Utah. He founded the strategic advisory firm McFarland Strategy Partners in 2001.

Work as an author[link]

McFarland’s book, The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers, is based on the results of a five-year study of more than 7,000 growth companies. The book debuted at #1 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list, and was also a national bestseller on lists published by the New York Times, USA Today, and Businessweek. In April 2008, his article “Strategy 2.0: Building Strategy Like Software” was published by the MIT Sloan journal Management Review. He also wrote the book Bounce: the art of turning tough times into triumphs.

References[link]

BusinessWeek bestseller

External links[link]

• Breakthrough Company website
• McFarland Strategy website
• Interview with Keith McFarland, June 15, 2008

Jim Canfield (born 13 March 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

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Jacob Bannon (born October 15, 1976,^[1] Boston) is the vocalist, lyricist, and graphic artist for the American hardcore punk band Converge. He is also the founder and owner of the label Deathwish Inc. Additionally, Bannon is a visual artist and has created many visual works for the independent music community.

Bannon was also the founding member of Supermachiner, who released one album entitled Rise of the Great Machine. He is in the process of creating a solo album on the Deathwish Inc label.

Life[link]

Bannon in 2005.

Bannon attended college at The Art Institute of Boston, earning a Bachelors In Fine Arts for design in 1998, and subsequently taught the subject on a college level for a few years.^[2] After working a variety of freelance design jobs around Boston, he began working as a freelance artist and designer.^[3]

He is vegetarian^[4] and straight edge. From 2005–2008, he has been nominated for the title of "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by Peta2.^[5] He is concerned with the greyhound-racing industry,^[4] and is a dog owner, having owned a rescued greyhound among others.^[6]

Bannon is also a mixed martial arts fan,^[6] and accordingly Deathwish Inc. has sponsored some MMA fighters.^[7]

Bannon is known for his extensive tattoos. He received his first tattoo at the age of 15, which has subsequently been covered by other tattoos. He has been tattooed by Darren Brass, among many other artists.^[8]

Deathwish Inc.[link]

In early 2001, he founded the Deathwish Inc. record label with his best friend Tre McCarthy.

Deathwish is one of those labels that deserve to be the biggest indie label on the planet. They not only put out interesting acts, but they go through painstaking efforts with every aspect of each release from artwork to recording to the band’s branding. These efforts definitely do not go unnoticed to their many die-hard fans, but it is disheartening to see bands/labels with less than 10 percent of the integrity that Deathwish has continue to outsell them. It gives me comfort that these are things that Jacob and Tre do not concern themselves with as they continue to put out powerful and beautiful releases.^[9]

—Virgil Dickerson, IndieHQ

Music[link]

Bannon has been active in the hardcore punk music scene since 1990, when at the age of 14 he co-founded Converge. He has been in two musical sideprojects, Supermachiner and Irons, released solo material, and contributed guest vocals to numerous other hardcore bands.

Converge[link]

Bannon in 2004.

Bannon is one of the founding members of Converge, who formed in the winter of 1990. After several demos, the band released their first record on Earthmaker Records, entitled Halo in a Haystack (1994). The band then released three records on Equal Vision Records, Petitioning the Empty Sky (1998), When Forever Comes Crashing (1998), and Jane Doe (2001). The band has worked with Hydra Head Records and Relapse Records, among others, for EPs and split albums. For the release of You Fail Me (2004), No Heroes (2006) and Axe to Fall (2009), the band switched to Epitaph Records. Since the move, the band has released vinyl versions of their Epitaph albums and re-released older albums on Bannon's Deathwish Inc. record label. See also: Converge discography

Bannon is the lead vocalist and lyricist for Converge, and contributes the art and design for their album covers and sleeves, apparel, and other merchandise. In an interview with the Miami New Times, when discussing his vocal work on the album Axe to Fall, Bannon described his vocals:

I'm a bit of a one-trick pony, because I'm a traditional abrasive vocalist, and there are only certain things I feel comfortable with. I try to stay within the limitations that I have physically. Like, I never wanna be one of those vocalists that Auto-Tune themselves to hell -- that's the worst thing.^[10]

Supermachiner[link]

Supermachiner, a collaboration between Bannon and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou alongside their friend Ryan Parker, released Rise of the Great Machine in 2000. Unlike the heavier music of Converge, much of Supermachiner is ambient.^[11] A 30 track discography, Rust, was released in 2009.^[12]

Solo[link]

After Converge had completed their 2001 album Jane Doe, Bannon started writing and recording solo material under the name Dear Lover. A number of releases were lined up that never saw the light of day. A song "Grant Me the Strength" was made available for download on Converge's website.^[11]

In 2008, Bannon has released a 7" EP of solo material on Deathwish Inc., entitled The Blood of Thine Enemies, under the name J. Bannon. The EP contains one song on the A-side, while the B-side is etched, part of the "impressive" package design which included a silkscreened folded cardboard cover/sleeve.^[13] The music "is a pulsing ambient piece. Miles away from his front man duties in Converge, Jacob uses only a clean delivery here, genuinely singing the chorus."^[14] A full length CD/LP, Wear Your Wounds, is forthcoming.

Irons[link]

Irons is a musical collaboration between Bannon, Dwid Hellion (of Integrity) and visual artist Stephen Kasner. They are self described as a "collective effort to create apocalyptic, non-linear music from a primal fine art based mindset."^[15] A split 12" LP is in the works with Pulling Teeth to be released on Deathwish Inc.^[16]

Guest vocals[link]

Bannon has recorded guest vocals for bands such as Cave In, Some Girls, Give Up the Ghost, Ramallah, and Pulling Teeth.^[17]

Art[link]

Bannon's art and design career predominately involves doing design work for hardcore punk bands and releasing limited edition art prints. He has stated that his art and design work pays his bills.^[9] Since 1997, he has produced art for dozens of bands.^[18] Work for these bands has involved packaging, poster, web, apparel, and logo design.^[19] Some of his design work has been credited to his art company Atomic! ID.^[20] He designed a shirt for the online boutique of Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta, Hatewear.^[21] He also is responsible for the art direction, and often the design work, for all the releases on his Deathwish Inc. record label.^[22]

His work has been described as "heavily textured with a kinetic energy and unsettling feel".^[22] Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying praised Bannon's work on their Shadows Are Security album art and stated that it "is probably the biggest selling record that Jake has ever done artwork for ... [even though] his ethic and his whole approach to art isn’t really about sales and numbers."^[23] Bannon's style has been influential; as one magazine article put it, he "is often credited with inventing the so-called skull with wings aesthetic that became so popular in the punk underground and mixed martial arts scenes that today knockoffs are available in stores like Target and Marshalls."^[24]

In 2004, Bannon released a series of 4 "museum-quality" giclée prints, with a run limited to 100.^[25] He has worked with Burleque Design to have limited series screenprints produced of some of his artwork, including two limited edition Converge tour posters and limited prints based on the album artwork for the Converge albums Jane Doe, No Heroes, and Axe to Fall.^[26] The Jane Doe cover art was featured on the cover of the sixth issue of Beautiful/Decay Magazine, which also contained an interview with Bannon.^[27] He also designed a limited-edition cover for the May/June 2005 issue of Punk Planet, which was their third Art & Design themed issue.^[28]

On August 15, 2004, he participated in Strhess Fest in Cleveland.^[29] In February 2008, he participated in the Public Domain group art show,^[30] and October 2008, his artwork was featured in a Halloween themed group show entitled Horror Business, both held at Tradition in Los Angeles.^[31][32] In October 2010, Bannon had work in the Scream With Me show at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, which featured the artwork of selected musicians and tattoo artists.^[33][34]

List of bands for whom Bannon has designed[link]

Bannon has worked on art and design for dozens of bands, including:^[18]

Solo discography[link]

• The Blood Of Thine Enemies, Deathwish Inc (March 2008)
• Wear Your Wounds, Deathwish Inc (unreleased)

Selected art exhibitions[link]

• Strhess Fest- Art Gallery, Scene Pavilion, Cleveland, OH (August 2004)
• Public Domain, Traditions, Los Angeles, CA (February 2008)
• Horror Business, Traditions, Los Angeles, CA (October 2008)
• Scream With Me, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA (October 2010)
• Solo exhibition, Ursa Major Gallery, Beverly, MA (March 2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jacob Bannon official website
• Converge official website
• Deathwish Inc. official website