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The acoustic guitar provides music through strings that were made from a variety of materials, most notably nylon. Nylon is not only kind to the fingers, but the sound it produces is good and crisp. It is especially important for beginners to use nylon since it is easier to learn. Strings made from steel provide [...]

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• Acoustic Musical Instruments Defined Acoustic musical instruments are musical instruments that are capable of creating sounds entirely via acoustic means as opposed to by way of electronic means. Before electronic instruments came along, there was no need to define instruments as being acoustic as every instrument was acoustic by nature. Acoustic music, or generally......
• Why Buy an Acoustic Guitar Over an Electric Guitar? There are a number of reasons to choose an acoustic guitar over electric. Acoustic guitars are easier to play for beginners and can be played almost anywhere. Electric guitars are obviously limited to areas with an electrical outlet to plug in the amplifier. Also, acoustic guitars are generally less expensive......
• Acoustic Bass Guitar There are a number of different types of guitars, which produce a variety of different sounds, and offer a myriad of different features. One of the most demanding types of guitars out there is the acoustic bass guitar. This is a bass instrument that offers a hollow wooden body which......
• Some Background on the Acoustic Bass Guitar The acoustic bass guitar is an instrument which provides the heavy tones and harmonies associated with good Jazz. Somewhat of a mixed past, the acoustic bass guitar was born in the 50's but was developed in the 60s by Ernie Ball. It came after it's cousin, the electric bass guitar,......
• The Electric Acoustic Guitar The acoustic guitar provides music through strings that were made from a variety of materials, most notably nylon. Nylon is not only kind to the fingers, but the sound it produces is good and crisp. It is especially important for beginners to use nylon since it is easier to learn.......

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Trevor TraynorKaz-Well aka Kazu

One of the the Bay’s most promising up-and-coming hip-hoppers, Kaz-Well , has the record release party for his new joint Fish Outta Water tonight at club Horizon. The

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• Fishing Report: June 19, 2009 Ocean Beach has been virtually swimming in tiny shrimp, which is perhaps the cause for the striped bass finding their way into the surf. The bass have been biting crazy here, especially late in the nights and in the early mornings. Fishermen have been pulling out bass as large as......
• Fishing in Florida, A Shark of a Tale Your Fishing Tales: A Florida Edition RiverGal says, "At first the fish were slow on the bait and we had to follow the pods around. My eleven year old sister was getting the most catches, though I did manage to catch two sea trouts. When I had caught the......
• Review: The Barefoot Fisherman: A Fishing Book for Kids by Paul Amdahl This book is designed to cater to grades four through six, and specifically children who are already familiar with the basics associated with fishing but that want to learn more about this unique recreational sport. This book covers a wide variety of different topics on fishing for children, including approaching......
• Wednesday Wadio: Edo G's 'I Got To Have It'. "I'm from Roxbury the 'Bury but not the fruit y'all - Don't make me act like where I come from cause it's bru-tal." - Ed OG.In honor of this senseless scene of local studio slaughter, I was inspired to feature a legendary Boston rap artist on Radio Pye today. As......

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DJ Zita on the one and two’s

If you’re out partying on the 4th (safe, sane, and responsibly, we hope), you might just wanna get your Independence Day boogie on at some point. Here are some options to

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The Strange BoysThursday, July 2, 2009The HemlockBetter than: Fireworks.The Strange Boys’ ringleader, Ryan Sambol, has the girth of a stray dog and the voice of an alley cat. Last night he was a scra

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Image via TweetcraftSo you’ve recently defeated a horde of Orcs in the Outland but before catching the next Zeppelin back to Azeroth you’d like to tweet about your battle. Prior to yesterday, your vic

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• What Size Boat Is Right For You? If you are thinking about buying a new boat, there are a few considerations that go beyond what the boat can actually do. Many people fail to think about these small points before their purchase and end up with boats that are either too expensive to store, or simply too......
• Is Charles Paz the Next Mr. Romance? Ladies, I'd like to introduce you to Charles Paz, one of the candidates for Mr. Romance this year at the Romantic Times Convention. If you're at the convention don't be shy, say hello. I wrote Charles yesterday afternoon and he was such a sweetie to text me his responses right......
• Planning To Have Children? Then This Is a Test You Must Take The leap from being a DINK-couple (double income no kids) to choosing parenthood and planning to have children is not for the feint of heart. Image via Wikipedia Without a doubt it is a decision that has resulted in many a calm, even-tempered and balanced individual being reduced to uncontrollable......

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Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I’ve collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their “song obsessions of the week.” Quite often it’s easy to explain why [...]

• Best Certificate of Deposit Rates (CD Rates), June 2009 The following is a list of the nationally available highest yields 12-month CD rates. In general, certificates of deposit (CDs) are great investments because your principal is protected by FDIC insurance and your interest rates are guaranteed. Moreover, you can use CD Ladder to make your CD savings more flexible......
• An Investment Average of 10% won't Guarantee Success An Investment Average of 10% won't Guarantee Success  I saw a great advertisment released by my office's parent company today; I have never released what my office's parent company is...and I am not about to start now! Notwithstanding my obsession with privacy, I couldn't get over this info and felt like I......
• If You Are Not Using This, You Are Leaving Your Prospects On The Run ! (Part 1) Dear Friend, You might be thinking, what's this all about? And what the hell did you miss out? Don't worry you will know it in just a moment. But first let me tease you a bit. Alvin Phang, John Chow, Shawn Collins and even Shoe Money is talking about it......
• My Prosper Internal Rate of Return Update (End of Apr 07) = 3.57% for an Increase of 0.24% This is a RateLadder only IRR update.  (An IRR lender “game” update is in the works.) Here is my permanent tracking page: http://rateladder.com/my-prosper-irr/ My Prosper IRR is defined as: Monthly cash flows with one extra month using the current account value minus any loans 1 month or more late. Current......
• One Hundred Pushup Challenge -- Knee Push ups, 1 Handed Knee Pushups, and Full Push ups Well if you haven't heard by now then you aren't paying attention to the Health and Fitness blogosphere... Everyone is doing the 100 push up challenge at 100 push ups.   It is a 6 week training program geared toward a final test where 100 consecutive pushups are completed.  (My first......

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A mandolin is a musical instrument that belongs to the lute family meaning that it can either be plucked or strummed. It is a direct descendant of a instrument called the Mandore, which is a soprano member of the same family. The mandolin instrument has a body that possesses a teardrop shaped soundboard, though it [...]

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• Acoustic Musical Instruments Glossary Action - This is a term that is used to describe how a musical instrument plays. The use of this term is highly varied within the industry, but the general sense that it refers to is the playability of the instrument or how well it functions on a mechanical level.......
• The Modern Piano It has been a staple of classical and contemporary music, used by musicians from Mozart to Elton John and more. Many musicians who have brought their fingers to the ivories have created music that has inspired and captured the hearts of countless people all over the world. That instrument is......
• Acoustic Musical Instrument Glossary pt 3 Interval - An interval is described as a difference in pitch from one tone to another, and intervals are most commonly measured as the difference between the lower tone and the higher tone. Intonation - Intonation, in its most literal form, means either pitch or using pitch. One who speaks......
• Introduction to Stringed Instruments, pt 1 Stringed instruments are musical instruments that produce sound when strings on the instrument are excited or vibrated. Stringed instruments are also regarded as chordophones when following the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. Some of the most well known and most common stringed instruments in this family as the cello,......
• Which is Best: Stand Up Bass or Regular Bass? The first thing that you need to understand when it comes to comparing a stand up bass against a regular bass is that despite the similar naming structure, these are actually two very different instruments. The term "bass" is used to refer to an entire family of musical instruments that......

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Red MeatIf you’re planning an all American staycation this weekend, there’s still plenty to do in the (very 2009) American spirit of staying thrifty. Below, a couple choice selections for the long Ind

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• black friday links Here are a few updates:  I was pleased to be able to write a guest post for Saving for a Home of My Own, whose author Saving Diva has been one of the most faithful and frequent readers of Brip Blap since I started writing and consequently won my......
• Interesting Reads From Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #13 Christmas is in the air and I am bundled up to resemble a fat penguin, wearing 4-5 layers, and huddled in front of a space heater as I type. The weather also forecasts snow for us tomorrow, which is somewhat rare as we live in the Mojave Desert in......
• Lifetime maintenance for an American woman Newsweek has unveiled some remarkable numbers for lifetime maintenance for an American woman. We certainly know that in many countries just having enough money for bread is serious dough -- so this has to be for a western woman, not living in a super expensive metropolitan area. Sorry for the......
• California Fishing Report: May 29, 2009 The Feather River, which runs into the Sacramento Bay, is experiencing a number of schools milling around the confluence, and more just up from there between Boyd's Pump and Shanghai Bend. You can fish here early or late for the best results, but make sure to bring the right bait......

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Who doesn’t love sunsets, right? Especially in San Francisco, where things take on a pastel hue no matter the season. DJ Galen seems to dig sunsets a little more than most: he’s planned huge parties f

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The final days of the San Francisco Opera’s summer season have brought with them a lively new cast for the company’s iffy production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” headed by soprano Elizabeth Futral as the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry and offering strong…

• FOTD AL + Fyrinnae Take 3 All the colors are the same as yesterday, except new lippie color. I placed the eye colors in different places, to try them in another way. I also used La Prairie sunscreen to see how sheer it would make the rest of the makeup through the day. Eyes: Crease: Burnt......
• Movie Review: Just Like Heaven with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo One of my favorite movies is Just Like Heaven with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. I first saw Mark in the romantic comedy of 13 Going On 30. He plays the slightly dorky but still hunky guy very well. His face is very expressive and paired with Reese Witherspoon’s spunky......
• Microsoft Windows 7 RC will be available on April 30 Microsoft Corp said on Friday a version of its long awaited Windows 7 operating system will be made available from next week. The version, known as a 'release candidate', or RC, essentially means the world's largest software company is in the final stages of completing the operating system, the successor......

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RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Among the too-easily overlooked composers of late German Romanticism is Joseph Marx, who died in 1964, leaving behind a clutch of first-rate songs and rather less scintillating large-scale works. Both categories are represented on this…

• Cash for Clunkers Explained The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program, more commonly known as the Cash For Clunkers Bill, has been getting a lot of press lately so I thought I would give it a look and see what it is all about. Luckily this is the shortest bit of legislation......
• Money Management and Budgeting are Vital for Avoiding Financial Disasters Anyone who is worried or stressed out about their finances right now has probably had concern over whether or not their budgeting and money management tactics are working. It is important that you learn how to develop good skills for money management in this day and age, otherwise you will......
• Gleneagles Golf Course Today I played Gleneagles Golf Course in McLaren Park San Francisco (map). This course is a hidden gem.  We played on a Friday morning at 7am and no tee time was required. Unbelievaable! Jack Fleming was the architect. Founded in 1962. 9 holes (but 2 different sets of tees to......

Continue reading → CD: Joseph Marx, ‘Orchestral Songs, Choruses’

You guys. America is so great! It’s basically The Very Best (Featuring Ezra Koenig). Can you name another country that has a holiday where the sole intention is to celebrate the contribution…

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• Smart Shopping During the Holidays When the holiday season rolls around, many of us naturally turn to our credit cards and treat them as a viable way to plump up our budgets for gift giving. Sure, credit cards can be a real life saver when cash is tight, but the secret to using our credit......
• Awww, Ben, do we HAVE to? Ben Bernanke, that spoilsport -- taking all the fun away from the banks: Fed chief tells banks to be vigilant on home loans The Federal Reserve Chairman is laying out new guidelines for selling non-traditional ("creative") mortgages in an effort to ensure that these types of loans are underwritten correctly.......
• The Top Five Hiking Countries in the World [caption id="attachment_237" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Fitz Roy, Argentina"][/caption]If you're an avid hiker, chances are that you've done a little poking around and discovering on your own - finding all of the local hills, discerning which are the most challenging, etc. But for the truly avid hiker, a world of opportunity is......

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All of that is true. Also true: With the current expansive fawning over Grizzly Bear it could be easy to temporarily forget about Dan Rossen’s Department Of Eagles. It gets more difficult, though,…

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• Digg Makes Me Spill My Beer So here I am browsing my favorite websites after a long day. I'm in my comfy pj's, sipping on an ice cold lager. Done my workout, written a blog post, it is time for me to relax. That is until I stumble upon (pun intended) a Digg.com story. For those......
• Gold Eagle Coins Coins & Paper Money -> Gold -> American Eagle Gold Eagle coins are American currency, first released in 1986, that contains the stated amount of actual gold weight claimed in troy ounces, with a silver and copper alloy added to make the coins less soft and more wear resistant. The......
• Sales Alert: NYX hauls again NYX is having a grand sale again on 4 terrific hauls and glass bottle foundations while they last from now through April 30. One of the packages is an eyelash package. This is a perfect time to try some of their products, especially since they have such a wide range......

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The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for “the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun” has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go G

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• Weekly Update: Starting Out In order to keep track of my expenses, I’m going to start doing a weekly summary of my finances; this way, I can get a better handle on my money situation. Plus, I like to plot out numbers! Savings PNC (Checking Account) $ 34 Susquehanna (CD) $ 2542 ING Direct......
• Bollywood! a little fun for a Saturday night or whenever If you haven't had the fun of seeing a Bollywood movie, I recommend them. I'll post a few favorites over the next few days. They are pretty standard fare, follow a predictable storyline, are quite innocent, (mostly) all musicals, have lots of colorful costumes and plenty of dancing, with interesting......
• Banky W - Lagos Party *Exclusive* Here is another exclusive from Banky W's upcoming album The W Experience and it was produced by Dr. Frabz - It is obvious that my connect is well connected in the music industry so shout out to my connect (name withheld) and Banky W we're with you 100% 'cos......
• Sign The Petition To Bring The 100 Mile Per Charge Mitsubishi i-MiEV To The U.S.. From AutoblogGreen - The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is one of the most exciting pure-electric projects discussed by a major automaker. For one thing, the numbers being tossed around for this city car are astounding: something around 100 miles per charge (depending on driving style) and 1,000 vehicles that might be ready......
• HP unveils ProBook laptop line Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's top PC maker, is launching a new line of inexpensive business laptops with fresh features targeting users at small and medium-size companies. The HP ProBook s-series, which starts shipping globally on Tuesday, is the company's new mainstream business notebook, following the release of its higher-end, lightweight......

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“In Peoples’ Homes” is a somewhat misleading introduction to To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie’s second album Marlone, but as we mentioned when we called the Minneapolis duo a BTW, Jehna Wilheim and Mark…

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• Back to Normal with Fear and Loathing in the UK and Russia Ahoy there! Now we are fully sated in our lust for fresh information on the Credit Crunch and the US Presidential elections, we can now see what's really going on in the world as the news organs adjust focus for something else to talk about as Ross and Brand are......
• Tamping down prejudices I don't think there is a single soul walking around who doesn't have some prejudices. Maybe they keep us safe -- or maybe we think they do anyway. Or maybe they come out of life's experiences. Who knows. I suppose we fall into two categories: those who drop prejudices over......
• Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Seventy Nine. Real estate is a scary prospect, isn't it? I mean, how do you make that final decision about house A, B or C? We are not buying today, but we are starting to take a look around town to see what kinds of things we could get into. But......
• When is a Dog Bite Malicious? [caption id="attachment_245" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Does a bite make a mean dog?"][/caption]For many families or couples, getting a new dog isn't always just fun - it can also be a learning experience. This is particularly true if you find a new dog or puppy that exhibits some behavior problems. It's not......
• Review The Children Of Huang Shi a.k.a. Escape From Huang Shi The Children Of Huang Shi a.k.a. Escape From Huang Shi starring Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Radha Mitchell and Michelle Yeoh, jumped out at me from the library shelves. I had not heard of it. My oldest Chinese daughter came to me via Nanjing. I flew into Nanjing on a chartered......

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BaldoI’ve been really digging Austin garage punks Hex Dispensers for a while now. Their gothic Ramones sound comprises traces of the Wipers and a perverted fascination with criminal behavior. The grou

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Chris HardyAilyn Pérez as Violetta ValéryBetter than: Sex (work).It figures, doesn’t it, that it was Rhett Butler — that manliest of men — who opined that reputation is something people with courage

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• Live Corporate Blogging As corporate blogging maintains a stronger foothold on in many industries, companies are seeking ways to take their efforts to the next level. If you're interested in growing  your blog's audience and you want to engage your readers, you may want to consider trying a technique known as live blogging.......
• Wise words! "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.......
• 5 signs your job sucks Over the last three months since I've gone back on a new contract I've struggled. I was working like crazy during my "problogging" stint, but I enjoyed what I was doing and I had little desire to get back to work.  Since I took the contract, things have not......
• Review: Spinlash Mascara Is Spinlash a gimmick? or a gimmick that has found its time? It's interesting that so many oscillating, spinning, and vibrating mascaras have come out at about the same time. Perhaps an inventor made a presentation to a major company -- and was turned down, similar to the story......

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As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to

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• State Default Rates -- A Publishable Application of the RateLadder ListingKey In the past I have talked about my technique for adding a ListingKey to the Loan table of the Prosper.com data export.  While I had successfully added the key several weeks ago I hadn't found an application of the key that I could publish until recently.  A fellow Princetonian and prosper lender......
• Are Drums a Good Match for You? Some people know when they're still kids that they want to learn to play the drums.  Others seem to end up playing drums in the school band because they're just not interested in any of the other instruments. Some of them look so difficult with all those shiny keys and......
• Prosper Closes 100 Million is P2P Loans This is a major milestone for p2p lending... I can't wait to see what the next 100MM brings. From the marketplace data in the public xml data file (after I imported into ProProsper)... Date: Principal Closed: # Loans: # Registrations: # Lenders: # Borrowers: # Groups: # GLs: Historical Interest......
• Cinnabar Hills Golf Course Cinnabar Hills Golf Course is located in: San Jose, CA Phone: 408-323-7815 Website: http://www.cinnabarhills.com Course History: This course was designed 30 years ago by John Harbottle III. Red tail hawks are quite common in the area and can be seen perching in the trees as you play. The area is......
• Deer Valley Resort, Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort is located in: Park City, UT Phone: (435) 649-1000 Website: http://www.deervalley.com/ About the Resort: Deer Valley Resort is one of the largest places to ski in Utah and features six different mountains. With that kind of variety, it's easy for skiers of all skill levels to enjoy......

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Joseph SchellDeer TickJuly 1, 2009The IndependentBetter Than: Karaoke. Last night, Deer Tick started its mellow set with a slow crescendo that climaxed in a stage dive. “We’re doing things a little di

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• Teachers Fake A Gun Attack On Six Graders, But Tell Them Its Real. Holy. Crap. I saw this last night and showed my wife, who is a teacher...and we both just sat there staring at the article, reading it over and over again. Seems some teachers in Tennessee thought it was a good idea to tell a bunch of sixth graders that a......
• Bodean's BBQ, Soho Bodean's is my favourite restaurant in London. It offers every ingredient in my perfect meal mix...meat, cold beer and American sports. Seriously, what else could possibly improve on that? (Answer: Strippers) So there have been some changes since last I visited: new menu items, new serving styles and I......
• ...A Place in my heart. So I had a scare last week... The wife and I were walking through Sam's Club, doing some shopping, when I started to feel a little flush.  I figured it was just the heat, so I toughed it out.  A little later I started feeling clammy and cold... then dizzy. ......
• Trust in the Slow Work of God, prayer by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Above All, Trust in the Slow Work of God Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something......
• Public Declaration A while ago Brip Blap started a Public Declaration Meme, and challenged a few friends to declare something publicly -- great for accountability by the way! In this post, I commit publicly to... ...hug my parents every day... Photo of Pinyo and nephew taken by his wife When we were......

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Girls’ pretty up-all-night video for “Hellhole Ratrace” captured the song’s romantic somnambulance perfectly. The harmonica-lined “Solitude,” which shows up as the “Hellhole Ratrace” 10″ B-Side,…

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• Cap B ft. Justn Kase & Leksai - Hello Following the success of his arguably hit single “Hello” Cap B has released a video of the song. It was directed by Mills Miller and I must confess that they did a very good job....
• Invisible Girl, by Tess Hudson Because I enjoyed Tess Hudson's Double Down so well, I wanted to read this one. If you remember, Double Down was a romance about a young woman overcoming her addiction to gambling. There were some darker images in it involving uncovering a mystery about drugging a football player (her......
• FOTD AL eyes + Arbonne lips I told Miranda yesterday that she inspired me to use AL mattes again, so here goes from the Carolina Summer collection. Eyes: I don't find totally matte very flattering on me. So I had to put a touch of sparkle somewhere. Base: Nude Frost Lids: BE Queen Phyllis (had to......

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Franz Ferdiand took two stabs at a “No You Girls” video, for the “Can’t Stop Feeling” they opted to squeeze two takes into single frames via all sorts of split-screen hyjinx. The guys pull and shove,…

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• Musician Profile for Joshua Bell Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell was born on December 9th, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. Legend has it that his mother started him in violin lessons after finding that he had stretched rubberbands across the handles of his dresser in order to play notes he had overheard when she played piano. In......
• Brilliant Dating Advice From a Dead Virgin [caption id="attachment_3148" align="aligncenter" width="619" caption="Lizzy and Mr. Darcy"][/caption] Jane Austen understood everything about the human heart. That's an astonishing accomplishment for a woman who died a virgin at 41. Lauren Henderson, a novelist who attended Cambridge University in England and wrote her dissertation on the courtship rituals in Jane Austen,......
• So if I buy the album, do I have to take the baggage? I recently heard a song by Amy Winehouse and discovered that I really like her music. So I mentioned this to a couple people I know, who immediately started telling me about all the recent news she has been involved in. Tell me... how does this change how I feel......
• A Weekend in Aspen: What Makes Skiing So Great? [caption id="attachment_164" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Skiing in Aspen"][/caption]If you've never been skiing in your life - and this applies especially for those of you in a more tropical climate - you might ask yourself why there is such emphasis on skiing, especially with people who seem to have a lot of......

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You know it. I know it. And apparently the rest of the world knows it too: SF DJs rule. A plethora of local DJs are among the nominees for America’s Best DJ, a DJ Times- sponsor

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• America's Cup It has been 25 years since John Bertrand and the Australia II claimed the America's Cup, a victory which is among the greatest the country has ever achieved. That said, it is more and more apparent that the Aussies no longer care about the coveted award. The starting point for......
• Worldwide GTD Weekly Review Kelly Forrister over at GTD Times has picked up on idea to lead a global GTD Weekly Review because its a critical success factor that is so often not done.  Here’s a short quote from her post: “Our goal could be to make the weekly review fun - remove the......
• Around the World in 80 Rounds By David Wood One part travelogue, one part golf diary, the result is a book that is all fun. If you enjoy reading humorous accounts of both travel disasters and golfing nightmares, this is a definite must read. The author is a well known standup comedian and has the rare gift of being......

Continue reading → SF DJs Dominate “America’s Best DJ” Nominees

Following last week’s surprise single — like, surprise it’s out, and surprise it’s a house jam — Kele and the gang deliver this video as a top-off to the one-off. It’s both goofy and emotional,…

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• Giant Goliath Grouper 500 lb Video I know this is the SFBoater blog, but I grew up in FL. I ran across this YouTube video the other day of a guide in FL catching Goliath Grouper. They are using 400lb test leaders and a sting rays for bait. You can go fishing by going to his......
• What two fragrances was I comparing? One fragrance was Chamade. Which was the other one? Karin What two fragrances was I comparing? Thursday 21 June 2007 @ 1:25 pm Wednesday 6 June 2007 @ 8:50 am About two weeks ago, I put on a fragrance that is one of my favorites. I’ve talked about it at......
• Viral Marketing Series Part 6: Using Videos in Viral Marketing Using Videos in Viral Marketing More and more advertisers are adopting video as broadband continues to rise and ad-serving technologies become more sophisticated.  Online video advertising is really taking off. Users’ attention can be captured and ads stand out from the crowd in an increasingly ad-cluttered online environment. It is......

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Longstanding San Diego crew the Black Heart Procession have a new album out in October. It’s called Six because it’s their sixth album (i.e. don’t forget 1998’s 1, 1999’s 2, or 2000’s Three). The…

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• 80% off at Restaurant.com for 36 hours only ** This coupon has expired, but check my coupon code page to see if there's a fresh one! ** The coupons at Restaurant.com are usually pretty short-lived but this is their best one so far: a full 80% off their cornerstone $25 dining certificates.  That's $25 worth of qualifying meal......
• IPs As my hit counter creeps closer to 1000 unique visitors, let's see where they're coming from...I'm watching you... .net Network 210 21.89% .com US Commercial 179 18.66% Unknown 176 18.35% .uk United Kingdom 167 17.41% .fr France 161 16.78% .my Malaysia 12 1.25% .au Australia 10 1.04% .fi Finland 7......
• The Golf Club at Terra Lago, Indio, CA The Golf Club at Terra Lago is located in: Indio, CA Phone: 760-775-2000 Website: http://golfclub-terralago.com About the Course: This is easily one of the most visually stunning courses we have ever seen, and if you love a challenge, this is the course, actually two courses, for you. The club is......
• Tiger Woods Expects to be an Even Better Golfer Upon His Re-debut in 2009 Anyone who was hoping that Tiger Woods would have lost a little bit of an edge while away from the golf course with a knee injury is apparently going to find themselves sorely disappointed. This is because the world number one golfer, Tiger Woods swears that he is going to......
• A Place to Start I am starting this blog as a way, hopefully, to hold my self accountable for not only my money but hopefully my life as well. I am quickly approaching 30 and until recently have taken little to no interest in my financial well being, thank god I am married to......

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A member of the brass family, the trombone is a wind instrument that is played much in the same way as other brass instruments. The lips are pursed and the musician blows into the mouthpiece in order to create sound. The trombone is unique in that it features a slide that is used to change [...]

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• Which is Best: Stand Up Bass or Regular Bass? The first thing that you need to understand when it comes to comparing a stand up bass against a regular bass is that despite the similar naming structure, these are actually two very different instruments. The term "bass" is used to refer to an entire family of musical instruments that......
• Player Profile for Double Bassist Mike Milligan While few people can name a double bass player (though many can name a bass guitar player) some bassists actually break out and perform solo bass. Some even go on to record an entire album of solo bass, like double bassist Mike Milligan. When many people think of a bass,......
• Picking the Right Acoustic Instrument For Your Child Picking the right acoustic instrument from your child is important, because the wrong instrument will not inspire your child to learn how to master the concept of playing music. Research has shown that it is extremely beneficial for children to learn a musical instrument. Choosing an instrument that suits them......
• The Decline and Potential Rise of the Bass Saxophone Bass instruments are typically the largest of instruments, and the bass saxophone is not exception. This sometimes forgotten instrument can be awkward to move about, and it suffers from little love in the music department in terms of songs and pieces written for the instrument. It is frequently replaced by......
• Acoustic Hybrids (Can Also Be Played Plugged-in) Acoustic instruments are popular instruments to play, but some acoustic instruments do not produce a whole lot of sound on their own. The acoustic guitar, for example, does not produce a whole lot of sound on its own, which is why electric guitars were invented in the first place. Another......

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When John Vanderslice did “Too Much Time” with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, we suggested that, actually, perhaps he wasn’t spending enough time with the so-called “official house orchestra” of his Tiny…

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Bon Iver’s Bonnaroo backers and proven Mark Mulcahy fans Elvis Perkins In Dearland are doing their own music in this clip for “Chains, Chains, Chains,” the first from their self-titled collection….

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The “I Became A Prostitute” B-Side opens with a sludgy heaviness before exploding into a smeary, soaring anthem that one-ups its very good Forget The Night Ahead neighbor. (Thanks for the tip, d33r.)…

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• Ok Now With The Palm Pre For Sprint, What Is The Best Phone G1 (t-mobile), Storm (verizon) Or Iphone (at&t)? CES 2009 brought us a new player in the smartphone upper-echelon. Let's drill down and see how the Palm Pre compares with the iPhone and Android's G1. 1. Multitouch touchscreen/gesture control: All three are capacitive, only the Pre and iPhone have multitouch. The Pre's glowy little "gesture area" has dropped......
• 3 Tips to Stop Dogs from Begging [caption id="attachment_209" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="No Begging!"][/caption]You've had enough. Every night as your family sits down to dinner over a well-earned meal, your dog seems to forget its place and walks all over you, crowding the foot room under the table and climbing up when it sees you have some food.......
• Ok Now With The Palm Pre For Sprint, What Is The Best Phone G1 (t-mobile), Storm (verizon) Or Iphone (at&t)? CES 2009 brought us a new player in the smartphone upper-echelon. Let's drill down and see how the Palm Pre compares with the iPhone and Android's G1. 1. Multitouch touchscreen/gesture control: All three are capacitive, only the Pre and iPhone have multitouch. The Pre's glowy little "gesture area" has dropped......
• Is Saving Up For Dinner Ruining Your Diet? It is a common practice, and many of us are guilty of it. We forgo eating all day long, because we know we’ll be eating out that night, or that there is a special event coming later in the day and we want to be able to eat whatever we......
• Vacation Budgeting Hack - Don't Forget About Tips! My wife and I recently returned from our first cruise. I must say, our trip was expensive, but well worth it! I haven't sat down to compute the final bill for our vacation, but I know it is high. In fact, for just under 2 weeks, we spent well over......

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It wasn’t so long ago we waved goodbye to Jelly NYC’s three-year experiment at Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, filling its enormous Pool with hipsters, booze, and buzz bands instead of water, leading…

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• Playing Bass Guitar in a Band People choose one instrument over another, like a bass guitar over a regular guitar, for a variety of different reasons. What makes someone choose a tuba over a flute or drums over a glockenspiel is mostly just the person's preference.  People choose what they like to listen to, what they......
• High Tech Deck Skate Park Choices There is a great deal of interest in high tech deck skate park materials today as more and more people are becoming interested in the sport once again. As you watch the interest in skateboarding becoming more popular every year, there is more reason than ever for the innovations in......
• Olfactory memories I would know the smell of my grandmother's house anywhere. It was a combination of the foods she cooked, my grandfather, and their Dalmatian. I thought it smelled wonderful. Unfortunately I can't catch the memory enough to actually remember remember it any longer, but I know I would recognize it......
• Did you know we get 41 pounds of junk mail per year? I know I wrote about this before HERE, but here is a little more info about the junk mail problem in this country, and one company that wants to do something about it. Over at The Action Blog, Jason writes: "This alert is a little different than the ones I......
• The "Find a Need and Fill It" Approach to Small Business This week has been a particularly busy one for me in terms of blog consulting. People may not be ordering extensive new websites, but it seems that more people are trying to spruce up the websites where they sell goods and services, create personal websites to make them more attractive...

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The Generationals released a video for “Angry Charlie” just in time for your backyard bbq’s or trips to the shoreline. This is still my favorite summer album. It’s like a drinking a can of good mood.
Not sure if I’ll post anything else until after the weekend, so if I don’t, have a great 4th.
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• Prosper.com and Your Emergency Fund I was reading an article on bankrate.com about Using a CD Ladder as Parking Locations for Your Emergency Fund. One of the big problems with a CD Ladder is the finite number of times you can withdraw money without a fee. Another big problem is length of time it......
• Athlete Profiles: Pete Sampras Pete Sampras was born in 1971 and grew up in the Washington DC area of the United States. He is considered to be one of the most gifted male players in the sport and has one numerous titles, medals and cups throughout his long and illustrious career. Although he is......
• 100 Pushup Challenge: Week 5, Day 1 Week 5 looks tough! Well last night was day one of week 5 in my 100 pushup challenge.   How did it go? FAIL! Ok, it wasn't all that bad.  It was a pretty tough week and I wasn't sure I'd even be able to make it through the first 2......
• Pensioner Debt Sale Results Pensioner the former #1 lender on Prosper by amount invested (over $750K at peak) has been generous enough to share his debt sale results with RateLadder and my readers.  Thank you Pensioner. This is important information for the community at large. All of Persioner's loans that have been sold were done......
• Prosper 50 Best Websites 2007 By Time Time names Prosper one of 50 Best Websites 2007. Prosper is a community of lenders and borrowers—or social lending network—operates outside of any bank, so the rates are better. Post a request for a loan, including desired amount and the maximum interest rate you'd be willing to pay; potential lenders......

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Posted every Thursday, On Sale Soon is a weekly series of the tickets going on sale that weekend.
Where to get tickets: The Independent, Great American Music Hall, Slim’s, Fillmore, Shoreline, and other Livenation venues, the Warfield. Another Planet booked venues like Greek Theatre @ Berkeley, Palace of Fine Arts, etc. Bimbo’s.
Not a lot this [...]

• iPhone 3G Review I know I told many of my friends that I would never own an iPhone, but opinions change. It just happened that I was looking to upgrade to a 3G phone in conjunction with switching jobs. I went through a vetting process with the Android G1, Blackberry storm, and the......
• Eagle Ridge Golf Club Eagle Ridge Golf Club is located in: Gilroy, CA Phone: (408) 846-4531 Website: http://www.eagleridgegc.com/ Course History: The course was designed by Ron Fream and David Dale and offers more than 7,000 yards of playable space. There are six sets of tees with 92 bunkers, 3 lakes and 7 creeks interspersed......
• Advice Please - Rent A Car Or Take Our Own, This Is The Question. Let me preface this by saying that I love our car...I have never had such a fun car to drive as our Mini Cooper. That being said, we will probably have to sell it someday because, well, it really only fits 2 people. And if we ever have a child,......
• New Loan Funded — cash for small business — $25,000 at 14.5% — AA Credit — DTI 1422125% A new loan funded (cash for small business — $25,000 at 14.5%).  I participated via a manual bid the loan was Autofunding.  The borrower had AA credit and 1422125% DTI (undocumentable income).  As a reminder my standing orders (and manual bids) only find loans with 0 current delinquencies, 10 or less delinquencies......
• 1902 Barber Dime Money -> Dimes -> Barber-1892-1916 The value of a 1902 Barber dime varies, depending mostly on the condition of the dime. While the face value may be only 10 cents, they’re often worth several dollars—sometimes hundreds of dollars. The best way to determine the value of your Barber dime is......

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Whether they’re outright taking over the Letterman show or having their latest LP remixed by Hype Machine darlings, U2 are a band that tend to go all out with their projects. Bet you didn’t know that…

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RubiesMission Creek Music Fest has a ton of shows rolling out in mid-July, but this one in particular caught my eye. On Saturday, July 18 the promoters are hosting a big old (folk ‘n’ psych ‘n’) rock

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• The Good Human Takes A Few Days Off For 95 Year Old. Hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend! Just wanted to say that I have gone back east to visit some family, mainly a close relative who is having her 95th birthday this weekend....it's a surprise so shhh.... Anyways, I will be back the middle of next week.......
• Unforgettable $25 Gift For Your Parents Or Friends. Trust me on this, it will be the best $25 you ever spent. I came across a post over at The Mike Matas Blog on how to make this huge poster from your own pictures: So I went ahead and made one for our office here at home. It is......
• Review & Giveaway: Reusable Bottles From 'Liquid Bottles'. This giveaway has ended. A while back Edward from Liquid Bottles - "Saving The Earth In Style, One Refill At A Time" - sent along a few samples of his company's aluminum bottles for me to review and giveaway - and the time has come to do so! I have......
• LOTD Nars Riviera NYX Chandelier MAC Kitty Power Eye Liner Nars The Multiple The Multiple is the original all-in-one, cream-to-powder, multi-purpose makeup stick. With fingertip application, The Multiple highlights, sculpts, and warms eyes, cheeks, lips, and body in an array of shades from sheer accents to mauve and bronze. Sephora I've used this for my cheeks before, but had not......
• FOTD + Take 2 -- lasting power I decided to compare pictures to answer Phyrra's question. Now I don't remember what shadow base I used.* I'll check the name of what I think it was and add it later. But afterwards I used some of my sparkly nude mix. I use this mix because I am so......

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From Neil Young to the Pixies, musicians are banking on fans forking over the big bucks to own more than a collection of songs. Different acts are experimenting with various ways to repackage their mu

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• Opinions that differ An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart. -Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and author (1957- ) It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.......
• Thai Banks to Start Charging for ATM Use In recent years, it seems that a lot of people have started using ATM withdraws to get local currency in places like Thailand. If your home bank didn't charge a high fee for such transactions, it really was the most convenient way to get cash. However, those coming to Thailand......
• Attitude is everything !! Well let me start this topic with the letter "A"- Attitude and the great way to start it is with this quote: Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Our success or failure in personal or corporate or......
• Banking cord blood presents dilemma for new parents Image by Getty Images via Daylife Expectant parents must make several important medical decisions. Among them: whether to have prenatal genetic testing, request pain medication during labor, strive for a natural birth or circumcise a male baby? Perhaps one of the most overlooked parts of childbirth preparation is whether......
• Why do Phillies fans act so poorly? naturallygiddy asked: I am very excited that the phillies won too but why do you people have to destroy the city?? I mean after waiting 28 years you would think that you could celebrate without destroying things. Why must you make all Philadelphia Fans look bad? and by the way......

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When posting Ross Ching’s “Little Bribes” video we mentioned he was unemployed and that we rarely post fan-made videos. Update! DCFC made it official and Atlantic hired him to work on a future video…

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• New Moon Rumors Dakota Fanning as Jane? Not too long ago, Dakota Fanning talked about the possibility of signing on as Jane of the Volturi. The Volturi as readers will know are the evil group of vampires that live in Italy. They are the police force of vampires if you will, similar to......
• Weekly Update: Engaged... I have some big news.  I am engaged to my sweet, wonderful girlfriend Sondra.  I bought her an adorable engagement ring, which she helped me to pick out.  It was fairly inexpensive, as engagements rings go (none of that 'three months' salary' stuff for us), but she seems to love......
• Buffy Summers vs Edward Cullen As a fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight, this was just darn near hysterical. Thanks SBTB for posting it first! I'm reposting it because well, nobody should miss it! What would happen if Buffy Summers met Edward Cullen instead of Bella Swan? I was surprised by how......

Continue reading → Death Cab Make “Little Bribes” Fan Video Official

Local indie poppers My First Earthquake display a songwriting style that puts simplicity first. The group’s latest single, “Vow To Vowels” is a play on words–or, um, the letters ‘a, e, i, o, and u’–

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It’s Up to Q: Quincy Jones

From NYC tipsite Idolater comes this  interesting tidbit (thanks to SFW Music Editress Jen Maerz for passing it on): One day after Vibe magazine announced 50 employee

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• Tax deductions as a roadmap to success A recent trip to the accountant got me thinking about business tax deductions, and how they could become a roadmap to success. I mean, in theory, the IRS allows you to deduct the types of business expenses that are typical costs of doing business, and if they're typical costs of......
• How to Get Kids Interested in Acoustic Music Getting children interested in music is not normally a difficult task, especially considering how many different types of music there are out there. If you are looking to get your children interested in acoustic music, however, the process may be a little more difficult. Children begin listening to music as......
• Behind the scenes with Lucinda Williams' album West The song Are you all right, with video from the making of the album West . Lucinda is the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams who worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and Chile as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the......

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Apparently it’s more of a short film than a music video, so Jack, Alison et al will debut the Jonathan Glazer directed clip at 9:55PM on the Cinemax and let it run for five weeks. There’s a trailer…

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• And The Winners Are..... You, the people of the personal finance world, have spoken...and you want to let everyone know that you are here to save them. At least, that is what your choice in television programs says about you as a group. Seems most people that responded have something in them that makes......
• Musician Profile for Itzhak Perlman Who is Itzhak Perlman? Brief Bio: Itzhak Perlman is a classically trained violin virtuoso, a conductor and the principal owner of the Perlman Music foundation. Itzhak Perlman is easily recognized as one of the greatest violinists of all time, and is known for brilliant playing technique, direct musical interpretation......
• Musician Profile for Isaac Stern American violinist Isaac Stern was born on July 21, 1920 and died on September 22, 2001. During his lifetime, he won several prestigious awards, including the 1982 Sonning Award and a number of Grammys. In addition to receiving recognition for his own works, Stern was also known to have a......

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Though Karen’s “Off with your head” evokes Alice In Wonderland, the “Heads Will Roll” video played on the spooky synthesizer line via a well-dressed and (sorry) Michael Jackson-style werewolf’s solo…

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• Geesh, It's only $5.00 - A story of financial peer pressure Photo by: infomatique "Geesh, It's only $5.00!". These were the words I heard uttered by one friend to another in a store we were shopping in a few weeks back. While I didn't over hear the entire conversation, the two ladies were discussing some type of clothing accessory they......
• Valley of Fire, A Memory, poem by VelvetSky + art Karin, just sent a little something to you via email, for your blog. This morning I was thinking of my first trip to the desert in Nevada last year, so I was inspired to write about it. I'm so sorry it took me so long...life has been hectic! Hope you......
• FOTD AL + Fyrinnae Take 3 All the colors are the same as yesterday, except new lippie color. I placed the eye colors in different places, to try them in another way. I also used La Prairie sunscreen to see how sheer it would make the rest of the makeup through the day. Eyes: Crease: Burnt......

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M.I.A. protegé Rye Rye unleashed this banger around SXSW time, as one of the first releases on Maya’s nascent N.E.E.T. label. And the 18 year old’s first single is cloaked in her mentor’s matronhood,…

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• M.I. Nominated 5 Times - Hip Hop World Awards 2009 The 2009 version of the Hip Hop World Awards has nominated M.I. 5 times in the following categories: • Album of the Year (Talk About It) • Best Rap Album (Talk About It) • Best Rap Single (SAFE) • Hip Hop World Revelation (Talk About It) • Hip Hop......
• Fabio #9 - Rodrigo Santoro Today's hottie is the Brazil actor with Italian ancestry, Rodrigo Santoro. If you're a fan of Love Actually then you'll know who he is... Rodrigo plays Karl, the loveable architect with the most adorable nerdy chic glasses. He was also in Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle and 300 where he......
• The real effects of adoption Ann Landers, or was it Dear Abby, had a column a number of years ago about parents who wished they'd never had children. The percentage was astonishingly high, I thought, and so did she. Mostly it had to do with being disappointed in some way. The only thing I have......
• Commit the Crime, do the Time! Should 71 year old Bernie Madoff? Ex-Billionaire, 71 year old Bernie Madoff has pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that cost more than 1,300 investors a total of $50 billion. Madoff could receive up to a 150 years in prison. He only has an "approximate" life expectancy of 13 years. “A prison term of......
• Why High Oil Prices Should Not be a Factor in the Presidential Election. Normally I consider American politics about as entertaining and blog worthy as whales humping on The Discovery Channel.  But... I recently stumbled across a quick 4 minute video on Presidential speeches (pre and post election) documenting just how worthless political rhetoric really is when it comes to Presidential candidates making......

Continue reading → New Rye Rye (Feat. M.I.A.) Video - “Bang”

Next week, Jesy Fortino, aka Seattle’s Tiny Vipers, is releasing her second Sub Pop full length, Life On Earth. Building up and clarifying what we loved about her debut Hands Across The Void, it’s…

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• Favorite Blog Wednesday - Frugal For Life. The ninth personal finance site in my series “Favorite Blog Wednesday” is Frugal for Life written by Dawn...who has been on blogger since 2004! How many other people can say that? I first started reading Frugal For Life a few years ago when I was looking for some kind......
• Equinox week money carnivals A bit snowy for the week containing the first day of spring, but no matter ... Here are some of this week's money carnivals! Carnival of Personal Finance XL -- very well organized, by the way! -- is at Money Blog Network member All Things Financial! My post on the......
• Precious Moments Collectibles Collectibles -> Decorative Collectibles -> Precious Moments -> Figurines With their distinctive designs and inspirational quips, Precious Moments collectibles are one of the most sought after decorative arts. Originally designed in 1975 by Eugene Freedman, it wasn’t until the mid-1980’s that the company hit full stride. Since then, these cute......
• Building a life It's time to start living the life you've imagined. Henry James We lay the groundwork every day for the life we wish to live. There's no better time to start than now. What do you want to see in your life? where do you see your life heading? I always......
• Are we hostages to our parents dreams? As we are growing, we are taught by out parents that we need to succeed.  That we can be whatever we set our minds and hearts to.  That there is nothing that we cannot accomplish if we set our minds to.  In fact, at least in my time, parents even......

Continue reading → The ‘Gum Drop XCV: Hear New Tiny Vipers, Win Wilco Goods

Bo Kaap, Cape Town
You may have suspected something was up when I announced my final radio show. I’ve been sitting on this news for a while and trying to decide when and where to break it. I thought this announcement would be better than it coming with no warning[1].
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• Breaking Dawn, Midnight Release Parties Friday night of last week, fans of the teenage vampire romance by Stephenie Meyer gathered at bookstores for the release of Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment of the Twilight Saga. They were dressed as characters in the books, as vampires in general and in particular as Edward and Bella. Several......
• Getting Into the Corporate Blogging Habit As with any task, developing effective habits can mean the difference between success and failure. Many first time corporate bloggers don’t take the time to develop good blogging habits and as a result, they don’t do as well as they should. Here are some tips to help you get into......
• Personal Finance and Debt Reduction The Carnival of Personal Finance for this week is up at Personal Finance Advice!  A neat thing Jeffrey did with the posts this week was that he excerpted a quote from each.  I also like the way he ordered the posts for this week -- the newer blogs got put......
• RateLadder.com will be Presenting at Prosper Days Several days ago I wrote a post entitled Import Prosper.com Listing, Loan, Group, Member Data into Microsoft Sql Server 2000.  I also posted a link in the prosper developer forum.  I circumvented the main problem with the export (rows too large for Sql Server 2000) and posted a how-to (the previous......
• Link Roundup: Quilt patterns edition I'm really excited for my wife.  She showed some of her quilt patterns to the owner of a local quilt store, and the owner has decided to give a trial run to ten of her patterns!  She loves designing quilts so this is a big deal.  She's also gearing up......

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Bombadil is a band and a word that I was unfamiliar with. I did a quick check on Wikipedia and apparently there’s a fellow named Tom Bombadil that is described in J.R.R  Tolkien’s 1934 poem, “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil,” as a “merry fellow” living in a dingle close to the Withywindle river, where he [...]

• Even More Ways To Save Water Inside Your House. Courtesy of the environmental division of my city, here are a few more ways to save water around your house and how much water you can save by doing each one. Do your part, water is more crucial than oil! Run the dishwasher only when it is full - savings......
• November 2007 Site and Net Worth Review (-0.39%) November was a very volatile month for the stock market with pressure from the oil price, sub prime mortgages, and foreclosure problems. The negativity was further fueled by bad news from companies like Citigroup and E*Trade. As a result, the S&P 500 index dropped -4.40% from 1,549.38 to 1,481.14. According......
• 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 2346 Help defeat H.R. 2346,the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act which would  transfer several billion dollars to the International Monetary Fund to prop up European banks.  Help by calling the "Blue Dog" Democrats to vote against this bill. Name District Phone 1 Phone 2 Phone 3 Bobby Bright AL-02 334-794-9680 334-277-9113 334-445-4600......
• 2 New Loans (Part 2/2) — Debt Consolidation — $20,000 at 18.00% — C Credit — DTI 23% A new loan funded this afternoon (Debt Consolidation (Loan #6419) — $20,000 at 18.00%).  I participated via my standing order: Mid DTI -- AF.  Which is this loan was funded as a medium debt to income ratio and was an auto-funding loan.  The borrow had C credit and 23% DTI. ......
• Golfing Profile for Christina Kim (LPGA) Christina Kim was born on March 15, 1984 in San Jose, California, and is a Korean American professional golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour in the United States. Christina Kim is well known for her animated style of play, her vocal style of play, her flamboyant style of......

Continue reading → Bombadil – Tarpits and Canyonlands [Album Review]

Before the Seeds frontman passed away last Thursday (6/25), he and Corgan recorded a sunny hippie tune that includes lyrics like “Count the rainbows / There were seven today / Oh my lady love /…

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• If you love perfume If you love perfume, be sure to check out perfumebloggers. My son, the computer guy, worked this up for me to keep track of various perfume bloggers he found. He asked me to give him a list of blogs (some he found linked here) but before I had time to......
• 50+ Themes for Nokia Series 40 Phones Best Mobile Forum.url bleeding and waiting.nth bleeding star.nth blue skull.nth cartoon hug.nth cartoon love.nth city_frame_of_love.nth colors.nth converse_vs_puma.nth Counting Angel or Devil. dontjudge.nth foreverfriends.nth funk_you.nth GET MORE.url green abstract.nth grimreaper.nth guitar man.nth haponesa.nth heart and skull.nth hearts.nth in love2.nth inlove.nth in_with_bullet2.nth i_love_paris.nth love.nth magic_abstract.nth marilyn.nth no matter what.nth perfect fansia.nth pink......
• Win a $100 Home Depot Gift Card for Father's Day! Looking for that perfect gift for your hard-working Dad? If you're like most people, you can never think of something to give Dad for Father's Day. I will admit, Dads are not as easy to shop for as Moms. You can't go out and buy perfume, makeup, or jewelry for......
• Lifetime maintenance for an American woman Newsweek has unveiled some remarkable numbers for lifetime maintenance for an American woman. We certainly know that in many countries just having enough money for bread is serious dough -- so this has to be for a western woman, not living in a super expensive metropolitan area. Sorry for the......
• Sunday's Sites - Kids and Money Edition Every Sunday I try to reference 4-5 articles I found particularly insightful or useful. This week I am higlighting articles relating to kids and money. With some college savings information thrown in. Jeff Rose at Good Financial Cents provides 6 tips on teaching your kids about money. The most important......

Continue reading → New Billy Corgan & Sky Saxon - “Choose To Choose Love”

Shawn MortensenVibe’s First Cover Hang on to those back issues of Vibe, folks. As of today, they’re officially collectors items. As reported by Daily Finance, the New York Times, and RapRadar, Vibe is

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• Review: The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander follows not one but three couples on their journey to love. Luckily two are more peripheral and have overall less air time in the novel. The main couple is Sabrina Winfield and Nicholas, Earl of Wyldewood. The other couples are Sabrina and Nicholas’......
• 7.2 Lbs Lost Since Last Official Weigh-In It's that time again! Yep, my official weekly weigh-in. Guess what folks? I lost 7.2 lbs since my last official weigh-in. At that time I clocked in at 314 lbs, this morning I was at 306.8 lbs. I finally passed my goal of 5 lbs. lost. I am on......
• Signed Sports Memorabilia People who collect signed sports memorabilia are constantly working to come up with more creative and innovative ways that will allow them to showcase their sports memorabilia collections. The fame associated with collecting sports memorabilia is growing at a high speed on a continuous basis. For example, some collectors prefer......

Continue reading → Sayonara, Vibe Magazine

The willow flute, also known as a sallow flute, was created by the Scandinavians and saw use in their traditional folk music. The unique instrument possesses and equally unique sound, and has seen use for quite a long time. Like many flutes, the willow flute’s design is simple. The thing that sets willow flutes apart [...]

• Gibson Right-Handed Acoustic Guitar Musical Instruments
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• Some Background on the Acoustic Bass Guitar The acoustic bass guitar is an instrument which provides the heavy tones and harmonies associated with good Jazz. Somewhat of a mixed past, the acoustic bass guitar was born in the 50's but was developed in the 60s by Ernie Ball. It came after it's cousin, the electric bass guitar,......
• How to Get Kids Interested in Acoustic Music Getting children interested in music is not normally a difficult task, especially considering how many different types of music there are out there. If you are looking to get your children interested in acoustic music, however, the process may be a little more difficult. Children begin listening to music as......
• The Willow Flute The willow flute, also known as a sallow flute, was created by the Scandinavians and saw use in their traditional folk music. The unique instrument possesses and equally unique sound, and has seen use for quite a long time. Like many flutes, the willow flute's design is simple. The thing......
• Finding Acoustic Guitar Music Those who play the acoustic guitar are always on the lookout for great acoustic guitar music. There are a number of great collections out there and virtually every hard rock artist has come up with an acoustic version of their music that can be learned and played. To find the......
• Learn to Play Bass Guitar For someone starting out with a first instrument, a bass guitar is an excellent choice. The bass guitar is probably the easiest stringed instrument to learn to play, far easier than either an acoustic or electric guitar, a banjo, a mandolin, or a violin, for instance. And a stringed instrument......

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Here are a bunch of links and thoughts and things that have come up over the last few days.
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Yup, Michael Jackson died. I’ve been pondering whether to post about it. If you want a proper tribute and a truly excellent MJ mix, head to Soul Sides.
I think something that people do realize and [...]

• No Doubt N Rock, Pop Music Memorabilia Entertainment Memorabilia
• Springsteen, Bruce S Rock, Pop Music Memorabilia Entertainment Memorabilia

• Mortgage Refinancing That Nearly Cost Me $370,000 I mentioned previously that I made many financial mistakes in the past. One of the more serious ones was refinancing my mortgage from 30 years to 15 years in 2003 (about 4 years after I purchased my home). On the surface, I did a brilliant job of saving nearly $97,000......
• Cash for Clunkers: Is It Worth It? There has been a lot of talk about the Cash for Clunkers program over the past few days. Bible Money Matters wrote an article that goes over all of the details of the cash for clunkers program very well. Questions of whether or not it is a good idea are...
• Guess the Chest #22-26 The last 5 chests... are you ready? Are you sure? Okay then! #22 This man has played so many roles recently, I'm not sure which one to allude to for a clue. #23 Saved by the hunky life guard! #24 His bright blue eyes and shy sexy smile gets me......
• Ipod Touch Information? Here Is iPod Touch Information The iPod Touch is a portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Co. The product was launched on September 5, 2007 through an event called The Beat Goes On.[1] The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the......
• First half of 2006 was the hottest since 1895. Hear ye global warming skeptics. Not only have 10 of the hottest years in record been in the last 15-20 years, but now we are being told that the first half of 2006 was the HOTTEST in the continental United States since record keeping began...in 1895. Not only was......

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U.N. General Assembly president urges rich countries to better address the economic crisis

• Pay Debts in the Current Economic Climate In the third quarter of the year 2008, it was noted in figures that the occurrence of personal or individual insolvencies had increased by 8.8 percent in comparison to the previous quarter. Additionally, the numbers in these figures for 2008 proved to be 4.6 higher than the third quarter from......
• How to Protect Yourself Against the Economic Crisis Another day, another financial institution in the dumps. Here's how to protect yourself against the economic crisis. Photo from demian Some so called Wall Street experts and doomsayers are announcing a major financial meltdown on Wall Street which could engulf not only the U.S., but also the rest of the......
• Chinese leaders confront economic crisis   When China's legislature opens its annual session this week, the focus will be on jobs, the economy and social stability. Every year, over 3,000 delegates to the National People's Congress meet in Beijing to review draft laws and vote on government budget and policies. Delegates come from central and......
• Defending George Bush Ari Fliescher went at it with Chris Matthews yesterday. I think Chris Matthews is right, 9/11 did happen on George Bush's watch and for Ari to say Matthews should be ashamed to point that out is ridiculous. The fact is the biggest terrorist attack in US history did happen on......
• Protecting Your Investments In Times of Economic Crisis The United States economy is currently experiencing a serious financial shake up. No one really understands just how deep or how far reaching the damage is going to be, but what we do know is that there is going to be damage, and that we are going to be at......

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Safer streets for cyclists cause growing pains for motorists

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Chronicle stories and controversial award trigger a new round of anti-immigrant anger

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