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The memories flood in,

When a song from my youth begins,

I hear the melody and I hum to the tune,

“We had joy we’d fun we had seasons in the sun but like the wine and the song the seasons are all gone,”

He was Cherokee, beautiful and splendid was he,

My heart would race so wildly,

Though we never were a couple, I kept in my heart, he remains there still,

But that day More »

Although this was written as a gospel song, the truth remains the same for all, regardless of one’s spiritual beliefs; Even though life has trials and troubles, when we finally overcome those trials and reach the end of our journey (or is it a new beginning?); When we reach the top of the mountain and look back into the valley, we will know the trip has been worth it!

The View From More »

We all disappoint someone, sometime… right? We do our best and yet sometimes we find ourselves just being thoughtless and perhaps selfish. The problem is that sometimes we injured other people without thinking how deep the repercussions that fall on the ones we love the most might become. Sometimes we do not even realize the hurt we have caused until months later.

I used to hike up to Sleeping Giant when I More »

SING A SONG OF SYMPATHY

It’s cold outside as the sun burns down

In the distant land there’s a crying sound

If we turn up the amp and sing a song

We can all declare we can do no wrong

With the stars on board and a glass of wine

A pic shoot and they will sing a line

I’ll give up my time it’s all for free

But don’t More »

If you’re like every other person on earth, you listen to music and have a favorite genre that you enjoy. And if you enjoy rap, hip hop or anything else along the lines of those genres then you know the rap is a very popular musical genre. Go on any music forum, music website, or lyrics search engine and you will find an abundance of people that like More »

Weddings are full of top moments. As youbegin to plan yours, take a look at some of the top tens of wedding planning:

The Top Ten Honeymoon Hotels in 2006

Reported by Gayot (The Guide to the Good Life)

1. Florida’s, The Setei. This Miami spot oozes hot Latin charm.

2. Montana, The Resort at Paws Up. It’s natural and a bit rustic, but with amenities you wouldn’t normally More »

When you think of karaoke, there are usually a few songs in particular that top the list. Stereotypically, certain songs like “I Will Survive” recall thoughts of a karaoke bar with its drunken performers. While Gloria Gayner’s hit song comes close, it does not make the top 10 of ideal karaoke songs. Here are many karaoke artists’ top 10 songs to sing:

1. “The Rose” by Bette Midler

2. More »

Once upon a time, Americans traveled the highways searching for the latest word of God. But not anymore! Those same roadside messages, plus a batch of new ones, can now be viewed anytime at home on your own personal computer. Google currently lists nine sites carrying these “messages from God.”

Do you remember the original billboards? Someone in Florida started the ball More »

Dolly Parton and American Idol fans are disappointed to hear that the country singer popularly known for her bumpers–err, “Jolene” hit back in the 1974 has declined an offer to become a judge on the reality singing competition.

The now 61-year-old Dolly Parton, who was born and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee, started performing at a young age and later on went to record various albums under different record labels. More »

“I’m the one who gets away,

I’m a New Jersey success story,

And they will say Lord give me theopportunity to shake ‘his’ hand,

They’ll say.”

From “Big Casino” by Jimmy Eat World.

When it comes to the world of rock music, not many artists personify a “New Jersey success story” the way that Bruce Springsteen does. Few other musicians can lay claim to the career that Springsteen More »

When I hopefully make it as an Actor, Three Special Songs in My heart always makes feels glad to know that I was alive. Song # 1 ” Nobody does it Better “sung by Carly Simon. I pick this song because I am always asked of Something by everybody and everyone. I never ask or get anything in return by the people who “uses” me and my gifts and talents More »

AND THE WINNERS ARE

The list of winners for the worst songs ever is a very long list indeed.

Narrowing it down was not an simple task. The squeaky short version of the top 100 worst songs of all time, and the reasons why. There are only TEN:

1.Umbrella by Rihanna. She’s a model, she is a singer, and she doesn’t wear clothes to relative’s weddings. This song was More »

Dancing is my favorite way to exercise. When I decided to come up with a list of favorite dancing songs, choosing the top ten was difficult. Each time I thought the list was complete, I remembered another great one, or the radio would play one that made me state to myself “oh yeah, what about that one?” I could easily come up with a top 50 list, or top 100 More »

Ah, the question that never has an simple answer like “What’s your favorite color?” or “What’s your favorite food?” These are the tough questions that life is really about. It’s easy to answer the ‘will you marry me’s’ and ‘do you want this job or that?’, which have a definite gut feeling. But the each day stuff, like favorite music, that is where conversation gets started. This is More »

R&B music has the capability to get you in the mood for love with that special someone or even get you off your backside and onto the dance floor. Originally, R&B had a mix of Jazz, gospel and blues, now R&B is incorporating modern genres such as funk, pop, hip hop and even rock. Here is my personal list of the 10 top R&B songs of all time from the More »

In 1946 my grandfather, the late, great Benny Bell, wrote and recorded a song called “Shaving Cream.” The song is an infectious novelty ditty that substitutes a world-famous expletive that begins with the letters sh with the much tamer phrase, ’shaving cream.’ It was very popular in ‘46 and was revived in 1975 by novelty broadcaster Dr. Demento and noted New York deejay Cousin Bruce Morrow. It made it onto More »

Al Green rose to fame in the early 1970s when he was signed to Willie Mitchell’s influential Memphis record label ‘Hi’ and subsequently released a string of hits, including “Let’s Stay Together”, “Tired Of Being Alone”, “Love And Happiness” and “Take Me To The River”. His powerful, expressive voice earned him the status as the first great Southern soul singer, and breathed new life into the soul genre, opening the More »

Kate Gosselin of John and Kate Plus Eight’ gets on her hands and knees and scrubs her kitchen floor three times every day. Howard Hughes became such a germaphobe that he essentially severed his contact with the outside world. In contrast, your toddler may not think twice about picking up a piece of used gum off the ground after completing the task of picking his nose. There’s got to be More »

With all the intense record keeping done in professional baseball, I always find it saddening that better, if not more accurate records were never kept in the Negro Leagues. In a lot of instances, great players were touted not so much by statistics but by legends propounded by their peers and fellow teammates. Hadsuperior record keeping been the norm, then perhaps we would have seen that the More »

FOR LACK OF WATER, I’M SO DRY, I CAN’T SPIT

By Frosty Wooldridge

“Water is essential for all dimensions of life. Over the past few decades, use of water has increased, and in many places water availability is falling to crisis levels. More than eighty countries, with forty percent of the world’s population, are already facing water shortages, while in this century the world’s population will double. The More »

Comparison of Overcast by Nancy Del Pesco, Shrimpboat by Nancy Del Pesco, Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse by Nancy Del Pesco and Orange Sea by Lisa Ballard

I like all of these seascape paintings. They all represent the sea yet they’re all very different. Each uses different hues and blending techniques within the sea. The colour of the sea in Overcast’, for example, is very different to that of the sea in More »

Kool and the Gang

“Still Kool”

New Door Records/2007

www.koolandthegang.com

Along with the cookie cutter mass market pop faire heard on the airwaves Todayone can still hear songs from previous eras. Among the bands who have returned after many years of absence are those who though older have never stopped making music, one such band is Kool and the Gang. Robert “Kool” Bell and his brother Ronald have More »

Is Sarah Palin qualified to be vice president of the United States? This has been a subject of debate since Senator John McCain announced that the Governor of Alaska was going to be his running mate. Based on what I have seen and heard (or not heard) from the Vice Presidential candidate, I would have to vote a resounding no – she’s not ready to be Vice More »

Abril de 2008

“Año 50 de la Revolución”

Resumen

Adentrándose en la presente investigación usted podrá apreciar algunas de las manifestaciones terroristas dirigidas y perpetradas por la mafia anticubana radicada en Miami y de cómo Cuba ha luchado incansablemente durante este medio siglo que ya lleva de Revolución. Se muestra también de cómo el gobierno cubano envía a un grupo de agentes cubanos con el objetivo de More »

Asthma is one of the top 10 chronic illnesses and nearly one third of the 26 million people diagnosed with it are under the age of 18. The reality of having to help children deal with the prospect of a lifelong battle with asthma is an unfortunate fact. While kids are resilient, they can have a hard time accepting the fact that they’ve to altertheir lives to accommodate More »

Sarah Palin’s star is still rising even thoughthe general election is over and done. One-reportSays she has over 800 requests for appearances, Movies, book deals, and TV shows like Letterman and Leno. If Palin were an authentic eternal gaffer, she would have bit the dust by now and would be seen as a loser in the 2008 election.

What we have learned from this 2008 election is that the More »

The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the world’s best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. The company’s most popular guitar, the Les Paul Standard, a solid-body electric, sells for about $2,300. Gibson also makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. In addition to guitars, the company makes pianos through its Baldwin unit, Slingerland drums, and Trace Elliot amplifiers, as well as More »

FOR LACK OF WATER, I’M SO DRY, I CAN’T SPIT

“Water is essential for all dimensions of life. Over the past few decades, use of water has increased, and in many places water availability is falling to crisis levels. More than eighty countries, with forty percent of the world’s population, are already facing water shortages, while in this century the world’s population will double. The costs of water infrastructure have risen More »

As any civil or trial litigation attorney knows, whether he practices in Palm Springs or Palm Desert, CA, San Diego, California, Orange County, CA, La Jolla, Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana, Irvine, Ventura, Anaheim, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Temecula, Riverside, San Bernardino, the Coachella Valley, La Quinta, Indio, Yucca Valley, or Joshua Tree, depositions can make or More »

There is nothing more beautiful than to watch the graceful ballerina glide across the stage, her lithe movements and elegant precision, romanticism at its best. Societal alterations during the nineteenth century granted this influential form of ballet to be born turning away from the dramatic to the lighter, more delicate, celestial compositions.

Genevieve Gosselin, Fanny Elssler and most notably Maria Taglioni alteredthe style of dance developing fresh techniques. Maria More »

The somehow widely loved “A Walk To Remember” may just be the worst movie I have ever seen. Somehow, I lot of people enjoy this film, and are even brought to tears by it. Let’s take a look at why it ranks up at the top of the worst movies.

This movie is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks. I have not read the book, so I cannot judge it. So More »

40 years after the original motion picture man and I get Omega us are legend, a brilliant film starring the large A-Lister Will Smith in Hollywood. But on the other hand in a twinkling of an eye I trot up the reason behind it, the same basic story with a different Omega twist.

Omega I am the other two drastically different films, both of which were pretty much More »

Deciding if Jessica Simpson is a real singer, is more complex than debating if she’s a real actress. (Thank you “Dukes of Hazzard” and “Employee Of The Month” for making that argument pretty cut and dry.)

Jessica Simpson has a great voice. She has a bettervoice than Britney Spears and Mandy Moore, which she’s often compared to. Simpson would come in second behind Christina Aguilera, in the group More »

So, I totallywent to see “Because I Said So” the other night. I was so not interested in seeing the movie,although Diane Keaton is one of my favorite actresses. But… I have to tell you it was great, it was aTiny like “The Other Sister” meets “Failure To Launch”. You have Diane Keaton as this total nut jobMom who is totallyoverbearing(kind More »

Nas recently released his album Hip Hop is dead which begs the question is Hip Hop dead or just been reincarnated with new young talent, such as Lil Wayne, Jim Jones, Chris Brown, and other artists. Now Jay-Z who retires and come back just as much as Michael Jordan does, has released another album so does Jay-Z supposed to be the Savior of Hip Hop and is he bringing More »

In America, the 90’s teen pop scene had its beginnings in early 1997. Even though I was just out of college and had recently gotten married, and was really just outside the target market, I was still exposed to the music because I was following the pop charts on a rather regular basis.

It’s undeniable that the American teen pop scene of the 1990’s had its beginnings when the Spice More »

The true origin of the Gibson cocktail is disputed however it does date back to the year 1904 when the dinner menu for the Piedmont hotel was printed in the Atlanta Constitution. The menu for the evening included the Gibson cocktail.

It is thought that the Gibson was named for the famous “Gibson Girls” illustrations by artist Charles Dana Gibson, who was a very popular artist in that era. His illustrations More »

Q Magazine has just released another list of the greatest songs of all time “as chosen by you” and once again Oasis’ ‘Live Forever’ is number one followed by ‘Wonderwall’ at number two. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This is a perfect example of the unfair advantage certain artists have within the confines of the music industry. If all musicians were given something even remotely representing equal exposure, then the top More »

Wild Hope is fifth studio album by the American folk singer named Mandy Moore, first in four years. It was after that released through her new label, Firm Music, division of the EMI. It was then released digitally in the Australia on the June 18 with bonus track name “Swept Away”.

Now including her collection as well as cover albums, it is the Moore’s seventh album as well More »

You had to be in a coma while growing up in the 70’s and not know “Kool and the Gang”. They had something just aTiny different. Like the secret spices your grandmother would put on a wonderful dish, Kool and the Gang took what was happening in music at the time and, well, funked us out, man!

Listen to them again. You can hear the influences they More »

Movie Reviews: License to Wed

I rushed to the theater to see this movie. I saw it the day it came out. Why? Because I LOVE John Krasinski, who plays Ben in the film License to Wed. Krasinski plays Jim Halpert on The Office, and he played a very Jim like role in this film. The film is about a newly engaged couple who have three weeks to endure a marriage More »

Paul McCartney has been though of as one of the all-time greatest legends of music history. Known as the “cute” Beatle, Paul later took off on his quest for happiness and belonging, which he felt void of after the break-up of The Beatles. It was during the decline of the band in 1967 that he was introduced to the photographer, the young Linda Eastman. Linda was divorced More »

I’m sure with the myriad of country songs that have hit the top of the charts over the years, Cowboy songs are in abundance. There is one however that comes to mind for me that I will always think of as the ultimate cowboy song, and that’s “I Should Have Been a Cowboy” by Toby Keith. The song is a throwback to the cinema and movie stars More »

Should under weight models be banned from runway fashion shows? The answer is no, not necessarily. However if you were to restate the question as; Should a model who suffers from anorexia, bulimia, or another eating disorder be banned then the answer is a clear and resolute yes.

A model being under weight could mean anything, perhaps the model as been so busy with things that she has simply neglected More »

Should underweight models be banned from participating in runway fashion shows?

Absolutely not.

Do I want to see underweight models walking the runway?

The answer is also no.

The media, and certainly the fashion industry, have helped create a distorted idea of what a beautiful woman should look like. Unfortunately, the fashion industry is what it is and, for models, a successful industry means having a job. I don’t believe More »

For years, I’ve been trying to convince my friends and family that outside forces caused me to do most of the stupid things I’ve done in my life. Though they would never come right out and state it, I’m pretty sure the only thing they are convinced of is that I’m really just a highly functioning idiot savant, kind of a high octane Rain Man, if you will. Maybe that’s More »

In Eazy E’s 1988 classic song, “We Want Eazy,” former R&B sensation Michel’le asks the late rapper, “Hey Eazy, why you wear your pants like that?” His reply was, “I wear my pants like this for simple access, baby.” Twenty years later with sagging pants becoming aMassivefashion trend nationwide, the follow up question should be simple access for whom?

The fashion trend that has become so popular More »

I don’t know about the ideal book to motion picture adaptations but I reckon that anytime anybodies tried to turn a Stephen King book into a film they always seem to end up being pretty rubbish.

I just do not get it, the source material is always excellent and I think that most of Stephan Kings work should translate to the screen fairly easily. But time and again we’re treated to More »

The most well-done motion picture adaptations of recent memory, in my opinion, are the Harry Potter movies and the Lord of the Rings series. In the first case, involvement of the author helped ensure a faithful adaptation; in the latter, the writers/producers worked from a deep respect for the source material.

With the Harry Potter movies, sometimes the faithfulness of the adaptations has imported the problems of the books into the movies, More »

I have always been of the view that books can never be successfully made into films or TV programmes because as a student of literature I have always been told how they’re inferior to the novel itself and one should read the book to get the full benefit of the story. I thought that I always would hold this view. Despite this fact, I continue to watch countless adaptations. More »

As a fan of Shakespeare I cannot really point to any film that I thought did an accurate job of conveying the play to the massive screen, but I do think there have been masterpieces that were based on his plots. I wish there were a motion picture I could point to as “the one” that did it right but I think all the literal adaptations failed in some way to More »