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Prologue (Pharmakon book excerpt)
By Dirk Wittenborn · 17 years ago
I was born because a man came to kill my father. If he hadn't showed up with a gun in his pocket and bad thoughts in his head, I wouldn't exist, much less have a ...
The Dark Knight movie
By Dark Knightmovie · 17 years ago
One of the most eagerly anticipated films in the past several years, The Dark Knight just may be the huge money-maker that Warner Bros. Pictures hopes it will be. With an intriguing plot and a ...
Beatles - Abbey Road
By Marvin J Markus · 17 years ago
Abbey Road was the last studio album The Beatles recorded. There's some confusion over this bit of trivia because Let It Be was released in 1970 and Abbey Road was released in 1969. But Let ...
Playing Blues Guitar
By Ricky Sharples · 17 years ago
Blues guitar music has established itself as a permanent part of our culture. It is basically an expression of feelings, and a few decades ago you might have had a hard time singing a blues ...
Why Satellite TV is superior to Cable TV - a Non-Technical Observation
By Gareth Black · 17 years ago
Up until the mid 90s the American television viewing public had the option of either watching the programs provided by the established free-to-air channels, or else they could subscribe to cable TV. At that time ...
Everymans Non-Technical Guide to HDTV
By Gareth Black · 17 years ago
With the recent rapid advances in the technology of home entertainment equipment, the introduction of High Definition TV (HDTV) has been at the forefront of these changes. Together with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Plasma ...
Somalia, Long John Silver and the U.N.
By Edward Chupack · 17 years ago
What do Somalia, Long John Silver and the U.N. have in common? The answer, unfortunately, is confusion.
Somalia is a regime without a central government. The country would be an Abbott and Costello routine, little ...
Lawyers and Pirates
By Edward Chupack · 17 years ago
I have been surprised since writing my novel, "SILVER -- My Own Tale As Told By Me With A Goodly Amount Of Murder", by a particular question that readers have asked and the frequency with ...
Guitar Play
By Carl Williams · 17 years ago
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I know that every one has their own different style of playing the guitar or guitar play, and when your learning to play the guitar it can be hard enough to get a ...
Stand Up Comedy. Yesterday and Today
By Jay Thomas · 17 years ago
The opportunities in the Stand-up comedy business are not the same as they once were. Comedy actually reached its "Heyday" back in the late '80's. Those were the 'good old days' when there was a ...
Strum Away with Guitar Tabs
By Patrik Ewriter · 17 years ago
That, probably, is the exact rationale behind the invention of guitar tablatures, more commonly known as guitar tabs. Before, if you did not study music, it would be extra difficult for you to learn a ...
The Spot To Buy And Learn About Guitars
By Patrik Ewriter · 17 years ago
Guitar playing perhaps is one of the most leisure activities done on any easy and breezy day. One may find people passing the time holding a guitar, singing a few songs, strumming new tunes; these ...
How Do Pirates Dress For Halloween (And What Do They Do?)
By Edward Chupack · 17 years ago
How do pirates dress for Halloween? They can't strap on a peg leg, prop a plastic parrot on their shoulders, apply an eye patch and wrap a red bandana around their scurvy heads. That's no ...
Tips For Making It Past The American Idol Auditions
By Neil Gerstein · 17 years ago
Tips For American Idol Auditions
The Fox networks television show is an Americanized version of the U.K. show called Pop Idol. American Idol is produced by Ken Warwick and Simon Fuller, the very same U.K. ...
Learning Chinese – NOT!
By Lance Carr · 17 years ago
When I first came to Taiwan to live I listened to the language and thought to myself, "OK, this doesn’t sound so hard. I have high-school French and German so I already possess some linguistic ...
Barbecue Music
By John Morthland · 17 years ago
Americans disagree, often fanatically, on the definition of a barbecue. In Texas, where I come from, for example, it means smoking meat — most prominently brisket, sausage and ribs — "low and slow," with indirect ...
The Thrill and Horror of it All
By Simone Pani · 17 years ago
Over the last couple of generations the underlying fears for our safety as a whole have increased exponentially and horror films have kept pace. As an industry Horror is characterized by the attempt to make ...
The Jimi Hendrix Facts
By Ricky Sharples · 17 years ago
Jimi Hendrix was such a dominant presence in the late 1960's music scene his whole career was full of milestones of one kind or another. So what "facts" help us see this unique character more ...
How To Play Classical Guitar
By Ricky Sharples · 17 years ago
If you, like many people, are intrigued by the classical guitar and are wondering about how to play it, you might enjoy this little expose. I will be talking about the ways the classical guitar ...
Comedy Talent Agency A Description in Brief
By Rodger Jackman · 17 years ago
Canadians love comedies, there are different talent agencies in the country that searches out the talented guys who can make people laugh with witty activities. Laughing is always a sign of healthiness and it a ...