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Searching for “Joy”

I can’t imagine what my mission to Germany would have been like had I not had the solace of music to fall back on. Most days were filled with frustration followed by weeks of rejection. But music took my mind off the challenges and thoughts of friends and family back home in Ogden, Utah. Songs like “I Am a Rock” from Simon and Garfunkel helped maintain my sanity and gave me strength to wake up the next morning and continue the work. A few months into my service, I stood in a tiny music stor

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Bookends

Bookends November 19th, 2008 carl morris Thanks to Artisan Books and The Agency Group for their hard work on the Sleeveface book! This is their Sleeveface from Book Expo America earlier this year. Rather aptly they’re using Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel. Credit: Kathleen Lorden (Artisan Books) / Sarah Stephens and Marc Gerald (both pictured, The Agency Group) Posted in Simon & Garfunkel | No Comments »

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"Where's My Money, Bitch" Bear versus Douche Bag Smurf

QM Note: I humbly apologize for the visual round confusion; I know ALL OF YOU would have scored better had it been in color. Blame the lame-os at Kinkos for running out of colored ink. Here I thought my runny nose and sinus headache would make for a bad night after dealing the with Kinkos debacle. My Quizlings never disappoint in cheering me up. Deceptively, almost all teams aced the first round, “Bring on the Rock!” San Antonio is, after all, the Heavy Metal Mecca of the South. Lite rock on

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The treaty and the press

Maliki said the agreement was "a first step to regain Iraq's sovereignty completely within three years." The document sets a withdrawal deadline of Dec. 31, 2011, for American forces. It also says U.S. troops must leave cities and villages by July 2009 for more distant bases. It is not clear that all 150,000 American troops will be gone in three years. "There is a provision for an extension by agreement of both sides," a senior U.S. official said this week, speaking on the condition of anonymity

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Review: Life On Mars 1.6 - “Tuesday’s Dead”

When the history of of the US production of Life On Mars is written, I fully expect a tale of visionary writers, directors, and actors in pitched battle against old-guard network execs and ad sales sycophants who “know” what works on TV because they’ve been running shows since M*A*S*H and Hill Street Blues. Or it will turn out that there was leftover material from the earlier, abortive Life On Mars helmed by overrated TV dramameister David E. Kelley that had to be worked into the re-tooled Life

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Hello world

Anyone who has studied programming should recognize the title phrase from their first program. Nothing geeky here, just a way to break the ice. It's been so long since my muse left me and hit the road, I probably wouldn't recognize her if she did come back.I've been meaning to post something before now, but just haven't really been up to it. The past few days have me feeling somewhat down; it was on the fifteenth of November three years ago that I lost my dad to cancer, and, though the pain

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I Gotcha Covered: The Top 20 Best Cover Songs of All Times, Part I.

I guess when you’re as annoyingly obsessed with music as I am, you surrender yourself to the chase: constantly looking for the new sound, the unusual “hook”, a piece of music which speaks to that part of your soul you rarely share with anyone. You’re also looking to show off to your other rock snob friends, but I’m not supposed to admit to that part. Anyhoo, I guess that musicians feel the same way. They discover a song so perfect that they wish they had written it. So they do the next best thi

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Buzz Bites — 11/18/2008: Justin Timberlake And Esmee Denters Challenge You To Download A Song … And Change A Life

+ Justin Timberlake’s newest track, “Follow My Lead,” (featuring Esmee Denters) is available only on MySpace Music. Listen for free, or download it for a great cause — all proceeds will go to the Shriner’s Hospital For Children fund. (MTV News) + There are days when Britney Spears would rather be a prison inmate than an international celebrity. “Even when you go to jail you know there’s the time when you’re gonna get out,” says the singer in her upcoming MTV documentary, For The Record. “But

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Blitzen Trapper

Although Blitzen Trapper has existed in various incarnations since the year 2000 I first heard of them when I traveled down to Florida for this years Langerado Festival roughly six months ago.  They played a solid set back then, but I guess you could say they were lost amongst the festival’s more noteworthy acts.  Part of that can be blamed on the festival planners {seriously, some of the stages had such ridiculous acts back to back it was hard to understand what was going on}, but some of th

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Ed Ackerson - Ackerson2

 11/18/2008 12:03:14  ♥ written by vu () Ed Ackerson - Go Ahead And Cry Ed Ackerson Tour Dates 11/28/08 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota Varsity-nov-08a-500px-72dpi Read More Polara http://weheartmus... Polara possesses what I consider the classic Twin Cities rock sound - distort guitars and cr... Ever tried typing with frozen fingers? Because that's what I'm doing right now. Holy moley, it's freezing in here. I have here Ed Ackerson's Ac

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The car , the insurance

The car , the insurance schools out But why quibble? We played Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel, watched amazing scenery roll by and talked, for hours. And if you think you learn a lot driving your child 20 minutes to a baseball game, wait till you tryAfter this semestral ... Health 0

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Songs are simply bad poetry propped up by pretty sounds

Prove me wrong. As someone who spent most of a university degree studying poetry throughout history, I've had many things spoiled for me. One thing I've noticed is that I'll sometimes listen to a song playing on the radio and I'll focus on the lyrics, removing them from the context of the song. I will just listen to the words. I often cringe. Much of what I hear—what otherwise would be brilliant songs—can be considered nothing other than bad poetry if you look at it "lyrically." Some of

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Be true to your school

What does that have to do with anything?  How about our weekly trip to “Ten Things on Tuesday”?  Whadyasay gang!  I wonder if there are medications for my condition?  I’m sure there are, but that’s not why we’re here, is it?  No, indeed. I’m gonna name ten songs that I know the words to.  Sort of a take on that television show that I don’t watch and can’t remember the name, but it does have something to do with knowing lyrics so here we go: 1.  ”Be true to your school” (by the Beach Boys-I can’t

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Ten Things Tuesday: A Random Sampler (Again)

Today I am off walking the Freedom Trail in Boston with Boo’s 8th grade class. Up until this point, if I were to accompany either of my daughters on a field trip, it would be a virtual guarantee that a localized weather even of misery would almost certainly arrive to hover over us and rain/hail/snow/blow mercilessly.  I’m told that somehow, the curse may life tomorrow as this is the forecast.  I won’t be truly relieved until the morrow fails to indicate a tornado watch or tsunami alert, but I’m

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Kanye West - Take Your Meds as Prescribed

There are some general truths in life. They aren’t “laws” necessarily and they can’t be validated in an empirical sense. Yet and still, we just know them to be true. There’s an old science axiom that says not all things that matter can be measured and not all things that can be measured, matter. Nevertheless, some things just are. Along those lines, although we can’t quantitatively measure ‘crazy’ we know for a fact it exists and has a stranglehold on Kanye West. Kanye West - musical genius…m

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Aztec Two-Step to perform the music of Simon and Garfunkel

Aztec Two-Step to perform the music of Simon and Garfunkel Posted in Arts and Entertainment on November 17th, 2008 at 11:13 am by Web content assistant editor David Rauch Aztec Two-Step, one of acoustic music’s most enduring acts, will perform the Simon and Garfunkel Songbook at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 during a Concerts at the Crossing event at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing in Titusville, N.J. In 1972, Aztec Two-Step, whose name comes from a poem by beat poet Lawrence Ferli

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Raise that Sinister Hand in Triumph!

Ladies and gentlemen, southpaws and you lesser folk, the next president of the United States is ... left-handed. I could have said that before November 4 too. Both Barack Obama and John McCain are lefties. This continues a rather hefty tradition of left-handers, disproportionate to their numbers in the general population, who have ascended to the Oval Office. Those of us who are left-handed believe in our own superiority, of course. And we are encouraged in our notions by the fact that, wh

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The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel

We're going to combine a very simple walking bass with some of our Travis picking (and "pinching") and create a light, lilting arrangement of this Simon and Garfunkel song. Even beginners can tag along as we'll be using chord shapes that involve only one or two fingers of the fretting hand!

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Daniel Evans voted off The X Factor

Daniel Evans was voted off the X Factor by judges on Saturday evening. Rachel Hylton and Daniel were in the bottom two following the public vote and in the sing-off, the 38-year-old former pool cleaner performed the Simon and Garfunkel hit Bridge Over Troubled Water but failed to convince the 3 judges he deserved to survive another week. Earlier in the show, Daniel had performed Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’, when Simon Cowell said ‘It was like watching a drunk dad at a wedding.’ Do you th

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Metal-Hard Rock Covers 241

01 - Axel Rudi Pell - Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who) 02 - Mudvayne - King of Pain (The Police) 03 - Soundchaser - Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix) 04 - Jeddah - Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) 05 - Madina Lake - Caught Somewhere In Time (Iron Maiden) 06 - Manitou - Beat It (Michael Jackson) 07 - Pagan's Mind - Hello Spaceboy (David Bowie) 08 - Hangar - Breaking All The Rules (Peter Frampton) 09 - Climatic Terra - Perry Mason (Ozzy Osbourne) 10 - Kik Tracee - Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) -DOWNL

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