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The Saturdays Missing You Hit or Give up?

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:44:31 +0000

Excellent news everyone, teentoday.co.uk tops The Saturdays are BACK.

What do you mean they did not go? Play along now folks the Rainbow Clan return with Missing You from new album-type thing News – the query is, is it any good? In brief – no. Missing You is a washed out electro number, an ode to losing the zeal ( for arguingover losing the enthusiasm ) from a relationship. Yes, my head’s injuring too. Let’s spell it out over a trance-y, synyth-y background the girls cry that they are ‘missing, missing you ‘. I miss watching you as you try / try hard not to finish up in tears / Begging to get together. Still confused? Us too. We wanted Missing You to be a pitch perfect pop release that buried all of the drama surrounding the group, was larger than the entire Wordshaker fiasco and ticked all of the boxes on teentoday.co.uk’s Major Popstar Comeback task list. We wanted it to open them back up to music buyers outside of their core base ( girls that would get a four hour mixtape of Frankie’s missed live notes ) and help them reclaim their home at near the head of the charts. It wanted to sound giant, with obnoxious production, great vocals and a real tune.

As significantly it required to be entertaining not Attractive . Instead it is a quite-pretty but at last limp and lacklustre effort that trades a melody for a random ‘miss, missing you’ refrain, some frightful autotone that indisputably would see Frankie have a major Popstar Disintegration – *if* she was engaging enough, and a trance-y background that never really reaches the places it guarantees. To assert that not even Una’s amazingness can save the tune, speaks of its ( lack of ) quality.

And the video? The girls hit the beach and numerous close by locations ( field, tree, some rocks ) to make glazed over doe-eyed expressions before hitting the club that night. There’s actually just two things of merit in all of it and unhappily not for positive reasons. First off anybody GOT THE TIME is one thing you will not be asking after watching it, for sure. And then, there’s *that* dance routine. We are not going to screw it up for you, just watch yourself. Wretchedly it falls short of being so bad it’s good and is just depressingly dreadful and low budget. Though we are sure the girls had fun working on their tans. The actuality is the Saturdays have the potentiality to be a successful girl group and gain advantage from the space on the pop landscape now left by Girls Can’t Catch, Dolly Rockers, Girls out loud, and everybody else we’ve ever loved – if they can pull it together.

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Custom Home Theatres

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:22:20 +0000

For many families, thetelevision has become the focal point in the family room or home theater room. This usually means the TV takes up a generous amount of space and is what much of the furniture and lighting is designed around. But that looks rather unnatural when the TV is turned off.

There are a number of different ways to hide aflat panel TV as soon as it is not being used by joining the feature into the overall home theater room design. A number of designers use a static image to display a piece of art or favorite family picture. Others use extensive mounting units and screens to cover the TV when it is not being used. A professionally organized theater system can join any goal you have to make the room attractive both when in use as well as when not.

Below are a number of display options obtainable for home owners as they decide how they want their flat panel TV to be hidden when not in use.

Screensaver Displays

Considering many LCD TVs are simple displays like those used by computer users, they can be placed to display art and photos when they are not in use. Using a screensaver unfortunately, requires the TV to be on so it is not recommended for long periods of time. It is best for use during entertaining purposes.

Personalized Art Covers

Custom art overlay options are becoming more common. A specific art peice can be made to be mounted over the screen when homeowners are not using the TV. This is an inexpensive solution that does not require any new wiring or customized mounting.

Many homeowners prefer to hang their flat panel TVs above the fireplace. For a traditional use, a wooden frame can be installed around it, therefore turning your television into a mantel piece. Professional installers can also design an automated system that slides a screen cover over the flat panel.

Other Considerations

Most home theaters do not contain the TV alone. Mounted televisions are more difficult to unite into an entertainment system since all the crucial connections need to be run through walls. Wireless technology for these applications is improving but is not yet perfected.

Custom home theater installers can offer advice on the best way to arrange DVD players and receivers to match the delicate look of a hidden flat panel television.

Choosing the suitable option to hide a LCD TV into a room’s design can be tough. The size and shape of walls or the way they are built can limit your installation options. Place the television in the appropriate spot for viewing, and then start bearing in mind installation options.

The Belvoir Castle Utilise Sky Lanterns

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:15:26 +0000

A fireworks spectacular is coming to Belvoir Castle this Saturday set up against the impressive back drop.
For the second year in a row MLE Pyrotechnics is holding the event in the grounds of the Duke of Rutland’s family home this will be judged by the crowds.

Vanessa one of the organisers, said: “It’s a pleasant venue where we in truth enjoy setting on an event. The fireworks reflect as if by magic in the H2O as they are set off from behind the lake.”

Visitors will be treated to a group of organisations from across the land competing for that extra pizazz to win over the audience’s voting.

The firms are Celebration Fireworks from Evesham, Pyromania Displays, Knaphill in Surrey and Spyrotechnics from Chesterfield a 10 or 15 min show with music will be show but that isn’t the close of it

The different types of fireworks will be demonstrated before the competition and view how fantastic presentations that move to the music can be made by the team

And while visitors are voting the evening will be rounded off by a spectacular pyro-musical display by the organisers.

The annual show, which led off in 2002, has seen amazing success. The three lead professional firework organisations chosen for this year’s event have won many important titles between them including the British Champions, British Musical Champions and Firework Champions.

And it’s not just fireworks with a Khoom Fay or Sky Lanterns launch when the sky will be full with beautiful oriental sky lanterns that softly cascade into the depths of the sky.

Parking and camping is available on site and from 5pm visitors can begin to arrive so get a picnic or enjoy the food and beverage accessible from approved vendors while unwinding in Belvoir Castles beautiful grounds

History of the Small Faces

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:36:35 +0000

The Small Faces got their name for two reasons: they were small, each under five-foot-six-inches tall, and they were “faces,” as in the Who’s “I’m the Face,” a declaration of British Mod-era hipness. When the Small Faces first hit the British singles charts in 1965 with “Whatcha Gonna Do About It?” (recorded six weeks after the band formed), they were seen as East London’s answer to West London’s the Who. Led by singer and guitarist Steve Marriott (b. Jan. 30, 1947; d. April 20, 1991, Arkesden, Eng.), the Small Faces became as big an attraction in Britain for their Mod clothing as for their raw, R&B-inspired music. Small Faces DVDs are still popular with fans even today.

By 1968 the band was becoming frustrated with its image as a singles band. That changed somewhat in 1968, when they released the concept album Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake. Still, internal tensions grew, and in 1969 Marriott left to form Humble Pie. It seemed a crucial blow at the time, but with the addition of ex-Jeff Beck Group members Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, the Faces were Small no more. (Literally. The two members each stood a head taller than the remaining small Faces.) The original Small Faces band later reunited, minus Lane and with the addition of Jimmy McCulloch and Rick Wills.

From 1969 to 1975 the Faces worked in the lucrative shadow of Stewart’s solo career. Loose and boozy onstage and good-timey on record, the Faces made several arena-circuit U.S. tours playing material from Stewart’s solo albums as well as the hits he sang with the group: “Stay with Me” (Number 17, 1971) and “Cindy Incidentally” (Number 48, 1973). In 1973, original Small Face Ronnie Lane quit and was replaced by ex-Free bassist Tetsu Yamauchi. Lane then started a traveling rock circus, complete with jugglers and fire eaters, called the Passing Show, and recorded four albums with Slim Chance; he also made Rough Mix with Pete Townshend of the Who in 1997. In the late Seventies Lane was debilitated by multiple sclerosis.

Book of Records Fails to Confirm Michael Jackson Dancers Broke World Record

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:28:17 +0000

The masquerade of sci-fi faithful performed Michael Jackson’s signature “Thriller” music video dance routine on Sunday. And if officials approve, they will have set a new Guinness World Record. The Michael Jackson Thriller album is one of the biggest selling albums of all time and fans tried to show their appreciation for Jackson’s life.

It wasn’t under the moonlight, and it wasn’t quite the funk of 40,000 years. But 900 zombies, aliens and Star Wars Stormtroopers boogeying to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” might be a sight that almost stops your heart.

The crowd turned out in a downtown Atlanta hotel ballroom during Dragon Con, which is billed as the country’s largest convention dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics and more.

The iconic video played on a huge video screen as a Jackson lookalike channeled the pop star in red jeans, a red leather jacket, and white socks and black penny loafers.

The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Va., according to Guinness World Records.

Dragon Con special events director Mandy Collier expects a decision this week on whether a record was set.

More than 12,000 people claimed they broke the record in front of Mexico City’s Monument of the Revolution on Aug. 29, which would have been Jackson’s 51st birthday.

However, the record was not accepted by Guinness.

The Inland Empire Should Have More Concerts

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:24 +0000

Here in the Inland Empire there are very few good concerts to brag about. Not a whole lot of huge events that bring in big name talent. I wish there were more events promoting Electronica bands such as Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twins, or Paul Van Dyk. More than a decade ago there was a pretty big electronica event that happened in the local mountains, which lasted all night long. It was a very fun time and great memories were had. That was years ago and no such event has happen since that was worth mentioning again.

You would think that the Inland Empire would be a great place to have an open outdoor concert, since there is so much land and wide-open spaces out here. Acres and acres of uncharted dirt, I sometimes think this is what the surface of Mars is like. Okay, there is Coachella, but when was the last time they had any good headliners. Not for a very long time. Besides, I’m getting tired of driving all the way out to the edge of Hell for an expensive over hyped concert that mediocre bands are playing. The good Electronica bands are getting thinner each year and less is not more in this case.

There definitely needs some sort of Inland Empire promotion to the concert promoters. Bring the concerts closer to where people actually live and I believe more people would be interested in going. Have a good marketing tool such as using the Internet to promote the concerts and a cool Inland Empire web design company to develop the site.