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Bocas is a short boat ride from the breaks on Islas Colón, Carenero, and Bastimentos, which makes it a great base for surfers.
Azucar Surf. Azucar Surf offers board rentals and surf lessons, as well as boat charters for groups of one to six people to the best spots around the islands. It also runs "girls only" surf packages. Av. Norte, at Calle 6, Bocas del Toro. 507/6491–2595. www.azucarsurf.com.
Mondo Taitu. Mondo Taitu, a hostel on the north side of town, rents surfboards. Av. G, at Calle 5, Bocas del Toro. 507/757–9425. www.mondotaitu.com.
Tropix. Surf shop Tropix is a good place to get advice, wax, or a board. Calle 3, across from Parque Simón Bolívar, Bocas del Toro. 507/757–9415. tropixsurf.tripod.com.


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The first insider account of the work at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the discovery of the Higgs particle - and what it all means for our understanding of the laws of nature. The discovery of the Higgs boson made headlines around the world. Two scientists, Peter Higgs and François Englert, whose theories predicted its existence, shared a Nobel Prize. The discovery was the culmination of the largest experiment ever run, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
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From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd, What If? gives hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions. How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living?
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Not simply satisfied with the signs, grips and words of workmen at temples, from a bygone past, the author wants to know what lies beyond these pedestrian tales told to the newly made mason, of our history. Brother Bush engages in justifiable pride examining the mysteries of ancient Egypt and Greece, which span centuries and helped to carve the path, which gave way for our modern fraternity. What are masonry's ties to the ancient Rites of Eleusis?
Murder. Kidnapping. Cannibalism. Suicide. All these themes, among others, can be found in these true stories about various killers who have used the internet to lure out their victims. As you go through the pages of this book, you will find the most shocking lives led by men and women from around the world. These true stories are from different years and areas. Places where these crimes are committed vary mostly from the United States, United Kingdom, to Germany.
Who are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi, one of the leading figures in contemporary philosophy, argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. As the boundaries between life online and offline break down, and we become seamlessly connected to each other and surrounded by smart, responsive objects, we are all becoming integrated into an "infosphere".
When Colombia's 'King of Cocaine', Pablo Escobar, was killed, the world thought the cocaine industry would crumble. But ten years later the country's production had almost quadrupled, and for the last decade Colombia has produced more than 60 percent of all the cocaine consumed in the world. The drug is both a curse and a salvation for Colombians. Farmers grow coca for cash but fear discovery. Families must co-operate with drug-funded guerrillas or go on the run.
Aries. I realize that you are a fire sign and that you can be aggressive and dominant and those are wonderful qualities. You are ruled by Mars, the planet of war. However, I realize that deep inside; you are very gentle and calm. I want you to realize that it's okay to let people see your gentle and calm side. It's okay to show what you might consider weakness. People want to know the real you.They want to know who you are.
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The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than 75 languages. The Gita opens on the eve of a mighty battle, when the warrior Arjuna is overwhelmed by despair and refuses to fight.
In this book, some of the basic information and background into biology is broken down and explained. This serves as a quick and fast to the point introduction to biology. Some of the concepts explored include cell structure, taxonomy, biochemistry, and systems biology. With listening to this book, one could explain some of the simpler concepts of biology in a short time.
You realize that you are sensitive and emotional. Cancer, I want you to realize that being sensitive is wonderful. However, you must also realize that not everyone who says things which you take offense to actually means to hurt you. Some people simply say things because that is their way. So cancer, I want you to become more comfortable with accepting people for who they are and what they say and let go of being overly sensitive. You have the ability to foresee cycles and trends.
In the heart of Indian country in the American west, clandestine criminals were profiting greatly from the sale of sacred Native American artifacts stolen from tribal lands. These artifacts were so ancient they had been used since the migration of the first Americans into North America some 15,000 years ago. In the year 1998, the illegal trafficking of these artifacts peaked in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Your sign relates to cleanliness, orderliness, having everything in order. You are interested in being physically fit and having your entire life fit and organized. You are also very interested in having other people in your life living up to your wonderful, high expectations. Realize, Virgo, that people are who they are and you must become more comfortable with accepting people as who they are.
I understand that you are very generous being the eleventh sign of the zodiac, you are very advanced. You are open and sincere to those you care about. You are a good, wonderful and caring person. You also like to get involved in the interests that your mate has. Aquarius, I understand that you are what some have called the lone wolf. This means that you make your own way. You have your own interests.
This audiobook is not about cancer. It is about how David Lankes, professor and father, responded to being diagnosed, living with, and being treated for cancer. That is an important distinction because cancer is not funny. Cancer sucks. Cancer does not teach, cancer does not preach, cancer does not comfort, or inspire, or inform. Cancer kills. How one responds to cancer? That is a completely different matter.
You realize that you must show your individuality. You must stand up for yourself! Certainly you are a philanthropist. You want to help mankind, humankind, to give to the world. However, at the same time it is also possible to help yourself, to take care of yourself, to put yourself first. That way once you have helped yourself, you are better prepared to do what you want to do which is help other people. I want you to focus on being self-reliant.
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets - and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
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In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today - and how we can apply it to our own lives. From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success.
From elicitation, pretexting, influence and manipulation all aspects of social engineering are picked apart, discussed and explained by using real world examples, personal experience and the Science & Technology behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering. Kevin Mitnick - one of the most famous social engineers in the world - popularized the term social engineering. He explained that it is much easier to trick someone into revealing a password than to exert the effort of hacking.
David and Goliath is the dazzling and provocative new book from Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw. Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty.
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A major new collection from "arguably the most important intellectual alive" (The New York Times). Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the preeminent public intellectuals of the modern era. Over the past thirty years, broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sold-out lectures. Now, in Understanding Power, Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's recent talks on the past, present, and future of the politics of power.
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control.
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the 20th century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Now available for the first time in unabridged audio, the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime is brought to life by acclaimed narrator Scott Brick.
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In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and his revelations about the agency's widespread, systemic overreach proved to be some of the most explosive and consequential news in recent history, triggering a fierce debate over national security....
In this groundbreaking book, journalist and innovation expert Warren Berger shows that one of the most powerful forces for igniting change in business and in our daily lives is a simple, underappreciated tool - one that has been available to us since childhood. Questioning - deeply, imaginatively, "beautifully" - can help us identify and solve problems, come up with game-changing ideas, and pursue fresh opportunities. So why are we often reluctant to ask "Why?"
Fukuyama examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West.
If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan.
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, best-selling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
Prominent English social critic Peter Hitchens writes of the period between the death of Winston Churchill and the funeral of Princess Diana, a time he believes has seen disastrous changes in English life. The Abolition of Britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what the idea of England has always meant to the West and to the world.
God Is Disappointed in You is for people who would like to read the Bible...if it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane language and interminable passages, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each. Written by Mark Russell with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, God Is Disappointed in You is a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday School teachers.
Them began as a book about different kinds of extremists, but after Jon had got to know some of them - Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen - he found that they had one oddly similar belief: that a tiny, shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, Jon sets out, with the help of the extremists, to locate that room. The journey is as creepy as it is comic, and along the way Jon is chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, and more.
Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.
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Robert Steele: Reflections on the Next Data Revolution
I was glad to respond to an invitation to write "Beyond Data Monitoring," a Background Paper for the UN International Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution, co-chaired by Robin Li of Baidu, which is good, with Open Source represented by Tim "algorithms rule" O'Reilly, which is bad. Although the paper gained no traction with the intended recipients, it was sent by other means to the special assistant to the Secretary-General, and has taken on a life of its own elsewhere. Building on the earlier Earth Intelligence Network concepts, and together with my forthcoming article on Applied Collective Intelligence (Spanda Journal, December 2014), this paper is the summary of my old thinking.
Today I begin new thinking, with a tip of the hat to Daniel Mezick among others — I feel blessed to have connected with so many brilliant information technologists over the years, including hackers around the world and with Stephen E. Arnold, CEO of Arnold IT, always in the forefront as my most trusted observer of the hollowness of industrial-era IT. Below is my emergent vision challenge for the future of public free open information sharing and sense-making. I am seeking contributing thoughts that will be acknowledged here as this develops.


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In 2001, Sam Tabar graduated from Columbia Law School where he distinguished himself as a bright and motivated attorney with a big future. Combined with his undergraduate work at Oxford University and time spent serving as Associate Editor for the Law Review at Columbia, Tabar had established an enviable schooling resume that landed him his first job as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slater, Meagher & Flom LLP, a prominent global law firm.
During his three-year stint at Skadden, he worked on a variety of endeavors related to the world of high finance. He illustrates on LinkedIn that this job included structuring of hedge funds, investment industry compliance, high-level management employment issues and client relations. He left Skadden in 2004 in order to position himself more directly involved in the investment industry.
In September of 2004, Tabar was hired as legal counsel for PMA Investment Advisors, a unit of Sparx Group Co. based in Hong Kong. In quick order, he was appointed as Managing Director & Co-Head of Business Development. His primary responsibilities included development of large hedge funds and a strategic marketing program designed to draw elite institutional investors and high net-worth individuals, using his impressive list of financially qualified connections.
Based on his success at PMA, Tabar was nabbed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch to join the organization in 2011 as its Director and Head of Capital Strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. During his short stint at B of A, he acted as liaison between wealthy investors and the company's hedge fund managers. He was also able to bring in a lot of new business by cultivating relationships with an impressive collection of global institutional investors.
The continuing demand for Tabar services had him on the move to Adanac LLC in September of 2012. At Adanac, he served as Investment Director, leading the investment efforts in a variety of real estate projects and start-up companies such as Thinx and Verboten.
When Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP went looking for a new Senior Associate to handle different aspects within its capital investment/hedge fund client base, they went calling on Tabar who joined the firm in September of 2013.
By March of 2014, he was ready to head out on his own and left the company to serve as a private consultant for a variety of high-profile investors. He is currently plying his trade by advising investors on the idiosyncrasies of investing in hedge funds and commodities.
On a personal level, Tabar is a well-traveled, sophisticated individual who enjoys visiting exciting locals all over the world and interacting with interesting individuals on a personal level while hosting events. As he's made known on his YouTube channel, he is fluent in English, French and is also able to hold his own using conversational Japanese. Visit Sam's official website for more details on his background.


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The researchers were attempting to get a better understanding about how energy is shared between the different species of matter, especially, how it is transferred from strongly heated electrons to the heavy ionic cores of atoms that have been left cool. The difference in temperatures between the hot electrons and cooler ions should level out quickly as the electrons interact with the ions; thus, the time it takes to reach a common temperature is a good measure of the interaction strength between the two. This interaction also defines, for instance, how heat or radiation is transported from the inside of a planet or star to its surface and, thus, planetary and stellar evolution. The process is also essential for nuclear fusion where the electrons are heated by fusion products but the ions need to be hot for more fusion to occur.
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Dr Dirk Gericke from the University of Warwick said:
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1957: Neal Hefti and His Orchestra - Concert Miniatures
Neal Hefti
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Concert Miniatures
Label: RCA Victor
Year: 1957; release: 2002
Quality: MP3@320 kbps
Size: 82,9 mb
Total time: 35:41
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An obscure early gem from Neal Hefti – an amazing set of jazzy tracks, arranged with a style that's similar to some of his better soundtrack work of the 60s! The group on the album's a tentet – with 2 trumpets, trombone, reeds, guitar, bass, and lots of percussion – and Neal's at the head, coming up with some very groovy arrangements that swing the tunes with lots of hi-fi tricks and gimmicks! Players include
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1996: Dave Douglas - Stargazer
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Dave Douglas
Label: Arabesque Recordings
Year: 1997
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Time: 60:04
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Trumpeter Dave Douglas, continuing the innovative approach to tribute records he began in 1994 with the Booker Little homage In Our Lifetime, dedicates Stargazer to the great Wayne Shorter. Only three tracks, however, are Shorter compositions: "Pug Nose," "On the Milky Way Express," and "Diana." The rest are Douglas originals that are inspired by Shorter, although Douglas is far too clever to make the inspiration obvious. Listeners will have to rely on their imaginations to make the Shorter/Douglas connection, which is as it should be with creativity on so high a level. "Goldfish," with its awe-inspiring, chant-like main riff, is the album's highlight. The fast, complex unison lines and free jazz episodes of "Stargazer," with solo spots by drummer Joey Baron and pianist Uri Caine, are also wonderful. Hard-swinging numbers like "Spring Ahead" and "Intuitive Science" contrast strikingly with the tension-filled dissonance of "Four Sleepers" and "Dark Sky." Douglas's writing and playing are highly unpredictable and emotionally rich. His remarkable sextet delivers every note with conviction and finesse. Along with Baron and Caine, bassist James Genus, tenor sax/clarinetist Chris Speed, and trombonist Josh Roseman join forces with Douglas to create music full of character and beauty.
~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide
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1957: Russell Garcia and Strings with Roy Eldridge - That Warm Feeling
Russell Garcia
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That Warm Feeling
Label: Sinetone AMR
Year: 1967; release: 2014
Quality: MP3@320 kbps
Size: 71,3 mb
Total time: 33:21
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Roy Eldridge was renowned for his exciting, brassy trumpet work on high-energy flag-wavers. On this 1957 set, Verve recast Eldridge as a sensitive balladeer who follows the melodies while Russ Garcia backs him up with a string orchestra. The romantic, cinematic make-out music closely resembles Jackie Gleason's best-selling sides with swing trumpeter Bobby Hackett. Hey, is that Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis breaking through the mist on occasion?
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1978: Jon Hassell - Earthquake Island
Jon Hassell
Earthquake Island
Label: Tomato (1989)
Year: 1978
Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kBit/s
Time: 39:09
Size: 94 MB
Composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell is the visionary creator of a style of music he describes as Fourth World, a mysterious, unique hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. After composition studies and university degrees in the USA, he went to Europe to study electronic and serial music with Karlheinz Stockhausen. Several years later, he returned to New York where his first recordings were made with minimalist masters La Monte Young and Terry Riley, through whom he met the Hindustani raga master, Pandit Pran Nath, and embarked on a lifelong quest to transmute his teacher's Kirana vocal mastery into a new trumpet sound and style. In the last two decades, he has recorded albums which have, over the years, become so widely appropriated that many of their innovations have become woven anonymously into the texture of contemporary music high and low.
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1972: Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Live at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Live at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Label: Crescent Records [bootleg]
Year: 1972 ; Release:2006
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Time: 43:59
Size: 247.0 MB / 106.22 MB
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Live at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria; November 4, 1972. Excellent FM broadcast.
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This is a fine electric jazz show from a finely-honed unit. Keyboardist George Duke has some stellar moments on Black Messiah while Cannonball's brother, Nat, gets to shine on Hummin'. Meanwhile, Soli Tomba entrances with its Asian feel. For those not familiar with this show (seems well circulated among Cannonball fans), you will be easily tempted to leave it on repeat mode. Thanks to Dan Augen who shared the tracks on the net back in 2006.
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1978/1980: Yochk'o Seffer - Neffesh Music Ghilgoul
Yochk'o Seffer
Label: Musea
Year: 1978/1980; release: 1995
Format, bitrate: 320kbps
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Although front-cover credit is given to saxophonist/pianist Yochk'o Seffer, 1978's Ghilgoul is actually the second album recorded by his ill-starred combo Neffesh Music (loosely translated as "Music of the Mind"). This short-lived group was part of the second wave of the French art rock scene, with Seffer and bassist Dominique Bertram having done time in scene overlords Magma and Zao, and this album is roughly equivalent to, say, Hatfield and the North's The Rotter's Club: a relaxed, playful record that extends and refines the work of the participants' earlier bands. Arguably more accessible than the more difficult Magma and Zao, Seffer, Bertram, and company (drummer Francois Laizeau and a string quartet) play a surprisingly melodic version of art rock akin to the lighter moments of David Cross-era King Crimson and the Italian group PFM. The 15-minute title track, alternating passages of ghostly overdubbed, wordless vocals and liquid saxophone solos, is the standout, but all five tracks are superlative avant-garde rock. The 1995 CD reissue includes three previously unreleased tracks recorded by Seffer and an entirely different lineup in May 1980.
~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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1973: Joe Farrell - Penny Arcade
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Joe Farrell
Penny Arcade
Label: Wounded Bird
Year: 1973; Release: 2011
Format,bitrate: FLAC/Mp3 @320kbps
Time: 36:10
Size: 240.42 MB/92.89 MB
Joe Farrell gained his greatest fame with his popular string of CTI recordings. For this set, he performs three of his originals (none of which caught on), guitarist Joe Beck's "Penny Arcade," and a 13-minute version of Stevie Wonder's "Too High." Farrell (heard on tenor, soprano, flute and piccolo) is in excellent form, as are keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Beck, bassist Herb Bushler, drummer Steve Gadd and Don Alias on conga. As is true of his other CTI sets, this Joe Farrell effort expertly mixes together some slightly commercial elements and superior recording quality with strong solos.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Killer CTI work from Joe Farrell – with grooves so sharp you could cut your trousers on them! Farrell's angular reed style is in perfect form here – grooving with a small group that includes Herbie Hancock on piano, Joe Beck on guitar, Steve Gadd on drums, and Don Alias on percussion – a combo that's got a harder, tighter feel than most CTI groups – a key reason why Joe's records of this time are so legendary! The album features a fantastic version of Stevie Wonder's "Too High" – one that breaks all over the beginning with these riffs by Farrell, then grooves into a CTI electric funk mode for about 13 minutes. All tracks are long – and other tracks include "Hurricane Jane", "Geo Blue", "Penny Arcade", and "Cloud Cream".
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1975: Tom Scott - New York Connection
Crossover Jazz
Tom Scott
New York Connection
Label: Epic/Sony Music Distribution
Year: 1975; Release: 1996
Format, bitrate: FLAC/Mp3 @320kbps
Time: 45:14
Size: 263 MB/108.67 MB
For New York Connection, Scott left his L.A. Express in California and ventured to the Big Apple to join forces with keyboardists Bob James and Richard Tee, guitarist Hugh McCracken, drummer Steve Gadd and others who -- like the saxman -- had decent jazz chops, but devoted much of their time to R&B/soul session work. While Scott was never in a class with Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington, Jr. or David "Fathead" Newman, gritty, down-home smokers like "Midtown Rush," "Dirty Old Man" and "Look Out for Number Seven" provide additional evidence that he was indeed a capable, enjoyable soloist who, at the time, played from the heart. Though softer pieces such as "Time and Love" and the CD's title song make for a sort of disco-ish "easy listening," they're far more substantial than the rubbish that was to come.
~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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1990: Yellowjackets - Greenhouse
Crossover Jazz
Label: MCA/GRP
Year: 1990; Release:1991
Format,bitrate: MP3@320 kbps
Time: 1:00:08
Size: 144.73 MB
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The Yellowjackets' first release for GRP, Greenhouse, is a real gas. The disc starts innocently enough with "Freedomland," the kind of smart smooth jazz song that marked The Spin. It's on the following "Greenhouse" that listeners glimpse a change in the air: Strings (!) set the stage for dreamy, exotic jazz that melts in your mind, music that goes well beyond similar experiments on earlier Yellowjackets sessions. From this point on, the band travels back in time: Russell Ferrante's piano, the understated rhythm section, and Bob Mintzer's saxophones (Marc Russo had left, though Mintzer wasn't an "official" member yet) smoke with the fire of cool jazz. There are still some electronics employed, but generally they're arranged in a subordinate role to give the acoustic sounds an added presence. It would be tempting to call Mintzer the catalyst of change -- his saxophone playing is more note-filled and squeakier than Russo's, a style that evokes traditional jazz -- but the new direction in sound is just as evident in the piano playing of Ferrante, the softened attack of William Kennedy (plenty of cymbals, quieter snare hits), and the articulated playing of Jimmy Haslip (best heard on "Indian Summer"). The fresh start allows The Yellowjackets to escape from under the cloud of smooth jazz and expose their "serious" side, all while continuing to place composition and melody over individual musicianship. Calling this the band's most mature work to date belies a natural distrust of smooth jazz, so better to say that Greenhouse is loaded with personality. Mintzer's spooky bass clarinet on "Brown Zone," the wild bop workout unleashed on "Liam/Rain Dance," and the violin jig on "Freda" are among their most memorable musical moments. The Yellowjackets haven't changed the way they approach their music, but the newfound ability to communicate in a more traditional jazz setting casts them in a whole new (and flattering) light.
~ Dave Connolly, All Music Guide
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2001: Harald Haerter - Cosmic
Contemporary Jazz
Harald Haerter
Label: TCB 21162
Year: 2001
Format, bitrate: Mp3, 320 kBit/s
Time: 46:05
Size: 113 MB (full scans)
Swiss guitarist Haerter studied from 1980 to 1984 at the Berklee College of Music and with John Scofield . In 1985 he founded the Intergalactic Maiden Ballet, with whom he toured Europe and recorded several albums: 1985 eponymous album was recorded, which appeared at ITM, the other productions Square Dance (1989) and Gulf (1994) contained some articles written by prominent guest musicians.
With Dewey Redman , he founded a quintet in 1994, which among other things with more than 150 concerts, Erik Truffaz , Arthur Blythe , John Enders , Joe Lovano and Nils Petter Molvaer occurred. After the saxophonist Michael Brecker album Haerter Mostly Live had heard, he invited him in 1997 to a European tour and held with him in 1999 an international concert series. To his band Catscan currently include Gitta Kahle and Hilaria Kramer .
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1970: Ponty & Sato - Astrorama
Jean-Luc Ponty
佐藤允彦 Satō Masahiko (
Masahiko Sato
Label: Liberty/Toshiba - LPC-8039 / Far East Records - ETJ-65016
Year: 1970
Genre: Fusion, Modern Creative
Format: Alac - Lossless
(16-Bit/44.1kHz vinyl transfer)
Time: 45:33
Size: 289.202 MB
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Astrorama is an album by French Jazz-Fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty and Japanese Avant-Garde artist Masahiko Sato, released in 1970. The album was recorded live in Tokyo on August 29, 1970.
Jean-Luc Ponty recorded for a number of labels prior to his signing by Atlantic in the early '70s, but this 1970 session in Japan was among his most challenging albums to acquire until it was finally reissued in the fall of 2011 in Japan. He joined forces with Japanese keyboardist Masahiko Satoh, the great bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, guitarist Yoshiaki Masuo, and drummer Motohiko Hino for the studio date. "Golden Green" is best known from his 1976 meeting with Stéphane Grappelli; this longer version features Ponty's expressive violin, an understated electric piano solo by Satoh, and the virtuoso playing of Pedersen, with Masuo sitting out. Both "Astrorama" and "Nuggis" were performed by Ponty the following year at the Berlin Jazz Festival, though on this session, they are joined in a long medley. "Astrorama" is a tense, slashing work that starts with a bluesy riff before launching into avant-garde territory. As they wrap the piece up with a thunderous flourish, the quintet segues directly into the brisk, funky "Nuggis," with Satoh and Masuo frequently playing unison passages with the leader. Satoh's original "And So On" finds him taking a long solo on grand piano with the rhythm section, with Ponty making a late entrance to engage in a fiery exchange with the composer. Only available as an import from Japan, this pricey CD will be of great interest to fans of Jean-Luc Ponty.
~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
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17 October 2014
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1976: Larry Coryell - The Lion And The Ram
Larry Coryell
The Lion And The Ram
Label: Arista
Genre: Fusion Post-Bop
Format,bitrate: mp3@320kbps [HQ vinyl rip]
Time: 36:43
Size: 86.88 MB
The Lion and the Ram is an underrated gem in the Coryell catalog. It contains mostly acoustic guitar music and several outstanding original compositions. "Bicentennial Head Fest," "The Fifties," "Domesticity," and "Bach Lute Prelude" are fine examples of exciting, yet subtle and eclectic, improvisation-oriented guitar music. A few songs, such as "Song for My Friend's Children," are less successful than the others because of their dated '70s studio gimmickry, but overall this recording is well worth picking up.
~ Wilson McCloy, All Music Guide
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2011: Spectrum Road - Spectrum Road
Spectrum Road
Spectrum Road
Label: Palmetto
Year: 2011; Release:2012
Time: 55:51
Size: 158 MB
Spectrum Road is a jazz-rock supergroup featuring bassist
Jack Bruce
, guitarist
Vernon Reid
, drummer
Cindy Blackman-Santana
, and organist
John Medeski
that formed as a tribute to the inspiration and music of Tony Williams' pioneering Lifetime group (of which Bruce was a member). In the process of playing Lifetime's music as a project, they became a bona fide band. All but two of these cuts are from Lifetime's catalog. The set begins with the scorcher "Vuelta Abajo," from 1970's Turn It Over album. All four members come storming out of the gate on a syncopated, intense series of riffs and stops. Blackman-Santana, a Williams disciple, plays furiously with countless rolls and fills yet never drops her sense of groove. She pushes hard at Bruce's bassline while Medeski washes it all with a counter pulse and Reid takes it over into the red zone. This is excess at its level best. The hippest thing is that not only does Bruce keep that insane pace, he revels in it and works with Blackman-Santana to keep the groove funky and weird. She takes the vocal on the spacey, 12-minute "Where," which builds via her rolls and Medeski's abstract painterly touches into a true freewheeling jam with Reid and Bruce going head to head. The group interplay on "Vashkar" (written by Carla Bley, and originally appeared on 1969's Emergency) is a manic showcase for Medeski and Reid, but it's the rhythm section that keeps moving the track further onto the ledge. Spectrum Road honors Williams' example by taking real chances with his music. The way they break down "There Comes a Time" ( from 1971's Ego) with Bruce's bluesy vocals holding the ground firm under the band's improvising moves it from a somewhat staid open modal blues into something more textured, aggressive, and expansive. Reid's jazz chops on "Coming Back Home" walk a line between swing and Hendrixian blues, as Medeski swells and feeds his every line. Reid's and Blackman-Santana's rock strut on "Wild Life" would be nearly processional were it not for Bruce's and Medeski's deeply funky undercurrent. Spectrum Road's self-titled debut delivers in full on the supergroup promise; in addition, they provide the kind of forward-looking tribute that a pioneer like Williams truly deserves.
~ Thom Jurek,allmusic.com
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5 October 2014
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1967: Wes Montgomery - A Day in the Life
Wes Montgomery
A Day in the Life
Label: A&M
Year:1967: Release:2004
Format, bitrate: mp3@320
Size: 82.81 MB
By the time Wes Montgomery recorded this album (his debut for A&M), he was a major name in the pop world. Montgomery's melodic renditions of current pop hits caught on and were played regularly on Top 40 radio. In most cases the guitarist did little more than play the melody, using his distinctive octaves, and it was enough to make him saleable. Of his three A&M recordings, A Day in the Life (the first one) was by far the best and, although the jazz content is almost nil, the results are pleasing as background music. "Windy" was a bit of a hit; the other selections (which find Montgomery backed by muzaky strings arranged by Don Sebesky) include "Watch What Happens," "California Nights," "Eleanor Rigby" and the title cut.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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2 October 2014
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1986: Jerry Goodman - Ariel
Jerry Goodman
Label: Private Music
Year:1986; Release:2000
Format, bitrate:mp3@320kbps
Time: 44:57
Size:107.31 MB
On the Future of Aviation, Jerry Goodman's first album after a ten-year hiatus, didn't sound much like the jazz-rock fusion he had played in the Flock and the Mahavishnu Orchestra earlier in his career. Instead, it was an album of new age electrified instrumental music that did not emphasize his violin playing particularly. For his second album of the 1980s, Goodman may have been prevailed upon or may have decided himself to give his fans something more familiar. Ariel leaves little doubt that its primary performer is a violinist. The background music, while often demonstrative, is still background music, supporting Goodman's soaring runs. And on "Topanga Waltz," there is a definite rock feel that recalls Mahavishnu, while "Rockers" has sections that would make you think some arena-rock band was playing. Goodman is still experimenting and mixing styles. "Broque," for example, has not only Celtic but also gypsy elements to go with its rock passages. But the album as a whole steps back from an emphasis on composition to allow for a display of sheer performing chops. As such, it gives old fans something to hold on to as well as continuing Goodman's new career as a new age artist.
~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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1981 - 1987: Volker Kriegel - Journal/Palazzo Blue
Volker Kriegel
Journal/Palazzo Blue
Label: In-Akustik / Mood
Year:1981,1987; Release:2010
Format, bitrate:MP3@320kpbs
Size:187.77 MB
Digitally remastered sound.
Two discs,39, 39 minutes each approximately. The digitally remastered sound is very clean and spacious. The booklet has minimal information on (the late, died 2003) Volker Kriegel, and nothing about the songs (most composed by Kriegel), except title, song length, and composer. The second album lists accompanying musicians (bass, drums, sax, keyboards, and Kriegel's guitar. The first album (with no musicians listed) is similar in sound. He was also known, before his death, as an illustrator, cartoonist, translator, and author of childrens books.
These two albums (recorded in 1981 and 1987) were recorded for the Mood Records label, a label set up for musicians to record whatever they wanted, without label or commercial restraints. The label releases music other labels won't touch. Saying that-don't think this is some esoteric, far-out, free jazz you might hear on the ESP label for instance-its not. This music is a combination of reflective, quiet jazz guitar, and more straight ahead jazz, all with a sympathetic group of musicians who know how to play in and around Kriegel's guitar, and sometimes step forward for a solo.
Kreigel's tone and approach to the guitar is a combination of Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, with a bit of Barney Kessel mixed in. Kriegel is probably most well known as a member of the UNITED JAZZ + ROCK ENSEMBLE. The music heard here combines two albums with varying degrees of atmosphere. The first album, from 1981, is more introspective. The music unfolds at its own pace, sometimes quite languidly. On several tracks Kriegel trades solos with vibes and keyboards-at times almost sounding like an ECM Records production, but without the vast, open spaces that label is known for. The second album (1987) is much more upbeat (some tracks are in 4/4 time) and more fully realized as a true jazz group feeling.
Having heard these albums 20 + years ago (as expensive imports), its nice to see them (and other albums from the label) cleaned up and re-released-at a good price. While there's nothing startingly new here, this is music that grows on you, if you take the time to not just listen-but hear what this group of fine musicians are playing. For listeners of jazz guitar/group playing there's much to recommend. Kriegel is a master guitarist, and the musicians in his responsive, sympathetic groups are on a similar level. From introspective, open compositions, to harder,straight-ahead (sometimes funkier) tracks, this release covers all the bases. This is beautiful, sometimes swinging jazz that will grow on you if you let it.
~ Stuart Jefferson, Amazon.com
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26 September 2014
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2012: Gary Husband - Dirty and Beautiful, Volume 2
Modern Jazz
Gary Husband
Dirty and Beautiful, Volume 2
Label: Abstract Logix/City Hall
Year: 2012
Format: FLAC
Time: 59:29
Size: 363 MB
Rather than releasing a double album, keyboardist/drummer Gary Husband split the jazz fusion songs he recorded with high-profile guests into two separate but equal hour-long discs. It's a logical, economically feasible way to get this music out and probably makes for a better overall listening experience, too, since the sound can get wearing, even over the length of a single platter. Anyone who enjoyed the first volume from 2011 will find the same pleasures here as Husband invites mostly guitar-shredding guests such as Mike Stern, John McLaughlin, Wayne Krantz, Robin Trower, Jimmy Herring, and old pal Allan Holdsworth, among others, for a good, old-fashioned '80s fusion fest. As is typical of the genre, the line between noodling and edgy improvisation can get awfully thin and there are moments that alternate on either side of that divide. That's the case within the confines of some songs such as the ten-minute John McLaughlin extravaganza "Sulley" that goes through multiple tempo changes, winding through its extended playing time with some terrific guitar soloing and some that just meanders. Props to bassist Mark King, whose husky yet malleable playing on the track holds down the rhythm and keeps the song vital even when the leads wander. Trower's Hendrix-inspired bluesy reverb on Miles Davis' "Yesternow-Epilogue" fades in where the first set's "Yesternow-Prologue" left off in a performance that blurs the border between rock and jazz. The energized nature of the disc is tempered on a short and lovely reading of Jan Hammer's "Rain." Hammer doesn't contribute to the track, but he does appear on Holdsworth's "Fred 2011," letting Husband -- who plays both drums and keyboards on eight of the eleven cuts -- concentrate on percussion. A similar dynamic applies to John McLaughlin's "New Blues, Old Bruise," where the guitarist is M.I.A. Rather, tenor saxist Sean Freeman, whose playing is strongly influenced by Wayne Shorter, gets free reign to strut his impressive stuff, which shifts from lovely to jagged as he blows his way through the ten-minute jam. Despite the obviously overdubbed nature of Husband's double-duty instrumental work, this album, and the previous one, sounds remarkably organic. That's especially true of the funky "East River Jam" featuring a relatively dialed down Wayne Krantz, whose innovative solos seldom go where you think they will. It adds up to a tasty, if somewhat inconsistent project that will please fans of both the old-school jazz fusion genre and of the prestigious musicians who help Husband bring it home.
~ Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide
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21 September 2014
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1968: Volker Kriegel - With a Little Help from My Friends
Volker Kriegel
With a Little Help from My Friends
Label: Art of Groove / MIG
Year: 1968 Release:2013
Format, bitrate: mp3@320kbps
Time: 1:17:19
Size: 226.22 MB
A great and groovy early album from Volker Kriegel – the German guitarist who'd cut some very trippy work for the MPS label in the 70s – but a player who steps out here in a sweet soul jazz mode at the end of the 60s! Volker's still got the same wickedly sharp style on guitar you'd know from his later fame – but here, it's turned towards the kind of soulful guitar work you'd hear on Verve Records at the time – somewhere in the territory of George Benson, or maybe a bit in that of Wes Montgomery – but also with some occasional freewheeling moments that hint at the changes to come! The group's a trio on side one – with Peter Trunk on bass and Cees See on drums – but side two moves into wilder material with a quartet that features vibes by Claudio Szenkar, who adds in just the kind of psychedelic touches to really make the music open up! These cuts are much more modal, and show Kriegel's growing love of Eastern sounds – and titles include "Na Na Imboro", "Morandi", "Interpunctuation", "Traffic Jam", and "With A Little Help From My Friends". CD features loads of great bonus tracks – including more with the quartet, and some with Tony Scott and Gustl Mayer – titles that include "Spanish Soul", "Teaming Up", "Na Na Imboro", and "Nina's Dance".
1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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17 September 2014
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2002: Toufic Farroukh - Drab Zeen
Toufic Farroukh
Drab Zeen
Label: Le chant du monde
Year: 2002
Genre: ethno jazz, arabic
Quality: FLAC (Artwork)
Total time: 53:12
Size: 339 Mb
Drab Zeen represents one of the finest examples of this important emerging new sub-genre, Arab-jazz. The genius of this disc is how Farroukh has effortlessly melded such disparate elements as jazz trombone and saxophone, chill-beats, French vocals, acoustic piano, oud, ney, and accordion into a singly tapestry of unique sounds, all the while retaining the essential elements of each instrumental voice even as he transforms the whole into something entirely new and heretofore unheard. Farroukh has grown in every facet of his music-making: tighter and more evocative compositions, a richer and more varied sound palette, cleaner production, superior sax blowing, and a deeper groove. An altogether remarkable disc. Highest recommendation.
~ Jan P. Denis, Amazon.com
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16 September 2014
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1978: John McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist
John McLaughlin
Electric Guitarist
Label: Columbia
Year: 1978; Release:2008
Genre: Fusion,Post-Bop
Format, bitrate: mp3@320kbps
Time: 38:38
Size: 99.44 MB
Since John McLaughlin's first two post-Shakti albums -- Electric Guitarist and Electric Dreams -- featured the word "electric" in their titles, it seems that the guitarist wanted to emphasize his more plugged-in side to those who might not have followed along on three previous releases featuring his acoustic world music band. He also thumbed through his impressive phone book to call in some of the cream of the 1977 crop of jazz fusionists to help him out on Electric Guitarist, a true return to form. Ex-Mahavishnu members Jerry Goodman and Billy Cobham assist in kicking things off just like in the old days with "New York on My Mind," a tune that could have been an outtake from his earlier Mahavishnu Orchestra work. Also along for the ride are Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, David Sanborn, Carlos Santana, Jack Bruce, and four legendary drummers including Cobham, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, and Narada Michael Walden. Unfortunately, the credits don't specify who plays on which track (well-written liner notes would help there), but anyone familiar with the distinctive styles of these artists can easily pick them out. McLaughlin is in fine form throughout, especially when playing clean, staccato, bent notes on the ballad "Every Tear from Every Eye." The majority of the selections stay in a more subtle but amped-up groove as McLaughlin shifts from dreamy to a faster, more straight-ahead tempo on the seven-minute "Do You Hear the Voices that You Left Behind?" A duet with Billy Cobham on "Phenomenon: Compulsion" provides the set's most frantic fireworks as both musicians air out their chops on a breathless, galloping piece with some of the guitarist's most furious picking.
~ Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide
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Name your favorite cookies
Thought it would be fun to hear what other peoples favorite cookies are in the Bay Area as I am always on a search for an excellent cookie.
Some of my favorites are:
- Cookies & Cream and Toffee Chip cookies at Anthony's
- Peanut Brittle Brown Sugar and Croquantino cookies at Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chip cookie at Baker & Banker Bakery
- Molasses cookie at Craftsman & Wolves
- Salty Peanut cookie at Boulette's Larder
- Oatmeal Dried Fruit cookie at Spruce
Nice list. My fave cookies right now are at Mr&Mrs--through some superior combo of sugar and butter they've managed to make cookies that are both chewy and crisp. The salted chocolate shortbread at Miette is surprisingly addictive. The almond meringues at Tartine are very satisfying as well.
I always enjoy the cookies at sweet adeline bakeshop in Berkeley, particularly their oatmeal choc chip.
-Mexican wedding cookie at Tartine
-Chocolate chip cookie from Chocolatier Blue (more chocolate than cookie, almost)
Baked in Portero Hill has a chocolate chip cookie so good I walked back up the hill to get another one. It's about as good as a chocolate chip cookie can get, and on par with some of best homemade ones I've eaten.
Had a delicious chocolate ginger cookie (a molasses ginger cookie with chocolate chunks) at Pie Ranch last week. Do they also have them at Mission Pie?
I'm a fan of the carmelized coconut macaroon from Jet Black Bakery (available at Soup Junkie).
Does Humphrey Slocombe still make cookies? I remember really liking them but haven't been in a long time
re: mdougherty
+1! I am a huge fan of that cookie but never make it to Bakesale Betty anymore with those limited hours. Ah, pumpkin bread, how I miss you.
re: mdougherty
ditto re bakesale betty's ginger cookie (like it, don't get there so much anymore).
but my favorites: alfajores from the lovely woman @ the alemany farmer's market every saturday--maybe the best cookie ever :) http://www.saborsur.com/
Went to Goody Goodie again today to see how the cookies still are and I have to say that I was fairly disappointed. I remember when it was just a window on Folsom St. they cookies were ridiculously good but ever since it moved to the cafe space on Harrison St. right across the Best Buy the cookies have always tasted like they were a day or two old. I guess that's what happens when you start making sandwiches, pastries, waffles, coffee, and other cafe food when you originally have a business with one specialty.


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Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine
Star Trek fans will be able to get a sneak peek of Star Trek Into Darkness, the highly-anticipated second installment from J.J. Abrams — but they'll have to go see The Hobbit in order to do so.
The first nine minutes of Abrams' new Star Trek film, a follow-up to his 2009 feature, will be shown before select IMAX 3D screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in about 500 theaters beginning on Dec. 14, The Los Angeles Times reports.
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Bloody Face has finally been unmasked!
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Just when you think you've got the sane ones figured out, they turn out to be the crazy ones!
American Horror Story's second season continues to ponder the question of sanity and who has it. This week's episode threw most of that up in the air with the introduction of Franka Potente's character named — wait for it — Anne Frank. Yes, that Anne Frank — allegedly. But her insistence that she is the famed Holocaust victim was the least shocking sign of insanity this week, as even Lana (Sarah Paulson), Grace (Lizzie Brochere) and Kit's (Evan Peters) true natures were revealed or tested. So who's sane? Let's take a look at that and other burning questions below:
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And here we thought Bloody Face would be the scariest part about Briarcliff. Apparently, there's a giant monster roaming the halls of American Horror Story: Asylum's manor that will definitely make us sleep with the lights on tonight. So what...
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Another familiar face will be popping up in the second season of American Horror Story!
Dylan McDermott is returning for a second round, executive producer Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter Wednesday.
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Confession of a lifelong horror fan: The first season of FX's American Horror Story left me cold, more appalled than terrified at the overindulgent mishmash of psychosexual poppycock ensnaring unpleasant characters, plus the overkill of a house teeming with too many tedious ghosts, proving the adage that more can be less — effective, that is, although the hype and the buzz carried it to a whopping 17 Emmy nominations (in the miniseries category, where the competition is less fierce).
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If you thought American Horror Story's Murder House was spooky, just wait until you experience Briarcliff Manor, the insane asylum at the center of the FX drama's second season, aptly subtitled Asylum. But while there are plenty of tangible scares — a vicious serial killer named Bloody Face, a Nazi doctor whose failed experiments roam the woods just beyond the Manor's boundaries and... aliens — it's the...
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Ian McShane has joined the long list of stars heading to American Horror Story: Asylum.
The Deadlwood alum has landed a role on the second season of the anthology series, as first announced by series co-creator Ryan Murphy on Wednesday.
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American Horror Story star Frances Conroy will return for Season 2, creator Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter.
"Thrilled to announce Emmy nominee Frances Conroy is returning to AHS. Devils and angels this year...Frannie plays the ultimate angel," Murphy wrote.
Are you ready to get committed? American Horror Story: Asylum will return to FX on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 10/9c.According to Entertainment Weekly, the second installment of the drama will move away from the ghost-heavy plot of Season 1. This time around, viewers can expect to encounter aliens, Nazis and a serial killer named Bloody Face. Oh, and did we mention ol' Bloody Face wears a mask made out of skin, a black nightie and opera-length gloves? Only Ryan Murphy could make this stuff up.
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