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US 4738307 A Abstract A gas-fired condensing furnace with a corrosion resistant condensing heat exchanger. The condensing heat exchanger is formed from a flat sheet of engineering metal with a layer of polypropylene sheet material laminated thereto. Each condensing heat exchanger has a condensing flow passage of serpentine shape formed in the laminated flat sheet of engineering metal such that the polypropylene layer will be exposed to the flue gas/condensate environment to provide corrosion resistance to the metal.
Claims(2) 1. A clam shell condensing heat exchanger for use in a corrosive environment comprising an engineering metal element having two mirror image portions each portion having an internal and external surface for the transfer of heat therethrough and the two mirror image portions forming a single generally serpentine internal condensing flow passage leading downwardly from an inlet to an outlet at the lowermost portion of said element, said lowermost portion being seamless along the entire length of one edge formed by said two mirror image portions and a sheet stock element, said sheet stock element fixedly secured to the internal surface of said engineering metal element generally over its entire internal surface including the entire length of said semless edge and forming a layer for resisting corrosion and for transferring heat therethrough, wherein said engineering metal element is formed from carbon steel and said sheet stock element is formed from polypropylene.
2. A condensing heat exchanger as set forth in claim 1 wherein said polypropylene sheet stock element has a thickness of about 10 mils.
Description This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 778,115 filed Sept. 20, 1985. This invention relates generally to gas-fired condensing furnaces. More specifically, the present invention relates to a corrosion resistant condensing heat exchanger for use in the corrosive environment of a gas-fired condensing furnace and to the method of manufacture thereof. Due to the cost and shortage of natural gas, attempts have been made to design and construct more efficient gas-fired hot air furnaces. One method for maximizing the heat energy transferred from a heating fluid, i.e. combustion gas, to air to be heated, i.e. the air in the enclosure or space to be heated, is to transfer as much latent heat as possible from the water vapor in the heating fluid to the air to be heated. Thus, increases in furnace heating efficiency have been accomplished by cooling the flue gases of the heating fluid, while still within the furnace, to below the dew point to recover some of the latent heat of vaporization as usable energy. This is generally accomplished by adding a condensing heat exchanger to the primary heat exchanger, and passing air to be heated initially over the condensing heat exchanger, and then through the primary heat exchanger. Depending on the type of condensing furnace, eificiencies can be in the low-to-mid 90 range. Some furnace heat exchangers have been constructed from two engineering metal sheets such that a fluid flow path is created when the two sheets are stamped and assembled. This type of heat exchanger is known as a clamshell type. The corrosive environment of a condensing heat exchanger, which may have a variety of acids, including H2 SO4 or HCL, necessitates different material requirements than those typical of the primary heat exchanger. Concentrations of as little as 10 ppm (parts per million) of H2 SO4 or HCL may severely corrode bare steel and pit aluminum and copper. Accordingly, a condensing heat exchanger must be constructed of material having good heat transfer, adequate strength, minimum material thickness, resistance to chemical attack, and low manufacturing costs. Due to the material requirements for the corrosive environment of a condensing heat exchanger, these heat exchangers are generally manufactured from 300 Series stainless steel which is more costly than engineering metals. Coatings on engineering metals which are applied from a liquid or powder state perform very poorly when used on condensing heat exchangers. These coatings blister, crack and spall off during the forming process of the condensing heat exchanger thereby causing localized corrosion of the steel substrate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a relatively inexpensive and corrosion resistant condensing heat exchanger for a condensing furnace. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a corrosive resistant condensing heat exchanger having a layer of corrosion resistant polymer sheet material over its entire internal surface. A further object of the present invention is to provide a more reliable condensing furnace. A still further object of the present invention is to provide a metal substrate with a polypropylene film sheet laminated thereto, which will not suffer coating damage during condensing heat exchanger fabrication or operation. These and other objects of the present invention are attained by a laminated steel heat exchanger and a method of manufacture thereof for a condensing furnace comprising a burner device for supplying a heating fluid, a primary heat exchanger disposed generally below the burner device, the condensing heat exchanger, and an induced draft device generally disposed below the condensing heat exchanger for drawing the heating fluid downwardly through the primary heat exchanger and the condensing heat exchanger and exhausting the flue gases out a vent. Moreover, room air to be heated is circulated upwardly in a counterflow direction relative to the downwardly flowing heating fluid by a blower device that is located generally below the condensing heat exchanger. The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and further specific objects attained by its use, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which reference numerals shown in the drawings designate like or corresponding parts throughout the same, FIG. 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a gas-fired condensing furnace; FIG. 2 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the condensing heat exchanger assemblies illustrated in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a single flat condensing heat exchanger having formed therein a flow passage pattern made in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention; and FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of the cross-section of the condensing heat exchanger of FIG. 3 taken along line IV--IV. FIG. 1 illustrates a condensing furnace 10 including cabinet 12 housing therein burner assembly 14, gas control assembly 16, primary heat exchanger assembly 18, condensing heat exchanger assembly 20, induced draft motor assembly 22, and circulating air blower 24. Important to the present invention is the vertical arrangement of the above major assemblies, and particularly the condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 relative to primary heat exchanger assembly 18 and circulating air blower 24 in order to produce condensation in the condensing heat exchanger assembly 20. Burner assembly 14 includes a plurality of inshot burners 26, one for each respective primary heat exchanger cell 32. Burners 26 receive fuel gas from gas control assembly 16 and inject the fuel gas into respective primary heat exchanger inlets 38. A part of the injection process includes drawing air through combustion air inlet 28 into primary heat exchanger assembly 18 so that the fuel gas and air mixture may be combusted therein. It should be understood that the number of primary heat exchanger cells and corresponding burners is established by the required heating capacity of the furnace. Each primary heat exchanger cell 32 has a serpentine flow path which connects the primary heat exchanger inlets 38 in fluid communication to respective primary heat exchanger outlets 44. As the combustion gas exits the primary heat exchanger outlet 44 it flows into coupling box 50. Also connected to coupling box 50 and in fluid communication therewith is condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 including a plurality of identical condensing heat exchanger cells 52. Each condensing heat exchanger cell 52 includes a respective condensing heat exchanger inlet 54 opening into coupling box 50 and a condensing heat exchanger outlet 56 opening into condensate collector 58 through apertures in cell mounting panel 100. Condenser heat exchanger outlets 56 deliver heating fluid exhaust or flue gases and condensate to condensate collector 58. As can be seen, most clearly in FIGS. 1 and 2, each condensing heat exchanger cell has an internal fluid flow path which winds downwardly from coupling box 50 in a serpentine manner. Further, there are four condensing heat exchanger cells 52 for each primary heat exchanger cell 32. Induced draft motor assembly 22 includes a motor 28 with an inducer wheel 30 for drawing the heating fluid created by burner assembly 14 through primary heat exchanger assembly 18, coupling box 50, and condensing heat exchanger assembly 20, thereafter exhausting to a flue duct (not shown). Circulating air blower 24 delivers return air, from the enclosure or space to be heated, upwardly in a counterflow direction relative to the downward flow of the combustion fluid through condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 and primary heat exchanger 18, whereby the cooler return air passing over condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 lowers the temperature of the flue gas or combustion fluid from about 350� F. at the inlet to about 100� F. at the outlet. Although the flue gas enters the condensing heat exchanger at about 350� F. the temperature of the wall of the heat exchanger remains below 250� F., thus never reaching the plasticizing temperature (about 300� F.) of the polypropylene sheet. The reduction in temperature of the flue gas causes the gas to drop below the dew point causing a portion of the water vapor therein to condense, thereby recovering a portion of sensible and latent heat energy. The condensate formed within each individual condensing heat exchanger cell 52 flows out outlet 56 through condensate collector 58 and into condensate drain tube 60 to condensate drain trap 62 and out drain 63. As blower 24 continues to force air to be heated upwardly over the outside of condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 and primary heat exchanger 18, heat energy is transferred from the heating fluid flowing through the condensing flow passage 64 in condensing heat exchanger cell 52 and primary flow passage 66 in each primary heat exchanger cell 32 to the return air. Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4, a description of the condensing heat exchanger cell and method of manufacturing said cell 52 will be described. Generally, a single condensing heat exchanger cell 52 is manufactured from a single flat sheet metal blank 72. The flat sheet metal blank 72 is preferably made of carbon steel or other inexpensive engineering metal, such as, aluminum, copper, or low alloy ferritic stainless steel. The method of manufacturing a condensing heat exchanger cell 52 includes designing a flow passage pattern forming condensing flow passages 64 having high velocity characteristics appropriate to the desired heat transfer requirements. The present invention provides a nonfolded high velocity flow passage pattern 74, wherein the term nonfolded refers to an open-face pattern that must be folded together to produce the intended or desired product. Pattern 74 is of serpentine design which will ultimately result in a four pass counterflow passage, such as condensing flow passage 64. As illustrated in FIG. 3, nonfolded high velocity flow passage pattern 74 has been formed, such as by stamping, into single flat sheet metal blank 72, thereby resulting in the formation of condensing flow passage 64 having inlet 54 and outlet 56. As illustrated, fold line 76 is disposed generally along the longitudinal center line of the formed or stamped portion of outlet 56, so that upon folding sheet metal blank 72 at fold line 76, condensing heat exchanger cell 52 is formed such that the last section 78 of flow passage 64 is seamless, as at 86 in FIG. 2, thereby preventing leakage of condensate from the heat exchanger cell 52. Prior to sheet metal blank 72 being stamped and folded, a thin layer (i.e. 5 to 15 mils thick) of corrosion resistant material e.g. a polymer laminated sheet stock 92, is adhesively bonded to the metal blank 72. The sheet metal blank is then stamped and folded along the fold line 76. After sheet metal blank 72 has been folded at fold line 76, condensing heat exchanger cell 52 as illustrated in FIG. 2, is formed. FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of sheet metal blank 72 with the polymer laminated sheet stock 92 adhesively bonded thereto prior to folding said metal blank 72. The polymer laminated sheet stock 90, preferably polypropylene because it is very stable and inert, and won't react with the flue gas, is generally 10 mils thick to provide good heat transfer therethrough and sufficient strength to allow it to be applied to the metal blank. Final processing or preparation of condensing heat exchanger cell 52 produced from sheet metal blank 72 includes folding and crimping tabs 66, 67, 68 over their corresponding opposite sides to form edge 88 and 90 along their length and edge 92 between inlet 54 and outlet 56, and applying rivets 85 or other fasteners to the land area 87. Assembly of condensing heat exchanger assembly 20 comprises securing a plurality of condensing heat exchangers 52 to cell mounting panel 100. Cell mounting panel 100 has a like plurality of inlets 102 communicating with respective condensing heat exchanger inlets 54 and outlets 104 communicating with respect of heat exchanger outlets 56. Of course, inlets 102 communicate with coupling box 50, and outlets 104 communicate with condensate collector 58, as previously described. The foregoing description is directed to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and various modifications and other embodiments thereof will become readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, while the present invention has been described in conjunction with a particular embodiment it is to be understood that various modifications thereof may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as described and claimed herein. 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Nope. I like a decent nights sleep and the combination of Amazon and the post. :)
Nah I usually Amazon release day send it. Why wait in line when you can get it at your doorsteps for free!
Not usually. After spending 72 hours without sleep to finish my thesis, I've gotten less excited about late nights unless something is actively going down.
Only done it once for Skyrim since I really fucking wanted to play it already and it was Friday so I was like fuck it. Oh also me and my friends went to Super Smash Brothers Brawl, though after playing roughly 100 hours of Dairantou Smash Bros. X, it was mostly as a joke.
never have, never will. if i want something the day it comes out, i will preorder it from Amazon. i am almost never up at midnight, so going to a midnight launch would be pointless as I would probably go to bed as soon as I got home and wouldn't be playing it until after I would have gotten it delivered via preorder anyway. And I have no interest in any sort of social aspect going to one of these events may have.
Nope. They only do them for console games or WoW and I don't play WoW or buy console games new at full price. In the past I did it for GTA 4 and Halo 3 because I bought the super ultra deluxe awesome editions and it was just not worth it. By the time I got home I had no desire to play them because I was tired and since it was pre-ordered I could have just picked them up the same day. Also Steam. Just pre-load the game and when I wake up start playing it.
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I've never had luck with amazon delivery for some unknown reason it never comes the day it's released.
I've never had issues with Amazon but that's probably cause I live in Seattle.
I've picked up a few games at midnight because I used to work a 3pm to 11pm shift and there was a store that is open 24 hours on one of the ways I could take home.
The only launch "event" I went to was the Wii. That shit sucked, had to stand out in the freezing rain/snow for hours.
I tried to go to the DoA 5/Fifa/WoW midnight opening. I got there a little late (11:30) and it turns out the store got robbed after they closed down from normal business hours and were setting up for the midnight opening. Thankfully nobody got hurt or anything. That has put me off from ever going to a midnight opening at that Gamestop ever again though.
I think the only games that I would line up for would be Warcraft 4 or Titan if it looks any good.
The only reason to go is to grab a collector's edition and I only get those for really big games.
That would have to mean that I buy something on launch day, and it would also have to mean that the store I pre-ordered from is having a midnight launch. Unfortunately that's not the case for the Wii-U, so I guess the answer is no. The closest I did was waking up around 6AM to find a Wii on launch day, after running into lines at two stores I finally found a Gamestop (then EB Games) with only two or three people in line. Me and my little brother who would have been maybe 12 years old at the time insisted on waking up and standing in line with me. If anything, you can make a lot of great memories at Midnight launches and I wish I purchased/was interested in things that were eligible for em.
No, id rather be warm at home, it will be in a shop the next day or through my mailbox if i order it.
Only if it's a game that both me and a friend of mine will be picking up. It's honestly more of a social thing than anything else.
Not for a really long time. I did it for Halo 2 and GTA San Andreas, and I want to say in both cases I didn't even end up playing them when I got home. I remember the HS jocks driving mommy and daddy's car hazing us in the Halo 2 line...that was kind of surreal.
I'm up at midnight anyway and Gamestop is across the street so why not.
Neh, doesn't really interest me. I guess it can be pretty exciting to do (there has to be reason why stores keep on doing it)...but because pre-orders exist, I don't really see the point of it. Heck, you can even pre-order games online and possibly get them a day early.
...and seeing as the nearest game shop is about 20 miles away, it's not really practical for me...
Nope I have no interest in standing in a line with a bunch of gamers.
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I went to Modern Warfare 2 just because I knew how crazy it was going to be. I wanted to see that.
I also stood in line for a Wii for some reason. Not one of my smartest ideas...
When I was younger, I had given it some thought. My friend really liked going to them, I recall he did it a number of times. He always asked me to come along, but I never did. Nowadays I still don't have any interest in it.
I guess this is compounded by the fact I rarely by games when they are released.
The last and only time I did this was to pick up my limited edition of Halo 2, which is coincidentally the very first game that I played online for competitive multiplayer. I haven't been excited enough about any recent games to warrant going to a midnight release, but then I am an old, grumpy fuddy duddy now.
I'm awake well past midnight usually anyway. Sometimes if I get a "day of" impulse to buy a game with a midnight release that I wasn't planning to pick up, I might go. Did that for Halo 4. Also, for some special occasions for games i'm really excited for. Last one was Skyrim. Normally I just order from Amazon though.
Also, the lines aren't usually that long here, i'm in and out in under 15 minutes. I hate when people look down their noses at others who go to these, though. You wish you were that excited for things. I know I do.
My favorite games are not the type that open stores up at midnight. Trackmania 2, Littlebigplanet2 and vita, Minecraft, Lumines, Mortal Kombat 9, rayman origins, Wordament, tetris, and mario kart. The only one that fits that description for me would be GTA.
The last time I went to a launch event (I think it was Halo Odst) it had quite a foul smell at that Gamestop....It was like a mix of Cheetos and sweat that makes me gag till this day.
So many people there would never believe in bathing every once in a while. Plus, they are immature kids. I'd rather watch some tv and sleep.
Video games can wait till the next day~
Nope because most of the time the games release Monday night / Tuesday morning. I have to wake up the next morning and then I would think about the game all day long.
I really don't understand why people do this. Its not like the games will be unavailable the next morning - with no wait. Personally i usually wait months to years for games to get cheaper unless I've really been anticipating them. Even if i've been looking forward to a game for years, though, i wouldnt be compelled to wait at a store for it... on a line... at night... outside... in the cold... why?
Nope. There are very few games I feel as though I want to play as soon as possible, and, even if I do want to play the game immediately, I'll usually have school the day it releases, so going to a midnight launch wouldn't be very good for that. I actually haven't bought a game in a store for a couple years. I get all of my games from either Amazon or digital download services.
I haven't heard of a midnight release event happening within 200 miles of where I live so no. I might if it was a game or franchise niche enough that I wanted to meet other ppl also interested in it.


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We use Nimrod for body copy in a newsmag. It is a reliable face, given our printing conditions, but body copy is the only use it is worth for, as when set bigger than 16 pt it looks, well, weird. However I would like to set some pull quotes/leads in a serif face so I'm looking for a font which would be close in its characterics to Nimrod yet a little more sophisticated, so that it could be used for body copy, and also for nicelooking pull quotes in 25 pt. Or should I introduce a second face? Or perhaps a family with book/display sets? PS. Other faces used in the mag are Interstate (headlines/pullquotes/leads) and Syntax (small sansserif body text)
Nimrod is a great old stalwart. Paul Luna of the Oxford dictionaries loves it.
And as far as I'm concerned it looks weird at large sizes because it's a "real" text face!
Would you be interested in commissioning a display cut of Nimrod? That would really be ideal.
Otherwise try looking into Scotch faces that are narrow and have high stroke contrast.
I wonder how a subhead or display cut of Utopia would do? I've just been going back and looking at it lately because I bought the Utopia Opticals package for my dad (along with a bunch of other stuff). <http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/p/p_1415.jhtml>
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I'm not sure how it will get along with Syntax or Interstate, but Storm's Hercules is worth a look. It looks great big.
(has it become necessary to put disclaimers at the bottoms of our posts now? i work at Linotype, but I like Adobe fonts, too)
Would you be interested in commissioning a display cut of Nimrod? That would really be ideal.
Hehe, I wonder how much that would cost.... not that I could afford that anyway - our boss still thinks that serious investing in quality design is a futile thing to do - just curious.
Anyway, both Utopia and Hercules seem alluring, but I can afford only one of them. And with that comes another question: how do you determine if a textface is appropriate for a particular task, if you don't have a chance to see it set in a large text block together with other faces you intend to use? In my experience a test line of a font may seem rather good, but when I set it in the particular page, columns and all, for one reason or another it simply doesn't work. Is there a way to know it beforehand? Does this kind of knowing come with education or experience (I don't have much of either), with intricate knowledge about the letterforms? Or do we all just kind of make a 'blind shot' and see what we get?
PDF specimens (and a good laser printer) are absolutely necessary to judge a good text font.
I'm not sure where you can find a specimen of Utopia, but Storm's expert pages are great. Here's the text cuts of Hercules. Use the "Download this PDF" link in the upper right-hand corner.
Mr. Phinney may be able to point you to a Utopia PDF.


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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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I also remember the party (Al Gore specifically) who laughed at Oliver North's idea that Osama bin Laden was a threat to us. I remember the party (Clinton specifically) who turned down Sudan when they wanted to hand over Osama. I remember who was in control of the government when the 9/11 hijackers were in training in the U.S. I remember the president who called for an end to racial divide (but when you critize Obama you're first of all a racist). I remember a president and Congress that promised open discussions (telecast on CSpan!!) but where was the Healthcare debated?? I remember a president who appointed a Treasury Secretary (who controls the IRS) who didn't pay their taxes. I remember a president who turned down international help over the Gulf oil spill. Etc..... They're ALL crappy choices if you ask me....
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU - for the 'I Remember' video. Unfortunately, I think most Americans won't even remember to vote. But this video is a stirring and thoughtfull thing to behold, I greatly admire it's filmmakers talents, and the truths of it all. - Montana Cowboy
ReplyDeleteHmm - 3 trillion more debt in less than 2 years under Obama. Or 3 trillion debt (not great either) under W.
Yep I can't forget crap we have put up with in the last 2 years.
Obama has no one but himself and his administration to blame for people's perceptions of him. He spit on those who elected him -- we DFHs and liberals. He kissed the ass of those did everything they could to hurt him -- the GOP. He gave in to the bankers and Wall Street and let them loot the Treasury without any real oversight (tho' half that was thanks to W). He ignored his promises about DADT, DOMA and Guantanamo. And he insisted everything was going great even as millions were losing their jobs and homes and futures. And what'll happen after this election? We'll just get more of the same, only moreso.
I didn't vote...for the first time since I became old enough to. Why bother when your choices are a gun to the head or a knife to the gut? Either way, you're dead.
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Super-Toys Last All Summer Long
Author | Brian Aldiss |
Original title | Supertoys Last All Summer Long |
Country | England |
Language | English |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin; Third Printing edition |
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2001-06-27 |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 256 pages |
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LC Class | PR6051.L3 S86 2001b |
"Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" is a short story by British science fiction author Brian Aldiss, first published in 1969. The story deals with humanity in an age of intelligent machines, and of the aching loneliness endemic in an overpopulated future where child creation is controlled.
The story has three principal characters: David, a preschool boy who struggles to express his feelings to his mother and ponders the question of what is real; his mother Monica Swinton, who struggles to endure the loneliness of her typically isolated lifestyle; and her husband Henry, who is involved in the development of intelligent robots that will be able to serve as social companions for humans. At the end, it is revealed that the couple has been waiting for permission to have a child; David is not a "real" boy.
It was the literary basis for the first act of the feature film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which was an unrealized film project of Stanley Kubrick, posthumously developed and filmed by Steven Spielberg and released in 2001.
In 2001, the short story was re-published in the eponymous Aldiss short story collection Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, along with the tie-in stories Super-Toys When Winter Comes and Super-Toys in Other Seasons. The collection also contained a number of stories not tied to the Super-Toys theme.[1]
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Wedding Date: 6/18/2010
I loved Patricia!! I had scheduled a trial run and day of with a different company. I did my trial run and it was terrible! I had already paid my deposit for the day of, but I didn't care! I couldn't get my money back, but I canceled anyways! I had to find somebody and quick!! My wedding Planner, Blush by Brandee Garr, recommended Lejeune! She was booked up until a week before my wedding! I prayed I liked her because I would have been in big trouble if I didn't since it was so close!! She was AMAZING! As soon as I met her I loved her! Her studio was great! She was so sweet and really listened to what I wanted! She got me! I loved my hair and makeup!! I, of course, used her for my wedding day!! It turned out better than expected! It was exactly what I wanted and I looked great :) Highly recommended!!
Wedding Date: 12/28/2014
I LOVED my hair and makeup for my wedding by LeJeune Artistry! They were recommended to me by a friend who has been in a lot of weddings and she told me LeJeune was her favorite hair and makeup she's ever had for a wedding, so I had to book them and I am so glad I did! My makeup stayed flawless all day long and so did my hair... before I hit the dance floor haha! Patricia and Randy were so fabulous to work with. Patricia did exactly what I wanted and I couldn't have been happier with how my hair and makeup turned out. Same with my bridesmaids, they loved their hair and makeup and all looked so stunning! We started our morning getting ready at LeJuene and then moved to the venue to finish up. Randy brought us champagne for mimosas while we were at the salon and we were the only people in there which was awesome. Their salon has a really cool atmosphere to get ready in. Thank you LeJeune for doing such an amazing job!
Wedding Date: 11/14/2014
The owners are from Louisiana like me... so that drew me to them right away. Alex did my make up for my trial, bridal portraits, and wedding day. She's phenomenal and knows what will look best for you. Super fun girl, too! My hair was done by Andrea on my trail and wedding day, but Patricia on my bridal portrait day. Due to my indecisiveness, I first wanted my hair down so at the trial I did it down with Andrea. And if that's the look I wanted for the big day, it was beautiful! During my alterations, I decided to wear it up and Patricia did a beautiful up-do for my portraits. Poor Andrea on my wedding day had to do it up working from Patricia's photos. Andrea did a fantastic job and was extremely patient with me. Both girls, along with Juanita, made all my girls look more stunning than they already are. I felt like a bridal princess! Thanks girls & LeJeune Artistry.
Wedding Date: 8/2/2014
I had hair and airbrush makeup done for all 6 of my bridesmaids, plus myself and and my mom and mother-in-law. Patricia and her team are fabulous! They were great to work with, did excellent work, and made us look beautiful. I highly recommend them!
Wedding Date: 2/25/2014
Randy and Patricia were so accomodating!
Everything was executed flawlessly and on time! (Patricia even came twice on my wedding day to change my hairstyle!)
I don't usually wear a lot of makeup (nor do I really do anything with my hair ever) but I must say that I have never EVER felt so beautiful in my entire adult life.
Tell Patricia and her team what you want and you will get what you had asked for!
Wedding Date: 3/29/2014
The ladies at LeJeune did a great job on my bridesmaids' and my hair and makeup. We all chose to have airbrush foundation and loved the wake our makeup turned out. They listened to my requests and gave me the exact type of look I wanted. I requested some minor changes for my hair from my trial on my wedding day and they were happy to do my hair the way I wanted.
Wedding Date: 4/14/2014
Overall, I was pleased with the quality of work for me and two others on my wedding day. Patricia is very talented and will make your vision come to life in a beautiful way.
My complaint is that they were not punctual which resulted in rushing and ultimately postponing my wedding by 30 minutes. In addition, they decided to start me (the bride) last which left me feeling like they were rushing my service. This caused unnecessary stress and interfered with my mood as I was getting ready to walk down the aisle.
If you do decide to book them for your wedding, ask them to arrive sooner than necessary and make sure they finish you first.
Wedding Date: 1/25/2014
If you are searching for hair & make-up, look no further than LeJeune. Patricia and her team are AMAZING.
When I went in for my trial, Patricia was very honest about what would look good on me. At my trial, I learned that my layers were completely crooked and random, which made up-dos more difficult. Patricia was very sweet about it, but did let me know that I needed to get the layers fixed for a proper up-do. Thank goodness for her honesty! Otherwise, I would have pieces all over the place due to uneven layers. So when I left the trial, Patricia asked that I text her a picture of my layers after they were fixed. I was so impressed with this professionalism, that she wanted to ensure it was perfect for wedding day.
On wedding day, I did change how I wanted my hair done. Because of my layers, we couldn't test half up at the trail, so I left thinking I was going to get a side pony tail....but I really wanted half up. While doing the hair on wedding day, Patricia was able to make it perfect half up. It looked AMAZING! Additionally, my hair normally does not hold curl that well....and it was still in messy curls when I woke up the next morning! And my make-up....wow! I really felt like a princess - Patricia made me look absolutely perfect. I would like to hire her everyday. :)
The rest of my bridal party was blown away with their services as well. Some of my bridesmaids had never had hair/make-up professionally done, so they let Patricia and her staff do what they thought would look best and they all looked so beautiful, it was perfect.
I would highly recommend LeJeuene if you want to look your best. One tip - book well in advance - they are popular!
Wedding Date: 11/1/2013
The staff was hilarious! Great energy, great location, great service, and ridiculously accommodating and attentive! They even offer hair treatments and blowouts, which I will be returning for on a regular basis. Can't wait to go back!
Wedding Date: 10/27/2013
I truly loved LeJuene Artistry! I am an African American bride with natural hair and they were able to work with my hair and my bridesmaids hair who all are natural. Randy and Patricia were always there to answer questions, very prompt in responding to emails as well as very reasonable in their pricing (trust me I searched around). Everyone was amazing and I would recommend them to any bride because they truly made my day and everyone was talking about the hair and make-up of myself as well as the bridesmaids. Thank you again Randy and Patricia!
Wedding Date: 6/8/2013
There is no way to describe how wonderful Patricia and her team is in a simple review! Patricia is extremely talented, she knows the business well and knows how to make a bride even more beautiful then she already is. I went to the studio to have her do my makeup for my engagement photos because I wanted to check her out before I officially chose her to do my makeup for my wedding day. I didn't give her much direction, but she knew immediately what she wanted to do. It was perfect! It was an enhanced natural look, and on my wedding day she did a phenomenal job. Her team also did makeup for my mom and bridesmaids. We had so much fun with her and her team. The precious hours before your wedding day are spent with your hair and makeup artists- Patricia was a calming presence in the bridal suite. I truly believe she is the best of the best and will make your getting ready process fun and smooth.
Wedding Date: 7/6/2013
My bridal party and I used LeJeune for my wedding and everyon'es makeup and hair looked absolutely stunning! We were orginally going to use my hair salon for our hair and makeup, but my hair trial 3 weeks before the wedding did not go well and my hair didn't last more than 2 hours. I panicked and called LeJeune after a friend recommended them to me, they already had things booked for that weekend but were extremely responsive and contacted their atrtists and were able to fit all of us in! My hair and makeup were absolutely perfect, and lasted ALL DAY, in the Florida heat and humidity of July.I was extremely impressed and have been recommending them too all of my engaged friends.
Wedding Date: 7/6/2013
As the mother of the Bride, you want this day to go beyond your expectations. Patricia did an outstanding job with not only my daughter's hair but with the entire wedding party. It was amazing how she was able to do exactly what they girls wanted with their hair. More importantly, their hair looked great all night and it was a party till 2:00 am. Alex did everyone's makeup and we all looked cover photo finished. I was even told that I looked liked the bride's sister, which I give Alex the credit for doing a perfect job on my makeup. I also was impressed with the work ethic's these girls demonstrated. They were early and never took a break until we were all out the door. They were truly amazing! My daughter was a beautiful bride, however they added that touch that made her a stunning runway bride. Not my comment but everyone that sees the photos. I would highly recommend them and will look at using them for other events. (if I can fly them to WV) Thank you ladies for the perfect experience:)
Wedding Date: 7/6/2013
I had the best experience using LeJeune Artistry for my wedding hair! They traveled all the way to Miami to do my trial and wedding day hair. Randy was quick to respond to any questions I had and the prices are very reasonable for the talented work they do. Patricia did my hair and all my wedding party(9 people). She worked hard all day making sure everyone's hair looked fabulous and exactly what they wanted. She did my trial 3 weeks before my wedding and I was more than pleased with the work she did. On my wedding day it looked perfect!! I would recommend LeJeune Artistry to any bride. They helped make my wedding day perfect and stress free! **Affordable, professional and pleasant**
Wedding Date: 6/30/2013
I felt like my bridal party & I were an army of beauty queens after LeJeune was done! I had 3 girls in my bridal party and since they were each my maids of honor, I let them choose their own dress, makeup look, and hairstyle. The LeJeune team was completely patient with each girl and delivered exactly what they asked for. My girls ranged from blonde thin hair all the way to thick, curly, and ethnic hair! The stylists truly displayed their talent as each girl's style was totally different. I was completely happy! Our makeup lasted the entire day as promised. One of my girls fell asleep with all of her makeup on and woke up the next day still looking gorgeous! If I had to change one thing about my wedding day, I would pay extra to have a stylist there for touch-ups after we took our first looks photos outside. It rained on our wedding day, so the humidity did some awful things to my hair! This was totally not LeJeune's fault, just something to consider for you future brides if you are going to be outside at some point on a day with a high chain of rain :) . My experience with LeJeune was great! The girls were so nice and it actually felt like a bunch of friends hanging out in my hotel room. They even took a last minute request to do my flower girl's hair. I highly recommend them and fully intend on using them again in the future!
Wedding Date: 5/25/2013
I could not have been more THRILLED with the service and quality that i received from Patricia and her team. Of all of the wedding planning details, the thing i was most nervous and insecure about was how i would look on my special day. I have never seemed to like my hair and makeup when i've had it done by professionals before....however after meeting Patricia the first time, I knew i could let my mind be at ease because she just made me feel so comfortable. On my big day, i've never felt so beautiful.
Every single one of my bridesmaids also look absolutely stunning. In fact we added several make-up services on-site because they did such a beautiful job. My girls looked like models! I would never hesitate to recommend Patricia to anyone...I can't imagine who else would do a better job!
Wedding Date: 4/15/2013
Lejeune Artistry was recommended to me by my wedding planner. I was planning a wedding in Orlando from the east coast of Florida so I wasn't familiar with many vendors in the Orlando area. I made an appointment with Patricia for a hair and makeup trial. Right away I knew I had made the right choice! She really listens to what you are trying to achieve in a wedding look and definitely delivers! Patricia's husband, Randy, handles the scheduling and administrative portion of the business. He was always quick to answer my phone calls and questions.
On my wedding day, Patricia and her amazing team arrived when they said they were and the entire morning ran so smoothly. She had created a schedule to ensure that we didn't run behind and stuck to that schedule even when we requested makeup for a couple of the girls who originally didn't want it. (I think they saw how amazing the rest of the girl's makeup looked). My mom and mother-in-law also had only great things to say about Patricia and her team.
In all, Patricia's work more than exceeded my expectations. I trust her work 100%. She and her team are so sweet and professional. Jessica, one of the stylists on the team, had begun working on my hair months before the wedding to achieve a color that I would love for my special day. I absolutely loved everything about it!
I would more than recommend Lejeune Artistry for your special event! I will definitely be returning!
Wedding Date: 5/11/2013
From the minute I booked LeJeune they did everything to accommodate me and help me find the best look for my wedding day. Patricia knew what she was talking about and had great ideas and tips for where I wasn't sure what I wanted. I took full use of their salon before the wedding to color and cut my hair which I couldn't have asked for anything better. On the day of the wedding they arrived on time and made everything incredibly easy. With 10 people needing hair and makeup it never felt rushed or stressful. Everyone's hair and makeup looked amazing and lasted the whole night! I would absolutely recommend LeJeune to anyone needing hair and makeup done for their wedding!
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I have last years pair and hate them. Has there been any improvement on the heel slop that every pair of DC boots ive ever owned has? I keep trying DC in the hopes that finally I can get rid of my old 32's but end up selling the new ones the last 2 years in a row.
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The fact is that the Republican Party has no role in security in Tampa. The Secret Service is the security authority for the NSSE in Tampa, i.e., inside the Republican National Convention. For other local areas during the convention, the Tampa city council is considering a ban on the following:
There is no apparent party affiliation for the members of the Tampa city council. Citywide, there would be a ban on carrying pieces of wood, hard tubes or anything else that could be used as a club, as well as water guns, super soakers, air guns, paintball guns, explosives, switchblades, hatchets, slingshots, brass knuckles, Mace, chains, crowbars, hammers, shovels, or any container containing urine, fecal matter or other bodily fluid.
In the Clean Zone, the ban would be expanded to prohibit ropes, straps, tape or string longer than 6 inches, glass containers, ceramic vessels, light bulbs, padlocks and bicycle locks, things that could be used as portable shields and gas masks.
Inside the protest area, the ban would be expanded still further to prohibit aerosol cans, camping gear, coolers and ice chests, fireworks, lasers, bottles, cans, thermoses, sticks, poles, ladders and umbrellas with metal tips.
BTW, state pre-emption of local gun laws is a good thing in existence in many states.


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A customer of ours has got his warehouses in different parts of Europe. The way he would like to set up his business is - for example - to let his customers see a Spanish storefront and the stock of the Spanish warehouse (the one where the products are sent from in this case). French customers see the inventory of the French warehouse etc. Expect for their respective translations the products are all the same in every country and in every warehouse.
I thought it was held at the website level but on searching the forums it appears that it in fact held globally.
I suppose you could duplicate the products on a website level but that seems a rather cumbersome way around it. Probably inventory cannot be held at store view level because of the merged shopping cart. Come to think of it, there is also a merged shopping cart at store level isn't there? I can't see why there isn't at least the option to hold it at website level. I hope this will be coming in a future release.


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Sound City Studios is a two-building complex in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, which houses sound stages. It was most notable for being the recording studio for albums such as Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Nirvana's Nevermind. The studio is operated since 1970 by the Skeeter family, with the first album to use the facilities being Neil Young's After the Gold Rush. Until the closure of the recording studios on May 2011, the Sound City was used by artists such as Tom Petty, REO Speedwagon, Rage Against the Machine, Johnny Cash, Metallica, and the last band to record there, Everclear. One of the mixing consoles was removed to make room for sound stages, and the mixing console is now owned by Dave Grohl, former Nirvana drummer and current leader of the Foo Fighters. -[Wiki]Dave Grohl will serve as a director for the documentary on Sound City, which will feature appearances from some of the biggest names in music, all of which recorded in the hallowed halls of the studio. The movie will make its premiere at Sundance in February and you can check out the trailer for the film below.
Continue reading "Sound City documentary in the works... directed by Dave Grohl"
Morrissey @ Terminal 5 10/13/2012
We've already published Amanda Hatfield and Fred Pessaro // BBG's favorite photos that they took in 2012 and here's the list from BV photographer Dana [distortion] Yavin. While she's still got a month worth of shooting to do, here's her current favorite photos from this year that she herself shot, #1 being Moz at Terminal 5. (And if you're in Miami for Art Basel, you can check out her photo show.) The rest of her picks are below.
We were wondering... and now here we go:
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Company and The Weinstein Company announced today that Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder will be joining the esteemed lineup of artists of the "12-12-12" concert on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden, with proceeds to benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund. Tickets to this one-night-only special event will go on sale on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 12 p.m. (ET). The all-star lineup includes, Jon Bon Jovi who will now be performing with Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Roger Waters, Kanye West and The Who, with other top artists to be announced. The concert will be presented by Chase.No Rolling Stones. And:
Tickets for "12-12-12" will go on sale Monday, December 3 at 12:00 p.m. ET through Ticketmaster phones, outlets and www.ticketmaster.com, www.thegarden.com and www.radiocity.com. Tickets will be available at a variety of price levels. Ticketmaster has generously agreed to waive its ticket service charges. VIP packages will be made available through the Robin Hood Foundation. Information on those packages is available by contacting The Robin Hood Foundation at 212-844-3564.And because I know everyone really cares, Bon Jovi is also playing a benefit at Best Buy Theater in NYC on December 5th.
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
The Foo Fighters with Bob Mould / Joan Jett, Deluna Fest 2012
The Foo Fighters headlined day 2 of the Deluna Fest in Florida (9/22) and while they've been no strangers to giant outdoor shows this summer (like Global Fest which happened this weekend in NYC), this was the only one where they sang happy birthday to Joan Jett who then joined them for "Bad Reputation." She did her own set earlier in the day. Additionally, Bob Mould came out for "Dear Rosemary" and Tom Petty's "Breakdown." Bob played Sugar's Copper Blue on day 3 (which he already did in Brooklyn).
In addition to Grohl & Co, Bad Brains also blessed day 2 (pics) as well as Brass-a-Holics, Saints of Valory, Mike Doughty, OFF!, Band of Horses (who also played Global Fest) and The Joy Formidable who will be touring (and playing NYC) and whose Deluna set photos are here.
Pictures from day 1 of Deluna Fest 2012 are HERE and more day 2 pics are below and
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Dave Grohl, Neil Young & Dan Auerbach / Olivia Wilde / Band of Horses, Global Festival, 9/29/2012
A crowd of 60,000 strong showed up at the Great Lawn in Central Park yesterday (9/29) for Global Festival, a concert to raise awareness about (and funds to help) global hunger, featuring names like Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Band of Horses and K'naan:
The acts seemed especially stunned by the size of the Central Park crowd. "This event is so great, I can't get over it," marveled Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell. Auerbach was similarly moved: "What an amazing thing, it feels great up here," he said. The Keys proceded to fill the giant space with their fast, fuzzed-out riffs, Auerbach buzzing across the stage during cuts like "Howlin for You" and "Money Maker," backed by Patrick Carney's tight grooves. The highlight? When 60,000 fans clapped during the furious breakdown of "I Got Mine," and Auerbach lost himself in the monster riff.The evening ended with an incendiary set from the great Neil Young, who closed the festivities with a 10-minute version of "Rockin' In The Free World" featuring Dave Grohl and Dan Auerbach. If you missed it, although Foo Fighters probably won't be around the block any time soon, you can catch Neil Young on his upcoming tour that hits both MSG and Barclays Center before the end of 2012.Dave Grohl launched the Foo Fighters' set with a mellow solo version of "Times Like These," before the band kicked in raucously and Grohl bounced across each end of the stage headbanging. Grohl seemed most psyched to be there out of anyone, letting out several throaty howls and leading huge sing-alongs on "My Hero" to "All My Life."...Grohl seemed determined to savor every moment; at one point, he made it clear that this would be the band's last show for a while. "I wish we could play all night - but I'd rather see Neil Young," he said. "We don't have any shows after this. This is where we play as many songs as we can in a short period of time, because, honestly, I don't know when we're gonna do it again." -[Rolling Stone]
Pictures of that collaboration as well as all bands and cameos from Olivia Wilde, Selena Gomez, John Legend and more, are below.
Tomorrow, Saturday, 9/29, is that huge event in Central Park. If you didn't get a ticket, you can always just watch it online. Says the PR:
AEG Digital Media (AEGDM) is partnering up with AEG Network LIVE to deliver the complete online experience platform for the Global Citizen Festival, the largest syndication of a live music charity webcast and broadcast in history, live from Central Park in New York City on September, 29, 2012.Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Band of Horses and K'naan are all playing the show.Fans around the globe will be able to access a constant stream of live content powered by AEG Digital Media's Online Broadcasting Center to ensure a flawless viewing experience.
Online viewers can also experience a concert-like atmosphere with HD content and audio clarity streamed through AEGDM's industry leading Live Experience Platform. Leveraging the platform allows multiple levels of interactivity where the online audience can collaborate with one another as well as socialize with festival goers actually on site in Central Park to share their concert experience in real-time. The Live Experience Platform features include trivia, text messaging, audience polling, postings and an aggregate news feeds of all social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus, etc. In addition, fan goers everywhere can upload and share their own photo experiences and images via an Instagram aggregation - all in real time.
The Live Experience Platform developed by AEG Digital Media enables the audience to directly contribute the Global Poverty Project, as well enhance the experience for all joining of this historic event around world.
"We are excited to provide a truly engaging online experience platform for the 2012 Global Festival that enables users to not only see the show, but truly be immersed in an interactive experience that will have a global impact on extreme poverty," said Chris Roach, Head of Business Development at AEG Digital Media.
For the first time in live broadcast events, AEGDM's event producers will have a two-way communication with viewers across six major internet portals. Social media will play a huge part in producing global engagement, through Facebook and Twitter, users will see what people are saying about the event and be able to share their thoughts on the festival.
This event marks another global milestone for AEG Network LIVE, who is producing the entire event. Leading broadcast sponsor Australian technology company, Vividas, along with online distribution partners including VEVO, YouTube, AOL/ Huffington Post, Yahoo!, VH1.com, and NYTimes.com are all on board to stream the event live. In addition, television partners AXS TV Palladia, Globo Brazil, and Fuse, will carry the live program.
In related news, Band of Horses, who recently played a free show at House of Vans, just announced more tour dates. They're all listed below...
by Bill Pearis
After busting up the gang in 2000, snarky mid-'90s piano trio Ben Folds Five reunited this year with a new album on the way and a tour, which they're on now. The tour stops at Central Park Summerstage tonight (9/14), their first NYC show in 12 years. Tickets for tonight's show are still available. BFF will also return to the NYC area for a show at Port Chester's Capitol Theatre on October 9 with Kate Miller Heidke (tickets) and a couple days later they will play opening night of New York Comic Con on October 11. Tckets for that are still available too.
Ben Folds Five, best known for their ballad "Brick" back when people still held up lighters at shows (1997), have a new album, The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind, which is their first since 1999 and is out next week (9/18). The record was funded via Pledgemusic and is a little mellower than the bouncy, fuzzy pop of their Clinton-era singles like "Underground" and "The Battle of Who Could Care Less" but his sense of humor seems intact. You can listen to tracks at SPIN, TeamCoco and Rolling Stone.
Ben Folds Five are also playing Florida's Deluna Fest which happens September 21 - 23 in Pensacola Beach, FL and also features Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Bob Mould doing Copper Blue, Diplo, Florence & the Machine, Band of Horses, and many more. Tickets for Deluna Fest are still available and full line-up is below.
A list of all Ben Folds Five dates, a few classic clips and that Deluna Fest lineup are below...
photos by Amoreena Lucero
Beck / Andrew Bird at Outside Lands 8/10/2012
Who needs to travel to Southern California for Coachella or to Texas for Austin City Limits? Certainly not music fans living in the Bay Area.San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival kicked off Friday night (8/10) with sets from Beck, The Foo Fighters, Andrew Bird, Reggie Watts, Two Gallants, Futurebirds, Washed Out and more. More pictures from Day 1 are below.They can just stay right at home and enjoy the increasingly popular Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. That is, if they can get a ticket. This year's gathering of the musical tribes, which runs through Sunday, completely sold out in advance -- 65,000 tickets snatched up for each of the three days.
That's quite an accomplishment for the still-young event, which, in its fifth year, has certainly become one of the nation's premiere music festivals.
This success story is no mystery. Berkeley-based concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment always lines up terrific acts for the festival -- and that's certainly the case in 2012.The large-scale production, which features six performance stages as well as great food and drink offerings (mostly from local providers), kicked off in triumphant fashion on Friday with sets by hometown hero Neil Young (with Crazy Horse), the Foo Fighters, Beck, Of Monsters and Men, Die Antwoord and many other talents. - [Oakland Tribune]
The Global Festival aims to mobilise more than 50,000 people to take action in support of ending extreme poverty, and to secure more than $100m in new commitments from charities, businesses and governments to fight extreme poverty through our NGO partners. Beyond that, the Global Festival is being run to help shine a spotlight on the progress that's being made fighting extreme poverty, and showcase some of the amazing organisations and individuals who are doing it.
The Black Keys at Catalpa (more by Toby Tenenbaum)
Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Band of Horses and K'naan will share the stage at the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park on September 29th as part of the Global Festival, a concert designed to bring awareness and funds to the cause of ending global poverty.As all shows on Central Park's Great Lawn must be free with tickets distributed by lottery, the system for getting them involves you earning points by "learning, sharing and taking action against extreme poverty." Details of how it works are at the Global Citizen website."We wanted to make it different from other benefit concerts - we didn't want it to be the same as, say, Live 8," Hugh Evans, co-founder of the Global Poverty Project, tells Rolling Stone. The team organized Global Festival in conjunction with Goldenvoice/AEG, the veteran team behind the landmark Coachella music festival. "We wanted to do something unique for our generation."
Adds Rick Mueller, concert promoter at Goldenvoice,"Central Park is iconic." The venue has hosted legendary concerts from the likes of Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Diana Ross and, more recently, Dave Matthews, Bon Jovi and the Black Eyed Peas. "It's a worldwide platform, one that few get to play, so it's the perfect stage for a charity and a cause - especially considering the caliber of artists involved. I don't know if there's been a rock show this big at Central Park; it's a cohesive lineup that really makes a statement." -[Rolling Stone]
The Central Park show is a month before Neil Young & Crazy Horse's tour returns to NYC for shows at Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Band of Horses meanwhile are touring with My Morning Jacket.
We try to keep tabs on various festivals around the world here on BrooklynVegan, many of which you'll eventually see pictures from. Today we focus on Belgium.
Pukkelpop goes down from August 16 - 18. That festival includes The Stone Roses, Bjork, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Refused, Wilco, The Hives, The Shins, The Afghan Whigs, Lykke Li, Hot Chip, Feist, Flying Lotus, tUnE-yArDs, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings, The Tallest Man on Earth, Baroness, Ceremony, A-Trak, Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, and more. The full lineup is listed below. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.
Rock Werchter, which falls a bit more on the mainstream side, happens in Belgium even sooner, running from June 28 - July 1. That lineup includes The Cure, Jack White, X, Mastodon, Garbage, The xx, M83, Metric, Amon Tobin, Skrillex, Perfume Genius, Bat For Lashes, Michael Kiwanuka, Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, Regina Spektor, Florence + the Machine, The Vaccines and more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now sold out.
The full lineups for both Pukkelpop and Rock Wercher are listed below.
Continue reading "full 2012 Pukkelpop & Rock Werchter lineups"
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin & Stephanie Pearl
Action Bronson
Bamboozle Day 2 was another mix of every style possible, from the big rock action to underground hip hop, different definitions of emo, and lots more. Check out pictures of pre-helicoptered Foo Fighters, Hot Water Music, A$AP Rocky, Action Bronson, Iggy Azalea, The Promise Ring and more below. All pics are by Dana (distortion) Yavin except those of Hot Water Music and Promise Ring, which are by Stephanie Pearl.
Pics of day 1 are HERE. Day 3 pics coming soon. Check out more from day 2 below...
Mick Jagger hosts and performs on Saturday Night Live this weekend. The above screen shot is from one of the two promo videos you can watch below...
by Andrew Sacher
A$AP Rocky at Coachella 2012 (more by David Andrako)
As mentioned, the Bamboozle festival goes down in Asbury Park this weekend (May 18-20). The festival, which has a continuing history of booking some of the lamest pop punk bands around, like Boys Like Girls, The All American Rejects, and Never Shout Never, has a few interesting/odd inclusions this year. For one, Bon Jovi is one of the headliners. Not only could they probably sell out an Asbury Park show without the rest of the Bamboozle lineup, but do any pop punkers want to see them anyway? Or did mom just need somewhere to be while her kids were seeing The Maine?
The other two headliners don't exactly fit the Bamboozle stereotype either: brostep tycoon Skrillex and grunge torchbearers Foo Fighters. But what's most interesting to us is within this odd mix of mall punk and Grammy Awards Winners, there's actually a handful of acts that we'd love to see, including many of our favorite new rappers, and some emo/pop punk forefathers that knew the difference between throwing a little melody into their punk and straightening their hair. If you do plan on making the trek to NJ this weekend, here's some recommendations of who to check out at the fest:
On Friday (5/18), bounce music party-starter Big Freedia, former Odd Future member Casey Veggies (who actually deserves to exist without that prefix), and Kreayshawn play the Beach Party Stage. Meanwhile, Anamanaguchi will be at the Temple of Boozle Stage. You can also catch Big Freedia in NYC on Thursday (5/17) at Santos before Bamboozle. Tickets are still available.
On Saturday (5/19), the Zumiez Stage will be graced by '90s greats Hot Water Music (who play Gramercy on 5/21-22) and The Promise Ring (who play Irving on 5/20). You can also catch some solid hip hop sets at the Beach Party Stage from A$AP Rocky, Action Bronson, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire and Iggy Azalea (who plays SOBs on Thursday (5/17)). Blink-182 were also supposed to play on Saturday but they had to cancel their May dates due to illness and were replaced by My Chemical Romance.
On Sunday (5/20), fellow Jersey punks The Gaslight Anthem (who will preview new material at their sold out MHOW show TONIGHT (5/16)) and The Bouncing Souls (who celebrate their new record at Webster Hall on June 9) will be at the fest. Catch the Gaslight Anthem on Main Stage and the Souls on Zumiez Stage. Star Slinger will also play the Temple of the Boozle stage.
And last, literally last, but not least, well maybe least, and defintely WTF, this year's Paramount Stage will be closed down by none other than comedy legend Andrew Dice Clay who plays after fellow 80s & 90s entertainers Dramarama (who also play the afterparty at Stone Pony) who play after 1996 hit makers Spacehog (who you can also catch at Brooklyn Bowl Thursday).
Tickets for the festival are still available.
Did we leave anyone good out? Check out the set times below...
by Bill Pearis
The 37th season of Saturday Night Live comes to a close next weekend (May 19) where Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will pull double duty as both host and musical guest. Before you plan your bathroom breaks you might be interested to learn that Mick's backing band will include both Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire. Though we're still eight days from the live telecast, Jann Wenner has already give the SNL season finale five stars.
Meanwhile, this week's SNL has Will Ferrell and Usher.
What songs Mick will do is anyone's guess, but Will (brother of Win) Butler and other members of the Arcade Fire (as Phi Slamma Jamma) may have been getting some practice with a cover of the Stones' "The Last Time" at last weekend's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival.
Last year, Mick released the debut album by his new group SuperHeavy that also includes Joss Stone, Damian Marley and the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. The video for SuperHeavy's single "Miracle Worker" is below.
"Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly Presents and Starr Hill presents, in a partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, are proud to announce the lineup for the fifth annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival. The world's only gourmet music festival will once again take place in San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park August 10 - 12, 2012. Tickets will go on sale Thursday April 19 at 12 noon PDT via www.sfoutsidelands.com. A significant portion of every ticket sold will directly benefit San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department."Pretty massive lineup for the San Francisco festival this year. Check it out below....
by BBG
"Salad Days: The HarDCore Punk Revolution" will be the most comprehensive, honest and insightful look at the DC punk scene from the early 1980s to the decade's end. The film will include exclusive archival photographs, concert footage and interviews with dozens of bands, artists, label owners, zine publishers and others who helped mold and nurture DC's underground community during this inspired decade of music.Featuring appearances from names like Ian Mackaye, Henry Rollins, Dave Grohl, Alec Mackaye, and more, the documentary is scheduled for a 2013 release. Check out a pair of teasers from the movie below and look out for it next year.
In related news, as discussed Bad Brains: Band in DC, a documentary that details the band's roots in the DC hardcore scene and beyond, played at SXSW last week. So far, no plans to screen it in NYC but you can catch the band at one of two now-sold-out NYC shows.
The Irving Plaza show will ALSO feature an appearance from DC's Scream who played a show at Knitting Factory in 2010.
Bad Brains are also playing Bonnaroo this year.
Continue reading ""Salad Days: The HarDCore Punk Revolution" documentary on the way"
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Blur are set to appear in an exclusive NME feature piece to talk about their future. Speculations are that they're going to make a new album with producer William Orbit.Blur are also playing Hyde Park, Way Out West, Smukkeste, and probably other European festivals this year. Stay tuned for more dates (thanks Hiro).The news about Blur headlining the London Olympics 2012 Closing ceremony concert came on midnight yesterday, just a day before the Brit Awards at 8:00pm tonight at the O2 Arena....
...Speculations for the NME announcement tomorrow is best summed up by dannn, a forum member, who said:
My take on recent developments:
• Blur are active again and that's what we have been craving for years.
• The new song sounds really good and a studio version may not be a piano based ballad and could well be in the same vein as For Tomorrow.
• The gig is a unique opportunity for the band to be part of history. I am sure if it wasn't for the Olympics they wouldn't be going anywhere near Hyde Park.
• Expect some intimate warm up gigs.
• The intention at the Brits (and the Olympics gig) could be to put a line in the sand and celebrate the band's past, whilst looking towards the future as Blur Mark II. I think the band have the desire to continue and produce new music, but I guess we'll find out tonight / tomorrow.We couldn't agree more - with William Orbit on board, what else can happen? Here's our best guess -
- Under the Westway is the Record Day promo
- They're back "in full" as the article says
- Playing Olympics with some intimate warm up gigs
- Then possibly an album towards December with Orbit
Last night was the Brits (the UK version of the Grammys), and though the winners weren't that exciting (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars), Blur did perform. Videos of their performance, video of Graham & Damon Albart playing a new song two nights earlier, with the full list of Brits winners and some Graham Coxon dates, below...
Justin Vernon & My Morning Jacket before the Grammys (by dariusjagjag)
Someone from Jagjaguwar tweeted the above picture not long before Justin Vernon shouted out "Jagjaguwar" to end his acceptance speech at the Grammys pre-show this evening (2/12).
Bon Iver won "Best Alternative Music Album", beating out Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, Foster the People & Death Cab Cab For Cutie. Other pre-telecast winners include Adele, Foo Fighters (who beat Mastodon, The Decemberists and TV on the Radio), Skrillex (who won three already and beat Cut Copy, Robyn, Deadmau5 and others), Kanye West (who also won three already), The Civil Wars (who won two already and beat Fleet Foxes), Levon Helm, Alison Krauss, Tinariwen, Louis CK, Cee-Lo, and Booker T Jones who won "Best Pop Instrumental Album" for the 2nd time, and nervously thanked Biz Markie, Questlove, Gabriel Roth (of Daptone Records), Matt Berninger (of the National), and Lou Reed.
Arcade Fire also won another Grammy already (for Best Recording Package).
A Numero Group Syl Johnson release was up for two Grammys but lost in both categories.
And that was just all the stuff they don't show on TV. The regular show with all the big awards (and possibly more for Bon Iver) starts at 8pm EST, Whitney Houston tribute included.
* Jack Black makes "indie cred" joke that includes "Bon Iver" while introducing Foo Fighters
* Denise from PS22 in Adele commercial
When we first mentioned the lineup for this year's Bamboozle, which is taking place from May 18-20 in Asbury Park, NJ, it only included Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Blink 182, Incubus, and Mac Miller. The generally lame festival has since revealed more artists including a surprising number of not-lame artists like the reunited Promise Ring (their first East Coast date announced, hopefully an NYC show to come?), Hot Water Music, Bouncing Souls, A$AP Rocky, Action Bronson, and Murphy's Law. Take that, Warped Tour.
Tickets for Bamboozle are on sale now. Updated lineup below...
a Sasquatch 2011 patron (more by Josh Darr)
The new year is approaching, and while you're making last minute plans and thinking up your resolutions, you can also start thinking about what festivals to attend in 2012. Here are some updates on next year's US festivals (not in any particular order).
SXSW, which is taking place from March 9-18 in Austin, with the music portion form March 13-18, has already announced a bunch of bands. If you register before January 13, you'll be able to save a bit.
New Orleans Jazz Fest is taking place from April 27 - May 6. The lineup includes The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Reunion, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Bon IverMy Morning Jacket, Feist, Janelle Monae, and others. The full lineup is below. Tickets are on sale now.
Sasquatch is taking place this year from May 25-28 in Gorge, Washington. 4-Day passes will be on presale through New Year's Eve, and general sale starts February 11. New for 2012, "Patrons who purchase a 4-day festival ticket will be allowed re-entry from the Festival grounds! This will not apply to any other ticket, only the 4-day pass."
Bonnaroo will be taking place from June 7-10 this year in Manchester, TN. Presale tickets have sold out but tickets will go on sale to the general public in the coming months. Also check out a Spotify playlist of the Bonnaroo staff's favorite songs of 2011.
Coachella, will take place over the course of two weekends this year (April 13-15 and 20-22). Other than a fake lineup poster that has been floating around, no artists have been officially announced yet.
Noise Pop will be celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2012 from February 21-26 in San Francisco. So far the lineup includes Archers of Loaf, Built to Spill, Big Freedia, Surfer Blood, Grimes, Bleached, John Vanderslice, Ume, and others. Check out the full list below.
Austin City Limits is taking place from October 12-14 in Zilker Park in Austin. Souvenir 3-day passes and early bird 3-day passes have sold out but regular 3-day passes are on sale now.
Lollapalooza will take place in 2012 from August 3-5 in Grant Park in Chicago. Tickets will go on sale this spring. As BVChicago mentioned, Lollapalooza is also taking place in Chile and Brazil this year.
Bamboozle, now in a new location, is taking place from May 18-20 in Asbury Park in New Jersey this year. So far the scary lineup includes Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Blink 182, Incubus, and Mac Miller. 3-Day wristbands are on sale now.
Bumbershoot is taking place from September 1-3 at Seattle Center in Seattle, WA. Tickets are available and Bumbershoot are currently having a holiday sale where single day tickets are half off (originally $150, now $75).
NYC's own Governors Ball, which took place at Governors Island in 2011, has been moved to the bigger Randall's Island and will take place over the course of two days, June 23 and 24. Like last year, there will be no overlapping sets. Compared to the others listed here, this is not quite a big "festival", but unlike anything else listed above, it does happen in NYC. Artist announcements and tickets are coming soon.
Current NoisePop and Jazz Fest lineups below...
We already posted Pitchfork's and SPIN's, so... here's Rolling Stone's top 50 albums of 2011. It's got tons of big sellers and major label players taking high spots like Adele, Jay-Z and Kanye West, Paul Simon, and Lady Gaga, but then something unexpected like tUnE-yArDs places at #13. There are also some odd inclusions like Wavves' Life Sux EP and then some albums you could only find on a Rolling Stone list like SuperHeavy (the supergroup featuring Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, and others). They also give shots to Little Dragon, Josh T Pearson, Das Racist, Wild Flag, and many more. Check out the full list below...
Them Crooked Vultures at Coachella 2010 (more by Rachel Carr)
Father of two Robert McIndoe, 52, was unable to sleep for three months after going to a rock concert that left him with a permanent ringing in his ear. He was watching supergroup 'Them Crooked Vultures' at Brixton Academy.Super sad. (wear your earplugs!)
In the coming months Mr McIndoe faced an uphill struggle to to get proper treatment for the condition, Southwark Coroner's Court heard.
His wife eventually received a letter of referral to a hospital ear, nose and throat specialist on November 1 last year - the day after he apparently killed himself.
Shirley McIndoe told the hearing that the day after the gig last July, her husband was "cross with himself" for not taking ear plugs.
She said: "When it first happened he wasn't too bothered about it because he thought it would subside, and the friend he had been with also had ringing in his ears that day.
"But it was a constant irritation.
"He didn't get a night of sleep after that until he went to hospital."-[Telegraph]
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Dave Grohl & Madison Square Garden
Last night at NYC's Madison Square Garden, Dave Grohl and the boys not only played past midnight -- a rarity given the venue's typical 11 p.m. curfew -- but during the encore, they brought out Joan Jett and Husker Du leader Bob Mould for rip-roaring covers of "Bad Reputation" and Tom Petty's "Breakdown," respectively.The tour continues in NJ tonight. Pictures of all the bands at the NYC show last night (11/13), with videos of both special guest moments, and the headliner's full setlist, below....
Before all that, however, the band was doing fine on its own. F-bombs were flying from Grohl's mouth, shred-heavy solos coming from his fingers, and laps through the audience kept him running (via an extended stage that spanned the distance of general admission). It was an inspiring bit of frontman badassery -- a universal truth to those in attendance at the packed arena, which has recently undergone a makeover.The Foos' 24-song set, which was preceded by openers Social Distortion and the Joy Formidable, kicked off around 9:30, led by "Bridge Burning" and a handful of other standouts off the band's latest, "Wasting Light." Grohl's standard "it's going to be a looooong night" line was met by hearty cheers, as was his "Guitar Hero" rant, in which Grohl urged parents to buy their kids "a real one [guitar]... they might write something like this ['Monkey Wrench']."..; [Billboard]
I know you're sick of Radiohead posts, but, well, they keep doing things! (and anyway, more importantly, this post also contains Portishead!). But back to the point.... Radiohead just played two shows at Roseland Ballroom, appeared on SNL, and on The Colbert Report. They're also rumored to play for Occupy Wall Street today at 4 PM, though that might not happen. In addition to all of that, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood will perform on Fallon on Monday (10/3). According to Radiohead At Ease, they'll be performing "Give Up The Ghost."
Speaking of Fallon, his week-long run of Pink Floyd covers (that started with the Shins) continued on Tuesday when Foo Fighters played "In The Flesh" with Roger Waters, on Wednesday when MGMT took on "Lucifer Sam" off of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, with help from Bradford Cox who was dressed as Joey Ramone. Dierks Bentley did "Wish You Were Here" last night (9/29). You can watch all three videos below.
MGMT will also perform at The Guggenheim on November 10 and 11 as part of the 2011 Guggenheim International Gala. The 11/10 show is a private party, but the 11/11 show is a public event. Tickets go on sale Friday (10/14) with a member presale starting Thursday (10/13).
Portishead, who plays and curated ATP NJ this weekend, will appear on Fallon on Wednesday (10/5), two days after Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood do. Portishead play their second of two sold out shows at Hammerstein Ballroom the same night.
Fallon videos below...
by Klaus Kinski
I might be one of the most obsessive Pink Floyd fans who ever lived, and I say that as more of an embarrassing confession than as a statement of pride. I have written about them and their related projects and tours a coupla times now, but every time there is Pink Floyd related news bouncing around the atmosphere I can't help but feel somewhat annoyed at the fact that everything they do is such an obvious and grotesque cash grab. I mean, I still love their records and will be buried with them but, Jesus Christ guys, you use your back catalog like a wet towel, wringing out re-releases and "Best ofs" while expecting us to empty our wallets.
And this pattern started early. I mean, in 1970 EMI released a Best Of record, despite Pink Floyd only having two albums under their belt. Then, BAM, in 1971 another greatest hits record, Relics, hit the shelves and yet the ink on their third album (Atom Heart Mother) had barely dried. 1974 rolled around and saw the re-release of Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets as a double album called A Nice Pair. That same year, ANOTHER greatest hits record hit the shelves, this time entitled Masters of Rock. In 1981, which would have been the perfect year for a retrospective album considering the body of work they had behind them by then, they released A Collection of Great Dance Songs, which is a supremely anemic and vapid attempt at a greatest hits record. Then between 1992 and now, we were given the Shine On 9 CD Boxed Set (1992), The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 30th Anniversary edition (1997), 1967 The First Three Singles (1997), Wish You Were Here 25th Anniversary Edition (2000), Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001), Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary SACD Edition (2003), The Final Cut re-release (2004), The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 40th Anniversary edition (2007), and the 14 disc Oh By The Way (2007). Add to that the massive amount of singles, EPs, 7"s, 45s, and other redundancies and you have a veritable shit load of items culled from very few actual sources. Talk about milking it, am I right?
Now we find ourselves in the final quarter of 2011. 2012 is around the corner and Roger Waters and David Gilmour are buddies again, Rick Wright and Syd Barrett RIP, the world economy is in the shitter... what better time to embark on an exhaustive and multi-tiered Pink Floyd re-issue campaign! Starting on September 26th, 2011, Pink Floyd and EMI are orchestrating a re-issue campaign:
encompassing CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, SACD, an array of digital formats, viral marketing, iPhone Apps and a brand-new single-album 'Best Of' collection.The aptly titled WHY? PINK FLOYD re-release project is almost preposterous in scope. And by everything you read up until this point, I bet you think I am poo-pooing this project. In a certain sense, I am. I mean, all of these studio albums have been reissued more than once. How many copies of Dark Side do I really need? Certainly this aspect of the campaign interests me very little (if at all). It's the stuff deeper in the guts of this thing that has me dorking myself to death. Here's a breakdown of how they've got these sets organized.The legendary band, who are still one of the most successful and iconic artists of all time, recently signed an agreement with EMI which has allowed the development of a multi-format programme of packages, many containing archive material that has been collated during an extensive process between EMI and Pink Floyd for a range of media formats.
DISCOVERY EDITIONS and BOX SET (Available 9/27/11)So while some of this stuff is a rehash, I am still very stoked about some of these releases. So stoked in fact that I am going to give two lucky BV readers a shirt, a poster, and a newly remastered 2 CD set of Dark Side of the Moon, just for reading this far! Directions on how to enter the contest are below!
This release is broken into two tiers. The first tier Discovery Edition is all 14 studio albums remastered from the ground up, all available for purchase individually. The second tier Discovery Edition is a box set that features all 14 records and a 60-page booklet housed as one massive package (hehehe).EXPERIENCE EDITIONS
The Experience Editions are more modest and seem to be the most appealing to me. Available for individual purchase will be Wish You Were Here (11/8/11), Dark Side of the Moon (9/27/11), and The Wall (2/28/12) ONLY . These sets will include a newly remastered album CD, a CD containing additional material pertaining to the album, and an expanded (and pretty beautiful) CD booklet.IMMERSION EDITIONS
The Immersion Editions serve to separate the nerds from the super nerds. Available for individual purchase will be Wish You Were Here (11/8/11), Dark Side of the Moon (9/27/11), and The Wall (2/28/12) ONLY. Lavishly packaged in a sturdy 29cm square box, the sets contain remastered, previously unreleased and audio-visual material, plus much additional content - reproduced memorabilia, brand new graphics, art prints, collectors' items, lavish booklets and several more CDs remastered as 5.1, Quadrophinic, Stereo, etc... it's a doozie!BEST OF
The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot In The Door (11/8/11). An expanded and remastered greatest hits album. As far as this remaster campaign goes, this CD is the equivalent of Wayne and Garth standing in front of the green screen in Wayne's World I saying "I'm in Delaware."VINYL EDITIONS
The Vinyl Editions are records dude. Available for individual purchase will be Wish You Were Here (11/8/11), Dark Side of the Moon (9/27/11), and The Wall (2/28/12) ONLY. Features the 2011 remastered version on 180 gram heavyweight Vinyl. Original packaging including stickers and posters plus free 320kbps download and exclusive new poster.
And you know who else is stoked about this new remaster campaign? Funnyman Jimmy Fallon, that's who! Each episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon from September 26th through September 30th (a whole week!) will be dedicated to Pink Floyd. From what I've heard the schedule is as follows:
- Monday 9/26 - The Shins perform Breathe from Dark Side of the Moon. Nick Mason will be the interviewed.Fallon airs at 12:30am on NBC.
- Tuesday 9/27 - Roger Waters will join Foo Fighters will perform In the Flesh from The Wall. Waters will also be interviewed.
- Wednesday 9/28 - MGMT will perform early Floyd classic Lucifer Sam.
- Thursday 9/29 - Dierks Bentley will perform Wish You Were Here.
- Friday 9/30 - Pearl Jam (!) will do Mother from The Wall.
In other old geezers from awesome classic rock bands news... don't forget that tonight at Nassau Coliseum The Who's Roger Daltrey performs the rock opera Tommy in its entirety as well as other Who classic cuts. Tickets are still available and, I swear to Cod, if I had a car, I'd be all over that shit. Fiddle about.


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Nice work, Merg! That pretty much confirms what I had figured out for the Tsunkatse. They also seem to be the same combos for the Nausicaan sword, but I haven't done quite as much playing with it yet.
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I haven't been playing actively lately but I expect I will be again once ground combat is revamped (I'm a LT). What can I say, it's my thing! I'm very happy that new melee weapons are being introduced and I'd like to thank Merg especially for supplying that data. I'll test it and integrate it into the guide as soon as I reasonably can.


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A man who distinctly creeps or views unsuspecting young girls, generally caught on camera doing various acts of a creepous nature, he will stop at nothing to be satisfied by the intense pleasure of sighting young girls and attempting to "get some" before being dragged away by law enforcement officials
June was caught on camera attempting to pleasure his natural instinct to creep by grasping nicolena by surprise, june is a creeper
po 30Mike30
Април 14, 2008
A person who pops their head in pictures or stares with their eyes gule to you.
Ew, what a creeper in this photo!
po jesssika
Мај 19, 2007
A creepy person who watches you, lurks your myspace/facebook, and is rather queer-looking. He is usually the person to follow you home, or to urinate right beside you when the other urinals are available; someone you dont want around, unless you are a creeper.
"Hey, yesterday I was followed by a creeper."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, and he molested my sanity."
"Shit, son! Let's fuck him up!"
"Hellz yes!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, and he molested my sanity."
"Shit, son! Let's fuck him up!"
"Hellz yes!"
po loobloo
Март 31, 2007
A person who not nesessarily stalks other people, but gives you the creeps and might do awkward things. This person does not have to be a stranger either. You can know them well, but is not someone you want to associate with.
Girl One: Wow, Leon is such a creeper. He's sitting all by himself in the loner seat at the movies.
Girl Two: Yeah, what kind of person sees Reno 911 by themselves, anyway? What a creeper.
Girl Two: Yeah, what kind of person sees Reno 911 by themselves, anyway? What a creeper.
po tangerine99
Март 4, 2007
When a person is a creepy bastard and makes up stuff and acts out for attention, because no one likes him.
"WOW Mike Lucas sure is a Creeper"
"yea and i also heard that no one likes him"
"yea and i also heard that no one likes him"
po MUFFIN_TEH_hot
Јул 10, 2008
a creepy ex who shows up at places you hang and creepily stares at you from across the room.
"man i dumped that psycho 4 years ago and they still drive pass my house, what a creeper!"
po tifffffff
Фабруар 9, 2008
a creepy person who passes his time stalking you and your friends and lurking in corners.
Ew, I cannot believe you dated him! he is such a creeper.
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