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Flash Full Power Recharge in around 3 Seconds
I'd been hearing good things about various types of battery packs recently, quantum, etc. Being the diy enthuasist (cheapskate) that I am, I thought that I'd research building an external battery pack for my strobes. These usually take the form of a 12v battery pack which connects into the external port of the flash (Canon's, in my case), reducing recycle time, and giving longer battery life, depending on the type of battery used. I looked initially at the Canon pack, which takes 6 AA batteries. These come in at well over €100. I had a look around on Flickr and other sources, but nowhere could I find a circuit that would feed this external port on my Canon flashes.
Anyway, I had a look on eBay for some canon knock-offs, and I spotted an "iShoot" model for €23 (incl shipping from Hong Kong), which takes 8 AA batteries, so I ordered one. It duly arrived, but unfortunately it was DOA. The LED on the unit would not illuminate, and I saw no change in the recharge time of the flash. I contacted the seller, and he was really great about it. He said that the shipping back to Hong Kong was quite expensive, so I could keep the faulty unit, and he would ship me out a replacement. That arrived about a week later.
Better this time. Upon plugging it in to the flash, and powering the flash on, the LED lit up on the battery pack. With fully charged NiMH AA's, I was now getting recycle times of just under 3 seconds with the flash set to full power.
I had a look at the internals of the faulty unit, and with the complexity of the circuit board I was looking at, there was no way I would be able to replicate that in a DIY fashion. So the easiest thing for me to do was to just simply order one pack for each of my flashes. At €23, that's not too expensive, and certainly a lot cheaper than the Canon units. I used this unit over the weekend, and popped off several hundred shots at 1/4 power, and was still getting very fast recycle times. I'm definitely going to order more of these units for my next strobist shoot.
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Canon 540EZ DIY Sync Port
After coming away from a workshop with Ciaran Whyte, I decided to have a go at making a tri-flash hotshoe adapter, seeing as we made so much use of one during the day. I happen to have 3 Canon 540EZ strobes which I could use. To make things easier to mount, I wanted to trigger all three strobes with a single radio receiver. To do that, I'd have to modify my strobes to give them a sync port.
Adding sync-ports to the 540EZ strobes
The following images show the steps I went through to make the mod. First I'll start with a before-and-after shot:
On the strobe on the right you can see the 3.5mm jack socket mounted in the red plastic window. I had to remove some parts of the strobe to make room for the socket, but since I only ever use these in manual mode, they bits I took out are never used. Undoing the 4 small screws at the bottom allows you to remove the hotshoe section of the strobe.
Next images shows the part of the strobe that we're going to discard to make room for the sync port:
Next, we pop out the red window, drill a 6mm hole in it (I used a special acrylic drill bit I had lying around. Using other bits may crack this piece, be careful.
Next, we solder two wires from the jack socket to the relevant pins on the hotshoe. In the 540EZ, the ground is the blue, and the trigger is the red.
Red window, re-inserted, soldering all done, about to re-assemble:
All back together. You might want to test the connections before putting it all back together.
Testing the new sync port with a 3.5mm jack to 3.5mm jack cable. The Cactus V4's have a 3.5mm jack socket on the side. Nice feature.
All three 540EZ's complete, with new 3.5mm jack socket sync port.
The next task was to make up a 4-way 3.5mm jack plug cable, so I could connect all three strobes together to one wireless receiver:
Followed by a few quick test shots:
The 3-flash setup will give you one of two things:
- Three times the power
- Or, faster recycling times.
The 4-way cable saves on radio receivers.
The Triple-Flash adapter
I then took the three hotshoe/umbrella adapters I had, and thought about mounting them on the same tripod. The simplest method at hand was two pieces of cylindrical hardwood bolted together into a cross. That way I could put one 'end' into the tripod, and put the three hotshoe adapters on the other three 'ends'. (oh, and I cut the bolt for a neater finish).
Twisting the strobes and adapters into the following configuration, I ended up with a pretty neat setup, all triggered off a single radio receiver.
I put set this up beside a 400W studio head I have at home. To test the power of the tri-flash setup, I set all strobes to max power and adjusted my camera until I got the histogram right. I then put the 400W head at full power, and to my surprise, the histogram was just about the same! (maybe 1/3 stop more). So, with the 3-strobe setup I've now got about 400W of portable power.
Extra Circuit to get Cactus V4s to trigger 3 540EZs
I was having problems triggering all three flashes with the single Cactus V4. The refresh times went to hell. One or two flashes, fast recycle time (@ 1/128 power) but with three connected, several seconds.
I recoon the problem was down to poor isolation between the trigger and the three strobes, so I designed and built the following prototype:
Shown in the above (very messy) circuit is a 3V power supply, two 3.5mm jack sockets (one for trigger, one for flash 4-way cable), a 50 ohm resistor, and a small low-voltage transistor. The theory was that when the trigger closed the circuit, 3 volts would be gated into the transistor, causing the output to short circuit, triggering the 3 strobes simultaneously. This triggering would be electrically isolated from the output of the wireless receiver, so it should recover quicker, allowing me to trigger rapidly in succession, which it was not when directly connected. At least that's the theory. And low-and-behold, the damn thing worked. There was no-one more surprised than myself. I could now trigger all three strobes as fast as my thumb could press the transmitter test button. No delays from the receiver. Wicked. So I then pulled out an old eBay trigger that no linger worked, mounted all the above circuit into a nice neat box, and got some well earned sleep.
Here's the enclosure showing the batteries, and input and output 3.5mm sockets.
I used the existing power switch as well, so the circuit is completely dead unless I switch it on. I'm wondering if I should integrate the transistor and resistor straight into the drigger? Might be a squeeze, but it's one less set of batteries to be worried about. Maybe it's not worth the trouble. Anyway, I was happy to have solved my trigger speed issue.
I've also tested this with a set of borrowed Yongnou RF-602 triggers. These do not exhibit the same issue as the Cactus V4's, in that I can plug the 4-way cable directly into the receiver and it will trigger all three strobes without any recycle delays. These must have better trigger isolation than the Cactus V4's. No need for the extra circuit. –Edit– You can add Cactus V5's to the list that don't need the extra circuit.
Needs Circuit:
- Cactus V4
Doesn't need extra circuit:
- Cactus V5
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The Nature and Importance of the Question
The writer seeks, at the very outset of this study, to impress the reader with the immense importance of the question we are about to examine.
It is not merely a question of the true explanation of prophecies concerning the Jews, the Gentiles, and of the Church of God, however so interesting and important these may be, for one may entertain mistaken ideas as to such matters without harmful consequences. But it is far otherwise with the question discussed in this volume; for the truth concerning the gospel of Christ and the salvation of man is involved in it. And specially, the work of evangelization of the Jews (which, in the opinion of many, including the present writer, the coming of the Lord awaits) is vitally affected by it.
What lies directly in the path of our present inquiry is a system of doctrine which, though of recent origin, is now accepted amongst strictly orthodox Christians, "Fundamentalists", according to which doctrinal system the promise of God to Israel through their prophets was that the coming Messiah would restore the earthly kingdom to Israel, would give it a glory far surpassing that of the days of David and Solomon, and would exalt the Jewish nation to the place of supremacy over the nations of the world. The leading authority for this new system of teaching states it thus: "When Christ appeared to the Jewish people, the next thing in the order of revelation as it then stood should have been the setting up of the Davidic kingdom" (Scofield Ref. Bible).
We propose in the present volume to bring this radical statement to the test of Scripture; for it is subversive of the Christian faith, in that it removes the sacrifice of the Lamb of God from its central place in God's eternal plan (Rev 13:8).
It cannot be that those who accept this radical doctrine realize what is involved in it. It is easy for the writer to believe this, because he himself at one time accepted that doctrine without the faintest idea that it involved the denial of important truth. But in course of time, after prolonged study of the Word of God, he was compelled to acknowledge, upon the testimony of the New Testament Scriptures (particularly that of the apostle Paul) that, not only is the doctrine under consideration directly contrary to the Scriptures, but it is the setting up, for the benefit of a future generation of Jews, of another hope, different from the "one hope" of the gospel of Christ; that, in other words it is "another gospel," the very thing against which Paul utters that tremendously solemn warning of Galatians 1:8,9.
Because of this, and because also of the great benefits that have followed the writer's deliverance from the "strange" doctrine referred to above, he deems it a duty to all the household of faith to bring to their attention, by every available means, the true teaching of the Bible touching the future of the Jewish people. It is with a view to the performance of that duty that these pages are written.
What then is the true and biblical "Hope of Israel"? To obtain a full answer to this question it is necessary that we search the Scriptures from beginning to end. But in order merely that we may have in mind a general idea of the answer while we pursue our study, it will suffice to refer to a few incidents in Paul's ministry, as recorded in the last chapters of Acts.
The subject is very prominent there, and indeed it was because of Paul's views and his preaching in regard thereto that he was furiously persecuted by the Jews, and was finally sent in chains to Rome. For we have his own testimony to "the chief of the Jews" at Rome, to whom, when he had called them together, he said: "For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you and to speak with you; because that, for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain" (Acts 28:17-20).
Inasmuch as what Paul had been preaching, both to the Jews and also to the Gentiles, was the gospel of Jesus Christ, and nothing else, it follows that the true "hope of Israel" is an essential part of that gospel; and therefore it is a matter regarding which we cannot afford to be mistaken.
The above quoted statement of Paul to the Jewish leaders at the imperial city is very illuminating. It shows, to begin with, that, whatever it was he had been preaching as "the hope of Israel," it was something so contrary to the current Jewish notion thereof that it caused the people to clamour for his death (Acts 22:22), and led to his being formally accused before the Roman Governor as "a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world" (Acts 24:5). Had he been preaching what the Jews themselves believed to be, and what their rabbis had given them as, the true interpretation of the prophecies (namely, that God's promise to Israel was a kingdom of earthly character which should have dominion over all the world) they would have heard him with intense satisfaction. But what Paul and all the apostles preached was, that what God had promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures was a kingdom over which Jesus Christ of the seed of David should reign in resurrection, a kingdom which flesh and blood cannot inherit, a kingdom which does not clash with the duly constituted governments of this world, and one into which the Gentiles are called upon terms of perfect equality with Jews (Acts 13:23, 34; Acts 17:2,3,7; Rom. 1:1-4; 14:17; 1 Cor. 15:50; 1 Pet. 1:12; cf. Luke 24:26).
Thus the teaching of Christ and His apostles in respect to the vitally important subject of the Kingdom of God, the hope of Israel, came into violent collision with that of the leaders of Israel; and because of this He was crucified and they were persecuted.
It was not a question then, any more than it is a question now, whether or not the prophets of Israel were the mouthpieces of God; for the Jewish rabbis, as well as Christ and His apostles, held firmly to the full inspiration of "the scriptures of the prophets." It was solely a question then, as it is solely a question now, as to how those prophecies are to be understood - a question of interpretation. The Jewish teachers understood the scriptures, and still interpret them, in what is now (wrongly) called the "literal" sense (i.e. that "Israel" is an earthly people, "Zion" an earthly locality, "Christ" an earthly conqueror, like David, etc., etc.) ; but Paul declared, when speaking of Jesus Christ in one of their synagogues, that it was "because they knew Him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, that they have fulfilled them in condemning Him" (Acts 13:27).
And now, in concluding this preliminary chapter, let me impress it upon the reader's mind that the choice presented to orthodox Christians today as to the interpretation of the prophecies concerning "the hope of Israel" lies between that held by the Jews of those days and that for which Christ was crucified and Paul was sent in chains to Rome. This will be clearly seen by all who consider, with open minds, the proofs given below.
The question of the "literal" interpretation of the O.T. prophecies will be discussed in the next chapter.
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CyanogenMod Installer arrives for Mac users
The CyanongenMod Installer has had some ups and downs since the original release. The Installer basically just simplifies the process of getting CyanogenMod up and running on your smartphone or tablet. Initially we saw this launch by way of the Google Play Store, however one of those down portions was the removal. The folks at Cyanogen managed to keep this available by way of their website, however it had remained only with support for Windows computers.


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The X Factor
Mario Lopez's Wife Courtney Is Pregnant!
Mario Lopez is going to become a father... again!
The X Factor host, who married longtime girlfriend Courtney Mazza in December 2012, announced on February 19 that he and his wife are expecting their second child together.
"I am the happiest father in the world. We cannot wait to welcome baby Lopez number two into our lives," Mario says. People reports that the newest lil Lopez is expected to arrive sometime late this summer.
The genetically-blessed couple are already parents to a daughter, Gia Francesca, who turned two years old back in September.
Congrats to the entire Lopez clan. Judging from his past escapades, daddy Mario is already a total kid a heart. We're sure he and the new tot will get along just fine!
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'Early Show's' 'Clean and Green' Family Takes Extravagant Carbon-Curbing Measures
The global warming fearmongers apparently claimed more casualties ŌĆō but this time the victims, a Florida family of seven, have taken extraordinary measures to ease their consciences.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre truly concerned about what we are doing to this planet right now,ŌĆØ said Bill Weinaug on the September 27 CBS ŌĆ£Early ShowŌĆØ ŌĆ£Clean and GreenŌĆØ segment. ŌĆ£If we keep on the path weŌĆÖre going on, itŌĆÖs not going to be good for our kidsŌĆÖ kids.ŌĆØ
What have the Weinaugs done? TheyŌĆÖve managed to reduce their carbon footprint by 90 percent, the show said. Judging from the report, it wasnŌĆÖt cheap ŌĆō and CBS contributor Danny Lipford didnŌĆÖt disclose how much they spent.
The Weinaugs built an elaborate rainwater harvesting/irrigation system that includes three large cisterns and a system of downspout gutters and irrigation conduits.
ŌĆ£We redirected all our gutters, piped them to big above-ground tanks,ŌĆØ Bill Weinaug said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre actually changing all the planter beds around the house to a drip-mist irrigation system that actually just waters the plant, not like the entire area. That will save a considerable amount of water.ŌĆØ
But how much money will it save? Lipford said it will save ŌĆ£a lot of money,ŌĆØ but that doesnŌĆÖt seem add up.
Specifics of the WeinaugsŌĆÖ rainwater harvesting system werenŌĆÖt clear from the report, but such a system can range anywhere from $1,500 to $7,000 to install according to the City of Portland, Ore., Office of Sustainability.
However, the average residential water bill for the familyŌĆÖs area, nearby Hillsborough County, Fla., is only $33 a month ŌĆō suggesting it might take awhile to recoup the initial investment of the rainwater harvesting system.
The Weinaugs also purchased a hybrid vehicle. That can be expensive as well. A Toyota Prius has a manufacturerŌĆÖs suggested retail price (MSRP) in excess of $22,000. The MSRP of the comparable 4-door, 5-passenger Toyota Corolla is $14,405.
Their other vehicle is a diesel Ford F350 and that ŌĆ£isnŌĆÖt necessarily the greenest vehicle on the planet,ŌĆØ according to Bill Weinaug. So how will he rectify that carbon-belching indulgence? ŌĆ£[W]eŌĆÖre seriously looking at biodiesel, either from a retail pump or weŌĆÖre even looking at vegetable oil,ŌĆØ he added.
According to CarJunkie.com, bio-diesel conversion kits are priced from $650 to $1500. And if Bill Weinaug wants to purchase bio-diesel from a retail pump, heŌĆÖll have to drive 23 miles from his Apopka, Fla., home to Groveland, Fla., the nearest bio-diesel pump according to Biodiesel.org.
The Weinaugs have also taken some other measures that included considerable expenses. They bought new appliances.
ŌĆ£This is our high-efficiency washer and dryer,ŌĆØ Mary Weinaug said. ŌĆ£This commode is a dual-flush commode. We bought an Energy Star refrigerator and also an Energy Star dishwasher.ŌĆØ
And what about the small stuff?
ŌĆ£Recycled paper for paper towels and then our garbage bags for our garbage cans are made of corn,ŌĆØ said Weinaug.
From one company, the cost of one carton of 500 13-gallon bioplastic, biodegradable trash bags is $77.91.
The lesson from this CBS ŌĆ£The Early ShowŌĆØ report: If you want to ŌĆ£go greenŌĆØ and reduce your carbon footprint ŌĆō bring your checkbook.


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I had the great good fortune to spend my undergraduate years at UCLA in the 1970s, when their roster of number theorists included a cadre of scholars who were also exceptionally active in combinatorics. For instance, there were Bruce Rothschild (properly a Ramsey theorist, I guess), Basil Gordon (to this day the clearest lecturer I have ever seen), and the late E. G. Straus, from whom I took my very first number theory course, in my first year: I was immediately hooked.
As time went on, however, I gravitated rather emphatically toward algebraic number theory, still often under the tutelage of Straus and Gordon, but now with V. S. Varadarajan taking charge of me (for which I will always be thankful) and instilling in me a passion for everything from class field theory to the theory of automorphic forms, and all this with something of a French flavor: a book by Weil, a book by Serre, a lecture series featuring adèlic and idèlic methods, and so on. So combinatorics, and much else, was largely eclipsed by any and all things to do with algebraic number fields: Varadarajan is both a deep and a broad mathematician, but he is not a combinatorialist.
Thus, despite wonderful and abundant opportunities I never properly pursued this "art of counting" and have over the years, happily more off than on, found this gap to be a burden. For one thing, generating functions are beautiful and useful things and I have experienced at least two occasions where they might have been of value in a research context. I had to find another way, however, possibly less elegant and more opaque.
Another example from my personal experience along these lines is found in the subject of graph theory. In fact, something very close to my heart, the vast strategy of analytic methods in number theory, i.e. the exploitation of the foibles and idiosyncrasies of special functions to study algebraic number fields — typically with something like Fourier analysis packed along in one's toolkit — can sometimes also benefit rather dramatically from a dose of graph theory: UCSD's Audrey Terras (my advisor, now emerita) has been playing with zeta functions of graphs for quite a while now, for example.
Well, that's a lot of convincing propaganda for the cause, is it not? Should not analytic and algebraic number theorists, e.g. automorphic formers (for instance), learn some combinatorics in earnest, even if it be somewhat off their beaten track? There is a strong case to be made here, I believe (and propose to follow suit myself).
Happily, along comes Alexander Kheyfits' book. It is good news, I think, at least for some one like me, that Kheyfits is, as far as his stated specialty is concerned, a complex analyst and potential theorist, as opposed to a combinatorialist down to the bone marrow: it makes his presentation of the subject, in this aptly titled Primer in Combinatorics, more user-friendly and pain-free. This certainly jives with the relatively easy pace of Kheyfits' presentation and the care he takes in developing his themes, making appropriate use of (many) examples and illustrations. And there are, equally appropriately, scads of exercises: perhaps more so than any other subject, combinatorics is a learn-by-doing affair: Fingerspitzenkunde and all that…
Qua specifications, the book is proposed as a one-semester text for "a course in combinatorics with elements of graph theory," and is pitched at the level of undergraduates and (particularly with Ch's 4, 5 in the mix) beginning graduate students.
A Primer in Combinatorics is split into two parts, the first being "Introductory Combinatorics and Graph Theory," the second consisting of Ch's. 4 and 5, "Combinatorial Analysis." Ch. 1 deals with basic counting: permutations, combinations, sum and product rules, &c.; Ch's. 2 and 3 do graph theory — with élan. After this, in Ch. 4, the extremely important topics of "inclusion-exclusion" and generating functions are covered, while Ch. 5 introduces Ramsey Theory, Hall's (marriage) theorem, block designs, and "the proof, due to Hilton, of the necessary and sufficient conditions [for] the existence of Steiner triple systems." (Wow!).
This said, A Primer in Combinatorics looks to be considerably more than what Kheyfits describes it to be: it is a primer, yes, but there's a lot more to it than that. The book not only serves to lay a good foundation in the art of counting for any one interested (and in need of the skill), it will kindle and foster a genuine enthusiasm for the artistry that comes with its practice.
Michael Berg is Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.


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Q&A: Alternative Birth Methods?
Lately a lot of my friends have been talking about alternative delivery methods, like water birth or hypnosis. Can you give some more info about this?
While the "on your back, epidural-numbed"labor has long been the American standard, we're hearing from more and more women who are opting for lessconventional birth methods and pain control techniques. Here are a few waysthat women are now welcoming their little ones:
Water birth
Ever thought of delivering yourbaby in a Jacuzzi? With a water birth, you progress through labor in awaist-deep pool of clean, warm (around body temperature) water. More and morehospitals are offering this option. You can also deliver at a birthing centeror even rent a pool for your own living room! The big benefit: Hanging out in abirthing pool during the first stage of labor (when the cervix is dilating buthasn't reached 10 cm yet) has been known to greatly decrease a woman's chancesof screaming for an epidural. Some women choose to hop out of the bath oncethey've dilated, but with a true "water birth," you stay in the tub until babyis out and swimming along with you. (The doctor/midwife pulls his face up intothe air right away.) Fans of water birth say it makes natural childbirth easieron Mom, and the transition to the outside world is easier on baby.
Home birth
A home birth is just what it soundslike — giving birth at home. This option isn't super common in the U.S. (roughly99 percent of births still take place in a hospital), but home birth storiesare popping up all over the media these days. Celebs like Ricki Lake,Charlotte Church, and Joely Fisher have chosen to skip the hospital for theirdeliveries. Most docs aren't into this — they warn of the dangers involved withgiving birth outside the reach of a hospital's emergency care. Others, however,argue that home births are actually the saferroute. They say forgoing the hospital protects a woman from unnecessary drugsand episiotomies and that remaining in a comfortable, relaxed environment helpsthe birth to go smoothly — just as nature intended.
Acupuncture is a traditionalChinese method of stimulating points on the body (usually with strategicallyplaced thin needles) to help balance the natural flow of energy (or qi). What does this have to do withdelivering a baby? Well, certain studies have shown that the needles may makelabor easier. In one study, patients receiving acupuncture were 50 percent lesslikely to ask for an epidural; in another, the treatment was effective ininducing labor in women whose water had already broken. Quirky fact: Some sayacupuncture can help turn breech babies too.
Think you could talk your brain outof feeling the pain of labor? Some women claim that self-hypnosis methods havehelped them to have less painful deliveries. How does it work? These techniquesare meant to help you retreat into yourself and essentially program your brainto believe that labor will be totally comfortable. Women that have gone thisroute commonly allege that when they arrived at the hospital, nurses refused tobelieve they were in labor (until they had their internal exams, of course)!Kerry Tuschoff, founder of the hypnosis training program Hypnobabies, goes sofar as to call her methods "software for the mind." If you're skeptical,consider this: Recent studies show that self-hypnosis can reduce the need for painmeds in labor and make for more satisfied mommies.


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Who is like myself.
I find her saying what is in my mind.
Strange it is to hear your words
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Her skin is soft and warm to feel,
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Her hair is dark, black like night.
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Brass Knuckles & The Cataracs New Single "Crack" + Contest for A Signed ESP GuitarPosted in Bangin, Contests by nick | Tags: Brass Knuckles, Contest, The Cataracs
Rising electronic trio Brass Knuckles have joined forces with The Cataracs for a relentless new electro anthem "Crack" that is already taking over festivals and clubs across the world with it's piercing synth line. The song is now available to listen in full below and pick up your copy from Ultra Records.
Brass Knuckles are unlike most DJs and actually use instruments in their live shows. We have been given the opportunity to hook one of you up with their ESP LTD EX 360 guitar that was used in their recent live shows. We are also hooking the winner up with a pair of tickets to any one show the Brass Knuckles are playing in 2014. show of your choice. Enter the contest through the widget below.
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Martin Solveig & The Cataracs – Hey Now feat. Kyle (Tommie Sunshine & Live City Remix) : Huge Electro House RemixPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: Anthem, BANGER, Electro House, Heavy, Live City, Rave, Remix, The Cataracs, Tommie Sunshine
Tommie Sunshine & Live City take the hit "Hey Now" from Martin Solveig & The Cataracs ft. Kyle and turn it into a electro anthem. While starting relatively tame, it moves into a unique festival ready anthem. You can only stream this song below until the download is available. Enjoy!
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The Cataracs – Big Dipper (Ft. Luciana) : Electro House / Hip-Hop Party Banger [Free Download] [TSIS PREMIERE]Posted in Bangin, Premieres by nick | Tags: BANGER, Electro House, House, Luciana, Party, The Cataracs
The Cataracs, responsible for countless party tracks and just after collaborating with Martin Solveig on "Hey Now" is back with another huge single "Big Dipper", and we have the world premiere of it including a free download. Luciana is the singer on the track, who you might recognize from Tiesto's house anthem "We Own the Night". This track has all the recipes for a party anthem, from the rapping to smooth hooks, all tied together with an electro kick. Turn up the bass for this one, enjoy!
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Following up his incredibly successful single "The Night Out", Martin Solveig drops off his first song in months, collaborating with party started The Cataracs. The two team up for an instant party anthem featuring some guest vocals from Ventura, CA rapper Kyle. The result is a guaranteed summer house anthem that is sure to get overplayed for months to come. The release is set for May, until then you can abuse this stream of the track. Enjoy!
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The Cataracs – Alcohol (Ft. Sky Blu) : Electro Party BANGER [TSIS PREMIERE]Posted in Bangin by nick | Tags: Party, Sky Blu, The Cataracs
The Cataracs have been one of our favorite electro party starters since ages ago with Like A G6, which was an underground hit long before it made it's way to the airwaves. Well they recently teamed up with none other than Sky Blu, one half of LMFAO to create the latest underground party BANGER to help close out 2012 called "Alcohol". Right from the begginning you can tell these two party beasts have created a hit with it's infectious beat and signature Sky Blu flow. This has the ingredients to become the next college party anthem. These artists have been nice enough to hook us up with the free download to pass out to you all. Listen and download below. Turn it up, enjoy!
The Cataracs – Alcohol (Ft. Sky Blu) | Direct Download
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Also The Cataracs have a few concerts coming up, don't miss them if they hit your city for one hell of a party.
The Cataracs Tour Dates
- 11/9 New York, NY: Highline Ballroom
- 11/11 Washington D.C: DC9
- 11/16 Santa Cruz, CA: The Catalyst
- 11/17 San Francisco, CA: Ruby Skye
- 11/23 Sacramento, CA: Fusion International Arts Center
The Cataracs, Fork'n'Knife, Dj Carnage – 17 : Dubstep / Dance BANGERPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: Dj Carnage, Dubstep, Fork'n'Knife, Party Banger, Pop Dance BANGER, The Cataracs
The Cataracs, the same guys who brought you radio hits that started on the blogs "Like A G6″ are back teaming up with Fork'n'Knife and Dj Carnage for a massive dubstep / pop / dance BANGER. The track has some filthy drops, and then some singing throughout giving it that poppy dancefloor vibe. What do you think of this track? Too poppy? Too heavy? Turn it up, enjoy!
The Cataracs, Fork'n'Knife, Dj Carnage – 17 | Direct Download
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Dev – In The Dark (Produced by The Cataracs) : Sick New Party TrackPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Dance, House, Party, The Cataracs
The Cataracs have teamed up with Dev to make a new party hit. This track has got a good amount of bass, and is perfect for the club / your house party. Dev has some nice smooth vocals, and The Cataracs do an amazing job making a real sick song. The Cataracs are definitely one of the groups helping bringing electronic dance music to the American mainstream. And who can forget the filthy remix to their hit Bass down Low by Proper Villains. Turn up the one and enjoy!
In The Dark (Produced by The Cataracs) – Dev | Download
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The Cataracs – Bass Down Low (Proper Villains Remix): BANGER DUBSTEP REMIXPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Dance, Dubstep, Electro, Electronic, Proper Villains, Remix, The Cataracs
Here's a real sick remix of the hit song Bass Down Low from The Catacacs, featuring the vocals from Dev. Now Proper Villains has taken the party hit and turned it into a bass filled BANGER, that's as good as the original. It's a dubstep, almost electro influenced song, whatever it is, it's real good. The orignal is one of the most downloaded songs on the site, and I'm sure this remix will be also. Turn up your speakers loud for this one and enjoy!
Bass Down Low (Proper Villains Remix) – The Cataracs | Download
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Hyper Crush – Kick Us Out (Hyper Crush Dubstep Remix): Sick BANGER RemixPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Dubstep, Electro, Electronic, Hypercrush, Remix, The Cataracs
So Hyper Crush has become a site favorite, and for a good reason they can take a song and remix it into an instant party banger like my favorite their Drake – Over remix. A few weeks ago they dropped Kick Us Out callaborating with The Cataracs, and the song is a real sick party BANGER, but now Hyper Crush remixes their own song, and dubstep remix nonetheless. They take the original and completely smash it with whomps and wobbbles, and all sorts of bass throughout. I was little unsure if I should post it because I thought it was honestly a little intense, but I've realized you should all definitely hear it. Turn up the bass and enjoy!
Kick Us Out (Hyper Crush Remix) – Hyper Crush | Download
Check Out More Hypercrush via Official Website Here
Far East Movement ft. The Cataracs – Like A G6 (Dillon Francis Remix): TOO SICK DUBSTEP REMIXPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Dubstep, Electronic, far east movement, Remix, The Cataracs
So I know that I've post a remix of this now popular club hit, posted here. But I may have found the sickest remix out, it's a dubstep reworking done by Dillon Francis. I've never heard of this guy, but am very glad that I know about him now. This remix is just plain dirty. Turn up the bass and continue to love what used to be your favorite party song. Turn up the bass and enjoy!
Like a G6 (Dillon Francis Remix) – Far East Movement ft. The Cataracs | Download
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Kick Us Out (Produced by The Cataracs) – Hyper Crush: TOO SICK NEW PARTY BANGER!Posted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Dance, Electro, Hyper Crush, Party, pop, The Cataracs
Hyper Crush have teamed up with the Cataracs, the producers of 'Like A G6′ and other part favorites like Bass Down Low, Top of the World, and I Get Doe, for a siiick new party BANGER! This song has a real sick beat with some poppy vocals. Sometimes I don't like much of Hyper Crush's original material and tend to like more of their remixes, like DJ Got Us Falling In Love (Hyper Crush Remix), or their BANGER remix of Drake's Over. Well this song is sick and combines both of these hot party oriented groups. Turn up the speakers and enjoy!
Kick Us Out (Produced by The Cataracs) – Hyper Crush | Download
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REAL SICK PARTY SONG: Top Of The World – The CataracsPosted in Bangin by max | Tags: Hip-Hop, Party, pop, Rap, The Cataracs
Everything about this screams rage. The drop is so nice and essential for partying and the lyrics are catchy as hell. The Cataracs are still widely unknown despite Like A G6 for some reason, but they are definitely an artist that is necessary in any music library. You loved "I Get Doe" and "Bass Dow Low", and this one will for sure be a hit too. Turn up the bass and enjoy!
Top Of The World – The Cataracs | Download
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Real Sick Hip-Hop Party Song: Glasses Malone ft. The Cataracs – I Get DoePosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: Glasses Malone, Hip-Hop, pop, Rap, The Cataracs
Glad you guys loved the last Cataracs songs I posted, Bass Down Low, and of course everyone loves this years party anthem 'Like A G6′ which they produced for Far East Movement. This one is by Glasses Malone featuring The Cataracs called 'I Get Doe' and this song is siiick!. It's got some depth to it like the piano playing making it more then just another hip-hop song about money. It's got that fun party feel to it as well. Whatever it is, it's really sick. Blast the speakers and enjoy this sick song!
I Get Doe – Glasses Malone ft. The Cataracs | Download
Glasses Malone Ft The Cataracs-I Get Doe
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SICK BANGER PARTY SONG: The Cataracs – Bass Down LowPosted in Bangin by nick | Tags: BANGER, Electro, Party, The Cataracs
In the past few years there really has been a new style of hip-hop developed, and I feel the only way to describe it, is party hip-hop. Far East Movement, LMFAO, The Cataracs, all have a strong party vibe to all their music. This track from Cataracs, although a few months old, is still just as sick of party song. It's called 'Bass Down Low' and it is meant to bump the bass, so turn up the speakers/bass and blast this track at your next party, or just a one person party in your room/car. Enjoy!
Bass Down Low – The Cataracs | Download
The Cataracs feat Dev – Bass Down Low
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My story has changed quite a lot since moving to Boulder, Colorado and starting Thissongissick back in 2010. My name is Nick Guarino and this is Thissongissick.com. We've grown a lot since, but the original goal has always stayed the same: making it easier for you to discover sick new music that you've never heard before. In high school I would make mix cd's for my friends to show them all the new music I was discovering. Now, through TSIS, we work with musicians and record labels from all over the world to showcase a variety of the freshest electronic, hip-hop, indie, and alternative music to a global following that is comprised of millions of music lovers in over 110 countries - every single month. So, make yourself at home while enjoying countless amazing musicians from a variety of genres and let the sick sounds fill your ears! - Nick


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CRESTVIEW — The News Bulletin's Sports Department selected Crestview High School baseball player Hunter Willis as the North End Zone Spotlight's Player of the Week.
Watch this week's North End Zone Sports Report to see why we picked Hunter.
Read all about him exclusively in the News Bulletin's April 30-May 2 edition, available at these locations.
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Apple iMac goes quad-core, gets graphics choice, SD slot and multi-touch Magic Mouse
Apple has announced 21- and 27-inch iMacs, which give you graphics and hard-drive options. There's an SD card slot but no Blu-ray too. Check out our story for details and prices
Apple has refreshed its iMac line of all-in-one desktops and MacBooks . The new LED-backlit 21.5- and 27-inch widescreen iMacs come with a choice of graphics and hard-drive options, as well as a long-awaited SD card slot and the new multi-touch Magic Mouse. Still no Blu-ray, though.
Each of the new models includes an edge-to-edge glass design and aluminium unibody. They pack 4GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 memory, with room to upgrade to as much as 16GB across four SO-DIMM slots. DVD drive, AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, FireWire, iSight webcam and that SD card slot are built-in.
The 21.5-inch screen boasts 1,920x1,080-pixel high-definition resolution. There are two versions available: the first includes graphics powered by an integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M chip, and a 500GB hard drive, for £950. The second offers a discrete ATI Radeon HD 4670 card and 1TB hard drive, for £1,200.
A new 27-inch iMac sports a 2,560x1,440-pixel display. The 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo version includes discrete ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics. But the 2.66GHz version offers new quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPUs and ATI Radeon HD 4850 discrete graphics. Both pack 1TB or 2TB hard drives.
The new iMacs are bundled with a wireless keyboard and the new wireless Magic Mouse. It's a mouse with multi-touch, believe it or not. We'll be getting our stickly fingers on the new kit, including the Magic Mouse, tomorrow, so stay tuned.


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Some of the headaches of a president's second term stem from the "don't blame me" stories in which administration officials seek to use the press to wipe their fingerprints off of their boss's policy failures. It's their way of updating their resumes; unlike the president, they'll need a job in the near future. Sometimes that means trying to bury old hatchets, and sometimes that means anonymously leaking details of their unheeded prophecies to the New York Times, as "dozens of current and former members of the administration, foreign diplomats and Congressional officials" did for today's deep dive into the administration's feckless and confused Syria policy.
One of the more recent additions to President Obama's Cabinet, Samantha Power, has turned this into an art form. While working for Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, she called Hillary Clinton a "monster." But now she realizes that the Democrats want to hand Clinton the next presidential nomination, and feels the need to tell NBC that she has "regretted it pretty much every day since," and that the incident "just completely broke my heart that there is a fair amount of negativity heaped upon her that I find massively unfair, and the idea that I could have contributed in some way to that narrative, it was terrible." And oh by the way, Power wants Hillary to know that she thinks Clinton is "a total rock star–she's changed the world in a thousand ways."
Vicious comments aimed at a rival in the heat of a presidential campaign are not unheard of, however. More difficult for Power to shake might be the fact that she spent her career naming and shaming Clinton administration officials she deemed bystanders to the atrocities in Rwanda and then she joined a presidential administration intensely focused on being bystanders to the atrocities in Syria. Because of Power's career as a proponent of humanitarian intervention, the Obama White House gains much-needed credibility for sitting on the sidelines because the administration can point to Power's presence in the Cabinet. For her silence, Power gets to live it up in the ambassador's suite at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
But she seems aware that history may not look kindly on her career trajectory. She'll likely be asked, as the Bouncing Souls sang, "How high was your price, and was it worth it?" Thus, Power appears in the Times article waging a noble but losing battle to intervene with the president's chief of staff:
Denis R. McDonough, the deputy national security adviser and one of the biggest skeptics about American intervention in Syria, was promoted to White House chief of staff. Mr. McDonough had clashed frequently with his colleagues on Syria policy, including with Samantha Power, a White House official who had long championed the idea that nations have a moral obligation to intervene to prevent genocide.
Ms. Power came to believe that America's offers of support to the rebels were empty.
"Denis, if you had met the rebels as frequently as I have, you would be as passionate as I am," Ms. Power told Mr. McDonough at one meeting, according to two people who attended.
"Samantha, we'll just have to agree to disagree," Mr. McDonough responded crisply.
It's tempting to write this off as realism defeating idealism and present it as the theme of the Obama presidency. But as the Times article makes clear, the president didn't seem to think or care enough about the mess in Syria to formulate anything resembling a coherent ideological or theoretical analysis. The Times's sources stop just shy of accusing the president of playing Angry Birds during Syria briefings:
Even as the debate about arming the rebels took on a new urgency, Mr. Obama rarely voiced strong opinions during senior staff meetings. But current and former officials said his body language was telling: he often appeared impatient or disengaged while listening to the debate, sometimes scrolling through messages on his BlackBerry or slouching and chewing gum.
I'm not sure why it's relevant that the president chewed gum other than for these sources to present the commander in chief in a disquietingly condescending manner–petty enough to remind the reader that many of these sources are grinding axes. Which brings us back to Power. The expected defense of her lavish, taxpayer-funded acquiescence to inaction seems to be that she wanted to intervene but cannot exactly force the president of the United States to heed her advice.
But what did she expect? She well knew the president's outlook on foreign intervention, the Arab Spring, and on Syria specifically. Obama made no secret of the fact that he didn't want to get involved and didn't intend to do anything about ridding the Middle East of Bashar al-Assad. She cannot pretend to be some frustrated idealist stuck trying to change the system from the inside. The president's policy of inaction on Syria was clear and close to unshakeable, and she accepted the president's offer to sit in the Waldorf and not make trouble while this policy continued to be carried out.
And she's not the only one. So while all these sources may have a point about Obama's ambivalence on Syria, their self-serving revisionism should be taken with more than a grain of salt.


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As part of TDE Fam Appreciation Week, Kendrick follows the lead of his TDE and Black Hippy teammates and drops a new track. Kendrick has been riding high following the success of Section.80, the Dre cosign, signing to Aftermath and then the critical success of his singles "The Recipe" (featuring his label-head) and "Swimming Pools (Drank)"; and there does not seem to be any sign of him slowing down any time soon with this release. With a more uplifting sound than "Swimming Pools", compliments of Canei's sample-heavy production style, Kendrick lays down some strong bars and keeps listeners wanting more as well as continuing to build anticipation for his Aftermath debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city. Check it out and look for the album, in stores Oct. 2nd.
Soundcloud Download: Kendrick Lamar ft. Young Jeezy – "Westside, Right On Time" (prod.: Canei Finch)
Straightfromthea.com is reporting that the newest lady on The Real Housewives of Atlanta is Louisiana born actress and singer Nicole Porche. Porche is a 40 year old who will replace Sheree Whitfield on RHOA. Not much is known yet about Nicole, other than she acted in a movie called The Paperboy recently and before that has appeared in a handful of commercials and voice over work. According to her profile on IMDB.com she is a talented singer, dancer and actress who is 5 feet 1 inches tall. According to CelebrityNetWorth.com Nicole Porche has a net worth of $100,000! Not sure where all that money comes from. Porche has apparently been married and divorced a few times, so she probably walked a way with a little a bit of cash from them…
Anyways, who else is looking forward to the next season of RHOA? Should be interesting…
With this new track from the $3 million man, A$AP enlists the usual suspects, such as fellow up-and-comer, Spaceghost Purrp, to deliver the usual "dark, almost horror-core, production that makes the track bang hard but also captivates hip-hop heads around the world and gets their heads bobbin' along. While his subject matter and lyrics are not exactly diverse or deep, he uses somewhat of a faster delivery that plays well into the beat. All-in-all a solid track, and one that may help answer the question on many peoples' minds, "Can A$AP keep his momentum going into the new year?". Check it
Download: A$AP Rocky – "Pretty Flacko" (prod. Spaceghost Purrp)
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Wow. It's been a minute, but we're back here at B&B with a new year. To kick it off, here's a new joint from the Top Dawg all-star and member of Black Hippy (along with Jay Rock and Kendrick Lamar), ScHoolboy Q. Dave Free goes in on the boards and produces a sort of melancholy and somber yet eerily uplifting and soft beat that Q then kills, giving fans a good look at what to expect from his upcoming project Habits & Contradictions. His Black Hippy teammate, Kendrick Lamar, also hops on the track and, as always, kills it, showing he hasn't slowed down from his monster 2011, which saw the release of his highly acclaimed Section.80. Look out for the track on Habits & Contradictions which drops on January 14th.
Download: ScHoolboy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Blessed" (prod. Dave Free)
Tagged: #section 80, 80, black hippy, blessed, dave free, hippy, Jay Rock, kendrick, kendrick lamar, lamar, q, schoolboy, schoolboy q, section, tim, top dawg
Since joining MMG, Wale's lyrical content and style have noticeably changed, mainly due to the grittier beat patterns of MMG artists. However, while tracks like "Bait" (prod.: Tone P.) and "Tats On My Arm" (prod. by Southside, one half of 808 Mafia with Lex Luger) play into this new style, Wale comes back to his bread and butter with "Lotus Flower Bomb", giving us a look back at the enlightened, witty, and softer Wale that gained heavy notoriety and rose to prominence in the game. With production from Jerrin Howard, Wale is able to play down the heavy bass and frantic snare style we have all grown to be accustomed to from Rozay and his camp (Ughh!!). With a much calmer beat like previous releases "Beautiful Bliss" (off of Attention Deficit) and "The Break Up Song" (off of More About Nothing), and with the soulful vocals of Miguel delivering the hook, Wale is able to reminisce on a past romance and deliver it in a way that seems more heartfelt than aggressive (i.e. "Tats On My Arm"). Whether moving to MMG was ultimately a good move for his skill-set and career remains to be seen, but it's nice to see Wale hasn't strayed too far from the crux of his artistic ideology. Buy his album, Ambition, on 11.1.11.
Download: Wale ft. Miguel – "Lotus Flower Bomb" (prod.: Jerrin Howard)
…..And we're back in the game. It has been a minute since my last update but I have been wondering the worth of continuing the blog for sometime, so I have been getting to it when I feel like it instead of allotting 2 hours a day to doing it with few positive responses or comments over the 2+ years of our existence. Enough bitching (or actually being honest), here is Shad back with a new song off of The Real Frequency's New North compilation effort and the dude continues to be one the most consistent and a favorite of mine. I was fortunate enough to see him a couple weeks ago at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival and he only did a couple tracks, like most artists, which was disappointing but the lineup was so dope that it was easy to gloss over. Grab the download and streaming song below courtesy of HeroHill.
Download: Shad – "Flawless"
Tagged: download, flawless, new north, real frequency, shad
A buzz track for Gerald Walker's upcoming mixtape, The Other Half of Letting Go, "Recluse" shows a mixture of new school and old school elements, a rising trend amongst many newcomers like, most recently, Kendrick Lamar. While it will not be featured on the tape, many believe it will be hard for Walker to top what the track has to offer. The track seems to appeal to a larger population due, for one, to its soft, '90s pop piano sound (old school) which mixes perfectly with a heavy bass-line (new school) that has been so common in recent years, mostly in southern trap music. Secondly, because his flow and lyrical content extend past the "money, cars, and hoes" braggadocio that we have become so accustomed to with younger rappers, he grabs a larger audience; but he still keeps close enough to the mainstream, especially when he does his best Drake impression with a mix between spitting and singing. The track is crazy. Check it out.
We told you this tape was coming and it still blindsided us here at B&B faster than we expected. We have been very supportive of Darren for a few years now (and vice versa) and with each passing tape it gets more fun to see how he has evolved as an artist while still staying a cool ass person. I feel like a broken record saying that this is his best work to date, since I say it for almost every one, but that should speak volumes to his drive and refusing to allow his career and talent to stagnate. Go below the break and give the tape a listen and support indie artists who are on their grind and positively contributing to this way of life we call hip-hop. Both the download and streaming link are below. Read the rest of this entry »
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I had the pleasure of seeing Kendrick in Brooklyn about 2 weeks ago with Corey (Mr. B&B himself); and he killed it. He knew how to get the crowd hype and ran through a great set. Unfortunately, the concert came pre-#Section 80 announcement so we didn't get to here "Ronald Reagan" or "Hol' Up", his newest release off of his upcoming debut on Top Dawg (TDE). Running off of great production from Soundwave, Kendrick displays an enlightened and old-school flow while still retaining his hand in the streets through his lyrics and adhering to the ear of the more casual, common hip-hop listener of today. On top of Dr. Dre's co-sign, XXL had it right when they named Lamar as a 2011 Freshman of the Year, along with the likes of Mac Miller, Big K.R.I.T., Diggy, YelaWolf & Meek Mill, to name a few. Look for big things from the "next" Compton all-star in 2011. Also check out Kendrick's TDE label-mate, and fellow west-coast beast, Jay Rock who recently dropped "Hood Gone Love It" (featuring Lamar) off of his much anticipated and oft-delayed debut, Follow Me Home.
Download: Kendrick Lamar – "Hol' Up" (prod. Soundwave)
Download: Jay Rock feat. Kendrick Lamar – "Hood Gone Love It" (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
Tagged: #section 80, follow me home, hol up, hold up, hood gone love it, Jay Rock, kendrick, kendrick lamar, lamar, soundwave, tde, tim
With just two weeks left before the drop of one of the most highly anticipated albums in the past five years (but still not Detoxlevel…wtf), Finally Famous, I feel its our job at B&B to get you all hype. While I initially thought that the material released on Finally Famous, Vol.1 (one of the better mixtapes, I feel, in recent history) was enough to be a legitimate and commercially successful album (especially compared to its successors, Volumes 2+3), I guess Sean wasn't feelin it; but with major teasers like "Getcha Some" and "What U Doin", I think people were gettin a little tired of the wait. Although once "My Last" and "I Do It" (which I am not the biggest fan of but whatever) hit the airwaves, Finally Famous was in full-effect; and with releases like "Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay", people can look forward to a quality product, much like the material on Volume 1. Read the rest of this entry »
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GSD Course Bulletin - Fall 2012
FACULTY DETAILS - Thomas Leeser
Last updated on 12 MAY 2015 14:54:06.
01303: Fun Palace II (STU 0130300)
Thomas Leeser
Option Studio - 8 credits - Limited enrollment
This course has an IRREGULAR meeting schedule. Please see full course description.
Tuesday Wednesday 2:00 - 6:00
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'Bill Earnshaw Recent Works' at SNHU's Pantano Gallery
Manchester, N.H. (Sept. 9, 2008) – "Bill Earnshaw Recent Works," an exhibition of artist Bill Earnshaw paintings, will run in Southern New Hampshire University's Pantano Gallery Sept. 2 through Oct. 30.
Earnshaw, studied at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass. He initiated his career at Sudbury, Mass, Art Association creating oil paintings. He is president of the Manchester Artists Association and was elected as the Artist of the Year for 1996-1997. His work is in many private and public collections in the United States and overseas.
Earnshaw enjoys experimenting with different materials. His most recent medium is watercolor collages which have a three-dimensional feeling and bright colors.
The Pantano Gallery is located in Southern New Hampshire University's Shapiro Library and is open Mondays through Thursday from 8 a.m. to midnight, Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from noon to midnight. Please call the university's Shapiro Library at 603.645.9605 for gallery information.