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Return of the Jedi rating changed over violence

The film is upgraded from a U to a PG rating by the BBFC because of "the intensity of its violence".




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Band Aid recordings combined to mark 40th birthday

A remix will blend the voices from all the different versions released over the years into one whole.




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Sustainable business models, and why ABC has LOST their way

If you’re wondering about sustainable business models, bear with me while I rant about ABC’s free episode streaming, or just skip the first bunch of paragraphs to the Sustainable Business Models heading.  Ohterwise bear with me, I’ve got a couple lung-fulls to spend talking about why I’m not having the best time I could be [...]




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A different kind of Twitter timeline

Its been about a month since I started using Twitter, and I have to say the thing I’m most disappointed with is the fact that its so easy to miss interesting information.  Depending on how busy I am, I may have the time to spend half a day catching up to stuff on Twitter, or [...]




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Official Wordpress App for Blackberry

Wow, I was just stuck on a train from Philly to New York, and for lack of anything better to do, I looked up the progress of the official Wordpress App for the Blackberry. And I’m proud to report that its out, works great, supports multiple blogs, and looks great! You can download and install over [...]




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Nobody (even Jonathan Abrams) remembers sixdegrees.com anymore

I was just pointed to an article where Jonathan Abrams pretty much claims that he invented friend requests and possibly even social networking. He takes pride in his claim to inventing the idea of requesting and accepting friendships online. But because he’s been around it longer than anyone, he’s also getting sick of all the friend [...]




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Explanation of a Flash chip’s storage management routine

Hats off to Louis Gerbarg on his excellent write-up of how a Flash chip manages reads, writes, and most interestingly – deletes.  I have a relatively comprehensive understanding of how file systems work from classes back at CMU.  But back when I was taking those classes, Flash storage was basically non-existent in a file system [...]




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NextJump’s Overwhelming Offers Blackberry App

My brother Konstantin has been working on a BlackBerry app for NextJump’s Overwhelming Offers site.  Looks like the app got some press coverage today, on PCMag’s TechSaver site.  Way to go Konst, too bad the article doesn’t mention all the hours you’ve poured into that application.  Oh well, the developers behind the product rarely get [...]




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Reading CHM manuals on Mac OS X

Using Mac OS X as my primary development platform is great since I can emulate my LAMP production environment a lot closely than I ever could developing on Windows.  One thing I missed for a while is being able to load the CHM (Compiled Help format used on Windows) manuals for PHP and MySQL quickly [...]




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My Mac OS X essentials

I’ve recently had to copy my development environment over to a new MacBook due to the fact that my old one developed severe wear and “shut down at random times by prompting me and assuming I said Yes to the shutdown prompt with any keystroke”-disorder.  Yes, sad, but I do put my laptops through a [...]




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My favorite smell

I was just browsing Reddit, and saw a discussion about people’s favorite smells.  Unfortunately, it looks like my favorite smell is also the overwhelming winner on Reddit.  I don’t know if I should be happy, or if I should be sad that my favorite smell seems to be a lot less original than I thought. My [...]




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Spoon – Got Nuffin

I was watching an episode of Chuck called “Chuck vs. Operation Awesome“.  Besides the silly humor and marginally interesting plot, the show has some REALLY great music.  The theme for the show is Cake’s “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” – the extremely contagious instrumental track for it that is, with some sound effects – here’s the [...]




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The 1968 Travis Pike's Tea Party "If I Didn't Love You Girl" single reissued, news from Otherworld Cottage and Harvey Kubernik

Otherworld Cottage Industries owner Travis Edward Pike, and music and pop culture author Harvey Kubernik are kranking out the latest news as fast as tomorrow's headlines.




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Deutsche Telekom is celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday – and everybody can #TAKEPART!

2020 is the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth. Beethoven was raised in Bonn and a master at writing unique compositions. In the spirit of that, Deutsche Telekom plans to create a huge mosaic of Beethoven comprising many small photographs.




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Harvey Kubernik's "Docs That Rock, Music That Matters" Is the Documentary Music History Book for the 21st Century.

Harvey Kubernik's "Docs That Rock, Music That Matters" is now available through Amazon.




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Journalist and Author Harvey Kubernik is not only reporting music industry news, he's making music industry news

Journalist and Author Harvey Kubernik is not only reporting music industry news, he's making news




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Sonoton Music launches rebrand

. Sonoton Music, the world's largest independently owned Production Music library, rebrands with the launch of a new version of the music search system




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Celebrating Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, Harvey Kubernik's multi-voice interview archives will appear in "Music Connection" magazine on Friday, the 21st!

Bob Dylan's 80th birthday is next Monday. On Friday, "Music Connection" magazine will feature Harvey Kubernik's interviews with musicians, producers, filmmakers, photographers and fans.




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As Ringo sang in '71, "It Don't Come Easy," but somehow, Harvey Kubernik keeps on rockin' and rollin' his way through 2021

An update on author and music journalist Harvey Kubernik's recent activities. And there's even more on Kubernik's Korner!




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Napa's Bouchaine Vineyards, a beacon for the arts, hosts two classical music events this weekend

A free virtual performance from The Philadelphia Orchestra will follow an in-person performance from world-renowned violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde.




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Nicole Henry's Newest Jazz Album Climbs to #5 on Jazz Airplay Charts

Nicole Henry has successfully released a new album, is currently debuting in a musical to standing ovations and is starring in her own Whitney Houston Theatrical Tribute Show around the U.S.




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Financial year 2022: GEMA stronger than ever with a record financial result

Despite the challenging situation in society and the economy as a whole, the German music collect-ing society and one of the world's largest authors' societies for musical works, GEMA, achieved its best result ever in 2022.




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Revolutionizing Music Education: tonestro & Thomann partner up / Expert-guided interactive lessons meet top-quality instruments

tonestro, the global leading publisher of music learning apps for Brass, Woodwind & String instruments, and Thomann, Europe's leading musical instruments retailer, have partnered to offer a comprehensive learning experience for beginner violin and saxophone players.




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Back to Tape 3: Porsche celebrates hip-hop anniversary with new documentary

Stuttgart. On 11 August 1973, DJ Kool Herc hosted a party in the Bronx that would go down in history. With two turntables connected together, he created beats that friends accompanied with raps and acrobatic breakdancing. That New York evening 50 years ago is considered a key moment in the formation of the youth culture now known as hip-hop.




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A Museum Honoring the Waltz King: The House of Strauss

On October 25, 2023, Vienna, the renowned world capital of music, will unveil its latest cultural gem, the House of Strauss. This interactive museum pays tribute to the illustrious Strauss family, renowned for composing timeless masterpieces such as "The Blue Danube".




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The Miracles Rebirth - Motown 65

Motown legend Claudette Robinson, First Lady of Motown™ celebrates 65 iconic years of Motown with a star-studded Miracles tribute at The Miracles "Rebirth" event attended by Smokey Robinson and hosted by Frankie Ross.




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Homo progressivus - The Energetic Overcome - With a Little Help from Bruce Springsteen, Ludwig van Beethoven & ... around the World in 200 Festival-Days

In the week before the US presidential election on 5 November 2024, it is the artists who are calling the tune – impulsive, powerful and mighty, as only music can be.




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DVD Talk Interviews Director Andrew Bowler

Andrew Bowler, Academy Award nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Time Freak, sat down with DVD Talk writer and film...




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DVD Talk Presents: The Best Releases of 2018

DVDTalk.com staff writer and film critic Neil Lumbard has compiled a list of some of the best releases of...




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The Worst of Marcia Swampfelder




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A Directory of Gila Valley Day Hikes




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Electromagnetic Fields Solution Heresy




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