Compendium of Club Juggling
November 20, 2008
A club juggling guide with over 700 hundred tips, tricks and patterns, it is well illustrated, and completely cross-referenced. A must have for any Club Juggler. This book is authored by the same man who wrote the Encyclopedia of ball juggling. With the same style that we fell in love with in the EBJ, he now brings club juggling and club passing to us. Buy from here…
A State of Trance 2007
November 20, 2008
Van Buuren is one of the biggest names in dance music and the current #3 DJ in the world (as voted by a DJ Mag poll). He continually pushes the bar with fresh trance sounds. This is the next chapter in his annual mix album series; a two-disc continuous mix of this year’s hottest trance tunes from a stellar lineup. Alongside Armin’s superior mixing skills, “A State Of Trance” is an inspiring and uplifting aural experience.
Customer Review: it’s like good sex for your ears
Excellent CD, I own ASOT 04,05,06 and this one is my favorite so far. Is just great track after great track. I would have to agree with some other reviews, that the first CD (listening to Emma Hewitt is a blessing, and “Together we rise” makes you truly want to rise as well) is better than the second one, but the first one alone is totally worth the price; the second one is not as good but I liked it too, some great tunes like “ascent” and “the space we are”. If you like trance music you will certainly love this one, is like good sex to your ears, complete satisfaction.
Buy it and Enjoy it.
Customer Review: so you like vocal trance?
A state of trance 2007 has a lot more vocals than past years. If that is not your thing, then I would pass.
This years mix is also a bit softer than past years and I find myself listening to the 2005-2006 albums far more often. There really aren’t any memorable tracks that I want to listen to again and again. Buy from here…
Save the Last Dance
November 20, 2008
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone’s expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there’s nothing new here, you’ll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that’s just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter’s crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she’s uncertain of her future.
Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara’s dormant funk emerges, with Derek’s coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek’s sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child’s absentee father; Derek’s best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara’s once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It’s obvious that Stiles’s dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie’s so earnestly positive and genuine. –Jeff Shannon
Customer Review: Save the Last Dance - It’s a keeper
Definitely one of my favorite movies. It makes you want to get up and dance during the movie. If you love a good love story, this is a winner for you.
Customer Review: A tasty casserole of movie themes
You’ve got great ingredients for this movie. Julia Styles is wonderful. Sean Patrick Thomas is fantastic. The directing and choreography were first-rate. In lesser hands, the writer could have made a hash out of the well-worn themes in this movie, but instead he worked all these themes together into a coherent whole:
* The “teenage coming of age” movie, like All the Right Moves.
* The “star-crossed young lovers” movie, like Romeo and Juliet.
* The “forbidden interracial love” movie, like Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
* The “guilt over the death of someone close to me will only temporarily stop me from performing” movie, like Stomp the Yard (I know: Stomp the Yard is a later film).
* The “overcome adversity to get into a top-notch dance school” movie, like Flashdance.
* The “go to new school with everyone of a different ethnicity than you” movie, like Finding Forrester (yet another great Sean Patrick Thomas movie).
* The “are you going to follow your gang or not” movie, like Boyz N the Hood.
* And, of course, the “broken family trying to heal” movie, like every Disney movie ever made except Peter Pan. Buy from here…
Discovery
November 20, 2008
The French twosome behind Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, get away with an awful lot. They go around impersonating aliens and robots in their interviews, they put records out only once every three years, and they make music that evokes a million other artists–while not really sounding like any of them. The keyboard noodlings of Jean-Michel Jarre are in there somewhere, along with the otherworldly imagery and giant hooks of ’70s rock icons like Boston or even Electric Light Orchestra. There are dashes of 1999-era Prince and oodles of new wave and disco cheese, from Harold Faltermeyer and Gary Numan to the Bee Gees, all set off with efficient house beats. So how have they managed to position themselves as electronic music’s next great crossover artists? On Discovery, the follow-up to the 1998 worldwide smash Homework, the answer is obvious: they have no shame, and they know how to make us dance.
Starting off with the irresistibly hummable “One More Time,” the record blows through a head-spinning array of styles and samples, creating a pop-culture stew of funky loops and dance-floor anthems. “Aerodynamic” eschews breakbeats for an Yngwie Malmsteen-ish guitar interlude that somehow ends up meshing in a crazy blend of stomping bass lines and hyped-up harmonics. “Digital Love” starts off silly and gets sillier, but the monosyllabic lyrics lull the senses just right, allowing the song’s summery groove to grab hold with authority. “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” is a resounding standout amidst the retro/Vocoder deluge that transpired after Cher’s Believe turned the kitchy disco device into a worldwide pop music trend, spinning a clever groove around an ever-escalating string of computerized seduction. Everywhere on the record, gigantic beats are dropped with pinpoint precision, giving songs a momentum that transforms repetitive melodies into sudden revelations. The record’s only misstep, the aptly named “Short Circuit” utilizes a keyboard riff that is nails-on-a-chalkboard awful, but it can’t keep this from being one of the best records of 2001. –Matthew Cooke
Customer Review: daft punk rocks
I personally love this album. I could listen to it over and over and not get tired of it. Aerodynamic is a definate favorite followed by Harder, better, stronger, faster. Actually…I just love the whole album. And if you get a chance, watch Interstella 5555. Totally worth it, it’s a cartoon (animeish) to this whole album.
Customer Review: Well, not as good as Homework
Discovery couldn’t be a better move away from Homework. Even though Homework was way better, Daft Punk goes for a 70’s and 80’s sound, which is fine because it shows the band is heading in a new direction. Unfortunatly, the direction was not as good. It dosen’t have as many strong songs as Homework, which only had two horrible songs. Not enough good songs on this one to beat it, even though all the songs are listenable. Homework without the two seven minute songs is aobut an hour, as long as this.
Discovery was the sound track for an anime, which if that tells you anything, it may even border on J-Pop. It’s more poppier, and more dancable. It’s kind of repetitive, but unlike Homework, the repition isn’t always that enganging. The key word is THAT, as in they didn’t exactly do a great job of hooking me into songs like Superheroes or High Life. Other than that, they did a good job, and there is less samples played over and over again like Fresh, Phoenix, and Daftendirekt. The vocals really take the spotlight, the use of a Vocodoer (SP??) is greatly shown on Discovery. It’s a bit poppier than Homework, but that is okay with me. Besides, songs like Nightvision have a great deal of atmosphere, more so than the songs on Homework.
There are truely no weak tracks, everything is much listenable and may not take as much to grow on you as Homework. Homework, once grown, is overall better in my opinion, but this one is more accessible. Of course, I don’t exactly always follow the more accessible stuff on purpose. If you liked Homework and don’t have a contempt for 80’s chessiness, get this album.
8.0/10 Buy from here…
The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Intermediate Horsemanship (C Level) (Howell Reference Books)
November 20, 2008
The C Level is an intermediate level of horsemanship. This C Level manual builds on material covered in The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Basics for Beginners/D Level. Whether you are a Pony Clubber who has passed the D Level tests or simply a rider who has mastered the same basics, this manual will enable you to increase your skills and teach you what you must know in order to ride independently and correctlywith good position, balance, and use of the aidson the flat, over fences, and in the open. At the intermediate level you are expected to take more responsibility for the care and management of your pony, and you will learn how to do this as well. In addition, you will learn the skills needed for conditioning and preparing your pony and yourself for competitions and special events. From the C Level, you may go on to higher Pony Club ratings such as B, H?A, or A Ratings, or specialize in such disciplines as dressage, show jumping, eventing, and showing. Or you may just want to have the pleasure of caring for your horse or pony and participating in your favorite riding activities. Either way, The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Intermediate Horsemanship/C Level will give you an excellent basis in horsemanship for the lifelong enjoyment of horses and horse sports.
Customer Review: Very helpful and informative horse manual.
As a begging rider, I was wandering through a local tack shop when I saw the USPCA’s Manuals for Horsemanship, D level and C level. I picked up the C level manual and was overwhelmed with the information, so I asked my mom to buy me the D level book. I read the book cover to cover in three days, although I was only ten years old at the time. I was surprised at how much I had been doing wrong (I have a great instructor who doesn’t like to overwhelm begginers with directions). Six months later I was capable of completing all the requirments of the D manual, so my mom bought me the C manual. About a year later I joined a local Pony Club, and was very glad that I had read the manuals when I became a D-3 shortly after joining. Three years later, I am still very thankful to Susan E. Harris for writing the manuals. I am now a C-3, and hope to advance to the B level by next spring. I would recommend the manuals to anyone who rides english, however, remember to read them in order, or you will feel as if you are missing information. I have not read the B-A manual yet, but I do think that the C manual is the best of the three for building a sound riding career. P.S. I’m also in 4-H, and have found that Grooming to Win, also by Susan E. Harris, is extremely useful when preparing for Pony Club rallies or inspections, 4-H shows, and just about any other shows. It is also a great guide to daily grooming, trimming, and conditioning of your horse.
Customer Review: Essential book for English-style riders of all ages
Like Susan’s first volume, this is a marvelous combination of clear language, straight-forward presentation, and logical organization, topped by many wonderful drawings. Once you’ve read and digested the “D” volume, go on to this one and continue your equestrian education in the most logical way I’ve found. I’m a long-time riding instructor, especially for the US Pony Clubs, and recommend this book to riders of any age. I also own about 900 horse books and Susan Harris’s Manuals are, by far, the ones I consult most often. Buy from here…
Only Hearts Club Book - It’s Hard To Say Good-Bye
November 17, 2008
Taylor angelique loves going to the dog park with ger friends from the Only hearts Club. Read when happens when Lily Roses’s sweet dog Chip has to be put down. Buy from here…
FutureSex/LoveSounds
November 17, 2008
Customer Review: Amazon is Awesome
This was purchased as a gift for Christmas. It arrived on time and the person who received it was very happy.
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Customer Review: Great CD
All of JT’s current hit songs on 1 CD. Makes you almost look forward to long commutes. 
Buy from here…
A Very Special Christmas 3
November 17, 2008
Part three of a series of records that benefits the Special Olympics, A Very Special Christmas 3 from 1997 is as excitingly eclectic as its predecessors. Though it features the likes of R&B chart toppers and hip-hoppers Mase, Puff Daddy, and Snoop Doggy Dogg and alt-rockers No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, , Blues Traveler, and others, the real standout performances belong to Jonny Lang, with his bawdy, barroom version of “Santa Claus Is Back in Town” and Sting, who delivers a proper reading of that old English carol “I Saw Three Ships.” The showstopper, though, is Natalie Merchant’s “Children, Go Where I Send Thee” in an arrangement so rich and compelling it may top even the many five-star versions of this African-American hymn that have come before it. –Martin Keller
Customer Review: Good, but not great CD.
Several very good songs and many forgettable ones. I enjoyed songs from Sting, Natalie Merchant, No Doubt, and Chris Cornell…and found myself skipping the others to listen to the favorites.
Customer Review: Oi to the punks and Oi to the skins, but Oi to the world and everybody wins!
This is obviously the third volume in the highly successful Very Special Christmas series. It came out in 1997 and most of the performers here are ones that were popular at that time. Most of the performances are good, with nothing being flat out terrible, which is always a bonus. Which ones you like best will depend on your taste of course. Personally, I think I like the songs by Sting, Natalie Merchant, No Doubt and Chris Cornell the best. But that’s just me, you might like some of the others better. Buy from here…
Paul Van Dyk - Global (DVD-CD Combo)
November 17, 2008
A combination CD-DVD set, Global acts as a handy greatest-hits collection of Paul Van Dyk’s wildly popular brand of shiny trance, featuring two previously unreleased tracks along with a mix of his best-known work. While he’s justifiably famous as a DJ, it’s really Van Dyk’s production, filled with shimmering electronics and relentlessly upbeat rhythms, that sets his recorded work apart from the pack. His knack for catchy hooks turns songs like “Another Way” from 2000’s Out There and Back into swirling epics designed for jolting the dance floor into glowstick overdrive. Of the record’s two previously unreleased tracks, “Animacion” sounds more like Van Dyk’s recent work. The other, “My World,” with its speedy, early-trance-house feel, may have sat in the back of Van Dyk’s record crate for years. The DVD includes live footage, interview snippets, fan testimonials, and a 5.1 surround-sound mix. –Matthew Cooke
Customer Review: Great introduction to trance for the newbie…
Gosh, I’ve played this CD to folks who have never heard trance much less ever heard of PVD and they’ve loved it. One example was my old school boss who heard it when I gave him a lift one day. He found it upbeat, cheerful and relaxing all at the same time. He asked me the cd info and got his own copy. He later shared that he had played it for his wife who was equally pleased. Even if you’re familiar with PVD and this type of music I think you’ll find that you won’t get tired of hearing this cd and watching the enclosed DVD over and over. Its a solid example of trance music and PVD’s work.
Customer Review: Global DVD
This DVD will no matter what be loved by PVD fans, it is is comprised of some of his lighter trance. I enjoyed the music a lot. However I honestly couldnt make it through 10 minutes of watching it becuase it is just clips from his parties across the world. I ended up cranking it up and just cleaning my house. Overall a good dvd to listen to for studying or background, but hard to watch it. I still reccomend it. I am a huge PVD fan. Buy from here…
Jamiroquai - Live at Montreux
November 17, 2008
Jamiroquai are one of the most successful British acts to come out of the nineties. In America, they have sold 2.5 million albums, bolstered on the strength of their breakout album “Traveling Without Moving”. The band deliver a blistering two-hour plus set crammed with hit singles and much loved album tracks led from the front by Jay Kay’s charisma, movement and compulsory headgear.
Tracklisting 1) Use The Force 2) Canned Heat 3) Cosmic Girl 4) Little L 5) Blow Your Mind 6) High Times 7) Traveling Without Moving 
Butterfly 9) Shoot The Moon 10) Soul Education 11) Just Another Story 12) Mr Moon 13) Alright 14) Love Foolosophy 15) Deeper Underground
Bonus Track from 1995: 1) Space Cowboy
Customer Review: SUPERB!!!!
JK is on fire! This video truly exemplifies what Jamiroquai is all about. A combination of new and old that will soothe your Jamiroquai itch until they get back to your area- “Shoot the moon” melodic rhythms that will drive any jazzy-soul-funk fan wild!
Customer Review: More live DVD’s, please!!!
This performance was terrific. However, there are two reasons that I shorted it one star:
1. It doesn’t come close to Jam’s Live in Verona DVD in terms of crowd and camera involvement. The energy is a little subdued.
2. The audio just wasn’t finished right. It’s like the engineer forgot to tweak the last 10%. The overall audio quality is bright, so surround sound might seem a little overbearing. Stereo sounds good, but it’s still missing a cleaner “live” sound (this may have to do with indoor vs. outdoor acoustics).
NOTE: I work at a high-end audio store, so I’ve been playing this using an $80,000 surround sound system; therefore, please don’t let my critique steer you away from buying this disc by any means.
Other than those bits, the overall performance is stellar! Jamiroquai is an incredible live band. They do a great job at taking their studio songs and vamping them up with [acid] jazz, funk, fusion, and jam sessions in between. “Shoot The Moon” is a GREAT surprise!!! That song is filled with great riffs and a groovey chorus.
Buy this disc. But buy it only if you can’t find Jamiroquai’s Live in Verona (make sure it’s REGION ZERO - plays in all DVD players) first. Either purchase will be thoroughly enjoyed. Cheers! Buy from here…
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