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    If you watch Iron Chef...

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    They can't have the challenger lose every single time. Therefore, Michael Symon doesn't get on as often as he should.

     

     

     

    I remember reading a while back about the amount of lead time they get finding out the secret ingredient. I don't remember how much time it actually was, though.

     

    Wikipedia says they're given 3-5 possible secret ingredients 45 minutes in advance.

    Game of Thrones

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    As someone completely unfamiliar with the books I like it for the most part but am a little confused. I am having a hard time picturing the societal structure i guess. who's who, and why certain groups are enemies. Also, the vocal recording seems to be low to me or something, because it's always hard for me to hear the dialog, which doesn't make understanding everything any easier. But overall I am liking the series.

    Amazon Launches Cloud Player

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Just grabbed Audiogalaxy and it rocks. One major peeve though....what is up with how it tracks/lists the songs?? I have all my stuff tagged correctly but the tool shows them all in weird order. Kinda blows it for me unless you just wanted to shuffle.

     

    I didn't have any tagging issues with mine.

    Amazon Launches Cloud Player

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Now THAT sounds cool. Especially since you don't have to have one of those i-droids or smart telophones to use it... Nice!

     

    Well I think it's mainly designed for use with smart phones, but there's a web page you can log into your account with and stream your music at any computer as well.

    Newport Folk Fest 2011 Line up

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I'm pretty excited about this line up. Looking forward to seeing Justin Townes Earlee, M. Ward, The Felice Brothers, & The Decemberists the most I think.

     

    The Decemberists

    Emmylou Harris

    Elvis Costello

    Gillian Welch

    Amos Lee

    Earl Scruggs

    Ramblin’ Jack Elliot

    Gogol Bordello

    M. Ward

    Wanda Jackson

    Mavis Staples

    Tegan & Sara

    The Felice Brothers

    Carolina Chocolate Drops

    Justin Townes Earle

    Delta Spirit

    Middle Brother

    The Wailin’ Jennys

    Freelance Whales

    The Secret Sisters

    Trampled by Turtles

    The Civil Wars

    The Head & The Heart

    Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three

    The Cave Singers

    What Cheer? Brigade

    Mountain Man

    David Wax Museum

    Devil Makes Three

    Song Circle with Dar Williams Ellis Paul John Gorka & Liz Queler

    Typhoon

    The Seeger Clogging All-Stars

    The Ebony Hillbillies

    BrownBird

    River City Extension

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    Digital Camera Recommendations?

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    my first camera was a rebel XT, about 2-3 generations removed. that took good photos, but i wanted a bit more flexibility so i upgraded. bodies can come and go, spend decent $ on good lenses and they will last.

     

    check out dpreview.com or fredmiranda.com for reviews, or google POTN (it's a Canon user site) and dig around in there.

     

    I'd pretty much echo what Tinnitus said. I've been using Canon dslr's since the 10D and have used most of their bodies, including several of the Rebels. They're great bodies and are priced well. Think of your first body as a vehicle to get you into dslr terrory. Then, when you realize how awesome and fun it can be you can start building up lenses first and switch to a better body down the road. To be honest, if you're just entering field I would even suggest looking at a model that was one or two generations old. They use the same lens mounts so you wouldn't lose the ability to upgrade, but they tend to be about $100 cheaper. That would be the Canon 500D. Check them out, find a local camera shop and see if they have any you can hold and get a feel for, maybe take a couple shots. A good dslr is a long term investment, you're sure to get your money's worth.

    Digital Camera Recommendations?

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    So, my birthday is coming up and everybody in my family wants to pool their money/get me gift certificates to get me a new digital camera (because that's what I want). I'm looking for something anywhere in the $300 - $750 range. I'm really interested in expanding my photography equipment, although I really don't have any idea where to begin. I don't need anything that has a ton of bells and whistles, just something really solid that takes nice pictures, and is fairly user friendly. If anyone has any suggestions as to what they use, or something they recommend, I'd sure appreciate you posting them here.

     

    If you want to be able to expand your photography equipment, I would look at an entry level dslr. The Canon 550D is on the upper end of your price range; http://www.amazon.com/Canon-T2i-Digital-3-0-Inch-18-55mm/dp/B0035FZJHQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1299071392&sr=8-2 however, if you get it you can begin to invest in lenses and flashes that will work with any other canon dslr you decide to get in the future. So it would be a nice stepping stone for you. If it increases your interest in the field then you can grow with it and eventually replace the body with a higher end model but still have lenses. On the other hand if you don't have the time to get your money's worth out of a camera you don't have to feel bad for blowing $5000 on the body.

    The Decemberists

    in Someone Else's Song

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    This it a totally arbitrary way of figuring out which songs to look into, but sometimes I'll look up an artist on songmeangings.net and just download the songs with the most comments. With that said, if you are just looking for some songs and not albums I'd check out 16 military wives, the mariner's revenge song, of angels and angles, song for myla goldberg, sons and daughters, when the war came, and the sporting life.

     

    From the new album I'm loving the opening track, Don't Carry it All.

    new Iron & Wine - "Kiss Each Other Clean"

    in Someone Else's Song

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    With Ben Massarella, Joe Adamik and Jim Becker from Califone collaborating on this album, I don't see how it could be anything but masterful. Beam's songwriting is top notch.

     

    I was a bit underwhelmed by the broadcast the other night. Technical difficulties made it all but unwatchable.

     

    Kiss Each Other Clean might be my favorite album title so far this year.

     

    You could download it as an mp3 from npr, the quality is much better.

    new Iron & Wine - "Kiss Each Other Clean"

    in Someone Else's Song

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    http://pitchfork.com/news/41118-iron-wine-to-debut-new-album-in-webcast/

     

    Tonight, returning beard-folk heroes Iron & Wine will play a just-announced show at New York radio station WNYC's performance venue the Greene Space. NPR Music and WNYC willwebcast the show live. Starting at 8 p.m. eastern, you'll be able to watch the show from the comfort of your laptop at the websites of both NPR Music and the Greene Space.At the show, the band will play Kiss Each Other Clean, their new album, in its entirety. Kiss Each Other Clean is the band's first new album since 2007's The Shepherd's Dog, and it comes out January 25 via Warner Bros. in the U.S. and January 24 on 4AD internationally.

     

    You'll also be able to see Sam Beam's beard in all its splendor when the band performs on"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" tomorrow night.

     

     

    Should be interesting. I really liked the 3 songs on the Walking Far from Home single.

    Media Players

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    I love how it's easy to switch between your audio library/database to browsing by directories in MediaMonkey, is this possible in WinAmp? I haven't used it since back when I didn't have enough mp3s to require having a "library".

    Media Players

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    I've been using MediaMonkey to organize and listen to my music forever. iTunes on WIndows always seemed too clunky, and ultimately MediaMonkeys organizing and tagging features made it the best bet to me. Lately though I was thinking it'd be nice to separate my studio music from live recordings, and I was just wondering what everyone else uses for their media playing around here.

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