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Month: March 2009

Great Player and Even Greater Human Being

I was sharing my frustration today on twitter about our local basketball team the Atlanta Hawks who decided not to select Chris Paul when they had the chance and then my friend Robert (@RobertHoliday) shared the following video with me. It showed that not only was Chris Paul a great basketball player but an even…

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Sports

Top 10 Things U2 Has Learned through the years

What? Another U2 post? Well this one is hilarious! It’s Bono and his mates on David Letterman sharing the top 10 things they’ve learned through the years. I love the ones about YouTube and the Edge sucking at Guitar hero! Spit up my coffee.

Comedy

The Church of Bono?

I went to church one Sunday morning and was feeling groggy from staying up too late as usual on Saturday night and then they dimmed the lights and played this video really really loud and soon I was fully awake and excited to be alive. Here’s the full version of this amazing live performance I’ve…

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Music

The Year of the Cat

Ever since I was a kid I remember loving Al Stewart’s “The Year of the Car” for some reason. I’ve only grown to appreciate it more through the years. It was obviously inspired by Casablanca with its reference to a Bogart movie. Other parts of the song that stick in my head is the very…

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Music

To Sir With Love

I’ve always loved “To Sir with Love” by Lulu but my appreciation of the song and Lulu herself increased tremendously when I saw her perform it live on American Idol 40 years since its first release! She not only sang it better than ever but she also looked incredible. Here are both versions. 1967 and…

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Movies

How to Blip Yourself

  If you’re a musician or represent any and you want to share your own music with the members of the wonderful Blip.FM community then here’s how to do it. URL Method Create a Blip.fm account Login Go to Settings Go to Music Enter the URLs to any songs you want and as many as…

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Music

TwiMailer Makes Following Back Easier on Twitter

After using twitter for a while you’ll start receiving a great deal of emails informing you that other members have begun to follow you on that service. While this is all good news, it can become quite tedious and time-consuming to go through each and every one to determine if you should follow them back….

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twitter

Romeo & Juliet

There have been countless films based on Shakespeare’s plays but the ultimate adaptation has to be Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of “Romeo & Juliet”. The two leads were actually teenagers themselves just like the star-crossed lovers in the play. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were wonderful in this classic tale of love. Here’s a video…

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Movies

New Twitter Movie: For the Birds

Here’s a new Twitter short movie that shows the impact each and every person you follow has on your social network! Have you ever had someone “hog the line” and cause a stir like this? The Betty Boop song might explain why some do what they do online.

Movies

Summertime

We had a big snow storm here in Atlanta yesterday (ok it’s all relative what constitutes a snow storm) and so what am I thinking about? No, not Christmas even though it’s my favorite time of the year. I’m thinking of Summertime and The Sundays! I just love them! This song just makes you feel…

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