A Yanni concert is one of the best attended events of any modern artist. While not his first major concert, Yanni’s breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, which was filmed on September 25, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece and released in 1994 as an album and live video. The corresponding concert tour of the year was Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994.. “Yanni Live at the Acropolis” was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra in addition to his highly skilled core band. Continue Reading »
What are your valuable rants and raves worth? What am I talking about? Every day you put blood, sweat and tears into producing interesting and controversial blog posts about your niche. Now, ask yourself, what’s your time worth?
I don’t know about you, but when I say this new service called IDrive-B, I was ready to sign up. I know there’s a plug-in for WordPress where you can backup your database, but not everybody is running WP and not everyone is tech savvy. So this is an affordable way to go where you can backup your blogs and not have to remember it.
Why would you want to? Well, I was blogging along on WP for a while and a few of the tables got corrupted. Do you know what happens when that happens? Well, it ain’t pretty. I had the plugin going, but I still had a heart-attack when I arrived to find my blog showing gibberish. For $4.95 a month, I could sleep easier knowing that all my efforts are not in vain. And you don’t have to remember to back it up.
IDrive-B (http://www.idrive.com) is a new feature addition to IDrive-E to backup your blogs. You can sign for free or a paid pro account. You can view and restore your blog data within 24 hours after setting it up first time; after the first backup, subsequent backups are automatically executed periodically. Blog backup storage is limited to 1GB.
In addition, IDrive-E offers other standard features including encrypted Online Backup for your critical data on your PC, free up to 2GB and unlimited for $4.95/month. Now that’s something worth considering. It works itself over the Internet and you don’t have to remember to manually backup.
From FemaleFirst.co.uk comes this info about Gareth Gates making his phenomenal comeback in music. He has an exclusive interview here.
Now I must admit that I wasn’t a fan of Gareth Gates, but
Following the success of his top 15 hit ‘Changes’, Gareth Gates is well and truly back on the music scene.
On June 18th he releases his second single ‘Angel On My Shoulder’, which is Gareth’s personal favourite on his forthcoming album ‘Pictures Of The Other Side’.
After notching up over 3 million record sales in under two years, Gareth spent 3 ½ years out of the public eye, devoting his time to writing and recording his new material, and also concentrating on improving his speech after working with and for The McGuire Programme.
The latest single campaign saw him achieve many of his personal career goals, including an array of live TV pieces and a particularly great, honest interview on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, from which he garnered a lot of praise and new fans.
‘Angel On My Shoulder’ is a very moving and poignant track, and one that everyone can relate to in some way.
His unofficial fan clubs are pretty neat, too. If you are looking for like-minded folks, surf on over to WholelotofGareth or SugarBoxGirl. Sugar has downloads and news.
If you’re into back stuff, look at what Hazel has to offer with charts and such.
And let’s not forget the ever popular and always present Myspace offering. Every music group is on Myspace and Gareth is no exception. Find him here: Gareth on Myspace
Lastly, if you want to hear and see Gareth in concert, here’s a YouTube for ya!
If you like a little universe-watching with your music, Meade and OpticsPlanet have come out with something really nifty. It’s called Meade My Sky Personal Video Planetarium and it’s a revolutionary new way to explore the universe. Stargazing is also one of the greatest things to do with headphones playing your favorite tunes. It’s an interactive point-shoot-and-identify guide to our universe which comes with a full color LCD screen and a computerized telescope. We have certainly gone where most young astronomers have never gone before with this one.
I love technology and gadgets, and OpticsPlanet.com fits the bill giving me the idea that I might want to combine my new iPod and all that music with an evening under the stars with a Meade my sky along with my old fashion telescope, binoculars, or a set of night vision goggles. Think of it; this is a portable planetarium. We used to have to go to the Franklin Institute, stand in a long line, sit on those uncomfortable chairs and stretch backwards to get educated. And half the time, we forgot what we learned. This takes care of that and we can take it with us.
OpticsPlanet also carries many other products made by all the major brands including Meade, Coronado, Simmons, Celestron, Nikon and more. They also offer Free UPS. OpticsPlanet offers a discussion board on their various products for Pre-Sales and After-Sales support.
This is a Meade my Sky is paid sponsorship post that’s well worth checking out.
Dolly Parton, famous for her singing, will now also be remembered as a Girl Scout For Life.
Now, I have to admit, I’m not a fan of Dolly Parton beyond the fact that she’s a classic, yadda, yadda, but I thought it was pretty cool that she was such a role model for young women that they would give her this award. I mean, how many women has the Girl Scouts of America inspired to excellence. My daughter was a scout and she was taught about integrity, getting along with your fellow man/woman and how to help the environment. Not to mention all those great Girl Scout cookies.
So the fact that Dolly has received this honor goes a long way towards raising her already high credibility. She’ll also make a fantastic spokesperson for the Girl Scouts, and I’ll be she was just tickled pink to be honored that way.
Here’s a bit of the press release and you can read more if you like.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton is a country singer, songwriter, movie star, amusement park owner and philanthropist. Now she’s a Girl Scout, too.
Parton, 60, was named a lifetime member of Girls Scouts of Tanasi Council during a presentation before 1,000 Girl Scouts at her Dollywood theme park Friday evening.
“While I was never a Girl Scout myself when I was a kid, I always wanted to be,” Parton said in a statement. “This great honor lets me live out a dream and to be part of an organization that stands for many of the same values I do and Dollywood does.”
Parton accepted a lifetime membership pin and led the audience in the Girl Scout Promise.
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