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		<title>General</title>
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			<title>Little Jimmy Dickens</title>
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			<dc:creator>President Eisenhower</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>What Are You Listening To Now?</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<strong>The Voodoo Suite</strong>
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band led by Perez Prado
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with Maynard Ferguson and Shorty Rogers, trumpets
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This is from 1954, but it sounds like right now.
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It could be Arturo Sandoval in 2008:
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<img src="http://www.ryc.cult.cu/acostaorestes5.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:03:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-are-you-listening-to-now-t27.htm#288</comments>
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			<title>Hank Williams Snr</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>Is he the friggin' best or what?</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:46:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/hank-williams-snr-t2355.htm#35989</comments>
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			<title>American Recordings</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I haven't included 'Unearthed' or 'My Mother's Hymn Book'.
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<br />
And yes, early Cash is da best.]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>What Is Your Favourite 'The Fall' album?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
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			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:38:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Svetlana hits the stage!</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[It's all about to happen, in just a few hours.  I have to head out to Rockville to set up the stage.
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It's gonna be a really big shoo: <a href="http://www.balalaika.org/home___the_washington_balalaika_society.htm" target="_blank">http://www.balalaika.org/home___the_washington_balalaika_society.htm</a>
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It's always fun to play for Svetlana
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<img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j55/pinhedz/SlavicFest07-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>What's more important--musicianship or sex appeal?</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description>Do I remember wrong, or did violinists used to look like this ...







...instead of this?







If Isaac Stern had looked like Anne Sophie Mutter, I wouldn't have objected; as long as the playing is good, no harm done.



But all the new hitmakers seem to have been picked for sex appeal rather than music.  Anybody else notice this?



If Ella Fitzgerald was just starting out now, would anybody listen to her?



 



How about Aretha Franklin?



 </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:13:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>This place sucks monkey testicles</title>
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			<dc:creator>George Michael</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/3050770371_f17e5f9039.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
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It really does.]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:50:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Source/significance of rappers' hand-gestures?</title>
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			<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Please explain to a balding middle-aged white man with no sense of rhythm or 'street' style how such gestures originated and what (specifically) each of them means. 
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I get the general impression that many of them indicate contempt/disrespect, but I'm not clear about the exact significance of the various gestures.
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Is it a bit like sign-language for the deaf?]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Mirage gruppa - very sexy!</title>
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			<dc:creator>President Eisenhower</dc:creator>
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&#1090;&#1072;&#1082;&#1086;&#1075;&#1086; &#1075;&#1086;&#1074;&#1085;&#1072; &#1077;&#1097;&#1105; &#1085;&#1077; &#1074;&#1080;&#1076;&#1077;&#1083;&#65279;]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:44:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tom Waits</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone a fan?
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<br />
I've just been wondering if he's ever done a 'bad' album?  I'm yet to find one.  Listening to 'Alice' at the moment.  Good album.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Kinks...</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>The Kinks have one of the strongest greatest hits out there, in my opinion.



I have never fentured further than my Greatest Hits CD, but I think it's time that I do!    One of their songs is currently on a tv advert, called 'Shangri-la' - it's a brilliant song.  The same came be said for 'There's something about that girl' which can be found on the 'Rushmore' soundtrack.  These two songs are the reason why I HAVE to get some more Kinks songs.



So, what album shall it be then?   </description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:33:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Russians react to Susan Boyle on youtube</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description>&#1087;&#1086;&#1090;&#1088;&#1103;&#1089;&#1072;&#1102;&#1097;&#1080;&#1081; &#1075;&#1086;&#1083;&#1086;&#1089;!!!!...&#1084;&#1091;&#1088;&#1072;&#1078;&#1082;&#1080; &#1087;&#1086; &#1082;&#1086;&#1078;&#1077;)))&#65279;

Stunning voice!!!!...ants crawl over my skin))) [she means she got goose bumps]



&#1057;&#1054;&#1042;&#1057;&#1045;&#1052; &#1053;&#1045; &#1057;&#1051;&#1054;&#1046;&#1053;&#1054;??? &#1040; &#1082;&#1072;&#1082; &#1078;&#1077;&#65279; &#1074;&#1080;&#1073;&#1088;&#1072;&#1090;&#1086;?  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:24:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/russians-react-to-susan-boyle-on-youtube-t2194.htm#33435</comments>
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			<title>Vs.</title>
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			<dc:creator>Woo!</dc:creator>
			<description>Were you thinking this would be a Pearl Jammer thread?

 

 

 

So all ready know Whitney kicks Susan Boyle's asspercream, but how does she fair against Dolly?

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

IMO, Dolly had a bit more feeling, but Whitney has oh so mo soul... </description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/vs-t2237.htm#34305</comments>
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			<title>Performers that it's good you saw when you did, because they're dead now</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Danny Gatton
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Charlie Byrd
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Buddy Rich
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Stephane Grappelli
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Robert Pete Williams
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Bukka White
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Bennie Goodman
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John Fahey
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Dave Ray
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Albert Bellson
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Mstislav Rostropovich
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Yehudi Menuhin
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Isaac Stern
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Soupy Milton
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Mance Lipscomb
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Nikolai Kalinin
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Pam Bricker]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Yoko Ono</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dylanesque</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oXSCaIrmSqI/RgGmJn76ojI/AAAAAAAAAKI/zZyqzjgiDgQ/s400/Bryan+Ferry+Dylanesque.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
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Just listening to this album.  Only on track 1, so can't really comment yet.  But I think it would be a nice gesture if Dylan's next album could be 'Ferryesque', with Dylan opening with 'In Every Dream Home A Heartache'.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Traveling Wilburys</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>



I love both albums.  I feel that Vol3 has got a little bit of an unfair reputation... Yes Orbison is missing, leaving a quite a big hole, but it's still a great fun album nonetheless.



Both albums are pure fun.  It's funny, it seems that a great number of friends of mine know the Wilburys music much better than Dylan's... both albums seem to have been real favourites of people's childhoods.



Favourite Wilbury song is 'Tweeter and the Monkey Man'. </description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Why the Mexicans hated Elvis...</title>
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			<dc:creator>Stan54</dc:creator>
			<description>WHY MEXICANS HATED ELVIS! 







 May 1959: While Elvis Presley’s popularity in the U.S. was arguably at its all-time peak, Mexico was in the midst of a huge anti-Elvis backlash. 



Tijuana tabloids called him a racist and homosexual, after the singer reportedly told gossip columnist Federico de León "I'd rather kiss three black girls than a Mexican." A Mexican woman in the same column was quoted saying "I'd rather kiss three dogs than one Elvis Presley.” 



Mexican Radio Exitos read  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/why-the-mexicans-hated-elvis-t477.htm#6076</comments>
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			<title>Roy Orbison</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/roy-orbison-t2287.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>I only have a Greatest Hits and a couple of live albums.  Can anyone recommend a great studio album?</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/roy-orbison-t2287.htm#35064</comments>
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			<title>Songs Co-Written by Elvis</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>These two are apparently co-written by the King.  Both good songs, especially the 2nd one.











Anyone know of any others? </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:26:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Veedon Fleece</title>
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			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>



There are days when I think this album is better than both MOONDANCE and ASTRAL WEEKS.  But it's nowhere near as wildly known as the other two, and doesn't seem as criticial acclaimed either.  Why?  Maybe it's because it was released only a month previous to the somewhat worshipped 'It's Too Late to Stop Now...' double album?



Here's a rather loving review from John Kennedy in PopMatters (on wiki)



Veedon Fleece is a poet's album, a jazz lover's album, a masterpiece of soul-singing,  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/veedon-fleece-t2097.htm#31705</comments>
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			<title>Pam bricker--used to sing at Blues Alley</title>
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			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description>Here's who she was:



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58841-2005Feb27.html



I knew her in the early 1980s, before she started singing at blues alley.  She killed herself in 2005.



 </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/pam-bricker-used-to-sing-at-blues-alley-t628.htm#7539</comments>
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			<title>The Cure !!!!</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-cure-t1351.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>Who likes?</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:21:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-cure-t1351.htm#18984</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-cure-t1351.htm</guid>
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			<title>where is everyone</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/where-is-everyone-t2127.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Ida Slugder</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I came o talk and there is noone here! <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_evil.gif" alt="Evil or Very Mad" longdesc="12" />  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_cheers.png" alt="cheers" longdesc="42" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:34:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/where-is-everyone-t2127.htm#32311</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/where-is-everyone-t2127.htm</guid>
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			<title>What was No 1 the day you were born?</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-was-no-1-the-day-you-were-born-t2173.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Nashville Skygirl</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I nicked this thread from the site that shall remain nameless.  You might wanna have a go, just out of interest?
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<a href="http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1" class="postlink" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1" target="_blank">http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1</a></a>]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-was-no-1-the-day-you-were-born-t2173.htm#33081</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-was-no-1-the-day-you-were-born-t2173.htm</guid>
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			<title>Your favorite name for John Coubar Mellencamp</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/your-favorite-name-for-john-coubar-mellencamp-t2123.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>George Michael</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Which one do you like the best?
<br />

<br />
a) John Cougar
<br />
b) John Cougar Mellencamp
<br />
c) John Mellencamp
<br />

<br />
I'll tell you what I think, but I want to know you think first!]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/your-favorite-name-for-john-coubar-mellencamp-t2123.htm#32300</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/your-favorite-name-for-john-coubar-mellencamp-t2123.htm</guid>
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			<title>Cold, cynical manipulation in music and the arts</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/cold-cynical-manipulation-in-music-and-the-arts-t1324.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description>Here's one example: In the film &quot;Crush&quot; a church organist boasts that he is able to make anyone cry with music.  He doesn't say that he himself is moved when he does it, he simply knows how--how to push people's emotional buttons.



A reverse example: Jerry Jeff Walker once complained that he has on and off nights--sometimes he's into it, but when he isn't, people complain that he's not as good, that he seems bored or irritated.  They want him to &quot;at least look like he's having  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:26:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/cold-cynical-manipulation-in-music-and-the-arts-t1324.htm#18160</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/cold-cynical-manipulation-in-music-and-the-arts-t1324.htm</guid>
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			<title>Favorite acrosstheuniverse LPs</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/favorite-acrosstheuniverse-lps-t2172.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3HkWzm8HYcs/SCxUOqm52gI/AAAAAAAAAvY/9TqVOfgMZ-0/s320/les.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:25:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/favorite-acrosstheuniverse-lps-t2172.htm#33073</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/favorite-acrosstheuniverse-lps-t2172.htm</guid>
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			<title>Songs That Have Been In Your Head All Day</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/songs-that-have-been-in-your-head-all-day-t1108.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jAv_P2Z-5LU" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit"></embed>
<br />

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<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5nd6QteDR8" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit"></embed>]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/songs-that-have-been-in-your-head-all-day-t1108.htm#13326</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/songs-that-have-been-in-your-head-all-day-t1108.htm</guid>
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			<title>The Doors:  Strictly for teenagers?</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-doors-strictly-for-teenagers-t2118.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_question.gif" alt="Question" longdesc="17" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:32:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-doors-strictly-for-teenagers-t2118.htm#32232</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-doors-strictly-for-teenagers-t2118.htm</guid>
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			<title>Who is your favourite guitarist?</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-is-your-favourite-guitarist-t694.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm ashamed to say that I don't really have one....  If pushed, I guess I would say Hendrix.  But I find it difficult to know who's a 'genius' and who isn't.  I'm happy to hear a few power chords as long as they sound good.
<br />

<br />
So, for the guitar players out there (and others), who do you reckon is the VERY best?  And is this person your favourite?]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-is-your-favourite-guitarist-t694.htm#8176</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-is-your-favourite-guitarist-t694.htm</guid>
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			<title>Rosie the Riveter</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/rosie-the-riveter-t1971.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>pinhedz</dc:creator>
			<description>I went and got my fist stuck in another tar baby over at the other place.  But it's not a total loss, because I found out where Rosie the Riveter is--the Potomac Place Assisted Living Facility.  



She fled Czechoslovakia in the 1930s at the age of 13, and she's the one that gave me the Perez Prado records.



So, here she is:







Like I told the people at that other place, I know her hair was dark in the Rosie-the-riveter poster, but that was then, and this is now. </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:24:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/rosie-the-riveter-t1971.htm#29795</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/rosie-the-riveter-t1971.htm</guid>
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			<title>An instrument for tomorrow</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/an-instrument-for-tomorrow-t2101.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Le Néant</dc:creator>
			<description>A step towards accustic electronics?       

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8294355.stm </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:26:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/an-instrument-for-tomorrow-t2101.htm#31843</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/an-instrument-for-tomorrow-t2101.htm</guid>
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			<title>Who do you listen to?</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-do-you-listen-to-t2081.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Is there an artist you listen to a great deal more than anybody else?  We all go through phases of listening to a particular group or artist, but who stuck around forever?
<br />

<br />
Dylan and Elvis for me.]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:15:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-do-you-listen-to-t2081.htm#31313</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/who-do-you-listen-to-t2081.htm</guid>
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			<title>Screamin' Jay Hawkins</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/screamin-jay-hawkins-t2099.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>I started a thread on him a while back, but I can't seem to find it.



Is anyone else here a big fan of this great man?



It is clear to anyone how much of an influence Hawkins was as a live-performer, due to the theatrics and whatnot, but I can't help but think that he was, and still is, greatly underappreciated as a recording artist.  His voice and turn of phrase really is second to none, a truely magnificent singer, as well as a brilliant performer.











 </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/screamin-jay-hawkins-t2099.htm#31839</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/screamin-jay-hawkins-t2099.htm</guid>
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			<title>Elvis Presley</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/elvis-presley-t1084.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>I've had nearly all of Elvis' albums at one point or another... but gradually manage to lose them.



Anyway, the ones I just listened to:



HIS HAND IS MINE

ELVIS' GREATEST SHIT

ELVIS RECORDED LIVE ON STAGE IN MEMPHIS

THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET SESSIONS

HE TOUCHED ME





Greatest Shit is here if you fancy listening to the mighty Old Mac Donald Had a Farm and Dominic the Impotent Bull: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXT2JIRZ



I advise you don't though. </description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/elvis-presley-t1084.htm#13038</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/elvis-presley-t1084.htm</guid>
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			<title>You too can be a musician!</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/you-too-can-be-a-musician-t2050.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Stan54</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://blog.wfmu.org/.a/6a00d83451c29169e20120a5823060970b-800wi" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/you-too-can-be-a-musician-t2050.htm#30866</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/you-too-can-be-a-musician-t2050.htm</guid>
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			<title>They're Coming to take me Away, Ha, Haaa!- Napoleon XIV</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/they-re-coming-to-take-me-away-ha-haaa-napoleon-xiv-t2063.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
			<description>This 1966 novelty record mocking the mentally ill was a Top 5 hit in the US and UK singles charts. Its B-side consisted of the A-side played- and the label printed- backwards. 



Creator Jerry Samuels based the record on the old Scottish tune &quot;The Campbells Are Coming&quot;.



It tells the story of a man who gets put in a mental institution after his wife (&quot;that mangy mutt&quot;) is unfaithful to him. 



Wikipedia observes that the record did actually cause a good deal of protest  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:50:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/they-re-coming-to-take-me-away-ha-haaa-napoleon-xiv-t2063.htm#30973</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/they-re-coming-to-take-me-away-ha-haaa-napoleon-xiv-t2063.htm</guid>
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			<title>Prices of Concerts</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/prices-of-concerts-t1937.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>I've just been looking at the list of acts that are to play at the Bristol Colston Hall in the near future.  Some of the prices are quite varied, and a little strange IMO.  For example, to see Joan Baez one would have to pay £38, but to see Motorhead one would have to pay £25.  Why such a big gap?  I find it hard to believe that there is such an obvious difference in the demand to see Baez over Motorhead.  In fact, to be honest I thought there would be more demand to see Motorhead.  Both of them  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/prices-of-concerts-t1937.htm#29343</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/prices-of-concerts-t1937.htm</guid>
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			<title>Ballet scores</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/ballet-scores-t1992.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Dharma Wheel</dc:creator>
			<description>Any fans?



Anyone listen to Tchaikovsky ballet music, Prokofiev....?



Before I had children, every Wednesday afternoon when the troop was in NY, I used to get a standing-room ticket to see the performances of American Ballet Theater. The house was never full, and when the lights went down, the rope minders would open the gate, and we would all get orchestra seats.



I'm not a crying type person at all, but the performances of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet would have me in tears. Julio  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/ballet-scores-t1992.htm#30070</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/ballet-scores-t1992.htm</guid>
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			<title>Sticky Fingers</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/sticky-fingers-t1876.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[UK:
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/RSSF71.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
<br />

<br />
Russian:
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/Sticky-Fingers-Russian-Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" />
<br />

<br />
Spanish:
<br />
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/RS_StickyF-Esp71.jpg" border="0" alt="" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:17:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/sticky-fingers-t1876.htm#28419</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/sticky-fingers-t1876.htm</guid>
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			<title>Musician jokes</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/musician-jokes-t1426.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>TinyMontgomery</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[What's the name of the last round in a viola contest?
<br />

<br />

<br />
Quarter final.]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:12:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/musician-jokes-t1426.htm#20334</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/musician-jokes-t1426.htm</guid>
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			<title>What does &amp;quot;pitch perfect&amp;quot; mean?</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-does-pitch-perfect-mean-t1923.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Woo!</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[I've heard it used to describe a musical performance,even a whole album, and I don't know what that means.
<br />
 
<br />
Please provide an example.
<br />
 
<br />
 
<br />
 
<br />
Aloha...]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-does-pitch-perfect-mean-t1923.htm#29005</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/what-does-pitch-perfect-mean-t1923.htm</guid>
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			<title>Gospel Music</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/gospel-music-t1862.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Who are you favourite gospel acts?
<br />

<br />
Tell me about them if you fancy it, Im not sure I know a great deal.  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" longdesc="2" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:19:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/gospel-music-t1862.htm#28247</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/gospel-music-t1862.htm</guid>
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			<title>Public Image Ltd</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/public-image-ltd-t1936.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[John Lydon, Lu Edmonds and Bruce Smith have got back together.  I'm tempted to go to their Brixton Academy gig in Decemeber... Undecided at present.
<br />

<br />
It should be noted that Jah Wobble and Keith Levene are not involved in the tour.  <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_neutral.gif" alt="Neutral" longdesc="20" />]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:13:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/public-image-ltd-t1936.htm#29341</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/public-image-ltd-t1936.htm</guid>
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			<title>The Filth and the Fury</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-filth-and-the-fury-t1939.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description>



This is a terrific documentary (in my opinion) and certainly one of my favourite &quot;rock&quot; documentaries.  I think Julien Temple did a top-notch job with the film, and it's certainly more interesting than his first Pistols outing 'The Great Rock N Roll Swindle'.  Like Scorsese's 'No Direction Home', it still buys into the myth a little bit, but it also manages to cut out a huge amount of bullshit that has surrounded the band for many years.  My favourite part of the movie is when  ...</description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-filth-and-the-fury-t1939.htm#29355</comments>
			<guid>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/the-filth-and-the-fury-t1939.htm</guid>
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			<title>Cat People</title>
			<link>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/cat-people-t1779.htm</link>
			<dc:creator>Giant González</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Used in the new Tarantino movie really well:
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<br />
<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0djNOF4g5NQ" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" quality="high" scale="exactfit"></embed>]]></description>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<comments>http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/general-f14/cat-people-t1779.htm#27139</comments>
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			<title>Jožin z bažin po polsku</title>
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Eno is producing their new CD.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:38:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>I feel a little bit better knowing this....</title>
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			<dc:creator>Stan54</dc:creator>
			<description>Sha Na Na was one of the newer bands on the bill, and Woodstock was just its eighth gig. Most of the members hailed from Columbia University and were a part of The Kingsmen, a glee club ensemble. Woodstock paid the dozen-member band &#36;350 — and the check bounced. The Woodstock movie paid the group &#36;1. &quot;It was the greatest 8 cents I ever made,&quot; says drummer Jocko Marcellino, now in his fourth decade with the band. They played right before Jimi Hendrix and heard his rendition of  ...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:25:56 GMT</pubDate>
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