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By Gary Krakow Columnist MSNBC Updated: 6:50 p.m. ET Feb. 10, 2005 IPods may be cool, but designed for skiing or other sports, they're not. As sunglass manufacturer Oakley says in its marketing material: If your eyes are on your head, why should your music system hang on your waist? Good question. Oakley's answer is a hot-looking pair of sport sunglasses with an MP3 player built right into the frames. They call it THUMP. There are two THUMPs. The 128 MB version costs $395. The 256MB version, which comes with polarized lenses, costs $495. The glasses themselves come in seven frame/lens color combinations including a special Red Camo/Black Polarized which sells for $545. Full article here

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Update OWNER HAS VANISHED: Police want to question the club's owner, who vanished during the inferno. The concert crowd was nearly three times the venue's capacity of 1,500 people, Argentine media reported. BAND MEMBERS APPEALED TO FANS: Survivors said band members appealed to fans at one point during the show to refrain from lighting fireworks. DEAD/INJURIES/CRITICAL CONDITION: 175 are dead. At least 714 people were injured, officials said. At least 102 were in critical condition, said Julio Salinas, an official with the Buenos Aires emergency services department. EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS: "Someone from the crowd tossed a flare and there were immediately flames," said 22-year-old Fabian Zamudeo. "Parts of the roof started falling down in flames and people started running, knocking over the speakers and light stands. People were choking on smoke and I tried to push as many people out as I could." Witnesses described chaotic scenes of people rushing for the doors, their vision blurred by thick smoke that blocked out emergency lighting. A 22-year-old who gave his name only as Andres said surging crowds pushed their way toward the club's six exits but found some of them would not open."Once the fire erupted, everyone ran for the doors, but there was only one very narrow one open at the exit closest to us. Another wider door next to it was locked," he said. ALL NIGHTCLUBS ORDERED TO CLOSE DURING NEW YEARS: The city government declared three days of mourning and ordered all nightclubs closed during the New Year's holiday weekend. Pope John Paul II expressed his condolences to victims' families in a message sent to Argentine church officials. Source: Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- A fire in a crowded Buenos Aires nightclub has killed at least 169 people and injured 375, officials said. The fire began about 11 p.m. (9 p.m. ET) on Thursday during a rock concert in the Republica Cro Magnon disco, in the Once section of Buenos Aires, according to a spokesman in the mayor's office. Witnesses said there were as many as 5,000 people inside the club when the fire broke out. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/12/31/argentina.fire/index.html Rest in Peace....

unbelievable.

You have to have a website to download it to. If you don't have one just email me the file and I'll post it for you on my website.

Here's some chicken soup to help you feel better....

Sounds interesting. Never heard those. I will be posting "Fascination Street" up on my site later this week for everyone to sample. If you still have your mixes available I wouldn't mind hearing them. Sure thing. I'll post them later this week, and give this thread a bump when i do. 8) Sounds great !!!!! Alright, I just posted the full mix of this rework on my site. You can find it on the first page of my top 20 under the "MUSIC" section. Enjoy it !!!!! http://www.soturecords.com/ Good track Obby. Now it's time to take a walk in the the forest. (MP3) 8)

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Have you tried Publix? If you go from around 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. they have a sushi chef on site that can customize that shyt for you.

Ahhhh cool, good to know..........do you know if they include Tempura in their all you can eat price?Tokyo Bowl used too, but not anymore :'(!!! They sure do. They also include soups, fried yams, fried green peppers, etc. 8)

Publix sushi. It really doesn't get any better than 12 rolls for about $6.00. Best all you can eat sushi i've found so far has been Miyako somewhere near 170th and collins (behind burger king). It has a wider selection than Tokyo Bowl and costs about the same.

Sounds interesting. Never heard those. I will be posting "Fascination Street" up on my site later this week for everyone to sample. If you still have your mixes available I wouldn't mind hearing them. Sure thing. I'll post them later this week, and give this thread a bump when i do. 8)

i happened to pick up a record with remixes of "The Walk and "A Forest" from The Cure at grooveman a while back....very nice stuff. 8)

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The Grammy Award nominations were announced today. Here are the dance music nominations: Field 2 — Dance Category 12 Best Dance Recording (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.) Good Luck Basement Jaxx Featuring Lisa Kekaula Basement Jaxx, producers; Basement Jaxx, mixers [XL Recordings/Astralwerks] Get Yourself High The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers, mixers [Astralwerks] Slow Kylie Minogue Dan Carey & Emiliana Torrini, producers; Mr. Dan, mixer Track from: Body Language [Capitol Records] Comfortably Numb Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters, producers; Neil Harris & Scissor Sisters, mixers Track from: Scissor Sisters [universal Records] Toxic Britney Spears Avant & Bloodshy, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer Track from: In The Zone [Jive/Zomba Label Group] Category 13 Best Electronic/Dance Album (For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.) Kish Kash Basement Jaxx [XL Recordings/Astralwerks] Legion Of Boom The Crystal Method [V2 Records] Creamfields Paul Oakenfold [Thrive Records] Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned The Prodigy [XL Recordings/Maverick] Reflections Paul Van Dyk [Mute Records] Category 91 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.) Amazing (Full Intention Club Mix) Michael Gray & Jon Pearn, remixers (George Michael) [Aegean/Epic Records] It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt) Track from: The Singles 1992-2003 [interscope Records] Motor Inn (Felix Da Housecat's High Octane Mix) Felix Da Housecat, remixer (Iggy Pop With Feedom, Featuring Peaches) [Virgin Records America] She Wants To Move (Basement Jaxx Mix) Basement Jaxx, remixers (N.E.R.D) [Virgin Records] Watching Cars Go By (Sasha's Remix) Sasha, remixer (Felix Da Housecat) Track from: Involver [Global Underground] The 47th Grammy Awards will take place February 13, 2005.

The Grammy Award nominations were announced today. Here are the dance music nominations........ Field 2 — Dance Category 12 Best Dance Recording (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.) Good Luck Basement Jaxx Featuring Lisa Kekaula Basement Jaxx, producers; Basement Jaxx, mixers [XL Recordings/Astralwerks] Get Yourself High The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers, producers; The Chemical Brothers, mixers [Astralwerks] Slow Kylie Minogue Dan Carey & Emiliana Torrini, producers; Mr. Dan, mixer Track from: Body Language [Capitol Records] Comfortably Numb Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters, producers; Neil Harris & Scissor Sisters, mixers Track from: Scissor Sisters [universal Records] Toxic Britney Spears Avant & Bloodshy, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer Track from: In The Zone [Jive/Zomba Label Group] Category 13 Best Electronic/Dance Album (For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.) Kish Kash Basement Jaxx [XL Recordings/Astralwerks] Legion Of Boom The Crystal Method [V2 Records] Creamfields Paul Oakenfold [Thrive Records] Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned The Prodigy [XL Recordings/Maverick] Reflections Paul Van Dyk [Mute Records] Category 91 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (A Remixer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis for identification.) Singles or Tracks only.) Amazing (Full Intention Club Mix) Michael Gray & Jon Pearn, remixers (George Michael) [Aegean/Epic Records] It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) Jacques Lu Cont, remixer (No Doubt) Track from: The Singles 1992-2003 [interscope Records] Motor Inn (Felix Da Housecat's High Octane Mix) Felix Da Housecat, remixer (Iggy Pop With Feedom, Featuring Peaches) [Virgin Records America] She Wants To Move (Basement Jaxx Mix) Basement Jaxx, remixers (N.E.R.D) [Virgin Records] Watching Cars Go By (Sasha's Remix) Sasha, remixer (Felix Da Housecat) Track from: Involver [Global Underground] The 47th Grammy Awards will take place February 13, 2005.

File sharing doesn't hurt most artists Survey: Internet helps make more money from their work Reuters: Dec. 6, 2004 Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6659072/ WASHINGTON - Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released Sunday. Recording labels and movie studios have hired phalanxes of lawyers to pursue "peer to peer" networks like Kazaa, and have sued thousands of individuals who distribute copyrighted material through such networks. But most of the artists surveyed by the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project said online file sharing did not concern them much. Artists were split on the merits of peer-to-peer networks, with 47 percent saying that they prevent artists from earning royalties for their work and another 43 percent saying they helped promote and distribute their material. But two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing posed little threat to them, and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat to creative industries. Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to protect their creative works."What we hear from a wide spectrum of artists is that, despite the real challenges of protecting work online, the Internet has opened new ways for them to exercise their imaginations and sell their creations," said report author Mary Madden, a research specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The nonprofit group based its report on a survey of 809 self-identified artists in December 2003. The survey has a margin of error of 4 percentage points. Full Pew Report

Whoops. I didn't realize it was going to do that. It wasn't a flyer. It was just a bunch of smileys with sunglasses celebrating.

lol. it looks like pod decided to crash my party. :'(

Thanks Mirza. I need to check out one of your gigs soon. I've heard you've been performing at some great venues. I hope you're ready for WMC. 8)