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Mr. Vertigo is the life story of an urchin (Walter Claireborne Rawley, a.k.a., Walt the Wonder Boy) from the streets of 1920s St. Louis, who, through the most horrific processes imaginable, is taught to levitate by an eccentric Hungarian Jew, the Master Yehudi. After working out a routine, a performance of sorts, the two take […]

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This budget hotel is located in the mid west side of Manhattan (on 250 West 43rd Street), A minute walk from times square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. I needed to find a hotel for a few days in Manhattan. In my previous visits to Manhattan I stayed at two budget hotels: The West […]

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Did you know that Vespa is the best-selling scooter of all time?Since 1946, Piaggio has produced over 17 million Vespas and two of them are mine: a new PX200E (Edit: I sold it) and a restored 1968 Sprint (Still going strong). The Vespa scooter is an enduring icon of youth, style, romance, and durability. Among […]

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MAXELL: I bought the Maxell earphones (Maxell digital stereo earphone MHP-EP02) after I thought I’ve lost my iPod original ones. The Maxell make an impression like quality earphones, but are they? The package comes with an extra 2 pairs of replacement silicone cups. A big sized pair and a small pair. The medium pair is […]

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Although these Sony MDR-V150 headphones are called “Monitor Series”, they are NOT really Studio monitors, but they are fine enough for listening to music on your Sansa or IPod or other portable player OR home stereo. These headphones are light, and small compared to real studio monitor headphone . They are adjustable for any head […]

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Connect your mixer to a computer’s sound card This is the alternate way to do it. When I bought my mixer, I followed the manual, but I wasn’t satisfied with the results – too many wires, too many loops, not enough preamp that seems to get lost somewhere in between.So, what I did, is keep […]

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Sales wise, the Shure SM58 is probably the Toyota Corolla of professional microphones… It’s one of the most selling microphone in the USA, maybe even in the world. Overview: a versatile vocal mic that can do more The SM58 is best suited for recording vocals (lead or backup), but it also works well for instruments […]

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Soundtrack – Music from Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Pianist Glenn Gould with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. I’ve been having this vinyl record for ages. Now it’s on a CD. This is not just for the classical music lover, but for anyone who wants to get away, and listen to something completely […]

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It took me some years to understand what’s the meaning of “I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac” (“Boys of summer” by Don Henley). I had to become a Dead Head first I guess…It did take me a while to digest this iconic band. At first I really didn’t fully connect to the […]

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Lately I’ve been starting to get into music making once again. For this I needed a good but affordable mixer. I planned a budget of around 100$. What I needed in a mixer I was thinking of two mixers: the Mackie 402 VLZ3 4 Ch. and the Soundcraft Compact 4 , both cost about the […]

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