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Kevin James is known as Doug Hefarnen, here plays Paul Blart (blart?!), a fat police officer-wannabe working at the mall. After his wife left him and his daughter, Paul is left with two dreams: turning into the best security guard (or officer as he says) and finding a true love. Both of them he finds […]

Will Smith as Ben Thomas, an IRS agent on a trail of spiritual redemption, and trying to outrun ghosts in his past- kind of rare theme in Hollywood. The first thing you notice is Will Smith not looking as the smiley baby face Will Smith. He is older looking, sad, tiered, and defeated. His only […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]