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happy hurricane day
We did it guys. we gone viral.
Sarah Jessica Parker is joining thousands of East Coasters who are "battening down the hatches" as Hurricane Irene approaches. Parker, 46, told reporters that she has water, flashlights and batteries. The "I Don't Know How She Does It" star is also "removing anything that could fly through windows," the AP reports.
Labels: taste my kids
losing my shit over this
Labels: lmao, mtv
Elliott on mtv
jeez... Is Carson Daly still this bad at interviewing?
Labels: elliott smith, mtv
West memphis 3 possibly being released today // Paradise Lost 3 trailer
Labels: trailers, wm3
What melody did NIN accidentally steal from D.Bowie?
It's mentioned at 2:06 in this vid, but I still can't figure out which two songs they're speaking about...
EDIT: Okay, it's "A Warm Place" and "Crystal Japan." Ambient awesomeness:
Labels: bowie, mtv, nin
20-year-anniversary of 1991
There's no point in linking to this but Pitchfork posted a news story about yet another 20-year-anniversary for Nevermind, this time in the form of a concert with Chris Novoselic and friends playing the entire album. First of all, who cares... Second of all, this big cash-in celebration is really getting out of hand... and Third, and most importantly, Nevermind didn't even have the greatest release date of 1991...
The hugest release date in 1991 was November 4th... We didn't realize this until a week or two ago, but Creation Records released both Loveless and Bandwagonesque ON THE SAME DAY. TAKE THAT NEVERMIND.
Labels: my bloody valentine, teenage fanclub
Eraserhead claymation thing
Searching for more excuses to use the "david lynch" tag.
Labels: animation, david lynch
WFMU's Twitter
There is no point in trying to pretend this is a cool website anymore because we will never be as cool as WFMU's twitter.
http://twitter.com/#!/WFMU
40 Guilty Pleasure Jams 2000-2009 (the big list)
We're hoping that anyone who used to frequent this page didn't choose any point over the past 4 days to ask themselves "hey I wonder what taste my kids has been up to" and so they visit here for the first time in a couple years, and there's fucking Lenny Kravitz, leading people to believe we've headed down the shitter...
So let's see what we got...
(Bonus) Korn "Word Up" (2004)
(Bonus) Katy Perry "Hot N Cold" (2008)
(Bonus) T-Pain "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (2007)
(Bonus) Aaron Lewis ft. Fred Durst "Outside" (2000)
(Bonus) Jimmy Eat World "Work" (2004)
#40 Snoop Dogg "Sexual Eruption" (2007)
#39 iiO "Rapture" (2001)
#38 Britney Spears "I'm A Slave 4 U" (2001)
#37 P Diddy & The Bad Boy Family "Bad Boy for Life" (2001)
#36 D12 "Purple Pills" (2001)
#35 Ciara "One, Two Step" (2005)
#34 Ke$ha "Tik Tok" (2009)
#33 Aerosmith "Jaded" (2001)
#32 Michael Jackson "You Rock My World" (2001)
#31 L.F.O. (Lyte Funky Ones) "Every Other Time" (2001)
#30 Drake "Best I Ever Had" (2009)
#29 Velvet Revolver "Fall to Pieces" (2004)
#28 Stacie Orrico "Stuck" (2003)
#27 Avril Lavigne "Complicated" (2002) / Taylor Swift "Forever and Always" (2009)
#26 The All American Rejects "Swing Swing" (2002)
#25 Ginuwine "Differences" (2002) / Mario "Let Me Love You" (2004)
#24 Peter Searcy "Losing Light Fast" (2000) / Matchbox 20 "Unwell" (2002)
#23 Panic! at the Disco "That Green Gentleman" (2008) / "New Perspective" (2009)
#22 Afroman "Because I Got High" (2001) / The Bloodhound Gang "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" (2005)
#21 Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (2005)
#20 Sisqo "Dance for Me" (2001)
#19 Madonna "Don't Tell Me" (2000)
#18 Good Charlotte "Girls and Boys" (2003)
#17 Madison Avenue "Don't Call Me Baby" (2000)
#16 Samantha Mumba "Gotta Tell You" (2000)
#15 Miley Cyrus "Party in the U.S.A." (2009)
#14 Lenny Kravitz "Again" (2000)
#13 Fall Out Boy "Dance Dance" (2005) / Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (2006)
#12 Elton John "I Want Love" (2001)
#11 BBMak "Back Here"
#10 Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow "Picture" (2002)
#09 G-Unit "Wanna Get to Know You" (2004)
#08 Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" / Coldplay "Sparks" (2000) / Snow Patrol "Run" (2004)
#07 Crazy Town "Butterfly" (2000)
#06 R. Kelly "Trapped in the Closet" Parts 1-22 (2005-2007)
#05 Michelle Branch "Everywhere" (2001) / Santana "The Game of Love" (2002)
#04 American Hi-Fi "Flavor of the Weak" (2001)
#03 Nelly "Flap Your Wings" (2004)
#02 Papa Roach "Scars" (2004)
#01 'N Sync "Gone" (2001) / "Girlfriend" (2002)
Besides the surprisingly low turnouts from 2003 and 2006, this is pretty much what we expected. The first half of the decade had 38 mentions, and the second half had 15 mentions. Not surprising at all and probably an indicator of what to expect if/when a 2000's mix/jams/best-of thing gets posted here.
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, lmao, random lists
2000's Guilt #01: 'N Sync "Gone" (2001) / "Girlfriend" (2002)
We have no desire whatsoever to defend 'N Sync, mostly because they're fucking awful. But we will verify that their last 2 singles are the only two things in the entire "boy band" genre worth anyone's attention. Once we move past the awkward-as-fuck intro of "Gone," the production subtitles are kind of out-of-this-world amazing. Whoever worked on this got REAL fuckin paid and absolutely knew what they were doing. Plus, "Girlfriend" is probably The Neptunes' most understated hit song simply because of who sings on it, but when that Neptunes boxed set drops, "Girlfriend" absolutely deserves to be in the first 5 songs on Disc One.
And we'll give some credit where it's due: The awesomeness of these 2 jams are partially due to Just Timb's vocal performance. While the other four dudes in the group may have considered it unfair, Jive absolutely made a wise business decision to not issue singles featuring the other group members singing lead. Seriously, when you're a grown man approaching 30 and getting paid millions of dollars to sing and dance around like a fucking asshole for the sole purpose of teaching 11-year-olds to masturbate, are you really going to take your job seriously enough to get angry over one group member receiving too many solos? Who the FUCK cares. You're in fucking 'N SYNC. But since it led to the group's demise, this should be considered a positive thing.
"Gone" was our #6 guilty pleasure jam of 2001... 5 songs from that list appeared throughout the "2000's Guilt," which makes 2001 the winner. Also whoever cast the chicks in these 2 videos deserved their pay raise.
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams
2000's Guilt #02: Papa Roach "Scars" (2005)
This was our #1 guilty pleasure song of 2005:
This is what it sounds like when the angriest football player in school comes out of the closet. The artist formerly known as Coby Dick was once cashing-in on the angry family-hating y2k atmosphere that made millionaires out of Limp, Staind & Mudd. Five years later, radio friendly nu-metal is dead, and fake-emo is in. This is the same reason why Hoobastank followed up the oddly over-aggressive "Out Of Control" with the significantly sappier (abysmal) "The Reason," and why Sum 41 followed-up the punked-out anti-everything "We're All To Blame" with that song that sounds like Coldplay. The first single keeps the fans from crying "sell out," but the second single maintains their record contract and ensures U.S. Top 40 spins.
This is an interesting point since Hoobastank's "The Reason," Sum 41's "Pieces" and "Scars" were all the last time the mainstream heard from any of these bands... and even stranger since "The Reason" specifically was fucking huge.
P-Roach and their label strategically planned out a similar tactic, making "Scars" the follow-up to the execrable "Getting Away With Murder." But somehow the 2nd single in this case turned out to be their best song ... It's so stupid and catchy and simple that eventually, it sticks. - TMK, 1/12/06
What's even stranger is that this song seems to get better with every passing year. If we were gutsy enough to include this is the "best of the 2000's" list, "Scars" probably would have placed embarrassingly well.
2000's Guilt #03: Nelly "Flap Your Wings" (2004)
(For some reason, there's a different song playing in this video up until the 0:36 mark.)
"Hot in Herre," "EI," "Ride Wit Me," "Country Grammar.." These are normally listed as the most essential Nelly jams. For white and older humans, they may be familiar with "Over and Over." Apparently that piece of shit "Grillz" was at #1 for a week a few years ago. But for some reason, no one's ever heard "Flap Your Wings," essentially the sequel to the hugely successful "Hot In Herre," although filled with more subtitles and less immediate hooks, signaling the start of a more beat-centered era for The Neptunes. As there were less immediate hooks and it wasn't as easy to here Pharrell singing over the track, it was considered a disappointment at the time which is probably why radio never played it. The major hook of the song becomes obvious towards the very end of the song which only includes percussion and drums. Infectious drumloops like these are hard to come by these days.
2000's Guilt #04: American Hi-Fi "Flavor of the Weak" (2001)
We're now getting into the shit that stood a chance for inclusion in "2000's jams" (or whatever it ends up being called), although these two countdowns will be purposely avoiding redundancy. ("Flavor of the Weak" placed #3 on 2001's guilty pleasure list.)
Checking Wikipedia, the singer used to be the drummer for Veruca Salt and is currently the drummer for Miley Cyrus along with 2 other members of American Hi-Fi, who are surprisingly still functioning as a band in 2011. Superfluous and awkward usage of "Nintendo" in the chorus can be attributed to sub-Weezer leanings, although the song did end up foreshadowing some of the best un-edgy mainstream rock singles of the next few years. The guiltiest awesome-est moment of this song is probably in the last 15 seconds when the line "She makes me weak" arrives just before that final sustained unresolved chord. Fuck you, this shit rules.
2000's Guilt #05: Michelle Branch "Everywhere" (2001) / Santana "The Game of Love" (2002)
Whatever happened to this chick? She had quite a thing going for a minute... Cute girl sings cute songs about dudes. And of course the most important element of all: she's actually not annoying. Perfect. "Everywhere" was our #2 guilty pleasure song of 2001.
"The Game of Love" was written by Gregg Alexander from The New Radicals, which explains why Michelle Branch and Santana suddenly sounded like their songs were being written by Todd Rundgren. (Surprisingly, "I Saw the Light" has yet to be butchered by any current Top 40 artists, although a cover from Santana and Michelle Branch might have potential.) By 2002, The New Radicals had been disbanded for nearly three years, a wise decision since no one would have ever heard this song if he had sung it himself as the first single from their follow-up album. Instead, it's the only remotely palatable song from any of Santana's "comeback" records.
2000's Guilt #06: R.Kelly "Trapped In the Closet" Parts 1-22 (2005-2007)
"R.Kelly Peed On A Fucking Child And Got Away With It. That Is The Most Swagged Out Shit I Have Ever Heard In My Life." - Tyler, the Creator
2000's Guilt #07: Crazy Town "Butterfly" (2000)
This was our #10 guilty pleasure song of 2001, and I never bothered trying to locate the sample until just now... go to 0:51...
So even though the majority of the elements in "Butterfly" are incredibly lame, that sample is strong enough to go on for 10 minutes straight and still sound amazing. There's a lot to be embarrassed about besides that... "Me and you is like Sid and Nancy." Yuck. But whatever... It doesn't matter, because for 3 minutes we're grooving to one of the sickest bass samples since "The Humpty Dance." Is Flea a genius? We're thinking "possibly." Granted, RHCP can get pretty lame at times, but when they were on their shit, they fucking killed it. Also, the member of Crazy Town who discovered how well this bassline works over a hiphop beat deserves a fucking medal (which they kind of received already since this was a #1 single and resulted in a platinum record).
2000's Guilt #08: Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" (2004) / Coldplay "Sparks" (2000) / Snow Patrol "Run" (2004)
As long as we're getting into guilty pleasures, we might as well just come right out: Coldplay's Parachutes is a fucking solid LP that none of their copycats, nor the band themselves, were ever able to match, although Parachutes itself came close to matching one of its most obvious influences, The Verve's Urban Hymns, while Radiohead normally takes most of the blame, which really makes no sense at all, with the exception of two songs: "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees," both influenced by Jeff Buckley's Grace.
So with this logic, poor Jeff Buckley should be taking all the blame for the genre that produced Snow Patrol, Keane, Augustana, Aqualung, Travis, and at its worst, James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." We can't let this happen. If this is the kind of world where Jeff Buckley is the scapegoat that led to "You're Beautiful..." ... But wait a sec, fucking Cobain has been painted by imbeciles as the scapegoat that led to Puddle of Mudd's "She Hates Me," so it's not like this hasn't already happened on a different scale.
Whatever.. "Sparks" is probably our favorite song from Parachutes. "Run" is kinda repetitive and about 2 minutes too long, but it has a really nice intro. (The video version posted below is a much more appropriate song-length.)
While Keane isn't really anything to be proud of enjoying, "Somewhere Only We Know" is the actual reason why this entry exists... It's without question the best and most fully formed song out of every Coldplay-copycat single. Best production, best performance, best songwriting. They nailed it.
2000's Guilt #09: G-Unit "Wanna Get to Know You" (2004)
We've made it all the way to #9... Keeping in mind that we've now seen the likes of BBMak, Sisqo, Good Charlotte and Drake, we've now made it to the gayest moment in this entire list, which would be around 3:20 in this video when 50 Cent stares into the camera in slow motion with this strange awkward look on his face and says "Let me touch on you, I'll let you touch on me, I'll put my tongue on you, you put your tongue on me..." The video director cuts to a chick in the middle of this lyric, but those who know better are fully aware of what's up...
2000's Guilt #10: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow "Picture" (2002)
Similar to our Lenny Kravitz post, we cannot proceed without stating how much damage Kid Rock has done to American music, if for no other reason than his assistance with giving Uncle Kracker a recording contract, but more importantly because his music always seems to provide false justification for American ignorance. (This is a guy who literally spent money to have a Radiohead logo printed onto toilet paper.) That said, "Picture" is without question the one instance when he was able to provide any substantial depth in one of his radio singles. Wikipedia does not provide information on who had a bigger hand in songwriting between Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock, but seeing as how Crow had already established herself as the better songwriter (and better singer) between the two, it's not especially difficult to figure out. P.S. Cool guitar solo, not.
2000's Guilt #11: BBMak "Back Here" (2000)
Not sure if this is really embarrassing or just somewhat... but "Back Here" is another one of those singles that we went fucking APESHIT for. It started out modestly enough as our #4 guilty pleasure single of 2000, and eventually achieved such accolades as being named the 45th best song OF ALL TIME on March 18th 2003. (An officially posted alltime list on 10/8/04 also includes "Back Here" at #114.) Just in case anyone was wondering, this is a gross overstatement. Nostalgia has strangely had an opposite effect on this song, making it seem more embarrassing as opposed to more endearing, but we still feel strongly enough to place it above anything from those fucking old creepy weirdos in Backstreet Boys or Take That. If you disagree, you are frontin'.
2000's Guilt #12: Elton John "I Want Love" (2001)
Following 9/11/01, MTV temporarily switched their format to playing mostly videos for about a month (or maybe longer)... This is when most of us saw The Strokes' "Last Nite" for the first time, as well as repeated airings of Robert Downey Jr lipsynching to a very Beatles-influenced Elton John track... If it wasn't intentionally meant by Elton John & Bernie Taupin to sound like a Jeff Lynne engineered McCartney album from 1995, then whoever produced it probably wanted it to sound that way. The song also helps us to recognize Elton John as the original godfather of reer, the specific vocal inflection popularized by Pearl Jam and ruined shortly afterwards by Hootie, Creed and Nickelback. Elton's is more country-flavored, however, which isn't nearly as embarrassing.
2000's Guilt #13: Fall Out Boy "Dance Dance" (2005) / Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (2006)
Both songs fell victim to embarrassingly awful videos, especially considering Pete Wentz was a 29-year-old grown human sincerely acting as a high school student without any irony whatsoever. (Michael J Fox, he is not.) We would have posted 2 live videos in order to avoid these embarrassments, except there are no live Gym Class Heroes performances on Youtube with that sideburns dude from FOB, and the "Breakfast In America" chorus is obviously the best part of that song.
"Cupid's Chokehold" was our #17 worst song of 2006, and then our #5 guilty pleasure single of 2007. To an even greater extreme, Fall Out Boy's From Under The Cork Tree was our worst album of 2005, followed by "Dance Dance" as the #1 guilty pleasure single of 2006:
...They are ruining music, whether you believe it or not. In fact, my hatred for this band is drastic enough that it sometimes leads me to claim outrageous opinionated statements that usually end up being true. Here's an example: "At their best, Limp Bizkit was a better band than FOB ever was." (Okay, I'm reading it over... and... Yeah, that's true. Wow, imagine that. There's a band that actually makes me long for Fred Durst's finer moments.)
This is now questionable... In hindsight, "Dance Dance" (their best song) probably surpasses "Break Stuff" (Limp's best song), but it's hard to say. Moving on...
That bassist with the teeth, Pete Whatshisname, is a very confusing rockstar, and I find it bizarre that the singer for this band was not chosen to be the focal point, another aspect that suggests insincerity. So all of this explains why "Dance Dance" is the guiltiest pleasure of 2006. They somehow managed to produce a near-perfect pop-punk song. And because it's so shockingly good, it becomes their most Satanic accomplishment. Its video tried so very hard to suggest both fun and rebellion in the same breath, but instead it ended up being anti-fun, tedious, ugly, difficult, and anything but rebellious. It's a remarkably shitty video, so bad that it distracted more than a few MTV viewers from understanding anything positive about the song it's promoting. - TMK, 1/17/07
2000's Guilt #14: Lenny Kravitz "Again" (2000)
Honestly, I'm not sure how this list was ever considered a good idea... So far this is probably the most embarrassing failure in the history of Taste My Kids, which is why we've been posting everything so quickly. It's almost over... Keep on truckin...
So the story with this one is that Lenny Kravitz is like, fucking awful, and has zero good songs. Musically speaking, he's never done anything good ever. However, "Again" is the one song that's probably the least awful out of everything he's done.
To keep things interesting, we've also included a clip from The Cosby Show (one of the episodes with Bud because Bud rules).. The connection is that Lenny Kravitz cheated on Lisa Bonet back when she was super-hot, and that's the kind of behavior we should expect from untalented hacks like Lenny Kravitz.
2000's Guilt #15: Miley Cyrus "Party In The U.S.A." (2009)
242 MILLION VIEWS, people. Holy fucking shit... For those who really need to have this spelled out for them, here's the deal... "Party in the U.S.A." did not make our "2009's Greatest Hits." However, it's a pretty great song. Huge hooks, awesome vocal melody, very fun and clearly a product of its time. However, the song's vocalist - who has yet to come across to us as anything other than an obnoxious little c-word - barely deserves to have her name associated with it. I'm pretty sure she's said several times that she doesn't even like "Party in the U.S.A." even though it's probably the only memorable thing she's ever sang.
This might be a great opportunity to share one of our proudest body-double discoveries: Miley Cyrus and the girl who plays Catherine Martin in Silence of the Lambs... We've included the "it rubs the lotion on its skin" scene for easy comparison.
2000's Guilt #16: Samantha Mumba "Gotta Tell You" (2000)
Another overseas artist... Turns out Samantha is from Ireland. Also, I'm just now realizing that I have not heard this song in over 10 years until this exact moment... So when "Gotta Tell You" was chosen for "2000's Guilt," the song playing in my head did not match the sounds on the video posted below... She sounds like the victim of an awful karaoke song-choice, hopelessly out of the singer's range. And to make matters even stranger, the video posted here is a lipsynching performance, meaning this is really how the song actually sounds. How about that... We finally found someone J.Lopez and Britney would beat in a singing contest. Back in 2000, pop stars with horrendously awful voices were a lot more commonplace. And I'm fairly positive this dance performance is right around 5th grade talent show caliber as well.
If you're strong enough to make it to the chorus, I guess it's not THAT bad...
2000's Guilt #17: Madison Avenue "Don't Call Me Baby" (2000)
Somewhere between Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and 3Oh!3's (already forgotten) shitty breakthrough single, the fight against blatant misogyny within pop culture started to seem like a lost cause. But back in 2000, disco hits like "Don't Call Me Baby" were still considered profitable commodities. In fact, IIRC the song did extremely well shooting to #1 in both the UK and in Australia, although it was only a minor hit in the United States. This is definitely the kind of song that would never chart today.
2000's Guilt #18: Good Charlotte "Girls and Boys" (2003)
Placed #3 in 2003's Guilty Pleasures list...
There is a song that I'm unable to identify, that Good Charlotte ripped off to make "Girls And Boys." It's not "Girls And Boys" by Blur, and it's not "Freak Of The Week" by Marvelous 3.... until I figure out what it is, the chorus of this song will continue to trigger my "good song" brain chemical.
I think I figured it out a few years ago, but I've since forgotten... It's def early-80's, like "Somebody's Baby" by Jackson Browne or something similar...
2000's Guilt #19: Madonna "Don't Tell Me" (2000)
There's no point in lying... 90% of the reason why this is here is because of Stella's "Raking Leaves" short. The other 10% is because it's her only good song of the past 15 years, although not quite the gem that SPIN called "the emotionally richest pop throwaway since the Supremes..." The weird guitar sample helped tremendously. The world needs more weird.
2000's Guilt #20: Sisqo "Dance For Me" (2001)
While we recognize "Thong Song's" Y2K's ubiquity, we've had time to carefully peruse Sisqo's entire solo output and have determined this to be his greatest contribution to modern culture...
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, dru hill
2000's Guilt #21: Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (2005)
Placed #9 on our 2005 Guilty Pleasure Singles...
Listening to "Saw Red" by Sublime (featuring Gwen) has to make one long for the days when this chick knew how to rock. ... "Hollaback Girl" [is] one of the most baffling Neptunes tracks [from] their recent minimalism period that began with the infectious "Drop It Like It's Hot," and was suggested prior with "Can't Stop Won't Stop." ... [She's not] Kelis. Her voice lacks R&B-flavored soul, and when the Neptunes end up backing her with THIS kind of beat, she ends up sounding like... well, a rich, white cheerleader...
I was hoping "this shit is vaginas" would become a big catchphrase this year, but my longing was all for naught. - TMK, 1/12/06
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, no doubt
2000's Guilt #22: Afroman "Because I Got High" (2001) / The Bloodhound Gang "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" (2005)
Kids these days runnin around with their fuckin weed and their boners...
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, drugs
2000's Guilt #23: Panic at the Disco "That Green Gentleman" (2008) / Panic! at the Disco "New Perspective" (2009)
"That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)" placed at #9 on the Guilty Pleasure Singles Of 2008:
For album #2, Panic decided to drop their punctuation, change their image, and change their sound. But they still can only record 3 good songs per album, so I guess despite the song's title, things haven't changed all that much. ... "That Green Gentleman" is by far the best song this band has ever recorded ... [we are] surprisingly interested in where they're headed musically. - TMK, December 2008
The following year, "New Perspective" was our #13 song of the year:
[We] incorrectly assumed "New Perspective" to be a transitional single, signaling what to expect from their 3rd album. But instead, it turns out they've split up! Panic! (now once again with their original punctuation) is currently only the singer and drummer, while the guitarist and bass player have formed another more Sgt Pepper-influenced project called The Young Veins... - TMK, 1/1/10
2000's Guilt #24: Peter Searcy "Losing Light Fast" (2000) / Matchbox 20 "Unwell" (2001)
Nobody knows who Peter Searcy is, but I promise you "Losing Light Fast" is a fucking banger of a pop-song, which we pretty much only heard during the dying days of 120 Minutes in late-Spring 2000 (and possibly in light rotation on WLIR). The album title Could You Please And Thank You conjures similarities to equally awkward and pseudo-poetic album titles such as Counting Crows' August And Everything After and most obviously Matchbox 20's Yourself Or Someone Like You, which is where the Matchbox connection arrives.
[Edit 7/15/2014: LOL well we now have figured out that he was a member of Slint's posse and played in the dope mid-80s Louisville band Squirrel Bait, which is a far distance from the lighter mom-rock of this banger.]
I'm not sure how "Unwell" made this list and not Train's "Drops Of Jupiter" but whatever...
P.S. Some fun comparisons... "Losing Light Fast" on Youtube is up to 826 views while "Unwell" is now up to 2,367,964 views. It's entirely possibly that an appearance on our 2000's Guilty Pleasures singles is the best promotion this song has received in years.
2000's Guilt #25: Ginuwine "Differences" (2002) / Mario "Let Me Love You" (2004)
I recall incorrectly assuming that Timbaland produced "Differences" simply because it's Ginuwine, which does not make any sense. P.S. I'm watching this video for the first time, and I'm getting the same vibe as when I saw "Pony" for the first time a few months ago... Are all of Ginuwine's videos this amazing? Would the Ginuwine DVD boxed set be a worthwhile investment? We'll look into this matter and report back.
The Mario track was written by Ne-Yo (iirc) which explains how such a simple slow-jam can resonate (although I think part of the reason why it stood out had a lot to do with a lack of traditional-sounding slow jams throughout that year). 2005's guilty pleasures list placed "Let Me Love You" at #5, and the only interesting thing we wrote was that it has a good bridge section.
2000's Guilt #26: The All American Rejects "Swing Swing" (2002)
#8 guilty pleasure song of 2003 (tied with Bowling for soup lmao)
Anger and hatred transformed into acceptance and genuine enjoyment somewhere between my 14th and 30th time hearing "Swing Swing." ... transformation did not occur until rock stations had dropped the tracks, and pop stations had picked them up. It's the result of genre re-labeling. - TMK, 12/31/03
Edit (8/18/11): We forgot to mention part of our initial enjoying of "Swing Swing" was partially due to how badly they ripped off the bassline from "Good" by Better Than Ezra.
2000's Guilt #27: Avril Lavigne "Complicated (2002) / Taylor Swift "Forever and Always" (2009)
"Complicated" was our #1 guilty pleasure song of 2002, and if you don't recognize it as a country song, you are frontin'. "Forever and Always" is an album track (not a single) if that means anything... Both videos posted here are horrendously awful and unwatchable, but the songs are still A+.
White chicks LOL. Is this really country? If so, this is the best country song of the past 20 years, which is weird because I just read that this was possibly written about one of the Jonas Brothers. I have no desire to pay attention to Taylor Swift's lyrics, so the celebrity gossip attached to this song is meaningless to me. - TMK, 12/26/09
2000's Guilt #28: Stacie Orrico "Stuck" (2003)
We kinda went apeshit over this one... #1 Guilty Pleasure single of 2003...
I'm as shocked as you are. How, exactly, is it even fathomable for a CCM artist, in the teen-pop genre, no-less, to record a single [with] this many hooks? ... By their nature, CCM artists have no choice but to be safer versions of their Top 40 counterparts. Teen-pop singers have a tendancy to seem "safe" (on the surface) anyway, which makes them more likely to be considered "real," as opposed to punk rock (MxPx) or metal (P.O.D.), and at the same time, less likely to be dull enough to make the listener want to drive off a cliff, such as in the adult-contemporary category (Amy Grant). - TMK, 12/31/03
8 years later, it's shockingly not that bad...
2000's Guilt #29: Velvet Revolver "Fall to Pieces" (2004)
Correctly placed at #11 on our "Best Videos of 2004" list, although it possibly could've been higher... Congratulations to Mr. Scott Weiland for such an intensely accurate caricature of his drug-battling lifestyle, and probably more accurate than anyone is willing to admit. Acting in this video was probably a strange experience for him personally. It's possible the video director may have been assuming that Weiland would be dead by the time Velvet Revolver dissolved, which would have made this video almost as hauntingly disturbing as Tupac's "I Ain't Mad At Cha."
Aside from the heroin thing, this video is also hugely important for Slash and Duff, who are far too iconic to unjustly waste their 40's doing anything other than kicking ass in at least a few more awesome MTV videos.
Edit (8/18/11): We just received an interesting factoid from one of our associates. We've been assured the rest of the Contraband LP sounds nothing like "Fall to Pieces," and Slash had actually been working on this song years before the formation of Velvet Revolver, possibly as far back as the late 90's.
Here's a bonus jam, just because the song rules... (Not a guilty pleasure at all.)
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, gnr, stp
2000's Guilt #30: Drake "Best I Ever Had" (2009)
We didn't post guilty pleasures lists from 2008 onward, but Drake would have def placed.
I refuse to watch Drake's videos as I fear the suave charm in his music will be drastically undermined by recognizing him as the same guy who played a paraplegic basketball player on Degrassi: The Next Generation, the most horrifically compelling TV show intended for pre-teens since 1990 gave us the 1-2 punch of Saved By The Bell and Nickelodeon's Fifteen. And don't let the "rapping" fool any listeners... This shit was made for American Top 40 with just as much pop craftsmanship as Lady GaGa. - TMK, 12/28/09
Yeah, no kidding... For those who weren't aware, this sounds nothing like "Slam" by ONYX and does not resemble NWA's Straight Outta Compton LP. Cool write-up, not.
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, drake
2000's Guilt #31: L.F.O. (Lyte Funky Ones) "Every Other Time" (2001)
For those keeping track, this is now the seventh song from 2001 since the countdown began. We have no idea how this happened. Also in the months since "Summer Girls" made the 90's guilty pleasures list at #13, the main singer dude from L.F.O. ended up dying, which is sad. However, we'll remember him fondly for wisely opting to submit to a Howard Stern interview instead of writing some boring memoir that no one will ever read, which is when the world learned about how Lou Pearlman wanted to do them young boys in the butthole. Although not nearly as amazing as their signature song, "Every Other Time" was included here as it sounds so distinctly like a purposely organized product of its time.
2000's Guilt #32: Michael Jackson "You Rock My World" (2001)
More thoughts regarding Neptunes... They didn't write "You Rock My World," but they did submit 7 demos that were written specifically for inclusion on MJ's Invinsible LP, all of which instead were used on J.Timberlake's Justified LP. This brings to mind "Rock Your Body," possibly the one song out of that bunch that seems most perfect for Michael Jackson. Timberlake owned it of course... But if Michael Jackson had accepted "Rock Your Body," then this would have set off a course of events preventing his sister's titty from being exposed to a crowd of 500 million people in February of 2004, as Justin would never have been able to sing the line "gonna have you naked by the end of this song." Just some thoughts...
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, michael jackson
2000's Guilt #33: Aerosmith "Jaded" (2001)
Where the perfect alt-rock melody goes to die, while the lemon-fresh spirit of Serge Gainsbourg keeps holding back the years. Yet another completely nonsensical blurb from SPIN's "Singles of the year" lists. I was trying to locate a good live video, but Steven Tyler made it kind of obvious that "Jaded" is REALLY hard to sing...
Also for a minute, I was sure Aerosmith was the only group that could have hypothetically made it onto the 80's, 90's and 2000's guilt-jams, but I think there's at least 2 more feasible possibilities on the horizon...
2000's Guilt #34: Ke$ha "Tik Tok" (2009)
Remember that one time Ke$ha got drunk?
2000's Guilt #35: Ciara "1,2 Step" (2005)
I was informed yesterday that the producer's name is pronounced "Jazzy Fay" (spelled Jazze Pha) and that the only other remotely noteworthy song he ever worked on was "Area Codes." As for "1,2 Step," it's probably another one of those songs that Aaliyah would have ended up singing... Odd Future loves it.
2000's Guilt #36: D12 "Purple Pills" (2001)
More fun facts discovered throughout our journey: Eminem is probably the most overrated artist of the past 20 years, and possibly of all time. I recall reading articles that compared him to Bob Dylan, which makes sense if you ignore how easy it is to relate to Dylan's lyrics, as opposed to Eminem who pretty much forced listeners to hear stories about his personal life, which no one ever cared to hear. As far as we can tell, "Purple Pills" remains the only evidence that he was ever capable of having fun through music.
2000's Guilt #37: P Diddy & The Bad Boy Family "Bad Boy For Life" (2001)
Oh good, Ben Stiller. Thank god. Okay, so let's ignore him and instead pay attention to this hypnotically weird beat...
2000's Guilt #38: Britney Spears "I'm A Slave 4 U" (2001)
I'm guessing here, but there has to be a huge collection of Neptunes demos that they've saved up over the years... This would make sense. They didn't write "I'm A Slave 4 U" and "Boys" while Britney was standing there next to them in the studio. I think they probably get asked to submit demos of finished versions except for the vocals, and I would guess the singing would be from Pharrell Williams. If this is the case, I would absolutely be interested in hearing these. Imagine a version of "I'm A Slave 4 U" or "Rock Your Body" with Pharrell on vocals.. I fucking need to hear these things. Boxed set coming soon we hope.
Back when The Neptunes ruled the world, they saved Britney from sounding boring like she did on all of her other songs. No-brainer.
2000's Guilt #39: iiO "Rapture" (2001)
The turn-of-the-century version of long island station WLIR injected a whole bunch of this type of music into their playlists, which normally included Iggy Pop, New Order, "I Melt With You," and R.E.M. "Rapture" is probably the best one of these, although I have friends who would probably instead vouch for Alice Deejay.
2000's Guilt #40: Snoop Dogg "Sexual Eruption" (2007)
We refuse to apologize for posting this video because it's amazing, and it strangely predicted the VHS/80's-nostalgia trend that's been heavily flooding music blogs such as Altered Zones.
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Jimmy Eat World "Work" (2004)
Okay, in case anyone was wondering, this spot was actually supposed to be reserved for "Turn Me On" by Kevin Lyttle, but I simply cannot bring myself to post that video on this blog, and so in its place is Jimmy Eat World. It turns out the video for "Work" was #10 on our Worst Videos of 2005, and so again we have a live video in its place...
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Aaron Lewis featuring Fred Durst "Outside" (2000)
I recall Hartford's Radio104 proudly taking credit for being the first station nationally to start playing the bonus track from the 1999 Family Values Tour live comp, months before it was issued as a single. "Tomorrow will be okay" and "You're ugly like me" seemed sincere enough as lyrics to express some depth from the Staind dude, although the true star of the show here is clearly The Durst.
2000's Guilt (Bonus): T-Pain "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (2007)
Once upon a time, "Buy U A Drank" tied with "Soulja Boy (Crank That)" for the #1 guilty pleasure song of 2007. (By the way, today we we also discovered 2007 as without question the worst year for the past 20 years of music.)
This record should have recieved some kind of award for outstanding engineering, since the song itself is actually really fucking terrible.. But in the end, it gets pulled out of the ugly quicksand by some seriously shimmering production. Beyond this, we are lost for a defense. One important thing to note about this song, however, is that the vocal performance is nowhere near its best elements, and so we're lost as to why T-Pain ended up being featured in 90% of every song on Top 40 radio during the 2nd half of 2007. - TMK, 5/21/08
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Katy Perry "Hot N Cold" (2008)
God, that video with Elmo is so fucking awkward... Anyway, here's the first of many Max Martin and Dr. Luke collabs that is sure to infest the remainder of our now unstoppable journey through the most embarrassingly awesome songs of the most embarrassing decade known to mankind.
Labels: 2000-2009 guilty pleasure jams, katy perry
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Korn "Word Up" (2004)
Didn't expect this to be such a terrible video... But with this in mind, we should probably expect to see mostly unwatchable trainwrecks throughout most of this adventure. In either case, Korn's cover of "Word Up" is still fun as shit to sing along to, although it was way less embarrassing when these dudes had an actual career going.
We've included "Make Me Bad" as well as a bonus to the bonus...
40 Guilty Pleasure Jams 2000-2009
Nobody called all day, and so this is the result... Normal people might have read a book or watched Netflix. Whatever... We started going through songs for a possible 2000-2009 Mix, which might be titled "00's Mix" or something... with "00's" pronounced as "zeroes."
Somewhere between discovering Ciara's surprisingly enormous singles catalog and hearing Ian Van Dahl's "Castles in the Sky" for the first time in 10 years, a decision was made to post a spontaneously thrown together (and of course thorough) guilty pleasures mix, and if all goes well, it will be posted in its entirety over the next 2 hours, although don't plan on that happening because it's like 2AM here...
Before proceeding, we shall of course be kicking things off with some inaugural bonus videos...
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Lowt Ide "This Album Fucking Sucks"
Lowt Ide
This Album Fucking Sucks (LP)
2005, 2007 (2011 reissue)
1. Lowt Ide - Elton John For Optimum Power Breakfast (1:37)
2. Lowt Ide - Set The Dance Floor On Fire (2:24)
3. Lowt Ide - Empathy (2:54)
4. Lowt Ide - Let's Rock (1:59)
5. Lowt Ide - I Don't Know Much (0:24)
6. Lowt Ide - Interview With Guy Charles (1:55)
7. Lowt Ide - Velvet Sunset (2:31)
8. Lowt Ide - Way (3:34)
9. Lowt Ide - I Got Judd In My Bones (0:30)
10. Lowt Ide - Toto Cho Cha (1:42)
11. Lowt Ide - An Enlarged Penis Penetrates Super Mario's Ass (0:45)
12. Lowt Ide - Tommy Hilfiger Does Bei Jing (5:42)
13. Lowt Ide - Set The Dance Floor On Fire (Reprise) (0:14)
14. Lowt Ide - Black (1:44)
15. Lowt Ide - Are You Gonna Go My Way (2:26)
16. Lowt Ide - Our Second Album Comes Out Next Month (0:59)
17. Lowt Ide - When You're Gone (2:22)
18. Lowt Ide - American Flag (2:26)
19. Lowt Ide - Mountain Of Love (1:34)
20. Lowt Ide - A Porcupine Pissed On Me While I Was Attempting To Sniff Its Genitals (0:32)
21. Lowt Ide - My Dad Is The CEO Of DeVry (2:12)
22. Lowt Ide - Reebok Pumps And Spandex (2:06)
23. Lowt Ide - Patrick Swayze Is Sexy (I Would Pay Money To Touch Him) (1:25)
24. Lowt Ide - Mish Bish & Phish (3:20)
25. Lowt Ide - I Am Compiling The Beer Vs Beards Data I Will Send Out An Email With The Results By Thursday (0:45)
26. Lowt Ide - Mom I'm Sorry I Put The Cat In The Microwave (1:36)
27. Lowt Ide - Higher (2:55)
28. Lowt Ide - Freedom Cheney (1:43)
29. Lowt Ide - Moonshitz (Reprise) (0:42)
30. Lowt Ide - Authority (Next Time Bring Yer Own Fuckin' Guitar) (1:09)
31. Lowt Ide - Flying And Fisting (1:43)
32. Lowt Ide - Ryan Healy Goes To Subway (1:06)
33. Lowt Ide - I Love My Appendix (live) (1:57)
34. Lowt Ide - Showtune (live) (2:18)
35. Lowt Ide - Healey Ford (live) (1:29)
36. Lowt Ide - Driving Home And A Slut Swallowed My Load (live) (2:11)
37. Lowt Ide - We Didn't Start The Fire (live) (1:49)
38. Lowt Ide - I Just Don't Care (live) (2:57)
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August 2000: A month after Splice's last show, 2 of the band members form Low Tide and play their first show a day later. They vow to never record an album and only perform live. (Two songs from their first show appear here as bonus tracks, "Showtune" and "Healey Ford," intended to be a car commercial for Ryan H's car dealership where Splice used to practice.)
February 2001: They play their third show at UMass Amherst with Karl Z on keyboards, Jeff P on snare drum, and some dude named Mitch on lead vocals who ended up disrobing down to a pair of women's underwear throughout the course of the show, causing the entire crowd of 80 people to get up and leave all at once. ("I Love My Appendix" from this show appears here as a bonus track.)
December 2002: By this point, through internet searches, they realize there are several other bands called Low Tide, but there was no band called Lowt Ide. Now a three-piece band (Russ F and Mike F with Karl Z), they decide seemingly out of nowhere to release one completely inaccessible 3-disc album. Assuming they'll be able to complete this quickly, that same night, they write the numbers 1 through 115 in a notebook and fill it with absurd song titles and cover choices. (They normally think of the song titles before recording the songs.) They start recording within the next few days, putting a checkmark next to the song titles as they recorded them.
May 2003: They take a break from shows. Meanwhile, they've already filled up at least three tapes.
June 2003: They record an unreleased live album in Russ's living room to a crowd of 6 people and call it "Live at MSG." (Three songs appear from this as bonus tracks: "Driving Home and a Slut Swallowed My Load," the cover of "We Didn't Start The Fire" and their cover of a high school band on the song "I Just Don't Care.")
May 2004: All six tapes of shit and noise are converted one-by-one to a digital format, and a few weeks later, the album is mastered, sorted into a manageable tracklisting, and titled "There's Absolutely No Fucking Way in Hell We'll Ever Get Signed to a Major Label," containing around 90 studio tracks and 15 bonus tracks (or something close to that). (An additional 20 songs are never used in the final mastering.) Also by this point, Karl had left Lowt Ide and they were back down to two members, although still encouraging guest appearances from their friends on many songs.
September 2004: They decide the album is too massive for anyone – including the band members themselves – to completely digest. They narrow down the "strongest" material and release it with artwork as their first LP, "Live at Madison Square Garden." No one really cares, but that's ok.
Early-2005: They hope to release an album of the worst songs from these sessions titled "This Album Fucking Sucks" which was abandoned soon after. Instead they take the best of the remaining songs and burn them onto a CD-R. For two years, that one CD-R is the only known copy of "This Album Fucking Sucks" as the version posted here.
March 2007: A tracklisting is added to Lowt Ide's myspace page. Several copies are burned and handed out at a series of 3 shows they played in Danbury. The artwork is influenced by the movie Caddyshack.
"Empathy," "Way" and "Moonshitz" are warped versions of Splice songs written by their former band leader Ryan H.
"I Don't Know Much" is a cover of Aaron Neville. "Black" is Pearl Jam. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" is Lenny Kravitz. "When You're Gone" is Matchbox 20. "Higher" is Creed.
The song title "Patrick Swayze is Sexy (I Would Pay Money to Touch Him)" is a quote from Gummo.
"Mish Bish & Phish" is about their seventh grade woodshop teacher.
Labels: lowt ide, t.scene releases
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2000's Guilt #01: 'N Sync "Gone" (2001) / "Girlfri...
2000's Guilt #04: American Hi-Fi "Flavor of the We...
2000's Guilt #05: Michelle Branch "Everywhere" (20...
2000's Guilt #06: R.Kelly "Trapped In the Closet" ...
2000's Guilt #08: Keane "Somewhere Only We Know" (...
2000's Guilt #09: G-Unit "Wanna Get to Know You" (...
2000's Guilt #10: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow "Picture"...
2000's Guilt #13: Fall Out Boy "Dance Dance" (2005...
2000's Guilt #15: Miley Cyrus "Party In The U.S.A....
2000's Guilt #16: Samantha Mumba "Gotta Tell You" ...
2000's Guilt #17: Madison Avenue "Don't Call Me Ba...
2000's Guilt #18: Good Charlotte "Girls and Boys" ...
2000's Guilt #21: Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (2...
2000's Guilt #22: Afroman "Because I Got High" (20...
2000's Guilt #23: Panic at the Disco "That Green G...
2000's Guilt #24: Peter Searcy "Losing Light Fast"...
2000's Guilt #25: Ginuwine "Differences" (2002) /...
2000's Guilt #26: The All American Rejects "Swing ...
2000's Guilt #27: Avril Lavigne "Complicated (2002...
2000's Guilt #29: Velvet Revolver "Fall to Pieces"...
2000's Guilt #31: L.F.O. (Lyte Funky Ones) "Every ...
2000's Guilt #32: Michael Jackson "You Rock My Wor...
2000's Guilt #37: P Diddy & The Bad Boy Family "Ba...
2000's Guilt #38: Britney Spears "I'm A Slave 4 U"...
2000's Guilt #40: Snoop Dogg "Sexual Eruption" (20...
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Jimmy Eat World "Work" (2004...
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Aaron Lewis featuring Fred D...
2000's Guilt (Bonus): T-Pain "Buy U A Drank (Shawt...
2000's Guilt (Bonus): Katy Perry "Hot N Cold" (200...


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Whether you're presenting to the PTA or the board of a Fortune 500 company, there are a few common PowerPoint features that do a great job—of detracting from your message and killing your credibility. Pull up an office chair and dim the lights as we present the 5 worst features in PowerPoint presentations.
Keep them awake with the delightful sound of a laser .
What's the perfect addition to a slide full of animated bullet points? Sound, obviously. This unbelievable feature tops our list of things to avoid—unless you're presenting at a Sci-Fi convention. Then definitely go for it. Otherwise, just let your audience hear what you're saying.
If it doesn't make sense, it must be clip art.
Sometimes it seems like there's an unwritten rule that says you must include at least one piece of clip art per slide (preferably something to function as a visual metaphor—that no one understands). The stock clip art bundled with PowerPoint is a major cliché, especially in a world where quality stock images can be found for free online.
Watch your audience's attention slide away.
The best way to completely distract an audience from your slide content is with a gimmicky slide transition—preferably a different one for each slide. There are the classic wipes, dissolves, blinds, and checks, but newer versions of PowerPoint include even more senseless options. Our personal favorites? The origami crane and paper airplane. (It's like throwing attention out the window.) Just say no—and move on to the next slide.
Behold the beauty of the shadow.
Stock templates: the best way to put your audience to sleep.
If you've seen a presentation, you've seen this eyesore—whether too plain, painful, or peculiar. Unless you're trying to bore your audience, choose a visual theme that complements your topic.
Creating powerful presentations is easy—if you know what to do. Steer clear of these PowerPoint landmines, and check out 11 Ways to Makeover Your Presentations for more tips.


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Q: I have no choice but verb(to / -ing or none) Which one is correct?

*

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I have no choice but to kill you.

*
I have no choice but killing you.

*
I have no choice but kill you.

or do they have different meanings?

A: But in these examples functions as a preposition meaning except. It is sometimes followed by a verb.The form depends on what came before. Infinitives are usually without to, but sometimes we need a gerund.

She does nothing but sleep all day.
He doesn't like anything but playing on his computer. (like ... playing)

Infinitives with to are used after no choice, option, alternative but

I have no choice but to kill.(This sentence is correct).

A: So your question is -

...no choice but [?]

What can take the place of [?]. That is what you are asking, right?
Well, but there is a preposition, meaning except, and it can license either a matrix-licensed-complement or a Noun Phrase [NP].

1.(a) There's been nothing but trouble since he came. [License NP]
  1.(b) Black people used to have no choice but field work because there were few other opportunities to earn money. [License NP]
2.(a) We had no choice but to believe them. [Matrix clause - We had (to believe them)]
  2.(b) He had no choice but to leave. [Matrix clause - He had (to leave)]

So if it can license a NP, there is no reason for it to license Gerund-Participle. So grammatically the following has to be correct -

I have no choice but killing you.

But I must make it a point here that this construction is very rare.
So let's summarise it -

3.(a) I have no choice but to kill you. (CORRECT)
  3.(b) I have no choice but killing you. (CORRECT but very rare)
  3.(c) I have no choice but kill you. (Doubtful. I would go as far as saying that it's incorrect, though I have some example sentences with similar constructions in CORPUS even more than the structure depicted in #3(b)]

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Q: netbeans-8.1 // add tomcat8 server // CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml // wrong path i'm trying to add tomcat8 server to netbeans 8.1 ide,
when specifying server location (catalina home) I provide /usr/share/tomcat8/ but the program searches for the server.xml file into a /conf folder that doesn't exists.
the program returns this error message:
The <
CATALINA_HOME>/conf/server.xml can't be read.
in my instalation that file was stored into /etc/tomcat8 folder,
but when i try to specify this path as server location i get the folowing error message: The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid.
how can i solve this issue?
thank you in advance.

A: What I did was create the /conf folder and copy the server.xml file manually.


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La Ligue des champions de hockey sur glace (en ) est une compétition européenne de hockey sur glace regroupant les meilleurs clubs du continent.

Organisée par la  (EICC), une société comptant pour actionnaires 26 clubs, 6 ligues et la Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace (IIHF), la compétition naît lors de la saison 2014-2015, à la suite du Trophée européen.

Les clubs possèdent 63 % des parts de la société basée en Suisse, les ligues 25 % et l'IIHF 12 %.

Clubs fondateurs
La compétition a été fondée par 26 clubs de 6 ligues différentes :
  ICEHL : EC Red Bull Salzbourg, Capitals de Vienne.
  Extraliga : HC Bílí Tygři Liberec, HC Dynamo Pardubice, HC Sparta Prague, HC Vítkovice Ostrava.
  Liiga : HIFK, JYP Jyväskylä, KalPa Kuopio, Kärpät Oulu, Tappara, TPS.
  DEL : Adler Mannheim, Eisbären Berlin, ERC Ingolstadt, Krefeld Pinguine.
  NL : CP Berne, HC Fribourg-Gottéron, ZSC Lions, EV Zoug.
  SHL : Djurgårdens IF, Frölunda HC, Färjestad BK, HV 71, Linköping HC, Luleå HF.

Comité directeur

Le comité directeur de la CHL est composé de neuf membres. Six représentent les clubs fondateurs, deux les ligues fondatrices et un la Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace. L'un des représentants des clubs, le Suédois Anders Ternbom, est également le président de la Ligue.

Membres
 Clubs
 Anders Ternbom
 Petr Bříza
 Timo Everi
 Peter-John Lee

 Rupert Zamorsky
 Ligues
 Christian Feichtinger
 Gernot Tripcke
 IIHF
 Kalervo Kummola

Palmarès

Bilan par club

Bilan par nation

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Coupe continentale
 Coupe d'Europe des clubs champions
 Ligue des champions 2008-2009
 Trophée européen

Liens externes

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Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
aka L'annee derniere a Marienbad
Posting Date: 11-1-2010
Directed by Alain Resnais
Featuring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Country: France / Italy
What it is: Art film
At a luxurious hotel, a man tries to convince a woman that they met last year (either here or somewhere else), but the woman does not seem to remember.
It's considered an art film classic by many and reviled by others; I first encountered the title from the Medveds' book "The 50 Worst Films of All Time", to give you an example of the latter. It's easy to see why there is such a variance of opinion; the movie is infuriating because it doesn't play by the rules that we're expecting, and if you get caught up in trying to figure out what is "real" or "true", it could drive you crazy. It's at least partially about the defectiveness of memory. There's no doubt it has a fascinating visual quality, and at times it almost feels like a silent film. There are moments of high drama, but they're fleeting and possibly deceptive. There are moments where what we see and what we hear are not in sync; for example, during a concert we see two violinists and hear an organ. The question becomes – do we believe what we see or what we hear, or does it alternate? And if it alternates, what do we believe when? It's a fascinating movie in its way. Of course, the fact that I'm covering it means that I must address the nature of its fantastic content. All I can say is this; when a movie is this ambiguous, than the fantastic content could be anything a feverish imagination might conjure up. I do know this much; there are moments where the man speculates if the woman he is speaking with is alive, and we see a scene later on that makes it look as if the woman has been murdered by the man who may be her husband. But in a movie of this nature, that's no proof of anything. As to whether the movie is a classic or a piece of twaddle, let's just say that it's an enigma, and how much you take to it may depend on how much you like enigmas.
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
Un golpe de mil millones (1966)


Based mostly on the story and characters from the Oscar®-profitable DreamWorks Animation film, this hilarious and spectacular production turns the world of fairytales the wrong way up in an all-singing, all-dancing, should-see musical comedy. Modern theatre, broadly outlined, includes performances of plays and musical theatre There are connections between theatre and the artwork types of ballet , opera (which uses staged, costumed performances with singing and orchestral accompaniment) and varied other varieties.
Be a part of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, in fact, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they certain onto your stage within the musical journey of a lifetime. There are several theatre entrances situated on Spring Road. Following bought-out runs at Southwark Playhouse, the place it acquired 6 Off West End Award nominations together with Greatest New Musical, and Edinburgh Competition Fringe, cult rock musical The Poisonous Avenger has transferred to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season.
A rental theatre permits the unbiased firms to hunt out the area, whereas a presenting theatre seeks out the unbiased companies to help their work by presenting them on their stage. Aristotle's phrase "a number of kinds being present in separate parts of the play" is a reference to the structural origins of drama. Which means "constructing where performs are proven" (1570s) was transferred to that of "performs, writing, production, the stage" (1660s).
In it the spoken elements have been written in the Attic dialect whereas the choral (recited or sung) ones within the Doric dialect , these discrepancies reflecting the differing religious origins and poetic metres of the parts that were fused into a new entity, the theatrical drama. Christian Slater and Kris Marshall star in a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross on the Playhouse Theatre London.


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Apple released IOS version 5 in Oct, 2011which brings lots of advancements in ios world like Twitter integration, iMessage, iCloud & many more. But there were certain battery drainage problems & air play video playback issues. For resolving these bugs Apple now on Monday introduced IOS 5.1.1.
In addition of bugs fixing, ios 5.1.1 patches three critical vulnerabilities in Safari that frauds the address in the location bar, execute arbitrary code and XSS attacks.
This ios version is compatible with iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, new iPad, 3rd & 4th generation iPod devices, iPhone 3GS. This free version can be accessed by Software Update tab under General settings.
It can be downloaded using iTunes. This software is labeled as "Build 9 B026".
Earlier there were certain bugs that incur in Airplay video playback option, this software fix those bugs. Also in certain circumstances after successful purchase, you see "Unable to purchase" alert, that issue is resolved in this version.
Reliability whether in context of HDR for photos using lock screen shortcut or syncing Safari bookmarks & Reading list is improved. It also addresses bugs that prevent new iPad from switching from 2G & 3G networks.
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To define the border lines of selected rice fields with light allowing observation of the relationships between changing natural light and artificial light as well as how humans define borders in relationship to natures parameters. Border Lines will allow the observation of the crossover between natural and rural landscapes via the illuminated man made border lines described by the rice fields. Raising the topic of the pastoral which has been varyingly defined by writers as 'unified harmony' 'a child-like simplicity' 'social stratification in the countryside' but which is more commonly known as referring to the lifestyle of rural people who live and work according to the changing seasons.
EL wire ( electroluminescence ) is laid following the contours defined by the rice field. Solar power unit charges batteries during the day which then supply all power to EL wire. At sunset a sensor will switch power on to EL wire. As ambient light conditions decrease the selected rice fields shape will be defined against the dark night. Selected rice field should be observable by neighborhood houses at night. This is a work for the community who live and work in the area. Border Lines autonomous system uses light to provide light.
Products are commercially available and will be purchased in Europe. System will be set up and tested in artist studio in Berlin Germany. Materials will then be shipped to Echigo-Tsumari site and installed by the artist.
Materials will include solar panel 45cm x 98 x 4, plastic box 80cmx50x50 containing electronics, EL wire 5mm diameter length depends on size of rice field, but not longer than 50mtr. Artist will bring basic tools.
Installation and testing of work will need between 5 and 6 days to be done by the artist.
Day 1-2: inspection and testing of technical materials and proposed site.
Day 3-5: installation of light wire and solar system.
Day 6: testing of installation.
A study about the spaces we make and their crossover into natural space. Using camera obscura techniques to project in real time virtual images of the outside world to the intimate personal world inside, that is, inside a home a school, a factory building. Using the camera obscura technique the outside landscape is brought into a building overlaying both outside man made space and natural space onto inside manmade space illustrating how we define our relationship to nature. Regimented structured space, a rice field, a road, a park outside projected to the inside of a regimented structured space that is a building.
An appropriate building will have all windows covered to block out all daylight. Fitted in the walls custom made medium size lenses with focal lengths between 2 & 4 mtrs. Each lens, using natural sunlight only, will project inside the building either on to the walls or floor a circular image of the world outside.
Curators and artist will select an appropriate building to be used. Custom lenses will then be fabricated here in Europe. Carpenters from Echigo-Tsumari will prior to artists arrival make building/rooms light safe by covering, with dense wood, windows and small holes that let in daylight. Artist will then fit lenses accordingly.
Lenses very in size from 50mm to 100mm in diameter.
Wood sheets will be used to cover any windows.
5-6 days will be needed to ensure effective and correct installation. Placement, arrangement can only really be decided from an artistic point of view on site as this is a site specific project.


costablancaosteopaths – Tonia Sheriff and David Sheriff are experienced British trained Osteopaths based on the Costa Blanca, Spain. We are specialists in the diagnosis and effective treatment of pain and injuries that affect the spine, muscles, joints, tendons, nerves and ligaments in people of all ages.
Tonia Sheriff and David Sheriff are experienced British trained Osteopaths based on the Costa Blanca, Spain. We are specialists in the diagnosis and effective treatment of pain and injuries that affect the spine, muscles, joints, tendons, nerves and ligaments in people of all ages.
Osteopathy was developed by Dr Andrew Taylor Still, an American Doctor, in the United States in the 1880s. He devised a system of manual therapy that improved the function of the body and helped it to overcome illness and pain. The therapy has benefitted from over 100 years of research and testing to become one of the most important forms of physical therapy available today.We are well known for being expert "back specialists" but we actually treat problems over the whole body. Osteopaths use touch, manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body's own healing mechanisms. We also provide advice on posture and exercise to aid recovery, promote health and prevent symptoms reoccurring.
We will listen to you, examine you thoroughly, treat you effectively, advise you and liaise and work with other health care professionals, where necessary. Your care is in our hands.
My wife and I have been clients of Tonia for 7 years now and could not recommend her high enough! She is a true professional who always maintains extremely high standards of treatment and her calm assure approach allows you to feel confident during each session. I always recommend Tonia to all my fellow golfers who are struggling with their physical frame and they pass her details to their friends. Not only is she the archetypal practitioner she is a delightful person.
Seven months ago, I was considering buying a mobile scooter, I could hardly walk and crossing the road was a great effort for me. My limping got so bad that I looked like a crab, practically walking sideways and my back pain was constant. Then I met you and since you "put your hands on me" I can run 1km in 12 minutes on my treadmill plus I can do 45 minutes of exercises daily (which you gave me) and, most importantly, I can walk my dog twice daily. I have no words to thank you, for all you have done for me. At age of 75, I started a new life, happy and free of pain, and all this thanks to you.
Tonia is one of the nicest people I have met! I have had a terrible nagging back problem now for a number of years and she has definitely solved the problem! I have been to other people before but they have not been successful. I can actually say I enjoy going to see her. Tonia has a lovely personality, always interested in you and all you have to say, she is so relaxed that before I leave she has changed my mood entirely! I am never rushed in and out or feel she is too busy. I would and do recommend Tonia 100% to everyone I know.
David has kept me going for years. He has an uncanny knack of putting his finger – literally – on the trouble spot. I am considering moving to Spain to be near.
As a profesional athlete for over 25 years, my body has taken a beating. I continue to train hard, but now take time to correct the faults and pressure points in my body with Tonia, especailly my back. As a result, I can train ever harder!


It's Fight Club here at Small Business Trends … and we need your help.
Er, well, not exactly Fight Club… maybe more like a friendly little neighborhood boxing match. You see, this week we're duking it out with my good friend Tim Berry and his companies, BPlans and LivePlan. The battle is all about which of us can get the most small businesses to sign up at Startup America. See the intimidating and vicious Tim Berry about to knock me out in the boxing poster? Do NOT let that happen, please.
OK, I admit that Tim Berry looks about as vicious as a puppy dog in that poster. And I wouldn't intimidate a pair of socks.  But, nevertheless, don't let those guys at BPlans stomp on Small Business Trends!
Startup America is a private organization working to help startups succeed. It has some high profile backing (including the Case Foundation — as in Steve Case, founder of AOL). And in 2011 it was launched at the White House — but don't let that fool you — it is not a governmental agency.
Help us beat the BPlans/LivePlan team! And get valuable resources for your company, too.
Sign up using this link by the end of day March 7 – REGISTER FOR FREE AT STARTUP AMERICA.
How is this valuable Anita? Have you actually tried it? For the most part, this is a corporate discount platform – a coupon book – few of the small businesses I have talked to have found it to be useful. Normally I really like your blog, but in this case you are "promoting" and not "reporting". Probably you should also tell your readers they must "apply" and you must have "two full time employees or founders" – meaning most of America's startups are disqualified. In fact, some of the most influential small business people I know have been rejected from this "service".
It's valuable for those who want to receive services, mentoring and networking opportunities, Rob. Value, like beauty, tends to be in the eye of the beholder.
We point to a lot of different services, websites, apps, products and communities here on Small Business Trends and through social media channels and on our other websites. And we allow people to mention their own sites (we even have a dedicated website, BizSugar, specifically for readers to share information and content from their own sites).
Not everything will be appropriate or of interest or valuable to every single reader. But we share the information because some among our audience will find it of value.
Ok, Anita – I just thought you should know that many of your readers might get rejected from this – even it they are legitimate small businesses. I didn't find this site particularly useful for "networking" – it is set up so that their corporate sponsors get all the information – not for people to work together, and their "services" – i.e. "deals" aren't all that great. In designing this service they didn't seem to ask "what do small businesses" want, they asked "what can we sell small businesses". Also, on the "business mentoring" – are you sure? It has been my experience in following this group since it started that they will often say they are doing things that they aren't. I don't care for these things being organized as "contests" and have said from the beginning that if they start emphasizing contests, it will be an indication that it has failed, but I don't wish to spoil your effort so you can delete my comments if you wish.
Just found this. Startup America is not only a promoter of small business, it is a detractor from it. Look at this article and see how the CEO, Scott Case thinks about small business owners as not having what it takes, quitting the first time they try, going to work for the first barber that will hire them, "mom and pop" pejorative descriptions, etc. It's ugly.
And he makes sure we understand Startup America is not for small businesses by drawing a very clear distinction between what he calls a startup and the 600,000 small businesses that startup every year (he won't let them use the term startup – it's only for his special few).
Author of article: "Case noted that high-growth startups also face vastly different challenges than their mom-and-pop counterparts" – I know a lot of business owners who would be offended by being called mom and pops, and rightly so.
I don't think a small business resource like SmallBizTrends.com should be sending people to Startup America or promoting it as a small business resource.
Hi Chuck, thanks — I value the insights you've brought in this comment.
I consider being a small business owner as a high calling, and I am proud to call myself that. I make no distinction between a startup founder or entrepreneur or small business owner — as if they are somehow different. I identify as a small business owner AND as an entrepreneur AND as a startup founder.
Thanks for your response. I know how very committed you are to small and local businesses. Millions of business owners would all see themselves, as do you and me, as having been startup founders, which is why getting the light of day on Startup America's true agenda is so important, and ensuring we don't promote it is critical.
Startup America is crony capitalism through and through and yet when they wrap it in a name like "Startup America", every small and local business owner in America will FEEL like they are finally getting attention, when once again they are being had. The "Small" Business Administration is one of those deceptive big business models. Small business owners actually think it is for them when it is focused on businesses with 100+ employees and tens of millions in revenue. But the name, and the fact that they throw a few crumbs our way (SCORE, etc.) throws everyone off.
Startup America is using the same formula – build something that is for bigger businesses, throw a few crumbs at the smaller ones (their crumb is their coupon website), and we'll be able to run off with all the goodies, which in this case is $2billion in funding that comes from the "Small" Business Administration, but is NOT available to ANY small businesses; $1billion of it is incredibly going ONLY to venture capital firms, the other $1billion can only go to very high-growth firms that are working with venture capitalists. No one else need apply.
Startup America is not for startups and it is about as un-American as any other crony capitalist scheme we've seen in decades.


LON is an open network technology which is mainly used in building automation. The name LON is short for "Local Operating Network".
It is an event-based technology that supports a variety of physical network standards, making it ideal for use on all automation levels.


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RSI Can Be Improved
by Mike Carr, CMT
Many indicators were developed years ago, long before computers allowed for backtesting. Recently, a new form of the relative strength index was introduced, and testing shows it has improved on the older version.
Security: BAC
Position: Sell
The relative strength index (RSI) was first introduced to traders in 1978 by J. Welles Wilder. Use of the indicator was well documented in Wilder's book "New Concepts In Technical Trading Systems," which offered examples of RSI on charts. Wilder explained that it could be used as an oscillator, analyzed with chart patterns or as a useful tool for spotting divergences.
None of these ideas was tested at the time because testing capabilities were not as readily available as they are now. A lack of proof had no impact on the widespread acceptance of RSI, which became one of the most widely studied and well-followed indicators available.
Other analysts have shown that range rules offer a better perspective on when RSI is oversold or overbought, and some argued that divergences should be thought of at times of market consolidation rather than reversals. All of this work has been largely demonstrated with examples but little if any backtested proof.
Larry Connors identified the lack of backtesting as a weakness of technical analysis and he also identified a few weaknesses in RSI, which measures only price momentum. Connors added two additional variables to the calculation, which helped make it more accurate, and accuracy is defined not only as a matter of opinion but also with test results.
The new version of RSI incorporates the length of the current price streak and the magnitude of recent price moves. Both versions of RSI are shown in Figure 1, with the ConnorsRSI in the center of the chart and the traditional calculation at the bottom. The calculation for ConnorsRSI is available at no cost at tradingmarkets.com. For an implementation in Trade Navigator, please email me.
FIGURE 1: QQQ, WEEKLY. ConnorsRSI becomes oversold and overbought more often than the traditional RSI.
Graphic provided by: Trade Navigator.
ConnorsRSI became oversold twice in this example when traditional RSI did not. This chart is obviously the type of well-selected example that most analysts have used when they introduce an indicator or trading strategy. As impressive as the visual examples in charts can be, there is little excuse not to provide backtested data given the availability of both the software and data that is available to analysts.
Connors has tested this indicator in various ways and found that it does an excellent job identifying times when the market is overbought or oversold.
Given the traditional levels for RSI (30 marking oversold and 70 being a sign of an overbought market), independent test data shows that ConnorsRSI is a better short-term trading tool. To test the two indicators, we can use the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and simply buy when the indicator falls below 30 and sell short when the indicator rises above 70. In both tests, positions will be exited at the close five days after the trade is opened.
ConnorsRSI delivers a significant edge in the test with 54.7% of trades being winners with an average gain of 0.24% while the traditional calculation shows 48.4% winners and an average five-day return of 0.09%.
FIGURE 2: BAC, DAILY. ConnorsRSI is indicating that BAC is due for a pullback while traditional RSI is not offering a signal.
Bank of America (BAC) is a sell now based on the ConnorsRSI. That indicator is showing BAC is ready for a pullback while traditional RSI is in neutral. In addition to this simple interpretation of the indicator, more complex strategies, such as waiting for a pullback after the ConnorsRSI reaches an extreme, deliver significantly better results.
Mike Carr, CMT
Mike Carr, CMT, is a member of the Market Technicians Association, and editor of the MTA's newsletter, Technically Speaking. He is also the author of "Smarter Investing in Any Economy: The Definitive Guide to Relative Strength Investing," and "Conquering the Divide: How to Use Economic Indicators to Catch Stock Market Trends."
Website: www.moneynews.com/blogs/MichaelCarr/id-73
E-mail address: marketstrategist@gmail.com
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