askland on October 25th, 2007

Rocky Horror Show pre-show songs, intermission and warm up song list for band and cast.
Adam’s Family - Key Bb
Bb - Cm - F - Bb
Munster’s Theme - Key Am
Am - Dm - Am G - Am (2x)
G - C - D - D B E
Am - Dm - Am E Am
In The Hall of the [...]

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askland on October 25th, 2007

Stand By Your Man
by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill
Verse 1
A                          E
Sometimes its hard to be a woman
Bm              E7               A
Giving all your love to just one man
D
You’ll have bad times
A
And he’ll have good times
B                                E
Doing things that you don’t understand
CHORUS
A             C#
Stand by your man
D                    C#m   Bm
Give him two arms to cling to
A             F#7
And something warm to [...]

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askland on October 24th, 2007

Michael Fremer, senior contributing editor of Stereophile Magazine, has posted a comment response on the Pear Cable JREF Challenge. This evolving challenge should be of interest to audio engineers, audiophiles and readers of the James Randi website. Here is a link to the summary I posted and his response:
http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/10/pear-cables-offered-jref-challenge/
I have also emailed a few friends [...]

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askland on October 24th, 2007

Gotta make a move to a
Town that’s right for me
Town to keep me movin’
Keep me groovin’ with some energy
Well, I talk about it
Talk about it
Talk about it
Talk about it
Talk about, Talk about
Talk about movin
Gotta move on
Gotta move on
Gotta move on
Won’t you take me to
Funkytown
Won’t you take me to
Funkytown
Won’t you take me to
Funkytown
Won’t you take me [...]

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askland on October 24th, 2007

Hello, my baby
Hello, my honey
Hello, my ragtime gal
Send me a kiss by wire
Baby, my hearts on fire
If you refuse me
Honey, you’ll lose me
Then you’ll be left alone
Oh baby, telephone
And tell me I’m your own
F D G C - F Abdim G C

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askland on October 23rd, 2007

Pear Cables has been offered the One Million Dollar JREF Challenge to prove their claims that an audible difference can be heard between their $7,250 cables and Monster Cable.
*UPDATE 10/24/07 - Response from Michael Fremer in comment on this post. Recommended reading*
Email exchanges between Michael Fremer and James Randi have gotten quite heated. You can [...]

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askland on October 16th, 2007

This latest crop circle of Elvis finally proves that aliens really are watching us.

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askland on October 16th, 2007

Somebody made a ringtone out of my Dracula Overture. My first reaction was to get a little ticked off - but then I started laughing and feel just a tad bit flattered. So the ringtone has my official approval.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ASKLAND DRACULA OVERTURE RINGTONE
Now if you download it for your phone - [...]

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askland on October 16th, 2007

Email question received:
Aiight… my lil brother right he listens to alot of music and shit.. he knows his stuff, ya feel me… He heard some of my new beatz and he was like that it’s good and shit.. but, that I need to listen more to rap and shit.. since my beatz are more [...]

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askland on October 16th, 2007

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW IS COMING TO THE LINCOLN THEATRE
Mount Vernon, WA

“LIVE” BEGINNING OCT. 26-NOV 10 2007!!!!!
Oct. 26, 27, 31 and Nov.1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 at 8 pm with a Midnight Show on the 10th. All seats are $20. Tickets for both at the Lincoln Theatre Box Office 360-336-8955 or 877-754-6284 more [...]

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askland on October 11th, 2007

Star Wars Trumpet Stacy Hedger

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askland on October 9th, 2007


Mount Vernon, WA - The Theater Arts Guild announces auditions for Oscar Wilde’s Salome. Salome is based on the biblical character and story - an unforgettable story of love, lust, betrayal and revenge.
Performance Dates: February 8 - 16, 2008
Audition Dates: November 6 & 7, 2007
Location: Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon, WA
Audition Times: 6, 7, or [...]

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askland on October 5th, 2007

Visit pianist Page Cavanaugh at http://www.pagecavanaugh.com . Page has celebrated his 85th birthday and is still going strong doing gigs.
Watch the Page Cavanaugh 85th Birthday on YouTube.com - or search YouTube for “Page Cavanaugh”.
The last time I saw him was around 1993. I was playing keyboards for a country band in Los Angeles and saw [...]

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askland on October 3rd, 2007


Cristina Villareale and Scott Rittenhouse as Josephine and Ralph
Skagit Opera Presents:
Gilbert and Sullivan’s
HMS Pinafore
Extreme silliness and beautiful music on the high seas!
Information at www.skagitopera.org
At Beautiful McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon
Tickets (toll-free) 866 624-6897
Fridays and Saturdays, October 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 7:30 pm
Sundays, October 7 & 14 at 2:00 pm
Please join us [...]

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askland on October 1st, 2007

My how times have changed. Ladies, think about this 1975 JCPenney catalog ad next time you complain about how your man is dressed. And they say clothing styles go in cycles, so maybe we can look forward to this hot look coming back. Is that guy on the left Freddy Mercury?
And from the same catalog:

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askland on October 1st, 2007

Sam Cooke - Basin’ Street Blues

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askland on October 1st, 2007

Basin Street - Preservation Hall JB 1971

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