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Andy Todes is a sentient being who loves Murasaki Shikibu, Yosano Akiko, Tolstoy, Dostoevski, Kawabata, Neruda, Kabir, Rumi, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Balzac, Marquez, Cervantes, Joyce, Wilde, Dave Barry, world music, classical music, any type of music, photography - especially Jeanloup Sieff's and Lilian Bassmann's, film, meditation, yoga, and Theresa. You can visit Andy's web … Read moreAndy Todes is a sentient being who loves Murasaki Shikibu, Yosano Akiko, Tolstoy, Dostoevski, Kawabata, Neruda, Kabir, Rumi, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Balzac, Marquez, Cervantes, Joyce, Wilde, Dave Barry, world music, classical music, any type of music, photography - especially Jeanloup Sieff's and Lilian Bassmann's, film, meditation, yoga, and Theresa. You can visit Andy's web site at www.attaboyphotography.com
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I'm truly staggered to find only two album reviews ahead of mine. Good Lord, people. Here is some of the sublimest music ever conceived by the mind of man. If you own a set of headphones, if you possess a capacity for infinite wonder, if you wish to thrum to the mysterious and gorgeous waves of the universe, then you simply cannot make a better purchase for [the price]. A small sum in return for the trillion billion miles you will travel.
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Every single music lover out there is searching for that moment, that ecstatic CLICK, when all of a sudden your brain opens up YES! YES! YES! It goes like this: HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! And so we have "Daybreaker" by Beth Orton, an album that sits in the corner moping politely to itself, not really attracting any attention, just quietly moping away. You give it a little pat on the head, wish it well, and go walking off in search of something a little more upbeat, something with a little more life. You come back a few hours later, mope together for a few moments, then move on again. "Why can't you be more like last time?"… Read more
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This is a long review, but I hope you hang in there. Just to put everything in context, I've bought the following golf books in the last few months: How to Break 90 (Tomasi, et al) The 30-Second Golf Swing (Tomasi) Five Fundamentals (Hogan) Five Fundamentals (Elkington) Plus I've flipped through dozens of books in the store. And I've visited every golf site know to man. Or woman. We're talking minimal improvement after 2 months of hard work -- and I'm a fairly gifted athlete, modesty aside. Minimal improvement and not much joy. And this is a game I used to LOVE in my teens. Minimal improvement. And just in case you thought I was… Read more
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