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Sonic Fabric Introduces Cassette Tape Neckties

dasha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:59:46 +0000

Unexpected use for cassette tape has been found at Sonic Fabric. As you know, this audio and video recording medium is dying away, creating the challenge of recycling thousands of miles of magnetic tape.

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Lullabelly Provides Music for Your Upcoming Child to Enjoy

dasha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:38 +0000

Your child is still inside? It is hardly a good reason to refuse him the joy of music. We all know that music is conducive to growing. That’s why there is a device, iTunes, to be easily coupled with a new invention called Lullabelly Prenatal Music Belt.(...)
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Katy Perry Is Preparing to Ladle out Europe Music Awards at MTV

dasha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:19:59 +0000

This will be Katy Perry’s second time to host at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and she is happily engaged in preparing promo shots with MTV trophies in the background. Last year the former Christian artist turned rock diva carried off the Best New Act award. And she is expecting to make it this year as well with her “Waking up in Vegas” nominated for the Best Video.

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More Musical Spice from Spice Girls

dasha — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:55:57 +0000

The rumors of the most famous girl group ever reuniting have been going round since June 2007, the oncoming World Cup adding fuel to the expectations. Now the possibility of us fans having Spice Girls back alive and kicking is boosted by the news of their starting on producing a musical in London.(...)
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Listening to Music with One’s Eyes Closed Is Healthier

dasha — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:49:49 +0000

Psychotherapeutic effect of music heightens if you listen to it with your eyes closed, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The experiment showed that listening to music with one’s eyes closed caused more active response from the brain.(...)
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iLogic Sound Hat to Keep You Warm and Merry

Geniusbeauty.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:51:18 +0000

Winds are bringing fall, warmth and protection will soon be at issue, hats will start to sell, and you are welcome to avail yourself of the iLogic Sound Hat – a headwear and a gadget in one.(...)
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iPom Stereo Speaker Will Gladden the Eye and the Ear

tania — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:26:48 +0000

The freshly announced Speakal’s 2.1 stereo speaker system called iPom with colorful flowers for speakers will look bright and cool almost anywhere and carries quite an alluring set of specifications.

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Zumreed Dreams Headphones to Brighten Your Day and Your Outfit

tania — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:18:44 +0000

It’s not everybody’s idea to wear something bright and striped on their heads, but if you don’t mind to have a bit of fashion to go with your headphones, regard the Zumreed Dreams ZHP-005 – and don’t be surprised if you start to draw envious comparisons from people in the street. (...)
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A Decorative USB Flash Drive with an MP3 Player

tania — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:45:31 +0000

The latest and the coolest Brando gadget is going to kill three birds with one flash drive: alongside with carrying the necessary files with you, you can sport a cute trinket and listen to your favorite music!

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An Alarm Clock that Makes Your Morning Rock

tania — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:50:47 +0000

If what you prefer is an energizing wake-up call, here is the alarm clock you need. Its cuteness will make you smile every time you look at it and you will love its buoyant “good morning”, provided with the help of an iPod docking station and 2.5” speakers.

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iPod or iPhone Speakers with Beautiful Butterflies

tania — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:05:24 +0000

Looking for a new iPod dock? Then try these ones. Speakers with a universal dock that can be connected to any iPod or iPhone (or any MP3 player for which they have a special jack) are adorned with blue, green and pink faceplates with butterfly shapes.

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Sony Walkman B-series for Zappin’ Addicts

tania — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:09:33 +0000

Well, if one comes down to brass tacks, there’s no abundance of up-to-date sophistication about this new MP3 USB-based player. The zapping function – which Sony Walkman actually inherits from Sony’s screenless players of old – allows you to find the desired track by playing a five-second middle passage from each tune. (...)
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Whitney Houston Promises a Comeback Album in September

tania — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:00:05 +0000

The urban soul diva Whitney Houston who, according to the Guinness World Records, is “most awarded female artist of all time” as regards music, is known to be irregular in her releases. Nevertheless it doesn’t affect her status as an icon, and her latest album is going to create a stir!

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Skullcandy’s Newest Decibel Headphones Collection

tania — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:52:03 +0000

Skullcandy introduces the new collection of headphones called the Decibel (dB) Collection. This serious-sounding name embraces a high variety of models – six new lines of on-ear headphones and a bunch of earphones done in engaging colors and styles.

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Wear Your Favorite Sounds Turned into Jewelry

tania — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:49:00 +0000

The unique idea of representing sound waves as jewelry items belongs to the Japanese designer Sakurako Shimizu. The beauty of it is that practically any sound, human, natural or mechanical, can be thus embodied; the ones that Sakurako used were wow, a yawn, a giggle, the church bells and the wedding ceremony admission “I do”. (...)
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Eurovision 2009 Final Results

Geniusbeauty.com — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:03:02 +0000

It finally happened! Today we all followed the fantastic Eurovision 2009 final. There were amazing performances, the decorations provided by New York-based set designer John Casey looked stunning. The fact that the stage was made up of various types of LED screens made each show look absolutely different and unique. It was beautiful! There were many really catchy songs at Eurovision 2009. The truth is, if after the performance part of the contest is over and everybody’s voting, you keep on singing one of the songs – this exactly song has all chances to win.

For the first time in the history of Eurovision an “unearthly” team gave the start to the earthly voting. The international space station connected to the live broadcast and started the voting with the famous word said by Yuri Gagarin, the world’s first astronaut – “Poekhali” (“Let’s Go”) – when he was departing. So, Russia was really very creative in organizing the contest. As executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Svante Stockselius, it will be very difficult to make a better show.

Eurovision 2009 Results

And now you surely want to know the winner of Eurovision 2009 song contest. Here are the results. The first place at this Eurovision song contest went to Norway (Alexander Rybak – “Fairytale”). Congratulations to the winner! The second place went to Iceland (Yohanna – “Is It True?”). Azerbaijan (AySel and Arash – “Always”) was #3.

So, again:

Norway (Alexander Rybak – “Fairytale”)
Iceland (Yohanna – “Is It True?”)
Azerbaijan (AySel and Arash – “Always”)
Turkey (177 points);
United Kingdom (173 points);
Estonia (129 points);
Greece (120 points);
France (107 points);
Bosnia and Herzegovina (106 points);
Armenia (92 points);
Russia (91 points);
Ukraine (76 points);
Denmark (74 points);
Moldova (68 points);
Portugal (57 points);
Israel (53 points);
Albania (48 points);
Croatia (45 points);
Romania (40 points);
Germany (35 points);
Sweden (33 points);
Malta (31 points);
Lithuania (23 points);
Spain (23 points);
Finland (22 points).

Norway was the leader from the very beginning of the voting results announcement (Norway got 387 points, which is a record). And there was no doubt that he was going to win Eurovision 2009 song contest in Moscow.

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Eurovision 2009 Second Semifinal Results

Geniusbeauty.com — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:53:25 +0000

Today we were happy to enjoy the second semifinal of Eurovision 2009. And we would like to share the results with you. The second semifinal sounded even more exotic than the first one (let’s take Estonia, for example). There were more “folk” performances (Moldova in their national costumes). (...)
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Eurovision 2009 1st Semifinal Results

Geniusbeauty.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:36:29 +0000

Today the first semifinal of Eurovision Song Contest 2009 took place in Moscow, Russia. This was a great event not only for this country, but also for the whole Europe. Moreover, this year the contest is also broadcasted in Australia. Who knows, maybe, some day Eurovision will become Worldvision song contest? Well, let’s get back to nowadays, namely today, as we’d like to share with you the first semifinal results. At the end of the article you will find out what countries qualified for the final round.

Montenegro: Andrea Demirovic – Just Get out of My Life

Andrea Demirovic from Montenegro performed a nice pop song called “Just Get out of My Life” that also included an interesting dancing composition. Andrea was the first female singer to present Montenegro at Eurovision. We liked her show, she has a good voice!

Czech Republic: Gypgy.cz – Aven Romale

This year Czech Republic is presented by a Gypsy band called “Gypgy.cz” with the song “Aven Romale” (“Come in Gypsies” in English). The guys wore weird costumes – the soloist was “super-gypsy from comics”. It was pretty unusual to hear a Balkan song in English (the song was actually in two languages – English and Romani), but it sounded exotic and pretty good.

Belgium: Patrick Ouchène – Copycat

Patrick Ouchène from Belgium sang an Elvis Presley style song “Copycat”. By the way, Patrick is one of the most popular Elvis’ imitators in Belgium. He is trying to breathe new life into Elvis’ Rock-n-Roll and make it popular again. And he created a great entourage on the stage. You could believe you were back to the 50’s.

Belarus: Petr Elfimov – Eyes That Never Lie

Petr Elfimov from Belarus presented a song called “Eyes That Never Lie” resembling one of Gary Moore’s ballads. By the way, Petr composed the music by himself. The song sounded a bit depressive, and, unfortunately, the singing itself wasn’t too good.

Sweden: Malena Ernman – La Voix

Sweden was presented at this Eurovision contest by Malena Ernman. The song “La Voix” (“The Voice” in English) she sang was not as good as the singing. This is because Malena is mezzo-soprano (she is an opera singer and is a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Music), while the song was something like pop. It simply didn’t suit the beautiful voice of the Swedish singer. The song was in both English and French.

Armenia: Inga and Anush – Jan Jan

Armenia did a lot to distinguish themselves. With their song “Jan Jan” (“My Dear” in English), Inga and Anush showed they didn’t want Eurovision 2010 to take place in their country (probably because of the economic crisis). Singing the primitive “Everybody, Move Your Body”, plus the national style melody makes extremely bad show. Using exotic music should be a very delicate process, in respect of composing the lyrics in English. They simply tried to wed two absolutely incompatible things. Although… the costumes and the entourage were good.

Andorra: Susanne Georgi – La Teva Decisió (Get a Life)

The song of Susanne Georgi from Andorra is called “Your decision” in English (actual title: “La Teva Decisió (Get a Life)”). It was a nice pop song, and the dancing was a kind of retro style. The singer resembled Geri Halliwell a bit. Maybe, this was the trick to get to the final.

Switzerland: Lovebugs – The Highest Heights

Guys from Swiss band “Lovebugs” presented their country with a song “The Highest Heights” in English. It was a good quality music and lyrics, but… The soloist is said to have taken singing classes before this Eurovision song contest. Unfortunately, he needs much more classes to be able to sing good.

Turkey: Hadise – Düm Tek Tek

Of course, we all already know Hadise with her pop song “Düm Tek Tek”. We had already shared the song and the lyrics on Geniusbeauty.com. Hadise is actually the favorite of Eurovision 2009 (most people bet on her at the bookmakers’). Everything was good – the dance, the costumes and the song. The only thing that could not be liked by the audience is the fact that it was quite difficult for Hadise to belly dance and sing at the same time.

Israel: Noa and Mira Awad – There Must Be Another Way

The song “There Must Be Another Way” performed by singers Noa and Mira Awad from Israel called is probably the most “political” one at Eurovision 2009 (not taking into consideration the Georgian ex-show). It’s in three languages – English, Hebrew and Arabic – and is a message to stop the conflict between Palestine and Israel. Besides, the singing duet sounded very beautiful, as both singers are very talented. By the way, Noa and Mira Awad are good friends.

Bulgaria: Krassimir Avramov – Illusion

Krassimir Avramov who represented Bulgaria at Eurovision 2009, seems to hate winning. When performing the song “Illusion” on the stage of Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, he sang out of tune a lot. Moreover, the song wasn’t good at all. The performance was awful. But let’s not blame him! He was just one of the artists trying to avoid getting into the Final (again, the financial mess was the reason). Besides, Krassimir used to be a mime, and then he started singing. We hope, he is a good mime, as singing is not something he’s good at.

Iceland: Yohanna – Is It True?

Yohanna is an 18-year-old singer from Iceland who sang a romantic song “Is It True?” at this year’s Eurovision song contest. But the fact she’s so young doesn’t mean anything. She recorded her first album when she was 10. She even claims to have learnt singing before speaking. This girl now teaches at the music school she finished herself. She has a perfect, “silky” voice, and the way she sang her song was very beautiful!

FYR Macedonia: Next Time – Neshto Shto Ke Ostane

Twin brothers Martin and Stefan Filipovski were the ones presenting FYR Macedonia with their song “Neshto Shto Ke Ostane” (“Something That Will Remain” in English) in Macedonian. Their rock duo is named “Next Time”, one of the twins is the soloist, while the other one plays the guitar and sings the supporting part. It was a good rock. We liked the performance!

Romania: Elena – The Balkan Girls

Romania was presented by Elena with her song “The Balkan Girls” that sounded just like any other pop song – nothing special. The backup dancing was good though, and the costumes as well. By the way, although Elena is a priest’s daughter, she is considered to be the sexiest singer at Eurovision 2009. So, Elena has chances to win at least due to this.

Finland: Waldo’s People – Lose Control

Finland changed the tradition of sending Finnish rock bands to Eurovision. This year the country was represented by a dance group “Waldo’s People”. The song they sang is called “Lose Control”. By the way, at first there was another Eurovision song prepared, but at the last moment they chose this song (hopefully, this one was really better). There were a mini-fire show, cheap rap and primitive music. Hard to say, who could like this.

Portugal: Flor-de-Lis – Todas as Ruas do Amor

Portuguese band “Flor-de-Lis” has nothing to do with “Notre Dame de Paris”, “Lis” was meant to be Lisbon (so, the name of the band means “The Flower of Lisbon”). Their song is called “Todas as Ruas do Amor” (“All the Streets of Love”), and the performance involved national instruments and costumes. Sometimes the soloist sang out of tune, but the overall impression is positive.

Malta: Chiara – What If We

This year we were able to see Chiara at Eurovision again (she already represented Malta in 1998 and 2005), as she calls herself the one who achieves her goals. And her goal is to win at Eurovision. She claims to participate in the contest until she finally wins. As for Chiara’s private life, she doesn’t earn much from singing, (which is really surprising, because she has an amazing voice and sings clearly), so she has to make some money on the side by being a secretary. As for this very show, it seemed everybody liked the song she performed, “What If We”, it was very beautiful.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Regina – Bistra Voda

The band “Regina” presented Bosnia and Herzegovina with the song “Bistra Voda” (“Clear Water”). It was a Balkan style song in the Bosnian language, with an interesting melody and a couple of national instruments. It was a good show. Positive impression.

1st Semifinal Results – 10 Eurovision 2009 Finalists

So, here are the results of Eurovision 2009 first semifinal. The following countries qualified for the final round:
• Turkey;
• Sweden;
• Israel;
• Portugal;
• Malta;
• Finland;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina;
• Romania;
• Armenia;
• Iceland.

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So Weird but So Good Mashimaro MP3 Player

tania — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:36:38 +0000

This gadget with an attempt at mango-style cuteness is actually an MP3 player. If you took to the design you will be interested to know that it is slightly larger than a matchbox in size (54 x 38 x 38mm to be exact) and weighs 19 gram.

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The takeMS MEM-P3 – a Record-breaking Player for the Sport-minded

tania — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:58:48 +0000

The next convenient thing for those who like to work out to music after having a band playing for you is to own the takeMS MEM-P3 player. While you will be putting your all into exercising, it will set the right rhythm to your heartbeat – and take care after itself.

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