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Timbaland - Scream

LYRICS FOR “Scream”

I got a plan for you and I
Let’s journey across the Venetian skies
Can I have some of your cookies? Can I have some of your pie?
May I cut the first slice? So won’t you

Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right

Intoxicated with desire
And you?re the designated driver, yeah
I?m not afraid ?cause I?m a rider, yeah
Ain?t nothing wrong with feeling right, so won?t you

Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right

I love it babe, got me here doing things I don’t ever do
Can’t hold me down, that’s why I?m here
Making sure things are up for you, get it?
Like a getaway, when the lights go off, you turn on
I love yo’ place ’cause I can hear the echo when you make me, oh ooh

Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right

In the car, at the party
Got his hands on your body
Don?t fight it, ooh
If you like it, ooh

In your room, on the rooftop
Feels good, don?t stop
Don?t fight it, ooh
If you like it, ooh
Why don’t you scream!

Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body’s feeling right

Uh, if you love me girl, why don?t you scream?
If it feels good then why don?t you scream?
Uh, if you love me girl, why don?t you scream?

‘Cause when it feels good
Don?t fight it if you like it
Yeah
Don?t fight it, ooh
Yeah
If you like it, ooh
Break

Don?t you like that?
It feels so good, don’t it?
Grab my hand baby
Let’s take a walk on the beach
Let’s clear our minds

Hold your screaming here
Don?t you like that beat? You do?
What else you like? Mmm, I can accommodate that
Oh, you like my swagger? You like how I changed it up?
I like it too baby

But for now I think the beat is going a little bit too long
Oh, you like it this long? Hmm!
That means you like to make love long, yeah
I feel that, ooh!

I like how you shaking your hips to it, uh
It?s about to end baby but don?t you stop
Keep it going, keep it going, keep it going
And bring it over here, sit on my lap, kiss me
No no no, right here, yeah, ha
Ooh, I like that, ooh, I like that, uh, ooh
Let me stop ********* ha ha ha

Coby CVE92 Isolation Stereo Earphones

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I’ve used plenty of earphones in my day. I’ve used headphones, I’ve had the ones shaped like circles that you have to stick in your ear (with our without that piece that wraps around your ears), and I’ve used big MONSTER headphones that look like those ones that plane traffic engineers use.

Never have I had a pair of earphones that are as comfortable as these. Many times, you get those earphones that you stick in your ear and they are VERY uncomfortable. Not so with these. They are so gentle. Comfort aside, these earphones are EXCELLENT. I can’t hear a thing when I have them both on (which I think is a BIG PLUS). And the sound quality is excellent.

And you just can’t beat the price for earphones of this size and quality. I highly recommend them.

They are nice headphones, although be careful, when you get them the two stems are stuck together — you part them by pulling them apart to decide how much separation you want between the two. I hadn’t seen this feature before, and thought they were just stuck, and started pulling on them — if you want you can pull them pretty much entirely apart right down to the plug. But after I started wearing them, I liked them. Except that I’m a heavy running, and somewhere along the way, one of the rubber ear buds popped off and that was that. If they’re going to make these for sport use, they should be made a bit stronger. I owned the Sony’s for two years and the buds are nearly inseparable from the headphone. So be warned.

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

“Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self. Ego arises when your sense of Beingness, of ‘I Am’, which is formless consciousness, gets mixed up with form. This is the meaning of identification. This is a forgetfulness of Being, the primary error, the illusion of absolute separateness that turns reality into a nightmare.” — From the book

I have several books, decks and audios by Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now, Through the Open Door to the Vastness of Your True Being, Stillness Speaks Inspiration Deck, Power of Now Inspiration Cards, and others), but A New Earth is by far the most illuminating, accessible and uplifting.

For those unfamiliar with Eckhart Tolle, this man experienced a profound instantaneous inner transformation at age 29. Born in Germany and schooled in England, he integrated and deepened his experience with an intense inward journey. Tolle then began teaching small groups as a spiritual counselor. In 1995, he moved to Canada and is now considered one of the most influential spiritual thinkers of our time, largely in part to his books The Power of Now and A New Earth.

In A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose, this gentle teacher traces human suffering to one simple, yet insidious, root: the ego. While many authors and philosophers throw around the word “ego”, Tolle actually exposes what the ego IS–and why it causes us so much trouble.

While 17th century philospher Rene Descartes may be considered the “father of philosophy”, his famous dictum “I think, therefore I am” mechanized humans into “thinking machines” that can reason their way through any problem–and to “ultimate truth”. Cartesian philosophy (named for Descartes) has permeated our culture for centuries and can be best summed up with “I think–that is my identity–and therefore, my thinking is my Being”. According to Tolle, Descartes discovered the root of EGO, not Beingness.

However, Tolle echoes another philosopher who came a few hundred years Descartes, Jean Paul Sartre saying: (my paraphrase) Wait a minute. If we become AWARE that we are thinking…then what is that part that is observing…that can make that assessment? If thinking equals Being, then we wouldn’t realize we’re “thinking’ in the first place! We’d be like a dreamer “who doesn’t know he is dreaming”.

Tolle asserts that this awareness outside of thinking is our TRUE Being, the part that is “I Am”–a dimension of consciousness that, unfortunately, is often discovered at the point of tragic loss or hitting a “limit-situation”. It’s an inexplicable peace that descends, a sacred sense of Presence. Could this be the “peace that passes all understanding” that St. Paul talked about in the New Testament?

The reason it takes a “tragedy” for some to wake up is because a disidentification from form has occurred. In other words, let’s say a person experiences a house fire and loses everything–but ends up experiencing a sense of peace…a feeling “It’s OK, and it will be OK”. Or what about those who experience illness, death of a loved one, disfigurement, or debilitation? When these ones experience an all-pervasive Presence, a “Being prior to all forms, all identifications”, an individual, through direct experience (not thought), realizes ‘Wait a minute…I am NOT my thoughts…(or possessions)’.

So what does this mean to you, dear reader? Well, if you are not your thoughts–then who ARE you? Why is it that some people become bitter or resentful after tragedy…but others become wise, compassionate and loving? How many unexamined thoughts do you have bouncing through your head–thoughts that have been handed down to you through parents, religion and the media that influence every move you make? What if THOUGHTS, and their resulting emotions, are the source of your suffering?

What if the true “you” is not your body? Not your bank account? Not your title? Not your actions, reputation or accomplishments? Then, who ARE you?

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose will introduce you to the “you” that’s always been with you, the part connected to the peace of God, a higher Presence and joy unspeakable. In addition to Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie, the spiritual truths of Eckhart Tolle have changed my life (and continue to do so when I “remember” who I really am). Time and time again, when I “suffer”, I can trace it to my “stinkin’ thinkin’”. (And just so you don’t think I’ve lived a charmed life absent of difficulties, I’ve experienced widowhood at age 25, post traumatic stress syndrome, poverty, general anxiety disorder and a son diagnosed with Autism at age 3, among other trying circumstances.)

Do you hate your body? Get this book. Are you plagued with thoughts that you’re not “enough”? Get this book. Do you fear that if you lose something precious (money, spouse, youth, vigor, job, etc.) that your life will be “over”? Get this book. Is your attachment to “stuff” and striving to live up to the expectations of others wearing you out? Get this book. Do you want to heal from painful emotions and negative states of being? Get this book.

Do you want to experience peace that passes all understanding? Get this book.

I’ll leave you with a quote from A New Earth:

“‘And I saw a new heaven and a new earth’, writes the biblical prophet. The foundation for a new earth is a new heaven–the awakened consciousness. The earth–external reality–is only its outer reflection. The arising of a new heaven and by implication a new earth are not future events that are going to make us free. Nothing is GOING to make us free because only the present moment can make us free. Thus realization is the awakening…So the new heaven, the awakened consciousness, is not a future state to be achieved…What did Jesus tell his disciples? ‘Heaven is right here in the midst of you’.”

Janet Boyer, author of Back in Time Tarot (coming Fall 2008 from Hampton Roads Publishing)

American Gangster

Ridley Scott puts on his “sweeping saga” gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas’s somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a more interesting character than Lucas–too honest for his own good, unlucky in his personal life–and this kind of character, easily patronized by others, fits Crowe like a polyester shirt. Scott’s tendency to hit his points square on the noggin is much in evidence here, including the typecasting of the supporting roles and the predictable Serpico atmosphere of the whole thing. (And speaking of supporting actors, the film needs more Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role as a Lucas sidekick feels cut down.) It succeeds as a kind of chewy entertainment, fueled by the presence of two big stars working their muscles. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. –Robert Horton

Ridley Scott is an already proven director who is well overdue for an Oscar, but just what attracted him to this story is something of a mystery. Perhaps being a diverse director with films like the first Alien and Gladiator he wanted to add another genre to his credits and that is admirable (more admirable than Martin Scorsese who keeps making the same film over and over again and then wonders where the Oscar is). However, Scott could have selected a gangster film that didn’t include so many tributes to better films in the genre (The Godfather, The Untouchables and Serpico come to mind). In this regard the film disappoints even though Scott directs his great cast in both subtle and stylized fashion. He deserves kudos for his efforts if not for the end result.

Speaking of the cast, it is hard to criticize Crowe and Washington, however, their roles are not very original and Crowe, while good, pales in comparison to the ever-charismatic Washington who is simply playing a variation of his Oscar-winning character in Training Day. Crowe is simply playing a more subdued version of Al Pacino’s Serpico role of the honest, but conflicted cop up against criminal elements both within the police force and outside of it and it takes its toll on his personal life. I know much has also been made about Cuba Goodling’s cameo role in this film, but there is seriously nothing great here. It’s a whole lot of news about nothing really. I do not see Oscar nods for anyone in this film as solid as they are; they just never reach that level of excellence. In fact, I don’t see Oscars for this film at all as the plot and characters are too familiar, the film needed editing/trimming, the photography is too often murky (even out of focus at times), and the music was often monotonous or just plain forgettable.

Okay, Steve, then why give four stars to a film in which I have so many negative things to say? Well, as I’ve said this before in other reviews, just because a film has some significant flaws doesn’t mean it isn’t entertaining. I greatly enjoyed this film. Washington, while not giving an Oscar-caliber performance this time around, is always compelling to watch. Crowe is sympathetic and believable as the cop out to bring down Washington. In addition, he story does have its clever moments and plot twists and just as Brian DePalma wisely had few scenes in his The Untouchables wherein Eliot Ness (Costner) and Al Capone (DeNiro) actually face off, this film follows in that same vein. Washington and Crowe share very little screen time and in this kind of story that approached worked for which the writers and the director deserve praise. Lastly, while Ridley Scott does nothing boldly new with his entry into this genre, he is a top-notch director who is only a little off his game with this film.

I don’t think many will be disappointed with this film if they go into it with lower expectations. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to purchasing it when it’s released on DVD. It has good repeat value and I hope the DVD has extras that include background on the true story on which it is loosely based.

Warning: As a parent of a 15 ½ year old and an 11 year old, I’m careful about what my kids view, but I have been known to let them see some R rated films on rare occasions, but only at home where we can talk about what we are viewing. I’ve recently started seeing some R films with just my son as he is extremely mature and is obviously growing up and out of many PG and PG-13 kind of films. His first really “mature” film was the recent Michael Clayton with George Clooney and he loved that. It’s mature in that its both R rated for language and adult content, and is story/character-driven and not propelled by mindless violence and sexuality. This film, American Gangster, was his second mature film. He is a huge Denzel fan and he loves mobster films, so this was a “must-see” for him. While there is no nudity in the brief sex scene in this film, there is considerable nudity as Denzel’s character has nude girls make his drug packages. They are nude so that they can’t hide any drugs on them. The scenes lack any sexuality to them, but it is nudity just the same (and there is quite a bit of it). As a parent of a middle teen, I was okay with it and my son handled these scenes maturely, but I thought it fair to mention this to other parents who may be in the same boat as myself raising maturing teenagers.

River: The Joni Letters

On paper, River sounds like a match made in several versions of heaven. Legendary pianist Herbie Hancock re-imagines Joni Mitchell with his hand-picked, star-studded band–including saxophonist Wayne Shorter–in tow. Luminary guests lend vocals to a song apiece: Norah Jones (”Court and Spark”), Tina Turner (”Edith and the Kingpin”), Corinne Bailey Rae (”River”), Luciana Souza (”Amelia”), Leonard Cohen (with an unsettlingly sanguine version of “The Jungle Line”), even Mitchell herself (”Tea Leaf Prophecy”). In the event, though, a few fundamental elements go awry. Hancock plays with almost saccharine understatement throughout, and even Shorter’s seminal “Nefertiti” and Duke Ellington’s “Solitude” fall into the album’s presiding, somnolent surface, though to a lesser degree does the instrumental version of Mitchell’s “Sweet Bird.” But girding, and in some measure, saving, the proceedings, the lyrics here testify to a subtler wisdom guiding Hancock’s set list. The mix includes a continuum from intrepid classics to dusty, fans-only fare, but a distinct reverence for Joni Mitchell the Poet threads them together, and, in the end, this album works best as a sleepy window into one fan’s giddy and particular love affair with his source material. Fans of Hancock win out. –Jason Kirk

Product Description
This Amazon.com exclusive version of River: The Joni Letters includes two bonus tracks, “All I Want” featuring Sonya Kitchell and “A Case of You.”The legendary pianist and innovator Herbie Hancock explores the words and music of another musical pioneer, Joni Mitchell, on his first new studio recording for Verve since 1998’s GRAMMY® award-winning Gershwin’s World.

Inspired in equal parts by Mitchell’s poetic lyrics and unique melodies, Hancock and saxophone giant Wayne Shorter play with a restraint and elegance that achieves a perfect balance between the adventurous aesthetics of jazz improvisation and the emotional directness of the finest Adult Pop music.

Hancock builds upon his (and Shorter’s) previous collaborations with Ms. Mitchell to create a sound that will appeal not only to fans of both artists, but to the listener familiar with the work of Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae and the other brilliant guest vocalists featured on this session. River: The Joni Letters is the perfect CD for the music fan looking for something new that’s based in the familiar.

Kanye West - Flashing Lights

LYRICS FOR “Flashing Lights”

Flashing lights
Flashing lights
Flashing lights
Flashing lights

She don’t believe in shootin’ stars
But she believe in shoes and cars
Wood floors in the new apartment
Couture from the store’s departments

You more like love to start s***
I’m more of the trips to Florida
Ordered the hors d?oeuvres, views of the water
Straight from a page of your favorite author

And the weather’s so breezy
Man, why can’t life always be this easy?
She in the mirror dancin’ so sleazy
I get a call like, “Where are you, Yeezy?”

And try to hit you with the ol’ wopty
Till I got flashed by the paparazzi
Damn, these niggas got me
I hate these niggas more than a Nazi

As I recall I know you love to show off
But I never thought that you would take it this far
But what do I know
(Flashing lights)
What do I know
(Flashing lights)
Know

I know it’s been a while, sweetheart
We hardly talk, I was doin’ my thang
I know it was bad, baby
Aye babe, lately you been all on my brain

And if somebody woulda told me a month ago
Frontin’ on, yo, I wouldn’t want to know
If somebody woulda told me a year ago
It’d go get this difficult

Feelin? like Katrina with no FEMA
Like Martin with no Gina
Like a flight with no visa
First class with the seat back, I still see ya

In my past, you on the other side of the glass
Of my memory’s museum
I’m just sayin’, hey Mona Lisa, come home
You know you can’t Rome without Caesar

As I recall I know you love to show off
But I never thought that you would take it this far
But what do I know
(Flashing lights)
What do I know
(Flashing lights)
Know

As you recall you know I love to show off
But you never thought that I would take it this far
But what do you know
(Flashing lights)
What do you know
(Flashing lights)
Know

Flashing lights
Flashing lights

Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Active Noise

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Product Description
Arrive refreshed after a long flight, avoid distractions in a noisy office, or find peace & quiet in your living room?with ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Headphones. These lightweight, compact headphones effectively reduce distracting background noise by up to 85% while offering the superior audio quality that has made Audio-Technica a worldwide leader in electro-acoustic technology. Ideal for use with MP3, CD, DVD & in-flight entertainment systems, ATH-ANC7 QuietPoint closed-back headphones feature large-aperture 40 mm drivers with neodymium magnet systems for deeper bass, extended treble and higher fidelity. Noise-cancelling electronics are fully integrated in each earpiece, with no need for external modules. A single AAA battery powers the active noise-cancelling technology; the audio functions in passive mode even without the battery. These headphones fold flat for easy portability. They include a detachable cable (remove for noise-cancelling function without audio) with 3.5 mm mini-plugs, a full-size ¼? adapter, a specialized airline adapter for connecting to inflight entertainment systems, and a handy carrying case. Audio functions (in passive mode) even without the battery Fully integrated electronics?no external modules needed Uses 1 AAA Battery Full international 1 Year Warranty

As everybody I’m sure, I debated between these and the Bose Quiet comforts. I have listened to all 3 and I myself like the over the ear better first of all, so the QC 3 where out ( and they pretty much compare evenly with the QC2 ). Now for the review of this product versus the QC2, my two remaining choices.

QC 2 - Excellent noise canceling, overall excellent balance in music tone. Good Highs, Good Mid-range but EXCELLENT bass. Downside is 300 dollars and very flimsy (cheaply made)

ATH-ANC7 -
1.SUPERB Noise canceling: Plane: W/O music - everything is muffled as if you where in a room by yourself but you could hear people outside the door. With Music: I had trouble hearing ANY Noise outside the music, It was almost completely silent…I could turn my Ipod down to around 25% of max volume and could hear every instrument and then some. These are BETTER than Bose as far as Noise canceling.
2. The High and Mid-range on these things are some of the best I’ve heard, and I am now comparing with the Bose as well as some Grado’s. These demolish Bose in that area, you almost can FEEL the snare drums and the breath of the singer…honestly.
3. Bass - This is kind of the downside. The bass is there, but definitely is not as apparent as with the Bose. It has a nice muffled thumping sound, but is kind of back shadowed by the highs, but after adjusting the EQ you could hear it more, and it was fairly descent with no distortion. There was,however, some distortion with the very deep punchy bass on some songs, which is kind of annoying. You can’t hear it that much enough to mess with the song, but it is there sometimes, I’m trying to guess whether it is my headphones or it just does this, but all in all the bass is a 5.5/10.
4. Comfort - Excellent comfort, more so than the QC 2. Has a more padded cushion, and it fits nicely over my ears.
5. Construction - Doesn’t feel as flimsy as the QC 2’s, and has a nice solid feel.
+++ Added Bonus - The Noise Canceling option runs off of AAA batteries ( one to be exact ) versus charging with the QC3s. This is SOOO much easier than charging, and the battery lasts for around 40 hours. I absolutely love this feature.

All in all I think you know which one i recommend. I bought these new for 140 versus 300 for the Bose, and I can’t tell you enough how much these are actually better than the Bose. You will be saving money and getting better features along with it. If it sounds to good to be true - it isn’t. I am the first reviewer of these and I went out on a limb buying these, now I come to you to let you know that you don’t have ONE choice when it comes to noise canceling headphones. So I thank you for reading my review, and happy listening!

Eat, Pray, Love

Reading the subtitle of Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book, “One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia,” one can only think well, she certainly knows where to look! Also, upon learning that this is her chosen way of recovering from a particularly acrimonious divorce and a trying-to-make-up-for-that-loss romance that didn’t work, we might think how fortunate she is to able to seek solace in such intriguing places.

Whatever our opinion of her reasons for this journey it has been established that she’s a super writer (The Last American Man), and she brings all of her wit, intellect and stylish pen to Eat Pray Love. More than that, she brought a great deal of courage to her chosen task of traveling the world alone at the age of 34. She felt she needed a dramatic change, and it may be that she has found it.

It’s a pleasure to listen to this memoir/travelogue in her voice. Many will associate with her initial confession that she’s not a very good traveler in that she suffers from various digestive interruptions. However, on the plus side she easily makes friends with anyone. As she puts it, “I can make friends with the dead.” Or, if there isn’t anyone around she claims that she could chat with a pile of Sheetrock. Whatever the case, she is a very lucky lady as her travel experiences prove.

No Viva Italia for Italy because of Messina, a port town in Sicily that she describes as “scary and suspicious.” Perhaps that’s one reason why she’s lonely and depressed there. But things definitely take a turn for the better in India and Indonesia, although her meditation needs a little more work.

Did Gilbert find what she was searching for? Listeners may not be too sure but they’ll certainly enjoy the trip!