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It is only open twice a week from midnight until 5 a.m, but, the building can be rented for events such as the rock summit.Overby, who isn't familiar with most of the bands that are playing at the venue, thinks the event holds some promise for the area."It's an opportunity to give these bands somewhere to play, and it's an outlet for that rock market," he said. "I hope it works out for him. He's bringing in quite a few bands."For Knight, a 2005 Milton High School graduate, the quest to mine for rock's hidden gems is a compulsion that began before he was old enough to drive."I just set out with a passion to do this," he said. "I truly believe the thoughts you choose to focus on in your life will realize or manifest themselves, and anything you desire will be attracted toward you so I think big and positive."Participating bands are thinking big, too.One band is Terrific Kid, a Pensacola-based group that has managed to blaze its own trail and is quickly generating a lengthy procession of followers.Frankie Andrews, one of the band's vocalists and guitarists, is impressed with Knight's ability to draw crowds to shows."He's a promotional monster," Andrews said, recalling a time when the band played for a wall-to-wall crowd at Knight's former all-ages venue, the Hikkie Diddle, in Pace.When asked about the state of Pensacola's music scene, Andrews replied, "I think Pensacola's music scene is on its way back up.
Mother Earth Mother Board
The financial districts of New York, London, and Tokyo, linked by thousands of wires, are much closer to each other than, say, the Bronx is to Manhattan. Today this is all quite familiar, but in the 19th century, when the first feeble bits struggled down the first undersea cable joining the Old World to the New, it must have made people's hair stand up on end in more than just the purely electrical sense - it must have seemed supernatural. Perhaps this sort of feeling explains why when Samuel Morse stretched a wire between Washington and Baltimore in 1844, the first message he sent with his code was "What hath God wrought!" - almost as if he needed to reassure himself and others that God, and not the Devil, was behind it. During the decades after Morse's "What hath God wrought!" a plethora of different codes, signalling techniques, and sending and receiving machines were patented.
Quik Pod offers self-portraits, made from within arm's reach
Heather Hill's column on consumer trends, gadgets and useful news appears each Tuesday in The Sun. Her daily online column can be found at www.lowellsun.com under the heading "Heather Help Us." We've all done it. Rather than ask a stranger to take your photo, you extend your arm as far out in front of you as possible, lean back and smile — and hope you get the appropriate background and faces within the frame. It can make for a goofy shot. And unless you don't mind pictures that are mostly forehead or double chin, the results are usually rather unflattering. But thanks to a handy new gizmo called Quik Pod, decent self-portraits are within arm's reach. A classic example of "Why didn't anyone think of this before," Quik Pod is a slim, telescoping device that serves as an extension of your arm, thus putting an end to those too-close closeups.
Local photographer’s first exhibit exceeds CAC’s sales average
The curator used just one word to describe the mood. Shocked, said Marilyn Ritchie, CAC curator and visual arts director. People were shocked. Nobody expected his work to be so beautiful. Six of Brandons photos were sold. Its not usual for people to buy that many photos at an exhibit, Ms. Ritchie said. Two or three, maybe, but not five and six. Thats a lot. People dont buy photographs as frequently as they purchase paintings and sculptures, the longtime curator said. For some reason, people dont see photographs as art, but (Brandons) photos - you look at them, and you know theyre art, Ms. Ritchie said. Ive never seen a photo exhibit be received so well. Catchlight Borrowing a term from photography, the exhibit was called Catchlight.
All-New 2009 Dodge Journey Mid-Size Crossover Provides Room to Grow
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dodge designers and engineers have answered the needs of the global passenger car market, as well as the needs of individual drivers, and delivered the all-new Dodge Journey: a global vehicle that meets life's changing demands by offering a unique combination of versatility and flexibility in a sporty, sexy package. With a starting U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $19,985 (including $625 destination), this all-new vehicle takes the capability of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and the overall efficiency of a passenger car and blends all the best attributes of each into an all-new "right-sized" crossover for the Dodge brand. "The all-new Dodge Journey gives our customers the complete package," said Steven Landry, Executive Vice President - Sales, Chrysler LLC.
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