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Everyone has his or her favorite Tony Curtis film, whether it’s Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, The Boston Strangler with Henry Fonda, Trapeze with Burt Lancaster and Gina Lolabrigida, or The Great Race with Natalie Wood. After making 106 movies, it’s not surprising that this Hollywood legend has been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards in Italy, France, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and America. He’s also been knighted in France.

The oldest of three sons of Hungarian immigrants who arrived in America with literally nothing, Tony was a member of a street gang in the Bronx by age 11. After serving a tour in the U.S. Navy, he attended City College of New York and the Dramatic Workshop in Greenwich Village, where he got his first taste of acting. Thanks to his extreme good looks, this American Dreamboat was immediately offered a Universal Pictures contract and quickly became one of the biggest silver screen idols of all time. But unlike his mentor, Cary Grant, Curtis often played characters he created for himself.

Now in his second career, Tony says he is having a lot more fun expressing himself through his art than he ever thought possible. Painting has become a way of life.

“I am so pleased that I have the advantage of doing something I really love,” he says. When at his home overlooking the Las Vegas Valley with spectacular views of the Strip, he now gets to paint almost every day. “Sometimes I’m inspired by things in my past, while other days it can be what-ever pops into my mind at the time,” he goes on to say. “But it’s the colors that really move me to where the piece is going. I will begin with a color, and lay that color in all the right places, then move to the next color almost like the pieces of a puzzle. And, I can see all the pieces perfectly fall into place on the canvas in my mind’s eye.”

Tony’s bright acrylic impressionist paintings on canvas have been favorably compared to those of Matisse. His assemblages, collages, and boxes are in the private collections of Billy Wilder, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Kathy Lee Gifford, Lew Wasserman, Frank Sinatra, Arsenio Hall, Burt Lancaster, and Kirk Douglas.

Tony Curtis originals also can be found on display at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, the Toronto Museum, The National Hungarian Museum, Harrod’s Department Store, Spago Restaurant, and the MGM-Mirage in Las Vegas.

Still an active and energetic man, Tony Curtis recently celebrated his 80th birthday with a feature layout in Vanity Fair magazine, and an over-the-top celebration party — at the fabulous MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas — attended by the rich and famous from all over the world, including his parents’ native Hungary.

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When you’re having oboe reed troubles, looking at your own reeds for answers is
like trying to make out your reflection while looking into a cloudy pond. It is really
hard to see, and what you can make out, you can barely make sense of anymore.

That’s the thing with oboe reedmaking.

The pendulum can swing from really good to really bad very quickly. And when you
are at “really bad,” it is hard to find your way back without some help. You need
someone to clear the muddy water for you, and that is one of the best reasons to
have good oboe playing friends!

I’ve done this many a time, and it always works great for whoever gets involved.
Mostly, it has just been 2 of us, each kind of us struggling with our oboe reeds in
some way. Maybe I can’t get mine to close very well, but my friend just can’t get
hers up to pitch.

We have a reedmaking session and trade oboe reeds for a while. She works on mine,
and I work on hers. It is the most amazing (and cheap!) lesson you can get.

Looking at someone else’s reeds is eye-opening, and you immediately see what you
could do better, and what you are already doing pretty well. And presenting your
problem to someone as they look and work on your reeds works wonders too.

So, I can play my friend’s oboe reeds and get my general impression, and then I can
give her my perspective on the cause of her problem. And she does the same for
me. It’s a given that there are no guarantees, and you agree to let the other person
experiment with your oboe reeds.

But more times than not, you get handed back better oboe reeds than you started
with, and the bonus is that your teacher is right there, sitting with you! No matter
how much you know about reedmaking, you will ALWAYS learn something by
looking at someone else’s reeds.

And you will ALWAYS gain insight about your own reeds when you have someone
else give you feedback. It’s just the way the oboe reed world (and the music world)
works – a solitary art that needs other people’s help and ideas to really flourish.

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In Los Angeles, California on February 27, 1981, Josh Gorban was brought into the world. Six albums later, including the double-platinum selling self-titled Josh Groban in 2001 and Closer in 2003, and this singer has inspired millions around the world.

Josh knew from early on what his calling was. He attended the Bridges Academy where he studied theatre classes. During his teenage years, he attended the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan where he majored in musical theater. The Interlochen Arts Camp is enjoys a worldwide reputation for excellence in educational, artistic and cultural programs. In this setting, Josh developed a love of the musical theater and began acting and singing in school productions. In addition to his normal class work, Josh began taking singing lessons on the side to develop his voice and style.

It was David Foster (winner of fourteen Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Song) that discovered Josh’s gift. Foster hired Groban to work as a rehearsal singer. At the 1999 Grammy Awards, Josh stood in for Andrea Bocelli and rehearsed Foster’s song “The Prayer” with pop icon and diva Celine Dion. Foster would continue to have influence over Josh’s career as his skill and style progressed.

Josh completed his High School education at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where he graduated in 1999 with a major in theater. He then attended the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University. Josh decided to end his educational pursuit after completing the first year when Warner Bros. Records offered him a recording contract through Foster. The presence that Josh’s voice carries led the first album to focus on more classical songs such as “Gira Con Me” and “Alle Luce Del Sole.” Foster and Josh deliberately chose these songs and considering that the album went multiple-platinum, it looks like a wise choice.

With a combination of a firm educational background and carefully cultivated talent, Josh Groban has reached millions that call themselves “Grobanites.” In addition to enjoying his albums and many concert events, Grobanites have had the fortunate to see him on the hit television show Ally McBeal, on The Simpsons and he has preformed at numerous charity events like: VH1 Save the Music, Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope and David Foster and Friends Charity Gala.

Unlike many in the music industry, Josh Groban has not taken part in much controversy. His interviews are typically limited to his music and little of his private life is discussed. He currently is unmarried and lives in Malibu, CA.

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Millions of people, in recent years, have tuned into the very special art of tattooing as a way to have something of permanent meaning placed on their bodies. You’re one of them, and you think having a tattoo would be absolutely mind-blowing, but you just don’t know enough about what kind of tattoo to get, or even more importantly, which part of your body you want tattooed.

The first thing you should decide is whether you want a tattoo that can be hidden. It depends largely on your own personality. If you approach the world with an “in-your-face” attitude, you may want a tattoo positioned so that will be visible most of the time.

On the other hand, if you are somewhat shy or just like to keep secrets, having a tattoo on a place you normally keep covered may make you feel unique, and even a little sexy.

And keep in mind that a tattoo which seems perfect to you when you are in your twenties may leave you asking “What was I thinking?” in later years. So don’t commit to a first tattoo positioned where you will be forced to look at it every day for the rest of your life.

Think about your social life. If it calls for you to attend very many upscale events, and you are female, are you going to want your tattoo visible when you wear a strapless dress?

But even if you are aristocracy, you can still can manage a tattoo. Lady Churchill sported a wrist tattoo which she simply covered with a diamond bracelet on state occasions!

Will having a plainly visible tattoo cause friction between you and someone close? For example, would you husband or wife see your tattoo as a come-on to others? If so, put it where it will be a secret for just the two of you.

Then there’s the work situation. Will your current or potential employer be OK with you sporting a visible tattoo? Many of them aren’t.

And then there’s the problem of weight gain or loss. The odds are strong that you will not remain at the identical weight you are the day you get your tattoo. And even if you do, the human body has an unfortunate tendency to reshape itself during middle age. A tattoo which looks great on the flat stomach of your 20s may be an embarrassment when you get middle-aged spread.

The same holds if you lose weight after your tattoo is in place. Your skin may become loose; how will that affect your tattoo?

You should also consider your pain threshold when deciding where to place your tattoo. The most painful tattooing occurs on designs close to the bone, like shins, elbows, and knees. If you are someone who breaks into a clod sweat at the thought of going to the dentist, you should probably limit you choice of tattoo locations to the more padded areas of your anatomy.

But once you’ve sorted through all the tattoo positioning pitfalls, you can get some visualization help at bmezine.com. They have several pages with photographs of recently completed tattoos which will give you a much clearer picture of how you might end up looking. The photos cover everything from foot and ankle to breast and collar bone designs of every possible size and intricacy.

Where you position your tattoo says nearly as much about you as your tattoo itself. So be sure to choose a spot which will let you enjoy your tattoo for the rest of your life!

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Martha got her show cancelled and it’s my fault. I never watched one episode. I never gave it a chance!

You see, I never watch Donald Trump’s version of The Apprentice either.

To me, any resemblance to how executives are selected in real life is zilch. The Apprentice is just a game show. One of the losers wins.

When the feds decided that Martha was not being nice (rather than just being totally confused) and that she should go to jail, I decided that was the low point of her life. I didn’t realize that she was going to make a fool of her self like The Donald.

The Donald is use to being a fool. He knows what is going on, how to play the fool, and he knows that it is bringing in a ton of money.

It just doesn’t look good on Martha. She needs to regain her dignity after that indignity of being in the slammer for so long for such a trivial offence.

She should have left the lying to the professionals, her lawyers. They would have done it right. In fact, they should have been held in contempt for not defending her properly. They should have been disbarred and sent to the slammer, not our Dear Martha!(Do you have your handkerchiefs out?)

While Martha set in the hoosegow, the darned stock went right back up! The should have let her out when it hit forty!

I met Donald Trump at Steve Hyde’s funeral. We were both pallbearers. Steve ran two of Trump’s Atlantic City casinos. The night before Steve was killed in the helicopter crash on the Garden State Parkway Steve told me that The Donald has a normal high-class brother named Robert. I thought you’d like to know that.

Here is a sidelight: Trump was to take the chopper back from New York to Atlantic City. At the last minute he decided to take a lemo. That is what preserved him. Even the angels, not only greedy women, love The Donald.

Okay, the last two sentences were a lame excuse to show you that I’m an expert in this celebrity area. (But the story is true.)

To add color to this article I’ve added some jokes:

“Martha Stewart was convicted of four counts of lying and obstruction of justice and could serve up to 20 years in Congress.” —Craig Kilborn ( politicalhumor.about.com/library/blmarthastewartjokes.htm)

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“Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he wants to be president. Well that’s good; somebody will have to pardon his brother.” —David Letterman

“Rumor is that President Bush’s brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, may run for president. Rumor is? According to Florida voting machines, he’s already won.” —Jay Leno

I looked and looked for a joke about The Donald. It seemsThe Donald. just isn’t funny.

He’s not!

But he would be very funny indeed if you gave him a zillion dollars for doing it.

People would be saying, “Tee Hee!”

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Learning how to play the guitar can be life-changing. You’ll not only be called on to entertain at parties and gatherings, you will also have at your finger tips a skill that you can use to get rid of your frustrations when you are stressed or anxious. It’s simply a wonderful thing to know how to play acoustic guitar. Perhaps you already know some simple chords and are ready to progress into the realm of learning how to play licks and riffs. If so, this article is for you.

Riffs And Licks Are Based On Chords And Scales

When you can become totally familiar with a range of popular chords and keys, you’re on your way to mastering those rock guitar riffs. Learning scales is the next step in your guitar instruction. You can get a guitar chord book from the local music shop, and spend a few minutes each day learning the scale names and diagrams that are shown.

The Key To Licks And Riffs Are In Chord Variations

If you look at a book of guitar chords, you’ll see that theres not just one “G” chord, but a bunch of “G” chords, for instance G7, and G9, and G major 7, and G minor 7. . . you get the idea. Each voicing has it’s own unique feel. For example, the major 7th chords have a soft misty feel to them, while a series of 7th chords has a “blues feel to them. If you want to play modern guitar music, especially jazz and blues, you will need to be familiar with these variations. Many of the older songs don’t use these variations as much, and if all you want to play is classic bluegrass or country, you may not need anything fancier than a couple of minors.

Your Picking Hand Is Also Important

Sometimes it seems like all the work needed in learning how to play riffs and licks focuses on the chording hand. The fact is, you need to be able to find the string you need with your right hand. (Left for you lefties). The left hand might have the lick all figured out, but if you hit the wrong string, you’re never going to get the sound you want. Don’t forget to experiment with different ways of picking as well, to find what works for you.

Some guitarists never pick up a plectrum, as they would rather feel the strings with their fingers. Some have several picks on various fingers. Most use a standard flat plectrum, but try some different methods and you might stumble onto your own personal style for playing guitar licks and riffs.

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With art there is an urge to explain ideas. Expression comes through the medium at hand to make a new kind of language in one image. Putting fourth little effort some one may find the description that they want to portray coming out of thin air.

Maybe we think to hard sometimes about what art should be and make it into a task of trial to go through. With enough time any one can think about the mundane and wondrous of existence. It takes a moment of calmness to really be aware of some things though. Creativity may come in a torrent. Still when you feel like you have exhausted your well of creativity you may want to take a rest from being creative.

If you take a pause to rest your thoughts you might find that is the best time to reflect with out pressure. During a moment of unexpected awareness you might give yourself the answer that seemed so hard to find before. Creativity is what art is mostly about. With all the effort you put into your art there might be an unknown source of creativity in a moment of calm reflection.

Art will always captivate those that appreciate its wonders to behold. Making an effort to create those artworks that make the onlooker stare in wonder may be on account of a lack of effort when the time was right to calm the artist’s mind.

Calmness in the mind rejuvenates the brain. Even science has proven this. While thinking of this, maybe calmness of the mind can rejuvenate creativity for the artist. However dynamically moving and good feeling your day might be as an artist maybe a time for calming your thoughts might be the answer to your creative needs. Taking advantage of this paradox and bringing your efforts more towards calm creativity in your art might be the answer.

Quentin Engles is an artist working on illustrating his visions for every one to view. Go to art-reverie.com/index.htm art-reverie.com/index.htm to observe his dreamlike artwork.

The truth is that as we age, some memory “deficits” begin to occur. The good news is these deficits are not necessarily set in stone nor are they irreversible. Though we cannot escape the often-inevitable loss of some cognitive functioning, like aging issues with memory, new research is showing that some age-related memory problems can be reversed with proper memory training.

This issue of memory is so important when it comes to learning a new language. We often feel completely overwhelmed at the amount of new vocabulary we need to master in order to develop a high degree of spoken fluency in the target language. But what the research shows, and what you can do about memory problems, may just surprise you.

Newer studies show some very promising hope for what used to be thought of as a hopeless situation with age-related memory problems. Older adults, it turns out, have unused resources in the left frontal cortex of the brain that can be used to compensate for normal memory loss.

There is now substantial evidence that growing old does not destroy the cognitive functioning required for memory in the frontal lobes of the brain. These new studies show older adults, as they age normally, find it more difficult to access the frontal lobes for memory functioning, something that younger people seem to utilize easily.

Younger people, when utilizing memory, seem to use the frontal left cortex almost exclusively for memory function. Older adults seem to gradually decline in spontaneous memory response in this area of the brain. Older adults struggle along processing memory using the parts of their brains that younger people use routinely and rapidly.

These studies provide strong support for the for the fact that though an individual may be suffering from some normal aging, no -related memory losses, if they are provided with specialized training, they can recover memory abilities once thought long lost to the aging process. The operative concept here is memory loss that is related to normal aging issues and not to an organic disease process.

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We all have a history that includes some regret by a certain age. I think remembering that history is something to learn from. I know if you are reading this that you do too. Yesterday I could not stop crying, yet today because of those tears, hopefully, I will notice someone else’s. We get busy though don’t we? We fail to see and hear the lives around us as we continue on our own pathways. Blades of grass are crumbled beneath our feet. I wrote “It is not I” so many times because of regret of course. We all hold ourselves in better esteem than someone who has missed an obvious a cry for help. I guess the goal is to do better ‘today’, to smell the rose sweeter in their honor.

It is not I
not in my soul nor heart.
I could not have missed your pitiful tear.
I saw you walk away,
after we spoke,
glances did not know.

I am a swan in spring
my wings deliver different outcomes.
Yesterday I missed the sunrise
but a swans song promises a following day.

Poor flower of mine
how did I miss your message?
Ohhh it was not I.

I wish so much to say

what I should have easily let go
had I known.
I have much to tell you
too late.

Ice blue tints missed thoughtfulness.
It was not I.

I need to go back and start over.
I could have planted flowers
we would both reminisce about tender beginnings
plan bouquets of caring
share emotions that would include possibilities.

continued on Part Two

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Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Fantasy Art Woman

I am a figurative artist and illustrator living in Hawaii. Most of my work is painted in oils. I also do sculpture. I illustrated for Hay House Inc.,”Women Who Do Too Much” CARDS taken from Anne Wilson Schaef’s book. I also illustrated for Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and several other publications. My paintings are collected worldwide.

In every single one of my paintings my objective is to ‘know them’. To let character reveal their own vision or message. I am often astounded as their presence unfolds and I am met with who they are. I then realize that who ‘they’ are defines me as well. My hope is that my paintings & sculptures relate to you, and that legends of mermaids; whimsical angel pictures; and tooth fairies fantasies give you the message you need for your own heart and soul. kathysart.com kathysart.com and kathysart.blogspot.com kathysart.blogspot.com

Building a music career is hard work. Every day, month and year you repeat the same grind: build the band, write the songs, record the songs, rehearse the songs, perform the songs, promote the band, advertise the band, solicit industry, publicize to the press, build the website, create the message boards, forums, and chat rooms, assemble the street team…it goes on and on until you think your head will surely explode from the mountains of menial tasks that face you, the unsigned artist, each day.

Still, after putting in all of that work a band will hit dry spells, slow times and glass ceilings. Some days, your already slow move forward, seems to retard even further. Sometimes it feels as though you’ve peaked and will never advance. There are even days you want to blow off all of this tedious monotony, get a job in the electronics department at Target, and call it a day!

But even as your face is smushed up against the glass ceiling of a never-changing cycle of music business grunt work, hope is just over the horizon. See, there is something that you never stopped to think about all the while you were chasing the elusive brass ring of music stardom…all of this time, you were in control. If opportunities have stopped coming your way, then make your own. If you want to be a rockstar, develop a situation you can star in and rock. You have the power and the ability to be anything and everything you have ever wanted to be if you learn to simply create your own buzz.

The following are a few tips that may help you to get started creating your own buzz in order to push past the obstacles and keeping moving down the Yellow Brick Road of musical superstardom:

1.) Create Your Own Gigs—Tired of whining that you never get the gigs you want? You know: good clubs, weekend shows, prime slots, longer sets, decent pay, good bands on the bill, press attending, industry confirming and most importantly, your band headlining. It’s ridiculous to waste time complaining, when you could be booking, planning, promoting and playing your dreams gigs right now. Sure it will be a lot of time invested and it may mean putting smaller gigs on hold for awhile in order to promote one giant show, but the payoffs will inevitably outweigh the work…and the best part is, it’s all about you. You are the promoter. You are the stars of the night. You pick the date, the times, the bands. You invite the press and the industry. Within a month or two, you could be playing the types of gigs you have always wanted, and all the while getting press, making money, collecting names for your mailing list and building hype for your band that even the stodgiest industry can take notice of.

2.) Join The Ranks Of The Press And/Or The Industry—You know what they say…if you can’t beat them, join them. If you want to get industry or press to notice you and your band, what better way than to become a member of the industry or press. Pick up a gig writing for a local magazine and review your friends’ bands and the shows you promote. Intern at a record label and meet friends in the industry to invite to your gigs. Start a management/promotion company and book your band and your friends’ bands to become better acquainted with clubs and their booking agents. You’ll find it will be much easier to deal with industry people when they consider you more of a peer and not just another band asking for help.

3.) Numbers, Numbers, Numbers—It may sound ridiculous but in the entertainment industry (as in any business), your perceived worth is tracked by your numbers. Web posters, gig patrons and listeners of your music all translate to numbers and the big ones impress fans and industry alike. If you want club bookers, managers, magazine editors and A&R to notice you then make sure your numbers are up. Web hits, fan group members, online community friends and people on your personal mailing list all add up to your bankability as a band so keep driving those numbers up and watch the doors swing open wide for you.

4.) Teach, Volunteer, Take Classes, Join Groups—If you want to meet new people, gain different opportunities, and find fresh ways to obtain your goals, then get out where people are doing what you seek and mingle. If you play and instrument, start teaching and get to know the bands of your students. If you see big events happening in your town, volunteer to work them and get to know the management, talent and audience alike. Take classes and join music organizations not only to learn but to network. There is a whole world of entertainment people out there. Get to know some of them and make those folks a part of your band’s promotional circle.

By following these tips and others soon you will find that your band is enjoying the opportunities and buzz you were only dreaming of before. Best of all, you’re now in charge of your own career and musical destiny; creating profitable situations for yourself. You are playing good shows and coming home with money in your pocket. You are selling your own product to pay for band expenses. You are filling your press kit with reviews, interviews and mentions of your band. You are meeting people and building your mailing list. You are establishing your reputation as an important member of the artistic community. No longer waiting to be thrown a chance by some industry member, you have taken command of your musical destiny and cast yourself as the star of your own show. Now, don’t you feel better?

Sheena Metal is a radio host, producer, promoter, music supervisor, consultant, columnist, journalist and musician. Her syndicated radio program, Music Highway Radio, airs on over 1,000 affiliates to more than 126 million listeners. Her musicians’ assistance program, Music Highway, boasts over 10,000 members. She currently promotes numerous live shows weekly in the Los Angeles Area, where she resides. For more info: sheena-metal.com sheena-metal.com