tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270174188526736352024-03-14T06:37:27.059-04:00Canvas BasementA Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Awesome Variations of Art, Music and Dynamic Design.Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-59663474789747324572012-11-14T22:07:00.001-05:002012-11-14T22:07:04.310-05:00Whatever hatred saves the number. <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">A Canvas Basement Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Jewelry, Art, Print and Photography.</div>Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-88971012409120678602012-11-10T20:03:00.001-05:002012-11-10T20:03:18.607-05:00The Story Behind Life Cycles: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Two Time Revolution<a href="http://lifecyclesstory-neil-killion.blogspot.com/2012/09/frank-lloyd-wright-and-two-time.html?spref=bl">The Story Behind Life Cycles: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Two Time Revolution</a>: When I did a tour of Oak Park hosted by Rickshaw Rick, I heard him describe Frank Lloyd Wright as a cross between Michelangelo and PT Barn...<div class="blogger-post-footer">A Canvas Basement Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Jewelry, Art, Print and Photography.</div>Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-22981831406152448832012-10-30T11:11:00.002-04:002012-10-30T11:11:22.614-04:00Lana Del Rey Sings a Little Ditty<br />
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With Blue Jeans and Video Games</h2>
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Video Games</h3>
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Blue Jeans</h3>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey">Lana Del Rey</a></strong> caused quite the commotion early this year, with a shake up of a semi-suspicious ‘debut’ album, ‘Born to Die’. On January 31, 2012, the 26 year old <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" rel="wikipedia" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Singer-songwriter">singer-songwriter</a> released a largely debated in dub, ‘debut’ album with Stranger Records. Upon its’ release, ‘<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Born To Die’ </em>topped the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes" rel="homepage" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> chart in 14 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Italy, France, Germany, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.1666666667,24.9333333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=60.1666666667,24.9333333333%20(Finland)&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Finland">Finland</a>, Austria, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.8333333333,8.33333333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=46.8333333333,8.33333333333%20(Switzerland)&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, Ireland, Greece, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.85,4.35&spn=10.0,10.0&q=50.85,4.35%20(Belgium)&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, Portugal, Mexico, and Luxemburg.</div>
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Fans (and more plentiful, and ruthless, critics) were all a stir as news began to surface that this sultry pouted, blues lounge bombshell had released previous recordings under her birth name ‘<a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100056514/real-or-fake-lana-del-rey-the-internet-sensation-who-will-break-your-heart/" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100056514/real-or-fake-lana-del-rey-the-internet-sensation-who-will-break-your-heart/">Lizzy Grant</a>‘, as well as <a href="http://stereogum.com/1049121/hear-lana-del-reys-debut-lp-as-may-jailer/mp3s/" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="http://stereogum.com/1049121/hear-lana-del-reys-debut-lp-as-may-jailer/mp3s/">‘May Jailer</a>‘ prior to signing with Stranger Records, and that much of her discography can be easily uncovered. Prior to the 2012 release of ‘Born to Die’, the now ‘Lana Del Rey’ had previously released a three-track <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play" rel="wikipedia" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Extended play">EP</a> titled ‘<i>Kill Kill’</i> in October 2008, and a full-length album in 2010, titled <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Del_Ray_a.k.a._Lizzy_Grant" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant">Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant</a> </i>with 5 Point Records. Critics haven’t taken it easy on the overnight sensation, who spent a great portion of her life working endlessly to get to the very bitter-sweet spotlight she currently stands in.</div>
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Unexpected and Sexy as Hell, Lana Del Rey seems to have been amped up by management to embody an unexpected, undiscovered model for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/brigitte_bardot" rel="rottentomatoes" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Brigitte Bardot">Brigitte Bardot</a> inspired ‘big and teased’ vintage hairstyles with an ever present element of hip-hop mod fashion, in a ‘Tokyo Rose of the Trailer Park’ appeal. Personally, I love the extra packaging done to help excel her into the mainstream acceptance she has so quickly found. Now, I can only hope they don’t eat her alive before a few more epic albums are able to be enjoyed.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey"><b>Lana Del Rey </b></a>was born<b> Elizabeth Woolridge Grant</b> in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7166666667,-74.0&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7166666667,-74.0%20(New%20York%20City)&t=h" rel="geolocation" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="New York City">New York City</a> on June 21, 1986, and grew up in Lake Placid. She was sent away to a boarding school in Connecticut at 14 for alcohol dependence, and began her music career while testing the waters of college in NYC. The Winner of 2011′s Q Awards ‘Next Big Thing’ title grabbed the attention of Stranger Records with the self-created, nostalgia soaked music video she had uploaded to her <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.youtube.com/" rel="homepage" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> Channel as a single.</div>
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The outdoor captures and romantic scenes, full of vintage fashion and romantic imagery landed her a joint deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interscope_Records" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a>, singed less than one month after the release of ‘Video Games’. Keep a look out for this one, she has that special something, and I highly advice watching the video for ‘Video Games’, as it is absolutely awesome in tragic Americana glory!</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey" style="border-bottom-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.6); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #20785b; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3432" src="http://alexgulkin.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/lana2.jpg?w=640" style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%;" title="Lana Del Rey" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://epicaokp.blogspot.com/2012/05/aokp-build-36-for-epic-4g-now-available.html" style="color: #db1e93; text-decoration: none;"><b>AOKP Build 36 for Epic 4G now available!</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Team Epic is proud to announce the release of AOKP Build 36 for the Samsung Epic 4G. Please follow us on </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/114278817778674561147" style="color: #9f196b; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google+</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AokpEpic4g" style="color: #9f196b; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">for the latest news.</span></span><br /><b><i></i></b></blockquote>
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Dalvik heap, again. I had forgot about it.</ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Did you know that the naturally occurring Ruby
Gemstone has played an integral role to the evolution and engineering accomplishments of timepiece mechanics? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">The amazing abilities and
inherently possessed intelligence of natural
gemstones…</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Jewel
bearing</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">s</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;"> were introduced in 1702 by Nicolas Fatio (or
Facio) de Duillier to reduce the friction in watches.
The two-part mechanism breakthrough in timepiece
engineering includes a bearing, in which a metal spindle turns in a jewel lined pivot hole. The advantages of jewel bearings
include high accuracy, small size and weight,low static friction and highly consistent dynamic friction</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">When the use of jewel bearings was
first patented in 1702, only the most elite quality watchmakers used sapphire,
ruby,
or diamond
jewel pivots. The majority of watchmakers would use garnet,
quartz,
or even glass jewels to create their jewel bearings, due to the high cost of
natural ruby and sapphire gemstones.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Jewel bearings for watches were ground from tiny
pieces of natural gemstones from their introduction in 1702 until the early 20th Century. In the early 1900′s, a
process to create synthetic rubies was discovered by Parisian Professor, Abraham-Louis Breguet
. This process was invented in order to eliminate the high cost of natural
gemstones by creating synthetic sapphires to be utilized in
watch crystals. Nearly all modern-day watches use this synthetic ruby (or sapphire) in their watch jewel
bearings.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">There is one constant element that
you will find in each and every mechanical timepiece, from the earliest models
to today’s modern designs. A complex integration of finely balanced moving
parts are the fundamental foreground for all mechanical watches. This complex composition of
mechanics involves the vital presence of a plain bearing. A watch bearing is a relationship,
if you will, between pivot pieces and the torus shaped holes in which they are turned
into.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Pivot pieces turn into torus
shaped holes, which are drilled into two brass plates that are separated by
pillars. The lower situated brass plate of the two was once drilled with small
holes in order to allow the opposite end of the pivot to turn. Small amounts of
oil were used to lubricate the pivots within the torus shaped holes. Through
the progression of time, an accumulation of debris and dust from daily use
would slowly form within the small holes.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">A mixture of oils and debris would
form into an abrasive material, acting asa sandpaper of sorts, slowly wearing
away the soft brass of the plates, and eventually even the hard steel pivots.
The once torus shaped pivot holes would morph into oval shapes as a result of
this material accruing, directly causing erratic watch function and eventual
failure.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Frustrated with this difficult and
seemingly unavoidable eventuality, Watchmakers began to search for a material that
was harder than brass, and which could withstand the constant movement of the
pivots. The winning material was found in the natural Ruby gemstone, the second
hardest natural material on record in the world. Fatio de Duillier made his mark on the historical
evolution of timepieces when he developed and patented a method of perforating
jewels for use in clocks in the early 1700′s.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">With the goal in mind to optimize
the capture of solar energy, Fatio suggested using a tracking mechanism which was capable of pivoting
around the Sun. A well-known Swiss mathematician,
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was the first to
discover the ruby’s potential as a jewel bearing. Fatio was previously known
for his close friendship and collaborations with Isaac
Newton, his extraordinary work on the zodiacal
light problem, and for originating the “push” or
“shadow” theory of gravitation.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">In collaboration with Pierre and
Jacob Debaufre, Fatio de Duillier patented the use of jewels as wheel bearings in mechanical clocks in 1702. This
would mark the beginning of many advancements in the development of timepiece
precision that would utilize the knowledge of planetary alignment and universal
positioning as a guide to advanced timepiece engineering.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">In 1902, Parisian Professor Auguste Victor Louis Verneuil
created the first synthetic gemstone. A synthetic ruby. Verneuil perfected a flame-fusion
method of producing crystals of ruby and other corundums within a short time
period. This method became more industrialized over time; the basic
components of rubies, alumina, undergoes purification, heating, fusion and
crystallization, which results in a pear-shaped piece of artificial ruby.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">This pear-shaped ruby is then
sliced into small pieces and these pieces are shipped off to watchmakers. The
watchmakers then destroy 90% of the synthetic ruby to turn into a usable part
for a watch. The high cost of certain modern-day mechanical watches are
not due to the high price of natural rubies, as the wristwatches of the 18th
and 19th Century. However, the labor intensive process of putting the synthetic
rubies into the watch bearings is costly due to the time and labor invested to
their proper placement in the jewel bearing.</span></b></div>
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<b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">The use of jewels in timepieces
remains strong and steadfast in the world of watches, as they serve two
valuable purposes. The first is the reduced friction within the bearings. This
directly increases the accuracy and precision of the timepiece. Jewel surfaces
within watch bearings reduces variations in movement, increasing the life and
maintained integrity of the bearings.</span></b><br />
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<b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">There you have it... </span></b><br />
<b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; position: relative; top: 0pt;">Are you smarter than a Gemstone? </span></b><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">A Canvas Basement Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Jewelry, Art, Print and Photography.</div>Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-69922741581872931582011-08-29T11:33:00.000-04:002011-08-29T11:33:13.161-04:00Soul-Flower Blog: Nouveau Soulflower Eco Tee Reviewed while Sailing ...<a href="http://soulflowerbuds.blogspot.com/2011/08/nouveau-soulflower-eco-tee-reviewed.html?spref=bl">Soul-Flower Blog: Nouveau Soulflower Eco Tee Reviewed while Sailing ...</a>: I take my role as Hippie Mama Clothing Tester quite seriously. When I got the Nouveau Soulflower Eco Tee I put it through the paces. I didn...<div class="blogger-post-footer">A Canvas Basement Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Jewelry, Art, Print and Photography.</div>Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-4280377823923873712011-08-26T23:47:00.000-04:002011-08-26T23:47:50.639-04:00'Kentucky Woman' by Neil Diamond<h1 id="watch-headline-title" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Neil Diamond - Kentucky Woman (1967 clip) [Very Good(+) quality]">Kentucky Woman (1967 clip)</span></h1><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="345" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEgcdGy0LcY?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEgcdGy0LcY?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="345" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </div>'Kentucky Woman<br />
If she get to know you<br />
She goin’ to own you<br />
Kentucky Woman<br />
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I don't want much<br />
The good Lord's earth beneath my feet<br />
A gentle touch<br />
From that one girl and life is<br />
Sweet and good<br />
There ain't no doubt<br />
I'm talking about<br />
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Kentucky Woman<br />
If she get to know you<br />
She goin' to own you<br />
Kentucky Woman'<br />
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<div style="color: #b45f06;"><b>There isn't one thing on this t-shirt I don't love... </b><br />
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<b>And the Owl.. Owl Always Love an Owl <3 </b></div><div style="color: #783f04;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>-'Through dangers untold</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>and hardships, unnumbered</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>I have fought my way here</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>to the Goblin City;</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>To take back the child</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Which you have stolen,</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>For My will is as strong as Yours,</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>And my Kingdom as Great.</b></div><div style="color: #b45f06;"><b><br />
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Never gonna let me win, aw huh..</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Under everything, just another human being, aw huh...<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Yeah, I don’t wanna hurt, </b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>there’s so much in this world to make me bleed.</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000;"> </div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Stay with me..<br />
You’re all I see.</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Did I say that I need you?<br />
Did I say that I want you?<br />
Oh, if I didn’t now I’m a fool you see...<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>No one knows this more than me.<br />
As I come clean.</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>I wonder everyday<br />
As I look upon your face, aw huh,..<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Everything you gave<br />
And nothing you would take, aw huh,..<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Nothing you would take,..<br />
Everything you gave.</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Did I say that I need you?<br />
Oh, Did I say that I want you?<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Oh, if I didn’t now I’m a fool you see...<br />
No one knows this more than me.<br />
I come clean.</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Nothing you would take...<br />
Everything you gave.<br />
</b></div><div style="color: #7f6000; text-align: center;"><b>Hold me till I die...<br />
Meet you on the other side."</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A Canvas Basement Blog Collage of Vintage Fashion, Jewelry, Art, Print and Photography.</div>Alex Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03291394456006592116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1827017418852673635.post-56564494980375480772011-08-01T13:37:00.000-04:002011-08-01T13:37:25.602-04:00Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start...<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/2619734/canvas-basement?claim=t9xzqcpz7pj">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">"He's underneath the window... She's singing, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">"Hey la, my boyfriend's back.." </b></span></div><br />
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<div style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://alexgulkingazette.com/"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Duran Duran cover 'Perfect Day'</b></span></a></div><div style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Originally written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed" title="Lou Reed">Lou Reed</a> in 1972</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bailey Sans ITC TT"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">"Just a Perfect Day <br />
Problems all Left Alone</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bailey Sans ITC TT"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Weekenders on our own <br />
Such Fun <br />
<br />
Just a Perfect Day <br />
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I thought I was someone else <br />
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<br />
It's Such a Perfect Day <br />
I'm Glad I spent it with you</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bailey Sans ITC TT"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Such a Perfect Day <br />
You just keep me hanging on..."</span></b></div><h2 style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">© Lou Reed</span></span></h2><br />
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