The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Music
Eight Video Nights of Hanukkah: Third night
Okay, I really can’t stand Bon Jovi, but I know a lot of you out there do. So here’s his version of the Adam Sandler Chanukah song. Yes, really.
Posted in Holidays, Music, Religion
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Eight Video Nights of Chanukah: Second night
My Menorah: This one is going to sound really familiar to all you old fans of The Knack. (I wasn’t one of them.)
Hava Nagilah a cappella
So how was your first night of Chanukah? Mine was latkes and music at the R household. I burned my finger in the oil (sigh) but not badly enough to do more than sting after an hour or so of … Continue reading
Eight Video Nights of Chanukah: First night
This year we’re going to have something new for Hannukkah: A video each night. You can thank regular reader chsw, who sent me a link to the video I’ll be using on the sixth night. Tonight’s video: How Do You … Continue reading
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Serendipity
Got home after a long day out, and went searching for Gracie, who was in her new hidey-spot: The corner of the spare room, between two bookcases, where it’s very difficult for Tig to bully her. And because I have … Continue reading
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Say it with humor
The Protocols, a song by, well, an Elder of Zion. You should read the comments. They’re filled with remarks by morons who think this song isn’t parody.
Attention, NJ Mary Chapin Carpenter fans
Okay. Which of my New Jersey readers wants to go see Mary Chapin Carpenter at the McCarter Theater on Tuesday, April 10th? I don’t have Hebrew School that week. I think I’d consider going up to NJ for a few … Continue reading
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Obessions: My quest for music
Okay, I give up. I have looked and looked for A) a legitimate version of this song or B) a CD-quality mp3. The closest I came to it was a torrent file that, I was told, was probably no longer … Continue reading
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Soundtrack trouble
So I went out last night and got the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, which has the music on which the music from the LOTR video was based. It seems that a bunch of musicians remixed Lux Aeterna and … Continue reading
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Thriller, Bollywood style
Sarah sent me a link to a YouTube video of a Bollywood version of Thriller. It has to be seen to be believed. Personally, I think the girl is screaming at the guy’s outfit, or at his dancing. They both … Continue reading
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Another Way to Help
Elie Deutsch is an American-born IDF soldier, and a talented musician. He’s currently posted to the Northern border with Lebanon. He and his unit have recorded some songs, which are being sold as MP3s, with proceeds going to a number … Continue reading
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An mp3/iPod question
What mp3 player should I get? Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Music
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As close as I get to it
Unfortunately, the Tony Awards are as close as I get to Broadway these days. Sigh. I want to see plays again. All of them. Even the dogs. The revivals of Sweeney Todd and Threepenny Opera look phenomenal.
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How do you listen to music?
How do you listen to your CDs? A very long time ago, a friend taught me a brilliant rule to follow for whether or not you buy a CD: If you like three songs, you will probably like the CD. … Continue reading
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