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Music Tonight: Idina Menzel, Yellowjackets, Boris Smile
Description: Happy happy Friday! The Aquabats, Love You Long time | 7:00pm at The Glass House - Map | All Ages | Tickets $12 Buy now Smoking Popes, Koufax, Stepsonday | 8:00pm at Knitting Factory - Map| All Ages | Tickets $15 Buy now Flying Lotus | 8:00pm at Ameoba Music in Hollywood - Map [...]

Music Tonight: Immortal Technique, Ariel Pink, Laco$te
Description: Well, the list is a little shy today - BUT there is a free show on a Tuesday! That’s a plus. Here’s your round up; short and sweet. Bigelf | 7:00pm at Ameoba Music in Hollywood - Map | All Ages | FREE Immortal Technique | 7:00pm at Ventura Theatre - Map | [...]

Ancient Mesopotamia
Description: Marjorie recently asked me if I had any recommendations for books to use in a unit on Mesopotamia. Books about ancient Mesopotamia for kids are really hard to find, so I'm happy to post my cobbled-together list, along with a few pertinent rabbit trails, here. A few notes before I get started on the list: 1. I am not a creationist. (ETA: What I mean, of course, is that we do not believe the universe was created in a literal 6 days a few thousand years ago. We DO believe that God created ev

Ancient Mesopotamia
Description: Marjorie recently asked me if I had any recommendations for books to use in a unit on Mesopotamia. Books about ancient Mesopotamia for kids are really hard to find, so I'm happy to post my cobbled-together list, along with a few pertinent rabbit trails, here. A few notes before I get started on the list: 1. I am not a creationist. (ETA: What I mean, of course, is that we do not believe the universe was created in a literal 6 days a few thousand years ago. We DO believe that God created ev

Jay Leno and Jack Black
Description: Went to the taping of tonight’s Jay Leno show! The guests were Connor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band….. and Jack Black! Of course, I couldn’t resist pulling the old “what’s your favorite treat” card when I met Jay and Jack afterwards (yes, we are now on a first name basis). Here’s a few others from flickr: ..and yes I am wearing a t-shirt with a T-Rex biting off a guys head. Thanks to black20! The show was pretty fun and Connor Oberst was great. I was never huge Bright Eyes

Local LA: The Greatest Thing in LA is…
Description: In March 2008, LA Mag started a competition to find the Greatest thing in LA. The started out with 64 competitors, which included In-N-Out, Topanga Canyon, taco trucks, Disney Hall, Apple Pan, the 99 cent stores, and much more. Through a rigourous voting process the top four included Ameoba Music, Capital Records (why do I [...]

‘Spore Origins’ Demoed on iPhone
Description: TUAW reports on a hands-on demo of EA’s upcoming Spore Origins that will arrive on the iPhone on September 7th. Unfortunately, they were not impressed with the early look at the game. But we were fairly bored playing the game — while the accelerometer is a good time, your character doesn’t actually mean anything. There’s zero connection between this game and the full version of Spore — you can’t bring your characters out into the Spore world, or see any other characters from other players wan

Hands-on: Spore Origins for the iPhone
Description: In the Electronic Arts booth here at E3, nestled in among the raucous noises of various first-person shooters, is a completely white room with a few cell phones on tables. This is the EA Mobile space, and it was here that we got to play Spore Origins, the iPhone version of Will Wright’s sure-to-be masterpiece. Like the EA Mobile space, Spore Origins is pretty simple and clean, and stands out as a fairly calm experience among the racket of a lot of other iPhone games. Spore takes you through

TUAW Hands-on: Spore Origins for the iPhone
Description: Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Apple, iPhone, App Store In the Electronic Arts booth here at E3, nestled in among the raucous noises of various first-person shooters, is a completely white room with a few cell phones on tables. This is the EA Mobile space, and it was here that we got to play Spore Origins, the iPhone version of Will Wright's sure-to-be masterpiece. Like the EA Mobile space, Spore Origins is pretty simple and clean, and stands out as a fairly calm experienc

Amusement Parks or Centers in Bangalore
Description: 1. Fun World & Water World Near Palace Grounds J.C. Nagar, Bangalore - 560006 Phone: 080-23430496, 23543290 2. Wonder la: Wonder la is the biggest amusement park in Bangalore and is a must visit if you are looking for amusement parks in Bangalore. 28 Km Mysore Road Hejjala, Bangalore - 562109 Phone - 08113 - 324441 Mobile: 9945557777 Website: www.wonderla.com 3. Jawahar Bal Bhavan: Jawahar Bal Bhavan is a children’s entertainment center. It is a good place for the to learn from th