Fanfare For The Common Man - Emerson Lake & Palmer

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...of the two only sure things in life and all that. Hence the horns that announce the start of this piece. So to 1976. The forgotten men of prog, Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg "I Believe In Father Christmas" Lake (guitars) and Carl Palmer (bass), who lets face it, did have a tendency to take themselves a little bit too seriously, record this magnum opus, taking the opening and stretching it in that manner so beloved of 70's proggers. It's got a great rolling bass line, the timing is perfect, just as you would expect from classically trained musicians, and the trio get their groove on to a T. This is just a fabulous example of good musicians letting the jam take them where they want to go. The musos among you might even recognise the fade out as being copied by Nick Cave on The Birthday Partys "Release The Bats", ask me if...

pinkmatchstick 14.01.2005 · Read review
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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Ended.

Advantages: some great clips, well designed package
Disadvantages: frustrating editing of some clips, repeated material, much padding, not enough music!

...Jimmy Page really set the bar high with the recent Led Zeppelin DVD. That set was a faultless document of a 70s supergroup throughout its entire career, and here we have another "Dinosaur" group from those halcyon days, the "Classical Rock" pioneers Emerson Lake & Palmer, attempting to cement their place in Rock History for posterity via a marathon trawl through the visual archives. Do they achieve it? Well, yes I suppose they do...except that in my opinion, the place they have cornered for themselves is marked "Novelties and Musical Jokes". Yes folks, welcome to the Emerson Lake and Palmer show. A four hours plus, double disc Gift from the Gods/ Horrific monstrosity, depending on your view of Progressive Rock music. First impressions (in-joke intended) are favourable, though I must admit to being surprised it was only a double set...

treemusicuk 25.07.2005 · Read review
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Palmers - the best moisturiser!

Advantages: Results, smell, price!
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...When it comes to beauty products I can be quite fickle, one week I?ll be raving about one product and the next it?s found its place in the back of my product shelf next to last months favourite! So when a product managed to get itself on my Necessary list (and this is the list I?d sacrifice food to make sure I had supplies of everything from it!) it says an awful lot as I really am very demanding about my products; I want perfect results for as small a price as possible! So what is the resident body moisturiser on the Necessary list? It has to be Palmer?s Cocoa Butter Formula! I pride myself on having the best skin of anyone I know, which may sound vain, but with the effort I put in I feel I have the right to boast about how my skin is the softest and healthiest looking I know and as a result I only want the best for it and in this...

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palmer's knows best!

Advantages: smell, texture and v moisturising
Disadvantages: a bit heavy to use every single day

...I am brand loyal, not strictly mind..i do like to go wild and try new things every now and again but i always come back to firm favourites and one of those being the palmer's cocoa butter formula with vitamin e. The bottle is a simple white colour of 250ml's...with a sky blue label on the front with the palmer's orange tag and claims on the front to soften, smooth and relieve dry skin. The blurb at the back tells me it also helps smooth and blend unattractive marks and is an excellent after tanning butter.. wow so thats a lot of claims from one small white ordinary bottle but i can truly say it lives up to all those promises and more.. the actualy colour is a yellow-orange and the consistency is pretty thick like some hair conditioners can be but its also suprisingly light and absorbs into the skin in a matter of minutes. It smoothens...

sarima 29.09.2009 · Read review
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Eden Lake

Advantages: Powerful horror, genuinely scary
Disadvantages: Sickening to watch

...It took me at least a week to come to a semi conclusion of how I felt about Eden Lake; it took me a few days at least to get over the initial shock and emotion felt by watching it. And I have to say that the film I am about to review is like nothing I have seen before. Eden Lake, is an English film directed by a man called James Watkins, I had never heard of the film nor the director and I was not that enthusiastic about watching it, but after a day moping about alone I wanted something scary to watch and it was in the horror section of my local movie shop at a price of £4 so I thought I would give it a watch. Sometimes I just crave something to give me a bit of a scare. Horror films which are genuinely scary are few and far between and it is almost unheard of to find one which gives you more than a few jumps and actually offers...

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A Lodge on the Lake

Advantages: Fantstic service and lovely lodges
Disadvantages: You have to go home !!!

... PINE LAKE CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRe I am very lucky as I live only 20 minutes away from this lovely location in my native county of Lancashire - UK. Pine Lake is part of Diamond Resort, a leisure company of whom I am a member, so I use the facilities here a lot - my grandkids love it!! Pine Lake is a complex a series of wooden lodges by the side of Pine Lake in Carnforth, Lancashire . It is three miles from Morecambe Bay and 19 miles from Preston and very close to the beautiful Lake District. There is wonderful restaurant, an indoor pool( with spa, sauna, steam room and children's pool) , games room with arcade type games, table tennis, pool and air hockey, tennis court, children's club, childrens indoor ( with soft play area) and outdoor play area, small shop, a health club, internet availability and a marina...

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Floating on Lake Titicaca

Advantages: Being invited to visit authentic local people
Disadvantages: Our visits could spoil the Lake for the local people in time

...Puno and the Uros Islands Lake Titicaca is 3,812 m above sea level which makes it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. It is also the largest lake in South America in volume of water and the deepest point of the lake measures 284m . It lies in both Peru and Bolivia and Lake Titicaca is fed by rainfall and from glaciers on the Andean Sierras. Five major river systems also feed into Lake Titicaca; these are the Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez rivers. Lake Titicaca is one of the nominees for the New Seven Wonders, natural wonders. If you haven't heard of the New 7 Wonders website the go and have a look. They have recently come up with a New 7 wonders list of man made wonders and are now tasking nomination for the natural wonders - Lake Titicaca is one of these. After they shortlist you can then vote for your 7...

catsholiday 20.12.2008 (20.06.2009) · Read review
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Salad Cream

Advantages: Perfect for Salads
Disadvantages: None

...In my opinion, a salad is just not a salad without a lovely helping of Heinz Salad Cream. When I lived in the United States they did not have salad cream and I really missed it. Of course you could get lots of other lovely, different flavours of salad dressing but none are quite the same as the humble salad cream. It?s the product that famous chef Marco Pierre White once called, ?The Greatest Culinary Invention of the 20th Century,? and Gary Rhodes called, ?A British Classic.? So, we pretty much are all aware of salad cream, but what exactly is it made of? Its ingredients include vinegar, water, sugar, mustard, and egg yolks. To me, that sort of sounds like a basic mayonnaise type recipe as it does have a bit of a mayonnaise type product base to it but to me it definitely has a very tangy, vinegar based taste. Mixed together, all...

Spottydog11 01.04.2009 · Read review
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The Lakes: Quiet and Serene?

Advantages: Brilliant acting, great storylines and scripts
Disadvantages: Lack of extras on the DVD lets this set down

...As well as being one of the most beautiful areas of the UK, 'The Lakes' is a 14 part TV drama series, originally broadcasted in 1997 on BBC1. Series 1 consisted of four of these episodes, the first lasting 90 minutes, the next three 50 minutes. HOW DID I FIND THIS SERIES? As many of you may have guessed, I'm a huge fan of British actor, John Simm. I have found that anything with him in is worth the watch and definitely worth paying the money out for (especially if it is a Christmas prezzie from your parents!). This was arguably the programme that put Simm on the map too; up until that point, he'd had a few minor roles in established TV shows such as 'Heartbeat' and had been in cult like movies such as 'Boston Kickout' but never had he been in such an extensive BBC production. Away from the obvious attraction of John Simm, what I...

MizzMolko 09.03.2008 · Read review
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Palmers Cocoa Butter Butter And Lip Balm

Advantages: Smells Amasing, Is Great Foir Skin - I Love It!
Disadvantages: Non Whatsoever!

...Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula Lip Balm And Butter Where And Why I Bought It The First Time I Saw The Cocoa Butter Formula Was In A Magazine Advertisement. ?Palmers Works, I?m The Proof? Was The Phrase That Caught My Eye, Then A Picture Of Two Girls With Very Smooth Skin. The Next Time I Saw It Was In Superdrug?s Magazine, DARE, It Was Recommended By Girls Aloud Cheryl Cole. Then Again I Saw It Recommended By The Saturdays Mollie. So I Went To My Local Boots Store, And Hunted Out A Small Version Of The Cocoa Butter, Just To Try It. It Was 97p For 50ml ? Amazing Value. After Using The Cocoa Butter, I Decided To Invest In Some Of The Cocoa Butter Formula?s Lip Balm, Which Works Just As Brilliantly! It Was £1.05 For 4g, Also Pretty Good! What The Product Claims To Do, Using It, And What It Actually Does Cocoa Butter...

chesestix 01.11.2009 · Read review
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