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Google's Initial Share Price Set at $85 By MATTHEW FORDAHL Aug 18, 10:36 PM (ET) SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Initial shares of Google Inc. (GOOG) were priced late Wednesday at $85, the low end of a range revised downward just hours earlier, humbling expectations for the most ballyhooed Internet company public stock offering since the dot-com boom went bust. Still, the offering remains one of the biggest and most highly anticipated for an Internet business, surpassing most of the hot tech issues of the 1990s. It will make billionaires - at least on paper - of founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who started Google six years ago. The final initial public offering price, set through an unorthodox auction that alienated many on Wall Street, means the stock will likely debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market Thursday. The $85 price values the world's most popular search engine at $23.1 billion, more valuable than companies such as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), with a market cap of $16 billion and Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU), valued at $13.5 billion. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040819/D84I14801.html

Id like to see a photo of that frame...

Perhaps...but not as deftly

One could say: Checked Google and came up dry. You might wanna check ITunes or Walmart

Many China's - Mark Isham

In Thomas Bartlett's column 'Never meta girl like you before', he offers up several exclusive free downloads at Salon.com - Madvillain's "Madvillainy" and M83's "Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts and Bjork." Here are some exerpts from his review. "Metacritic compiles reviews for films, books and recordings from an impressive array of publications, grading each review's positivity on a scale from 1 to 100, and then averaging all the results to come up with a film, book, or recording's "metascore." "Madvillainy" and "Dead Seas" are 2nd and 4th respectively on the list of the best-reviewed recordings of 2004. So soak up the critically acclaimed music, people." "Accordion," Madvillain, from "Madvillainy" Madvillain is a collaboration between Madlib (producer) and MF Doom (MC), two of the most distinctive artists in today's underground hip-hop scene. Despite critical raves, "Madvillainy" hasn't quite generated the level of buzz that would translate into many sales outside of the core audience of underground hip-hop enthusiasts, which is unfortunate, because this is a record that could appeal to a much broader audience and even open a door (a small, oddly-shaped back door) into hip-hop for many who have never found a way in before. .... A single track gives only the sketchiest idea of that effect, so I hope you'll consider buying the whole thing to experience it in full. Go straight to the source, Stones Throw Records. Run Into Flowers," M83, from "Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts" On their debut record, M83 (the French duo of Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez) set about exploring the rhapsodic, romantic possibilities of tacky synthesizers, trying to create epic soundscapes out of a palette of cheap, patently unromantic sounds. It's extraordinary the extent to which they succeed. "The Love Song, K-Os, from "Joyous Rebellion" ...Apparently he's a Canadian-born rapper/singer/producer who is preparing to release his second Astralwerks record, "Joyous Rebellion." ... It's a beautifully produced track, atmospheric and unusually well-blended, but also sparklingly clear and vibrant." "Verandi," Bjork, b-side from "Hidden Places" singleHere's a little something for those of us eagerly (impatiently, rabidly) awaiting Bjork's upcoming "Medula." ...Jolly Mukherjee, a Bollywood composer and singer, co-wrote the song with Bjork. Mukherjee provides filmic sweep and melodrama, and, of course, a hint of exoticism -- Thanks to the excellent, unusually eclectic (and all legal) MP3 blog Fat Planet for pointing me to this track. "Helped Us Sleep," West Dakota, from "West Dakota" ....they are on the very small and very excellent San Diego-based Swim Slowly Records, which makes them label-mates of The Robot Ate Me, a band featured in this column a few months ago. At first blush, this is a pretty typical low-fi indie bedroom tape, but then, stealthily, the oddities begin to build up: an unexpectedly brash banjo sound, the cryptic lyrics (just 15 words: "And you helped us sleep/ It was a friendly game/ But you hid the pieces"), and the extraordinary way they use silence and space in the middle of this song -- not in a restrained, tasteful kind of way, but in a purposefully awkward, disorienting, playing-with-your-head kind of way. **** You can read the full review and get your downloads here: http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/wmd/.../wmd/index.html

At Last - Bruce Becvar

Poor Jipper! http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/punchie.php

'American Idol' Hopefuls Descend on D.C. Tue Aug 17, 8:12 PM ET By MATT RUTHERFORD, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - They came with their wraparound shades, hair-styling tools and other items essential for a shot at fame. Thousands of people, many appearing to be teenagers or in their twenties, flooded into the Washington Convention Center this week to audition for Fox's popular "American Idol." Candidates began arriving Monday morning — two days before the start of auditions — for a chance to win a spot on the television reality program that makes stars out of its winners. They camped out in the auditorium after police ordered organizers to allow people inside because of the heat and the long line. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...ons_1&printer=1

The Guy From Green Day Says He Has Your Mother on the Cellphone By JEFF LEEDS Published: August 18, 2004 Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ring tones. Ring tones, the synthesized melodies that are programmed to play when a cellphone rings, have proved to be such a lucrative side business for cellphone companies that record labels in the United States have decided they want a piece of the revenue. Warner Brothers Records in the last few days began showing commercials on MTV and MTV2 for a set of voice-greeting ring tones recorded by members of the punk band Green Day. You can read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/business/media/18adco.html

Ive never heard that before either, SG. Cant imagine no one in the car wouldnt have seen that, either. But I have heard that a number of the secret service detail did hang out at Jack Ruby's club before the assassination

Clocks - Coldplay

>>> > A husband walks into Fredrick's of Hollywood to purchase some sheer >>> > lingerie for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range >>> > from >>> > $250 to $500 in price, the more sheer, the higher the price. He opts >>> > for >>> > the most sheer item, pays the $500 and takes the lingerie home. >>> > He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs, put it on and >>> > model it for him. Upstairs, the wife thinks, I have an idea. It's >>> > so sheer that it might as well be nothing. I won't put it on, do the >>> > modeling naked, return it tomorrow and keep the $500 refund for >>> > myself >>> > >>> > So she appears naked on the balcony and strikes a pose. >>> > >>> > The husband says, 'Good Lord! You'd think that for $500, they'd at >>> > least iron it.' >>> > >>> > He never heard the shot. >>> > >>> > Funeral services are pending. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * >>> > >>> > A man staggers into an emergency room with a concussion, multiple >>> > bruises, two black eyes and a five iron wrapped around his neck. >>> > Naturally, the doctor asks him what happened. >>> > >>> > Well, the man says, It's like this; I was playing a >>> > quiet round of golf with my wife, when at a difficult hole, we both >>> > sliced >>> > our balls into a pasture of cows. We went to look for them, and while I >>> > was >>> > rooting around, I noticed one of the cows had something white on its >>> > rear >>> > end. >>> > >>> > I walked over and lifted up the tail, and sure enough, there was a golf >>> > ball with my wife's monogram on it, stuck right in the middle of the >>> > cow's >>> > butt. That's when I made my big mistake >>> > >>> > "What did you do?" the doctor asks. >>> > >>> > Well. the man replies, I lifted the cow's tail and >>> > yelled to my wife, "Hey, this looks like yours! I don't remember >>> > much after that." >>> > >>> > >>> > *************************************** >>> > >>> > >>> > A man took his wife to the Rodeo and one of the exhibits was that of >>> > breeding bulls. They went up to the first pen and there was a sign that >>> > said, This bull mated 50 times last year. The wife poked her >>> > husband in he ribs and said, "He mated 50 times last year." >>> > >>> > They walked a little further and saw another pen with a sign that said, >>> > This bull mated 120 times last year. The wife hit her husband and >>> > said, "That's more than twice a week! You could learn a lot from him." >>> > >>> > They walked further and a third pen had a bull with a sign saying, >>> > This bull mated 365 times last year. The wife got really >>> > excited and said, that's once a day. "You could REALLY learn something >>> > from this one" >>> > >>> > The husband looked at her and said, "Go up and ask him if it was >>> > with the same cow." >>> > >>> > The husband's condition has been upgraded from critical to stable and >>> > he is expected to make a full recovery.

Disgracing family >>A young girl was going on a date. Her grandmother said: >>"Sit here and let me tell you about those young boys. >>He is going to try and kiss you, you are going to like >>that, but don't let Him do that. >>He is going to try and feel your breast, you are going to >>like that but don't let him do that. >>But most important, he is going to try and get on top of >>you to have his way with you. You are going to like that, but >>don't let him do that. It will disgrace the family." >>With that bit of advice, the granddaughter went on her >>date. The next day she told grandma that her date went just >>like she had predicted: >>Grandma, I didn't let him disgrace the family. When he >>tried, I just turned over, got on top of him, and disgraced >>HIS family..." >>Granny fainted

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Sounds like youve had practice at this thing

No, but keep 'em coming

Check the search engines in the music forums or recommended links

yabba dabba doo and...Welcome to Beatking :scratchin:

That's my sister--dont even think about it :evil:

Thanx for the tip, Denis, and welcome to Beatking :strumma:

Speaking of JFK, Im a friend of Jim Marrs, who wrote the book the movie was based on. We each think there needs more exploration into the all the double Oswards that were cited during the weeks leading up to the assassination. And if you can find it, check out the Popkin book "the double oswalds"