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Hee hee, We bought it ! And watched it ! This is a really, really high quality music band’s concert performance. Perfection ! I’m a big fan of Styx now. Their sounds are so clear and beautiful with perfect balance. Styx are : Tommy Shaw - Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals James “ JY ” Young - Electric Guitars Lawrence Gowan - Keyboards, Vocals Todd Sucherman - Drums, Percussion Ricky Phillips - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Chuck Panozzo - Bass Guitar The song set list for this DVD are : Part 1 The Grand Illusion Album * The Grand Illusion * Fooling Yourself * Superstars * Come Sail Away * Miss America * Man in the Wilderness * Castle Walls * The Grand Finale Part 2 Pieces of Eight Album * Great White Hope * I’m Okay * Sing for The Day * The Message * Lords of the Ring * Blue Collar Man ( Long Nights ) * Queen of Spades * Renegade * Pieces of Eight * Aku-Aku Most of the songs were composed by Tommy Shaw a...

Best Improv-Ice ' 2011 http://www.dissonskating.com/2011/12/improv-ice-voting/ This Pandora’s ice show was held in December ‘2011 and was showing in NBC on January’ 2012. Guest music group was Styx ! I wanted to write a review for it because this show was awesome and we re-watched our recording of it several times recently when we have time. but December to February are the most busy time for my work, and could not make a time to write about it until now. We are usually not so crazy to see ice shows with a musician’s live performance, because so far, maybe because of their choice of the music, we were always more into skaters and skating. But this was exception, Styx was fantastic and we really enjoyed it from beginning to the end ! Ray also loved one of past guest music groups “ Foreigner “ which was also from Pandora’s ice show. Honestly, even though I knew Styx is a famous music group, I had never seen them, and didn’t know what kind of people. But...

My Japanese passport‘s expire date was in February , so we had a road trip to LA on January 30, 31 because the General of Japan Consulate where I can renew my passport is located in only Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New York etc.. and the closest place from my place is Los Angeles . We wanted to have sightseeing if we had one or two extra days but Ray’s work was very busy this season and he could only get two days off. So, there was no time for sightseeing in our LA trip, such as seeing all the Theme parks, and we went there just go get my new passport in a very limited time. Normally, it takes a week to get the new passport but for people who are from other states, they can specially make it faster within 1 to 2 days. Our plan was arriving at General of Japan Consulate around 3:00pm, And apply for the passport renewal. Then pick up the new passport in the next day’s afternoon, after 3:00pm. The estimated driving time from our place to LA downtown is about 7 to 8 ...

http://gallery.xemanhdep.com My top favorites are selected from my new discoveries of this year, whether it’s new or old, no limit.  Top 10 Music 1. Rondo Krakowiak ( by Frederic Chopin ) 2. Hungarian Rhapsody #2 ( by Franz Liszt ) 3. Danse Macabre ( by Camile Saint Saens ) 4. Etude Opus 25 N.11 Winter Wind ( by Frederic Chopin ) 5. Nocturne N.1 in B flat minor ( by Frederic Chopin ) 6. Piano Concerto #2 ( by Frederic Chopin ) 7. Liebestraume ( Love Dream ) ( by Franz Liszt ) 8. Valse Sentimentale op. 51/6 ( by Tchaikovsky ) 9. Piano Concert No.4 in C minor ( by Camille Saint Saens ) 10. Symphony No. 3 in C minor ( by Camille Saint Saens ) This year I’ve been into Classical music, Rondo Krakowiak by Frederic Chopin is hands down my top favorite. I just fell in love with this unbelievably beautiful music ( brings tears ) , which even chills my body. Top 5 Classic Composers 1. Frederic Chop...

  After watching the movie “ Desire for Love “ about Chopin several times, I started searching more about Chopin’s life to solve some mystery parts, even though it may be impossible to find what is the real truth.  This movie ( Desire for Love ) is so thinkable, and while checking about both Chopin and George Sand ‘s bio, I’m also into George Sand and her life story.  I would never have known about her or cared about her if I didn’t get into Chopin’s bio so much. But without knowing about her, we can not know the truth.   Chopin & Liszt are the most interesting heroes for me right now .  I don’t know why, but if genius is the only reason I’m into them, then there are many different kinds of geniuses in many different subjects , so it must not be the only the reason.  It’s very curious , there are several speculations about Chopin’s love, some information tells like as if it’s the fact that for Chopin, George Sand was always his love of his life, w...