<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286</id><updated>2012-02-16T13:55:12.314-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rai</title><subtitle type='html'>Detroit Tinsel</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-9205180695487819016</id><published>2009-07-05T18:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T18:31:13.114-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog is MOVING</title><content type='html'>this is my new blog:&lt;br /&gt;http://raidetroit.wordpress.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sorry blogger.... get some better templates.&lt;br /&gt;word press is WAY cooler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://raidetroit.wordpress.com/&lt;br /&gt;http://raidetroit.wordpress.com/&lt;br /&gt;http://raidetroit.wordpress.com/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-9205180695487819016?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/9205180695487819016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-is-moving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/9205180695487819016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/9205180695487819016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-is-moving.html' title='Blog is MOVING'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-3578395588727838061</id><published>2009-06-28T04:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T10:04:18.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'>28 Days Later</title><content type='html'>I feel the need to say what I've been up to lately.... as if there's more than just me hanging on a silk string...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been home now for exactly 28 days. In that time I have seen 5% of my friends, I have accustomed myself to a new exercise routine, I have have applied to three colleges, read one and a half novels, purchased a very inexpensive midi keyboard, and found myself a job as a waitress. On my off days I've been spending it at my Broski's, back to ye old stomping ground to watch the sun rise and set on the familiar side of the train tracks because I must, like a bug to a light, return to the path of least resistance. In 28 days.... arguably 25 years and 28 days..... I haven't shut off my brain, not once, and I as much as I feel like I'm forgetting some dire responsibility or neglecting a few fragile formalities, I am also forgetting that pushing too far too fast can have disintegrating effects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try as I might to try as I might, my priority list looks more like a fortuitous display of redundant blurbs and bloops; ordered by the weight of the word, consistency of the line, or thickness of the blop. Much like the pattern of a 'seeing-eye' design, one must loose focus in order see..... and the overall meaning is intended more like a rhythm moves something.... because sometimes there are things that happen within us that make our hearts heavy for reasons we do not understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I continue to ask myself: how much am I the mold? How much am I molding? I continue to toss my coins at the question of reason vs. &lt;a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=randomnimity"&gt;randomnimity&lt;/a&gt;, and I am no closer to finding the answer to life, but am becoming increasingly intrigued with never figuring it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a lot of ways I feel calmer, but there is a new element.... something like my internal clock has slipped forward three seconds faster then the natural flow of things.... so I always feel ahead of the times, yet standing still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd like to clarify that although I did record an album in Scotland, the beginning hasn't even begun and months of planning and push are still required. Being there, doing that, was an experience I will never forget, composed of the good and the bad that changed me in ways I never planned. A chapter has closed in my life and directed me back to a previously unfinished body of work called 'furthered education'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are capable of many things, not limitless things, but many, and there are things in me that feel restless. I'm craving the smell of text books, the stress of deadlines, the seemingly insurmountable problems that dissipate like an afternoon rain cloud when an essay is completed or a test is through. I am adding supports to the structure and making sure I oil the hinges.... so to speak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, here I am, after 28 days feeling like I should have wrote this yesterday, but knowing that these words come right on time. Thank you. I feel much better and I look forward to next time..... unless zombies get me first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-r.d.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CukRHzONYnY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CukRHzONYnY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-3578395588727838061?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/3578395588727838061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/06/summer-9.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3578395588727838061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3578395588727838061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/06/summer-9.html' title='28 Days Later'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-7573058265432320822</id><published>2009-05-25T12:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T14:06:06.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>As the World Falls Down</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yt2zoY45508&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yt2zoY45508&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I was on my run, and this came on the ipod. I've shared my love for this track with other David Bowie enthusiasts and they seem to think it's one of his worst moments, but these same enthusiasts knew nothing of his &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpoizq-jjxs"&gt;"Peter and the Wolf" narration&lt;/a&gt;, and thought very little of his &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs"&gt;"Little Drummer Boy"&lt;/a&gt; performance with Bing Crosby. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as a matter of interest: this is Bing &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIX8gI21jGw"&gt;performing "Just a Gigalo"&lt;/a&gt; and here is Bowie &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR90pnp1pIg"&gt; IN "Just a Gigalo"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Connecting the dots... la la la la... connecting the dots...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fully and completely, I would like nothing more then to be at a masquerade with David Bowie crooning me.... as much as I would love him reading me a bedtime story... and having him over for a Christmas gathering... again... crooning me. So I suppose it's only natural, being female, that I like the bits of Bowie that I do. It's one of Bowie's amazing qualities that he is able to speak to, and appeal to such a diverse audience. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bowie is ambiguous; David is a husband and father.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I admit it, I like his conservative side. I like thinking that someone as outlandish as Bowie can be so.... ordinary. I think he liked that bit too. I think he was a Old Romantic at heart... an old soul. Did I mention that I read "David Bowie: The Complete Narrative"? Well I did, and it was great. So yes, I know things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I also mention I am obsessed with him? No? &lt;br /&gt;Yeah... I wasn't aware of that either, but now that I think of it, I have never been so fascinated with anyone as much as Bowie. hmmmmm. It's weird though, because I'll forget about it, and then all the sudden... BOWIE. He comforts me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For sure he will be in my dream tonight. Speaking of which... I can remember one in particular... holly hail marry... it was hoooooot. oi. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yeah. who knew?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-r.d&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-7573058265432320822?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/7573058265432320822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/as-world-falls-down.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7573058265432320822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7573058265432320822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-2536692663198232794</id><published>2009-05-21T15:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T15:16:35.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You need it, you got it, I supply it if you forgot which.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id='rl_trk_28615cb5bf7d0511987ca34ffe654099'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script src='http://www.rcrdlbl.com/widgets/track.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;_RLT.render('28615cb5bf7d0511987ca34ffe654099');&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-2536692663198232794?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-177018328554064836</id><published>2009-05-18T14:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T16:06:31.959-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't know why we save things</title><content type='html'>I suppose I always thought I would re-record these tracks, but... it's been four years now, and I've forgotten how to play most all of them. But these were the Royal Oak days, most of them.... so thanks Kirk for sending me my own songs:) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four Track Round 1:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?zimrmvxnzzh'&gt;http://www.mediafire.com/?zimrmvxnzzh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four Track Round 2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?2ew2gemt3nj'&gt;http://www.mediafire.com/?2ew2gemt3nj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess I'm just in a mood. I'm dieing... my new self is coming together... I'll be reborn in two weeks. haha. So out with the old... and not to imply I'm tossing them like trash.... I'm just saying, OUT with them! P.S... if anyone has files that I don't know about, please let me know. Or if there's something I left out that you want me to look for I think I have lots on my hard drive back in MI. But after this... I'm moving on. OK? ok. .... talking to myself really... heh. ok? ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-r.d&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-177018328554064836?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/177018328554064836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-dont-know-why-we-save-things.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/177018328554064836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/177018328554064836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-dont-know-why-we-save-things.html' title='I don&apos;t know why we save things'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-4289311501288181591</id><published>2009-05-15T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T14:00:47.094-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun with Lighting.... half star for the song;)</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_XKrNEpI_3A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_XKrNEpI_3A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-4289311501288181591?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/4289311501288181591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/fun-with-lighting-half-star-for-song.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4289311501288181591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4289311501288181591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/fun-with-lighting-half-star-for-song.html' title='Fun with Lighting.... half star for the song;)'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-6099489590803231716</id><published>2009-05-08T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T04:15:03.754-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheerful beginnings start with a good song</title><content type='html'>You may already have this track, but sifting through RCRD LBL new releases this morning... this is the best one I came across. Also, super excited to go see them in Aug at the Royal Oak Music Theater. I'm ready to be blown away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id='rl_trk_dc320db49fadd698aeb9738c264bd3a1'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script src='http://www.rcrdlbl.com/widgets/track.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;_RLT.render('dc320db49fadd698aeb9738c264bd3a1');&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-6099489590803231716?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/6099489590803231716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheerful-beginnings-start-with-good.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/6099489590803231716'/><link rel='self' 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type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/au-revoir-simone.html' title='Au Revoir Simone'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-2728321663687127358</id><published>2009-05-05T02:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T02:56:25.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Never Ending Song</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zjrC41RWqdQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zjrC41RWqdQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't afford to let the time pass&lt;br /&gt;I can't afford to let the day last&lt;br /&gt;I can't afford to even phone home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't afford to tell you much&lt;br /&gt;I don't want you to buy me lunch, but&lt;br /&gt;I can't afford to let you go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well every storm that's some before this&lt;br /&gt;I can show that I can adapt&lt;br /&gt;Persistent in most everything I do&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, I can see it through&lt;br /&gt;Well, I can't prove that&lt;br /&gt;But something's got me wound up&lt;br /&gt;I'm bound up&lt;br /&gt;I can't sleep right&lt;br /&gt;Cuz every minute on my mind&lt;br /&gt;If and when we'll find the time to be together&lt;br /&gt;Sooner then never&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never say I'll never know everything about you&lt;br /&gt;Can't afford to let you go&lt;br /&gt;Can't afford not to&lt;br /&gt;Do you right&lt;br /&gt;Do you right&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well if I'm not supposed to say this stop me now&lt;br /&gt;I won't feel right 'til all these details iron out&lt;br /&gt;and if I'm just too far removed to see I'm in the wrong&lt;br /&gt;Well, I sure am sorry for this song&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well every storm that's some before this&lt;br /&gt;I can show that I can adapt&lt;br /&gt;Persistent in most everything I do&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, I can see it through&lt;br /&gt;Well, I can't prove that&lt;br /&gt;But something's got me wound up&lt;br /&gt;I'm bound up&lt;br /&gt;I can't sleep right&lt;br /&gt;Cuz every minute on my mind&lt;br /&gt;If and when we'll find the time to be together&lt;br /&gt;Sooner then never&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-1749067967601406320</id><published>2009-05-02T13:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T14:37:46.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Small and Yellow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U2PIEgw_NLE/SNAnVul9UvI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8QpQWhRdLfk/s400/Ohio.Playas-Honey-fr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U2PIEgw_NLE/SNAnVul9UvI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8QpQWhRdLfk/s400/Ohio.Playas-Honey-fr.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U2PIEgw_NLE/SNAnVul9UvI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8QpQWhRdLfk/s400/Ohio.Playas-Honey-fr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U2PIEgw_NLE/SNAnVul9UvI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8QpQWhRdLfk/s400/Ohio.Playas-Honey-fr.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Increase, decrease&lt;br /&gt;As far as I can tell, I am anomaly&lt;br /&gt;I am honey bee&lt;br /&gt;I am wanderer&lt;br /&gt;I linger temporarily&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know who you are&lt;br /&gt;This is the uncertain thing&lt;br /&gt;So we mingle in the meadow&lt;br /&gt;The scent of many flowers&lt;br /&gt;Small and yellow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why we came here, is it not?&lt;br /&gt;It was open and clear&lt;br /&gt;Whispering, "honeydrips"&lt;br /&gt;Softly say, "honeydrips"&lt;br /&gt;Rolls from my forehead&lt;br /&gt;Tickles my tongue&lt;br /&gt;Honeydrips, honeydrips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honey, sweet&lt;br /&gt;Honey, slow&lt;br /&gt;I want more&lt;br /&gt;I want home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was it an accident, a shift of the wind?&lt;br /&gt;Honeydrips, honeydrips&lt;br /&gt;I say it again&lt;br /&gt;Given a smaller path&lt;br /&gt;Would we pick up the same sweet scent?&lt;br /&gt;Honeydrips, Honeydrips&lt;br /&gt;So many flowers&lt;br /&gt;So many friends&lt;br /&gt;Narrow it down and begin again&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-1749067967601406320?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/1749067967601406320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/small-and-yellow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-5403925356415489202</id><published>2009-05-02T04:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T04:57:53.757-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just how we remember it...</title><content type='html'>So funny. I've been talking about the High School days with a friend of mine, rehashing, and of all the memories... haha... my little punk days came with a wicked obsession to No Doubt. Still obsessed with Gwen of course... ha... but uh... it was pretty coincidental to see this post today. Just like we remember them, No Doubt performs again. Love it:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2009/05/0501%20Gwen%20Stefani%20Today/gallery_main/gallery_main-0501_gwen_stefani_today_04.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/30516853#30516853" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;"&gt;Visit msnbc.com for &lt;a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com"&gt;Breaking News&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;"&gt;World News&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;"&gt;News about the Economy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-5403925356415489202?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/5403925356415489202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-how-we-remember-it.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5403925356415489202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5403925356415489202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-how-we-remember-it.html' title='Just how we remember it...'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-793054858219182935</id><published>2009-04-30T15:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T17:17:28.962-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rainbow Veins</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="340" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wwHnxK9FfdY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wwHnxK9FfdY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more regret I swear I'll&lt;br /&gt;Be just a sailor cast out&lt;br /&gt;Collecting treasures for the pleasure of an empty heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restless, the night it does fall&lt;br /&gt;Stranger, you seem like you're all&lt;br /&gt;All I wanted to have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have devotion to you&lt;br /&gt;A mixed emotion for you&lt;br /&gt;I weigh the mornings&lt;br /&gt;and pace the afternoon and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restless, the night it does fall&lt;br /&gt;Stranger, you seem like you're all&lt;br /&gt;All I wanted to have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So lead me on&lt;br /&gt;This could get complicated&lt;br /&gt;You're every reason why I feel so elated and all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restless, the night it does fall&lt;br /&gt;Stranger, you seem like you're all&lt;br /&gt;All I wanted to have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh rainbows through my veins&lt;br /&gt;A lucky meeting down an unmarked alley way&lt;br /&gt;A conscious limit to the words I want to say ohhhhh (x 2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just take me home&lt;br /&gt;Or to a place I know well&lt;br /&gt;We'll settle down with the love that we found&lt;br /&gt;Just take me home&lt;br /&gt;Or to a place I know well&lt;br /&gt;You've got me under your spell&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-793054858219182935?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/793054858219182935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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Thank you for sending me this link Shane. Sharing feels like the best thing ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNg8oT-k28E&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dNg8oT-k28E&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-6647264324256275455?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/6647264324256275455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/garaunteed-goodmorning-to-be-played.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/6647264324256275455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/6647264324256275455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/garaunteed-goodmorning-to-be-played.html' title='Garaunteed Goodmorning... to be played after reading lower post.'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-8766734691720119766</id><published>2009-04-24T03:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T04:10:45.531-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Modesty. Balance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;inward and outward, your movements must mean something.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seclusion. Friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;there is a time and a place; restrictions apply to both.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conduct. Composure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;use it and don't loose it; I need to you show I'm strong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love and Ego.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;perseverance is the difference between seduction and courtship.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Worries and Fears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;yes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, but so what.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a nut shell.... these are the things that are ALWAYS on my mind. Maintaining one's character is a day to day thing. I hope I'm doing well. I find myself loosing myself all too often. I like to blame in on the waxing and waning of the moon, but it is also, just me. Just us really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the subject of making new relations, I worry an extra a lot about the aforementioned things.&lt;br /&gt;That's really all.&lt;br /&gt;Because I'm worrying so much about them, I had to write this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-r.d&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-8766734691720119766?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/8766734691720119766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/modesty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8766734691720119766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8766734691720119766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/modesty.html' title=''/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-5833832798017756091</id><published>2009-04-18T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T14:01:25.125-07:00</updated><title type='text'>There's a Dream</title><content type='html'>Little impromptu and a little... refined impromptu... just for entertainment value, and, well, this is how I entertain myself too:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_k0pZjkzujE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_k0pZjkzujE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-5833832798017756091?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/5833832798017756091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/theres-dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5833832798017756091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5833832798017756091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/theres-dream.html' title='There&apos;s a Dream'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-6306439730382522595</id><published>2009-04-18T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T03:34:15.327-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Like the Music</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SemnaAkXR0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Zz4Gk2yZnv4/s1600-h/3323663520_4a520b683f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SemnaAkXR0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Zz4Gk2yZnv4/s200/3323663520_4a520b683f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325972099613280066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how many of you would say the same of yourselves; I don't know if those close to me would agree, but when I say that things don't really work out with me, I just mean, in my subjective world I can hardly get a handle on handling... me. I do and I don't and I do, and I don't know. I think I'm just broken. Damaged goods. Beautifully flawed? haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm trying to be objective, but I would much prefer Thomas following me around dictating whether I'm in subjective or objective territory. He's good like that. I get lost in the definitions. Don't be fooled by the smug face, the man is a bundle of logic. I mean, he's a lawyer and a musician. That's a person who has a handle on things. So... imaginary Thomas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would I be if I was getting to work on things that had nothing to do with my getting ahead in the world, but everything to do with just enjoying the moment; being a part? Wouldn't that be an objective action? I suppose I could still be subjective in my objective action... but... whatever... THE POINT IS.... uh... all in the pencil?! No no no, the point is this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/danielzott"&gt;Daniel Zott&lt;/a&gt;, an amazing talent with a solo project and a band,&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thegreatfiction"&gt; The Great Fiction&lt;/a&gt; (who are also super excellent), contacted me for some vocal funness. They are working on doing some Motown covers for the 50th anniversary of Motown's opening. They needed a woman to sing, and they thought of me:) HOW delightful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the next couple of months it will come together. They plan on recording them maybe for a tribute album of sorts. Daniel says, "we all are deeply rooted in the Motown stuff, and it's our biggest influence. We are officially nerds."&lt;br /&gt;Well Daniel, I don't think that makes you a nerd, but if so, I can't wait to be nerdy too:) They're also talking about playing them live, and if so, me joining them on stage is a strong possibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is definite fun to be had in the D. We'll see how long I can manage in the mitten. We'll see just how objective I can be about staying put.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fluv&lt;br /&gt;r.d&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-6306439730382522595?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/6306439730382522595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-like-music.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/6306439730382522595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/6306439730382522595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-like-music.html' title='We Like the Music'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SemnaAkXR0I/AAAAAAAAAFw/Zz4Gk2yZnv4/s72-c/3323663520_4a520b683f.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-872907630071870962</id><published>2009-04-12T19:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T19:40:10.843-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MOONBEAMS</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wm4oWqewY0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wm4oWqewY0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-872907630071870962?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/872907630071870962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/moonbeams.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/872907630071870962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/872907630071870962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/moonbeams.html' title='MOONBEAMS'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-2158562486325602152</id><published>2009-04-12T09:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T10:09:41.897-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Journalization</title><content type='html'>I do realize I have to get back to posting about music at some point, but there isn't much to tell at the moment.... or maybe not much to me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One has to allow themselves the proper amount of recreation to build up the energy needed to create. It expends a lot of internal resources. I've been in Aberdeen 4 months now. We started off strong and nearly killed each other.... literally... figuratively... I can't tell anymore.&lt;br /&gt;These past two months we've been taking it easier. Health and moral were deteriorating too rapidly. SO I suppose the days of leisure have increased... building up for the next musical outburst... but leisure is hardly what I feel. I spend the day trying in vain to quiet my brain to hear what the tiny voice of reason says. I go searching for feeling not knowing where to begin. I spend hours writing in my notebook and cramp up my hand. I don't know how I've so many thoughts in my head and not a one seems worth the ink that spills from my pen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm reading through all my journal pages searching for something to share and it looks more like a grocery list of wants and despair.... and then an actual itemization of groceries to emphasize the bare cupboards.... the hungry stomach...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and I can sum it ALL up by this one passage:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"When days go on like this, it is hard to imagine how I will occupy myself for another month and a half. When that month and a half is through, I will wonder where all the time went."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I keep telling myself to enjoy these moments. Even at their worst, they won't ever come again, and I just keep telling myself this, hoping it will stick. I'm reminded of my mantra when I'm much too drunk and have the spins, I say, "If I just keep talking to myself  then I'm not going to puke, so I just keep talking to myself, cuz if I just keep talking to myself then I'm not going to puke..." and I repeat this over and over and... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get through it. I live on past it. I forget how hard it was in the middle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-r.d&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-2158562486325602152?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/2158562486325602152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-do-realize-i-have-to-get-back-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/2158562486325602152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/2158562486325602152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-do-realize-i-have-to-get-back-to.html' title='Journalization'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-8963589724264938699</id><published>2009-04-12T09:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T09:24:37.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple Truths</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;I enjoy this poem....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;'Maggy and Milly and Molly and May'&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;pre&gt;Maggy and Milly and Molly and May&lt;br /&gt;went down to the beach(to play one day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and maggie discovered a shell that sang&lt;br /&gt;so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Milly befriended a stranded star&lt;br /&gt;whose rays five languid fingers were;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and Molly was chased by a horrible thing&lt;br /&gt;which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May came home with a smooth round stone&lt;br /&gt;as small as a world and as large as alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)&lt;br /&gt;its always ourselves we find in the sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E. E. Cummings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-8963589724264938699?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/8963589724264938699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/simple-truths.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8963589724264938699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8963589724264938699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/simple-truths.html' title='Simple Truths'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-7825744261550025537</id><published>2009-04-07T10:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T10:57:46.105-07:00</updated><title type='text'>you asked for it....</title><content type='html'>not the song.. no... for my tiny talents on web cam. tried to write you a new song, but eh.... I got impatient and just played you this one:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/caP2BEbYW-0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/caP2BEbYW-0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-7825744261550025537?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/7825744261550025537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-asked-for-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7825744261550025537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7825744261550025537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-asked-for-it.html' title='you asked for it....'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-3944965164457349001</id><published>2009-04-06T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T17:24:12.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just don't be so "wordy"</title><content type='html'>Words that triggered my deviation from proper rules of language:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Justification&lt;br /&gt;*Poetic License&lt;br /&gt;*Relevance&lt;br /&gt;*Rite of Passage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With these words, I am justified within relevance to me and my poetic license. Call it my rite of passage; I pass from sense to nothing of the sort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm feeling wordy. I'm in one of those moods that usually precede a writing binge. Thought I'd play with my brain a bit. Feel like I haven't done that in a while, but in light of all the books I've been reading... and a friend I spoke to about the writing process... well, I'm inspired all over again. How silly of me to forget that the MOST fun part about writing is HOW you choose to use the English language. I do believe I totally abuse poetic license. I am an excellent nonlinear, circle talker. heh. heh.... and yes... sometimes I think myself too clever, but it is one of my few pleasures that has yet to be influenced by criticism. Though, if it were, I couldn't imagine it mattering much, nor would it deter me from writing any less, less I proclaimed it my profession. Then, like my music, I would cry, and sulk, and take two years off because I felt inadequate.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AAAAAANYWAY.... water under the bridge... water under the bridge, besides, I only have myself to blame.... and that's all the fuel I need to start writing... or continue... at any rate... I leave you now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-3944965164457349001?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/3944965164457349001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/just-dont-be-so-wordy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3944965164457349001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3944965164457349001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/04/just-dont-be-so-wordy.html' title='Just don&apos;t be so 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with some footage I took in Aberdeen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z-rR01Da7XM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z-rR01Da7XM&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-7733234415360975295?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/7733234415360975295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/bestest-form-of-scrap-booking.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7733234415360975295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7733234415360975295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/bestest-form-of-scrap-booking.html' title='The bestest form of scrap booking:)'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-1710925437119445323</id><published>2009-03-25T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T14:44:30.482-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Preview "CLOSER" new release on Bellboy Records</title><content type='html'>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="100" &gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2297789485/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2297789485/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" width="400" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never bgcolor=#FFFFFF &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;noembed&gt;&lt;a href="http://chriscowie.bandcamp.com/track/closer-detroit-mix"&gt;Closer - Detroit Mix by Chris Cowie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noembed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="100" &gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2085796795/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2085796795/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" width="400" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never bgcolor=#FFFFFF &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;noembed&gt;&lt;a href="http://chriscowie.bandcamp.com/track/closer-x-cabs-rmx"&gt;Closer - X Cabs Rmx by Chris Cowie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noembed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="100" &gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2894532652/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2894532652/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" width="400" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never bgcolor=#FFFFFF &gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;noembed&gt;&lt;a href="http://chriscowie.bandcamp.com/track/closer-original-vocal-mix"&gt;Closer -  Original Vocal Mix by Chris Cowie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noembed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-1710925437119445323?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/1710925437119445323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/preview-closer-new-release-on-bellboy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/1710925437119445323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/1710925437119445323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/preview-closer-new-release-on-bellboy.html' title='Preview &quot;CLOSER&quot; new release on Bellboy Records'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-5998594509956033655</id><published>2009-03-23T14:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T15:03:30.862-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Closer... we're closing in</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(42, 41, 44); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em;"&gt;&lt;img src="file:///Users/Administrator/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///Users/Administrator/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;img src="file:///Users/Administrator/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;You Heard it from me first...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Hook &amp;amp; Bellboy just relaunched after 5 years of hiding. The releases won't be out "officially" until April 20th, but you can find them available, here... well sort of... (just click on the link) Also, not my fault you can't hear any of my vocals on the previews, but I assure you they're there. Techno music... and those long winded intros... what can you do:) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://store.limewire.com/store/app/pages/album/Album/productId/194237/;jsessionid=4BFE751E7E4379EE62B41BFAC716800E"&gt;Chris Cowie Featuring Rai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;img src="http://store.limewire.com/covers/4/3/71/bcf4/c01c/9556/872e/5a9e/cfb2/1a15/c458/e58a/cover500.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;ul style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 30px; padding: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"&gt;1: Closer - Detroit Mix&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 30px; padding: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"&gt;2: Closer - X Cabs Mix&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 30px; padding: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"&gt;3: Closer - Vocal Mix&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Label founder &lt;strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chris Cowie&lt;/strong&gt; teamed up with songwriter and vocalist Rachel Skotarzcyk (&lt;strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"&gt;RAI&lt;/strong&gt;) a native of Detroit for the return of Bellboy. The Detroit mix is to die for creating a mood on the floor that will have the crowd lost in the groove. The X cabs mix is a Techy affair for those that prefer it served with a little more action. The original vocal mix is a highly infectious grower with a deep moody vocal that aims to send a powerful message. Cowie again shows his diverse production skills which are currently employed in co writing and producing RAI's debut album. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; clear: both;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(42, 41, 44); font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em;"&gt;Contact  &amp;amp; Enquiries&lt;/h1&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1.3em; padding: 3px 0pt 0pt; font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@hookbellboyrecords.com" style="color: rgb(89, 123, 183); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;info@hookbellboyrecords.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                                              &lt;div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"&gt;©2009 Hook &amp;amp; Bellboy Records | Aberdeen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-5998594509956033655?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/5998594509956033655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/you-heard-it-from-me-first.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5998594509956033655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/5998594509956033655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/you-heard-it-from-me-first.html' title='Closer... we&apos;re closing in'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-8593866031944421598</id><published>2009-03-23T03:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T03:08:59.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ice Pond 2003</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepaperbrigade/2376568156/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2038/2376568156_1a9c13ee10.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepaperbrigade/2376568156/"&gt;Ice Pond 2003&lt;/a&gt;, originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thepaperbrigade/"&gt;paperbrigade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;another from &lt;a href="http://virb.com/rubin" target="_blank"&gt;Rubin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-8593866031944421598?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/8593866031944421598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/ice-pond-2003.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8593866031944421598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8593866031944421598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/ice-pond-2003.html' title='Ice Pond 2003'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2038/2376568156_1a9c13ee10_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-7862790917819847005</id><published>2009-03-23T03:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T03:07:36.881-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lights 2003</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepaperbrigade/2375732911/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2375732911_da101aaf06.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepaperbrigade/2375732911/"&gt;Lights 2003&lt;/a&gt;, originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thepaperbrigade/"&gt;paperbrigade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This photo is from a VIRB friend, &lt;a href="http://virb.com/rubin" target="_blank"&gt;Rubin&lt;/a&gt;. I was browsing through his Flickr and couldn't help but post this:) It's just... wonderful:P&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-7862790917819847005?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/7862790917819847005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/lights-2003.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7862790917819847005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/7862790917819847005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/lights-2003.html' title='Lights 2003'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2375732911_da101aaf06_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-3826373952320547102</id><published>2009-03-22T10:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-22T10:54:07.884-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PR and the lack there of</title><content type='html'>Today, I'm shedding some light on a friend of mine. He also happens to be the best photographer I've worked with thus far (in my small opinion). Many of the most talented people fall between the cracks because they just don't have it in them to justify the rat race. Shaun, I hear you, but in saying that, it feels good to do it for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even shanty attempts at self promotion feel wicked. As of recent, I've overloaded myself with a plethora of online promotional sites, to get my music heard, to join the billions doing the same thing, to archive, whatever. I never wanted to push myself on to other people. I always thought, if they like it, they should come to you, but then... how do they know you exist if you don't tell them? And how do they remember you if you're not the banner flashing at the top of every page? I really don't know, but there is a time to fall back, and a time to tip toe forward. Anyway, I'm falling back for the moment and pushing ahead the amazingly talented Shaun Feliciano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="  www.myspace.com/felicianophotography"&gt;&lt;img src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/100/l_fce99bfdfb660b74bba2c601870570a7.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="www.shaunfeliciano.com" target="_blank"&gt;Feliciano Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-3826373952320547102?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/3826373952320547102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/pr-and-lack-there-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3826373952320547102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/3826373952320547102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/pr-and-lack-there-of.html' title='PR and the lack there of'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-155661121712745932</id><published>2009-03-20T04:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T04:37:57.195-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tag, you're it!</title><content type='html'>Good Morning!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful day in Aberdeen today. Before I venture round town and stare and all the mossy brick paved streets, I would like to touch on something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, I have been very busy adding myself to many online networks. It's not like I'm the only one, but I should have done it sooner. It's not very helpful to just sit around and wait for people to discover your music when one relies souly on a Myspace bulletin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To save myself from naming all the links I'm just going to say this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHEN EVERY YOU SEARCH ME, SEARCH Rai Detroit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are too many Rai's out there, in an effort to set myself apart, I just tagged my city. If I do come up on a search... which doesn't happen often, but if I DO and you are able to tag, please tag Rai Detroit.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tagging is another area I am trying to wrap my head around. I gather, even though a video or image might be tagged, unless you have a kabillion hits, it doesn't pop up. Am I right? I don't know. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If anyone reads this and can comment on how to make myself more "searchable" I would love to know!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's all for now!!&lt;br /&gt;Love love,&lt;br /&gt;Rai... Detroit&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-155661121712745932?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/155661121712745932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/tag-youre-it.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/155661121712745932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/155661121712745932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/tag-youre-it.html' title='Tag, you&apos;re it!'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-4620941698756313609</id><published>2009-03-19T18:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T18:26:31.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So This Is Love</title><content type='html'>In light of me archiving....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1v1UVatFx1k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1v1UVatFx1k&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-4620941698756313609?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/4620941698756313609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-this-is-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4620941698756313609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4620941698756313609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-this-is-love.html' title='So This Is Love'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-897917490058551015</id><published>2009-03-16T04:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T04:47:57.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Warmer Place to Hide</title><content type='html'>Been a gloomy couple of days in Aberdeen, but then again, staying inside has it's high points. I just recently hopped on the bandwagon. You can now follow me on twitter (see the side bar) and I'm working on setting up a bandcamp.com account so you will be able to get my music. I'll be posting "la magical" first (recorded in 2004). I'm a bit of a late bloomer, but I'm trying to get my stuff to you:) while you wait, the video for "Warmer Place".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W72KtbCLfOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W72KtbCLfOc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;courtesy &lt;a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;friendID=13184966"&gt;Test Pattern Pictures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-897917490058551015?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/897917490058551015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/warmer-place-to-hide.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/897917490058551015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/897917490058551015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/warmer-place-to-hide.html' title='Warmer Place to Hide'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-8320559865661325190</id><published>2009-03-14T16:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T18:25:57.063-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When one needs clarity- resort to reason on random;)</title><content type='html'>The voice of Reason in the Highest speaks through music. I'm sure of it. Try. What's on your mind? The words you need to hear are there, in your itunes:) Just trust in  &lt;a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=randomnimity"&gt;randomnimity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UQQ2jPm0CO4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UQQ2jPm0CO4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-8320559865661325190?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/8320559865661325190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-one-need-clarity-resort-to-reason.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8320559865661325190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/8320559865661325190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-one-need-clarity-resort-to-reason.html' title='When one needs clarity- resort to reason on random;)'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-2560350018960648293</id><published>2009-03-08T09:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T13:00:02.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chocolat Noir</title><content type='html'>Today.... just a Short Flim. Sit back and take a breather. It's Sunday:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In light of the film, help yourself, help yourself and go get some DARK Chocolate. DARK, flavorful, stiiiimuuulating Chocolate is not just a &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;girl's&lt;/span&gt; best friend, NO, it is the do-gooder of human kind; the hidden ninja of Candy Land! Here are some facts if my jargon is not sufficient. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dark chocolate is rich in B1, B2, and D vitamins, and magnesium and iron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.envirohealthtech.com/nutrients.htm"&gt;~ MAGNESIUM&lt;/a&gt; is the most deficient major mineral  in the diet of civilization and yet is one of the most important of all minerals.  Over 80% of the U.S. population is deficient in magnesium. Magnesium  is a primary alkaline mineral and opens up over 300 different detoxification and elimination pathways.  Magnesium supports the heart, colon, brain, relaxes muscles, relieves cramping and builds strong bones.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to all the pleasurable sensations associated with the sweet, it may also &lt;a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/010077.html"&gt;help lower blood pressure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We found that three ounces of dark chocolate per day over several weeks reduced blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and also seemed to provide a benefit on their insulin sensitivity," he added. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(who is "he"? Probably some Doctor dude, but if you must know, click on the link)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/025189.html"&gt;Lack of Vitamin D Raises Hypertension Risk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Dark Chocolate is CHOC full of vitamin D. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I promise you will feel like a million bucks after a couple mouthfuls. I recommend the higher percentages (72 -80) because you want more of the cocoa, not the sugar. VERY IMPORTANT. Plus, you eat less because it's so much more intense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I am very passionate about Chocolat Noir:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now the Film!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Rai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1192329&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1192329&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/1192329"&gt;La Praline&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/biaxxx"&gt;Bianca Bodmer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-2560350018960648293?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/2560350018960648293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/today.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/2560350018960648293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/2560350018960648293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/today.html' title='Chocolat Noir'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-9118860363351978726</id><published>2009-03-07T04:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T06:09:15.804-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Aromatic Aberdeen</title><content type='html'>On good days it smells of curry, ocean, and wet granite. Some nights, however, it smells of dead fish. In between those times is when change takes place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   So yesterday, I was feeling the drama... of the mellow variety. &lt;br /&gt;I stopped in &lt;a href="http://www.topshoppodcast.com/"&gt;Top Shop&lt;/a&gt; just to feel welcome, but I could help but leave with something. I bought a basic tan sweater, tan trousers, a brown satchel for my thoughts, and some very fringy sandals, in black:) Thinking thrift, I think I made out pretty good, and my new outfit gave me a foggy-fresh hint of direction.  I deemed it deserving, at the mid mark of our trials and tribulations, to finally integrate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In general, yesterday was just... good, like someone flipped the switch on 'mass contentment'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I find in Aberdeen, with as many raindrops as rainy days, the leisure in sun is a well timed necessity. At nearly three months, the city is growing on me, but I... hear.... that the internal mechanics are not as appealing as it's aesthetics. However, as I plan on enjoying my last three months, I do not expect to familiarize myself with faults.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, just wanted to let you know today is a different day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dun dun DUN!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to be continued......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3V6mr2zH9Gk&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3V6mr2zH9Gk&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-9118860363351978726?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/9118860363351978726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/aromatic-aberdeen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/9118860363351978726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/9118860363351978726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/aromatic-aberdeen.html' title='Aromatic Aberdeen'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-4617694289606016435</id><published>2009-03-06T14:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T16:14:15.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today Practice Takes</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgsKP0WtBmk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgsKP0WtBmk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/495437438915244286-4617694289606016435?l=raidetroit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/feeds/4617694289606016435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/practice-takes-my-breath-away.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4617694289606016435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/495437438915244286/posts/default/4617694289606016435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raidetroit.blogspot.com/2009/03/practice-takes-my-breath-away.html' title='Today Practice Takes'/><author><name>Rai</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946763781318089570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ytN8Ef3TQSw/SZNrar4iO8I/AAAAAAAAADc/SyfFtWVjb4A/S220/alchemy2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495437438915244286.post-8573554826608983131</id><published>2009-03-06T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T12:54:28.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Coincidence?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Raï&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language"&gt;Arabic&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span lang="ar" lang="ar"&gt;راي&lt;/span&gt;‎) (pronounced rah-EE or RYE) is a form of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_music" title="Traditional music"&gt;folk music&lt;/a&gt; that originated in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran" title="Oran"&gt;Oran&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria"&gt;Algeria&lt;/a&gt;, and then in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oujda" title="Oujda"&gt;Oujda&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin"&gt;Bedouin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd"&gt;shepherds&lt;/a&gt;, mixed with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Spain" title="Music of Spain"&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_France" title="Music of France"&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_music" title="African music" class="mw-redirect"&gt;African&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_music" title="Arabic music"&gt;Arabic musical&lt;/a&gt; forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture. &lt;i&gt;Raï&lt;/i&gt; literally means &lt;i&gt;opinion&lt;/i&gt; but is colloquially used as an interjection along the lines of "oh, yeah!"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Singers of raï are called &lt;i&gt;cheb&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;shabb&lt;/i&gt;, young) as opposed to &lt;i&gt;sheikh&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaykh" title="Shaykh" class="mw-redirect"&gt;shaykh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, old), the name given to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaabi_%28music%29" title="Chaabi (music)"&gt;Chaabi&lt;/a&gt; singers. The tradition arose in cities like &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran" title="Oran"&gt;Oran&lt;/a&gt; and elsewhere in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlemcen" title="Tlemcen"&gt;Tlemcen&lt;/a&gt;, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, at the turn of the 20th century, female singers became common. Raï musicians as early as the 1930s were singing about social issues which affected native populations. 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