13 Halloween Party Themes

Halloween is quickly becoming a favorite holiday for both
children and adults. Halloween parties are a lovely way to
celebrate the season, and there is a party for every style and
group of people.

1. Night Garden Party - If you have a patio or deck, you can set
up a party for after dark with lanterns or strung outdoor
lights. This is great for any number of people.

2. Ouija Seance - Contact the dead and spirits from the beyond
with a small group of friends.

3. Scary Movie Marathon - Choose several favorite scary movies
to share with each other. Prepare the viewing room for
atmosphere and comfortable viewing.

4. Murder Mystery Dinner - Boxed games are available for parties
of eight to ten adults. Each person comes in character and you
spend the evening detecting "who done it" over a pleasant dinner.

5. Paranormal Party - Set up experiments for your guests to test
their paranormal abilities and E. S. P.

6. Monster Bash / Costume Party - What better way to have fun on
Halloween than to ask people to come in costumes for dancing and
fun.

7. Bonfire and Ghost Stories - Good for all ages. Ask each of
your guests or families to come with one ghost story to tell. If
someone plays a guitar, ask them to bring it, too.

8. Witches Night - Celebrate the night with magic spells. Ask
your friends to bring items they wish to burn.

9. Harvest Party - Have an elegant sit down feast for eight to
twelve to celebrate good foods of the season and good
conversation.

10. Scavenger Hunt - For adults or children, roaming near or
far, for small groups or large ones, scavenger hunts are fun.

11. Haunted House - Get your whole household involved in
spookifying your home for guests and playing the roles of
vampires, headless murderers, and ghosts.

12. Pumpkin Carving Party - This is a fun activity for families
to come together and enjoy.

13. Film a Horror - Have fun with amateur cinematography. If you
feel creative, write a short script or borrow loosely from a
film you like. Make even shy guests be extras in the film.

Paul Cullen Releases Independent CD Dreamdance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Philadelphia, PA-October 10, 2007- Paul Cullen's
resourcefulness reaches fruition on his new release
Dreamdance. By combining his love of music, fine food and
wine, Paul brings his music to wine related events in several
different regions of the country.

Paul was inspired at 19 years old by jazz-fusion artist Pat
Metheny and Weather Report. After hour upon hour of diligent
work with his new obsession, life was about to change. The
opportunity to perform presented itself he started paying his
dues on the road. It all paid off when he had a chance meeting
with members of AC/DC in 1989, whom were friends with rock
legends Bad Company. As they say, timing is everything in life,
as the band needed a bass player. In the early 90's Paul toured
the world with Bad Company, playing in front of millions of
people. For Paul, it was a dream come true: "It was the most fun
I ever had until now," he remembers, "To get to the point where
I was playing in front of 20,000 people every night...it was
incredible."

In 1992, Paul's successful run with Bad Company ended and
another phase of his career began. At that point he decided to
start writing, playing acoustic guitar and singing. Taking his
vision and love for fine wine and food then transforming it into
music was something he knew was not only possible but also very
marketable. Dream
dance is now a reality and it was all done the indie
way. The music is all ready in motion currently through the CD
and live performances on a worldwide level. Paul is traveling to
fine wine and food locations everywhere from Bermuda back to his
home turf in Delaware.

Dreamd
ance offers a cross-section of music ranging from
adult contemporary pop to jazz flavored tracks. Paul commented:
"I've had everyone from their 20's to their 60's approach me and
passionately convey how much they take pleasure in my music.
It's been even more than what I envisioned."

Catch Paul Cullen live Unplugged & Uncorked on Wine Lover's
Wednesday-October 27th @ 6pm at the Casa DiLeo in Rehoboth Beach
Delaware. Visit Paul's website for more information, updates,
sound samples and more.

The Boys in the Band Are in AARP

Like a child who has discovered a new toy, this information will
open up a whole new world of awe and wonder for you.

DARREN REIS isn't disparate to the band practice that takes
place in his house every Tuesday night. But there's only so
greatly loud sway tune he is ready to tolerate. So when the
umpteenth rendition of the Monkeys' "Last sequence to
Clarksville" creates rattling the windows, he goes downstairs,
knocks on the door and makes his request: "Dad, do you think you
guys could keep it down? I'm wearisome to review."

ADULTS WITH TOYS rework Ego practices in Weston, stack. In bands
with elder people, says songster chant Cheney, Threes no drama.

The classic American midlife emergency has found a new retailer:
garage-band sway 'n' spin. Baby boomers across the country -
generally inside-aged dads who never utterly outgrew an
obsession with the tune of their youth - are cranking up their
amps and living their sway 'n' spin fantasies.

We hope that you have gained a clear grasp of the subject matter
presented in the first half of this article.

The Tennyson Seven in Palo Alto, Calif., is normal. The
two-year-old band includes Darren's dad, Rob Reis, 53, a Silicon
Valley entrepreneur, who gets together once a week with five
other amateur sway 'n' spinners - some more-experienced
Tunisians than others - to play the tunnel comfort food of their
generation: the Beatles, Van Morrison, the Monkeys and the
Romantics.

The band won't be signing with Virgin account any time
presently. But that's beside the situation. With one son at
seminary and Darren, 17, last high prepare next year, Mr. Reis
said he can think of no better way to consume inside age. "What
do other people do?" he asked, as if only randomly conscious of
his other options, nobody of which request to him in the
slightest. "A daydream car? An issue?"

Mr. Reis has amply of visitors. In his urban forlorn, there is a
wealth of such bands. The Tennyson Seven newly sent out e-send
letters to numerous Palo Alto prepares present to play open of
indict at some support-raising actions. The retort, Mr. Reis
said, was, "No merit, we have our own dad band that theater for
us."

Mike Lynda, 55, who lives just north of Palo Alto in Redwood
City, theater deep, drums and guitar in a six-guise band called
distance untaken. Mr. Lynda, who has a day job as a marketing
essayist at Deloitte & Touché, said nothing utterly compares to
the therapeutic aspects of practicing riffs with a group of
like-minded sway aficionados.

"I don't know what has done me better - Leapfrog or Thursday
nights jamming with the band," Mr. Lynda said. "You're effective
out a intact lot more than chord patterns when you're live tune
together."

NAMM, a trade group that represents tune retailers and apparatus
manudetailurers, has noticed the increasing records of
inside-aged sawyers, and now oversees what it calls the Weekend
Warriors encode, a six-weekend sequence planned specifically for
baby boomers to get back into live in a band - or create live in
one. The encode brings would-be sawyers into tune food around
the country and provides gear, practice legroom, coaches and,
for those in requisite, additional band members.

Joe Almond, the chief executive of NAMM, created the encode when
he was effective in a tune keep in Sacramento and began noticing
a change in the keep's clientele. "I created since customers
advent in who you'd think would have been shopping for their
kids," he said. "But they were shopping for themselves."

Mr. Almond said the encode has burgeoned in current living, as
the sway 'n' spinners of the '60s and '70s become clear nesters
with time and disposable revenue on their hands.

Nostalgia provides the backbeat for this advance. "The tune we
pass through our lifetimes is tune we eavesdrop to in our recent
youth and early 20s, because it was such an emotional time," Mr.
Almond said. "That tune is plainly sheltered into your usage -
your wits, your body, and your emotions."

For those now in their 50s defective to alter back the timer,
that means live "brunette eyed youngster" and "I Saw Her rank
there." And "Mustang outing," in the key of C.

"We commend? Mustang outing' as a good creature song," Mr.
Almond said. "A bad creature song is something by hard Dan, or
truthful Zappa. Or Yes."

Part of recapturing perplexed innocence means laboring under an
illusion or two. Mr. Almond commends that the practice quarters
be open of mirrors. "You don't want to be living your guitar,
emotion like you're 20 all over again, then look in a mirror and
see some paunchy bald guy," Mr. Almond said.

Not only do many spouses pass of the bands, some even
participate. Rob Reis's spouse, Julie, 54, is a songster in the
Tennyson Seven.

And when such bands get the occasional gig, the faces in the
viewers lean to distort to the bands own demographic, a detail
that helps verify song span. Mike brunette, who was taught as a
classical pianist and came to sway 'n' spin a bit recent in life
as the keyboardist for the Palo Alto band the Wildcats, said his
band's repertory is simply recognizable, with a basic of Beatles
and Double Brothers. "We want each to know the song in the first
pair of comments," he said.

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Faith Hill Cry Contemporary Country Music CD Review

The super talented Contemporary Country artist Faith Hill has
released her most recent CD on the Warner Bros. Records
recording label, entitled Cry.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop
in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track
is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start
to finish.

Contemporary Country music fans will recognize some of the well
known contributors on the project including Marti Frederiksen
and Damon Johnson plus a few other notables as well.

Cry is a first rate CD, delivering a little something for
everyone. I give it my highest recommendation. It's quite simply
great listening. A must buy for the Contemporary Country fan.

While this entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are
track 4 - When The Lights Go Down, track 8 - If You're Gonna Fly
Away, and track 10 - If This Is The End

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On
REpeat"] is track 14 - You're Still Here. Wow!

Cry Release Notes:

Faith Hill originally released Cry on October 15, 2002 on the
Warner Bros. Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Free 2. Cry 3. One 4. When The Lights Go Down 5. Beautiful 6.
Unsaveable 7. Baby You Belong 8. If You're Gonna Fly Away 9.
Stronger 10. If This Is The End 11. This Is Me 12. Back To You
13. I Think I Will 14. You're Still Here

Personnel includes: Faith Hill (vocals); Damon Johnson
(acoustic, electric & slide guitars); Marti Frederiksen
(acoustic & electric guitars, percussion, background vocals);
Tim Pierce (acoustic & electric guitars); Dean Parks (acoustic
guitar); Michael Landau, Bryan Gallimore (electric guitar,
background vocals); Suzie Katayama (violin); Jim Cox (piano,
Hammond B-3 organ); Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Paul Bushnell.
Leland Sklar (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Bekka Bramlet
(tambourine, background vocals); Eric Carter, Frank Macek
(programming); Erik Lutkins (loops); Doug Moffet, Lisa Gregg,
Lisa Cochran, Crystal Taliefero, Chris Rodriguez (background
vocals).

Producers: Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, Marti Frederiksen.

CRY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country
Album. "Cry" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Country
Vocal Performance.

50 Cent's Next Power Play

Hate him or love him, Curtis "Interscope" Jackson a.k.a. "50
Cent," is a bread-winner. Fresh off a $100 million dollar profit
from the sale of Glaceau's Vitamin Water to Coca Cola for $4.1
billion, 50 Cent has rocketed into a new "financial space," and
plans to leverage his worth in his next multi-million dollar
power play.

Back in 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent to a 7 figure deal which
contractually obligated 50 to release four albums and a greatest
hits disc, totaling five solo albums to be released under
Interscope Records.

In 2003, 50 Cent's debut album, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'," was a
massive success and sold over 11 million records and catapulted
Curtis into hip hop history.

50 followed up with "The Massacre" in 2005, scoring another hit
record that sold over 9 million copies.

This time around, 50 Cent utilized a media frenzy between him
and Kanye West to promote his album href="http://more-than-music.blogspot.com/2007/08/50-cents-curtis
-and-kanye-wests.html">"Curtis," which is the third album of
his four album contract, plus one greatest hits record.

Curtis has realized his enormous negotiating power now because
he IS the sole bread-winner of Interscope, and if he decides to
not re-sign with them, he is eligible to receive MASSIVE offers
from other labels, most importantly, Warner Music Group. Lyor
Cohen (CEO of WMG), has expressed interest in 50 Cent and has as
much marketing power as Interscope Records CEO, Jimmy Iovine.

This is why 50 Cent is taking shots at Jimmy Iovine on href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/36329251c6c02c/">Smile (I'm
Leavin), because this is terribly nerve-wrecking for Jimmy,
considering 50 has made him hundreds of milllions of dollars.
Jimmy's weekends on the islands are all of a sudden worry filled
because 50 is seriously considering leaving Interscope, and has
been publicly making statements href="http://allhiphop.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/09/12/18579728
.aspx">blaming Interscope for his not as successful launch of
"Curtis."

The departure of 50 Cent from Interscope would almost totally
shut down Interscope's ability to get songs played on radio.
Why? Because when you have a 50 Cent on your label, you can also
get the other wack rappers on your label easy radio spins!
People get it twisted, 50 Cent is a music powerhouse.

"Curtis Jackson is about to pull off the ultimate, music
industry stick-up, to be hot on his fifth and last album!" (Funk
Master Flex)

This brings us back to Lyor Cohen, CEO of Warner Music Group.
Chris Lighty, 50 Cent's manager, is head of the marketing
department at WMG, which means it only makes sense for 50 to
head there, knowing he will receive full marketing and promotion
for his projects. This places Interscope in a terrible position
because the only way they can keep 50 Cent is to offer him a
historic, record-breaking, music deal!

This historic event will happen very soon because 50 Cent is
planning to release his fourth album, "Before I Self Destruct,"
December of THIS YEAR.

50 has stated he has already completed 80% of the album.

His fifth and final album under Interscope would require him to
almost do nothing simply because it is a greatest hits CD.

You might be wondering, "what happens to the rest of G-Unit if
50 does leave Interscope?"

They leave too.

The Songs of Wine

When it comes to wine, we use a variety of our senses. Our sense
of taste and our sense of smell helps us perceive flavors and
aromas, our sense of sight helps us look for legs, helping us to
identify body, and our sense of touch, well, that just helps us
to make sure we grab a glass of wine, and not a can of beer. In
fact, there is only one sense we don't really use: our sense of
hearing.



Now, I've done it myself: I've had a few too many glasses of
wine, put the glass up to my ear, and sworn up and down that I
could hear the ocean. Except for those rare, okay frequent,
instances, hearing, when it comes to wine, is a bit left out.
That is, however, until it "auditions" for inclusion in the form
of song.



The following is our list of some of the best wine songs to ever
grape, er grace, us with their presence.



Alcohol (Brad Paisley): So, this song might not be just
about wine. With lyrics that talk about all kinds of alcohol,
the spotlight isn't on a bottle of Shiraz doing a rather long,
but oddly touching, interpretive dance. Still, any song that
gives a shout out to Bordeaux, France is a must listen for the
wine lover. Not too bad, Brad.



The Wino and I know (Jimmy Buffett): One of the best
singers to listen to at any kind of party, Jimmy Buffett
delivers a song that acknowledges the wine drinker in all of us.
There is, however, one problem: the line "the wino and I," for
many of us, is redundant.



Red Red Wine (UB40): A song that has made many of us feel
so fine, "Red Red Wine" is just a fun fun time. We might not
know what the heck "Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep
line" means, but who cares: let's just focus on memorizing the
rest of the song's rap section.



Bottle of Wine (Tom Paxton): An oldie, but a goodie,
"Bottle of Wine" pays homage to the fruit of the vine. But, when
Tom sings the "When you gonna let me get sober?" line, we can't
help but think he's joking. Seriously Paxton, pour another
drink.



Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter): Even though we are pretty
sure the "Strawberry Wine" in this song is likely Boone's Farm,
it's still a good tune. It talks about first loves, summer
nights, and remembering when 30 was old. As someone who turns 30
in a few months, allow me to state that 30 is the new 20, oh
wait, the new 21.



Little Ole Wine Drinker Me (Dean Martin): We can only
expect a great song from the man who was once quoted as saying,
"You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the
floor without holding on." Very true Dean, very true.



Champagne Supernova (Oasis): I know that I may be one of
the few people who actually love Oasis (call me Liam!), but this
is a great song. Hopefully we will all someday find ourselves in
a "Champagne Supernova," or at least like a Champagne brunch.



Blood Red Wine (Rolling Stones): Wine's greatest chance
of ever truly rocking out, this song allows us to picture a
Merlot with a Mohawk, a Pinot with a pierced nose, and a
Traminer with a tattoo.



Two More Bottles of Wine (Martina McBride): A tune that
teaches us that our lovers can move out and, as long as there is
wine, everything will be okay, "Two More Bottles of Wine" would
have been just a little bit better if it had replaced the word
"bottles" with the word "cases."



Wine, Women an' Song (White Snake): As a female, I might
not identify with this song as much as the male gender. After
all, it talks zealously about landing a good woman. But, who
cares: I can turn lesbian for one article and chalk it up to
experimentation.

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The Canadian Music Industry And The Effect Of Peer-To-Peer

There have been some changes in the laws in Canada concerning
music and its download in the recent years. Let us look at some
of the important aspects that have been affecting the music
industry. Some of the aspects of music concerning taxes, charges
and the like deserve a closer look.

There is much talk that peer-to-peer is href="http://www.audiomecca.com/download-music/"
target="_blank">music download is responsible for declining
music sales. While there may be some amount of truth to the
statement, a large part of the decibels raised may well be due
to good old plain rhetoric. Industry numbers suggest that the
popularity of latest gizmos like DVDs, retail chain distribution
changes, and reduced prices of CDs in the retail market all have
been playing their own role in the so-called woes. The woes
themselves may not be entirely true themselves, as the music
industry has seen fair amount of growth in recent years.

It can also be said with reasonable surety that Canadian
artists' royalty losses have been offset by the private copying
levy system. The Canadian Private Copying Collective alone has
collected millions of dollars over the past few years with much
of that revenue earmarked for Canadian artists.

Laws that require people to pay for simple href="http://www.audiomecca.com/music-software/"
target="_blank">music software goodies like the popular
iTunes have the potential of nipping a nascent industry in the
bud. Whereas Apple iTunes may well be able to survive the
pressure by using its deep pockets, smaller players may not be
so lucky. Copyright rules require music download industry to
submit more than 40% of their revenue to the collectives.

Incredible as it may seem, even the 40% of gross revenues as
envisioned by these tariffs may not cover all the rights that
are associated with commercial music download services. It
remains well within the realm of possibility that other groups,
including collectives representing music performers and
producers, may come forward to demand their piece of the cake by
further cutting into online music services' revenues.

The well established players have settlements that have been
well negotiated to their advantage with the record labels, it is
the development of a viable economic model that the future
growth of the industry depends on. The much maligned peer to
peer downloads are actually already subject to a fair amount of
compensation through the levy on private copying. The actual
threat lies elsewhere - the collectives that essentially are
poised to capture a very large share of the tiny market.

Other innovative areas which the tariff lovers are tapping
include the webcasters and online games industry. Others have
been eyeing the multi-million online sharing music industry. As
much as 25% of revenues, however, continue to come from the
online websites that offer music sharing with href="http://www.audiomecca.com/music-software/"
target="_blank">free music software. The reproduction rights
over online music are also being targeted to generate additional
revenue in this vast field. Audio webcast sites that feature
content similar to conventional radio stations, as well as from
established radio stations that webcast their signal also well
in the line of fire. Of course, there are different rates of
taxes for different online services - varying from five percent
to as high as twenty-five percent.

Happy downloading! I am sure you will now not worry about the
download costs of your music!