The British Beat Live

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The British Beat Live public television concert special premiered in March 2007 and includes an incredible line-up of British Invasion stars, including Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Zombies, Petula Clark, Peter & Gordon, Lulu, Gerry & The Pacemakers, and others. Features "Wild Thing," "Do Wah Diddy," "Ferry Across The Mercy," "Go Now," "Time Of The Season," and many other classics. Hosted by Petula Clark.

Program listing
1. Game Of Love--Wayne Fontana
2. Groovy Kind Of Love --Wayne Fontana
3. I Go To Pieces--Peter & Gordon
4. A World Without Love --Peter & Gordon
5. Needles and Pins--Mike Pender
6. Downtown--Petula Clark
7. Do Wah Diddy--Paul Jones
8. Here Comes My Baby--The Tremeloes
9. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place --Eric Burdon & The Animals
10. The House Of The Rising Sun --Eric Burdon & The Animals
11. Time Of The Season--The Zombies
12. She's Not There--The Zombies
13. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
14. To Sir With Love--Lulu
15. Wild Thing--Reg Presley & The Troggs
16. Ferry Cross The Mersey --Gerry & The Pacemakers
17. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying --Gerry & The Pacemakers
18. Go Now--Denny Laine

All The Right Moves - To Beat and Get Past Your Opponent

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THE FINEST TRAINING VIDEO
So So
heck NO
good soccer moves DVD
Great Video

All The Right Moves - To Beat and Get Past Your Opponent

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ASIN: B00007FSA7
Release Date: 2000-08-01

Description

A collection of 20 different moves that will leave your opponent standing. Each move is detailed and shown at match speed and in slow motion. What appears to be complex is made easy for players of all ages and abilities. Plus, in this easy to learn system you get to see World Class players putting the moves on their opponents.

Customer Reviews:

THE FINEST TRAINING VIDEO.......2007-05-15

Excellent training product. Well-organized, easy to use, top training material. My seven year-old son and I watch it together and then go out to practice. He's already learned some of the moves and used them to impress the coach of a traveling team. Highly recommended.

So So.......2007-04-11

Reasonable review of various moves, but some of the demonstrations were much too basic, and did not show the deception needed to make the moves work. If fact, some of the "cut" moves looked very lazy in the demonstration. My youth team was not very impressed. A few more demonstraions by either professional players or in-game shots would have been very helpful in showing how to "sell" the moves. I think this is ok for youth coaches, but not for the players themselves.

heck NO.......2007-03-15

Don't waste your money, poorly done, very basic stuff that every human being knows, wont help develope soccer skills or anything! save your money,

good soccer moves DVD.......2007-01-20

It is a good DVD not great but a place to start.

Great Video.......2006-11-09

Good moves, good quality video -- I highly recommend, though my U9 boys have not yet integrated the moves into game play.

Annie Duke's Advanced Texas Hold 'Em Secrets - How to Beat the Big Boys (Masters of Poker)

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Put up yer Dukes...!
Good tips, Good Value
Informative but difficult to watch
good but too short
A Very Good DVD for Intermediate Players Looking to Improve

Annie Duke's Advanced Texas Hold 'Em Secrets - How to Beat the Big Boys (Masters of Poker)
Starring: Masters of Poker
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ASIN: B000A2UBNY
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Description

World Renowned WSOP Tournament of Champions winner Annie Duke shares her inside secrets on how to master Texas Hold `Em. For the first time ever, Annie reveals the advanced poker strategies that have earned her millions of dollars. Learn how to "Beat The Big Boys" and compete like a true professional poker player. Go beyond the other poker videos available and get inside the mind of a World Champion! Learn Annie's trademarked FBI Profiling Techniques to be able to easily read your opponents. Learn advanced techniques from bluffing and tells, determining pot odds instantly to playing position and MUCH MORE! ALL IN magazine has named this the "BEST ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL POKER DVD EVER RELEASED!"

Customer Reviews:

Put up yer Dukes...!.......2007-05-17

Nice, direct approach to the genre of teaching video, Duke's vulnerability in from of the camera is a perfect foil for her strength of character at the poker table. Concise, witty and fun, the video is full of gems that I believe will help me relieve the donkeys of their hard-earned money..!

Good tips, Good Value.......2007-05-10

"Advanced" can mean different things to different people. Let me start by telling you what it means here. It means you already know how to play the cards. This DVD will not tell you when to raise with pocket 7s or how to play when you flop a straight. This DVD is about what you need to know after you already know that. This is not about the "advanced" secrets of playing your hand. If you are looking for advice on how to play your two cards, this is not your DVD.

So what does it cover? The main claim to fame is the section on Tells. Annie covers techniques that the FBI uses to know when someone is lying for example. She emphasizes that you need to watch your opponents before you end up in a hand with them to get a baseline. For example, rapid blinking can be a sign of lying (bluffing), but if you haven't noticed the player before now, how do you know if he is blinking a lot? Some people just blink more than others. Also included are sections on playing against certain types of players (the maniac for one) as well as things like figuring pot odds and so on.

Yes the production values are minimal. Yes, Annie sits at the same table the entire DVD, but the advice is good and there is nothing to distract you from getting it.

If you already are confortable with playing your two cards then this DVD is a good way to help you move to the next level where what happens above your cards is just as important on what is on them.

Informative but difficult to watch.......2007-04-25

I purchased both of Annie Duke's DVDs. The information is valuable but as a No Limit player, I found the discussion of both Limit and No Limit distracting.
My BIGGEST COMPLAINT is that the setting is identical to a funeral home, including the crimson velvet curtains framing an urn. Ms. Duke wears the same ugly shirt throughout both videos.
I would really enjoy these DVD's if they were produced in a visually appealing setting, and if Ms. Duke changed her peasant blouse. It is unfortunate that so much good information is wasted by poor production.

good but too short.......2007-03-17

great advice on tells, but it is way too short. She spends a lot of time explaining why this dvd is only for advanced players but doesn'tgo through many topics that an advanced player thinks about. What she is good at are seeking "tells", and pretty much thats all she delves into.

A Very Good DVD for Intermediate Players Looking to Improve.......2007-02-02

Let me first start by saying that I have been playing hold'em poker for 3 1/2 years, the last 1/2 year of which has been for a living. I would recommend this DVD to anyone who, like me, is a visual learner. I personally get a lot more out of watching a lesson than by reading about one. But, that's just me. Anyhow, Annie (who happens to be one of my favorite players), does a fine job of covering all the major topics that an intermediate player needs to learn in order to move up the limits or simply to improve their profits at their current table limits.

No, this DVD won't make you the next World Champion, but it will teach you some very solid higher-level poker fundamentals if you are in the intermediate stage of your poker career, and it will be a great refresher course for experienced players who want to quickly brush up their skill set.

I especially like the way that this DVD is arranged into cogent chapters which you can easily jump to through the main menu. If you want a quick lesson on how to play position, for example, you go right to that chapter on the DVD. If you want tips on reading people's tells, based on FBI interrogator research, you can quickly get a nice lesson on that...and so on. It is not a video that has its information strewn about randomly throughout. In short, this DVD is very well laid out, and that is one of the things I really enjoy about it. I still go back and review sections every now and then to reinforce certain skills.

In closing, this is a good DVD and Annie Duke does a good job. Though it's only shot with her sitting at the table in a studio, she is charismatic and fun to watch. Will you learn the deepest, darkest secrets of world-class Texas Hold'em -- of course not. Would KFC ever publish their secret blend of 11 herbs and spices for anyone to buy? Same logic here, but I bet you will gain from this DVD.

That's my small blind (2 cents). Thanks for reading my review.

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Beat Street
solid gold
very good and interesting movie
Take It Off The Rack And It's Wack Put It Back
The Uncut Version

Beat Street
Starring: Rae Dawn Chong , Guy Davis , Jon Chardiet , Leon W. Grant , and Saundra Santiago
Director: Stan Lathan
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ASIN: B000089738
Release Date: 2003-04-15

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A slightly dated but nonetheless fascinating snapshot of musical history, Beat Street is an urban musical detailing the roots of hip-hop. Set in early-1980s New York, the film focuses on the lives of a small group of young people setting their experiences against the larger backdrop of the city's burgeoning music scene. The story of up-and-coming DJ Kenny (Guy Davis) and his relationship with jazz musician Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong) may only be a device, but it's surprisingly effective, as is the ultimately tragic tale of graffiti artist Ramon (Jon Chardiet). The movie's real raison d'être, however, is to showcase the sounds of the street, so it's full of some of hip-hop's most influential names--Melle Mel, Doug E Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, the Rocksteady Crew, Jazzy Jeff, and Arthur Baker. And while the combination of electro and rapping may sound a little crude to modern ears, there can be no doubt that Beat Street is the sight and sound of history being made. --Phil Udell

Description

Widely considered the most influential hip-hop movie of all time, this "gritty, streetwise musical"(LA Herald-Examiner) features a who's who of the movement's early starsKool DJ Herc, KoolMoe Dee, Doug E. Fresh, Afrika Bambaataa and Melle Melas well as the famous Rocky Steady Crew vs. New York City Breakers battle at the Roxy. Uniting the four elements of hip-hopbreakdancing, DJ-ing, MC-ing and graffitiinto an unforgettable experience, Beat Street is a true classic, packed with sharp lyrics, powerful moves and the flashiest dance sets the screen has ever seen! When rapper-DJ Kenny (Guy Davis) meets cultured jazz artist Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong), he is so inspired by her dedication that he vows to use his talents to escape the ghetto. But when his friend, a gifted graffiti artist, is killed in a tragic accident, Kenny comes face to face with the high price of artistic passion.

Customer Reviews:

Beat Street.......2007-05-24

I enjoyed this movie just as much as I enjoyed it over 20 years ago. It basically gives the East Coast Version of breakdancing and rap and how it got started

solid gold.......2007-05-23

For anyone who ever had a rap/hip-hop/break-dance bone in their body this is the ultimate movie. Probably overshadowed in its time because of Fame, Footloose, and the antics of Michael Jackson, but this in my opinion ranks up there with the best of the dance culture. Unfortunately I lost those bones after growing taller, but this movie was a blast from the past and will stay high up on my DVD stacks.

very good and interesting movie.......2007-03-09

the movie held your interest and had a good storyline about the youth of america

Take It Off The Rack And It's Wack Put It Back.......2006-10-23

I don't know what's up with all of these 4-5 star reviews. This movie was awful. There was no plot and the movie just seemed to drag. Not even the guest appearances by Afrika Bambataa, Melle Mel, and the Rock Steady Crew could save it. I couldn't wait for it to be over with. The "graffiti" throughout the movie was absolutely awful. Ramo and his girlfriend were too white to have a baby that dark with curly hair. Guy Davis was fine back then, but not anymore. Rae Dawn Chong was just annoying. This is one movie I never want to see again.

The Uncut Version.......2006-09-28

This movie is nostalgic for me. It reminds me of an era that I miss greatly. Many people here criticize its accuracy talking about bad grafitti, acting, love songs, etc. What do you guys mean? I am a New York Puertorican, Newyorican raised in Ravenswood Projects, Queens, Bushwick, Brooklyn and went to school in Spanish Harlem. This was back in the day when NYC was tough. La Familia, Ballbuster, Zulu Nation ruled the streets back then.

So I guess I got the right to say the movie accurately portrays life in NYC in the 80's. Some guy here criticized the love songs. C'mon man. What, people back then in the projects didn't love anyone?, had a girlfriend, etc? I find the movie to be so real that I definitely want to move back to NYC.

I know New York isn't the same. The South Bronx is being renovated. The gangs are gone. All the bombers, Lee jeans creased down the middle and finely pressed and jackets, the pumas and adidas with the thick laces in checkerboard formation, the boricuas with their wild Carribean looks, its ALL gone. But I need to go back, if not to play chinese handball at the schoolyard one more time.

I didn't give it 5 stars because there are deleted scenes. Why won't they come out with a DVD including those deleted scenes? I guarantee you everyone that bought this DVD would buy that one also.

Dance Fitness for Beginners with MaDonna Grimes: African Beat - Latin Heat

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Loved It!!!
Great, fun workout with a terrific instructor
Very nice moves
A lot of chorographic ideas
not for beginners

Dance Fitness for Beginners with MaDonna Grimes: African Beat - Latin Heat
Starring: MaDonna Grimes
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ASIN: B0006H31SA
Release Date: 2005-01-11

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Award-winning choreographer, MaDonna Grimes, is renowned for her innovative dance moves. She has a master's degree in dance performance and choreography, and has appeared in many fitness and fashion magazines.

Elevate your heart rate in this high-energy workout that moves and grooves. African Beat - Latin Heat is like having a dance party in your living room! MaDonna Grimes makes sure you never stop moving in this exciting Dance Fitness for Beginners program.

Challenge your muscles and your spirit when you turn up the heat with this full-body, cardio workout. MaDonna keeps you burning calories as you dance, move your arms, and swing your hips to a mix of Latin and African rhythms. Designed for women and men, this program combines Latin dance steps with hip, urban moves.

Program Features: - Dance moves you can take to the clubs - Fun routines challenge every muscle - Tones entire body - Shed unwanted pounds and burn fat

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Loved It!!!.......2007-08-06

Great way to dance off some pounds with a great dance routine that is fun, energetic, and fairly easy after you do the video a few times.

Great, fun workout with a terrific instructor.......2007-06-27

Madonna Grimes exudes such positive energy that it's impossible not to enjoy this workout. In fact, all of the people featured in the video seem to benefit from her contagious enthusiasm. This is an upbeat workout that doesn't take itself too seriously. The moves are fun and easy to do. It's so enjoyable that I'm actually disappointed when it's over. It honestly is too brief! Combined with the 10-minute bonus workout (which I usually do after the primary workout),it's definitely a great workout. Madonna is the best instructor I've seen; I will definitely purchase her other videos in the future.

Very nice moves.......2007-05-13

I liked it so much, because I had fun and learned a great moves that I can use in a dance club if I want!!!

A lot of chorographic ideas .......2006-11-03

This DVD is excellent and gave me a lot of chorographic ideas to use in my classes. I would like to see more of African/ latin DVD's from MaDonna.

not for beginners.......2006-10-22

this dvd is difficult for a beginner. she doesn't explain anything at all. if i could had given it 0 stars i would have.

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Memories
Flash back.
"Next time, we'll do more than rip somebody's clothes off!"
The difference between a mohawk and a landshark
I guess I'm the only one

Suburbia
Starring: Chris Pedersen , Bill Coyne , Jennifer Clay , Timothy O'Brien (II) , and Wade Walston
Director: Penelope Spheeris
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ASIN: B000BRMMJO
Release Date: 2005-12-26

Description

"Quite a few directors share and reflect the youthful rebellion and pop culture of their own generation. Penelope Spheeris is unique in that she uses her counter-culture sympathies to explore the lives, music, and attitudes of the new younger generation. You can see this in her movies. After documenting the punk scene in THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, she made SUBURBIA for me, in which she explored the world of alienated suburban teenagers, and later had a huge hit with WAYNE'S WORLD." -- Roger Corman~~When family problems and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape with the orphans of a throwaway society. Calling themselves T.R. ("The Rejected"), these runaways hold on to one another like family, living in abandoned houses away from the society that despises them. SUBURBIA is THE punk rock movie, depicting with unbridled realism the lives, loves, and misfortunes of a discarded youth

Customer Reviews:

Memories.......2007-07-22

I remember watching this all the time when I was a teen... back on VHS and what-not. Its about time its released on DVD. I hate buses!

Flash back........2007-03-15

I watched this movie when I was a teenager (oh- about 100 years ago). I loved it then for the music and the kids who were in it. They were the same kids I hung out with, only on the west coast. Living life with no rules or discipline. Not to mention Flea was in it- a good reason to buy any movie. I just purchased it for my own teenage daughter who loves it as much as I do. Times may change but kids never do.

"Next time, we'll do more than rip somebody's clothes off!".......2007-03-13

Always remember, if you see a girl, don't rip her clothes off! Doing that will drive her crazy! I know this because I saw it on Suburbia.

In the beginning of the movie, some people at a club rip a dress of a girl. She was being stuck up, maybe because her dress was fancy. So, the people go, "Hey, let's rip her clothes off." Whoa, bad idea! The people are all laughing, like "Man, this is funny!" But having her clothes ripped off her body has driven the girl crazy and all she can do is stand there and cry and scream. She is crazy now all because her clothes got ripped off her body and she is totally naked!

Later on, this one guy and his friend are angry. They went to a strip club and they had to pay to see a naked girl. They go to the house where these people live, rip the clothes off one girl and put her in a sleeper hold, then yell at the kids. They have a gun, and their message is clear: Girls better get used to getting their clothes ripped off by stangers and not go crazy...or else POW! So what happens next? THAT girl goes crazy. Not only that, she is driven so crazy that she is dead. Like, "wait a minute, even that first girl who got her clothes ripped off DID NOT kill herself! Come on!" But it is true! That is what can happen if you rip the clothes of a girl! DO NOT DO IT! Unless you want to see a girl crazy and dead!

The difference between a mohawk and a landshark.......2006-12-31

This movie relayed how things were, or at least how people wished they would be. The situations are more cartoony than real at times. The prom queen in the pit? Okay, I saw it happen once, but she didn't get her clothes ripped off, she was beaten up by skin chicks. I think those that are seeing the reflection of class society and Reaganomics would be the objects of scorn by the TR kids themselves. The soundtrack rules and I think it's the first of it's kind (before Tarrintino) to have audio bites from the film itself. I'm still looking for that single that Jack was listening to in his room, just by the way. I read the other reviews and wonder if these are the people that I grew up with. This movie makes me disparagingly nostalgic, sort of the way that I feel about Iraq or Afghanistan. Odd that one of the most quoted line is about war.

I guess I'm the only one.......2006-12-19

A bunch of lowlifes rip the clothes off of a girl and she stands there naked screaming for minutes. All of the T.R. kids stand around and laugh at this naked girl screaming. The adult gets on the microphone and says "Hey you guys, leave that girl alone, or no punk rock music for you"! This scene was so unbelievably stupid! If a young girl got all of her clother ripped off and was standing in the middle of a public place crying and screaming, no adult would say to "leave her alone" and "knock it off you guys"! So after this moronic scene, we are supposed to like the T. R. kids? Why? Also the racism towards the kids' stepdad was not making me like these losers any more. Are punks supposed to hate black people? No! This is my review so please click on ther button that says this was not helpful. Then you will be cool and hardcore!

Breakin' Collection (Breakin' / Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo / Beat Street)

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Happy With Purchase
awesome moves
All of the best breakdancing videos from the 80s in one package!
If you can't Dance
Oldie but Goodie "Breakin"

Breakin' Collection (Breakin' / Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo / Beat Street)
Starring: Lucinda Dickey , Adolfo Quinones , Michael Chambers , Ben Lokey , and Christopher McDonald
Director: Joel Silberg , Sam Firstenberg , and Stan Lathan
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ASIN: B0009VRHN8
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Customer Reviews:

Happy With Purchase.......2007-07-11

The item purchased came when it was supposed to (not earlier) and in great condition. It was a perfectly good experience.

awesome moves.......2007-03-26

this dvd will just make you wanna move and dance. its exciting and its worth the money. i have watched it over and over and over again. its a hot dvd set and i recommend it highly

All of the best breakdancing videos from the 80s in one package!.......2007-02-07

I can't believe it! These are ALLLLLLL the videos tha got me into breakdancing in one package!

I gotta take this opportunity though to showcase my 2 favorite breakdance instructional videos on amazon. I searched so hard and bought so many videos to learn how to dance like this and the best ones I found are How To Do The Robot - Breakdance Instructional DVD or Top 20 Breakdance Moves! I just want everybody to be able to breakdance if they want to because it was so hard for me to find good videos to learn from!

Good luck!

If you can't Dance.......2007-01-18

The Movies will teach you how to do the moves that you wish you could do, Watch,Practice, and prepare to break a leg!

Oldie but Goodie "Breakin".......2007-01-12

The DVD was a gift for someone. It came on time, played with no problems, and the receiver was pleasantly happy with it. Would shop with Seller again.

LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues - Level One

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A Favorite Yoga DVD
Not for bipolar
Yoga to Beat the Blues
Excellent Yoga DVD to Improve Your Energy Level and Mood

LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues - Level One
Starring: Amy Weintraub
Director: Dan Duncan
Manufacturer: Pre-Post Production
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ASIN: B000MMMWMU
Release Date: 2007-01-12

Product Description

75 minute video (DVD) practice, led by Amy Weintraub 12 Programmable Chapters shot in HD Original music by William Chapman + Music from Krishna Das, MJ Bindu Delekta Includes a Study Guide booklet Shot on-location in Tucson, AZ by Emmy-award winning Director of Photography, Dan Duncan. In the first video yoga practice to address depression, Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of the book Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books), offers a practice to lift and balance the mood. As the founder and director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, in Tucson, AZ, Amy has been bringing the healing practices of LifeForce Yoga to audiences internationally through her workshops for people who suffer from depression and anxiety and trainings to the professionals who serve them. For the first time, this unique DVD showcases the integrative practice of LifeForce Yoga. Viewers will be able to invite Amy into their homes as she leads them through comprehensive breathing techniques, toning, and postures to awaken physical energy and calm the busy mind. Shot on location in Tucson, Arizona, Amy invites practitioners into the loving embrace of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kwan Yin, she who hears the cries of the world. In the sacred space Amy creates, students begin to feel and safely experience their bodies and their emotions. The practice culminates with yoga nidra, or deep relaxation, in which participants integrate the experience and return to full wakefulness feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

Customer Reviews:

A Favorite Yoga DVD.......2007-06-24

Life Force Yoga to Beat the Blues is an all around fabulous yoga DVD whether you suffer from the blues or not. Amy Weintraub is a fabulous teacher and her instructions are clear and concise. The magnificent scenery and soothing music make it a feast for the senses. I own many yoga DVDs but this is an all time favorite!!
Trudy Haas
Yoga Teacher

Not for bipolar.......2007-05-07

I was somewhat disappointed with this DVD. When I received it, I discovered that many of the exercises are not for people with bipolar disorder (or inflammatory conditions such as IBD)...which would have been good to know before I bought the DVD. Also, I found the Sanskrit music rather annoying. However, the yoga teacher does seem to know about yoga and depression.

Yoga to Beat the Blues.......2007-03-12

I found this video very comforting and a great yoga practice as all of the poses and breathing exercises are aimed at helping depression and anxiety. Amy is a lovely teacher! I especially like the joint warm up at the beginning!

Excellent Yoga DVD to Improve Your Energy Level and Mood.......2007-02-12

LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues is beautifully done and uplifting. The practice is easy to follow, and it really improves one's mood, energy level and sense of being "in balance." The opening joint warm-up dance is so much fun and uses great sanskrit music. Amy Weintraub's descriptions of the breathing practices, yoga poses and yoga flows are excellent. She also weaves mantra throughout the practice, which adds another dimension. I would recommend this to anyone, at any level, who wants to improve their sense of physical, mental and emotional well-being.

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Music and the journey towards self-redemption
Fast, tense with outstanding acting and a clever storyline
And The Beat Goes On
Like many others french movies
Don't Shoot the Piano Player

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Starring: Romain Duris , Niels Arestrup , Jonathan Zaccaï , Gilles Cohen , and Linh Dan Pham
Director: Jacques Audiard
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ASIN: B000B9EYFW
Release Date: 2005-11-22

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped could single-handedly give remakes a good name. Based on the 1978 American movie Fingers, The Beat... stars Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) as Tom, a hoodlum who works the shady side of real estate--evicting poor families from slums, cutting quick and dirty deals in the middle of the night--following in the footsteps of his sleazy father. But clearly Tom loathes both himself and everything he does. One night he accidentally runs into the man who managed Tom's mother, who was a pianist; the manager asks Tom himself to audition, as Tom once showed promise. All at once Tom hires a tutor and neglects his "duties," raising the ire of his cohorts but starting to make himself happy. This could be hokum about the power of art, but Duris' performance is so visceral, so emotionally vivid and engaging, that The Beat That My Heart Skipped becomes a remarkable parable about the danger of betraying yourself--all the more powerful because Tom's life doesn't simply get better, it grows dangerously more complicated. A superb movie with excellent performances throughout, making Duris' standout work all the more impressive. --Bret Fetzer

Description

From Jacques Audiard, the acclaimed filmmaker of Read My Lips, comes this haunting new thriller that fuses two unlikely worlds to create a stunning portrait of a young gangster. Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espanol), in a standout performance, plays Tom, a 28 year-old who seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark working in a sleazy and sometimes brutal world. However, a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnest, he starts preparing for the audition with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who has just arrived from China. She doesn't speak a word of French; music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle...

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Music and the journey towards self-redemption.......2007-06-17

There is a distinct quality and style that most French films have, among them, the subtle music that plays on the background, or the use of silence to heighten emotions. But this movie made use of a much `louder' more modern music to really bring in the characters. Directed by Jacques Audiard, The Beat that my Heart Skipped is actually a remake based on the 1978 American movie Fingers. But unlike some remakes, it surpasses the original, not only because of the vision of its Director but for the powerful portrayal of its lead actor, Romain Duris.

In one of the most memorable performances of any actor of his generation, Duris transformed himself into Tom, a hoodlum who terrorizes poor urban dwellers in order to buy cheap properties and sell them for profits. There is a tradition to his work as he inherits the same `vocation' from his father. There is, however, a certain side to Tom, an artistic side, the one talent he inherited from his dead mother- the love of classical music and an ability (a remarkable talent, actually) to play the piano. As he struggles to maintain some semblance of `humanity' in his arresting and despicable character, he has to make a choice whether to remain loyal to his father and continue in their work or pursue a career in music, perhaps the only way out for him and a chance to redeem himself.

"De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté", is more than just a film about self-discovery and of love, it is a powerful testament to the ability of an individual to change.

Fast, tense with outstanding acting and a clever storyline.......2007-05-19

Jacques Audiard, who previously gave us the very interesting Read My Lips (2001) and the cute and clever Venus Beauty Institute (1999), manages to create here a story about a character who is both a petty gangster and a pianist. Not exactly your usual combination of talents. Romain Duris plays Thomas Seyr who is that character. Duris brings an animal sensuality and an artist's sensitivity to the part. He is an actor of unusual skills and vitality. Audiard gets the most out of him.

In the beginning Tom Seyr is in apprenticeship to take over his father's way of life in a French version of the protection racket. Their particular hustle involves getting properties condemned by trashing them or infecting them with rats or some other vermin, forcibly throwing out squatters or tenants, then buying the property on the cheap, and then finally selling it at a nice profit. In the end, Tom...well, I can't give you the ending, but I can say that it is entirely agreeable and surprising with just a little twist on what we might expect.

Neils Arestrup plays the father. There are some other interesting characters and a lot of macho action, a bit of blood here and there, some quick and easy sex. And then there is an old piano teacher that Tom happens to run into one day who invites him to an audition. Tom has not played the piano seriously for years, but just seeing his old teacher brings back the thrill and the deep intimacy he once had with music, and recalls to him the career of his deceased mother, who was once a concert pianist who had hoped that her son would be too. He had the talent.

But of course playing the piano at that level is not something you can take up, let go, and then go back to. But Tom thinks maybe he can do it with a little practice. But he needs a teacher to prepare for the audition. When he tries to get one he is effectively laughed at since he is 28-years-old and is very much out of practice and indeed never really practiced that much. But by chance (there are a number of plot furtherances in this film that come about by chance--but that is not a problem because the chance meetings seem natural and are events that would probably happen eventually)--and so by chance he is hooked up with a young woman fresh from China who speaks no French, but is an expert pianist who needs a little money. She agrees to help him. Her name is Miao Lin. She is played brilliantly with subtlety and finesse by French-Vietnamese actress Linh Dan Pham, whom I previously saw in Indochine (1992) playing the adopted child of Catherine Deneuve's character.

The acting ability of Romain Duris and Linh Dan Pham are what carry this film. Audiard's direction is a bit scattered at times and especially in the beginning lacks focus, but a clever storyline and his ability to get great performances from the players overcome these faults.

See this for Romain Duris who gives a virtuoso performance and for Linh Dan Pham who captivates with restrained intensity.

And The Beat Goes On.......2007-04-22

I missed the first half hour of this film, but still enjoyed it. Tom, (Romain Duris) is a Real Estate Agent. Apparantly, in France, this involves a lot more brutality and thuggishness than it does in Bakersfield (though there have been some indictments recently). Squatters are brutally evicted, debts are collected with force, fires are set, rats released. Tom got into the business like his father, but his mother was a pianist, and he showed promise there, too. A chance encounter puts him back on a musical path.

This could be just a syrapy fable about the power of Art and Music to transform, but it never gets too sacharine. A visceral performance by Duris and a good script makes for a compelling tale well told. When you think about it, it is about a man taking piano lessons. So, to make that come across onscreen is quite an achievement. One scene shows him out with his Real Estate colleagues, waiting in the van to roust some squatters from a property. Tomorrow is his big audition, and he practices a presto movement sans piano. His fingers move incredibly fast, but you can almost hear the music. You feel like he is really practicing his piece, not just wiggling his fingers randomly.

A semi happy ending with just the right amount of ambiguity provides the dénouement we crave.

Like many others french movies.......2007-04-15

Lately There's a standard format in many french movies. A few of them are really interesting. This is not one of them. Very predictable, very clichè movie. Be careful with all the 5 stars review, not just for come from French must be a good movie. There's a lot of people that think in this way.

Don't Shoot the Piano Player.......2007-04-07

"De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté"(2005)...aka "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" written/directed by Jaques Audiard is a French remake of James Toback's cult movie "Fingers" (1978) with Harvey Keitel. The film tells the story of a young man Thomas (Romain Duris) who is torn by two different sides of his personality - one dreams of becoming a virtuoso piano player and the other - a ruthless debt-collector and enforcer. I think that Duris's was the one of the best performances of last year - so convincing he was as a man who walked on the edge of two realities. The best moments of the film are the ones between Thomas and his piano tutor, the girl whom he hired to prepare himself for an audition that was offered to him by a man who had been the manager of Thomas's late mother, the talented concerto pianist. The man remembers Thomas who had inherited his mother's talent and used to study piano seriously until his mother died when he was 18 and he joined his father in the "real estate" and debt- collecting business. The tutor, a young pianist from China who arrived to Paris recently, does not speak any French and Thomas does not speak her language - so they have to relay to music to understand one another. The film is not perfect, and I am not too fond of director Jaques Audiard's frequent and abrupt cuts of the scenes but it is superbly acted, energetic, and well written.

Steve Smith-Drumset Technique/History of the U.S. Beat DVD

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Release Date: 2002-10-28

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In disc one of this 2-disc set, Steve explains hand and foot technique in ground-breaking detail and gets to the core of what drummers need to know in order to improve their feel and technical skills. In disc two, using examples by an all-star band, Steve explains the evolution of the drumset in U.S. Music -- how the drumset was first used in all the major styles of U.S. Music and how closely related all the styles are. Special features include xtensive bonus footage including alternate-take drum solos, a brilliant hi hat solo with a hi hat tutorial, alternate band takes, a camera-switching option, optional running commentary by Steve, a listening list, more.

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More than a flashy collection of drumming wizardy.......2007-06-12

Understanding our musical heritage has greater, more tangible affect than one might realize. Steve does an excellent job of very quickly giving the student a walk through musical time. The effect for me was a revelation of why some musicians today can swing or groove, and some cannot. For example, understanding the evolution of the drum set itself provides a vision of the core elements in playing and time keeping that spell the difference between swinging or not swinging.

The History portion is on the second CD, and I think that CD alone is worth the cost of the package. But the first CD is packed with great stuff, as well. I have spent most of my time playing back Steve's explanation of grip (BTW, pausing the video is a great way to see the details), having come to my own conclusion that how you hold the sticks is a very large part of the difference between playing okay and playing great. (Somebody is saying, "Duh!" But I'll bet a good majority of today's drummers don't give much thought to grip once they learn the paradiddle).

Steve's pacing in dissemination of information is easy to follow and, compared to similar training videos, well articulated. As always, the key is to resist the tempation to spend all your time watching Steve's solos rather than meticulously digesting the stuff that will actually improve your playing. (I'm actually getting a great deal of insight comparing Steve's demonstration of grip with Joe Morrello's explantion of the same topic on Joe's DVD).

If the DVD set has any shortcomings, I would say the extra digital material in the form of PDF files are lacking. Having had the opportunity to take a lesson from Steve, I asked him for insight on his practice routine. He told me to get and watch his DVD (nice sales plug, Steve--grin). I pushed him on this and asked if there were any secrets he might have held back from the DVD. He said no and indicated that there was an excellent PDF containing some great practice helps. So I expected to find some sort of planning tool, something I could actually print out and use. What I found was a single page of (albeit good) tips on better practicing, one or two of which I personally disagree with.

Other than that, if you are serious about taking your playing to the next level, the money for the DVD set should be no object.

Practice on!

Love this guy!!.......2007-04-20

It's a good DVD to learn!! Ho year!!
Good pratice and pedagogy it's very good!!
I love Steve pedagogy and groove. It's so good to learn and ear him!!

Enjoy!!!

Steve Smith DVD.......2007-01-19

This DVD is very informative. Steve breaks drum set playing down to a simple, easy to understand format. People who aren't even drummers have enjoyed watching this DVD. There also is footage showing why he is a "drummer's drummer".

Class Act.......2006-11-19

Steve Smith is a total class act. Even after all his massive success, he is still such a student of drumming. His knowledge is comprehensive and his technique is flawless. You can't go wrong with this one!

Educational and Entertaining.......2006-07-20

Well done. Steve's DVD is a great buy for beginners and people interested in the roots of U.S. music.
This is classroom quality stuff. Demonstrating the drumkit from start to current, playing along side "The Historical band" was remarkable. As a Drummer as I watched the DVD I could feel Steve's passion for teaching. I believe he truly wants to help pepople find and improve their groove.
If you just want a dvd on techiqnue this one demonstrates several areas. Some basic, some not so basic. All motivating.
Can't wait to see is next one

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