On December 25, 2006 America lost a part of its soul. James Brown, who danced into the 1950′s spotlight, shuffled off this mortal coil due to heart failure, explained his agent. Brown, more commonly known as the “Godfather of Soul,” was quoted as saying “I’m going away tonight” not long before he passed away. He [...]
Cartoon Network All-Stars
Jan. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Cartoon Network All-Stars is a collection of four different games, Fast and the Flurrious, Cartoon Cove Mini-Golf, To The Eds-treme Skateboarding, and Dropple. At an average price of $19.99, you are getting a good deal with four uniquely addictive and entertaining games. Fast and Flurrious welcomes you to the slopes for some snowboard action with [...]
Pussycat Dolls Live DVD
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From the very beginning of the opening credits of the Pussycat Dolls DVD Live In London, the impression is that these "Dolls" are trying very hard to win over their impressionable audience. With the sexy clothes and provocative lyrics the group is known for, this live DVD features the seven of the most popular songs [...]
Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition
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There never seems to be enough space for all of our growing amounts of data today. Even with the newest large capacity hard drives sold today in new laptops, media such as music, high resolution pictures or movies always take up more space than originally anticipated. The Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition 100gb external hard [...]
Every picture tells a story
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This was the first article ever written in Blast Magazine and was part of the 1/1/07 launch. In his youth, James Crotty may have qualified for the title of Youngest Professional Photographer in Dayton, Ohio. A shy personality in a family of extroverts, he discovered his passion once he started messing around with a 35mm [...]
Game with Fame
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We all know how much you like to log into Xbox Live and vent your frustrations on random twelve-year olds in Halo, but what if you had the chance to go head-to-head with your favorite celebrity, athlete or musician? Xbox Live’s “Game with Fame” promotion is giving players a chance to do just that and [...]
Boston Choice Awards 2006
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On November 29, 2006 The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers opened its doors to host the 2006 Boston Choice Awards. The Greater Boston Concierge Association nominated individuals and organizations that exemplified excellence in the hospitality, tourism and entertainment industries. The public was invited to vote on-line for winners in twenty-one different categories. Following a [...]
Flowery career path
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Here’s a career path. Start out as a florist searching for the perfect balance of red roses and limonium. Eight years later, end up tracking down the spread of viruses for one of the top computer security companies in the world. After Allysa Myers landed a part-time job as a secretary for McAfee’s Avert Labs [...]
Books Online
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Digital music providers have carved a new channel for music distribution. Not only are the major labels selling large quantities of digital music, but artists and independent labels are finding distribution in a market where they had been previously marginalized by the high costs of traditional media production and distribution. DigitalPulp Publishing is attempting to [...]
MediaFACE Online
Jan. 1, 2007 1 Comment
The silent dictum for successful web-based applications thus far has been: make it so easy anyone can use it. While the new web-based CD label building application MediaFACE Online is nifty, I’m not sure it’s worth the price tag at $19.95. Though it represents a definite step in the right direction for the much-anticipated Web [...]
Invisible Shield
Jan. 1, 2007 1 Comment
I saw Shield Zone’s Invisible Shield at Mac World in Boston, and obtained the iPod Nano version, with a cut out for the scroll wheel. It’s basically three pieces of plastic, the front cover, back, and a little circle for the center of the wheel. It is shipped with a vial of applicator solution, and [...]
Letter from the editor
Jan. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Happy New Year indeed. Welcome to Blast Magazine, a hard-fought piece of journalism. In the late 1990s, the Internet was in what could be called a golden age. For starters, it was much smaller. MySpace wasn’t around and Google was a fledgling search engine. AOL dial-up was how Americans actually got online. During that time, [...]
Diner Dash 2
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In Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue, Flo the waitress returns to help her friends save their restaurants. A greedy tycoon named Mr. Big threatens to demolish four quaint, mom and pop style eateries to build a mall. Fresh off her success in Diner Dash 1, Flo is recruited to help out her friends. It’s up [...]
Julie Balise talks concerts
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The music industry, and with that, the touring industry, is largely a business transaction – an unspoken agreement that your money, in turn, will entitle you to an evening of artistic immersion. If this concept seems foreign, take a step back and analyze how you became just another face in the crowd. You paid the [...]
