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Quadband Music Shake Phone – Dual SIM with TV function. Slim profile quadband GSM unlocked dual SIM cellphone with 2.6 inch touchscreen for worldwide use.

This fully unlocked digital mobilephone has plenty of character and appeal with its accessibility and rich features. With a funky quad-band (850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz) GSM/GPRS design, it is ready for worldwide use on any network. This cell phone features two SIM card slots (with Dual SIM with Dual Standby) allowing you to have two active numbers within the same mobile for maximum convenience for those with a busy lifestyle. Why settle for a phone that can only give you access to one of your SIMs at a time? This phone gives you twice the SIM functionality for the price of a single phone.

Listen to your favorite music in style with this cellphone. Dance to the grooves and the beats with this mobile music system! Shake the phone to change tracks, it’s that simple! Make music an interactive experience with this playful phone.

This feature-rich model also comes packed with plenty of easy-to-use productivity tools and multimedia features, including a camera and video recorder. The main functions available include a modern phonebook and contact manager for those who are always busy, an easy to use keypad to give you silky smooth access to the great onboard features, and Bluetooth with A2DP + AVRCP for excellent wireless connectivity in this modern age. This phone has something for everyone and would make an ideal gift with its broad appeal and quirky charm.

This fun mobile phone is in stock now and available for single sample or bulk orders. Order your stock now and don’t forget to check our mobile phone accessories section to see our selection of Bluetooth speakers and earpieces.

 

At a Glance…

Fully unlocked quadband mobile phone for worldwide use, with two SIM slots and dual standby User-friendly user interface and impressive multimedia feature set. Shake control for your music listening pleasure, a fun way to listen to your music! Ideal for those with a busy lifestyle who appreciate a stylish, highly functional cell phone.

NOTE: This product is compatible with GSM at the four frequencies of 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz. This can be used throughout the world

 

China Manufacturer Specifications

Main Function: Unlocked mobile phone with dual-SIM + dual-standby GSM Compatibility (Quad Band): Frequencies 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz Additional functions: MP3/MP4 players, digital camera and video recorder, image viewer, portable file storage, Ebook reader, FM radio, TV, TV recorder, video player, sound recorder, daily software tools, Calendar, To Do, Alarm, World Clock, Calculator, Currency convertor, Stopwatch Screen: 2.6″ LCD with 260K colors Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-ion 3800 mAh 3.7V battery Color: Black with chrome finish Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree, Headset, A2DP, AVRCP, SPP, OPP, DUN, FTP, BPP, HID Bluetooth Type: MTKBTDEVICE SIM Card Slot: YES – 2 SIM Card Modes: Dual SIM open, SIM1 only, SIM2 only, Flight Mode Messaging: SMS, MMS, Chat, Voice Mail GPRS Support: YES Mobile internet: Yes – WAP (if supported by your data plan) Security Settings: Phone lock, Keypad lock, Password, SIM lock Languages: English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portugese, Italian, Turkish Manufacturer ref: K04FLC3PHB71

 

File formats:

- Music: MP3, MIDI, AMR, WAV

- Image: BMP, GIF, JPG

- Video: AVI, 3GP, MP4

- MP3 (bit rate: 32-320kbps – CBR, VBR) Catalog Ref: Touch screen cellular phone, Two SIM celular phone, Bluetooth mobile phone, Quad-band mobilephone with WAP internet

 

Digital Still Camera:

- Resolution: 640×480, 320×240, 240×320, 160×120, 80×60

- Image Quality (compression): High, Normal, Low

- Snapshot Options: Digital Zoom, Timer, Continuous Shot, Scene Modes

- Additional Picture Settings: Effects, White Balance, LED Highlight

- EV: 8 steps (+4 to -4)

- Banding: 50Hz / 60Hz

- Delay Time: 5s, 10s, 15s, OFF

- Continuous shot: 1 shot, 3 shot, 5 shot, OFF

 

Video recorder:

- Video Quality (compression): High, Normal, Low

- Additional Settings: White Balance, Effects,

- EV: 8 steps (+4 to -4)

- Night Mode: On/Off

- Banding: 50Hz / 60Hz

- Delay Time: 5s, 10s, 15s, OFF

- Continuous shot: 1 shot, 3 shot, 5 shot, OFF

 

FM Radio: YES FM Radio Bands: 87.5 – 108Mhz (worldwide) FM Radio Record format: WAV, AWB, AMR FM Radio Record Quality: Low, High TV Tuner: YES – Analog Region profiles: YES (32 total – including Europe, North America, Japan, India) Video Player: YES Video Player Extras: portrait or landscape display, snapshot from video Audio Player: YES E-Book Reader: YES Sound Recorder: YES Viewing and Listening Formats:

- Video Formats: MPEG4 (AVI), 3GP

- Picture Formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF

- Music and Sound Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR, AWB

- E-Book Format: TXT

 

Product Notes

Fully unlocked phone; can be used with any carrier, network and SIM card(s) Pre-loaded PDA software tools; Calendar, Calculator, To-Do Lists, Alarm, World Clock, Currency Converter, Stopwatch, Melody Composer, Bluetooth Manager, User Profile Manager UDisk and File Manager – Advanced portable storage and organization MicroSD/TransFlash memory card slot. Allows expansion and swapping of cards.

Package Contents

Model CVFW-M24 Quadband Dual SIM Music Phone – TV function 2x Li-ion 3.7V 3800mAh Rechargeable Battery USB to mini-USB cable Power adapter (100-240V 50/60Hz) 0.1A Wired earphones with MIC and clip User manual – English / Chinese



 

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Duane Shinn asked:


The idea that studying music improves the social development of a child is not a new one, but at last there is incontrovertible evidence from a study conducted out of the University of Toronto.

The study, published in the August issue of Psychological Science was led by Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg, and examined the effect of extra-curricular activities on the intellectual and social development of six-year-old children. A group of 144 children were recruited through an ad in a local newspaper and assigned randomly to one of four activities: piano lessons, voice lessons, drama lessons, or no lessons.

Two types of music lessons were offered in order to be able to generalize the results, while the groups receiving drama lessons or no lessons were considered control groups in order to test the effect of music lessons over other art lessons requiring similar skill sets and nothing at all. The activities were provided for one year.

The participating children were given IQ tests before and after the lessons. The results of this study revealed that increases in IQ from pre- to post-test were larger in the music groups than in the two others. Generally these increases occurred across IQ subtests, index scores, and academic achievement.

While music teachers across the country greeted the new research enthusiastically, in fact, many other studies have previously shown a correlation between music study and academic achievement.

In 1997, well known music researchers Frances Rauscher, Gordon Shaw and their team at the University of California (Irvine) reported that music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills, the skills necessary for learning math and science. A group led by the same two scientists had earlier showed that after eight months of piano lessons, preschoolers showed a 46 percent boost in their spatial reasoning IQ.

The March 1999 issue of Neurological Research published a report by another group of researchers, also at the University of California (Irvine), who found that second-grade students given four months of piano keyboard training, as well as time playing newly designed computer software, scored 27% higher on proportional math and fractions tests than other children.

Students with coursework and experience in music performance and music appreciation scored higher on the SAT, according to a Profile of Program Test Takers released by the Princeton, NJ, College Entrance Examination Board in 2001. This report stated that students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math, and students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math, than did students with no arts participation.

Another part of this same study shows that longer music study means higher SAT scores. For example, students participating in the arts for two years averaged 29 points higher on the verbal portion and 18 points higher on the math portion of the SAT than students with no coursework or experience in the arts. Students with four or more years in the arts scored 57 points higher and 39 points higher on the verbal and math portions respectively than students with no arts coursework.

Another study also found support for a relationship between math achievement and participation in instrumental music instruction. The researchers found that students who participated in instrumental music instruction in high school took on the average 2.9 more advanced math courses then did students who did not participate.

In fact, various studies over the last 10 years suggest teaching kids music can heighten their aptitude for math, reading, and engineering. (One explanation for improved ability in mathematics is that music theory is based on mathematical truths. Rhythms are divided into fractions – half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. Scales have eight tones, and the steps between them follow an equation.)

A McGill University study in 1998 found that pattern recognition and mental representation scores improved significantly for students given piano instruction over a three-year period. The researchers also found that self-esteem and musical skills measures improved for the students given piano instruction.

And data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 revealed music participants received more academic honors and awards than non-music students, and that the percentage of music participants receiving As, As/Bs, and Bs was higher than the percentage of non- participants receiving those grades.

In 1994, a report entitled “The Case For Music Study In Schools” was printed in Phi Delta Kappan, the professional print journal for education. It included details of research conducted by physician and biologist Lewis Thomas, who studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. Thomas found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group.

The same report asserted that the very best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley industry were, almost without exception, practicing musicians.

The world’s top academic countries also place a high value on music education. In a study of the ability of fourteen year-old science students in seventeen countries, the top three countries were Hungary, the Netherlands, and Japan. All three include music throughout the curriculum from kindergarten through high school.

St. Augustine Bronx elementary school, about to fail in 1984, implemented an intensive music program, and today 90 percent of the school’s students are reading at or above grade level. And a ten-year study at UCLA tracked more than 25,000 students, and showed that music making improves test scores. Regardless of socio-economic background, music-making students get higher marks in standardized tests than those who had no music involvement. The test scores studied were not only standardized tests, such as the SAT, but also in reading proficiency exams.

Music training helps under-achievers as well, according to research published in Nature magazine in May 1996. In Rhode Island, researchers studied eight public school first grade classes. Half of the classes became “test arts” groups, receiving ongoing music and visual arts training. In kindergarten, this group had lagged behind in scholastic performance. After seven months, the students were given a standardized test. The “test arts” group had caught up to their fellow students in reading and surpassed their classmates in math by 22 percent. In the second year of the project, the arts students widened this margin even further. Students were also evaluated on attitude and behavior. Classroom teachers noted improvement in these areas also.

In 2005, it appears the pace of scientific research into music making has never been greater. The most recent evidence from the University of Toronto confirms what many other researchers have already detected – that music boosts brainpower, academic achievement,socialization skills, and emotional health.

It’s logical, when you think about it. People who learn to play an instruments are in groups—bands, choirs, orchestras, combos, worship teams, etc. And working and making music with others is bound to help relateabilty with people and foster close bonds with fellow musicians.

So it appears that learning to play music, whether guitar, piano, or some other instrument, actually does contribute to your ability to “win friends and influence people.”

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The Naruto series is still going strong, especially with its edgier, ongoing Shippuden storyline. Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 will cover the first two major story arcs, giving fans the opportunity to play through the important events of the show, more so than any other Naruto game being released this year. Tomy came by to give us an updated look at Ninja Destiny 2 as well as show us the game’s main features.

Ninja Destiny 2 is primarily a fighting game, but light role-playing game elements have been added to break up the gameplay. You’ll wander the familiar grounds of the Hidden Leaf Village in a top-down view, tracking down the locals to progress through the story. A helpful minimap at the bottom of the top screen will flag where you need to go. Our Tomy representative emphasized that the RPG elements are extremely light, so you’re not dealing with shops or currency, but there is freedom to explore. You’re running from one objective to another, traveling through dungeons and other towns, and picking up items you find along the way–which will prove to be helpful in battle. While exploring these locations, you’ll encounter random enemies before reaching the final showdown of that chapter, against a character from the series. The story is told through a lot of text, so depending on how much of it you want to read, it won’t be long before you get down to business and tackle the main boss of that particular chapter.

Once the Story mode is completed, you’ll unlock Quest mode, a new mode that generates mazelike dungeons for you to go through and complete. You can play this 30-level mode with different characters, which will ultimately unlock more characters to play. All the familiar faces from the original Ninja Destiny will return, and you’ll see some new faces as well, so the final roster will have 34 playable characters.

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Christine Perry asked:


Are you ever stuck for a perfect phrase for your scrapbooking title? Maybe you just stick with the date or the seasons like summer or fall. Some scrapbookers title every page with the name of the subject in the photograph. It might be a place, like Disney World or the beach, or it could be a person’s name like Susan or Grandpa. Being creative with scrapbooking titles adds interest to a page layout just like embellishments and borders. Music, movies and television can offer inspiration and ideas for your scrapbooking titles that will capture the mood and theme of your next page layout.

Scrapbooking Titles in Music

Music inspires us all. How often have you heard a song on the radio and it immediately brings back a memory from years ago. It might be a song that was playing when you first dated your husband, or maybe it’s a song from your high school days that reminds you of your senior year. Songs have the ability to spark memories in all of us.

For your next page layout, look to music for your inspiration. Song titles are great sources for scrapbooking page titles. Quoting a single song title may be all you need to say to start singing that song in your head. Some examples of song titles that could be used as scrapbooking page titles are “Simply Irresistible,” “Brown-eyed Girl,” and “You Are My sunshine.” Keep a list of possible song titles that would work well on your scrapbooking projects.

Sometimes it’s the lyrics themselves that inspire us. You might want to use more than just the title. A lyric like, “These are the moments and I could not ask for more,” will add just the right mood to a treasured photograph.

Scrapbooking Titles in Television and Movies

Consider adapting television show titles like, “The Brady Bunch” and “Days of Our Lives” to a scrapbook page. Maybe something simple like “Survivor” or “Lost” says it all. Movie titles, such as, “Mission Impossible,” “Little Miss Sunshine” or “Back to the Future,” might be perfect for one of your layouts.

Many TV and movie characters are known for a certain phrase or saying. These quotes often work well as scrapbooking titles. Does your favorite TV or movie character have a particular line that just fits with one of your photographs or scrapbooking pages? Think of phrases like, “How Sweet It Is,” “May the Force Be With You” or “Here’s Looking At You, Kid.”

Scrapbooking Titles in Commercials and Advertising

Slogans, sayings and jingles can all be a source of inspiration for scrapbooking titles. Those catchy phrases we never seem to forget also make fun headlines for our scrapbook pages. Scrapbooking titles can be found in the lyrics of commercial jingles, as well as, in the slogans on print advertising. The next time you are considering fast forwarding through the commercials of a taping of your favorite television show, you might consider listening to the advertisements for scrapbooking title ideas. There are many slogans that could easily be adapted to a page layout title. Consider using “I’m Lovin’ It,” or “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom,” or perhaps, “It’s the Real Thing” or “A Diamond Is Forever.”

Movies, music and television can inspire a huge list of potential scrapbooking titles for just about any page layout. The next time you need ideas for a scrapbook page title just turn on your radio or television for inspiration.

jessie asked:


Using a few tools such as Easy MP3 Downloader could easily search and download MP3 files which you can transfer to your iPod. Easy MP3 Downloader helps you find the music you want more easily by searching the public video and audio websites, such as YouTube, Yahoo!, etc. You can try the searched results to decide which one to download.



Firstly you need to open Easy MP3 Downloader, input artist or song title, then click “Search MP3 Now”. You can see all the search results’ title, length and popularity. You can try the search results by clicking the song title or the play button. Select the songs you want to download by clicking the download button. Then choose the file name and the save location. You could also edit ID3v2 tag of the MP3 file including the title, artist and album before you download it. You can find all your download tasks in download list.

You can transfer all the mp3 files you download to your iPod. iPod offers multiple ways to transfer music from your computer. You can set the transfer mode in iTunes 7 or later by selecting the iPod icon in the source pane to reveal the iPod settings. The following modes can be configured on the iPod:

Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, iTunes will offer to choose a selection of songs to sync to iPod.

Automatically update selected playlists. With this option, iTunes automatically copies only the playlists you have selected to iPod when you connect it to the computer. This option can be selected by accessing the Music tab of the iPod settings.

Manually manage music. You can also choose to transfer music to iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to iPod. You can find this option by accessing the Summary tab of the iPod settings.

It’s an easy, efficient and legitimate method to search and download the music you want. Now you can enjoy all the hot songs in your iPod.

Required tools: Easy MP3 Downloader, iTunes.

Other thoughts:

If you are using other mp3 players or devices, you can also use Easy MP3 Downloader to search and download the music you want. It’s compatible with any portable device: iPod, iPhone, PSP, PDA, cell phone and etc.

MIKE SELVON asked:


A musical can be in the form of a theatrical production or a movie, either of which uses songs and dancing as a means to tell the story. There are many types of musical theater, such as comedy drama, dramas, and others.

They use music to tell their story. Musicals have always had a stage presence, but it has made its way into movies as well. If you have never seen a musical theater production or drama comedy, then you are missing out on a cool treat.

There are three main parts to musical theater; the music, the lyrics and the book. Music and lyrics are easy to understand, and the book is just an expression for the real storyline. Musicals are different from operas because there is talking in the show, whereas operas incorporate only songs.

Musical theater dates back as far as ancient Greece, with their drama comedies. In the golden age of the musical, musical movies were being made all the time. An actor or actress could actually have several musical movies in their acting career. Nearly all the hot movies back then were musical in nature. Now, however, that has faded and movie casting today has little to do with musical talent.

The history of musicals is quite interesting as well. The concept of musical theater started with the Greeks. Some have dated this as far back as the 5th century B.C. Europe quickly stole this form of theater, and created the traveling musical troupe.

By the Renaissance period, comedy drama was increasing popular in Europe. These were quickly turned into comedic operas and ballad operas. Each of these two styles had their unique features.

It wasn’t until the 1860s that the form of modern musical theater was considered to be created. This originated with the musical “The Black Crook,” which was created in New York. Of course, musical theater took off rapidly from there. During WWI, the operetta was very popular on Broadway.

However, by the late 1920s, films were providing a serious challenge to the world of theater. By the 1950s and 60s, the musical theater, as it is known today, was going strong and has not changed too much since.

So that is where musicals came from, and how they developed to what they are today. You can tell anyone about the basic musical form, and some of the history of the musical. Back in the hay-day of musical theater, many dramatic movie actors were involved as well, but that has faded away.

If you want to know more about the theater, then check at your local library or online. You may be surprised at what you can find out about the evolution of musicals!

Victor Epand asked:


PSP movies can be downloaded from various movie and games downloading sites. The software which is required to transfer movie is also easily available but one has to buy it from an online store. This downloading software not only accepts any downloaded movie format but also compresses the movie so it fits into a regular PSP memory stick. But we will need a USB cable to make the connection and download a free movie in PSP format.

Downloading Free PSP movies does not require any special expertise. One just needs to go to a preferred downloading site and download those movie clips, which are in PSP format. Only special software for transferring PSP movie is required which is also easily available. PSP movies have DVD quality picture and sound.

Downloading Free PSP movies is a lot easier when we use tools such as Imtoo PSP converter. The computer can be configured likewise. If someone wants to use a PSP converter then he will need a DVD drive in the computer, a PSP USB cable, and at least a 256MB memory card. He will be able to transfer films or movie clips from the PC to the PSP. This includes the following formats: avi, mpeg, rm, wmv, mov, mp4, mpeg4, xvid, divx, ac3, ogg, 3g.

In the past the only way to buy music was to go to the shops and buy cassettes, and records. However, now one can buy a wide range of music, movies and games straight from the Internet and download them without having to leave home. On some sites one can download free movies, where he needs to pay a small amount to join the site, then download free movies or download free music after that. However, there are sites that let you download movies and games completely free of charge.

Though there is an abundance of free PSP movie downloading sites, the legality of these sites is quite questionable. These sites offer a varied range of downloads but after we download a movie clip or a game, it may happen that it will not work properly, or might infect the computer with some virus. It should be remembered that most of these free downloading sites are illegal and hold no responsibility for any of their products. So, a person who wants to use these sites should do it very carefully. Before downloading anything from these free sites, one must verify its authenticity, expiry dates and the like.

But there are some sites that offer free membership. These are unquestionably the recommended sites. Technically, it is a free site because the membership is free, but if we want to download something, they ask for a small fee for downloading the particular file.

Downloading free PSP movies can be great fun. But you must go forward with a thorough scrutiny of these sites before you download things from them. Chargeable sites are also available on the Internet. These are legal sites which are reliable and if any problem occurs it can be solved through customer support assistance.

David Marc Fishman asked:


If you look all over the internet you will find that many sites offer free sheet music for just about every instrument. When looking for sheet music especially piano sheet music there are many different genres to choose from and this makes finding the music much easier. As the turn of the century arrived piano sheet music became very popular among young adults, many people were playing the piano and parlor music became the new trend to sweep the country, this made sheet music very popular. So much so, that every home had a piano and more often than not at least one member of the family could play it.

Sometimes it is hard to read sheet music, this is not because it is hard in general it just takes practice, the more you practice reading the sheet music the better you will becomes at it. When learning any instrument and you want to learn like a pro you need to learn the sheet music, understand it and process it.

Music directors and other musicians use sheet music for different songs and it covers many different vocal ranges and instruments. It will only teach you how to play songs and compositions by rote. Nonetheless, not everyone is blessed with the ability to play songs by ear. Musicians back then publish their songs in these unbound sheets of paper. Going back to the 19th century most of the songs in the USA became popular by sheet music. In the past not all songs were written down so most of the popular might have been lost.

If you are looking to improve your musical talents a create resource is the internet, you can download free sheet music and this will benefit you in many ways because it allows you to play other pieces of music. Musicians that are struggling musicians find it much easier to find sheet music, most of the time they can download it from the internet for free. Today, sheet music is found on many music sites on the Internet with some giving an option of free downloads.

The Internet has brought forth many resources for musicians, from one-click access to research of songs, pieces and bands, to easy access to catalogues full of thousands of instruments and other products that can be ordered and shipped directly to them with a few simple clicks. As pieces of music get complicated for the person playing it the notation of the music becomes more complicated and the difficulty to the compose the music becomes harder, because of all this you will learn how to write the music as you go along. There are literally thousands, if not millions of musical pieces for violinists to play.

To have a good grasp of the notes for a guitar a good suggestion is that you learn them slowly and with concentration. Most violin music is written in the middle C so when producing notes they are written on the treble clef. When you learn a piece of music with traditional sheet music you are not just learning the notes you are also learning another language.

andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com asked:


Nic Harcourt was born and raised in Birmingham, England but nowadays he is cited as one of the most influential DJs in America, as musical director, and host of flagship show, Morning Becomes Eclectic on radio station, KCRW.

Broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College, KCRW has become known as a ‘tastemaker for the world’ in terms of music, not only giving ‘up and coming’ and unsigned artists their first exposure in the States, but also more often than not, raising the profile, sales and success rate of any band or artist it features. One of the station’s trademarks is its frequent in-studio sessions, which often feature artists that have never before recorded sessions for radio stations in the States.

Harcourt has claimed, albeit tongue-in-cheek, to have a lot of clout within the music industry and has suggested that many music executives listen to his show ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ while stuck in morning traffic jams on California’s notoriously busy freeways. The truth is, Harcourt is influential and does possess a good head for a tune. His track record speaks for itself. He was the first DJ in America to play Franz Ferdinand, and was also among the first outside of the UK to recognise the talents of Radiohead, Travis and Coldplay. When a demo CD by Norah Jones found its way to his desk, he played it on his show, and helped Jones secure a lucrative record deal, as well as global stardom, in the process. It happened again when he played a demo by Jem.

This all makes for impressive reading, even more so when you consider that KCRW’s schedule is dominated by news and information programs – Morning Becomes Eclectic, which broadcasts from 9am until 12 noon every weekday, is the only daytime show to prominently feature music. A weekly version of the show, titled Sounds Eclectic, is syndicated to a number of other stations in the country, making Harcourt a nationwide celebrity. He also appears regularly on BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe show, discussing the success rate (or lack thereof) of British bands in America, as well as reporting on new bands from the States headed Britain’s way. Harcourt’s reputation as a musical visionary has also earned him work in Hollywood as musical consultant/supervisor on such movies as ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ and ‘Igby Goes Down’.

KCRW often promotes and sponsors live events throughout the Santa Monica area, supporting both obscure and popular acts. Forthcoming shows of note include Regina Spektor, Shelby Lynne, Yo La Tengo and Rogue Wave. Those looking to attend these shows can find a variety of hotels in Santa Monica, many of which are within the modest budget range of the average teen fan.