‘Death midwife’ as funeral alternative

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- ‘Death midwife’ as funeral alternative
- Rock Candy Colors Winter Jewelry Lines
- Ready set G!
- KICK-START THE NEW YEAR
- Inner dialogue rocks out in ‘Spring Awakening’
- With karaoke video game the song just isn’t the same
- American Alternative Rock Band Weezer Release Six Christmas Songs

‘Death midwife’ as funeral alternative
Los Angeles Times CA 
Basler who had been trained at one of Lyons’ workshops assisted the couple with the details of staging a home funeral. When Howard died Phyllis and their children held a memorial then buried him in a pine box on their property in a spot they had legally designated as a cemetery. For a headstone they used a large rock from a neighboring field. The cost: under $1000. The economic crunch has pushed others toward money-saving options. Cremation was chosen last year in about 35% of deaths nationally up from about 28% in 2002 the Cremation Assn. of North American reported.

Rock Candy Colors Winter Jewelry Lines
San Jose Mercury News  USA 
H&M takes the Advertisement yld_mgr. place_ad_here(”adPosBox”); fantasy one step further putting color on flowers and bugs entwined on a twist of chains. And a large blue “stone” on a $2. 90 cocktail ring might not have the luster of the real thing but it’s a bright alternative for tapping into the spirit of the season. You can also let an uplifting mix of colors spill into clothing and makeup. Throw a vivid fuchsia cashmere scarf over a black sweater or sweep a thin line of electric blue eyeliner across your lid for a festive New Year’s look. The idea is to get playful push the limits of the color you wear and experiment with how you wear it.

Ready set G!
Journal and Courier IN 
champagne for the midnight toast and a free cab ride home. Hunter’s Pub South 3230 Daugherty Drive No Apparent Reason will play alternative rock originals and covers from 11 p. The band is encouraging people to “dress fine for ‘09;” free.

KICK-START THE NEW YEAR
Atlanta Journal Constitution  USA 
The party takes up more than 87000 square feet of hotel space. The massive Centennial Ballroom plays host to familiar live acts regional rockers and a DJ wielding wax between sets. Athens-based pop-rock outfit Modern Skirts kicks things off at 9 p. Cracker picks up the torch at 10:35 p. with its brand of ’90s alternative rock.

Inner dialogue rocks out in ‘Spring Awakening’
Tampabay.com FL 
” He thought there was a lot of music in the play. So I read it and said to him that it was interesting but that I would not want to change my style simply because it was going to be on stage. Early on we had this discussion about what if we had this really strange German story and then we had this music that for all intents and purposes was indie alternative rock? That was the initial conversation and obviously we stuck to our guns in terms of that conception but believe me it was not easy getting to where it landed. The breakthrough must have been this idea of having the dialogue take place more or less in 19th century Germany while the songs are very much now. Yeah they’re singing as if they’re contemporary kids rocking out in their bedrooms. It was a very specific choice. The way the lines are delivered can be quite formal and period and then when they sing it’s an interior monologue.

With karaoke video game the song just isn’t the same
Macon Telegraph GA 
Microsoft is the latest company to try out karaoke with their recent release of “Lips. ”The soundtrack for “Lips” is fairly limited. Yes there is a decent variety of genres included — country bubble-gum pop music hip-hop R&B alternative rock — but the soundtrack is composed mostly of top 40 radio hits which is not a bad thing if there are say 80 songs. But “Lips” gives you just 42 tracks. There is just not a whole lot of enjoyment in playing “Take on Me” until you nail it. ne of my friends however wasn’t put off by the limited soundtrack which I suspect just happens to have songs more fitting to her style. Belting out Rihanna’s “Umbrella” is probably more enjoyable for her than Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast.

American Alternative Rock Band Weezer Release Six Christmas Songs
AHN 
Redistribution republication. syndication rewriting or broadcast is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN. –>Nidhi Sharma – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles CA (CNS) – American alternative rock band Weezer has released six Christmas songs especially for an iPhone game. Titled “Christmas with Weezer” the tune includes exclusive Christmas tracks only available for this application. The compilation which is set to go on sale by the end of this week is built on “Tap Tap Revenge” the game for iPhone and iPod touch in which users tap and shake their devices to the tunes of the music. The six songs are “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” “Silent Night” ” Holy Night” “First Noel” “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” and ” Come All Ye Faithful. ” The band has also included two bonus tracks.
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