“Contaminazione” is a concept album, based on themes from Bach's “Well-Tempered Clavier”. 13 sections alternate from straight-forward prog rock to aggressive, Bach-influenced, instrumental passages where harpsichords, trumpets, and strings compete with electric guitars, bass, and an energetic drummer. A couple of the sections are mellow, and only serve to balance the more intense passages. RDM are worth adding to your collection.

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso was one of the most accomplished of the progressive rock bands that flourished in Italy in the early 1970s. Their distinguishing features: the advanced compositional abilities of Vittorio Nocenzi; the fluid piano of brother Gianni Nocenzi, equally adept at classically styled arpeggios and jazzy punctuations; and the strong, operatic vocals of Francesco di Giacomo. They certainly had an angst to them that made them more than just your typically sunny-smiled, symphonic prog band. I think that the first two songs, "Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico" and "Non Mi Rompete" stand out as easily the best on the album. "Canto Nomade" is a very successful extended suite that deeply broadened the band's sonic palette, liberally incorporating synthesizers (well, it was 1973 — the year that every progressive band seems to have learned to love synths) and diversifying the percussion. In fact, despite having some excellent organ and synthesizer passages, the most memorable parts of this track for me are the beautiful acoustic guitar interludes and the polyrhythmic percussion. "Non Mi Rompete" is largely acoustic and sports the most affecting melody on the album and some great Italian lyrics. These two tracks make up half of the album. The second half "La Cittá Sottile" and "Dopo… Niente è Piú lo Stesso" are nearly at the same level but occasionally succumb to prog-rock clichés. This is one one the greatest Italian prog releases.

Creating Visual FoxPro Applications with Visual FoxExpress
by Robert Archer, Dan Jurden / Edited by Mike Feltman
ISBN: 1930919034 / Length: 286 pages / Ebook format: PDF (2.1 MB)
Press date: December, 2000
Source code: Complete

Language: English / ISBN: 1567184995 / 400 Pages / PDF
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications;

Newton–counselor, hypnotist and author of Journey of Souls–draws on his regressions of some 70 clients to explore the existence of souls between incarnations. The most affecting section of the book is the second chapter, where Newton turns his attention to grief and argues that between death and reincarnation, discarnate souls are able to contact loved ones and comfort them. Excerpts of his sessions with clients show people realizing that they have had one partner throughout many lives; that after previous deaths, the couple was reunited; and that after this incarnation, they will be together again. Elsewhere, Newton investigates the nonhuman manifestations of spirits on Earth, including elves, fairies and ghosts. Newton also takes on malevolent spirits; arguing that demons and the devil do not exist, he reports that after working with him, clients who initially thought they were possessed by a "malevolent spirit" usually realize they have miscommunicated with a benevolent spirit who was trying to reach them. A rich volume, chock-full of interviews and fascinating first-person narratives, this book is nonetheless not for the uninitiated; Newton sometimes fails to explain his terminology, so readers who do not know much about "lives between lives" may feel lost. More informed readers, however, will find this a feast, and Newton a charming host.

Last album and last masterpiece by Fish's Marillion. The work is online with the previous three works as style, as amazing compositions and as musicianship. This last work of Fish's era has the historical characteristics of Marillion's origins. The sound is always ethereal thanks to the good job of Kelly on keyboards and Rothery on guitar. The wefts of bass and drums by Trewavas and Mosley form an optimal base for the vocal parts of the genius in the flesh, Fish.

OpenOffice.org is the leading Open Source Office suite of applications, incorporating a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation tool, a drawing tool, a formula builder, and a sophisticated programming language. With over a million users worldwide as of the summer of 2002, OOo is providing very real competition to Microsoft Office because of its robust feature set, low price (it can be downloaded from the Internet for free or can be purchased for the cost of the CDs), and lack of onerous licensing and registration requirements.

by Ben Horst / Edited by Solveig Haugland / ISBN: 1-930919-66-2
Length 117 Pages / Ebook format: PDF / Size 2 Mb
Press date: Est. September, 2004

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Scheherazade and Other Stories
(Studio Album, 1975) - MP3 - 192Kbps - 44100Khz - 63Mb - Stereo