Blake the entertainer hits his sonic home run
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Get out there and buy it!  Blake was the rebel outsider on American Idol, definitely wanting to march to his own tune, but one of the most important things to remember about Audio Day Dream is that it is a testament to the man's love of music.  It just shines through.  The beatboxing vocal effects can get a little wearisome but you accept them as being part of what Blake is.  Happily he has interspersed them throughout the tracks which sparkle in their variety.  My favourite part of the disc covers the tracks from "How Many Words" to "I got U".  This is a very solid debut and Blake takes the listener on a ride through the many different electropop styles that he has always favoured.  One of the most explosive tracks on the disc is the fascinating "She's Making Me Lose It".  Some songs have a musical interlude but this one has a BT-inspired sound effects interlude or bridge which almost takes your breath away.  He mixes disco-friendly, hip-hop style rockets with tender ballads and it is true that the entire set has a dreamlike quality to it.  It is a package of influences and experimentation and although some commentators feel that it is a little over the place I find that this is a definite part of its charm and makes it stand out from the crowd.  A great debut, Blake.  Keep it up
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Rouge the Bat is one of my favorite characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. This plushie of the sultry jewel thief is super cute! She's fairly tall at 11 inches, and very soft. I'm very happy with the quality of the plushie, and it's a great likeness to her appearance in the video games. I adore my Rouge, I'm very happy with this purchase! ^_^
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I am a long time Sonic fan. I had Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic and Tails, Sonic and Knuckles,and Sonic Pinball all for the Sega Genisis system. Then Sonic Adventure came out on Sega's Dreamcast and I never played it, but as soon as Sonic Adventure 2 came out for Nintendo Gamecube, I had to have it. The graphics are unbelieveable. The characters are awesome, all of them. The 3 on each side, Hero or Dark, are so different and so are their levels. That is another thing, you get to choose from Sonic or Shadow on their fast speed, action levels; Tails or Eggman, and their on their shooting levels in their walkers; and Knuckles and Rouge in their hunting levels. The choice to choose from the Hero and Dark side is very cool and the suprise at the end is even cooler. Plus, beating a level once is fun, but beating it in different ways is better. Then there are the Chao. These creatures are truely cool and original. Raising, racing and competing in karate competitions are great. This game, is a 5 star game in my opinion!
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Awesome, comes to mind! The material is mind altering. You know im from LA, and  was a tad too young for this show. However, i did catch him at the Forum, four years later! Being an audiophile, im very impressed by the sonics of this recording! Best recording of this show, yet!
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I have only played a couple games: Altered Beast and sonic.  But i will play it more as time goes by.  It reminded me of hanging out at Dave B.'s house playing Genesis games.
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Blake has a very sharp ear that leads to perfect tonality and pitch. He has wonderful voice control, is able to harmonize with the music and phrase a song according to the style required for the tempo and story he is telling through his music. He is not afraid to play with hints of other styles withing the songs, while somehow maintaining a pretty true Country Style song . Some may be Pop-Country or Wrap-Country, but true to his roots, the meat of the albums are still the traditional sounding Country songs that are as masterful as any ever played at the Grand Old Opry.
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Thank you to Christopher Franke and Sonic Images for The Best of Babylon 5!  Although I have most of these tracks on other B5 CD's, I really enjoyed this one because of the consistently great music.  I would rank this one as excellent, along with my other two favorites, Babylon 5 Volume 2, "Messages from Earth" and the episodic CD, "Sleeping in Light."  Two tracks deserve special mention:  Track 2 is (I believe) a reworking of music from the album Babylon 5 Volume 1.  With the "Battle of the Line" music in the background, Chris Franke adds new ideas to enhance the musical experience.  The other notable track is the last one, Track 18 "Bonus Theme."  This is a fabulous new track, which I understand was written for the (unfortunately never released) Babylon 5 CD-Rom game.  This is six minutes of great music, that cannot be mistaken for anything other than "Babylon 5-style" music.  It's a thrilling piece, which alone makes me glad I bought the CD.  Let's hope we get the same quality offering with the "Legend of the Rangers" movie soundtrack, which I hope will be released next year.
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Excellence sound... true THUMP and BOOM this thing creates... superb live sound manipulation, modular synthesis if you want to use it, an incredible library of sounds (always updated!) if you don't. Endless fun and a great sequencer with live recorded automations with the twist of a button!
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I love the music of Coltrane - esp his late period where he is trying to squeeze his estatic spirit through a mere saxophone. Most of this collection is less intense than Live In Japan but still estatic and very beautiful. It is one step beyond Meditations and not to be missed if you like that at all. This SHM release from Japan totally smokes the original domestic Impulse. The music breathes, flows, and had terrific clarity and tone. I have 5 of the SHM series and every one is a sonic winner over previous iterations.
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Well, Sonic Generations took my personal spotlight for the Best Sonic Game Ever, but Sonic CD is still one of my top favorite Sonic games, and now that there's this remake, everyone will get to see why I love it so much (To come to think of it.....Maybe this remake and Generations get my top spot...).

Sonic CD was released for the notorious Sega CD, an add-on for the Sega Genesis. It was the only game on the add-on to sell around a million copies. But even then, many fans haven't heard of this game. At least it was re-released in Sonic Gems Collection. And now, it's gotten full-time respect with a remake of the game that now includes the Japanese soundtrack AND US soundtrack, Tails, and a whole bunch of achievements!

As for the main game itself, Sonic CD took what made Sonics 1 & 2 so awesome, and multiplied them 10 times over! This game has all the high-speed Sonic action you could ever want. Not only is the platforming action top-notch, but the new levels are better than ever! And they are full of extremely colorful detail. Plus, in the Special Stages, you can navigate Sonic around roads to destroy UFOs to gather Time Stones (Alternate version of Chaos Emeralds basically) in a Mode-7-like view; a unique goal for a Special Stage.

Besides the achievements and the 2 soundtracks, Tails was another reason why to get this new version of the game. You see, Tails looks like as if he was ripped right out of Sonic 3, complete with the ability to fly.

Overall, this is one Sonic game you have gotta try! If you like the Genesis Sonics, you will LOVE Sonic CD. It's better than every Sonic game there is, with the exception of Generations. Plus, you can buy this for just a measly $5 bucks. It's a steal! Just be sure to have Steam installed.
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PARTY ON!  This speaker is mesmerizing.  I find myself staring at it and losing track of time.  You can play audio via Bluetooth, Micro SD Card (card not included) or aux/headphone jack cable.  There are 3 different colors that are featured which include blue, green and red.  This speaker is powered by USB cable.  The faster the song goes the more impressive the water cyclone becomes.  It will change its speed and size based on how loud, how fast and the pitch of the song being played.  I have found that even at the other end of a mid-sized room this speaker is more than a novelty, it produces great sound for the price point.
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Extraordinary how well Issa Bagayogo and Yves Wernert work together to meld Malian Wasulu and uptown studio audio manipulation.  The latter seems to conform to the sensibilities of the former such that, unless one is attending to production methods rather than sailing along in billowing clouds of sound, the sonic universe is seamless.  This team deserves broader acclaim!
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This is a great song, Blake does it again, Some Beach is my new favorite saying. Give it a listen bet you will love it.
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After releasing two awesome shows from his Genesis Revisited tour, fans weren't sated, they wanted more. And Hackett listened, resulting in Total Experience Live. Hackett's performances are just incredible. When he does old Genesis songs, it's as if he was remastering the old master tapes live, the performances of him and his musicians are just flawless. He accomplishes a couple of things with this release, firstly he fills in some gaps left by his prior releases, most notably Cinema Show; songs that fans of his Genesis work clamored for, after two live sets whose set list differed by just five tracks. Songs like Can Utility and three Coastliners and Get 'em Out By Friday get dusted off with a fresh coat of paint, and obvious choices like Cinema Show and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway are welcomed home with open arms.

But in addition to the Genesis tracks, we have the first disc, which is something of a sampler from his career as a solo artist, including his newest album Wolf light. This gives the Genesis who might otherwise be unfamiliar with his work the opportunity hear what he can do on his own. He's a musical genius in either setting, and puts on nothing but fantastic performances. I can't recommend his last three live sets any more highly.
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To keep it short, each stage is split into two acts, act one of every stage plays for the most part exactly like any of the 16 bit days while act 2 is more akin to any modern Sonic game occasionally slipping into some 2d sections. It's all done extremely well, and it's a promising step in the right direction as a whole for the franchise. Each stage is modeled after a stage from an older entry in the series down to the music, very nostalgic for anyone who's a Sonic fan, while still being fresh. I'm hitting the stages from newer games that i'm unfamilliar with, so I'm losing the air of nostalgia, but I can say it doesn't entertain any less. Controls take a bit of adjusting if you're expecting physics from previous entries, but the whole package comes together nicely. A definite buy for any fan of the series and a strong reccomendation for anyone looking for a decent platformer.
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I can't really comment on disc one, I haven't even listened to the entire thing yet.  But I am listening to disc 2, and I'm here to tell you that it alone is more than worth the cost of this set.  Brian is funny, amiable, well spoken, and HUGELY talented.  If you are a fan, this is a no brainer.  If you aren't, but like R&B music, I suspect you'll want his other CDs after hearing this live piece.  I admit, I have been a fan since day one, but the interaction with the audience, the brief covers of Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and others make this a must have.  I have always anticipated B.M's releases, and this one is as good as any.  I may come back and review the studio portion of this later, but for now, I am diggin' the live stuff.
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The thrilling conclusion of the Sonic and Megaman crossover and it's amazing.  I won't spoil what happens, but I will say that it's a celebration of both Sonic and Megaman's lengthy careers as video game and comic book heroes, and the whole thing is a visual essay in why comic books are awesome.  Pick up the first two volumes if you haven't already, and give them a read.  You don't have to be up to date with what's going on in either comic as long as you're familiar somewhat with both characters and their games, so the crossover makes for a fun, stand alone read as well.