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Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, June 27, 2007 29 Of Your Sparks

It is late to begin this...we know it...

SO, THE HELL WITH IT...PLAY A SONG AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY...
NOW, THAT JUST IS NOT THE WAY TO TREAT GUESTS...
GUESTS SMESTS...I WANNA SLEEP
NOW BOTH OF YOU - SETTLE DOWN OR THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TWICE AS LONG!

Anyway...so PIA is going to see Taylor tomorrow

TONIGHT DUMMY
WELL, YES TONIGHT, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN NICER...
LOOK, WE TYPE THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE...EASY MISTAKE
NOT IF YOU HAD BRAINS...

To continue, she is going to the Meet & Greet
and wanted to bring him a picture of some of his fans

So we grabbed a couple of pictures and worked at the MAC
letting Photo Shop do it's thing...

Thought we would share the journey...

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Here are the four photos we began with. We had to change the dpi on the main shot,
but were able to keep focus...
(YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE)

The Group Shot From WorkPlay
Birmingham, AL March 10, 2007
From left:
Bodacious Hootchie (Pia), Hottie Bond, Snarky Hootchie (Maryfly),
Tez, Sexy Hootchie (Anndi), and Randy Hootchie (Turn)

Tez, third from right, though a doll is not part of the little group we have called
"Hootchies & The Hotties"...
when composing the final product, she will be replaced...
Missing were the following three:

Rocker Hootchie (Busy) could not make the trip...

Sugarbaby Hootchie (Dixie) is second from right and was caring for Mom

Hottie Travis was resting and did not make it...

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SO WE BEGAN...

OK, so...first we cropped Busy from her picture.
Then we flopped her to fit where we wanted to place her.

Then from the main photo we pulled out Tez and Anndi

We silhouetted Anndi to put her back in.
We needed her to be able to be placed on top of Busy after she was placed.

So, here is where we are at this point...messy...

Busy slides in where Tez was; Anndi goes in right on top of her
exactly where she was before...

We crop Dixie...notice her son Matt's sleeve made this interesting...

We were going to place Dixie between Mary and I, so Mary gets silhouetted

Had to silo me at this point

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We also did a silo on Pia, but in the end it was not necessary

So, now we have Mary and I separated and Dixie "sort of" in place

Took Travis, silhouetted him and flopped him too

Well...you have to have a title

Here is the finished product...
Completed start to finish in 4 hours...

Not happy with some parts, like we just noticed Travis is not covering all of Busy,
and we did not extend her body far enough...ARG
but the concert is tonight...soooooooooo

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CREDITS:

"CHANGES"
David Bowie
Composer: David Bowie
"Hunky Dory"

All photos stored at
Photobucket.com

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This Week's Answer & 8 Women

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Thursday, March 08, 2007 21 Of Your Sparks

Well.. only two of you played this week..

As such, We are retiring the Mid-Week Musical Meme
At least for a while...the enthusiasm for it is not there.
Wednesday's will, most likely, still be devoted to our first love...
MUSIC...but in some other fashion.

Congrats to our final winners...These two ladies enter our
MID-WEEK MUSICAL MEME HALL OF FAME
for their outstanding performances over the weeks.

Band: YES
Song: SWEETNESS
Album: YES
Band Members:
JON ANDERSON
CHRIS SQUIRE
TONY KAYE
BILL BUFORD
PETER BANKS

Some More Of YES

AMERICAN IDOL – THE 8 LADIES

Well, it can not be as horrible as last night…this is where the main talent lies this year.

I think the judges were kind when they said 4 of the men deserved to move on…
THE COUCH puts that number at three…

Paula had to do something for Randy under the desk???? WOOOOOOOO can you say … ummm no I can’t

JORDIN SPARKS: One of our spoilers in past weeks…she came out a bit pitchy tonight…Got better in the middle of the song and think she did well enough to move on. If she finds her place, she could be here a long time.

SABRINA SLOAN :Again, came out pitchy and shaky..and found herself in the middle. NOT her best performance by a long shot. Pounded the last note and showed her pipes…but not the best. Solid…unfortunately the song choice did not help her. She will be back next week.

ANTONELLA BARBA: OK, her friend should have been here and this girl needs to be home sitting on toilets and posing naked… Horrible performance… Pitchy…raspy…a wreck…then the judges rip her again and call out to America “It is a singing competition NOT a beauty show… she should NOT be back.

HALEY SCARNATO: OH NO… last big chance and she picked a bad song and then sang it badly…very boring …no life… no personality… yawwwwwwn.. could have been part of the boy’s night …did I say yawn???

STEPHANIE EDWARDS: Excellent performance…sweet notes… great phrasing…big last note… got a little pitchy in the middle, but otherwise…Stephanie could be a real spoiler (We know – we said that already). Stephanie is totally here next week.

LAKISHA JONES: OH MY…this girl just makes the chills come up and down the spine…I am not sure it was her best performance, but it was incredible… She WILL be back.

GINA GLOCKSEN: Well she is taking some advice and reverted to her rocker personality…She showed she has a real powerful voice and can work a song and the stage. Got a bit pitchy and lost the singing a bit, but it shows she deserves to be here and whould be in the 12 next week.

MELINDA DOOLITTLE: When she first started, we were a bit nervous...could she do the phrasing needed for this very difficult song? WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW....the answer is (just like our mystery group), Y-E-S!!! She brings so much fun to the stage and enjoys herself and can sing like the dickens…She received the Pimp Spot and took it by the neck and just owned it… once again…I got chills all over. At this point the odds on favorite to win the whole thing in our opinion.

THE COUCH’S TOP TWO:
MELINDA DOOLITTLE
GINA GLOCKSTEN

THE COUCH’S BOTTOM TWO:
ANTONELLA BARBA
HALEY SCARNATO

Let’s see if the little boys who are voting for her take Doc Blogstein’s advice and not vote for Antonella. Guys, let her go and then Playboy will come calling and you can see even more of her.

Results tomorrow….

CREDITS:
Music Codes: Best Audio Codes

Headers: 2007VEM

I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE: Yes; Composers: Jon Anderson & Chris Squire

ROUNDABOUT: Yes; Composers: Jon Anderson & Steve Howe

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This Week's Answer

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4 Of Your Sparks

Excellent job Pia...Exactly correct...
BAND: Jerry Garcia - unofficial
SONG: My Funny Valentine
BAND MEMBERS: Jerry Garcia (guitar), Merle Saunders (organ), Bill Vitt (drums), John Kahn (bass)
ALBUM: Live At The Keystone Volume 2

This is a tremendous album as is Volume One ...
both albums contain superb performances drawn from the quartet's
July 10-11, 1973, run in the intimate confines of Keystone Korners in Berkeley.
For this song, the band does not do their interpretation, they pretty
much take the song apart and rebuild it to their taste.

We will come back to this at another time...

For today...other interpretations of this tremendous song...
as our friend from Canada pointed out,
this classic is by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rogers...

Enjoy with your angel, your honey-bunny, your love, your cuddles,
your darling, your DH or DW....sweet

ELLA:

FRANK: (hope this one works)

SARAH:

CARLY:

ROD: (another one giving me troubles)

BARBRA:

NOW, Go back and listen to the Garcia/Saunders/Kahn & Vitt
version and see how brilliant it really it...

ENJOY ALL...tomorrow, a special story about
a special person in the music business

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