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...noisy bar is the perfect setting for the rituals of courtship. But for others, loud voices, pounding music and noisy cell phones make the sweet nothings too hard to hear. Enter the Quiet Party, where all talking above a gentle whisper is banned, cell phones are forbidden and the jukebox is muted. Participants chat mostly via notes; some are suggestive, others discuss current events, while still others seek creative potential mates by starting chain stories. The first Quiet Party took place in New York City last November, and now the idea is spreading nationwide. The first international Quiet Party...
First, if you haven't done so already, you need to turn those CDs into MP3s. This you can do effortlessly with free jukebox software like Real One (at real.com) Then spend some time listening closely to the tracks. Which opposites seem to attract? Don't worry about matching tempos or even keys. You can take care of that later...
...many as seven small receivers, or clients. Five can be wireless, and each can power a pair of wired speakers. MusicCast can simultaneously transmit different music to, say, the kitchen, den and two bedrooms. You can also compile custom CDs from the server to play elsewhere. This family jukebox isn't cheap: list price for the server and one client will be $2,800; additional clients, $600 each...
Twain's vocal talent was discovered when she was 4 and still called by her birth name, Eilleen. "I was singing along with the jukebox in a diner," she recalls. "These guys heard and asked my mom if I could sing louder. She put me up on the countertop, and from that moment on, she was convinced I was going to be a little performer." In need of cash, Sharon booked Twain in front of every open microphone in northern Ontario. If there were no talent shows or telethons, Sharon was not above hauling Twain...
...ARCHOS JUKEBOX MULTIMEDIA 20 An audio-video toy for bigger kids, this jukebox holds more than MP3s; it can store up to 40 hours of MPEG-4 video for viewing on its LCD screen. www.archos.com...