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The 1990s were a great decade of music. We saw the birth of many different bands whose legacy is still growing today. Bands like Pearl Jam, Radiohead, and Green Day are as big today as they’ve ever been before.

But, there were those bands that after having wowed us with their number one hit, suddenly disappeared into the abyss quicker than they had first emerged, like the saying goes, they entered in like a bolt of lightning but flew out like the wind.

Having a look back at some of those ‘one hit wonders’ of the 90’s most people can ‘name that song’ and even the year it came out but no one ever remembers the name of the bands that sung them.

Breakfast At Tiffany’s, everyone loved that song and it has been played again and again ever since. It was near the top end of the charts for some time but who can remember the band that sung it?

You probably wouldn’t guess it after ten tries, it was Deep Blue Something, the exemplary one hit wonder of the 90’s.

Try another one, “The Way” which was a hit during the late 90’s and loved by many. This one actually still gets played even today but the band never managed to make another song as good at that one.

The Rembrandts, they are my third temporary sensation to make the list. Their hit song is played and listened to every day and many people wouldn’t even be able to put the name of the band to the hit song.

Their hit song, I’ll Be There For You, was so popular and so catchy that the hit TV show Friends decided to use it as their theme song. This band also faded into obscurity shortly after the success of this hit.

But the questions is, who has helped produced the one hit sensations list for the 2000’s? That one is coming soon.

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The landscape of pop music has changed greatly in recent years. Part of it has to do with general trends, and part of it has to do with the emergence of new media. Regardless, some new names have emerged recently and the music world is better off for it.

These household mega stars have paved the way toward greatness, and it should be interesting to see if they can maintain just as big a presence in the future.

This article is going to focus on some of the names you should expect to see continuing their success at the top of the charts in 2010. Let’s see who to look out for this year.

Whether you love them or hate them, the Jonas Brothers aren’t going anywhere. This group of three wholesome American brothers has some decent music to back up their good looks, and they’ll remain one of the biggest names in music this coming year.

On the female side of things, nobody was bigger than Lady Gaga was in 2009. Her debut album came in 2008, but it was really 2009 that became the year of this icon.

Many believe that Lady Gaga will be the biggest name in pop music during the course of the next decade, and they could very well be right. Her music is catchy and original, and her image makes things even more interesting.

If you watched the MTV awards last year, you surely saw the whole Taylor Swift incident. Lo and behold, she makes some great music too. Some of her songs enjoyed massive success last year and it seems like she has the talent to continue on in her journey.

Lastly, let’s go with another newcomer to the scene. Adam Lambert wowed millions of Americans during his stint on American Idol. While he ultimately lost the competition to Kris Allen, this second place finisher will likely be the more popular artist going forward.

Lambert’s debut album immediately reached the top of the charts, and this should be indicative of the massive following he immediately generated from his success on the show.

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Yesterday, as I was browsing through some music reviews I stumbled onto a piece of writing that cited a survey claiming that Pearl Jam was the best band in American rock history. As much as I do love so many of this band’s hits, it still came as a major surprise to me to see that no one was better in the minds of Americans.

This wasn’t number one band of the 90s, but it was the number one American rock band ever.

Then I started thinking about things. Who would normally be chosen as the best rock bands of all time? The Beatles. Perhaps some would go with Led Zeppelin. Others might choose a band like the Rolling Stones.

I’m a music lover, but I have to admit that I was wrong here. Every band I thought of either hailed from another country, or simply didn’t have the depth of musical hits that Pearl Jam did.

There are recent bands like Wilco and the White Stripes, but they haven’t been around for long enough. There are bands like Journey and Bon Jovi, but they don’t have as many hits. There were guys like Bob Dylan and Billy Joel, but they were solo artists and not bands. No one was able to best Pearl Jam.

I was truly stumped. Was there really no one better than Pearl Jam when it came to American rock history?

The fact that Pearl Jam continues to write some great albums to this day only builds the case they make as the greatest American rock band. They just recently came out with Backspacer, and this critically acclaimed album is being called their best of the decade.

Pearl Jam is a breath of fresh air in a music world that’s been tainted by corporate interests. They’ve never broken up, never have had any of the drug issues that so many other bands suffer from, and they’re all about pleasing their fans. I tip my hat to Pearl Jam for these very reasons.

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Tattoos are a normal thing for many people. You will see people who have them all over their body, to ones who only have a single tattoo. So what happens when you accidentally get a tattoo that later on you regret? You can look into a tattoo removal cream for a less expensive alternative to laser removal.

One of the biggest reasons that many people look to have a tattoo removed is because they placed a name on their body. Yes not a smart move, but we all do things that just are not smart. So these people want to know will a tattoo removal cream really take that tattoo off?

The first method will normally have to do with the removal of the first few layers of skin. It will be done in a fashion that will not because you pain though, so though it sounds bad, it really isn’t bad at all. By the way almost all of these tattoo removal cream sets come in steps of three.

Your next step is basically a chemical peel, this part will expose those skin layers that have the ink in them. Next will be the last step where you apply that tattoo removal cream. As the cream combines with the ink, it will break the ink apart and remove it from the skin. The process in some cases will take only a few months.

Most of these tattoo removal creams are tested and safe to use, you may experience a bit of redness on the skin from the first two steps. But nothing that will be lasting and it will go away quickly.

Finally you’re ready for the last step of the process that is applying the tattoo removal cream to the tattoo. It’s made so that when it touches the ink it will break the ink molecules up, causing the tattoo to fade from your skin.

Plus they are safe for you and you should not feel any side effects from the process at all. Before you decide on which tattoo removal cream kit you want, compare a few of them. See which one has the best reviews, and the best for cost and quickest results. Picking the right product could be the difference between a completely faded tattoo, and one that is only partially faded away. Take your time when you head out to pick out a tattoo removal cream and make sure it’s the right choice.

Roller Derby has been around for years and was a staple of the early days of television. It was similar to its better known counterpart, pro wrestling and was seen on many of the same low powered UHF stations in the same bad timeslots. It had a similar borderline sleazy group of promoters and businessman that was common in the regional territory era of pro wrestling. Roller derby didn’t have the success or popularity that pro wrestling did. There was a serious athletic component to be sure, but the dim witted storylines made pro wrestling look like Shakespeare. The sport does have its own history–most know that the LA T-Birds were the perennial champions of 1970’s, and Ann Calvello and Ralphie Valladares had been in the sport forever and were considered legends–but it never really stuck in the public consciousness like the pre-Hulk Hogan era of pro wrestling.

New era roller derby reached a national audience through the A&E reality series Roller Girls. It featured a local, all-girl roller derby league in Austin, Texas and followed the lives of the players on and off the track. While the show was oddly engaging, it was the first clue that many had that such a league existed in the first place. A sport that was never taken seriously to begin with and that was really living on borrowed time since the 1960’s before fading into the lowest level of obscurity had been rediscovered and embraced by an eclectic group of young women. They had kept the same essential format, thrown in a healthy dose of burlesque camp and Varga pin-up inspired glamour and made it into their own vibrant subculture. They changed some of the nomenclature and competitive format–in lieu of regularly scheduled games they renamed the competitions “bouts” a la MMA or boxing. The result was a compelling mixture of glamour, toughness and athleticism driven by a healthy dose of punk rock “do it yourself” mentality.

Today, roller derby is a full blown worldwide phenomenon. There are hundreds of local roller derby leagues not only in the United States, but Canada, Australia and Europe. Most of the local groups similarly play up the campy retro pin-up/hot rod iconography and everyone involved sure looks like they’re having a good time. Between teams there’s a vibe of good natured competitiveness and camaraderie.

This organic rebirth and growth of roller derby is a result of young women taking what essentially was TV time filler and made it into their own distaff ‘action sport’. The roller derby circa 2009 is a matriarchal success story. No one is in it for the money, as these local groups are typically run as non-profit organization. The women involved have recreated this sport, and run it, promote it and compete in it on their own terms.

The new generation rollergirls also pay homage to their sports’ pioneers much in the same way that skateboarders give props to Duane Peters and Tony Alva. Many of the individual group websites have sections devoted to the history of roller derby, and the late Ann Calvello–regarded as the Queen of the original Roller Derby–is revered as something of a patron saint. The Texas Rollergirl group featured in the A&E series has renamed their championship the Calvello Cup.

Ross Everett is a noted freelance writer and a staff handicapper for Sports-1 sportsbook, where he consults on opening NFL lines. He’s a highly respected authority on NFL betting in addition to college football, Canadian football and boxing. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his two rottweilers and a Jack Russell Terrier.

‘Iron Chef’ is a crazy Japanese import cooking game show that features accomplished chefs from around the world going head to head in a competition format that’s part Julia Child, part pro wrestling. Even non-foodies are drawn to the show for its sheer entertainment value.

The story behind the show goes something like this”theres this rich dude, MC Kaga who summons the finest chefs in Japan to do battle in his kitchen stadium. Needless to say, a TV studio wouldnt suffice for such a production: the kitchen stadium is in Kagas castle. Also in residence are three Iron Chefs, each representing a different type of cuisine (Chinese, French and Japanese). The summoned culinary challenger picks which Iron Chef he wants to take a crack at and the contest begins. The show was originally created by the Fuji TV network in the Japan, and the original Japanese title translates literally to The Iron Men of Cooking.

But wait, theres more”the chefs just dont pull out the best dishes from their repertoire. Theres a catch to the contest, and thats the fact that every dish must contain the theme ingredient which is kept a mystery until immediately before the contest begins. At that time, Kaga brings forth a heaping helping of whatever the current mystery ingredient is in a production of smoke and pyrotechnics straight out of a KISS concert. Sometimes the ingredient is something basic like tofu or apples, but it can also be something obscure like ox tail or some obscure shellfish.

At that point, the chefs have an hour to prepare a seven course meal, served to a discerning panel of B-List celebrities that usually include a couple of ‘TV Presenters’ and a ‘fortune teller’. The judges rate and discuss each course and declare a winner.

What really brings the show together is the announcing. Theres a hysterical play by play announcer, an excitable color commentator, and an even more hyperactive sideline correspondent who will break in the commentary frequently with revelations such as observing that a chef is using fresh ginger in a dish or some similar piece of trivia. Apparently one of the announcers is a legit sumo wrestling announcer in Japan, making the strange juxtaposition between cooking shows and wrestling even more complete.

The dishes that the chefs come up with are always pretty amazing, creative and complex”if not always appetizing. Some of their creations look yummy, but a dessert with a compulsory use of carp isnt exactly my cup of green tea. Nonetheless, the creative process and intensity of the competitors is amazing. Even as challenging as this is, the requirement that a theme ingredient be used in every component of the meal really ups the ante.

The Food Network has recently begun production of a native grown version called ‘Iron Chef America’. It has a similar format, but really loses a lot from the inscrutable original.

Ross Everett is a customer relations consultant to the restaurant, casino and internet sports betting industries. He is a published freelance writer on fine dining, travel and how to successfully bet on NFL football games . He is currently a staff marketing and hospitality director for Sports-1 sportsbook.

Throughout its history, heavy metal has done well to avoid pretense. Bands sung about topics like slaying dragons, chasing women, and partying. Then, at some point during the 1990s, the cancer of nu metal started to metastasize in the heavy metal genre. Bands started singing about relationships and their feelings in an effort to gain mainstream popularity. Were not talking about an obligatory power ballad here and there”some bands sung about nothing else than how miserable they were and how sad they were over a failed relationship.

Fortunately, the cancerous tumor in the body of heavy metal is now in remission and the tide is turning back. Mopey lyrics and wimpy riffs are giving way to thundering power chords and lyrical brutality. Among the bands bringing forth a ‘nu metal’ backlash is Swedish Viking metal band Amon Amarth. As the name implies, bands from the Viking metal genre sing about subjects of interest to vikings such as sailing, lusting for adventure and conquest, furious winds and treacherous seas.

Amon Amarth took their name from a location in J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle Earth, and their name means Mount Doom in the Elvish language of Sindarin. Drawing musical inspiration from bands such as Bolt Thrower and their Viking metal predecessors Bathory and Enslaved, who in turn took their cue from the great American band Manowar, Amon Amarth plays their own unique style of melodic death metal. While they are hesitant to identify themselves as Viking metal, they take most of their lyrical content from Viking history and Norse mythology.

The bands international popularity began to take off in 1998, when they signed with Metal Blade Records and released their major label debut Once Sent From The Golden Hall. Their most recent releases on Metal Blade”2004s Fate of Norns and 2006s With Oden On Our Side”has seen the band become one of the top metal acts in North America as well as their native Sweden.

Amon Amarth recently extended their deal with Metal Blade records, and released their latest album ‘Twilight of the Thunder God’ in September 2008. The album quickly became the best selling release of their career, and was met with critical acclaim from the heavy metal media worldwide.

Heavy metal as a genre is making a worldwide resurgence, particularly the Amon Amarth style of ‘Viking Metal’ and other related acts with a similar thematic focus on epic adventure. The band tours constantly, and their powerful live show has earned them a reputation as one of the ‘must see’ concert acts.

David Glisan is heavy metal editor for The Savage Science, a website covering both MMA fights and heavy metal music. He’s an avid MMA and boxing enthusiast as well, and reportsUFC news for several mainstream sports broadcasts and websites. He’s practiced several martial arts forms since childhood and holds a black belt in judo.

Today, it’s a world famous comedy club–The Comedy Store. In the 1940’s and 1950’s it was Ciro’s nightclub and for much of its life was one of the hottest nightspots in the world.

When Herman Hover became manager of Ciro’s in 1942, he made it into a destination nightspot for the best talent in the world. In 1950, it launched the career of a comedy team that would rise to superstardom together and separately in Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. A year later an opening act called the Will Mastin Trio would tear down the house and leave the headliner that night–Janis Page–in the dust. The Trio itself would become the answer to a trivia question when one of its members left to become one of the biggest stars on the planet–a young singer/dancer/comic named Sammy Davis, Jr.

The regulars at Ciro’s comprised a mind boggling array of the greatest entertainers in history–Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, Judy Garland and countless others. It became the clubhouse for the Hollywood elite to drink, mingle and network.

In a more civilized era, the biggest cities had a network of top level nightclubs that would provide the best entertainment, drinking and dining in a luxurious atmosphere. Some of these venues included the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Coconut Grove in Miami, the 900 Club in Atlantic City and the Villa Venice in Chicago. Even before its heyday, Ciro’s was still among the top tier of nightclubs hosting tars such as Bogart, Lauren Bacall, George Raft and Betty Grable. When the club began to ‘cool off’ and the clientele began to defect to the jungle themed Mocambo Nightclub, Ciro’s fell on hard times and briefly closed until Herman Hoover reopened the club.

Hoover had an interesting background–while attending law school at Columbia University he was lured away by the mix of wiseguys and chorus girls at New York’s famed “Silver Slipper”. “The Slipper” was a prohibition era nightspot owned by a group of organized crime luminaries, and Hoover quickly became a valued management asset. He would later work at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club before relocating to the west coast in 1936.

Ciros reopened on December 26, 1942 with longtime Sinatra pal Joe E. Lewis on stage and such stars as Mickey Rooney, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Joan Crawford and Cary Grant in the audience. Xavier Cugat (whod later marry a Latin dancer named Charo) became a regular headliner at the club, preceding the arrival of Martin, Lewis and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Hoover had hosted Dean Martins wedding in 1949 to second wife Jeanne, and Martin and Lewis debuted at Ciros in 1950. They remained loyal to Hoover and his club, and even when they were pulling down an astounding (for the 1950s) $100,000 a week to perform they insisted on holding their fee at Ciros to what they were originally paid–$7,000 a week. Sammy Davis, Jr. got his start at Ciro’s and returned to the stage after his mid 1950’s car accident in what may have been the biggest event ever at the club. Following an introduction by Frank Sinatra, Davis put on a scorching performance before an adoring and emotional crowd of the biggest stars on the planet.

Ironically, it was the growth of Las Vegas that would spell the beginning of the end for Ciros and nightclubs like it nationwide. With coffers flush from gambling profits and mob revenues, the nightclubs just couldnt compete with the money that Las Vegas casinos were able to offer. Headliners didnt have to travel as much to make big money, and they were able to live the life 24/7 in the southern Nevada desert. As Hoover struggled to stay afloat, the IRS caught up to hundreds of thousands of dollars he owed in unpaid taxes. Ciros closed its doors in 1957. Hoover filed for bankruptcy in 1959, and Ciros was sold at public auction for $350,000.

The end of Ciro’s also represented an end of the glamor that characterized Los Angeles in the early to middle 20th century. Sunset Boulevard remained a busy main street, but before long became populated with as many strip clubs and tattoo parlors as upscale restaurants and nightclubs. The tradition of launching new stars, however, continues to this day at the Comedy Store which has operated on the Ciro’s site for almost 30 years. A ‘who’s who’ of comedy have gotten a start at the club from Jay Leno, David Letterman and Andy Kaufman to modern comics like David Chappelle and UFC commentator Joe Rogan.

Ross Everett is a Las Vegas and hospitality industry historian as well as an expert on NFL football betting. He has served as a management consultant for many restaurants, casinos and nightclubs. In addition, he’s a noted fight sport journalist, and writes extensively on strategies to successfully bet on NFL football, MMA and boxing.

The name Guizee.com is inspired by the Chinese word for closet or wardrobe “guizi”.

Guizee.com is a social experiment that seeks to provide answers to the question: “What should I wear?” In addition to uploading their own items, members can search for items from a vast database of fashion apparel and accessories and then use those items to create items to share with friends. In addition, users can tag items they upload with useful data such as brand, color, material, occasion and price and use the site to keep track of real items in their wardrobe and this season’s latest fashions. They can even purchase certain items through links to online shopping sites.

“We built Guizee.com to help people keep track of fashion apparel and accessories that they own in a way that most people never can with their physical wardrobe and make better decisions about what to wear and what to buy. Essentially by using Guizee.com, your wardrobe becomes searchable by item type, brand, color, price, the best occasion to wear it and more,” said Jeff CLine, founder and CEO of SEOcorporate.com.

Guizee.com plans to add additional features for fashion brands, stores and retailers that will allow them to bulk upload their fashion inventory, which users can then match with the fashion items they already own. The site will also provide tools that will allow small fashion stores to create online dressing rooms, manage inventory and drive traffic to physical or online stores.

“We want to help fashion brands and small stores to promote their products to our users in a way that’s not intrusive and adds value to the user experience. Instead of looking at a banner ad, users are actually interacting with the products, creating content around them, as well as sharing and driving traffic to stores,” he added.

The site also uses a powerful notification feature that lets users stay up to date with the latest fashion items uploaded by their friends, fashion brands or clothes stores.

“Guizee.com can be used in many different ways. You can maintain a personal inventory of what you own, keep track of your spending on fashion, show off your sense of style or peek into the wardrobes of your friends or co-workers. If you are the kind of person who has nightmares about turning up at a party or event wearing the same clothes as someone else or frequently commit fashion mistakes that make you a laughing stock, Guizee is the site for you!