Student Plays With Billy Joel

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p04TYk4j0zQ?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.insidevandy.com/life/college_culture/article_72aff2ca-6bda-11e2-8323-001a4bcf6878.html" target="blank">Inside Vandy</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span><b>ifelong Billy Joel fan Michael Pollack stood up to ask his childhood idol a question during the Piano Man's recent Q&A at Vanderbilt University. Pollack, a piano player himself, asked Joel if he could accompany him in a performance of “New York State of Mind” — Pollack’s favorite song.</b><br /><br /><blockquote>My roommate and I decided that we would try and find a way to get a question to be asked, and see if we could get on stage. And the day came, I put together a question, and I was raising my hand, and my friends to the right of me kept pointing to me, and finally after a few questions he picked on me and I hesitantly said how “New York State of Mind” was my favorite song, and how I had performed it with his saxophonist Richie Cannata in the past and wondered if I could go up and play it with him. And then he thought for a little — he took a second — and then he just said “Okay.” Which wasn’t quite convincing, but it was good enough. I walked up, we spoke about the arrangement for about 15 seconds — he just went through what he wanted me to play — and then…</blockquote></div>

Student Plays With Billy Joel

Inside Vandy L ifelong Billy Joel fan Michael Pollack stood up to ask his childhood idol a question during the Piano Man's recent Q&...

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Tokyo Snow

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Tokyo Snow

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Minori | Shironuri

<div style="text-align: right;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Dwi5OhZJmFI?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://minori.co/" target="_blank">Minori</a>, <a href="http://tokyofashion.com/her-memories-of-a-dream-minori/" target="_blank">“Her Memories of a Dream”</a></div>

Minori | Shironuri

Minori , “Her Memories of a Dream”

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Kumamiki | Party Baby

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Kumamiki | Party Baby

Party Baby , The Story of Kumamiki’s Harajuku Fashion Brand

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Leuchtturm1917 Pocket Notebook

My pen acquisition disorder (PAD) is settling down somewhat these days. I've collected a bunch of gel pens to use at the office, and I've discovered the awesomeness of fountain pens. So what's next? First, finding something interesting to write about. Second, finding some decent paper to write on. I discover interesting things to write about every day, so item one is easy (e.g., "Some moron cut me off on the way to work today" or "I wore black socks today" or "I made bad coffee today"). Item two presents more of a challenge, requires more thought, and takes more time.<br /><br />So . . . this post relates to some decent paper that I've been using recently. The paper is found inside a Leuchtturm 1917 Notebook (pocket size).<br /><br />The Leuchtturm webpage for the pocket notebook is <a href="http://www.leuchtturm1917.com/en/content/pocket-notebook" target="_blank">here</a>, and a couple of online reviews can be found <a href="http://wellappointeddesk.com/2012/01/30/leuchtturm-1917-review/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://officesupplygeek.com/notebook-review/book-style-binding/leuchtturm1917-ruled-notebook-review/" target="_blank">here</a>. My abbreviated review is as follows: I like the Leuchtturm 1917 notebook more than the Moleskine pocket notebook, the Leuchtturm 1917 paper plays reasonably well with fountain pens, and they are less expensive than Rhodia notebooks (which many pen lunatics feel are the best in class). I like the fact that the pages are numbered, and I like the idea of having a table of contents at the beginning of the notebook. I may have to try a Rhodia notebook next for comparison, but I suspect that the Rhodia can't beat the "bang for the buck" value of the Leuchtturm 1917.<br /><br />Is there even a point to be made here? If hard pressed, I guess my point would be to encourage notebook users to try a Leuchtturm 1917 instead of a Moleskine.<br /><br />I wrote a test page in my notebook, made a really poor scan of it, and then used my amateur image processing skills to further ruin the jpeg file. Keep that in mind when you view this washed-out, white-imbalanced, and unrealistic color rendition:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW57-UFfyMKBIqC-oqdThEK7DrecEkuSeI4QOxln0baL2xuYdsWu_mBiG9M_buJYqbJyDmPGEZteH3b8LuF9M0BVjhQOGfvj4rHQyVxay1YP6ubc-fwtIKGvzEnh-37UdEj-UrPbnz7w/s1600/20130118_Leuchtturm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW57-UFfyMKBIqC-oqdThEK7DrecEkuSeI4QOxln0baL2xuYdsWu_mBiG9M_buJYqbJyDmPGEZteH3b8LuF9M0BVjhQOGfvj4rHQyVxay1YP6ubc-fwtIKGvzEnh-37UdEj-UrPbnz7w/s320/20130118_Leuchtturm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>

Leuchtturm1917 Pocket Notebook

My pen acquisition disorder (PAD) is settling down somewhat these days. I've collected a bunch of gel pens to use at the office, and I...

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