Archive for December, 2009:
High Pressure Shower Head
For me, showering is not simply a way to get clean. The shower is where I relax and let go of all of my cares. When I am stressed out, I just go into the shower for an hour and come out refreshed and renewed. It doesn’t matter what is happened that day. A good hot shower will always make me feel better.
When I first moved into my house, I thought the shower pressure was miserable. I figured that the plumbing was old or something. There’s not much you can do about that. Fixing it will cost thousands of dollars. I found out that the problem was much easier to fix. Once I got a high pressure shower head, it worked like magic.
You might think that high pressure shower heads are not very important to the quality of your shower, but you are dead wrong. You see, with this big water conservation craze, many people put in water saving shower heads. Some of these are alright for people who just use a shower to get clean, and some of them even do have a pretty high degree of pressure, but for people like me who really enjoy their showers, they are not enough. Without a high pressure shower head, a shower is practically worthless to me. My wife tries to guilt trip me about using up too much water, but I don’t pay her any mind. I just turn on the high pressure shower head and drown out all my cares!
The best thing about high pressure shower heads is that they work even if the water pressure is only so-so. They concentrate the stream of water, causing it to feel like gallons and gallons are pouring down on you. There are actually water saving high-pressure shower heads for just this purpose, but in our house, the plumbing is good enough that we don’t need them. I don’t mind wasting the water. We live in an area with plenty of water, so I don’t feel too bad about it. For me, the high pressure shower head is worth it. I almost couldn’t get by without it.
It can be very hard to pick out the right high pressure shower head. It isn’t like picking out a bed. You can’t try out each high pressure shower nozzle and see if it is right for you. You have to go on faith. Consumer Reports can help, but I had to go through three or four before I found one that I really liked.
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Elvis’ Album of Perennial Christmas Gospel Songs
Elvis’ admirers often claim that he was never properly acknowledged at the Grammy awards. This isn’t entirely justified; Elvis was nominated 14 times over the course of his career, and won the award finally three times. As much as people identify Elvis Presley with his genre-defining rock ‘n roll, pop and blues music, Elvis had a very religious side to his music too, perhaps from his time in church growing up in the South. The three wins that he notched up at the Grammies were all for his gospel singing. Elvis’ Christmas Album was released in 1957; while most grown-ups at the time had trouble with Elvis, this album was a universal hit both critically and commercially, inside and outside the circle of people interested in Elvis or in Christmas gospel songs.
When it was first released, Elvis was best known for his explosive and somewhat provocative stage performances. The thought of such a popular rock ‘n roll icon singing a devotional White Christmas really got peoples goats. Apparently Irving Berlin even put out an appeal to broadcasters not to support this album. But Elvis had a religious upbringing on gospel music and his performances were always restrained, tasteful and in keeping with the sacred nature of this music. One of the greatest Christmas songs on this record is Santa Claus is Back in Town, and has become a great Christian Christmas mainstay.
White Christmas a la Elvis, has a rhythm and blues arrangement. It is often noted there is such close attention in evidence here paid to recording values. The song I’ll be Home for Christmas is a perennial favorite. The song has a bare minimalist arrangement that brings Elvis’ clear and expressive voice to the fore as it is seen nowhere else. As an album of Christmas gospel songs, this album has special tracks towards the end, Peace in the Valley, Take My Hand Precious Lord and It’s No Secret (What God Can Do). The voice, the overall dignity present in the immaculate presentation, is peerless. There is humility in the voice in a way that befits a devotional venture, seen in Take my Hand Precious Lord. There are flashes of Elvis’ interest in country music too in places, though there is a visible pop inspiration brought in for It’s no Secret.
People often stop shy of calling this an album of Christmas gospel songs, seeing that most of the songs that belong to that genre only appear towards the end. But the character of this album comes mainly from the songs at the end, so beautiful are they. To anyone who listens to this album today it brings back an era of purity and musical greatness. If you give it time, this album certainly is a Christmas staple; but for people who find that Elvis’s voice really speaks to them, it is just as well an year-round favourite.
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How to Buy Classical Music
People everywhere have appreciated the beauty and majesty of classical music for generations and generations. Often consider the pinnacle of musical expression, classical music is a daunting genre of music to enter into if you are a casual fan or are new to classical music. In fact, it is difficult not just to know where to buy classical music, but also, what classical music you want to buy. Here is a quick and easy guide to buy classical music, whether you are a new fan or not.
The first thing I can say about buy classical music is that it is not as difficult as you think it might be. Classical music is everyone – in a good way. To buy classical music does not require an advanced or fancy degree in music nor do you need to take a musical appreciation class to know how to buy classical music. In fact, though there is a degree of snobbery or elitism to classical music, those that composed the music wanted it to be enjoyed by anyone willing to listen to it.
Where can you buy classical music? You can buy classical music at nearly any music shop. If you have a local CD shop, this might be the best option to buy classical music on the chance that one or more of the store employees may be knowledgeable on this particular genre of music. There is a wide variety of classical music out there and consulting with a friendly and trusted music lover can really help direct you to things you may like or, at least, find interesting. Many of those big box retail chain stores will also have a selection of classical music that you can buy, but it is unlikely that anyone working there can help you navigate the vast selections.
If you do not have a music shop nearby to buy classical music, you are not alone. There are thousands of online radio stations out there that play only classical music. There can offer samples, essentially, to let you hear some things that you like or might not like so you can figure out for yourself what your particular likes and dislikes are with classical music.
Finally, many online music shops can help you buy classical music. If you use a service like amazon.com, half.com or iTunes, you will find that when you make a purchase, you often are showed other options or selections that people with similar likes and dislikes have also bought. In this way, you can start exploring different composers and styles of classical music, one CD or symphony or concerto at a time.
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