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Fan Reviews
Kevin Sings Darin – LIVE!
December 2004
Spacey Fan Kaye's Concert Story
Wayne Newton Theater Stardust Hotel/Casino
Las Vegas December 26, 2004
The theater was fantastic. It is in a semicircle facing the stage. The stage is connected on both sides to an aisle that runs through the audience. Also, a runway connects the stage to the top of the semicircle at the aisle. I hope that makes sense–it's a little hard to describe. I wish I could just draw it. Anyway, Kevin made full use of all of it. He was almost running up the runway at times! When he first came out, he said, "We've never had one of these before!" He started strutting up the runway & pretending to take off his jacket.
He started with Hello, Young Lovers like at all the shows. The second song was As Long As I'm Singing. He did quite a bit of dancing during the instrumental part of the song–ending with a complete turn (like on ITAS). At that point, he had the audience in the palm of his hand. I won't go into the songs he did because they have been talked about in all of the other reviews, but, he did put Bridge Over Troubled Water back in. The only song he did that I wasn't familiar with was Sail Away.
The songs that got the biggest reactions were Mack the Knife (of course), Can't Take My Eyes Off You & Hi-De-Ho. Kevin wore the tux with a brocade vest from the movie (he also wore it at Atlantic City). He was close enough to me at times that I could tell that the pattern on the vest was paisley. Several times he was about 6-8 ft from me.
He began singing My Funny Valentine when he was standing in front of me. I was really surprised by my reaction to seeing him in person. I expected to have a surreal feeling like I did when I saw Paul McCartney in concert. But, with Kevin, I didn't. It felt so natural & right. I knew all of his moves, every expression, (almost) every note & joke. It felt like I saw him all the time!
There were two couples from Vegas sitting at my table. Before the show, I had to jump in when I heard one of the women say, "I don't think he's ever done any singing before." I told them that, yes, he had done a song on the MGGE soundtrack in 97. She said, "He did?! Which song?" "That Old Black Magic" "Is that him? I have that CD but I never realized that was him!" I'd be willing to bet that after Sunday's concert, she bought the BTS soundtrack.
A man & two women, also at our table, came to the concert from Chicago. I heard one woman say, "I don't know why he didn't come to Chicago." Of course, I had to answer that, too! "He was there on the 21st." She said she hadn't heard anything about it. I also saw Dana Brunetti & Phil Ramone. They were sitting almost directly across from me. Dana's date really liked Can't Take My Eyes… She was dancing in her seat through the whole thing.
Near the start of the show, a woman yelled out, "You're hot." Kevin seemed embarrassed. Later, when he took off his jacket, she yelled, "Kevin, now you're even hotter." He said something like, "That makes it all worth while." After a few seconds, he said, "My manager can stop that now." Later, someone yelled, "Ventura still loves you, Kevin." He said, "I'll have to explain that later. We had our first show in Ventura & we're a lot better now."
As I was leaving, trying to catch my breath after the last encore (Hi-De-Ho), I heard an older man behind me talking about the show. He said, "It just doesn't get any better than that." On the way out of the Stardust, there was a girl on her cell phone. She said, "Yes, it was worth it! It would be worth $300 to see him!"
Everyone I saw seemed to have really enjoyed the show. I didn't stay around long after the show because my mother had been feeling bad & went back to the room instead of the show, so I thought I'd better check in on her. I did take a couple of minutes to take some more pictures of the marquee–this time at night with the lights. I sure hope at least one of them comes out.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you about the poster inside the Stardust. It was about 2ft by 5ft & was surrounded by blinking lights! Oh, yes, souvenirs. They had the fliers like have been sold on ebay (the blue picture). There were also posters on the tables. Some tables I noticed had table tents, but, mine didn't. All in all, the concert was worth every penny I spent to get there. I just wish that I could have stayed another day & seen Monday's, too.
December 30, 2004
Linda & Marian's Spacey Adventure
Bimbos 365 Club in San Francisco December 5, 2004
I was lucky enough to get tickets to the San Francisco concert at Bimbos 365 Club. Here are my thoughts about attending this exceptional experience. There are no adjectives to justly describe this concert.
Outstanding? Extraordinary? Breathtaking? None of these words are even close to describing this night. Kevin was…. Kevin was… Kevin was…good? Sorry, that was a joke from the show. Kevin finished singing Bridge over Troubled Water. Beautifully, I might add. Someone from the audience yelled, "You're good." Kevin turned toward the voice and said, "Good?" Turning back to the audience he said, "I can see the headlines in the San Francisco Chronicle: 'Spacey concert, he was good,' I can live with good, guess it's better than he sucked."
One of my biggest regrets is that I never saw Bobby in concert. By the time I was old enough to go see him in Vegas, he passed away. For Darin fans, Kevin's show will bring back memories. Kevin adds so much of Bobby's shows and tapes that it's like watching Bobby. I may never have had the chance to see Bobby, but thanks to Kevin I did.
Kevin wore a tux….looking very sexy. Marian and I were right at the stage. Kevin sang in front of us all evening…well, for an hour and a half. A perfect location for him to sing to us. We were close enough to see the gulp, the quiver of his chin. He told the story of how he "met" Bobby through his mom. How this movie was his mom's dream. Then he mentioned that today was a very special day in his life. His mom, who died a year and a half ago, would have been 73. The concert at Bimbos was on her birthday.
Kevin's sister was in the audience, and he dedicated If I Were a Carpenter to her. She was at a table near us. Kevin sang that song with such emotion…and beautifully, I might add…again. The lady who was with us in line, sat behind Kevin's sister and she said his sister cried throughout the song, saying, "I didn't know he was going to do that." Do not miss this show! If you can get tickets….GET THEM. It is definitely worth it! Kevin did it all.
played the harmonica
impersonations…. and did it with such joy.
Audience members were calling out Bobby Darin songs. Kevin stopped…looked out at the crowd, and said, "Bobby would have been so pleased by this." Roger Kellaway was amazing. Kevin may be the heart of this show, but Roger is the backbone. Kevin sang songs from the CD, but a lot were just good old Bobby songs. He talked about Bobby recording over 300 songs, and how it was so difficult to pick the songs for the movie. He said it was even more difficult to try and narrow down the songs for the concert. ALL I can say: Kevin does Bobby proud.
On an added side note: Liss and I ordered flowers for Kevin and had them sent to the SF concert. We ordered 18 yellow roses (a Bobby Darin song). The card attached said: Bravo Kevin. Congratulations on attaining your Darin dream Your fans at Driving Mr. Spacey! and Legacy-Unleashed. Well, the official word is: The flowers were BEAUTIFUL.
We were concerned that a bouquet would not be delivered on a Sunday evening. So, Liss made me promise to investigate. I can safely say I should remain a teacher, since my PI abilities stink. With digital camera ready to capture the flower delivery van, the flowers, and the delivery person all the way to the stage door to prove they arrived, I didn't.
I quickly found I had to resort to plan B. I asked one of the gentlemen who worked at Bimbos if Kevin got a bouquet.
Linda: Excuse me, did some flowers arrive for Kevin?
Bimbo Guy: Describe them.
Linda: 18 yellow roses.
Bimbo Guy: Yes, they arrived about 1 o'clock. They are beautiful and I am a man…but, they were beautiful. 18 long-stemmed yellow roses in a vase. Beautiful.
Linda: Any way you can take a picture of them for me?
Bimbo Guy: No, sorry.
Linda: For some reason, I figured you'd say that, but I tried.
Marian: Any others flowers back there for Kevin?
Bimbo Guy: No just these, and Kevin is going to be so pleased when he sees them. They are really beautiful.
Marian: Is Kevin here yet?
Bimbo Guy: You know I can't answer that question.
Linda: >>trying to look innocent<< Ok, then, has Kevin seen the flowers, yet?
Bimbo Guy: >>smiles<< No, he hasn't seen them yet, but he will like them when he does. They are beautiful.
So…now I am really curious. Do you think those flowers were beautiful, or what?
Linda — Hand Fetishes Inc. Legacy Unleashed.
Fan review by Kris
House of Blues Chicago December 21, 2004
I drove nine hours to see this concert, listening to Kevin Spacey and Bobby Darin for most of the trip and singing along (I am sure some of the other drivers thought I was a lunatic on the loose!). The performance that Mr. Spacey gave was just incredible. I do not possess the vocabulary to adequately express my intense enjoyment at the experience.
This man is the penultimate performer regardless of medium. I can only say that I was so overwhelmed with the live performance that I was unable to listen to the soundtrack on my return journey. I had been listening to the soundtrack almost exclusively since it's release with great pleasure but the fact of the matter is that the soundtrack simply paled when compared with the live performance.
It has now been 36 hours since the concert and I hope I can listen to the soundtrack again.
Do you suppose if enough people contacted his agent requesting a DVD of one of the concerts that they would market one? Should we try it? I cannot wait to see what Mr. Spacey chooses to surprise us with next.
Fan review by Jean Cullen
Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
December 14, 2004
I was at Spacey's New York Concert at the Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center. It was spectacular. Not only did he sing well, but, as Roger Ebert said in his review of "Beyond the Sea," (indeed, the main fault he found with the movie) he sang better than Bobby Darin). Also, he moved about the stage with incredible skill and grace, despite Stephen Holden's subsequent review of the movie stating that Spacey wasn't limber.
Not limber??? Come off it, Holden. Spacey has always been limber. Ask anyone who saw him in "The Iceman Cometh." As Hickey, he slithered around those tables in the bar like a dancer. Anyway suffice it to say, that his performance in concert was something for the ages–totally memorable. I've been around for more years than I'd like to admit, and I've never experienced anything quite like it.
Fan review by Pam Sosnowski
Somerville Theater December 13, 2004
Killing Me Softly with His Song
OK, first off, let's just pretend for a moment that I wasn't a fan of either Kevin Spacey and I was unfamiliar with Bobby Darin's music. I still would have loved this show. It wasn't just great, it was SPECTACULAR.
I think that anyone in that speculated position with an open mind towards music would have walked away with a huge grin on their face. The reason I can say that with confidence is because the first thing my mother said when it was over is that she enjoyed it even more than Tom Jones. And coming from my mother, that means a lot, because she is a huge Tom Jones fan, plus I took her to his concert last year. Without a doubt we agreed that this was the best live performance we have ever seen.
The theater itself was very easy to find – we parked at Alewife and took the T one stop to Davis, and it was literally right next door to the T. While this theater has clearly seen better days, as soon as we walked in I knew it was the perfect venue. It is so small and intimate, and the seats are slightly elevated. Even though we were in the second to last row on the floor, it felt so CLOSE. Possibly even closer than when I saw Paul McCartney at the Fleet Center.
The atmosphere had a totally different feel to it vs. a huge stadium like the Fleet Center. And I think part of the reason Kevin's crew chose these smaller venues is because Bobby used to play the same sizes to feel more in touch with the audience. The place really felt electrified. There was a huge range in ages, from twentysomethings to the baby boomers who experienced Darin first-hand to a lot of senior citizens. A lot of couples.
I was wearing my mother's Austrian crystal bracelet, and when I was talking to her about cleaning it and making it shine more, the woman next to me pulled something out her purse, put it on her wrist, and showed it to me. She had the same exact bracelet! So we started chatting. I asked her if she was there for Kevin or Bobby, and she said both, although she had always loved Bobby Darin, and never missed his TV show when she was a kid.
Then she asked me if I thought we'd be able to rush the stage (joking, of course.) I told her we'd probably get arrested and told her what happened at the Tom Jones concert when the 20-something girls kept getting up on stage and hugging him, and she laughed.
The stage was really small – so small, in fact, that the band took up most of it. There was space in the center and on the right side, which made me feel fortunate that we got tickets on that side. At 7:40 or so, the band finally started up (and I recognized the intro from a live Darin CD that I have), and the piano player in the band introduced Kevin.
The crowd (including me, of course) went nuts when he materialized on stage. He was looking very dapper in a traditional tux and even better in person than on film. He looked about the height I thought he was (5'10" I'd guess), and I was happy to see after making so many movies where he had to pack on pounds (the beginning of American Beauty, and The Shipping News) that he was slim, svelte, and trim! No doubt he lost weight to play Bobby and decided to keep it off for good. I just thought he looked fantastic.
He looked healthy, youthful, relaxed, yet also raring to go and give us a great show, which he delivered. He dove right into "Hello Young Lovers", then he moved his music stand away from the stage a bit, because he felt that it was blocking the view of the people sitting there, and commented that he was sure when they got their tickets they weren't expecting a billboard in front of them.
He talked in between songs and you could tell he had a good relationship with the band. The piano player was Roger (I think his last name was Keller.) Kevin said that he worked with Bobby extensively and toured with him, and that he had cowritten the theme to "All in the Family". Kevin talked about how important "Beyond the Sea" was to him and how important he felt it was to put Bobby back in the spotlight after all this time. He also plugged Bobby several times during the evening, explaining that in no shape, form, or way did he actually think that HE was Bobby Darin up there. He said no one else could ever come close.
He also plugged the "Mack is Back" DVD and said that Bobby's greatest hits album was moving up on the Amazon.com charts. His voice was strong and he sounded better in person and closer to Bobby then on the soundtrack, which I purchased over the weekend. Some of the songs he did early on included "Fly Me to the Moon" (which I always associate with Sinatra. I'll have to look up Bobby's version), "Once Upon a Time" (which he dedicated to "a certain young lady in the audience"…no, not yours truly, unfortunately. Kate Bosworth, who plays Sandra Dee in the movie, was in the house, and I realized after the show that she's from the Boston area. Her family owns the Talbots store franchise), "That's All" (the original, slowed-down version, not the uptempo that Bobby recorded), "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", and "It Was Just One of Those Things". The third or fourth song was "Mack the Knife". And I'm not kidding you, it brought the house down.
He REALLY got into it and borrowed several cues from Darin. He got a standing ovation for that one. A group of people who were seated down front got in late, and Kevin joked, "I'm sorry. Apparantly you just missed the best part of the show." One of them yelled out, "Do it over again!" and he laughed. I didn't shout out anything during the show – I didn't want to attract attention and bug the people around me.
A woman down front summed it up for us all when she yelled out, "We love you, Kevin!" and he said, "thank you." A young man in the front row on my side put his fist up in the air and yelled, "You RULE!" which he got a kick out of. My favorite part of the show was the comedy skit. If you are a fan of Kevin Spacey, you may know that he's quite exceptional at doing mimics of other famous people, very dead-on. Bobby Darin was the same exact way, and he would incorporate them into his acts. So Kevin did the "One for my Baby" sketch that Bobby was famous for.
He'd pretend to be a drunk guy in a bar in L.A. who starts imitating all the stars. (When Kevin staggered around the stage at the start of this, I was instantly reminded of his drunk, Socrates scene in "The Life of David Gale".) He did perfect impersonations of Christopher Walken, Burt Lancaster, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn (!), and Jack Lemmon, who was a good friend of his.
He ended the skit by singing like Jerry Lewis. I was laughing so hard that my cheeks literally started to freeze up and hurt! My mother was getting quite a kick out of it and the crowd just loved it. You could totally tell that Kevin was in his element, completely at ease with the audience and enjoying every minute up there. Like Bobby, he just loves performing and giving his audience a great time! What a treat that segment of the show was for me!
Then he launched into the folk songs…"If I Were a Carpenter" and "Simple Song of Freedom." He introduced "Freedom" by saying the song was self-explanatory. The audience cheered and clapped when he sang that initial line, "Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere, we the people here don't want a war." Then at the end when the two back-up singers repeat "Freedom" over and over again, Kevin went crazy and was jumping and sliding all over the stage like a madman. He left the stage for a minute, then reappeared wearing a Red Sox Santa Claus hat. You can imagine the crowd's reaction.
He danced for several minutes, and then was noticeably out of breath, saying, "It's true what they say…freedom is hard!" He also did a song that Darin sang live in the early 70s called "Hi De Ho" (not to be confused with "Minnie the Moocher".) Hi De Ho is a rousing, funky number with a line in it about meeting the devil. In Darin's version, he'd refer to the devil as Spirew Agnew ("He showed me the paper, and told me where to sign…I said I'm sorry, Mr. Agnew, but I'm in too great a need of my mind…" Well, Kevin's version replaced "Mr. Cheney" for Mr. Agnew, and the audience went nuts! That was great!
He did the most lovely version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", which was one of Bobby's favorites. And he did it the same way that Bobby used to perform it…a long, soulful version with a harmonica! He sang it so lovingly that I started to get tears in my eyes. That was another song that brought down the house.
He also performed one of my favorites, "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", but he did that in Bobby's exact style, which I love. Same instruments, arrangements, etc. And danced and shimmied all over the stage. Pure bliss for me. He came out at the end and did two encores…received several standing ovations.
Now, there was one moment towards the end of the evening that was priceless. Kevin's mike started to have problems (he joked about it, saying they're still building the theater) and while they were fixing it, this little old lady at the front approached him with flowers and a copy of the Beyond the Sea soundtrack. She was dressed like she came out of the 60s. If you ever watch an old movie from the 60s or early 70s and notice how older folks are dressed, that is what she looked like.
She had horn-rimmed glasses and this funny little hat on. He signed her CD, she exchanged some words with him, and then just as he thought he was getting away from her, she pulled on his arm and then quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek! He looked a bit sheepish and embarassed, but the audience loved it.
I'm so sorry for the length of this report, but it was an evening I'll never forget. I can honestly say I have an even deeper appreciation for Kevin's performances now, because some of them seem to be the complete opposite of the man I saw on stage last night. He has got to be the most talented man in Hollywood. This is a guy who was born to do what he does, and I'm so pleased that he and Bobby are getting the recognition that they deserve.
No doubt Bobby Darin is watching everything going on right now and he must be happy. I know I never stopped smiling the whole time I was in the theater last night. I feel so lucky and blessed, as someone who missed Bobby Darin's original go on earth, to have been witness to what my very favorite actor presented last night. If Kevin wants a recording and touring career for a while in lieu of film, I'm telling you, he'd have it in the bag. No question.
Thank you, Mr. Spacey, for coming to Beantown and giving us an incredible evening that will be seared into my memory forever. I couldn't fall asleep last night, and woke up in the middle of the night. I'm still high from the experience, and I don't feel like coming down yet.
Somerville Theater
December 13, 2004
Fan review by Candis
Somerville Theater
December 13, 2004
Wow. Really, that's all I have to say. The concert tonight was AMAZING. And people wonder why I love Kevin Spacey so much. He was simply incredible. Honestly, words cannot describe how much I enjoyed the night. He is such a tremendous performer. He sounded great, he was funny, and he seemed to be having a blast. Just incredible. Haha, he also dances just like my dad, which I think is hilarious. Some highlights – "Mack the Knife," predictably, brought the house down. Just an engaging, energetic performance. He "sang" "One For My Baby," but he did imitations of various actors for different lines, instead of just singing it. He did Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, Katherine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Burt Lancaster, Jerry Lewis, and probably some more, but I don't remember. I always knew he was a great mimic, but to see him do it in person was incredible. Apparently, Bobby Darin was also a great mimic, and used to sing the song the same way, but he did different people, like James Cagney and others. Absolutely hilarious.
He surprised me by singing "Fly Me to the Moon." Haha, I think my sister got excited about that one because it was actually a song she knew, since my dad and me are both huge Sinatra fans. He sang "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," and it just blew me away. I mean, I knew he had a good voice, but I didn't know just how great it was until I saw him sing all these different songs and different styles. It's hard to pick a favorite song of the night since there were so many good ones, but this might be my favorite. He even busted out the harmonica!
Dude is talented. The performance was just so emotional and energetic, and he put so much of himself into it. And it sounded GREAT. Brought the house down. "Simple Song of Freedom" seemed especially appropriate, considering the state of world affairs right now. It started out very simply, and just grew and grew as the song went on. My favorite part, though, was when he started dancing at the end. And he walked off-stage, and came back out wearing a Santa hat that said "World Champion Boston Red Sox" on it. I went nuts, the crowd went nuts, it was incredible. Seeing as how we are in Greater Boston, it was a great move to make. I loved it.
The first song he "ended" with before the encores was a medley that included "Splish-Splash" and "Dreamlover." I really loved his voice when he sang "Dreamlover." Not sure what it was, but something just made it special. He really got into all the music. His first encore song was "Hidy-ho" or however you spell it, and dude was getting INTO it. It was great. He even did the whole rock star yelling thing while jamming on the stage, and ended in super rock star mode all crouched near the piano. I loved it. He was very gracious on stage, too, thanking the fans and deferring a lot of the attention to Bobby Darin, since, in essence, this whole tour is a dedication to Darin, and to try to get his recognition higher.
You could really feel and see his passion for the project and Darin and the music, which made it that much better. I'm sure there were more highlights, and there were other songs I absolutely loved, but at the moment, those few stand out. Maybe the rest will come to me later. Apparently, Kate Bosworth was at the show. She is apparently from around here, so she came to this performance. I guess that's kind of cool. I was certainly surprised by the range that he exhibited.
I knew he would sound good singing the standards, since his voice seems tailor-made for those kind of songs, but he also sounded great on everything else. He sang standards, ballads, jazz tunes, early rock, folk…and it all worked. He was also very entertaining when he was talking – cracking jokes, interacting with the audience, telling stories – he was the quintessential night club performer. Haha, after one song, he came out and said something like I forgot to say this earlier, and it's the third time this tour I've forgotten to say it. This just goes to show that you should never smoke crack before a show. Hahahaha, I damn near died.
Cracked me up it did. His dancing was so funny. I had so much fun just watching him on stage. He really dances like my dad, though, haha. He is definitely a goofy white guy trying to get groovy. He was trying to move his hips while dancing with his arms, snapping his fingers – practically my dad. It was awesome. Just an overall amazing performance. Even though he played for nearly two hours, I was still sad when it ended because I had so much fun. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a camera before the show. I really regret that, since I would love some pictures to remember this incredible night.
And when I got home, I had a great idea, too, but it's too late now. I should have called LJ at some point during the concert so I could've taped some of it and had it forever. Oh well. The time has past. I know that KS had a blast performing tonight, even as he deadpanned when he explained his cheat sheets, "I don't usually do this for a living." I also hope that he had so much fun that he decides to do it again.
Time of my life tonight. I know that everytime I go to a concert, I say it was the best one yet, but honestly, I think this was the best one. I love Hanson, and I love Something Corporate, and I love Paul McCartney, but I've never loved any of them as much as I love Kevin Spacey. And to see him in person, being funny, entertaining, engaging, and more, was just beyond incredible.
I mean, this lengthy entry can in no way truly express how much tonight meant to me and how much I enjoyed it. And I can only hope that I can experience it again one day. I really do love KS. As an entertainer, anyway. I obviously don't know him, and I'm not one of those delusional fans that thinks they are practically best good friends with a celebrity because they know a lot about him, but he really does make me genuinely happy with his career and his art and his performance.
And people can think I'm strange or weird or whatever you want, but you can't truly understand how much joy he brings into my life. He obviously can't replace friends and family and all that jazz, but he can certainly complement them and make my life that much better. And I hope he realizes that.
So thank you, Kevin Spacey, for making my life that much better.
Thank you for tonight.
Fan review
The Wiltern LG Los Angeles, California
by Lizzie Anne
I said I would post about the December 6th Kevin Spacey concert at The Wiltern in Los Angeles once I got back. It just took me a few days to get settled into reality at home again.
The entire concept for BEYOND THE SEA can really get one lost in a powerful tale of one man's struggle to make his mark, and a difference, on this world. That's the essence that Kevin Spacey wanted to bring to us with the film Beyond The Sea, extending into several concert dates performing tunes from Bobby Darin's career.
Well, the show was fantastic! My friends and I really had a blast. (Even for a special treat, we visited the Formosa Café prior to the concert!) There have been some great reviews of the shows so far, including one of this LA show from Emily Blunt at her bluntreview.com site.
Everyone has mentioned how great Mr. Spacey looked, right? He was just overflowing in sexy. He started out the show dressed to the T, but it did not take long to start sliding out of that jacket. It just got more fun as the night went on. Some fun moves to witness, but actually the show often had a personal feel. He teased about awkward physical blocking issues, like moving the stool and/or mic cable around, preparing next comfortable set-up he would require. He mentioned that he guessed he would eventually need to hire someone to do it for him, which opened a flood-gate of audience members shouting out offers.
The show encompassed all of the tracks on the soundtrack if I am correct, with several other tunes Bobby Darin performed in his lifetime. Of course he was not offering an imitation, so it was not necessary to compare his every note and tone with how Darin had done. I did think there were a lot of classics that much like the CD, were not as favorite to me as Darin's originals. Still, I rather enjoyed his performance just the same.
He also was better in concert than on the CD. I read several good reviews, however one in LA was not as favorable. Some interesting points were brought up by the writer, but overall I had to say Spacey's performance certainly was not lackluster. While some songs seemed to be more laid back in delivery than others, (especially when the Darin performances of memory had more excitement to them) I felt Spacey gave the crowd a strong piece of himself without being over tenacious. It felt perfect all night, and all of the chosen set list was given justice.
LOVED his rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You". He mentioned that he could not see **** out in the audience, with the stage lights in his eyes, asked at one point to have the house lights brought up.
"The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak…"
I admit I felt his performance sounded much better in the folk tunes, especially If I Were A Carpenter and the uplifting rendition similar to the television aired production of Darin's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water. You could feel the vibrato of the voices in harmony echo in your chest! I seriously could see him releasing an album of similar feel. I thought the big-band era tunes were certainly more my favorite, but I had forgotten how much I loved those Vegas-style-lounge-acts tunes of the late 60's and early 70's!
I really was impressed with the Space-cadettes! They were a wonderful component in the overall sound. I think Amy Keys and Felice Hernandez are their names. Also, Mr. Spacey introduced the drummer, Gregg Field. Great solo on his part as well, actually much like his overall performance that night, never overpower yet perfectly holding the tempo/rhythm throughout. It felt like everyone got off a beat right as he finished his solo, kind of suddenly on-the-one count, and they all look at him, and he just creates a half-second pause and pulls them right back in. As with any decent musician, the general public is not going to notice when you do what you do so RIGHT. The horn section was awesome too, and I really felt they should have had solos and introductions!
"As Long As I'm Singing My Song" was an upbeat performance! He hit the ending notes for the songs in fantastic splendor, much better than the soundtrack recordings, and I was pleasantly impressed – that passion was inspiring. Really fun covers of Just One Of Those Things, Hi-De-Ho, and Ace In The Hole (interesting mix on the Mercer/Darin lines).
The entire concert had perfect rhythm, and the band was quite good! The addition of Peter Cincotti joining a shared vocal with Splish Splash, was equally fantastic on the piano. "Just One of Those Things" was so awesome fun to hear and watch! He glided so quickly yet beautifully, and during the brief solo, he got downright funky, jumping all over the chords, (I thought he was about to go Brubeck on us!) He really was a nice addition, even if the show later on offered the same medley they have towards the end, including Splish Splash again.
Cincotti has a really great stage presence too, comfortable at his piano, seemed somewhat humble walking on and off. He didn't need to be, the crowd ate him up loving it!
Wonderful fun in Kevin Spacey's impersonation segment. Actually a take on Darin's similar concept, it was fun to see him play drunk and then roll into other characters. It's always a treat on talk shows to see Spacey do impersonations, so it was befitting to pay tribute to those moments when Darin held similar fashion. Great list from Spacey's best lineup:
Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Marx Brothers, Johnny Carson, Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and Jerry Lewis (of which at that point I laughed so loud I almost fell over).
There was also a mentioning of how Bobby Darin used to imitate Robert Mitchum's facial expressions, but could not mimic his voice, and played it off as a joke.
When Mr. Spacey dedicated "Once Upon A Time" to the memory of his Mom, it made the moment quite touching and sad, yet endearing. He told us the night prior would have been his Mom's 73rd birthday, and mentioned that his family had been to the show the night before.
Also, I cried during Simple Song Of Freedom, and you could feel the feeling in the room, the agreement there seemed to be with those words. He sat down afterward to take a moment joked that "Freedom is tiring", and as that became humorous, it lightened back up the mood, and we were able to quickly let go of that previous emotion into fun again.
Over all, his personal story of his passion for the work, especially extending his gratitude to so many in the audience that "held down the fort" of their production company while he was making the film, was a nice touch.
The end was not enough, so encores were well in order. Wonderful stirring feel to the closing Curtain Falls, just like the cd, when he says good night, you realize how sad it is that we no longer have the essence of Bobby Darin with us in person. He is gone, and you spend that moment realizing it is OVER, reflecting quickly on the entire evening you just went through moments of his life. I can only imagine how the film must make you feel – considering I have not seen it YET. However, I felt this in effect listening straight through the cd, and it was more empowering of a moment at the final 'good night' of the show. So, I am sure I will be awe with tears by the end of viewing the film Beyond The Sea itself.
And alas, no 'tour' programs!
After the show I briefly met the band leader Roger Kellaway. He signed my BTS CD! I told him that I was SO jone'sin for a 'tour' program, and we got jack-squat-nada! He said actually they would have liked to have them, and he thought someone was working on that. He said it would still be nice if they were able to make one after the month long shows, which I agreed. Just a little late…. Even a paper program listing all the musicians and key crew would have been nice…
Before leaving for the evening, we met Dodd Darin and his family for a brief moment, but there were a lot of people wanting to speak to him, so we did not stay. I thanked him for being part of making the whole concept a reality, giving the okay for the movie and all the projects to go through. I felt the night was a good example of that. Everything about the Beyond The Sea project was important in bringing Bobby Darin's legend back to the forefront, while letting go of the desire to keep it sacred as it was untouched.
He told me thank you and said he agreed, that it took a while to come around, being protective of the legacy, but he agreed. He said he was pleased with Mr. Spacey's performance, and felt that his dad was too. I thought that was so touching.
And then my friends and I went back to the hotel and giggled while watching Kevin Spacey's television appearance taped earlier that day for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Much to the dismay our wonderful loving men back home, we regretfully informed them of three accounts.
– We spent all our money traveling to LA to see Kevin Spacey in concert.
– We spent the night swooning over the idea of him singing to all of us.
– During said swooning, there were no pillow fights.
All silliness aside, I think Kevin Spacey makes one heck of an overall entertainer, and it was fun to re-live those tunes thinking back on Darin's career. We were having the time of our lives during the show, watching him having the time of his life performing it!
If you are near one of the cities this show will stop, and you visit this Beyond The Sea message board, I certainly hope you get to see that concert. It was a wonderful tribute – a true talent showcasing a legendary true talent. Is there anything he cannot do, or dream that cannot be accomplished? With passion, determination and hard work, I think not.
In seeing all of this idea to fruition of becoming reality, Kevin Spacey represents the essence of what was most powerful about Bobby Darin.
Live your dreams, now while you are here to do so.


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When you're shopping for new furniture for your home, it can be difficult to find the perfect pieces. There's so much choice out there – you need to think about the style, the size, the shape and the material you want your furniture to be made of.
Initial thoughts often turn to opting for wooden furniture – there's so much of it about and it's a traditional favourite for the home. But it's well worth considering the option of glass furniture.
Glass furniture has so much going for it and, in many ways, can be considered superior to wooden furniture.
Read on to find out the top 5 ways glass furniture is better than wooden furniture…
OK, so wooden furniture can, in theory, be all these things too – but so much wooden furniture can end up looking a little dated. Glass furniture, by its very nature, is sleek and smooth – essential elements of contemporary home design.
There's a level of refinement that goes hand-in-hand with glass furniture. Its clean lines look high-class and sophisticated. And who wouldn't want a home that looks high-class and sophisticated?
While there's plenty of ready-made glass furniture available, glass suppliers such as Peterlee Glass will also offer the option of creating your very own bespoke glass furniture – made exclusively for you.
This means you can be sure you're the proud owner of a beautiful and unique piece of furniture, tailor made just for your home and to your exact specifications. It's the perfect option if you have an awkwardly shaped space to fit your furniture into, or even if you just want the reassurance that you won't go around to your friend's home and find an identical piece!
Buying your glass furniture from a reputable glass supplier like Peterlee Glass means you can be assured you are getting something that is strong, durable and safe. Our glass furniture is made from toughened glass, meaning it is up to five times stronger than standard annealed glass.
Good quality toughened glass furniture won't scratch or dent like wooden furniture will. It never loses its colour and will stay looking as good as new for years to come.
A quick wipe over with a proprietary glass cleaner is all you need to keep your glass furniture looking as good as new. Wooden furniture can easily be stained or can become warped if excess liquid is left lying on it. Just think how easy it is to create permanent coffee cup rings on wood – never a problem with glass furniture!
A large piece of wooden furniture can often make a room feel smaller – light seems to be absorbed into wood. In contrast, the opposite is true of glass furniture. Light bounces off glass furniture and around your room, making space feel bigger, airier and brighter.
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(First published on http://welovebudapest.com/shops.and.services.1/hungarian.fashion.designers.debut.fall.winter.2014.15.collections, 16 September 2014)
Hungarian fashion design has come a long way in recent years, and now more and more premium designers position themselves in the luxury category by using the very best materials, quality workmanship, and world-class design. Hungarian design is turning heads from Paris to New York, and while there's a growing international market for Magyar-made attire, many labels retain flagship stores and showrooms right here in Budapest. Now that it's getting colder, it's time to look at the fresh Fall-Winter collections of some of Hungary's finest designers.
Similarly to other creative fields, Budapest serves as a muse for these fashion trendsetters working amid the city's creative energy to enhance their craft. Naturally the chillier weather brings heavier materials, drapes and layers, warm coats and darker colors, so from daywear to evening wear we take a look at what is new and different about the Fall-Winter collections of some of Hungary's top fashion labels. What's certain is that as the sunny days wane and autumnal leaves start to decorate trees, these 2014/15 collections promise to warm and inspire. Enjoy!
Born in Transylvania and raised in Budapest, Dora Abodi showed an early interest infashion. She graduated from the French Mod'art International Art and Fashion Academy and earned her master's of fashion design in Milan. She started her label DORA ABODI in 2009, and she's been recognized numerous times by the industry, including winning the Hungarian Fashion Awards "Designer of the Year" prize in 2010; this year she's in the "Future of Fashion program" that supports designers making their way in international markets. Dora Abodi pieces have been featured inVogue and are worn by celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Jena Malone. Dora Abodi's signature style includes artistic, embellished dresses, embroidery and beading, and unique digital prints. For ethical reasons she does not use real fur or exotic leathers. The handcrafted finish and timeless cuts equal an absolutely high-end result.
The concept behind the Fall-Winter collection is a semi-humanoid robot named ANA: a female superhero inspired by the Transformers and Hajime Sorayama's erotic robots. Perhaps the collection is reflective of the challenges of a busy, modern woman, fulfilling the roles of both a masculine warrior and an entity of feminine sexuality. In this way, the daywear is more masculine while the evening wear is more feminine "bodycon". Underpinning all this is a mix of both futuristic and Baroque elements: Swarovski crystal fabrics and metal hardware mixed with luxurious silks, jacquard fabrics and leather. Exhibited in Paris, New York, and soon in Milan.
Je Suis Belle
Je Suis Belle is the label of Dalma Devenyi and Tibor Kiss, founded almost ten years ago. It's now one of Hungary's better-known fashion brands, and is gaining international recognition too. It has continued on its mission to collaborate and draw inspiration from varied art forms, especially the visual arts, as well as traditional techniques and folk art. The brand's muse is creative, talented, witty and cool. Each collection reflects the mood of the time with the constant of quality remaining. The brand's philosophy is that fashion is a fundamental part of life and a tool for building and communicating one's own personality and style.
The widespread use of black in this Fall-Winter collection represent both the gloominess of the season as well as the classic elegance of the color. The shades of black are used to communicate perspective, optics, light prisms and the mathematics of breaking light beams. The pieces are diverse – they're for both the everyday and special events – but the basic theme is that simple (sometimes masculine) lines and materials are decorated with elaborate details and layers.
Dora Konsanszky's label offers beautiful pieces for the intelligent, independent woman who is looking for classic, well-made, functional pieces with unique details. Dora studied in Paris and has twice won Hungary's "Designer of the Year"award (2006 and 2008). Konsanszky has hit the runway at both the Paris and New York Fashion Weeks, and last year marked the brand's foray into Asia with a collection exhibited in Tokyo and an appearance in Vogue China.
Jazz is one of the key inspirations behind the Fall-Winter Konsanszky collection, specifically the genre's use of improvisation and its pursuit of self-expression. The other inspiration was the '60s model Veruschka von Lehndorff – one of the first androgynous models. This collection tries to refine the edgier grunge and street style, and dove gray, powder beige, black, and white are the basis of the collection. Wool, cotton, silk, elastic leather, and fur are combined to create beautiful solid pieces for the cooler months.
The label Nanushka takes its name from the childhood nickname of designer Sandra Sandor. After studying at the London College of Fashion, Sandra returned toBudapest to establish her brand. Elegance and comfort are the basis for each collection, and the pieces often mix a classic look with an unexpected fabric or design feature. Although Nanushka is expanding to new markets around the world, the flagship store remains on Budapest's Fashion Street.
Nanushka's Fall-Winter collection was inspired by the mythological story of the mysterious female figure "Salome" and the Mystery of the Seven Veils story that appears in the Bible and in Middle Eastern mythology. Salome (also known as the Goddess Ishtar) and the snake motif are common in ancient Egyptian illustrations to symbolize renewed feminine strength, and they appear on some of the printed silks and stitching – as do wings, which symbolize rebirth. Two hand-drawn digitally printed silks are included in several pieces of this season's collection. The geometric patterns associated with ancient Egyptian art are another primary feature. Contrasting materials such as highly detailed pearl fleece, quilt satin, and wool alongside simpler fabrics such as stretch jersey and flannel are used. The Fall color palette is based on earthy tones, while the Winter colors take inspiration from etheric tones.
NUBU was created by Judit Garam in 2007, and she was joined by Adél Kovács in 2011. The brand caters to the sophisticated urban woman who has confidence and charm, and NUBU is associated with comfort, functionality, minimalism, femininity and elegance. As seasons come and go the label remains loyal to the classic inner-city style, with discreet luxury and soft colors. Of course, this doesn't mean NUBU doesn't change with the times, but it grows by taking on aspects of current trends instead of slavishly following them. NUBU maintains a strong presence in Hungary, but its foray into overseas markets such as the US, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing continues.
Shapes and lines are the basis for the Fall collection – circles, rectangles, bends, and parallels. Kinetic art, cyclical motion, and the proportions of spherical shapes inspired these new designs. The main fabrics are wools, leather, and fur. Large brushstrokes emblazon some of the materials, while others are decorated by Swarovski Elements. The black, grey and beige colors of previous collections remain in this line, but splashes or bold stretches of dark blue and royal blue make guest appearances. New this year is a fur-coat collection made with lamb fur and additional pieces of rabbit fur.
USE Unused
Three designers started USE Unused in 2004 – Eszter Füzes, Attila Godena-Juhász, and András Tóth – and now it's one of Hungary's leading high-end contemporary fashion labels. The goal was to create a brand that is successful globally while maintaining a link to something ethnic and undeniably Hungarian. USE Unused has had success entering the Asian, US, and broader European markets. The brand's appeal is in its mix of reserved-yet-erotic, and sophisticated-yet-feminine style. Most importantly the brand is the epitome of slow fashion – not driven by fast-changing trends, but instead consistent and focused on high art and quality.
The self-confident woman who wants comfortable, easy-to-wear pieces are at the center of the Fall-Winter collection. The items are meant to transition from day to night with ease. The designers, having spent a lot of time in Paris and New York, give the collection a feeling that is both vibrant and exciting, yet classic and elegant. A strong feature of this collection is its take on the little black dress, pencil pants, and oversize coats. The color palette incorporates fuchsia, black, red, white, and beige, while soft leathers, high-quality wool, and elastic jersey are featured materials.
ANH TUAN is the eponymous brand of Hungarian-Vietnamese fashion designer Luu Anh Tuan, who was named Hungary's "Young Designer of the Year" in 2008. Anh Tuan spent a year at the London College of Fashion in addition to traveling in Europe and the Far East to gather inspiration. Past collections have appeared at theNew York and London Fashion Weeks. His designs are known for the unique and luxurious use of textures and fabrics, often mixing leather, fabrics, and metal accessories. The designer often uses forgotten crafts mixed with modern techniques. ANH TUAN items are popular with Hungarian buyers, and increasingly popular in overseas markets such as Germany, Japan, and England. Anh Tuan's pieces have appeared in international magazines such as Marie Claire and Elle.
The current Fall-Winter collection was inspired by the bicycle culture gaining popularity in many of the world's biggest cities – including Budapest. Whether people are riding for better health or to save time and money, this trend has spurred a renewed interest in backpacks – an items which makes its mark on this new collection too. The color pallet includes black, pastels, beige, and brown – combinations that are easy to wear with other clothes. This collection uses buffalo leather, calf leather and goat fur, among other materials. Everything is made and designed in Hungary, with materials such as leather and metal hardware sourced from Italy.
Kata Szegedi
Kata Szegedi burst onto the fashion scene in 2009 when she both graduated from the KREA Contemporary Arts Institute Budapest and won the "Top Young Fashion Designer" prize at the Fashion Awards Hungary. The self-titled label's designs are for the cosmopolitan woman who is self-assured, independent, and proud of her individual image and fiercely projects her originality in everyday life. Essentially the brand is about a ladylike modern power woman.
This season's collection has taken inspiration from hip-hop and R&B music, with the name "crazysexycool". Specifically it's inspired by the '90s music of Missy Elliot and TLC among others. The clothes themselves reflect looseness, openness, and pushing boundaries. The collection takes its oversized yet feminine pieces from the '90s. At first glance the items are a mix of textures that don't seem to match, but this was used to reflect the urban woman that is confident enough to match items in an unexpected way. In this way she stands out from the crowd in her own unique way. This collection's typical silhouettes are pencil skirts, cigarette pants, oversized coats, and waist-heavy skirts.
Emília Anda's label ANDA is another high-quality Hungarian label. The Fall-Winter collection was inspired by the "hard edge" painting techniques stemming from the US in the '50s and '60s. The art form's use of contrast, powerful colors, and movement is what ANDA has reworked in this newest collection, but through this collection ANDA has also introduced a playfulness to this theme.
Artista was founded in Budapest over 20 years ago by six designers: Katalin Imre, Juli Ivan, Abel Köves, Nora Rácz, Edina Schön, and Kati Stampf. The brand produces its own one-off pieces, as well as small runs of other designs. Artista has been particularly successful not only here in Budapest, but in Vienna and London too.
Artista's philosophy is about clothes for open-minded women who have a good sense of style and this Fall-Winter collection is based on a very metropolitan look. Optic and pixel prints and '60s and '70s silhouettes are the basis. The collection is full of pieces that are for the everyday use, but still make the wearer feel special because – despite the classic cuts –there's often an extravagant detail.
NAPSUGAR von Bittera
The NAPSUGAR von Bittera name represents the crossroads of technology and luxury. It's a top Hungarian label that was catapulted to success in 2010 when Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana selected it from 500 artists to feature alongside Dolce&Gabbana in a multi-brand store in Milan. Since then NAPSUGAR has been presented in Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, and Beirut, and numerous times at Paris Fashion Week. The essence of the brand is avant-garde and futuristic femininity; the merging of high-end fashion with wearability; and the combination of elegance with hip style. Premium-quality materials and handcrafted items are another key to this label. The creations are designed to complement one another – not just within the season, but across seasons. In this way the wearer can create a wardrobe over time, and not having to replace clothes constantly.
Laser-cut leather and manual screen-printed materials are the basis for the new season. Partially the laser-cut motif is inspired by the seven sins of the Bible. The laser-cut leather motifs are often blended with vivid colors such as ultramarine blue, gold, and dark turquoise, which takes its inspiration from the pop-art movement of the '50s and '60s. In this way the idea of the "consumer society" is connected to the idea of the seven cardinal sins in a fresh way. The materials used include natural-fiber silk, silk georgette, leather, and wool. The oversized forms of the coats, jumpers, jackets, and trousers contrast the collection's body-close silhouettes found in the exclusive dresses.


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Treatments for brain cancer
Standard treatments
- Brain tumours are usually treated by:
- Surgery
- Chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Steroid therapy
Your treatment will depend on the location, stage, grade and type of cancer cells you have. The stage looks at the size of your cancer and if it has spread from where it started. The grade of the cancer can tell if your cancer grows quickly or slowly. You can have a low, moderate or high grade cancer.
There are many different types of surgical treatments for brain tumours. Some of them include:
- Brain biopsy: a sample of the brain tumour is taken and examined under a microscope.
- Guided or stereotactic biopsy: for tumours deep inside the brain a rigid head frame and needle are used to get a tissue sample.
- Craniotomy: the skull is opened to remove the brain tumour.
- Shunts: a drainage tube is put into the brain to drain fluid causing pressure.
Your doctor will advise you on which surgery is suitable for you. The side-effects of surgery will also be explained before the operation. For more information on the different types of brain surgery, see the section in Macmillian about brain tumour treatment.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to cure or control cancer. Some patients are given chemotherapy to shrink their tumour, slow the growth or control their symptoms. Your doctor will tell you if you are suitable for this treatment.
Many cancer patients receive a combination of two or three chemotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy can also be given before or after radiotherapy and surgery. The drugs are either injected into your bloodstream or given in tablet form. Your doctor might decide to give you intrathecal chemotherapy. This is when chemotherapy is put directly into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). See the booklet Understanding Chemotherapy and Other Cancer Drugs, which you can download from our "Publications about cancer treatment side effects" list on the right hand side of this page, for more information.
Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy rays that are aimed directly at the tumour to kill or shrink the cancer cells. The rays come from a machine called a linear accelerator. Nowadays, there are more precise ways to give radiotherapy. These include three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). They are programmed to match the precise shape of the tumour and aim high-energy rays at it, while doing the least damage to nearby normal cells.
Radiotherapy can be used after surgery to kill any remaining cells. A special mask will be made for you so your head does not move each time you get treatment. See our booklet Understanding Radiotherapy, which you can download from our "Important cancer information booklets" list on the right hand side of this page, for more information.
Steroid therapy
Steroids are drugs made naturally in the body. They can greatly reduce any inflammation and swelling. It is common to have steroids as part of your treatment. Your doctor may give you steroids to reduce swelling or pressure in your brain. These drugs will be gradually reduced as you improve. There are side-effects to steroids but your doctor will explain these beforehand.
Newer treatments
These newer treatments are being used for brain tumours in some hospitals in Ireland and the UK. Your doctor will let you know if they are suitable for you and also available to you.
- Stereotactic radiotherapy: This is a high dose of radiotherapy. Several beams of radiation are given at the same time. Your doctor will tell you if this radiotherapy is suitable for you.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery (gamma knife): This is like stereotactic radiotherapy but its planning normally takes longer. This is because hundreds of beams are aimed at the tumour at once. Only one session of stereotactic radiosurgery is needed but this can take up to 6 hours.
For more information, please see our factsheet on Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments (pdf 332KB).
Advanced treatment
Advanced cancer means that the cancer has spread from the area where it started. If it spreads in the area around the brain, it is called local spread. It can also spread to other areas of the body. This is called secondary cancer or metastatic cancer.
Sadly, it is usually not possible to cure advanced cancer. Treatment can be given to control the cancer and to improve your quality of life. Treatments can involve steroids, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
You may also be seen by the palliative care team at this time. This team are there to help with your symptoms and to support you and your family through your treatment.
Side effects
The type of side-effects you get will depend on the type of treatment, the dose, the duration and your own general health. Some treatments may cause symptoms like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite or hair loss. Many treatments cause fatigue. You may also experience headaches, drowsiness, dizzy spells but these will gradually improve once treatment is over. Your doctor will discuss any likely side-effects beforehand.
For more about coping with side-effects, download any of the "Publications about cancer treatment side effects" listed on the right hand side of this page.
Clinical trials
If a treatment looks like it might be helpful, it is given to patients in research studies called clinical trials. Trials may be taking place at the hospital you are attending. If you are interested in taking part, talk to your doctor. He or she can tell you if the trial would suit you or not.
Learn more about clinical trials
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Apple computers have a built-in backup app called 'Time Machine'. We'll show you how to set up Time Machine to back up your stuff, and how to get it back if necessary.
After you've set it up, Time Machine monitors your files, keeping track of any changes so your backups are always up-to-date. It runs silently in the background, so you don't have to remember to back up your data, it'll just happen.
Time Machine keeps hourly backups for the last 24 hours, daily backups for the last week, and weekly backups going further back. Old backups are deleted when your backup disk gets full.
Use one of the following types of storage with Time Machine, to keep a copy of your files secure, away from your Mac:
Follow these steps to set up Time Machine on your Mac:
Connect the backup drive to your Mac. The first time you do this you'll be asked about using it for Time Machine - click Use as Backup Disk.
Time Machine should open automatically. If it doesn't, click Apple > System Preferences > Time Machine.
Click Select Backup Disk / Select Disk / Add or Remove Backup Disk in the main window.
Choose the backup disk from the list, then click Use Disk.
You might be asked to erase the disk to use it for backing up. If you are, click Erase.
Tap the switch to turn Time Machine on, or tick the Back Up Automatically box (depending on which version of the operating system you're running. Time Machine works in the background, backing up all your changes as long as the backup drive is connected.
Time Machine's now set up to back up all your files regularly. Click Options to change which folders are backed up, whether Time Machine will work on battery power (MacBooks only), and if you'd like to be told when old backups are deleted.
You can use Time Machine to restore any amount of files, from a single picture to a complete system backup.
If you only need to recover a few files or a folder or two, then the following steps will guide you through it.
If you need to restore everything, you can use 'Recovery Console' (if you're resetting your Mac completely) or 'Migration Assistant' (if you're swapping machines) to help you recover your files.
Open a window for the item you want to restore
Click the Time Machine icon on the Menu bar, or click Apple > System Preferences > Time Machine.
Find what you want to restore:
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The internet has become a place for business because it can give you reach that is not possible otherwise. The best thing about the online business is that you can apply the internet marketing strategies with best results for your business.
The SEO strategies are really something that can benefit the users by attracting more people with your online presence. The concept of SEO or Search Engine Optimization is actually simple. SEO is a set of strategies that allows your website links to come on the first page of search engine result pages.
People find only first page results to be worthy. You should be interested in SEO strategies if you have a online business. The SEO will get you maximum number of traffic and you will find expected customers.
The most important thing is to attract maximum number of traffic possible to climb higher on the search engine result pages. There are many SEO techniques like back linking, use of keywords, Meta tags, forum posting, blog posting and many more. All these strategies are set with a common goal which is to bring people to your website and get a good rank on the search engine result pages.
The online business competitions have increased and a good set of SEO techniques can make all the differences for you. You will get the best spot in the result pages if you use the right strategies for your website. There are both ethical and unethical SEO techniques that can help you to get a higher spot.
However, the unethical techniques may help you at first but the search engines will remove your site from their indexes within few weeks. The SEO strategies like content building or link building has been the most effective ways to have the top spot in on a search engine result page.
The business interest in SEO is not surprising as all business owners really want to have great success with their online business and SEO techniques can do that for them. These strategies will get you more exposure to a great number of visitors, which is your ultimate target.
The more people you reach to, the more your business will benefit and the more money you will make from it. The internet is the best medium to attract maximum number of people and the SEO techniques are your best tools to make that possible. Online business depends on the traffic pulling strategies for the success and the SEO techniques are the ways do that. The SEO is becoming more and more important every day for the online businesses as the number of website are increasing every day now.
Finding the right SEO expert, to do the work for you, is the most challenging thing you have to do. some people prefer to apply SEO techniques themselves but it only works when you have clear ideas and experience of it. Wrong strategies are waste of time and effort. The SEO is needed for your website based business to grow and that's why you should not take a chance.
Infographic – Why local businesses should not ignore SEO
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i'm sorry for my absence! this is just a quick one. just got back from bournemouth and will be heading for cornwall in the morning!
hectic! i'm going to be missing from twitter + the blogging scene for another week but bare with me and i'll get back to all of you and your lovely messages when i'm back. :)
in the meantime, my bracelet is back in stock! and the discount code is: SARA50 for 50 percent off!
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I first encountered the remarkable Swedish choreographer Efva Lilja through her books Dance, For Better For Worse (2004) and Words on Dance (2003). But I'd never met her in person until late last year on a bloody freezing day in Leeds at Error and Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium. She gave a keynote that day and I made a few very rough notes which I've included below. The notes give a sense of the breadth of her thinking and ideas, but not any sense of her drive, presence and beautiful playfulness.
Image from http://www.culturalentrepreneur.se/
- "I am what I do not know, I am what I lack"
- "technologies of listening"
- "knowledge generation" in Europe
- what's at stake?
- the values: what we value
- can't force the outcome
- hypothetical questions
- "question of cliches is an urgent one"
- "and question of contention is as well"
- "how to create new demands on institutions and the academy"
- training: reduces the dancer to a body
- "ability to recognise difference has to be trained"
Efva's website: www.efvalilja.se
Efva on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efva_Lilja


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Pika Packworks EEP Stretch Travel Case
The Pika Packworks EEP standard bike travel bag fits most road (59cm and smaller) and mountain bikes. The Stretch model is for larger 60cm+ frame sizes. The Stretch model accomodates bikes up to a 45" wheel base and measures 50" x 30" x 10".
Pika Packworks travel bags are extremely well designed and made with durable, high quality materials. Each bag is hand-crafted in Park City, Utah with careful attention to detail. The bag is tailored to fit the shape of a bike and has padding, pockets and handy external straps exactly where they are needed making the case very easy to carry. 1000 denier cordura nylon provides protection for the outside of the bag and the inside of the bag is lined with 400 denier cordura nylon. A heavy-duty zipper seals the bag on the top and sides.
The Pika EEP Bike Bag is smaller than most travel bags so it fits in virtually any car and travels more like a large suitcase. It weighs less than 11 pounds so it is easy to keep the packed weight below 50 pounds. The zippered closure is designed to allow for easy TSA inspection without the contents of the bag being spilled or mixed up. Many professional riders and pro teams have used the Pika EEP Bike Bag for extensive bike travel with fabulous results.
- 10.3 pounds
- Tailored to fit the shape of a bike
- Used by many professional teams and riders
- Hand-crafted in the U.S. with high quality materials
- Travels like a large suitcase and fits in virtually any car
- Zippered closure is designed to allow for easy TSA inspection
- Padding, pockets and handy external straps exactly where they are needed
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AnonymousPosted on 5/10/2013
I have a Hase Pino tandem, that comes apart right behind the front wheel. I can fit both parts of the frame, both wheels, and helmets in the Pika Stretch, and I put the tandem seat, pedals, and all other stuff in a separate (regular) large suitcase. I have made 2 round trips via British Air (Seattle to Prague and Seattle to Budapest) and the bag has worked beautifully. (British Air doesn't charge for bikes.) The Budapest trip just completed showed the value of a soft sided case. In my jet-lagged fog, I put the left captain's pedal on the wrong way (I knew better) and stripped the threads. We were touring on our own, but thank goodness the tour organizer lived close by and mobilized the whole town (truck drivers to transport the bike, machine shop, bike repair shop, etc.) and they fixed the pedal.
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This anime season I'm not going to have as much time to review every series episode to episode. So to keep putting up some content I'm going to be doing "First Looks" on new series based on the first few episodes. If it's necessary I'll do follow up on the series. I also plan to be posting some full-length reviews on shows from past seasons as the Fall 2014 season goes on. Let's kick off the new Fall 2014 fare with the comedy DENKI-GAI.
The Set-up:
Based on an manga by Asato Mizu, DENKI-GAI is an ensemble comedy about a group of manga loving book store employees at the comic shop "Uma no Hone." So your usual doing random shizz slice of life show based around anime stereotypes *shrugs and face palms*. Not reinventing the phone book, but a set up that's worked before. In actuality, the show is fairly harmless, if not a little tired. You know this and have seen it, but that doesn't mean you won't find it funny. It's just not something that will change the way you look at anime.
The Characters:
Your usual cast of anime comedy stereotypes. There's the female and male otakus (Sensei and Umio), the loli who looks younger than she actually is (Fu Girl), the tall silent and stoic guy (Sommelier), the crazy manager (Kantoku) and so on. Pretty average as it goes, without any huge standouts.
The Comedy:
Plays on a lot of stereotypes around manga and otaku culture. The second episode alone was just a bunch of dick, balls and boobs jokes. Lots of ero humour, so if you love that, you'll be in for a good run here. Unfortunately it's not my taste. It doesn't go far enough into the inane quarter of comedy to be outrageously hilarious. Basically, you might chuckle a couple times per episode.
The Animation:
Pretty cheap, but it's a slice of life comedy show, so par for the course. The studio, which is Shin-Ei Animation, are mostly known for Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon, respectively.
The Music:
What you would expect from a cutesy slice of life comedy, very bubbly and catchy stuff. The closer ("two-Dimension's Love") is more memorable than the opening ("Kajirikake no Ringo" by Ayana Taketatsu), but it won't be something that I'll be adding to my iPod anytime soon.
The Verdict:
If you like generic anime otaku humour than fill your boat with this one. If you are looking for something a little more involved or original then you'll have to look elsewhere.
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8 Common Branding Mistakes Your Business Is Already Making
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I work with many different types of business in a given year. Many patterns from the following list of common branding mistakes result in why a new or struggling business would seek my services.
By day, I work at Couple of Creatives to essentially "become" a temporary marketing department for many of our customers. In return, I figured I would share some insight into what mistakes that I see happen over and over. There are ways to improve your brand in which I'm happy to help with. If you have a need for this please feel free to get in touch.
1. Lack of consistency
Brand consistency is one of the most overlooked branding mistakes in an emerging business. Little attention is given to the fact that the entire brand (this includes absolutely everything to do with your business) remains inconsistent.
Inconsistencies don't pertain only to the look and feel but also the experience your customers or users follow along with their journey when establishing a relationship with your brand.
Some examples may include but are certainly not limited to:
- The look and feel of your products
- The way you answer the phone or greet a customer
- Packaging for goods shipped to the end consumer
- The validation of an online order form
- The website a user identifies with
Businesses with this lack of consistency do things in a very "a la carté" style. If the need arises they find a solution but have zero guidelines to work with. The result of this is a mixed set of deliverables which actually hurt the brand in the end.
Inconsistency gets even harder when more people are added to the mix. Solving this problem entails creating a set of guidelines or a "branding framework" for employees to follow to provide a more consistent experience for your business.
2. No plans to scale
Having consistent branding is important but I don't know any business that isn't looking to scale. If you think you don't always need to be working on your own business development you may reconsider having a business to begin with.
Scaling a business needs to happen in the most organized way possible. Having branding follow suit is extremely necessary so there are no loop holes your customers have to jump through to find the solutions they need for the problems they have. Eliminate any guest work to increase sales. It's that simple, but unfortunately, easier said than done.
How do I scale?
Simple. Make a plan to scale. Designate some time to build internally. How might you do this? Make a timeline. Create short-term and long-term goals and perform frequent audits on your progress. These will keep you inspired, driven and also help you remain on track to consistently scale.
3. Avoiding change
Avoiding change is a business killer and another big branding mistake. If you don't have a business, you don't have a brand. Restricting change means you won't work with the marketplace nor your customers to offer things they really need.
Most brands get to where they are by offering something people identify with. It's what makes them pick their product off the shelf over others. You too can do this if you learn to adapt to change. This can be in many realms be it technology, seasonal items, age ranges, and much more.
Enter PayPal. When the concept of PayPal was introduced the market saw it as a sign of threat. The solution PayPal was solving was so new to some people that their brand became an enemy for a bit (at least for me). I remember in my teens I would want to buy music equipment off eBay. At that time PayPal was incredibly new to me and I was honestly afraid to use it. The day came where I caved and finally made use of the service. I put trust in the PayPal brand and I'm thankful I did. My experience was so positive that I still make use of it today.
PayPal saw a problem with accepting and receiving money online. They provided a solution which in time, became one of the most used platforms on the web for such a service. PayPal adapted and so can your brand. Don't avoid change but rather try to stay ahead of it.
4.Locking into one market
While it's true a brand can thrive in a very small market, this ultimately means there's only one leader that reigns supreme. As a result, those trying to sell inside the same market are left out which is why competition is so high in any form of business today.
You often see larger corporations either buy out smaller businesses to gain their market share or simply to eliminate competition. Sadly, It's acts such as this that ultimately kill small businesses.
The solution to this problem is to try and be as diverse as possible or at least expand on your specific brand's niche. You can open up a lot of doors if you experiment with ways to improve or alter whatever it is you offer. The key is to identify with your customer directly and assess what their needs and problems are. Once you figure this out will you be able to cast light on areas to improve your business.
5. Leaving no room for experimentation
I think Einstein had it right with the following quote. Even since childhood we are conducting "research" nearly every second of our lives.
"Play is the highest form of research" — Albert Einstein
Tinkering with new ideas, new experiences, and new forms of creativity allows us to truly empower our sense of purpose as humans. Experimenting with your brand is the only way to scale it. You will fail. It will be often. Just try to make it fast. Remember that no idea is a bad one. After some time, an idea will stand above the rest and from there you can begin testing to see if it's a good one.
6. Assuming customers will come to you
We all have this inclination to think if we follow in the footsteps of our mentors that we too will see their success. Unfortunately, what doesn't get advertised to the public is all the work that goes into attracting customers to their business.
Marketing a brand is no cheap venture. In fact, much of any profit a business receives is often put back into ad campaigns, store installations, sponsorships and so much more. The end hope is that these tactics, in time, will spread your brand's message and purpose. Unfortunately, even these tactics can fail if you don't have all of the pieces of the puzzle aligned.
As I noted prior, brand consistency is absolutely essential for this to work. You can never assume people will find you because frankly they just won't. Until you begin to share what you are doing, why you are doing it, why you are different, and why someone should buy from you will you begin to notice real results.
7. Thinking you can buy your business with ads
Display Ads, Billboards, and sponsorships are ways to increase your brand's awareness rapidly. While these tactics are proven to work, your branding has to be on par before results show. So many questions need to be answered at this point in a business before you begin to market with ads. Make sure you have those answers to avoid any loss of potential customers.
8. Solving a problem no one needs an answer to
Okay, this one isn't really branding related because branding would come much later but I felt it was worth mentioning from one business owner to another.
Solving a problem that doesn't need solving is the biggest reason startups fail. You may have a great idea that you think is going to change the way people think. The problem with that theory is that no two people think exactly alike. As a result, your idea might be immediately tossed to the curb by consumers simply because they can't identify with it.
To really validate your idea you need to take to the streets and pick your users/customers brains. You may even realize you need to solve a completely different problem in the process.


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Juliet Usher-Smith is a Clinical Senior Research Associate and Cancer Research UK Cancer Prevention Fellow. She first joined the Primary Care Unit in 2009 as an Academic Clinical Fellow after graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2007 with a MA MB BChir and a PhD in skeletal muscle physiology. She has since completed four years as a Clinical Lecturer in General practice and continues to work as a General Practitioner in Cambridge.
Research Interests
Her main research interests relate to the development, validation and implementation of risk scores in Primary Care to promote prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
She is currently funded by a Cancer Research UK Fellowship on a project to develop a very brief intervention to promote behaviour change for cancer prevention in primary care. This focuses on whether providing information on future cancer risk to individuals can help encourage lifestyle change and how best to incorporate such information into NHS Health Checks and routine practice.
She also has a particular interest in the potential for introducing risk stratification into bowel cancer screening programmes. Previous work in this area has included systematic reviews and external validation of risk models for the development of bowel cancer and she is currently leading a project funded by Bowel Cancer UK to model the potential impact of introducing risk stratification into the current English bowel screening programme.
Within the Primary Care Unit she teaches several of the General Practice seminars for clinical medical students and organises the MPhil in Primary Care Research. She is also a Bye-Fellow in Medicine at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, where she teaches undergraduate medical students.
Selected Publications
Usher-Smith JA, Masson G, Mills KM, Sharp SJ, Sutton S, Klein WM, Griffin SJ. (2018)A randomised controlled trial of the effect of providing online risk information and lifestyle advice for the most common preventable cancers: study protocol. BMC Public Health 18(1):796. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5712-2
Usher-Smith JA, Harshfield A, Saunders CL, Sharp SJ, Emery J, Walter FM, Muir K, Griffin SJ. (2018) External validation of risk prediction models for incident colorectal cancer using UK Biobank. British Journal of Cancer doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.463
Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Sharp SJ, Mills KM, Griffin SJ. (2017) Effect of interventions incorporating personalised cancer risk information on intentions and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open 8(1):e017717. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017717
Usher-Smith J, Martin A, Harte E, MacLure C, Meads C, Saunders C, Griffin S, Walter F, Lawrence K, Robertson C, Mant J. NHS Health Check programme rapid evidence synthesis. https://www.healthcheck.nhs.uk/seecmsfile/?id=306
Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Ward A, Youell J, Muir K, Campbell J, Warcaba J. (2017) Incorporating cancer risk information to promote behaviour change for cancer prevention into general practice: a qualitative study using focus groups with healthcare professionals. BJGP 67(656):e218-226 doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689401
Usher-Smith JA, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ (2016). The spectrum effect in risk prediction, screening, and diagnostic tests. BMJ. 22;353:i3139. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i3139
Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Win AK, Walter FM, Griffin SJ. (2016) Risk prediction models for colorectal cancer: a systematic review. Cancer Prevention Research. 9(1):13-26. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0274
Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Hamilton W, Griffin SJ, Walter FM. (2015) Risk Prediction Tools for Cancer in Primary Care. British Journal of Cancer. 113(12):1645-50. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.409
Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Schuit E, Moons K, Griffin SJ. (2015) Impact of provision of cardiovascular disease risk estimates to healthcare professionals and patients: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 5(10):e008717. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008717
Silarova B, Lucas J, Butterworth AS, Di Angelantonio E, Girling C, Lawrence K, Mackintosh S, Moore C, Payne RA, Sharp SJ, Shefer G, Tolkien Z, Usher-Smith JA, Walker M, Danesh J, Griffin S. (2015) Information and Risk Modification Trial (INFORM): design of a randomised controlled trial of communicating different types of information about coronary heart disease risk, alongside lifestyle advice, to achieve change in health-related behaviour. BMC Public Health. 15(1):868
Usher-Smith JA, Emery J, Kassianos A, Walter FM. (2014) Risk prediction models for melanoma: a systematic review. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevalence doi: 10.1158/1055-9965
Usher-Smith JA, Thompson M, Sharp SJ, Walter FM. (2011) Factors associated with the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis of diabetes in children and young adults: a systematic review. BMJ 343:d4092