Show Me How to Play the Piano

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Should You Get a Phone Psychic Reading

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Famous Cigar Lovers Including Groucho Marx And Mark Twain

As more and more entertainment venues close themselves off to the rich, complicated odor of cigar smoke, perhaps it's time to remind ourselves that some of history's great artists - writers, entertainers, musicians - were not just smokers but cigar lovers. From comedians to social critics, from rockstar pianists to Christian apologists, these luminaries found the taste of cigars to be their eleventh muse.Groucho MarxWith his bushy eyebrows, ducklike walk and - yes - that omnipresent cigar, Groucho Marx (1890-1977) was among the most recognizable of American comedians. And with his legendary wit, he remains one of the greatest. Born into a showbiz family tory burch outlet (his uncle was a well-known vaudeville performer), Julius Marx - "Groucho" in later life - was already singing onstage by the age of fifteen, both alone and as part of a quintet with his four brothers. After an especially bad performance in Texas, the brothers began cracking jokes to each other onstage; to their surprise, the Texas crowd liked their jokes better than their singing. The cheap oakleys Marx brothers, lower case, became The Marx Brothers. They conquered vaudeville, Broadway, and eventually Hollywood with their rapid-fire comic repartee; their best films include Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935).In addition to his other accomplishments, Marx was a furious autodidact and an avid reader - he once remarked, "I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book." He maintained friendships by correspondence with such writers as T.S. Eliot fake oakleys and Carl Sandburg. He also maintained a long love affair with cigars, quipping that "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."G.K. ChestertonNobody ever wrote more eloquently about the taste of a good cigar than the popular English author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). On the other hand - in a career that spanned 80 books, 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and a scattering of poems and plays - there are few things Chesterton didn't, at some point, write about eloquently. Loved for his religious works, his mystery stories and fantasy novels, his essays, and his social criticism, Chesterton left behind a fan club anyone would envy: Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Franz Kafka, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Dorothy Day, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Irish Republican Army leader Michael Collins. Director Ingmar Bergman and novelist/comic creator Neil Gaiman. Conservative pundits and liberal journalists, literary critics and social activists, Christians (of which Chesterton was one) and others - his influence knows no bounds.Chesterton's unique philosophy was rooted in his robust enjoyment of all life's pleasures - including his ever-present cigar. In an era when many well-known Christians defined themselves by the pleasures they avoided, he championed the virtue of moderation, writing "Let us praise God for beer and wine by not drinking too much of them."Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) was born, and died, when Halley's Comet was in the sky. In the 75 years between those two appearances, he led an appropriately unique, prodigious life, working as a sailor, soldier, publisher, inventor, and lecturer, all the while creating the most unique body of work in American literature. Of course he's best known for the iconic Tom Sawyer (1876) and its infinitely better sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1886), but he could also be, by turns, a brave social critic, a champion of the poor and persecuted, a savagely funny satirist, a genial entertainer, and a devoted family man and friend. He was also devoted to his cigars, rarely appearing without them.Franz LisztThe Hungarian composer and pianist (1811-1886) once claimed that "a good Cuban cigar closes the doors to the vulgarities of the world." So, for many listeners, does Liszt's passionately Romantic music. Already a performing pianist by the age of nine, Liszt's mastery of the instrument was so great that it freed him up to write works for the piano that simply weren't technically possible before his ascendancy - no one before him could have hit all those notes. His music influenced the future of composing, while his playing has influenced every significant pianist since. And his great fame - especially with women, who fought over his used handkerchiefs - made him a prototype of the satyr-like, charismatic rock star, a nineteenth-century Mick Jagger. (And what would a nineteenth-century Mick Jagger be without a good smoke christian louboutin replica?)

Famous Bollywood Pranksters

Every actor in Bollywood claims that cinema is a serious and risky business. They work really hard to make a movie and often stay away from families. No denying that it is a very tiring job. But trust only our Bollywood stars to have fun in the midst of so much work. How do they do so? Well, that's simple. They play pranks on each other and have good laugh now and then. Consecutively, our film industry has many pranksters on loose who make the lives of their co-stars hell. We thought why not introduce you to some of these actors who otherwise wear a very serious face in front of the camera but behind it are the most mischievous of the lot. So behold the mischief men and a woman!Akshay KumarNow we know it isn't difficult to fathom about Akshay Kumar as the prankster given his comic capers. But the extent this man can go to have some innocent fun at the expense of his co-stars. Vidya Balan was one of his preys when they were shooting for ‘Heyy Baby'. One day, Akshay called Vidya on the sets posing as an Australian journalist and requested for an interview. Doubting nothing Vidya agreed for the telephonic interaction. Akshay started his questionnaire and Vidya innocently answered all. Akshay had switched the speaker mode tory burch outlet on in his phone and everyone heard Vidya's answers. After completing the interview when she came out of her room, she saw people laughing frantically looking at her. She was then told about Akshay's prank and was left red-faced.Abhishek BachchanAbhishek Bachchan is one of the major prank players in Bollywood as he hasn't spared anyone he worked with including his beautiful wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. During the premiere of ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey', Aishwarya was at lobby after the event when Abhishek dragged her into a room and closed the door from behind. Later, did Ash realise that Abhishek has dragged her into men's restroom when she saw men ogling at her. Realizing that her husband has played a prank on her, Ash burst out into peals of laughter.Ajay DevgnNow this is one actor everyone swears by as one who can be mischievous even at a seemingly impossible moment. During Golmaal Returns's shooting, Kareena Kapoor became his victims many a times. Ajay had somehow procured a big collection of fake bombs cheap oakleys that catches fire but doesn't explode. One day, to her horror, Kareena saw Ajay toss one towards her. It landed next to her and made hissing noises. Bebo ran for life and only later realized that they were not meant to burst. This happened more than once on the sets.Aamir KhanAamir Khan today is coming out with real issues and real troubles of men and trying to seek a way to end social malice. But don't get conned by this serious side of Aamir as this man is very naughty. Ask his co-stars and they will tell how he would spit on their palms on the christian louboutin sale pretext of reading them. He also used to scare Madhuri Dixit on the sets of Dil by suddenly approaching her from behind.Vidya BalanShe is the only female in this list and is only prankster whose name doesn't start with an A. She might have become a prey to Akshay's prank but she too is one of the naughtiest actresses of B-town. She pulled a fast one on Tusshar Kapoor while shooting The Dirty Picture. In a scene Tusshar was supposed to be blind folded. She enacted the scene as long as Tusshar could endure her many antics. He quietly accepted it all thinking it was the need of the scene. Later, it was broken to him that it was a prank and he just couldn't believe christian louboutin replica.

5 Essential Guitar Tips You Cannot Ignore

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5 Easy Steps to Setting Up a Perfect Home Recoding Studio

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