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Optimize Windows Vista for better performance

2010-02-10T13:53:00.001+05:30

Optimize Windows Vista for better performance

No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they are new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state-of-the-art PC you bought last year might not feel like such a screamer after you install a dozen programs, load it with antispyware and antivirus tools, and download untold amounts of junk from the Internet. The slowdown might happen so gradually you hardly notice it, until one day you’re trying to open a program or file and wonder, "What happened to my poor PC?"

Whatever the cause, there are a lot of ways to help speed up Windows and make your PC work better—even without upgrading your hardware. Here are some tips to help you optimize Windows Vista for faster performance.
Delete programs you never use

Many PC manufacturers pack their new computers with programs you didn’t order and might not want. These often include trial editions and limited edition versions of programs that software companies hope you will try, find useful, and then pay to upgrade to full versions or newer versions. If you decide you don’t want them, keeping the software on your computer might slow it down by using precious memory, disk space, and processing power.

It’s a good idea to uninstall all the programs you don’t plan to use. This should include both manufacturer-installed software and software you installed yourself but don’t want anymore—especially utility programs designed to help manage and tune your computer’s hardware and software. Utility programs such as virus scanners, disk cleaners, and backup tools often run automatically at startup, quietly chugging along in the background where you can’t see them. Many people have no idea they are even running.

Even if your PC is older, it might contain manufacturer-installed programs that you never noticed or have since forgotten about. It’s never too late to remove these and get rid of the clutter and wasted system resources. Maybe you thought you might use the software someday, but never did. Uninstall it and see if your PC runs faster.

For instructions, see Uninstall or change a program.
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Limit how many programs load at startup

Many programs are designed to load automatically when Windows starts. Software manufacturers often set their programs to open in the background, where you can’t see them running, so they’ll open right away when you click their icons. That's helpful for programs you use a lot, but for programs you rarely or never use, this wastes precious memory and slows down the time it takes Windows to finish loading.

Decide for yourself if you want a program to load at startup.

But how can you tell what programs load automatically at startup? Sometimes this is obvious, because the program will add an icon to the notification area on the taskbar, where you can see it running. Look there and see if there are any programs running that you don’t want to load automatically. Position your mouse over each icon to see the program name. Be sure to click the Show hidden icons button so you don’t miss any icons.

Picture of the Show hidden icons buttonThe Show hidden icons button in the notification area

Even after you check the notification area, you might still have missed some programs that load automatically at startup. You can find and disable them using Windows Defender.

Picture of the Software Explorer screen in Windows Defender The Software Explorer screen in Windows Defender shows which programs automatically start when you launch Windows

If you’re unsure about whether a program should open automatically at startup, you can try disabling it, restarting your computer, and then using the program. If that causes any problems with the program, you can go back and re-enable it to start automatically.

neobux click it !!!!!

2009-11-28T11:00:00.000+05:30

How to Earn Money With Computer on the Internet With Proven System

2009-10-22T14:20:00.001+05:30

There are many different ways to earn money with computer on the internet. From my suffer the best way to earn money online is affiliate marketing, it is to sell others people's product and obtain on commission, you can join affiliate program for free of charge such as Clickbank, Commission Junction, etc.

But one occurence is for definite without a proven marketing system you might have to do a lot of hard works. A powerful system can aide you to run your boom on autopilot but you a good deal hold to invest some struggle and time on setting up your system.

I will explain how the technique works. First you crisis to send highly targeted money to your squeeze page or website at which they can give you their name and email in exchange to get the freebie that you offer. A squeeze web page is for collecting your website visitor's get in touch with information. Once you got their email they will be on your list for future contact. In truth when people visit your website the first era they will perhaps not going to buy your product so you need to undergo a squeeze page to collect this emails to mimic up. You can do this with an auto-responder, which is e-mail campaign that is merely send message to your list on specified day and time that initially set.

Once you have the above mentioned system you can put your business on autopilot. But your main tasks are business research and bringing about content. Before you begin to promote any product make sure there are people who want to buy it. You can use 'Google keyword tool' to find if there is any search for the keyword the is relevant to your product. These keywords will offer you a clue whether there is a market for it.

The next evolution is producing content, it must base on your product's feature and benefit. You can compile your content into an ebook or report to distribute them to the public. You can supply your content to forecast directories to get free traffic in come up with or give your ebook to your reader in exchange for them to be on your list. This is known as a pre-sell process. You need to focus on how can your product solve the market's trouble and how is the benefit for them. If you can give your market a good reason to buy your product you can definitely make a sale.

how to migerate to sweden

2009-09-21T18:31:00.000+05:30

To migrate Sweden you have to have see that link & get more information as you like.

How to migrate to Sweden for further studies.
How to migrate to Sweden for work permit.
How you can get scholarships to study in Sweden.

flash 9

2009-04-07T06:54:00.000+05:30

The rise in broadband penetration has enabled tremendous growth in the use of video on the web. According to a March 2007 comScore Video Metrix rankings study, five out of every seven Internet users (71.4 percent) in the US streamed video online. In addition, a June 2007 Pew Internet & American Life Project report states that 47% of adults in the US have high-speed connections at home.

Contributing to this trend, Flash video is being used to deliver new types of integrated, interactive video content and applications, as well as enabling new business models for video on the web. Since the release of Macromedia Studio 8 and Macromedia Flash Player 8, the use of Flash video has exploded on the Internet for all kinds of content—from video sharing sites that highlight home videos of teens dressed as ninjas singing karaoke to movie trailers, ads, and full episodes of TV shows.

While Flash Player and Flash video currently provide a great video experience that "just works," it hasn't quite delivered on the full immersive experience many people posting video to the web would like to provide for their viewers. To enable a richer experience, one that takes the viewer out of the frame of the browser and fills the entire computer screen, you can now take advantage of the full-screen mode in Adobe Flash Player 9.

flash web design

2009-04-07T06:50:00.000+05:30

Once you have created your free flash web site, there is no need to come back to the Hoover Web Design to edit your web site. Using a simple text editor such as Windows Notepad or Word Pad, and you can update your web site's colors, text and photo as often as you like. If you need something more flexible check out our website design templates or check out our recommendations for premium website builders.

View websites made by using our Flash Website Builder. Submit your website.

Read our Web Site Builder Frequently Asked Questions. Please note, if you do not insert your correct email address into the builder, you will NOT receive your free web site. You will NOT be signing up for any type of mailing list. If you do not receive your confirmation email check your spam folder or use another email address.

The Hoover Web Design Flash Web Site Builder has free web templates themes for babies, computers, food, bridges, real estate, city, butterflies, kittens, crayons, roses, business, flowers, restaurants, music, unicorns, high tech, world, money, weddings, lawyers, daycare, fireworks, globe, cars, patriotic, puppies, golf, football, and sports. In addition, you can replace any of our images with any image that you choose.

flash 10

2009-03-25T17:20:00.000+05:30

The release of Flash Player 10 includes new functionality to play dynamically generated sound. Prior to Flash Player 10, all sounds played in Flash Player were based on unmodified data in a loaded MP3 file. Dynamic sound generation allows you to modify the data from a loaded sound (and play the resulting, modified sound). You can also generate sound data without loading an MP3 file, and play a sound based on that generated data.

This article describes two sample applications that demonstrate the use of dynamically generated sounds in Flash Player.

The DynamicSoundSample1 sample application adjusts the pitch (frequency) of a sound. The application reads the sound data as a byte array from a loaded MP3 file, and then adjusts the data of the output sound by removing sound samples, which causes the pitch to shift higher (see Figure 1). To test the DynamicSoundSample1 application, drag the slider control to the desired pitch shift factor (between 100% and 200%). Then click the Play button.

flash player 7

2009-03-25T17:17:00.001+05:30

Starting with version 7, Flash Player now offers mouse wheel support on the Windows platform. In this tutorial, we will explore two new features: the onMouseWheel listener, and the TextField.mouseWheelEnabled property. In the first two examples, we'll use onMouseWheel to control the horizontal and vertical movement of a movie clip. In the last example, we'll enable/disable mouse wheel support in a Flash text field using the mouseWheelEnabled property.

The onMouseWheel Listener

The Mouse.onMouseWheel object is a listener that is notified when the user rolls the mouse wheel. This enables the Flash author to assign custom actions to mouse wheel events. In the Flash movie below, for example, the mouse wheel controls the horizontal movement of the mcForMouseWheel movie clip. To do this, we create a listener object (mouseListener), define the onMouseWheel function, and register it using the Mouse.addListener() method.

flash media player

2009-03-25T17:17:00.000+05:30

Flash Movie Player is a standalone player for Shockwave Flash (SWF) animations, based on Macromedia Flash Player plug-in. In addition to all Macromedia Flash Player abilities, it has a lot of extended features, such as playlists, animation rewinding, advanced full screen mode, .exe projectors support, Internet browser cache integration and multilingual interface. Moreover, Flash Movie Player can extract flash movies from .exe projector files and save them in SWF format and has hotkeys for all frequent operations for convenient flash animations watching.

Version 1.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

flash website

2009-03-25T17:12:00.000+05:30

Mike Davidson wrote a really great article about how to use PHP to make a mobile site processor. I want to give that a try on my blog and see how it goes (it is however going towards the end on a fairly long to-do list). This approach has you set up a subdomain like mobile. for your site that hits a PHP page to process each HTML page and reformat the page to some more mobile friendly content.

I think this is going to fit in well with my current plans on how to make my site mobile friendly. My original thought was to make a Flash Lite file that has a fully stylized view of my site and the just screw the non-Flash Lite users. >:) Heck, I’m writing to a niche audience, and not respecting of the current WAP experience enough to care (if you want to read my blog that badly you should have your head examined).

Now, I think I am going to make a landing page that lets you opt for the Flash Lite file or to go on though the processed page. I know a few of you Flash Lite folks are thinking “but I don’t have a phone that supports Flash Lite in the browser.” However If you access a SWF in your browser it will be downloaded and launch the local player (muahaha).

To the user, the experience of changing from the WAP browser to the Flash Lite Player is very smooth. The first time I tried it, I thought somehow I was still in the browser. I thought this because I run my Flash File fullscreen and there was no chrome to give away the change. When I was done with the application, I quit and was immediately back in the browser.

flash video

2009-03-25T16:57:00.000+05:30

Encoding options for Flash H.264 video

If you're looking for guidance how to efficiently encode H.264 video for Flash, this new Developer Center article from industry expert Jan Ozer is a must read.
It describes in detail H.264 encoding and optimization options, and also provides recommended settings for Adobe Media Encoder and Flash Media Encoding Server.

Flash Player 10 achieves record adoption

Adobe announced today that Flash Player 10 and AIR reached record penetration numbers, with more than 100 million installations of AIR and a 55% penetration of Flash Player 10 in December 2008.

"Adobe Flash Player 10 was installed on more than 55 percent of computers worldwide in just the first two months of its release, and is expected to surpass 80 percent by the second quarter of 2009, far outpacing the installation rate of past versions of the software."

Read full press release.
Flash Player penetration statistics.

Posted by Jens Loeffler | Link | January 29th 2009, 09:27 am | Comments(2)

flash animations

2009-03-25T16:43:00.000+05:30

I’ve recently spotted a few new articles focusing on Flash animation production companies. The first is in the Austin-American Statesman, titled ‘Austin a center of digital animation,’ and it highlights a couple Flash-friendly studios, Powerhouse Animation and Horseback Salad Entertainment. Here’s a quote from that article…

Using Flash software, an off-the-shelf computer animation program, HorseBack Salad keeps its costs down and attracts projects that might have ruled out animation because of budget constraints.

The second article comes from the Ottawa Business Journal, and we learn more about PIP Animation Studios and Funbag Animation, both located up in Ottawa. The article, titled ‘Child’s Play,’ reveals that ‘Carl Squared,’ the new series on Canada’s Teletoon network, is being produced with Flash software. Here’s an interesting quote from Dave Fortier, the director of studio operations at PIP Animation.

The industry itself has changed significantly because in the 80s all of the (animated) material was produced in North America and then it started going overseas,” he says. “By the 90s, virtually all material was done overseas, but things have changed now with the ever-dropping prices, smaller budgets and the flexibility of Flash, which can do just about anything and allows the artist to have complete control.

flash arcade

2009-03-25T16:41:00.000+05:30

There are many popular games that you may favor but may not really know what genre of gaming they are categorized as. When you visit pubs, restaurants, entertainment hubs or the mall, do you always try your luck at one of those coin operated games?

Well, if this is you, then you like arcade games. The great thing about these arcade games is that if you fare well, there's a prize for you.

In most cases, you just play to collect points and the machine dispenses tickets in proportion to the points you accumulate. These tickets can then be redeemed at the gaming center for a gift.

From the traditional arcade games, modern day has introduced the need for online arcade games. The interesting feature of arcade games is that they are short games and very thrilling.

This is because in the traditional run, your game extends till as long as you can keep the going based entirely upon chances you get to play every time you put in a coin. In respect to arcade sites, the concept remains more or less same because otherwise it wouldn't be an arcade game.

So it's essential that the features of arcade are kept alive for an online game to be considered an arcade game.

Obviously when you are considering arcade games you are also looking forward to live and enthralling visuals. The need for great visuals is paramount. Obviously, gamers are looking for sites that have streaming visuals that have a realistic approach.

This is possible with the use of flash. This user friendly application lets you create visuals of unmatched quality and all you need is flash player compatibility for it to come to life. Flash arcade sites are a great entertainment source.

They have great games that can keep you hooked on. The great thing about flash arcade sites is that the games that are offered are truly meant for your entertainment and are games that have a shorter duration, so you aren't really going to be sitting and as people say, wasting your time playing all the time.

The duration of your game is essentially dependent on your ability to play the game because it is upon you to keep your avatar alive for the longest period of time and even if you managed to stay put, the game wouldn't last too long because it's built that way.

Another reason flash arcade sites are so popular is because the learning process is easy. They are short games and any one can master them in a short period of time. More than being competitive, flash arcade games is fun and entertaining.

The interesting part being if you have any inkling of applications, almost anyone would be able to create their own flash arcade games. With flash arcade sites there's no fear of gaming addiction because there's no tough competition and elaborate levels of gaming that you have to master in order to win.

With flash arcade games things don't get so complicated and the fun aspect is never sidelined and you can always have a little fun with your avatar.

flashplayer

2009-03-25T16:40:00.000+05:30

Some things got hype in community, some things don’t get enough attention. Flash Player 9 Security Changes are very very important to notice, because there are lot of changes and they are very good one. From Flash Player 9,0,115,0 version policy files get better use, introducing socket policy file, meta policies and so on… It needs to be read carefully for full understanding, nothing to complicated but if you don’t implement needed changes some clients with newest Flash Player versions may find your site or application not working.

flash buttons

2009-03-25T16:35:00.000+05:30

Free Graphic Generators

Graphic Navbar
Create graphic buttons for your website. More than 20 styles to choose from. Simply choose the button graphic you want to use and type in the URL for it to link to.

Drop down navigation menu
This navigation menu looks similar to a drop down menu, only it has a background image as a heading behind it.

Adv navbar
Mouse-Over enabled navbar generator. Make a mouseover navigation menu with this web tool. Choose colors, text and links, then copy and paste to your website editor.

flash plugin

2009-03-25T16:32:00.000+05:30

Flash Plug-In Detection and Upgrading
Incorporating the SWFObject ExpressInstall to force Plug-in Installation
07/19/2006

In our previous article (Activating an ActiveX Control's Interface through Javascript), we recommended circumventing the Microsoft Internet Explorer update that forces users to activate media items with Geoff Stearns's SWFObject. As a result, a number of emails flooded into era//404 with questions on browser detection to drive users to upgrade their Flash Plug-In.

Flash has obviously grown quickly from its original version and Adobe/Macromedia released a number of browser plug-ins to handle these advances. While we recommend publishing Flash files to accommodate for the least common denominator (that is, users with older plug-ins), sometimes requesting a user browser upgrade is unavoidable. Browsing the Adobe site can show you a census of plug-in penetration into the web-browsing world. At the time this article was published (07/19/06), penetration looked like this:

flash 8

2009-03-25T16:20:00.000+05:30

Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional introduces many new and changed elements in the workspace that improve the way you work with Flash. It also features new tools you can use to create exciting new applications, or integrate with other components of Adobe Creative Suite 3.

This article discusses the new features in Flash CS3 Professional and how they compare to similar features in Flash 8, or how they have changed. Therefore, it's written with the assumption that you're already somewhat familiar with Flash. If you are a Flashthusiast ready to update to Flash CS3, read on. You will learn about the changes you need to know about when starting out with the latest version of Flash, whether you want to draw with the enhanced Pen tool or write ActionScript™ 3.0 code. Specifically, this article covers:

Changes made to the Flash workspace, such as new ways to manipulate panels and great new interface features. You also learn how to optimize your workspace to make working with Flash easier.
New features in the Flash authoring tool, such as control over the color of your bounding boxes, new copy-and-paste functionality, and changes to 9-slice scaling.
Improvements made to file import, such as support for PSD and AI files. You also learn about new ways to integrate products, such as the enhanced workflow between Flash and Adobe® Device Central CS3.
Improvements to the drawing tools in Flash, such as enhancements to the Pen tool, and the brand new primitive drawing tools that let you create shapes easier.
Improvements to the video components and cue points in Flash and Flash Video Encoder.
The new ActionScript 3.0 components, including how they compare to the V2 Components found in Flash 8. You will also see a side-by-side comparison of how to create the same components application in ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0.
Improvements to the debugger and coding tools in Flash, and changes to ActionScript. You will find a side-by-side comparison of ActionScript 2.0 code and ActionScript 3.0 code. You'll also learn about, and how to use, a document class in an ActionScript 3.0 application.

free flash

2009-03-25T16:18:00.000+05:30

Flashvalley

Flashvalley is an online Flash resource that provides components for e-learning, flash articles, flash games, templates and free tutorials to learn Flash (actionscript, drawing in Flash, 3D with vector graphics, flash animations) for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash 5 and Flash 8.

Flash Vista

Growing database of Flash tutorials.

Pinoy7 Flash Tutorials

Learn the Macromedia Flash basics and other tips.

Flash Hacks Sample Chapters

Five sample chapters including A Custom Color Transform Glass, Add a Vector Edge to a Bitmap, Simulate 3D, Create a Flash Speech Synthesizer, Undocumented ActionScript.

Flash Vista

Growing database of Flash tutorials.

Pinoy7 Flash Tutorials

Learn the Macromedia Flash basics and other tips.

Flash Hacks Sample Chapters

Five sample chapters including A Custom Color Transform Glass, Add a Vector Edge to a Bitmap, Simulate 3D, Create a Flash Speech Synthesizer, Undocumented ActionScript.

elvis presley always on my mind

2009-03-25T16:16:00.000+05:30

"Always On My Mind" is a song originally recorded by Brenda Lee and released on June 12th, 1972, with music and lyrics by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson.

Elvis Presley first made "Always on My Mind" famous, reaching number 16 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in early 1973. Brenda Lee's version had stalled at #45 on the country charts in 1972.

The song was also recorded by Willie Nelson. Released in the spring of 1982, the song raced to number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart that May, spending two weeks atop the chart. The song also did very well on Top 40 radio, peaking at number five on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

In 1987, the Pet Shop Boys performed a version on an ITV network television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Presley's death, in which various popular contemporary acts performed cover versions of his hits. Their performance of "Always on My Mind" was so well-received that the group decided to record and release a version as a single. This version became the U.K.'s Christmas number one single that year, beating "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues, topping the charts for four weeks in total. It also reached number one in Germany in 1988, and made the top ten in the United States the same year. In November 2004, The Daily Telegraph newspaper placed the version at number two in a list of the fifty greatest cover versions of all time.

flash template

2009-03-25T16:14:00.001+05:30

STYLE, SIMPLICITY, CONTINUITY AND GOOD TASTE
are essential.
Simple and Direct is the best of style in designing a web page.
The style should be direct to the point.
Information should be simple and clear. Do not use complex and ambiguous language. If the subject is a complex one, then break it into cogent sections that make sense together and branching out from there.
The message should be complete and continous. Do not leave the visitor in the wild!
Good Taste is as important.
Keep color scheme simple. Try to use one or two color families. (Grays and Blues, Browns and Reds, Purples and Yellows etc.) Avoid clashing colors.
Provide Links - All pages must contain a link to the HOME PAGE. E-mail address must have a link to the e-mail address.
DON'T GIVE A LINK TO A NON-EXISTING PAGE! Always make sure that the page exists before you give a link to that page.(If a link is given to a non-existing or dead page, visitors may think you are not keen in updating the information and will lose trust in the other information)
table of Contents - If the text is long, add a list of topics and anchor each to the relevant portion of the text. This way, the visitor can easily find what he wants to read.
Navigation Bar - Have a navigation bar to give a consistent look.
Graphics - Be modest in using graphics. Size & number of graphics should be in proportion to the text. If you are using graphics created by others, make sure that it can be used. You can get Royalty Free Stock Photographs on the Internet.
You can also find more information from other sites by entering keywords in the box below and search. Enter your search terms

elvis hound dog

2009-03-25T16:14:00.000+05:30

“Hound Dog” is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. “Hound Dog” was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone, and over 26 times through 1964.

elvis presley in the ghetto

2009-03-25T15:59:00.001+05:30

In The Ghetto

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way

Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down in the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies,
On a cold and grey Chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries

In the ghetto
In the ghetto

elvis presley songs

2009-03-25T15:59:00.000+05:30

1. HOUND DOG

The intro explodes into your ears, and into the public consciousness, as only A Hard Day's Night and Anarchy In The UK have since. So intense, two minutes of sustained viciousness and sheer malicious glee.

2. SUSPICIOUS MINDS

As a mature and supremely confident Elvis harmonises with himself, you can feel the shackles of Hollywood falling away. The shock of the middle eight ("let our love survive") will make you catch your breath.

elvis presley jailhouse rock

2009-03-25T15:44:00.000+05:30

This was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who also wrote "Hound Dog," which became a huge hit when Elvis recorded it. Leiber and Stoller excelled at writing catchy Pop songs with elements of Blues music. Their songs could be very funny and clever, and often take place in unusual situations. Some of their other hits include "Love Potion #9" and "On Broadway." Mike Stoller played piano on this track.

This was featured in the Elvis movie of the same name, where Elvis plays a wrongly-accused convict who becomes a star when he gets out. The film, which is considered one of the best of his 31 movies, is famous for the scene where Elvis performs this song in an elaborate dance number taking place in prison.

The line, "Number 47 said to number 3, You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see," is a sly reference to prison sex but was not offensive enough to create any controversy over the song.

This was a massive hit. It was #1 on the US pop charts for 7 weeks, and also reached #1 on the Country and R&B charts. In the UK, it entered the charts at #1, becoming the first song to do so. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Elvis joined the army shortly after this song was released.

Ozzy Osbourne played a Heavy Metal version of this in 1987 when he did a tour of prisons.

ABC television ran a series of educational cartoons called "Schoolhouse Rock" in the '70s. Millions of kids learned about grammar, history, and astronomy from them. The title was a play on this song.

Sha-Na-Na played this at Woodstock in 1969. Very few of the attendees saw their performance, as they didn't go on until Monday morning (the event was scheduled to end at midnight on Sunday, but ran long). Jimi Hendrix followed Sha-Na-Na to close out the festival.

elvis com

2009-03-25T15:40:00.000+05:30

It's 8:00 here in L.A. It's hot, and the news is only hours old. It's like the Kennedy assassination, just. I remember the exact moment I heard. I reacted numbly, like "oh, really?" and sat down. It took a while for the pain to set in. I called a friend to find out what he knew, but stopped. It had happened: that was all there was to know.

It had just been a couple of months earlier that I'd gotten re-energized about Elves. As a kid I couldn't have been more slavish, with records, pictures, posters, pennants. Anything that mentioned him I'd buy. I read all the fan magazines, followed his every move. Connected people like Nick Adams grew in importance. Natalie Wood should have married him. His impact on my young life was total.

But I backslid when he did. The crushing disappointment when he got out of the Army. The tepid Sinatra tv special. those slushy Italian ballads. Those movies. Elvis, the image, crumbled like everything else in the 60s. The '68 comeback offered some hope; him on tv, kidding around with a guitar on his knee, the symbolic leather jacket that not he, or me, or anyone ever wore in the 50s. The 1970 tour (how I looked blankly at the little ad in the Denver Post, trying to reckon with my senses like today). the Vegas days, the karate chops and the fringed suits. Then the slowdown and the poses where there used to be movies. And now this.

Ironically, 1976 was a big year for Elvis "revivals" because of several important re-issued records, official and otherwise. RCA put out The Sun Sessions, important early stuff, and The Legendary Performer that contained a lavish booklet with session sheets, news clippings, magazine covers, and other fetishists' delights culled from what must be an incomprehensible ( to the impressionable) feast of Presleyana somewhere in the RCA vaults. The bootlegs told the real story, though, with early session outtakes, precious movie soundtracks, and most importantly, the original rv soundtracks to the Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey shows in January, 1956, the ones they refer to on the first album's liner notes. The power of the Man! The first show: he's shy, quietly introducing himself and suddenly going wild. No screams, just bewilderment from the mid-1950s eisenhower years audience. At the end of "Blue Suede Shoes", a blast from the band and applause. But by the second song the tale is told. The drama of those shows was so inescapable. The Dorsey Brothers, don't you ? Fading symbols of a passing order, their pale, polite variety show suddenly confronted by youthful animal energy as significant as the atomic bomb that so permeated those years. And in the middle of "Heartbreak Hotel" the horn player, doing what should have been Scotty's guitar break, breaks loose and blows his brains out in futility trying to match the fervor of the kid with the loose hips and electric eyes. Hearing this is goosebump stuff, a glimpse of raw power like -- who? Hitler? Exactly who could summon up such emotion with the flick of a wrist? In the late 60s I remember respecting Abbie Hoffman and Frank Zappa and Eldridge Cleaver because they cited Elvis as an influence. It was obvious, but in those days it needed pointing out. Elvis made it all possible. Elvis represented anarchy.