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Britain sobers up - At the end of last year, beer sales in pubs fell by 10% - equivalent to 1.4 million fewer pints drunk in drinking establishments in the last three months of 2008, compared with the same period in 2007 - and thus a huge loss for Alistair Darling.

Even the cheap booze flying off the shelves in Tesco et al has seen a downturn - a 6.5% fall. The recession is well and truly here.

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), which documents these things, is naturally very critical of the Government policy towards brewers and pubs - beer sales had reduced duty and VAT receipts by about £181 million since the last Budget in March - despite an 18 per cent rise in duty on beer last year.

CEO of the BBPA, Rob Hayward, said: "These figures highlight the extreme economic pressures hitting Britain's beer and pub sector. Beer sales are sinking and many pubs are struggling to survive. Pub closures have escalated to nearly six a day. Unfortunately, Government tax policy is only making a difficult situation worse."

It seems the main problem is mandatory code of practice imposed by the Crime and Police Bill giving pubs and extra financial burden of £300m in 2009.

One example of the struggle facing beer legends is highlighted by the Suffolk brewer and pub operator Adnams. Despite posting better results than most of it's competitors, its volumes fell by 6% while its pubs had found trading in November and early December very hard work.

The Fair Pint campaign is calling for the scrapping of the beer tie that governs supplies.

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Get Rocking Musical Car CD Players and Accessories Online

The experience of listening to high volume musical notes while driving in your car is something out of the world feeling. To feel it much better, you need to have the best car CD players, amplifiers and tuners in place. Here comes the online shop to satisfy your demands in a cost effective manner.

Online shopping has been the buzzword today. No matter where you are located, you are away at a distance of a mouse click from desired products and services. For various car accessories and automotive parts too, you can rely upon these online shops.
Thinking of what these shops can provide? Here we solve your queries.

Full details

What all is there in the world is present on the web. You need not go to physically located shops or arrange meetings with agents to secure brochures and information guides. All these are present online in easy readable and downloadable formats. Just click once and get the details of required car CD player or any such similar product.
Technology even allows you to calculate anticipated costs of various types, designs and brands of CD players so that you are assured that no one is cheating you on the cost front.

Query solving and customisation sessions

You must have seen your relatives or neighbours using the same product and wish to get it with some personalisation and modifications. You must be having some doubts regarding the purchase of CD player. Do not think that being distant; you cannot shoot up your doubts. The dedicated team of professionals sitting at the other end will hear you and try to satisfy all your queries.
Payment modes

With shops having brick and mortar presence, you need to be ready with cash or in many cases, with a cheque. But online shops give you the facility to pay for the order in a number of ways. It can be through bank transfer, online transfer, agent, cheque, draft or any other mode which they accept.

Some shops even charge you a small amount in advance at the time of placement of order and require you to clear the payment once you get the order delivered at your doorsteps, so no chances of any fraud or mistake either.

Order delivery

You can demand the delivery of your car CD player along with its installation on a particular day and date. If there is some problem with the order, the online shops also provide for replacement and defect correction exercises, with shipping charges borne by them.

Car CD player is a valuable thing to have in the sense that it is not bought daily. Once purchased, it should be of a good quality. The online shops can ease your shopping task by making it hassle free and executable from the comfort of your home.

Car Radio Pros specializes is car cd player units. We are proud to offer the best warranty for the best car cd player products in the industry. All of our car cd player products come with a full one year unlimited miles warranty.

Motorola EM30 Cherry with Rocking Music and Strong Looks

This black, lithe and strong bodied waterproof camera mobile phone is class apart. Whenever a mobile is purchased, it is studied with its outer appearances at the first instance. Motorola EM30 is a stylish black handset with cherry colored highlights and outlining. Through this cherry color, manufacturer has added a tinge of sparkles in black designer outfit. A dull silver circle in the centre is for adding glitters to the handset. As per its style and design, this is a contemporary looking mobile phone with lots of sparks and glitters.

No one prefers a handset without FM Radio, because everyone needs entertainment. Also after the day’s work, nothing seems more appropriate than music of your choice. That is what Motorola EM30 delivers to its users. One can work and listen to music as well. Log on to favorite music station and take added advantage of blue tooth connectivity of v2.0 with A2DP to listen to the songs with handset placed at a safe place. However, the user can take advantage of music system to store favorite files and listen to them.

Motorola EM30 Cherry is a candy bar handset with a phone book capacity of 1000 entries and storage space expandable to 8GB through micro SD card. With a size of 115x53x10.6mm dimensions and 100g weight, this handset can tap a call record of 20 M/D/R for the user’s convenience, because most of the time we forget to note down a received and missed call and try to recollect by guessing the time of that call.

Users and their near and dear ones can pass on the boring time of waiting through Motorola EM30’s games menu. Some of the most interesting and mind boggling games are pre-installed by the Company for passing your waiting time for your girl friend or fiancé.

Make yourself audible with distinctive ringtone of mp3, polyphonic, AAC. USB Cable connection and headset along with speaker phone function and a talk time of 360min are some of the basic features of Motorola EM30 Cherry mobiles. Log on to themobilestore and avail the Motorola EM30 Cherry just by ordering online.

Nokia 5200: Street-smart Phone With Rocking Music

A member of the Xpress music brand, Nokia 5200 offers some superb music functionalities to budget conscious consumers. The manufacturer has taken all pains to allure youngsters-the prime market for such handsets. The handset is being intelligently priced and offers many features quite imaginable at such a cost which is sure to appeal its targeted customer segment. The Nokia 5200 is based on Nokia 5300 and the company has made no bones accepting it.



The handsets has a cool sliding design and is available in trendy colours specially meant for people who are young at hearts. Nokia 5200's USP is its entertaining multimedia features. In addition to music features the mobile phone has good imaging, advanced messaging and versatile connectivity options. In a nutshell, Nokia has endeavored to offer capabilities of a high-end phone in a budgeted version.



Your Nokia 5200 has friendly S40 user interface with dedicated keys for music player and FM stereo radio. The side volume keys can also be used as zoom keys when the camera is in operation. The right soft key takes you to the main menu and from there to other functions. In all, the handset sports an intuitive interface-quite expected from a mobile phone.



An integrated VGA camera with digital zoom and video recorder helps you to freeze tender moments with calrity. The visual radio enabled in the mobile phone helps you to interact with your radio station and get information on your favourite song. The music player supports all popular file formats which helps you carry your favourite songs in whichever format they are.



With an expandable memory up to 2GB and connectivity options like Bluetooth, Infrared, SyncML. USB and Tri-band, Nokia 5200 is where all the action is!

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Sexual Metaphors in Rock Music Lyrics

Rock and roll and sex have always been inseparable bedmates.  And it’s been no secret affair.  Many musicians admit that they only learned how to sing or play an instrument so they could enjoy the fringe benefits of band membership.  They don’t mind sharing the details of these fringe benefits in their lyrics, either.  Some lyrics are blatantly explicit, while other lyrics hide their sexuality behind metaphors.  Here are some lyrics that seem very suggestive—or maybe we just have dirty minds!

“Brand New Key” by Melanie

Remember this novelty hit from the early 70s?  Also known as “The Roller Skate Song,” there seemed to be plenty of innuendo in the lyrics, “I got a brand new pair of roller skates/You got a brand new key/I think that we should get together and try them out, you see.”  Also, many listeners interpreted the lyrics “new key” as “nookie.”  Although Melanie didn’t intentionally write sexually suggestive lyrics, she did admit that, “I guess a lock and key have always been Freudian symbols, and pretty obvious ones, at that.”

“Knocking at Your Back Door” by Deep Purple

The blatant title, which also makes its way into the song lyrics, needs no explanation.  But the band wove more subtle suggestiveness into the lyrics, “So we put her on the hit list/Of a common cunning linguist/A master of many tongues.”  If you don’t get it right away, quickly say the lyrics “cunning linguist” out loud several times.  Oh, so that’s what he’s saying!  The lyrics flew under the  censor’s radar, and were played on numerous radio stations.  According to the liner notes in the band’s Greatest Hits, they wrote the lyrics as a joke, and never expected the song to get any airplay.

“Little Willy” by The Sweet

This incredibly catchy tune by glam band, The Sweet, initially drew critics’ scorn for its “nursery porn” lyrics, “Little Willy, Willy won’t go home/But you can’t push Willy ’round, Willy won’t go.”  The song lyrics were supposedly inspired by late singer Brian Connolly’s nonstop nightclubbing.  Since “willy” is also British slang for a man’s you-know-what, there’s also speculation that the lyrics regard that organ’s endless desire for satisfaction.  In any case, the song and its lyrics ignited a succession of 14 hit singles, including 11 chart-toppers.

“Cherry Pie” by Warrant

The lyrics of “Cherry Pie” are filled with so many humorous sexual metaphors, where do we begin?  Well, here are a few of those lyrics:  “She wanted me to feed her/So I mixed up the batter/And she licked the beater,” “If I think about baseball/I’ll swing all night,” and “Tastes so good/Make a grown man cry/Sweet cherry pie.”  Singer Jani Lane wrote the song’s music and lyrics on a pizza box in 15 minutes.  Talk about a quickie!

“Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel

Influenced by sexually suggestive soul music lyrics, the lyrics of “Sledgehammer” are loaded with innuendo.  In addition to “I want to be your sledgehammer,” the lyrics refer to steam trains, bumper cars, pollination, fruit, bees and a big dipper.  Regarding the lyrics, Gabriel said, “Sometimes sex can break through barriers when other forms of communication are not working too well.”

That theory may work well in song lyrics, but it’s a line that might backfire if you’re trying to pick up someone in a bar!

Mp3 Player: Liberate yourself With Rocking Music

It is the need and necessity of every tired human being to refresh his mind and renew his energies in a genuine and effortless way. Music, is an excellent form of recreation and it mesmerises the listener in a matter of time. Many of us find music as a source of liberation and therefore, after a hectic work schedule, listening to music has a calming effect on us and our minds. Music holds an important position in our lives and it becomes the soul of our life.

Our ears welcome soothing music and we almost escape to a fantasy world. However, the conventional mediums of music have been replaced by the latest music technology such as MP3 players. Gone are the days when the cassette players were the sole source of music. These musical entertainers offer unmatched music quality and a higher level of flexibility. MP3 players are high on performance, looks, consistency and quality. The user when purchasing a music player should consider not just the price but its features and sound quality.

The buyer can also purchase a music player which has been used and approved by someone known to him. When contemplating of purchasing a MP3 player, the buyer must also be clear of its warranty period and durability. Another aspect to be observed is whether the music player is compact enough to fit anywhere in the room. The size and body must be space-friendly rather than an obstruction in offering space. The player apart from its high functionalities must be stylishly designed so to enhance the beauty of the room. Due to intense competition in the market it is common to find cheap MP3 players. The latest music players have the option to download content from the internet which gives music lovers a reason to be happy. Though there are several MP3 player manufacturing companies however, the premium market players like Samsung, Sony and Phillips continue to win the hearts of people from all parts of the globe.

These leading companies have sustained their consumership due to unmatched quality and excellent sound output. The latest musical devices are sleek and elegant looking, with an idea blend of style and performance. These entertaining devices will provide an unforgettable musical experience and enchant the listener the moment he comes in close association with it. Thus before buying a music player one should be sure that the product selected fulfills the musical needs and if one hopes to get a satisfactory deal then the internet is another alternative to gain related and relevant information.

 

 

A Young Kid?s Guide to Impressing your Parents With your Rock Music

Face it: many have been the times when you’re lying there in bed, quietly listening to your favorite band – what constitutes “quietly” is, of course, full volume – and your mom, your dad, or, worse yet, both, break into your private domain and yell at you to “turn that damn music doooowwwwn!!” and to “stop listening to those worthless bums”. But, c’mon, isn’t there something you can do to start changing your parents’ minds about what you hold most dear?



Sure! Impress them. Knowing what to say to your parents in these cases, and learning what interesting little piece of rock star history you can shine a light on for this purpose, is of the utmost important when trying to impress dear ole mom and dad. There are many wonderful stories and scrumptious bits of data that will just have your head brimming with enthusiasm, just waiting for your parents to once again try to tell you off.



Going down a list of bands, I’ll mentiono a couple of things you might want to ponder and/or do some more research about:



Queen:



•Freddie Mercury: Ealing Art College– graphic illustration


•John Deacon: Chelsea College – electronics degree


•Roger Taylor: first studied dentistry at London Hospital Medical College and left it in order to get a BSC in Biology at London Polytechnic


•Brian May: this would be the piéce de rèsistance here. He studied at Imperial College London and got his degree in astrophysics. In 2007, he completed his PhD. and was also named Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.



The Rolling Stones:



•Mick Jagger: studied economics at the famed London School of Economics but then something got in the way. Namely, the Stones.


•Charlie Watts: went to Harrow Art School, became a commercial artist


•Ron Wood: like Freddie Mercury, he also studied at Ealing Art College.



Kiss:



•Paul Stanley: went to Manhattan School of Music and Art and also to Bronx Community College but gave it up when music started to rear its head.


•Gene Simmons: Richmond College – got a degree in education and is fluent in Hungarian, German, English and Hebrew (and also speaks some Spanish – I know that from personal experience.)



The Police:



•Sting: went to Northern Counties Teachers’ Training College – got a degree in education


•Andy Summers: UCLA – studied classical guitar


•Stewart Copeland: went to California Western University and UC Berkeley



Van Halen:



•Alex Van Halen: briefly went to Pasadena City College to study music


•Michael Anthony: studied music at Pasadena City College



Sheryl Crow:



•University of Missouri – B.A. in Education, Music Composition and Performance



Bon Jovi:



•David Bryan: was studying Pre-Med at Rutdgers University and left it to go to Juilliard (music) instead



We can also add a roster of people who have studied at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA:



•John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy –



Dream Theater


•Steve Vai


•Tim Owens (Ripper Owens)


•Al Pitrelli


•Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford – Aerosmith


•Steve Smith – Journey


•Will Calhoun – Living Colour



So there you have it, kids. A small list which can undoubtedly be expanded with some research on your part. But always remember something: it’s really not that important to know if they studied this or that because what they play still reaches your heart. If you parents need some sort of college degree for them to pass favorable judgement on a person then that’s something that perhaps they should have learned in college that it’s wrong.