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Miami Rap Music - History and Genres Those who are young or relatively new to the HipHop culture don't realize that Rap Music has many different genres: East Coast: The East Coast, most notably New York City, was the genesis for rap music hitting the mainstream. Run-D.M.C. led the pack, with Rakim and Big Daddy Kane also breaking through to make rap emerge as a national phenomenon. Miami Hip Hop is coming live on the scene. West Coast: While HipHop was cooking in the East, West Coast rap music gained national recognition in the mid-1980s with performers like Ice T and Too $hort. How To Get Your Tickets To Events Faster and Earlier Online ticketing of events has reconfigured how we experience live entertainment without a doubt. The ease and simplicity of browsing and purchasing events online has simplified the process down to a few clicks of your mouse. No more waiting in long ticket booth lines in horrible weather conditions to get tickets to the Theater. No sir. What do you want to do tonight? Hurricane Ike's effect on Houston and the Local Art Scene It has been several weeks since Hurricane Ike slammed into Texas and there are still many people who are displaced and without power and water. Turning on the news you still here about 30% of Houston is not back to work, does not have power and could be weeks until the city begins to function as it did. I think it could be much longer than that before people get back into a routine, which could hurt small business in the long run. A more specific concern is how will it affect the local arts scene in Houston. Our Top 10 List of Events And Things to Do In Houston After visiting many sites and having been around the block a few times I have come up with a Top 10 List of things to do in Houston. Most of these are on local websites listing events in Houston and surrounding areas. Some are offered on StubDog at half price and others are free or tickets can be found at the box office of the show. So here goes... System furniture and cable management Changes in the overall economy and advances in technology have led businesses to make radical changes and adopt new ways of working. Office layouts designed for traditional workplaces have failed to meet the changing needs of new businesses. Manufacturers, architects and interior designers are looking for alternative ways and developing new strategies to respond to emerging needs, business strategies, and work patterns of the corporate world. They all agree on one concept: maximum flexibility in the workplace. Tired of Attending the same events & shows Over and Over? You feel like you do the same things over and over. Maybe go to the movies every Friday night then to dinner? Hit the baseball game every 3rd Sunday of the month with friends? Before you know it you get into the routine of doing the same things over and over again but don't have the time to figure out what to do, where to go etc. Well, not any more. Events I went to on Labor Day Weekend As a family, deciding what to do on Labor Day Weekend or any holiday weekend for that matter can be a daunting task. Especially in Los Angeles where there is an enormous amount of things to do around town at any given point. We were sitting around on Friday night searching for interesting things to do online for the weekend and we discovered half-price tickets to the Angel City Jazz Festival on StubDog.com. The problem was immediately solved! And better yet, it was at the Barnsdall Art Park within walking distance from our home and our 3 year-old could get in for free. Artisanal Foods Six years ago, New Jersey had about 50 farmers’ markets. Now there are more than 100. We like having the farm come to us. But now more than ever we are also welcome at the farm—where we can observe (and taste!) the new artisanship in action. The recipe is simple: small batches yield high quality. Just add passion, know-how, and hard work. The Blue Point Grill At the four-seat raw bar facing the open kitchen, you can slurp down briny oysters and bask in the aroma of the grill, the clatter of cookware, and the flash of flames from the stove. The frenetic atmosphere pairs surprisingly well with the refinement of oysters. Good thing, too, because the raw bar is often the only seat in the house. Finding Great Discount Tickets For Local Events When Low On Cash The economy is weighing heavily on most of the minds of Americans and this will no doubt be the hot topic approaching the upcoming presidential debates between Senator Barak Obama and Senator John McCain. The economy is an awful state of affairs as we are all aware. However, what most Americans want to know is what will the future hold for our economy and what will be the impact of the newly elected President on the outcome of our futures. Considering there are many partisan differences between the candidates, this is no easy question to answer. Preparing for Josh Haynes and "Night of Combat II" As A Full Time Fighter I was at home relaxing when I got a text message from Nate Broadnax (one of the top guys at MMAAgents.com), who asked where my weight was and if I was in shape. They knew that my weight would be good and that I was in shape because I just fought three weeks ago and was preparing for a fight Oct. 18 for Ultimate Victory Challenge (www.ultimatevictory.org). A Fall Season for Events Summer always reminds me of being a kid, hanging out at the swimming pool and going barefoot for 4 months; times when you had no worries other than the possibility that the ice cream man might fall ill and miss a day peddling in the neighborhood. I never really thought much about anything out-side the 6 blocks that we ran around in all summer and if it didn’t exist between my house and the pool…well…it just wasn’t important. Day Trip: Hoboken Hoboken is one of New Jersey's hot spots for singles and offers an array of bars and five-star dining. Spice it Up: Travel downtown for a taste of Cuba at Hoboken's own Little Havana (La Isla, 104 Washington St., 201-659-8197). At Avenue Bistro Bar (411 Washington St., 201-659-1990) you can order a 4-star martini and head to the upstairs lounge, where a DJ brings the dance crowd on Friday and Saturday nights. Teak on the Hudson (16-18 Hudson Place, 201-653-6888) serves exotic sushi rolls with breathtaking views of Manhattan. Or you can grab a quick slice at 7th Star Pizza (342 Garden St., 201-653-7204). A Conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk Gary Vaynerchuk has become an Internet celebrity with Wine Library TV, his popular daily wine blog. The director of operations at the Wine Library in Springfield, Vaynerchuk is known for his bold, irreverent comments about wine. Halloween : A Time for Great Goulish Events Halloween conjures up fantastic memories. A time of year where goulish tricks and delicious treats are acceptable. As a child, convincing mother to give me candy coated chocolates, lollipops, gummies and other nutritional items was always a struggle most of the time, however, when Halloween rolled around, the game had completely changed. It was a ripe opportunity to stockpile as many treats as humanly possible and without having to share. And all one had to do was dress up in some outrageous outfit and utter 3 words. Trick or Treat. And yahtzee, the loot was yours! It was sheer magic and a racket that was just too good to pass up. And your success was dependent on your customer and the planning that went into it. Wrapping your body in a sheet with two holes cut out for eyes would not ensure a massive stockpile of candy. However, a well thought out and designed Superman custome could surely save the day. The 2008 25 Best Restaurants AVENUE (Long Branch) Chef Antonio Mora’s lively food (like his lobster tartine, a BLT on brioche with crisp pancetta and tomatoes) provides cover when your jaw drops at the seaside view. 23 Ocean Ave, 732-759-2900, http://leclubavenue.com. A Rising Food Network Star Aaron McCargo Jr. was four years old when the lightbulb first went on, introducing him to the world of cooking. That was the 100-watt lightbulb inside his sister’s Easy-Bake Oven. “That’s when I started baking cakes,” he says. Fast forward to July of this year. McCargo, a 37-year-old father of three who grew up and still lives in Camden, conquered his nerves, regained his natural ebullience, and emerged victorious from the nine-week gauntlet of cooking challenges and weekly eliminations known as The Next Food Network Star. Top 10 Funniest Comedy Events in Houston There is an old saying, “Dying is easy, Comedy is hard…” But if you are in Houston you should check out the following companies and get your laugh on. From Stand – Up to improv, Houston has a lot to offer. We looked high and low and came up with some great ideas when making plans in Houston. Stamna A small, framed, black-and-white photo hangs in the vestibule of Stamna, the fine nine-month-old Greek taverna a few doors south of Holsten’s ice cream parlor. The picture shows six identically dressed boys (white shoes and socks, short pants, knit shirts) standing in tight formation with their parents. The burly papa wears a suit and tie. To his right, his wife holds up to the camera their baby daughter, in a frilly white cap and dress. Still Truckin' These simple words symbolize how the Cory family business has remained true to its humble beginnings—although its current fleet of more than 500 trucks makes Cory Home Delivery Service one of the largest specialized home-delivery carriers in America. It all started in Brooklyn in 1934. Family patriarch Joseph Corigliano, a first-generation Italian-American, was working as a longshoreman and seeking an opportunity to fulfill his American dream. Bamboo Bamboo’s inventive pan-Asian menu roams far beyond sushi, shumai dumplings, and satay skewers. And its knockout modern space makes diners forget they are eating in a mall anchored by a CVS and an Applebee’s. Owner Daniel Chong is equally adept at cuisine and ambience. He’s the guy dressed like Che Guevara—with a cotton beret and cargo pants— lounging around the front sushi bar every night. By day Chong runs his own construction company. He envisioned Bamboo’s unlikely but harmonious aesthetic: a high ceiling crisscrossed by silvery ventilation ducts, walls inset with bamboo stalks, and a slate floor with a walking path paved with sole-tickling round river stones. Catching Contemporary Dance Events... For live entertainment, some might say nothing is more exhilarting and visually pleasing than modern, contempoarary dance. Considering it was only developed in the 20th century primarily in the United States and Germany, this art form is relatively new in comparison to the rest of the arts. However, it has made gigantic strides in such a short period of time.

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