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Royal wedding

Here is the royal wedding in the UK, and I was with them almost all time in front of the TV, though I didn't plan to watch it, but Yok was staring at it with all her attention, so it turned out that i enjoyed a lot too. Some people don't like the royal wedding. They say that the media covers it too much and seems that there is nothing else happening in the world but the couple's marriage. They also say that the wedding is just a bubble of fairy tale, 99.9% of people's life are totally away from it. And they even think that making a wedding day a holiday is just another excuse for British people to have party and go wild (especially inside the square of the palace). Also the public secret of the designer of the bride's dress annoys them, as well as heavy traffic on the street. However, we have some other people who love the wedding, too. First, they think that it is the shining light spreaded through the grey period of the world. When the economic is down at the bott

A little bit time of Jazz

It has been a long time since I bought my last Jazz CD either in the shop or online. I use spotify which is, to be honest, very convenient. All you need to do is to type any title of the recording or the musician into the search engine and click the result then you can listen to the Jazz. It is truly easy and handy but for me, Jazz suddenly become less interesting and it losses it's mystery once you can get it anytime anywhere as long as you have wifi. From 20's to 50's, before LP was invented, the only way to listen to Jazz is to go to the concert. Live music combining with people's noise and the heat of human, every concert is an unique experience and of course I never have a chance to go back to the 50's to see John Coltrane or Miles Davis or anyone of them blow in front of me, I wish I could. Well, after LP published to the mass, everyone can listen to Jazz at home, alone and private. It seems to be a scare moment to listen to the Jazz. Putting the needle on the