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Vox Hunt: My Favorite Artist

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:14:47 +0900

Show us your favorite artist.

Links:

    John Register on Wikipedia

    Desert Restaurant

    The Conversation

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Vox Hunt: I'm A Loyal Customer

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:24:23 +0900

Show us a brand to which you're loyal.

Nintendo

Nintendo just seems to be a company done right. Their products are always worth the money, and they treat their customers like people and do their best to make things a good user experience. I am a happy owner of both a Wii and a DS and they, like the GameCube and GameBoy before them, are excellent products.

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Vox Hunt: Listen to the Lyrics

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:43:48 +0900

Audio: Share a song with powerful lyrics.

Ted Leo - La Costa Brava

I've been seeing the same old things,

And I've been hearing you saying some things that you don't mean.

Everyone needs a sunday some days, everyone needs to take some time away.

So come on home from the front lines, baby,

You know you've done more than your time there was supposed to have been.

A little time out could turn your head 'round,

A little time out could lift us our of the mess we're in.

And down by the beach there's a small cafe,

Where we'll hang on for Joan and drink Bonet all day.

So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.

You know that waking up to the daily blues from

Waking up to the daily news ain't nothing strange.

Everyone gets to feeling weak,

But if everyone gets to take a week and change their pace...

You travel west 'til you hit Girona, I'll travel east out of Barcelona,

And I'll meet you halfway.

One day and night on La Costa Brava, we'll forget the fright,

And remember why we want to be brave,

(and that there's something to save)

Like down by the beach there's a veg cafe,

Where we'll meet Lolo and Pablo and drink Moritz all day.

So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.

We'll meet Berta, and Daniel, and Remy, Celine, and Mike, Adriana, Padi, and Aziz,

And Maurix, Maria, and Laura, Tule,

And Sherry and Pau, Jodie, and Paul,

I hope Neil is OK...

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Vox Hunt: My Karaoke Jam

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:20:14 +0900

Audio: Share your karaoke song.

The Ramones - Rock 'n Roll Radio

Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go

Do you remember Hullabaloo,
Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?

Do you remember Murray the K,
Alan Freed, and high energy?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century

Do you remember lying in bed
With your covers pulled up over your head?
Radio playin' so no one can see
We need change, we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh

Will you remember Jerry Lee,
John Lennon, T. Rex and OI Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century

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Vox Hunt: Makes Me Want To Cut A Rug

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:03:18 +0900

Video: Show us a video that makes you want to dance.

Groove Armada - I See You Baby

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Vox Hunt: I Remember...

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:39:31 +0900

Show us a photograph that makes you remember.

Seattle Center Fountain

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Vox Hunt: The Anthem of My Life

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:23:20 +0900

Audio: Share your life anthem.

Social Distortion - Story Of My Life (Live)

High school seemed like such a blur
I didn't have much interest in sports or school elections
And in class I dreamed all day
About a rock 'n' roll weekend
And the girl in the front of the room
So close yet so far
Y'know she never seemed to notice
That this silly school-boy crush wasn't just pretend

Chorus:
Life goes by so fast
You only want to do what you think is right
Close your eyes and then it's past;
(it's the) story of my life

And I went down to my old neighborhood
The faces have all changed, there's no one left to talk to
And the pool hall I loved as a kid is now a seven eleven

I went downtown to look for a job
I had no training, no experience to speak of
I looked at the holes in my jeans and turned and headed back

Chorus

Good times come and good times go
I only wish the good times would last a little longer
I think about the good times we had and why they had to end

So I sit at the edge of my bed
I strum my guitar and I sing an outlaw love song
Wonderin' bout what you're doin' now and when you're comin' back

Chorus

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Vox Hunt: Arts & Crafts - DIY Inspiration

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:50:34 +0900

Show us a DIY art or crafting pattern, tutorial or website that inspires you.

Instructables

Instructables.com is a fantastic resource for anyone who is interested in crafting or making all manner of projects.

Some of my personal favorites:

Learn how to screen print
Make book shelves.
Build Flash Drives.
Turn an NES controller into a cell phone.
And anything else you can imagine. The website is set up as a bit of a social network so users can favorite some instructables while voting on others, or even writing and uploading their own.
All in all, it's a great, easy-to-use, site with lots of features for the creative destroyer in all of us.

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Vox Hunt: Music - Ticket Stub

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:18:16 +0900

Show us a ticket stub from a great concert you saw.

George Thorogood

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Vox Hunt: Music - I Last Listened To...

nobody@vox.com(Smiley) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:54:48 +0900

Show us the last album you listened to.

Icky Thump

The White Stripes

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