We are crazy about Ito En and their tea. We recently discovered another Ito En gem: Kirkland Signature Green Tea Matcha Blend. We can’t stop drinking it — hot or cold!
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In our final — for now! — Hot Licks DVD series Blues review, Ronnie Earl joins us to teach us how to play “Blues Guitar with Soul.” One thing you gotta love about Ronnie’s teaching style is that he’s relaxed and calm. There are audio problems with the DVD as his voice fades in and out. At times, Ronnie seems a little confused and uncertain — a kinder editor could’ve saved him from those broadcast lapses in memory — and the included printed TABs are poor quality and hard to read.
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Arlen Roth is a SuperGenius guitar teacher who invented the “Hot Licks” series of instructional DVDs. My favorite Arlen Roth video is “150 Electric Hot Licks for Rock, Blues, Country, Rockabilly and R&B Guitar.” A “lick” is a short musical passage that punctuates a song. Some songs are made from many licks linked together.
Buddy Guy is an amazing, old school, Blues guitar teacher. He stars in “Buddy Guy Teachin’ The Blues” as part of Arlen Roth’s excellent Hot Licks DVD series.
I am never at a loss for amazement when it comes to the stupidity of inane parents. It has been hot in New York City this week. The streets are hot. Sand on the beach is hot. Black rubber playground mats are hot. Those basic facts of living still do not appear to scare some parents into proactively protecting their children from running around barefoot and getting burned when that danger to life and limb is completely avoidable by invoking common sense and human decency.
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