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Trinidad Christmas Lights Display
Video is courtesy of the cris maharaj YouTuibe channel
This video feature the Christmas Lights Display at the Maharaj home in Freeport Trinidad.
Directions for those who can catch this treat in person (from their YouTube Channel post):
“FRI, SAT & SUN until the 21st Dec 2014.From 6.30pm to 9pm Thank you all for the support!
Located at Calcutta Road #1, Freeport,Trinidad,
Time: 6.30pm to 9pm”
“DIRECTIONS: Exit highway at Freeport flyover…..COMING from South turn left & from North turn right..Just as you turn off highway the Freeport Police Station will be on your left…Turn LEFT just before the station. Stay on that road for 6-8 mins until you meet a T-Junction.. Turn right….. within 5 mins you will see the lights ahead on the left! Tune your radio to 97.7fm for music!”
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Frisco Christmas LIghts Display
Video is courtesy of the trykoski’s channel on YouTube
This great Christmas Lights Display was featured on the home of Jeff Trykoski, located at 4015 Bryson Drive in Frisco, Texas.
His website notes that the Christmas Lights Display has returned this year, as of Dec 07. If I can find a new video, I’ll post it. in any case, hope that you enjoyed the above video.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Queen + Adam Lambert European Tour dates in 2015
Video is courtesy of the Queen Official YouTube channel
The best concert that I have had the luck to be at, was a Queen concert with the late Freddie Mercury. It was simply awesome and remains a fond memory of what a really great concert can be.
The remaining members of Queen are touring again, but with Adam Lambert as the Lead Singer. This is an incredible opportunity to see and hear one of the very best Rock Bands ever. Seriously great musicians. Adam Lambert’s voice has the unique range that Freddie Mercury’s voice had.
The following is the list of 2015 European Tour dates for Queen + Adam Lambert (from the official Queen Press Release):
Tue 13 January – NEWCASTLE Arena. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Wed 14 January – GLASGOW Hydro. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Sat 17 January – LONDON O2 Arena. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Tue 20 January – LEEDS Arena. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Wed 21 January – MANCHESTER Arena. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Fri 23 January – BIRMINGHAM NIA. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Sat 24 January – NOTTINGHAM Arena. Get tickets thru TicketZone and Ticketmaster
Mon 26 January – PARIS Zenith. Get tickets thru Topbillet
Thu 29 January – COLOGNE Lanxess Arena. Get tickets thru Eventim
Fri 30 January – AMSTERDAM, Ziggo Dome. Get tickets thru Eventim
Sun 1 February – VIENNA Stadhalle. Get tickets thru Eventim
Mon 2 February – MUNICH Olympiahalle. Get tickets thru Eventim
Wed 4 February – BERLIN O2. Get tickets thru Eventim
Thu 5 February – HAMBURG O2. Get tickets thru Eventim
Sat 7 February – FRANKFURT Festhalle. Get tickets thru Eventim
Sun 8 February – BRUSSELS Palais 12. Get tickets thru Sherpa
Tue 10 February – MILAN Forum. Get tickets thru Ticketone
Fri 13 February – STUTTGART Schleyerhalle. Get tickets thru Eventim
Sun 15 February – HERNING Jyske Bank Boxen. Get tickets thru Billetnet
Tue 17 February – PRAGUE O2. Buy tickets thru Ticketportal
Thu 19February – ZURICH Hallenstadion. Buy tickets thru Ticketcorner
Click on this line to visit the Queen Online website for latest Tour updates.
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Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Sometimes I get lucky and even manage to take a good photo…
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Christmas Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Video is courtesy of the MouseSteps / JWL Media YouTube channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Janis Joplin sings Cry Baby – live in Toronto
I have shot my share of concerts. I’ll get into trouble for the following statement. Thru the lens one can see who really gets into their music and those who just go thru the motions.
Janis Joplin was the real deal, an amazing performer.
Video is courtesy of the w1zard23 YouTube channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Detailed instructions on How To Build Leaping Light Arches for your Christmas Lights Display
Jeff Stroff’s video is a detailed step by step guide on how to build Leaping Light Arches for your Christmas Lights Display.
Video is courtesy of the Jeff Stroff YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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How to quickly make a Leaping Light Arch for your Christmas Lights Display
Video is courtesy of the CrazyChristmasCrew YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Western Mall in Sioux Falls Christmas Lights Display
This Christmas Lights show was moved from a home to the Western Mall in Sioux Falls.
Every year people donate about $25,000 at the Christmas Lights Display which is given to the Make A Wish Foundation.
BTW, the castle backdrop of this Christmas Lights Display is 24 feet tall.
The music used with the show is called “A Christmas Rock Medley” by Richard Campbell of Orpheus Studio in the UK.
Video is courtesy of the SVO4Turbo’s channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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How to build a Leaping Light Arch, a Pixel Tree and a Pixel Matrix Pixel Grid for an outdoor Christmas Lights Display
San Antonio Texas is home to the Johnson Family Christmas Lights Display (I’ll create a new post for it shortly).
The really neat thing is that Matt Johnson has created a series of 3 videos where he discusses how to create some of the Christmas Lights effects.
The first video details how to build a Leaping Light Arch.
The 2nd video will start after the first one is finished playing. That 2nd video details how to build a Pixel Tree.
When the 2nd video ends, then the 3rd video will start. The 3rd video details how to build a Pixel Matrix Pixel Grid.
Video is courtesy of the Matt Johnson YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Revisit Dubai New Years 2014 Awesome Fireworks Display
Video is courtesy of the DowntownDubai YouTUbe Channel
Last January I had posted about the Dubai New Years 2014 Burji Khalifa Fireworks display. I figured that I would revisit that post.
Looking forward to viewing the Dubai New Years 2015 Fireworks in a few weeks.
BTW, there is still time to book flights and arrange your New Years 2015 in Dubai trip…
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Silvio Santos Onibus Circular prank
I haven’t posted about a Silvio Santos video in some time. For those new to these prank videos, they are the Câmera Escondida portion of a Brazilian TV show called Silvio Santos, whose host is Silvio Santos.
This prank is called Onibus Circular. Enjoy..
Video is courtesy of the Pegadinhas Ferreira YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle Christmas Lights Display. Video was shot with a Nikon D800 DSLR
Video is courtesy of the Kevin NguyenTu YouTube Channel
This amazing Christmas Light Display was shot using a Nikon D800 DSLR.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Larsen Christmas Lights Display features 1Millions Lights, 1,200 Strobes and 5 Lasers all synchronized to music
Video is courtesy of the ReynauldsEuroImports YouTube Channel
WOW, I must visit Elbum Illinois. The Larsen Christmas Lights Show is over the top. They even have parking space for about 25 cars for folks dropping by to view the Christmas Lights Display.
As far as I know this is the only Christmas Light Display which also has it’s own Website and Facebook page.
Click on this line to visit the Larsen Christmas Lights Show Facebook page.
Click on this line to visit the Larsen Christmas Lights Show website. They have a nice bunch of videos of their Christmas Lights Show.
From the official Larsen Light Show website:
Larsen Lights Show Hours Starts Thanksgiving and Ends JANUARY 2nd
Mon-Thursday 5:00PM-10:30PM Friday-Sunday 5:00PM-12:30PM
Santa Visits on Saturday Nights!!!
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Cavalcade of Lights in Toronto 2014
Video is courtesy of the Unique Toronto Tours YouTube Channel
The annual Toronto Cavalcade of Lights is held in the heart of the City, at Nathan Phillips Square. Local Toronto based Musicians fill the evening with live music prior to the Christmas Lights Show.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Spectacular 2014 Bath Christmas Lights Show in 4D
Video is courtesy of the Bath BID YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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How to play Mississippi Queen by Mountain featuring Leslie West on guitar.
Felix Pappalardi, Corky Laing, and Leslie West performing Mississippi Queen on Randell’s Island on July 19, 1970:
Video is courtesy of the depper YouTube Channel
Some songs stick on your head. Mississippi Queen by Mountain is such a song. It features the awesome Guitar work of Leslie West, who became a major influence to many aspiring young Guitar Players.
I came across an extremely well done tutorial on how to play Mississippi Queen and wanted to share it. Hence this post.
Extremely well presented tutorial on How to play the Guitar parts of Mississippi Queen, by the Shutup & Play – Guitar Tutorials YouTube Channel.
Video courtesy of the Shutup & Play – Guitar Tutorials YouTube Channel
Special thanks to the folks at YouTube for making these memories available to future generations of Musicians.
Click on this line to view the Guitar Tabs for Mississippi Queen at UltimateGuitar.com
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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New Economic Indicator Revealed, which shows that the Recession is finally over
It’s true. The Recession must be over. I saw the proof with my own eyes earlier this week.
What proof was that? Continue reading
3D Printed Artificial Ears offer hope to children born with a congenital deformity called Microtia
Microtia/Anotia is a deformity of the external canal and middle ear which is not fully developed. It affects thousands of children born every year.
Is the American Dream an Illusion?
Gregory Clark, a UC Davis Economics Prof., recently put together an article on the Foreign Affairs site where he posits that your parents and grandparents social status in society determines your eventual social status level and also that of your kids.
Video is courtesy of The RSA YouTube Channel
Numbers do not lie, but their interpretation can vary. There can often be outliers to any data set. For example, Steve Jobs of Apple fame rise to Billionaire status, readily comes to mind.
I also believe that access to higher levels of education can dramatically change the level to which one can rise on the Social Status ladder. Higher levels of education also allow one to network with other students who come from far wealthier families.
But I believe that Gregory Clark may have an important point and that his data set could very well be proof that the so called American Dream is in fact just an illusion for the vast majority of citizenry. I also think that this applies to most other western countries, including Canada…
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Ken Block GYMKHANA SEVEN: Wild In The Streets Of Los Angeles
Ken Block has released a new GYMKHANA video. Yes, Gymkhana Seven is here.
This time he rips up the streets of Los Angeles, in an 845 horsepower extremely rare “all-wheel-drive” 1965 Ford Mustang.
In the past, I had been posting about the awesome Gymkhana video on our CLiK CLiK Vic photo website. Might be time to create a full set of Gymkhana posts on this site.
Anyhow, hope you all enjoy the latest Gymkhana Seven video:
Video is courtesy of TheHoonigans YouTube Channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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New blog post about how to Clean a Computer Virus and Malware infection
Just started another blog, for Tech oriented material. Our first post details how to clean a computer virus and malware infection. In the post I discuss the two best software programs which you should use. Both are top rated by major testing site AV-TEST.ORG and you can download them both for “free”.
Apple Watch featured on the cover of Vogue China magazine
Apple Watch featured on the cover of Vogue China November issue.
http://www.vogue.com.cn/magazine/current-issue/news_12113a20cab84411.html
Posted by Vincent Banial for Uniquely Toronto
Installed Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9841 today. Super quick and easy install. Very stable. No issues found
Windows 9 magically became the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9841 today and was blown away. The install was super quick (including the NTFS format of a new Hard Drive) with very little prompting. Almost automatic and on an old AMD Phenom cpu based computer. Continue reading
CNE Concert Photos – Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage on Aug 29 2014
Tim Hicks and his bandmates put on an “AMAZING” concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage on Aug 20!!!
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage on Aug 29 2014
This was the best band that I have ever had the luck to see and hear performing at the CNE Bandshell Stage! Tim Hicks and his boys know how to entertain!
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
I was apprehensive about shooting this concert. Tim Hicks is supposed to play on Country Music Radio Stations. Little did I know. This was “not” a Johnny Cash type of Country Music. Tim Hicks is as a good a Rock Band as they are a Country Band.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Superb Guitar solos. Their Bass Player is an extraordinary showman. Tim has a powerful voice and easily worked the audience.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Their Drummer pounded out the beat. Seriously great muscians.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
I am not a Country Music fan, but I really enjoyed the Tim Hicks concert. Great to listen to. Fun to watch their performance.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
The only stupid beef that I had, was with Tim’s baseball cap. The front brim would cast a shadow on his face…
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Tim Hicks closed the show with multiple blasts from assorted Dry Ice funnels. They blasted funnels of fog onto the stage. Really neat effect. Wish that I had brought two cameras with a wide angle zoom on it. Hard to capture a full stage with a long lens.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Because of the Tim Hicks concert, I plan on buying a video camera in the near future. Video is great when something spectacular happens. I would have loved to have captured their closing song on video. Heck the whole Tim Hicks concert would have been great to capture on video.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Tim Hicks spoke about playing for a long period as the “house band” in a Toronto bar. These guys are ready for the “big time”. Superb players who also have a great visual performance. Concerts are about “BOTH” sight and sound. Tim Hicks and his band knows about that, in spades.
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Photo from the Tim Hicks concert at the CNE Bandshell Stage
Click on this line to visit the official Tim Hicks website, to learn more about the band.
Click on this line to visit the official Tim Hicks Facebook page.
Click on this line to visit the official Tim Hicks YouTube channel and view some great music videos.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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