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					<title>ianbrooks:

Street Lit
Putting a message on a wall can be a...</title>
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					<description> William Carlos Williams, &quot;Red Wheelbarrow&quot; photo by Mark LaFlaur  Antoine de Saint-Exup&#xe9;ry, &quot;The Little Prince&quot; photo via mes-hautes-montagnes.com posted by ianbrooks.me  Edgar Allan Poe, &quot;A Dream Within a Dream&quot; photo by mermaid99&apos;s flickr  George Orwell, &quot;Animal Farm&quot; photo via windshoes.khan.kr  William Blake, &quot;The Marriage of Heaven and Hell&quot; photo via baddogwhiskas&apos; flickr  J. R. R. Tolkien, &quot;The Fellowship of the Ring&quot; photo by Gary L. Quay  Kurt Vonnegut, &quot;Slaughterhouse Five&quot; photo by devianarts posted by ianbrooks.me  Allen Ginsberg, &quot;Howl&quot; photo by Dan Allison  &quot;Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song&quot; from Edmund Spenser&apos;s Prothalamion photo via rosetintdesign.com  J. R. R. Tolkien, &quot;The Fellowship of the Ring&quot; posted by ianbrooks.me &lt;a class=&quot;tumblr_blog&quot; href=&quot;http://ianbrooks.me/post/45706189889/street-lit&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ianbrooks:

Street Lit
Putting a message on a wall can be a much more effective way to reach the masses than expecting them to go find a book and learn it themselves. Some men just want to watch the world learn, regardless of medium. This collection of street arts details some memorable lines from famous books, hit the pictures to see which author and title, if you didn&apos;t already recognize them immediately.

(via: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/20-awesome-examples-of-literary-graffiti-1opu&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BuzzFeed)

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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b625f00aadbea1fb916f967efc0e1910/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/><br/> William Carlos Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow" photo by Mark LaFlaur<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e19b315bbb7287aba70d6ab2e1bc357/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince" photo via mes-hautes-montagnes.com posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8eb2001b2635cee36e54fa2ce509fd3/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream Within a Dream" photo by mermaid99's flickr<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/39bc2c9169851087dba854527d16456d/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/><br/> George Orwell, "Animal Farm" photo via windshoes.khan.kr<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe11acb589288e1f2498e04e716f3c90/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/><br/> William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" photo via baddogwhiskas' flickr<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/baed833b426bdb08a7bbdca412448b61/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/><br/> J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring" photo by Gary L. Quay<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dcbf247bd662ef1fed210dcf8e4a3354/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse Five" photo by devianarts posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f80da5b9235723496b1945839cc72cc9/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" photo by Dan Allison<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1f59e0a2da6eb32d18f3c59897f5ade8/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/><br/> "Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song" from Edmund Spenser's Prothalamion photo via rosetintdesign.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6abd521c7d2f32f27dc19881da1b2d4e/tumblr_mjuie5pMyQ1qzamioo10_500.jpg"/><br/> J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring" posted by ianbrooks.me<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ianbrooks.me/post/45706189889/street-lit" target="_blank">ianbrooks</a>:</p>
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<p><em><strong>Street Lit</strong></em></p>
<p>Putting a message on a wall can be a much more effective way to reach the masses than expecting them to go find a book and learn it themselves. Some men just want to watch the world learn, regardless of medium. This collection of street arts details some memorable lines from famous books, hit the pictures to see which author and title, if you didn?t already recognize them immediately.</p>
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<p><em>(via: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/20-awesome-examples-of-literary-graffiti-1opu" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a>)</em></p>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>New EP, More shows</title>
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					<description>So we had a great weekend of shows here in SoCal, then we went in the studio yesterday and recorded 5 songs for our new EP. &amp;nbsp;Why an EP? &amp;nbsp;Because our last album took like 2 years to make, like $15K and it&apos;s an hour long and as soon as we finished it folks were like &amp;quot;Got any new stuff?&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Plus I believe that the &amp;quot;Album&amp;quot; as a collection of songs is a dead idea. &amp;nbsp;A concept album - that&apos;s something different. &amp;nbsp;I&apos;m all about the EP right now. &amp;nbsp;Could we put more on it? &amp;nbsp;Of course. &amp;nbsp;More EP&apos;s, spread out over time. &amp;nbsp;It&apos;s like when the Clash decided they were going to do a single a month. &amp;nbsp;Okay, so that only lasted one month for them but &amp;quot;Bankrobber&amp;quot; is a pretty terrific track.

Anyhoo. &amp;nbsp;New EP will be done inside a month. &amp;nbsp;That&apos;s the plan. &amp;nbsp;

Plus, having Brian around has been a lot of fun. &amp;nbsp;He played drums with us for like 2 years and we did a lot of recording in that time but none of it made it onto an album or cd. &amp;nbsp;So we even did a song or two that we were playing back then that didn&apos;t get recorded. &amp;nbsp;It&apos;s nice to have these portable, cd time capsules. &amp;nbsp;We&apos;re marking time with music. &amp;nbsp;

Hope you dig. &amp;nbsp;We&apos;ll be sharing soon.

In the meantime - we have 4 shows this week: &amp;nbsp;Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Tucson, Tempe. &amp;nbsp;See you out there!</description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[So we had a great weekend of shows here in SoCal, then we went in the studio yesterday and recorded 5 songs for our new EP. &nbsp;Why an EP? &nbsp;Because our last album took like 2 years to make, like $15K and it's an hour long and as soon as we finished it folks were like &quot;Got any new stuff?&quot; &nbsp;Plus I believe that the &quot;Album&quot; as a collection of songs is a dead idea. &nbsp;A concept album - that's something different. &nbsp;I'm all about the EP right now. &nbsp;Could we put more on it? &nbsp;Of course. &nbsp;More EP's, spread out over time. &nbsp;It's like when the Clash decided they were going to do a single a month. &nbsp;Okay, so that only lasted one month for them but &quot;Bankrobber&quot; is a pretty terrific track.<br />
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Anyhoo. &nbsp;New EP will be done inside a month. &nbsp;That's the plan. &nbsp;<br />
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Plus, having Brian around has been a lot of fun. &nbsp;He played drums with us for like 2 years and we did a lot of recording in that time but none of it made it onto an album or cd. &nbsp;So we even did a song or two that we were playing back then that didn't get recorded. &nbsp;It's nice to have these portable, cd time capsules. &nbsp;We're marking time with music. &nbsp;<br />
<br />
Hope you dig. &nbsp;We'll be sharing soon.<br />
<br />
In the meantime - we have 4 shows this week: &nbsp;Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Tucson, Tempe. &nbsp;See you out there!<br type="_moz" />]]></content:encoded>
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>&quot;As anyone who&apos;s struggled to start a band, get shows, record music, and become a certified rock star...&quot;</title>
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					<description>&quot;As anyone who&apos;s struggled to start a band, get shows, record music, and become a certified rock star knows, coming up with a name is half the challenge. A linguistic take on how we name bands today.&quot; - Interesting article on the challenge of finding a good band name.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.themorningnews.org/article/like-a-lead-balloon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Like a Lead Balloon - The Morning News
(via &lt;a class=&quot;tumblr_blog&quot; href=&quot;http://tracyfallenstar.tumblr.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tracyfallenstar)</description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[?As anyone who?s struggled to start a band, get shows, record music, and become a certified rock star knows, coming up with a name is half the challenge. A linguistic take on how we name bands today.?<br/><br/> - <em><p>Interesting article on the challenge of finding a good band name.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/article/like-a-lead-balloon" target="_blank">Like a Lead Balloon - The Morning News</a></p>
<p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tracyfallenstar.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tracyfallenstar</a>)</p></em>]]></content:encoded>
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:19:58 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Spring Tour, Free Spaghetti, New Firefly video and a Free song</title>
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					<description>First off.  We grew up right outside of Boston and we just want to send some love back to our friends, fans and families back there.  Everyone that we know somehow escaped the horror of last week and for that we are very thankful but still very sad for the devastation that went down.

We may live in SoCal but our hearts are all Boston.  We love that dirty water, the frustrated women who all have to be in by 12 o&apos;clock, Down by the banks of the River Charles.  Boston, you&apos;re our home.

So the free song this week is of course &amp;quot;Massachusetts&amp;quot;.  You may already have it but that&apos;s how it&apos;s got to be.

Do you dig the picture above?  Our friend Emma from The Potential Lunatics took that one.  I like my hair in that one.  You can almost see Matt Frohlich on the drums and Tracy has her Rhythm Nation 1814 jacket on.  Good stuff.  That&apos;s from our Coach House show last month.  Good times.  I&apos;d also like to mention that we met a great singer/songwriter by the name of Ry Bradley at that show.  Super nice guy and really talented ~ he&apos;s easy on the eyes too.  

What&apos;s this about a tour?  Oh WAIT!!  I almost forgot.  You know how we&apos;re doing the songs for the tv show Firefly?  Well song/video #2 is up for viewing!  Dig it here.  Matt played the cajon, Tracy and I sang and I even got some spacey e-bow on there.  Plus that whole album project has it&apos;s own page on our website here.

Yeah, tour and free spaghetti.  What?  Well, we are kicking off our spring tour here in Huntington Beach at The Marlin Bar and it&apos;s spaghetti night there.  THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE THAT EMAIL ME BACK GET A FREE SPAGHETTI DINNER!!  Damn straight.  

The tour dates are in the picture above but I&apos;ll put them in here as well.  Plus - we&apos;re doing some recording next week with Brian &amp;quot;Magic Hands&amp;quot; Matteson on the kit.  Brian was our drummer before Gary but then he moved to Wisconsin and now he&apos;s coming back out and we&apos;re finishing up some songs we started with him and making a new cd.  We&apos;ll be back at Secret Ninja Studios to do some of it (so I don&apos;t have to engineer at the same time as play guitar!) and then up to our buddy Rami&apos;s studio for some B3 overdubs while he&apos;s on break from playing with the Foo Fighters.  I&apos;m hoping we&apos;ll have all that done in a few weeks.*

Oh and Brian is flying out to do this tour with us.  Did I mention that?  We&apos;ve got some surprises for you at these shows!

So we&apos;d love to see you out there.  We&apos;re going to be tearing it up on this tour.  The little self-imposed break from shows that we (mostly) did for the beginning of this year has left us really fired up to rock.  We&apos;ll be playing songs from all 3 of our albums and some from the upcoming disc as well.

See you soon!

The Fallen Stars

Thurs, April 25
The Marlin Bar
Springdale &amp;amp; Edinger, HB, CA
8-11 - FREE - $7 Spaghetti Dinner Night**

Fri, April 26
The Press
Harvard St, Claremont, CA
10-1 - FREE 

Sunday, April 28
Mission Tobacco Lounge
Riverside, CA
5-8 pm - with Tall as Men &amp;amp; The Salty Raisins

Thursday, May 2
The Double Down
Las Vegas, NV
10-12 pm - FREE

Friday, May 3
Hotel Monte Vista
Flagstaff, AZ
9-1 - FREE

Saturday, May 4
Tucson Folk Festival
4:30 - Plaza Stage
FREE, I think.

Sunday, May 5
Yucca Tap Room
Tempe, AZ
9-ish PM.


*Ha!
**The Marlin Bar&apos;s spaghetti is shockingly good.  I&apos;m not going to say it&apos;s the best I&apos;ve ever had because that would be insane.  My in-laws are Italian.  But I will say that it&apos;s way better than what you would expect from a neighborhood bar &amp;amp; grill.</description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[First off.  We grew up right outside of Boston and we just want to send some love back to our friends, fans and families back there.  Everyone that we know somehow escaped the horror of last week and for that we are very thankful but still very sad for the devastation that went down.<br />
<br />
We may live in SoCal but our hearts are all Boston.  We love that dirty water, the frustrated women who all have to be in by 12 o'clock, Down by the banks of the River Charles.  Boston, you're our home.<br />
<br />
So the free song this week is of course &quot;Massachusetts&quot;.  You may already have it but that's how it's got to be.<br />
<br />
Do you dig the picture above?  Our friend Emma from The Potential Lunatics took that one.  I like my hair in that one.  You can almost see Matt Frohlich on the drums and Tracy has her Rhythm Nation 1814 jacket on.  Good stuff.  That's from our Coach House show last month.  Good times.  I'd also like to mention that we met a great singer/songwriter by the name of Ry Bradley at that show.  Super nice guy and really talented ~ he's easy on the eyes too.  <br />
<br />
What's this about a tour?  Oh WAIT!!  I almost forgot.  You know how we're doing the songs for the tv show Firefly?  Well song/video #2 is up for viewing!  Dig it here.  Matt played the cajon, Tracy and I sang and I even got some spacey e-bow on there.  Plus that whole album project has it's own page on our website here.<br />
<br />
Yeah, tour and free spaghetti.  What?  Well, we are kicking off our spring tour here in Huntington Beach at The Marlin Bar and it's spaghetti night there.  THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE THAT EMAIL ME BACK GET A FREE SPAGHETTI DINNER!!  Damn straight.  <br />
<br />
The tour dates are in the picture above but I'll put them in here as well.  Plus - we're doing some recording next week with Brian &quot;Magic Hands&quot; Matteson on the kit.  Brian was our drummer before Gary but then he moved to Wisconsin and now he's coming back out and we're finishing up some songs we started with him and making a new cd.  We'll be back at Secret Ninja Studios to do some of it (so I don't have to engineer at the same time as play guitar!) and then up to our buddy Rami's studio for some B3 overdubs while he's on break from playing with the Foo Fighters.  I'm hoping we'll have all that done in a few weeks.*<br />
<br />
Oh and Brian is flying out to do this tour with us.  Did I mention that?  We've got some surprises for you at these shows!<br />
<br />
So we'd love to see you out there.  We're going to be tearing it up on this tour.  The little self-imposed break from shows that we (mostly) did for the beginning of this year has left us really fired up to rock.  We'll be playing songs from all 3 of our albums and some from the upcoming disc as well.<br />
<br />
See you soon!<br />
<br />
The Fallen Stars<br />
<br />
Thurs, April 25<br />
The Marlin Bar<br />
Springdale &amp; Edinger, HB, CA<br />
8-11 - FREE - $7 Spaghetti Dinner Night**<br />
<br />
Fri, April 26<br />
The Press<br />
Harvard St, Claremont, CA<br />
10-1 - FREE <br />
<br />
Sunday, April 28<br />
Mission Tobacco Lounge<br />
Riverside, CA<br />
5-8 pm - with Tall as Men &amp; The Salty Raisins<br />
<br />
Thursday, May 2<br />
The Double Down<br />
Las Vegas, NV<br />
10-12 pm - FREE<br />
<br />
Friday, May 3<br />
Hotel Monte Vista<br />
Flagstaff, AZ<br />
9-1 - FREE<br />
<br />
Saturday, May 4<br />
Tucson Folk Festival<br />
4:30 - Plaza Stage<br />
FREE, I think.<br />
<br />
Sunday, May 5<br />
Yucca Tap Room<br />
Tempe, AZ<br />
9-ish PM.<br />
<br />
<br />
*Ha!<br />
**The Marlin Bar's spaghetti is shockingly good.  I'm not going to say it's the best I've ever had because that would be insane.  My in-laws are Italian.  But I will say that it's way better than what you would expect from a neighborhood bar &amp; grill.<br />]]></content:encoded>
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The second song for the Leaves...</title>
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The second song for the Leaves on the Wind music project is up!
Right Thing To Do is based on Firefly episode 2: The Train Job and delves into the moral tightrope that the Serenity crew regularly faces. Is it possible to be both criminal and honorable at the same time? (&lt;a href=&quot;http://thefallenstars.com/go/lyrics?id=1055515&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lyrics)
For more original songs based on Firefly check out our &lt;a href=&quot;http://thefallenstars.com/browncoats.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website!

Dig. Yo.</description>
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<p>The second song for the<em> Leaves on the Wind</em> music project is up!</p>
<p><em>Right Thing To Do</em> is based on Firefly episode 2: <em>The Train Job</em> and delves into the moral tightrope that the Serenity crew regularly faces. Is it possible to be both criminal and honorable at the same time? <span>(</span><a href="http://thefallenstars.com/go/lyrics?id=1055515" target="_blank">Lyrics</a><span>)</span></p>
<p>For more original songs based on Firefly check out our <a href="http://thefallenstars.com/browncoats.cfm" target="_blank">website</a>!</p>
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<p>Dig. Yo.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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Cosmonautics Day (???? ?????????????) in Russia
For...</title>
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					<description> instagram.com/p/WEp7kiLu0u/#grad  instagram.com/p/YApjGUybC4/#clunkyrobot  instagram.com/p/WKGgS5IKAT/#drop_rain &lt;a class=&quot;tumblr_blog&quot; href=&quot;http://blog.instagram.com/post/47790650424/cosmonautics-day&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;instagram:


Cosmonautics Day (???? ?????????????) in Russia
For more photos from the Cosmonautics Day festivities, check out the location pages for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/2550350&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;???????? ???????? (Yuri Gargarin Monument) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/62281&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;????? ??????????? (Cosmonauts Alley)
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed the first manned space flight. The 27-year-old circled Earth in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vostok 1 (??????-1) spacecraft for one hour and 48 minutes, marking the opening of a new chapter in space exploration.
Now, Russia celebrates this achievement with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cosmonautics Day, in which ceremony participants process through a series of important commemorative landmarks. It begins near &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/2550350&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gagarin&apos;s statue in the city of Korolyov, moves to his grave in the Red Square&apos;s Kremlin Wall Necropolis and continues through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/62281&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cosmonauts Alley before concluding in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/3481070&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Novodevichy Cemetery.
In the last decade, April 12 has also become the occasion to host &quot;Yuri&apos;s Night&quot; worldwide as an occasion to inspire public interest in space exploration. As of 2011, the United Nations also adopted a resolution declaring April 12 to be the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.un.org/en/events/humanspaceflightday/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;International Day of Human Space Flight.
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<h1><strong>Cosmonautics Day (???? ?????????????) in Russia</strong></h1>
<p class="intro"><em>For more photos from the Cosmonautics Day festivities, check out the location pages for the <a href="http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/2550350" target="_blank">???????? ???????? (Yuri Gargarin Monument)</a> and <a href="http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/62281" target="_blank">????? ??????????? (Cosmonauts Alley)</a></em></p>
<p>On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed the first manned space flight. The 27-year-old circled Earth in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1" target="_blank">Vostok 1</a> (??????-1) spacecraft for one hour and 48 minutes, marking the opening of a new chapter in space exploration.</p>
<p>Now, Russia celebrates this achievement with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day" target="_blank">Cosmonautics Day</a>, in which ceremony participants process through a series of important commemorative landmarks. It begins near <a href="http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/2550350" target="_blank">Gagarin?s statue</a> in the city of Korolyov, moves to his grave in the Red Square?s Kremlin Wall Necropolis and continues through <a href="http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/62281" target="_blank">Cosmonauts Alley</a> before concluding in <a href="http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/places/3481070" target="_blank">Novodevichy Cemetery</a>.</p>
<p>In the last decade, April 12 has also become the occasion to host ?Yuri?s Night? worldwide as an occasion to inspire public interest in space exploration. As of 2011, the United Nations also adopted a resolution declaring April 12 to be the <a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/humanspaceflightday/" target="_blank">International Day of Human Space Flight</a>.</p>
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					<title>The Fallen Stars &quot;Jealous Kind&quot; at The Coach House...</title>
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					<description>The Fallen Stars &quot;Jealous Kind&quot; at The Coach House (by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-GqjpVgYg&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bobbofallenstar)
More from the Coach House.</description>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stephaniekeyes.com/the-fallen-stars/&quot;&gt;The Fallen Stars | Stephanie Keyes, Official Author Page: Check it out!  Released today!  More Fallen Stars than you can shake a stick at!</description>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.loveahappyending.com/the-fallen-stars-by-stephanie-keyes-stephaniekeyes-lahe/&quot;&gt;The Fallen Stars, no. 2 in The Star Child Series @StephanieKeyes #lahe | Loveahappyending Lifestyle magazine: Stephanie Keyes is so cool.  Dig this.  Oh, and go buy her book!!</description>
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					<title>Bill Murray Stories - No one will ever believe you.</title>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.billmurraystory.com/&quot;&gt;Bill Murray Stories - No one will ever believe you.: Could be my favorite website today.</description>
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					<title>2012 Boston Marathon -- How Kathrine Switzer paved way for female runners - espnW</title>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/7803502/2012-boston-marathon-how-kathrine-switzer-paved-way-female-runners&quot;&gt;2012 Boston Marathon -- How Kathrine Switzer paved way for female runners - espnW: Wow.  I had no idea of this history of the Boston Marathon!</description>
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					<title>The Arrested Development Documentary Project by Jeff &amp; Neil -- Kickstarter</title>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arresteddocumentary/the-arrested-development-documentary-project/&quot;&gt;The Arrested Development Documentary Project by Jeff &amp; Neil -- Kickstarter: Wow.  I didn&apos;t even know this existed!!</description>
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					<description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/thefallenstars/photos_stream&quot;&gt;The Fallen Stars: We got a whole bunch of new pics from our show at the Coach House the other night.  
Hopefully you&apos;re on facebook so you can see them all.  
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thefallenstars/photos_stream">The Fallen Stars</a>: <p>We got a whole bunch of new pics from our show at the Coach House the other night.  </p>
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					<description>      Love this movie.</description>
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					<title>So I broke a guitar strap the other night.</title>
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					<description>It was a fluke type of thing where the plastic piece that is connected to the leather end piece - snapped. The strap was about a month old - practically brand new.

Anyway - I wrote the company to tell them what happened - just so they would know about the strap breaking and how odd it was.

Greg Bennett, the president of Franklin Straps, called me today. He said he was so sorry that one of their straps broke and he was genuinely sorry for the ding on my guitar. I told him that I knew it was a fluke thing and I&apos;m a huge fan of his straps - in fact I have 6 of them, well 5 now... So he told me to go to the website and pick a few out and he&apos;d send me a new strap. 

Talk about your customer service! I&apos;m hooked for life.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.franklinstrap.com&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;www.franklinstrap.com

I actually met him once coming out of the Sam Ash Music store in Westminster, I had just bought my second or third straps of his and he said &amp;quot;Hey, my company makes those straps&amp;quot; and we struck up a conversation. &amp;nbsp;Truly a nice guy. &amp;nbsp;Check out their straps if you play guitar.
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a fluke type of thing where the plastic piece that is connected to the leather end piece - snapped. The strap was about a month old - practically brand new.<br />
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Anyway - I wrote the company to tell them what happened - just so they would know about the strap breaking and how odd it was.<br />
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Greg Bennett, the president of Franklin Straps, called me today. He said he was so sorry that one of their straps broke and he was genuinely sorry for the ding on my guitar. I told him that I knew it was a fluke thing and I'm a huge fan of his straps - in fact I have 6 of them, well 5 now... So he told me to go to the website and pick a few out and he'd send me a new strap. <br />
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Talk about your customer service! I'm hooked for life.<br />
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<a href="http://www.franklinstrap.com" target="_new">www.franklinstrap.com</a><br />
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I actually met him once coming out of the Sam Ash Music store in Westminster, I had just bought my second or third straps of his and he said &quot;Hey, my company makes those straps&quot; and we struck up a conversation. &nbsp;Truly a nice guy. &nbsp;Check out their straps if you play guitar.<br type="_moz" />
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					<title>The Fallen Stars Backstage @ The Coach House come hang out! (by...</title>
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					<description>The Fallen Stars Backstage @ The Coach House come hang out! (by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92FkFe0g8cQ&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bobbofallenstar)
So this is us in our backstage dressing room at The Coach House before we went on last night.</description>
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<p>So this is us in our backstage dressing room at The Coach House before we went on last night.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Paris was in Texas...</title>
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					<description>That&apos;s actually a song by our friend Morgan Keating. &amp;nbsp;The whole line is &amp;quot;Paris was in Texas as far as she could see.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;It was about a girl who couldn&apos;t escape her small town but wanted to travel. &amp;nbsp;Cool song.

Why am I talking about this? &amp;nbsp;Well, we&apos;re coming back to Europe in July and we have some fans in Paris that always write and say &amp;quot;Why don&apos;t you play in Paris?&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;

Truth is, I can&apos;t get any bookings there. &amp;nbsp;I&apos;ve tried. &amp;nbsp;If you&apos;re in Paris and would like us to play there - we&apos;re into it, just help us get a spot. &amp;nbsp;Club, coffee house, festival or house concert. &amp;nbsp;We can make this happen.

But for now - Paris is in Texas as far as I can see. &amp;nbsp;</description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[That's actually a song by our friend Morgan Keating. &nbsp;The whole line is &quot;Paris was in Texas as far as she could see.&quot; &nbsp;It was about a girl who couldn't escape her small town but wanted to travel. &nbsp;Cool song.<br />
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Why am I talking about this? &nbsp;Well, we're coming back to Europe in July and we have some fans in Paris that always write and say &quot;Why don't you play in Paris?&quot; &nbsp;<br />
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Truth is, I can't get any bookings there. &nbsp;I've tried. &nbsp;If you're in Paris and would like us to play there - we're into it, just help us get a spot. &nbsp;Club, coffee house, festival or house concert. &nbsp;We can make this happen.<br />
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					<description>The Fallen Stars &quot;APB&quot; at Alta Coffee Outlaws of Folk Series (by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylDDpR21EQ&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bobbofallenstar)
From our show last night at The Outlaws of Folk Series at Alta Coffee in Newport Beach, CA</description>
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<p>From our show last night at The Outlaws of Folk Series at Alta Coffee in Newport Beach, CA</p>]]></content:encoded>
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