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Offbeat Bride

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After two years of feverish anticipation, Sydney five-piece BRIDEZILLA present their stunning debut, ‘The First Dance’. Produced by KRAMER (LOW, PALACE SONGS) & mastered by GREG CALBI (GRIZZLY BEAR, MODEST MOUSE) ‘The First Dance’ boasts a unique blend of

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This shimmering claret red invitation was the result of a contest by popular wedding blog, Offbeat Bride. Our designers teamed up to design a wedding website, available through NearlyWeds, and then designed this sweet invitation to match. Celebrating the spirit of every bride and groom, this invitation is certainly unique. A rainbow butterfly is printed above your wording. A silhouette of white sea grass and tiny butterflies adorn the bottom. Matching enclosure cards are available.For more information on a custom wedding website to match this invitation, visit NearlyWeds.

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Unenthused by a white wedding gown and bored by the hoopla of the Hollywood-style reception Ariel Meadow Stallings found herself absolutely exhausted with the nuances of traditional nuptials . . . so she chose to take a walk off the beaten aisle. In this updated edition of Offbeat Bride Stallings humorously recounts the story of the original offbeat wedding—hers—and shares anecdotes and advice from dozens of other nontraditional couples. She also includes a chapter on budget weddings in today's weak economy along with sidebars tips tricks and planner encouragement to help you figure out your special day. What results is a combination of hilarious wedding stories and tons of helpful how-tos—a perfect mash-up of memoir and handbook. At once practical and enjoyable Offbeat Bride validates choosing the funky different and offbeat over the traditional and leads couples through the planning process—from unique ideas on how to announce their engagement all the way to answering the question “So how’s married life?” Stallings is the ultimate guide to the alternative wedding of your dreams and with Offbeat Bride she brings you a book that serves both as an encouragement and celebration of aisles less traveled.

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Bride & Groom’s First Cookbook

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Two years after the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie-less incarnation of Fleetwood Mac crashed and burned, their classic ’70s lineup reunited for an MTV Unplugged session and an accompanying tour. Although it’s likely that the reunion was for monetary purposes, it made creative sense as well — no members were as compelling solo as they were with the group. Despite this, the Unplugged-styled setting wasn’t ideal for a reunion, since the group decided to devote nearly a quarter of The Dance to new material, inevitably resulting in unfair comparisons to their warhorses. Since there’s so much new material, The Dance can’t be a truly nostalgic experience either, because the new songs interrupt the flow. Not that they’re bad — both Buckingham’s gentle “Bleed to Love Her” and nervy “My Little Demon” are first-rate — but they aren’t given the full-fledged production they deserve. Similarly, the older songs suffer from the slightly hollow unplugged production. All the hits are performed in nearly identical arrangements to the originals, with the exception of Buckingham’s solo “Big Love” (an improvement on the original) and the addition of Tusk’s marching band to “Don’t Stop,” which makes the differences all too apparent. Much is the same — McVie and Nicks sound terrific, and the band is tight and professional — but Buckingham has lost some of his range, which undercuts some of his songs. Still, that isn’t enough to prevent The Dance from being an entertaining listen; it just isn’t a substantial one. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Performers: Mindy Stein – Vocals (Background); Sharon Celani – Vocals (Background); Brett Tuggle – Vocals (Background), Guitar, Keyboards; Lenny Castro – Percussion; Neale Heywood – Vocals (Background), Guitar

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Willie Nelson has been making records since 1956, and has been scoring major hit records since 1975, so trying to summarize his career on one CD is no small task. Songs is hardly the first attempt to do just that, with literally dozens of Nelson collections on the market, and there isn’t much that’s especially remarkable about this one, except for the fact that it makes a genuine attempt to follow the trajectory of Nelson’s life in music, and focuses on Willie the songwriter as much as Willie the vocalist. Beginning with Nelson’s early recordings of “Crazy” (appearing here in its original demo form) and “Touch Me,” Songs throws in a few choice obscurities and fan favorites (such as the sardonic “Good Times” and the sweetly mournful “Yesterday’s Wine”) along with the hits and perennial classics, such as “On the Road Again,” “Whiskey River,” and “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” The set does throw in a few offbeat versions of well-known tunes (a duet with B.B. King on “Night Life,” for example) and surprise choices (how did Willie’s jazzy version of “The Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie end up here, not to mention a duet with Brian McKnight?), but for the most part Songs collects most of the tunes most closely associated with Willie Nelson in one spot, and it’s a pleasant and cohesive listen. But serious fans will have lots of this already and dabblers will probably wonder why some of the tunes they’ve never heard of are on board, so it’s hard to say just who this disc is supposed to please. Points added for Colin Escott’s excellent liner notes. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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