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Attention folks who love to sleep and those who lack it. Who told you 8 hours sleep was considered the norm? There actually was a time when people slept in intervals. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep.

In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks. His study described a first sleep which began about two hours after dusk, followed by waking period of one or two hours and then a second sleep.

During this waking period people were quite active. They often got up, went to the toilet or smoked tobacco and some even visited neighbours. Most people stayed in bed, read, wrote and often prayed. Countless prayer manuals from the late 15th Century offered special prayers for the hours in between sleeps.

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February 23, 2012 by obanga
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Chicago has an amazing talent in BJ the Chicago Kid. I heard him on a few other projects late last year and today he dropped a project on iTunes. I recommend everyone head over and preview a few tracks. If it moves you then of course support. I think it is refreshing to hear someone who isn’t talking about swagging and expressing how super cool they are compared to others. Just get music point blank period.

Click here to preview.

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February 21, 2012 by obanga
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Can you imagine a day without using a Google service? It seems like millions of years ago the search engine of choice was up for grabs. I can’t even name 3 other ones that existed anymore. Wouldn’t you say that is pretty impressive? In the realm for musicians there is nothing better than Google. Point blank period! Google is, quite simply, a portal that truly puts all of the worlds electronic information at your fingertips.

Below is a list of 9 great ways to utilize Google from a musicians point of view. Share with a friend cause that is what you do with knowledge!

1. Google Alerts
Have you ever spent hours trying to track down articles on a certain subject, topic or even about your band / your brand? With Google Alerts, whatever words you select will be searched by Google and emails will be delivered to in your in-box.

2. Google Blog Search
This is basically a filter for only searching blogs; and with 100 million blogs out there, on top of all the websites, this is a great filter for all the noise. This is also a great place to track your band on blogs. To search on Google’s Blog search, go to this link: http://blogsearch.google.com/

3. Google RSS Reader
FIRST: Watch this video: It only takes 3 minutes and 43 seconds
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
Now that you know exactly what this is from watching RSS in Plain English,
Setting up your RSS reader is the perfect way for getting the information you want (not only from blogs but from also from other sites you frequent) to come to you instead of having to check constantly to see what has been updated.

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February 21, 2012 by obanga
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The North Carolina native, J.Cole will be hitting the road this Spring with Big K.R.IT. I honestly don’t think there is another artist that does more shows than Cole right now but I love it. Ironically enough I haven’t caught a show yet due to schedule. Both these artist are spear heading the new wave of musicians running with the hip hop flame.  Check out the dates below.

The 17-date-tour kicks off April 11 in Rhode Island, and winds down May 4 in South Orange, New Jersey at a private location.

Campus Consciousness Spring 2012 / The Sideline Story Tour dates are below:

4/11 /12 – Kingston, RI University Of Rhode Island @ The Ryan Center

4/13/12 – Babson Park, MA Private Location

4/14/12 – Waterville, ME Colby College @ Wadsworth Arena

4/15/12 – Amherst, MA Private Location

4/17/12 – Champaign, IL University Of Illinois @ Assembly Hall Theatre

4/18/12 – Dekalb, IL Northern Illinois University @ Convocation Center

4/19/12 – Lexington, KY University Of Kentucky @ Memorial Coliseum

4/20/12 – Johnstown, PA University Of Pittsburgh Johnstown @ Sports Center

4/21/12 – Greensboro, NC UNC Greensboro & North Carolina A&T @ White Oak Amphitheatre

4/23/12 – Springfield, MO Drury University @ O’Reilly Center

4/24/12 – Cedar Falls, IA University Of Northern Iowa @ McLeod Center

4/26/12 – Bloomsburg, PA Bloomsburg College @ Nelson

4/27/12 – Morgantown, WV West Virginia University @ WVU Coliseum

4/28/12 – Philadelphia, PA Temple University @ The Liacouras Center

4/29/12 – TBA

5/3/12 – Durham, NH University Of New Hampshire @ Whitmore Center Arena

5/4/12 – South Orange, NJ Private Location

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February 21, 2012 by obanga
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Keeping in tune with folks doing simply Something Banging we highlight the hip and hopping Murs today. Although he is known more for his music and awesome Paid Dues Music Festival, he is a huge fan of comic books.

Murs has announced the release of Yumiko: Curse of the Merch Girl, an album and graphic novel available through Kickstarter.

The story follows a girl named Yumi Morales who works the merchandise table for her boyfriend Dominick’s band Murder Acts. The 124-page graphic novel is illustrated by Jose Garcia and written by Josh Blaylock. The 10-song LP, whose lyrics are printed throughout the graphic novel, is entirely produced by DJ Foundation.

“Yumiko is hip hop and comics done correctly,” says Murs. “Comics have always been a huge inspiration to me. And having the chance to publish my own comic is truly an honor. Working with my partners to create this book was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to making our dream a reality with the help of the fans.”

View the Kickstarter page for more information

 

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February 21, 2012 by obanga