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Canon CLI-221 4-Color Value Pack (Black/Cyan/Magenta/Yellow) (2946B004)
$47.99
This printer is extremely slow. It is difficult to load with paper and it runs out of ink faster than any printer that I have ever owned. I do not recommend purchasing.

Q-see 4Channel DVR with 250GB HDD & 4 CMOS Cameras
$479.99
Overall I am very pleased with how it works. The night vision is really nice, and the only complaints about it so far is the interface is a little confusing. The install was pretty simple all you had to do was mount the camera and run the 60ft cords back to one spot. I have it recording 24/7 so I do not know how well the motion sensing works. I live in Florida, and we get thunderstorms all the time. When a surge would go through I would loose 1 of the 4 cameras, but it would come back up if I unplugged it and plugged it back. I had it on a basic walmart surge protector, and I simply went out and bought a $40 UPS(battery backup) for it. Now I don't have any problems with it.

Yellow Pills: Prefill Numero 004
$32.98
Okay, let me just state the obvious: I love Power Pop. I worship at the alter of Big Star, the Flamin' Groovies and Cheap Trick. I don't, however, have the encylopedic knowledge of the genre that Jordan Oakes has, nor do I have nearly as formidable a collection of Power Poppers as does Mr. Oakes. I have heard most of the heavy hitters, and I have quite a few compilations of the more obscure artists (The Shivvers, anyone?). So this collection is right up my alley. After scanning the tracklisting, I was excited because I had only heard of three bands on the compilation (really only two, because the Bats as another reiviewer already pointed out, was not the New Zealand band but rather an obscure Boston band). The Toms and Shoes aside, there is nothing on either of these two discs that will have you scratching your head as to why these acts didn't get greater recognition during their period of activitiy-- I mean how many Power Pop bands actually have lucrative careers?

That said, there are some really fine pop songs here. "Green Hearts" by Luxury kicks off disc one in superb fashion. Jangly guitars, hand claps and a sing-along chorus . . . It's almost too good. The level of anticipation for the rest of the compilation gets ratcheted way up. Then those power chords at the beginning of track two, the Tweeds' "I need that Record," kick in, and you think you have stumbled upon the greatest Power Pop compilation of all time. That song quickly degenerates into merely a decent Slade knockoff and a level of dissapointment starts to creep in. It is at this point that the pragmatist in you must perservere, because you are NOT going to find anything on par with Badfinger or the Raspberries here. What you will find are some fine examples of underground pop. Each and every one of you that takes the plunge into this compilation will find something you love. I mean if you're interested enough to even consider spending thirty bucks on a Power Pop compilation of bands you've never heard, I can safely assume that there is going to be something here that is right in your ballpark. It may be the the aforementioned Luxury tune, or the pop-punk of the Speedies, or the faux Brit-pop of Boston's Bats-- every sub-genre of Power Pop is represented!

One final caveat, and really my only complaint with the compilation. Jordan Oaks does a superb job with the liner notes, but one can't help but feel a little cheated that there are no recording details. I, for one, would like to know when and where a particular song was recorded. Who played what and who-- if anyone-- was fiddling with the dials when this stuff was put to tape? None of this seemingly important info is to be found anywhere in the fabulous packaging of this compilation. Knowing how [...] Power Pop afficianodos can be, this seems like gross negligence on the part of The Numero Group.

Shark004 (Short Intro-mix)
$0.89