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iHear: A 3-in-1 Audio Product, Transmits Voice Through Car Speakers, Allows Hands Free Cell Call, Plays Music From Ipod
$99.99
This product worked fine until I went through a tunnel and started picking up another FM station. If you live in an area with lots of FM stations you may have trouble getting a clear area on the FM dial.

Dereon Girls 7-16 Kristie Ruched Top,Pink,XL (14/16)
$30.00
Heres the key to a fierce style from Dereon, Beyonces junior clothing line. This long-sleeved top features an all-over fleur de lis pattern with a raised Dereon Unlock The Fierce In You graphic over it. Theres also elastic along the sides for a flattering flared fit and gilded lace along the hem. Check out our great selection of Dereon jackets and jeans for a perfect match. 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex Machine Wash Cold Made in India

Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
$9.99
The musicianship is outstanding, plain to hear on every track. The recording is also top-notch, clear, distinct, with great separation, superb mixing.

But overall, this one just doesn't warm me up. I don't come home at the end of the day and want to slide this into the player, just to run through it a few times. And why is this? After much thinking, it's down to two things.

First, most of the arrangements are just too true to the original, too close to Frank's recordings. Yeah, the arrangements are actually different (but honestly, not by that much), and we've got all instruments as opposed to synclavier, etc. But just sitting and listening, to my long-FZ-acquainted ears it's too much like listening to the originals. This comes across as arranger homage to Frank (and you've gotta respect that), but at the same time I'd think that a group as boss and proficient as the EM would be able to branch out and stretch those musical wings a bit. I mean, if Frank Zappa's music doesn't lend itself well to alternative interpretations (just listen to Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, the new Ed Palermo Big Band FZ music release and that wacky salsa title track), then what does?

Second, the vocals on "Greggary Peccary" just drive me nuts. It's like listening to a reading of some kind of darkly twisted children's book, with the narrator employing all kinds of silly, stupid, and eventually just plain annoying vocal ploys to keep me interested. Given my comments above about the sound being too close to the original, this criticism may come across here as flip-flopping, but this rendition of "Peccary," despite its highly original and enjoyable add-on way there at the end, just grates on me.

If you're new to Zappa, save this purchase until you're far more schooled in the entire FZ catalog, until you can look at the songs listed on the label and hear them in your head. Wait until you've got all of the major FZ releases before you get this one.

If you're a dedicated Zappa lunatic, then you'll buy this, just as I did. And you won't regret it; I certainly don't. I guess I was just hoping for more, the kind of "more" that the Colin Towns Frank Zappa's Hot Licks & Funny Smells: Live at Moers Festival 2004 release gave in magnificent, orgasmic profusion. Now this is a recording I look forward to listening to, often. In fact, I'll put in on in the car for the ride home tonight.

Green Sprouts Ring Cool Soothing Teether
$3.99
My son LOVES this teether. He likes the different textures on each little bump. It is great right out of the fridge, but he is happy even if it is room temperature. I like that it is BPA free.