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EuroTV
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If you are able to receive European domestic
television broadcasts, you can use this site as a TV
guide for those broadcasts. Do not forget to make
corrections for your time zone, because most times will be
given in Central European Time.
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COMFM.COM
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This site lets you hear and view radio and TV stations
from all around the world. Also features webcams.
Stations are organized by country and by format.
This site is in English and French.
Alternate link for COMFM.COM
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The Accordion Man
Oberkrainer Gold Collection
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This is one of those sites which will make some people
say, "Finally some GOOD music on the Internet!"
That was my reaction -- especially after hearing the
Oberkrainer music. It sounded great, or as great as
is possible with an old SoundBlaster 16 Soundcard.
Nothing electronic can beat the live music as it
was originally made by Slavko Avsenik's Oberkrainer
Quintett, but these MIDI's sure made my heart pound
for joy!
If you are a polka music fan like me, you'll love
exploring this site and listening to the MIDI's
made by Andy Bakke, the Accordion Man.
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Accordions World-Wide
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If this is your favorite instrument to listen to or
even to play, this site will provide you with a lot
of information about this instrument and about those
who play it.
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David Robinson's Homepage
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This is a guy after my own heart. Not only does
he collect old 78 rpm records, he collects and
repairs old gramophones!
He loves dance music from the 1930's -- a
sign of good taste!
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Music Links for German and Austrian Artists
Die Stoakogler ONLINE
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This is the official homepage for the Stoakoglers,
(also known as the Stoanis), one of Austria's best-loved
Volksmusik groups.
They've been around for 33 years.
They began performing as a trio, and added a fourth
member in 1994.
The group's theme song is called
"Steirer Men San Very Good"
and they are(!)... Very very good for Hollywood!...
They wrote the song for their friend Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It became so popular that it made it into the
1992 Grand Prix der Volksmusik.
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Die Kastelruther Spatzen
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This is the Official Homepage of the Kastelruther Sparrows
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Claudia Jung Homepage
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Germany's current #1 Schlager singer
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Kristina Bach Homepage
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Another one of Germany's best hit-makers
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Andrea Juergens Homepage
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Another one of Germany's best hit-makers
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Official homepage of The Flippers
The Flippers at BMG
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Some of their hits:
- Die Rote Sonne von Barbados
- Je t'Aime heisst ich liebe Dich
- In Venedig Ist Maskenball
- Malaika
(The Euro-disco group Boney M
also recorded a song called Malaika.
These 2 songs share the same title, but
little else.)
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Freddy Quinn Fan-Club Homepage
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One of Germany's most beloved pop singers.
He has been cranking out the hits since the mid 1950's.
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Peggy March Page (intro)
Robin Goodner's Peggy March Page
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Most Americans think Peggy March was a one-hit wonder
because all you hear is "I Will Follow Him".
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Volksmusik.de
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See your favorite German Volksmusik stars at this
site.
There are sound clips for some of the
artists.
Click on Künstler in the frame to see
the list of artists.
Don't forget to check out Karl Moik.
He is host of Musikantenstadl.
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Sixties Schlager
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A site dedicated to many big-name hit-makers
who made the charts in the 1960's.
Contains biographical information and scans
of picture sleeves of hit singles.
This site is in German.
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Girlpopseite
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A site dedicated to the big-name hit-makers
who topped the charts in Germany in the 1960's.
Contains biographical information and discographies with
picture sleeves of hit singles and albums.
This site is in German.
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Musik Page
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German Music Page
60's, 70's, 80's pop charts
MIDI files, lyrics, discographies
This site is in German.
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Deutsche Schlager Charts
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See what's hot in Germany when it comes to today's hit music.
Also learn which CD contains that favorite song you may
have heard on the radio.
This site is in German.
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Little Corner of European Music
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This is a great introduction to European popular music
of the 1960's - 1990's. Site contains pictures, audio
clips, and links to official and unofficial fan web-sites
for these groups. Music is in French, Italian, English,
and some German, and genres include "easy listening",
pop, rock, disco, and instrumental.
Additional page of music
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"Anton Aus Tirol"
(Styria-Band)
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New song and band which is the rage in German
and Austria charts and discos.
Congratulation to DJ Ötzi!
His disco version of "Anton Aus Tirol" is now 3
weeks in the ORF Schlagerparade!
- Nr. 13 -- 12-Mar-2000
- Nr. 1 -- 19-Mar-2000
- Nr. 3 -- 26-Mar-2000
This site is in German and
English.
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Old-Time Radio and Technical Links
When Radio Was
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Do you enjoy old-time network radio programs from
1930's - 1950's? If so, this site is for you!
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Twilight Zone Radio
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That favorite TV show from the 1960's is now a weekley radio drawa!
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earlytelevision.org
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History of television -- American and European.
Also contains pictures of early TV sets.
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StereoAM.com
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You mean there actually IS such a thing
as AM-Stereo?? And for those of you who
knew, it's not just for car radios.
Here you learn more about it and also
see what's available to help you hear it.
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Background music, anyone?
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Info about SCA broadcasts and the FM radios modified
to receive these piggy-backed broadcast. Learn
the history of SCA and all the technical info.
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High School Yahoo Groups
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A Yahoo Group is a combination of an interactive
web-site and listserver which allows members to
to share files, photos, chat (text and voice),
participate in polls, and have group discussions
via group E-mail.
That means first going through the Yahoo sign-up
process to get your Yahoo ID and password, because
you must have a Yahoo ID and password in order to
become a member of a given Yahoo Group. You must
login to a Yahoo Group's web-site to access a
group's files, photos, message archive,
chatroom, participate in polls, and send private
E-mail to group members.
I suggest you sign up for a
free Yahoo Mail as your first Yahoo service,
especially if your only existing E-mail account is your
work (employer-supplied for use in your job) E-mail
account or if you are sharing your existing home E-mail
account with somebody else or if you don't want
to access your home ISP-supplied E-mail account
from work because you suspect that the company sysadmin
or a co-worker is
snooping and collecting login passwords by using a
"sniffer" program or keystroke-monitoring
software.
The Mail
group sign-up will take you through the Yahoo
sign-up process. After you have your Yahoo ID
and E-mail account, you will be able to join Yahoo Groups.
If you are already a Yahoo member, a
free Yahoo Mail
account is a great thing to have when you join
a Yahoo Group because you will have a place all ready
to receive all the Group E-mail you may get
from a Yahoo Group and any private E-mail
from members of a group. That way your
existing E-mail account won't be full after that long-lost
friend surprises you with a big file full of pictures in
the form of a Microsoft Word document after you send him
or her an electronic greeting card!
That friend may pass your E-mail address
to a few other friends, so you might get E-mail
from old friends you didn't know were
on-line, so it's good to be prepared!
<grin>
A Yahoo Mail account will allow you to read/write
personal E-mail at your desk during breaks without
your classmates ever learning your official
work E-mail address. Keeping work contact info
such your work phone, (job title, out-going
signature) a secret will pay off if your classmate is in
a public library or college computer lab and forgets
to log out! The bored college troublemaker who
sits down at the still-logged-in computer and snoops
through your friend's E-mail will see only your Yahoo
address! That troublemaker won't be able
to send you viruses or megabytes of junk to clog
your official work account. If someone forges
(spoofs) your Yahoo account, your job will still be safe.
There are a few more reasons for separate work and personal
E-mail accounts at work.
Some employers block all E-mail coming from
Yahoo Group listservers to stop employees from
goofing-off on the job and to
decrease the storage requirements of personal E-mail
on workplace E-mail servers. The E-mail in
your Yahoo mail account is not stored on
the workplace E-mail servers, so it won't be
affected by anything done by your employer.
When you use Outlook
(or a similar E-mail program) at work to send
only "work" E-mail, and Yahoo Mail (or similar) and a
browser only for personal E-mail, you will have not only
a separate E-mail address for work and persoanl E-mail, each
E-mail program will also have its own
address book.
You would really have to work at doing something
idiotic like violating a non-disclosure
agreement by "accidently" sending out a sensitive internal
memo to your classmates if you have only your
friends and classmates in the Yahoo address book, and only
your bosses, colleages, customers (etc.) in your
Outlook address book! You won't be able to
say, "I was in a hurry and thanks to this dirty
mouse I clicked one line too high in the list and
got a classmate instead of a coworker."
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For existing Group members, choose your group and login.
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Not yet a Group member?
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Mike Deland's
Hawks80
Group
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Reconnect with your favorite Hawks from Mountlake
Terrace Senior High Class of 1980
and see pictures taken at the 20-year reunion
in summer of 2000!
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Old Music
Collector's
Hawks8085
Group
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This group is a general meeting/discussion area for
alumni of Mountlake Terrace Senior High who are
members of Classes 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.
This group exists because they have no other free
electronic meeting place. Members of the Class of
1980 are welcome to also join this group and learn whatever
became of those sophomores and juniors they left behind
when they graduated.
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Old Music
Collector's
HawksMusic8082
Group
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Reconnect with your favorite musical Hawks from Mountlake
Terrace Senior High Classes 1980 - 1985 who were with
you in Dynamics, Carillon Choir, Concert Choir, band, or
the yearly Talent show during 1980-1982, or around
that time period.
You weren't in any music classes but always hung
around those people? Don't be a stranger!
Performers are nothing without an audience!
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Miscellaneous Links
Minki's "Are You Being Served?" Shrine
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A site for fans of the British department comedy
"Are You Being Served?"
Pictures, episode guide, links.
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How Stuff Works
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Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you!
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Homepage of the Toaster Museum Foundation
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This site appears on my link page because our toaster quit
working after almost 40 years of service. It was one of
those fully-automatic toasters made by Sunbeam.
After you place the bread into the toaster, the toaster turns
on while the bread is gently lowered to the bottom of the
tray.
When the bread is done, the toaster turns off the heat
and slowly raises the bread. You know when the bread
is ready to come out because you hear a quiet click as the
power is turned off just before the bread is raised.
I found this site by accident while looking for
a new toaster to replace it. Now that I'm on-line,
even though I don't purchase on-line, I check
prices and features of products.
The lady of the house had another toaster hidden away
so there was no need to buy a new one.
But things aren't like they used to be.
Now she always gets startled if she stands too close
to the toaster when the toast noisily pops up without
warning.
I think I've learned the reason for the
term pop-up toaster.
When the bread jumps -- so does the blonde!
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The Official Darwin Awards
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In the spirit of Charles Darwin, the Darwin Awards commemorate the remains of individuals who contribute to the improvement of our gene pool by removing themselves from it in really stupid ways.
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A Dictionary of First Names
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Over 5000 names with Western-European origins
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Audio Player Links
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Real Networks Homepage
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The Basic (free) version of RealPlayer will let you hear
streaming live audio from radio stations on the Internet
and also see live video from webcasters using the
RealAudio and newer RealAudio G2 SureStream formats.
If you can't use the current version of RealPlayer
because you have an older system, I suggest that
you get a player no older than v8 because I've
noticed that radio stations that stream in stereo
are beginning to use the RealAudio 8 format.
Note: Beta test copies of RealPlayer expire
120 days after installation in order to force you to
upgrade to the newest beta version.
"Final release" copies never expire.
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Microsoft Windows Media-Player homepage
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This will upgrade your Microsoft Media Player so you can
listen to and watch streaming live audio from radio
stations on the Internet which use Windows Media Audio.
This upgrade will allow you to play MP3 audio files.
The original Media Player that comes with Win 95
does NOT play MP3 files.
WARNING
The newest version of Media Player (version 7) is meant
only for users of Win 98 and newer!
Do not install v7 of Media Player on a
computer that is running Win 95 or Win NT 4.0.
v6.4.07.1112 is as high as you go!
If you find that v6.4.07.1112 does not properly play
MP3 files on your Win 95 system, you should try
un-installing the player, and then re-installing it.
It's possible that another MP3 player you have
installed has replaced Windows Media Player's
MP3 codec with its own.
This is a free player.
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Music-Match Jukebox
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This an MP3 player which also allows you to create
MP3 files and burn your own audio CD's.
This is a free player.
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Winamp Player Homepage
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The WinAmp player will let you hear streaming live
audio from radio stations on the Internet which use
the Shoutcase format.
It also plays audio files in the following formats.
- MID - MIDI music files
- MP3, MP2, MP1 - MPEG audio files
- WAV - Windows audio files
- VOC - SoundBlaster audio files
- IT - Impulse Tracker music modules
- S3M, STM - ScreamTracker music modules
- MOD - Amiga ProTracker music modules
- MTM - MultiTracker music modules
- XM - FastTracker music modules
This is a free player.
21-Jun-2000 - Important!!
I visited their site yesterday to check out the latest
version of Winamp.
After reading some messages in the forum, I have decided
to not upgrade but wait until the next
version is released. I've been using v2.50e for
the past few months and have been satisfied with it.
Users are complaining about the installer
for Winamp v2.62, v2.63, and v2.64 causing the codecs
to be re-registered.
The result is that only Windows Media Player will properly
play all types of WAV files. All other audio players stop
working properly after you install Winamp v2.62 - v2.64.
While you wait for the next version to be released (v2.7x),
use an older version, such as Winamp v2.50e.
Remember to un-install any existing version of Winamp
before you install a different version.
This is one time I'm glad I saved the older version!
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