A Lensography of Sorts
How much do I earn from Squidoo? What have I written about so far? These are things that I shall here be sharing with you, and as the months unfold I shall speak to you my stories and my reasons for creating the pages that I do. I'm totally addicted to Squidoo and this is my Squidoo story.
A Little Bit of Background
My Partner
A great writer and a fantastic woman; this is the person I began my Squidoo mission with and the woman that I shall always love, cherish, and hold very close to my heart.So I'm a writer, always looking for new and interesting places to write, and one of the most exciting places I've found so far has been Squidoo. My partner and I found the website early in the year 2008 and in February our Squidoo journey began.
What You'll FInd Here
- The Start of a Journey
- Lenses Created in February 2008
- The Month I Quit Squidoo
- Lenses Created in March 2008
- The Month I Officially Returned to Squidoo
- Lenses Created in April 2008
- The Most Exciting Month of my Squidoo Career Thus Far
- Lenses Created in May 2008
- Month End Disaster
- Lenses Created in June 2008
- A Relatively Lazy July
- Lenses Created in July 2008
- Summertime Squidoo
- Lenses Created in August 2008
- Sunny September
- Lenses Created in September 2008
- The Month I Became A Giant Squid
- Lenses Created in October 2008
- What Should I Write About Next? All Thoughts Appreciated Here.
The Start of a Journey
On February 16th 2008 I joined Squidoo and created my first three lenses. My partner and I had been meaning to join for a while at this time, she had the website jotted down in a notepad, I on the other hand am nowhere near as organised and merely made a mental note. I signed up to the site first, had a little look around, started making lenses, and gave her the all clear to come join me at the super world of Squidoo. Neither of us really particularly 'got' the website at this time; we saw the dollar signs beside our lenses on the dashboard and waited for the $0.00 to tick over and show signs of some cents or dollars.Every time a new hit came in we both took incredible pleasure in adding the new search term as a tag in the hope that others would come across our lenses. What we'd soon come to realise however was that there was a 40 tag limit and we'd therefore have to be a little more choosey with our future utilisation of tag words.
The end of February came and as well as having created three lenses on my first day of joining, I'd also created a lens about the 2008 NME Awards on the 24th of the month. I had four lenses and yet still no money was showing, we figured that it would take a while for our earnings to show up and we therefore both battled on and continued to use Squidoo. So the following is my February Squidoo achievements (and the money earned for the month which appeared of course in April).
Lenses: 4
Tier 2 Lenses: 1 ($1.53)
Tier 3 Lenses: 3 ($0.08 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $1.79
Lenses Created in February 2008
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Qtrax: The Great Big Rip Off
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Qtrax, a service that was to be supported by advertisers, one that would legally allow for over 25 million music tracks to be downloaded completely free of charge. It all sounded too good to be true. The interest in the site was huge and in the firs...
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The NME Awards 2008
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Before the 2008 NME Awards I speculated as to who may walk away with some of the great Shockwaves NME Awards; here is the end result. I've picked out a number of the most important categories here and my opinions are given as to who I thought would w...
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The Top Ten Greatest Guitarists of All Time
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Everyone has their favourites when it comes to guitar playing greats. Whether it be Slash, Hendrix, Clapton, Van Halen or otherwise; we all have our favourite guitar players, ones that we deem to be better than all else. Here's my personal take on th...
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The Excellent Elliot Minor
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The music of Elliot Minor; you'll either love it or you'll hate it. I personally had not been a fan of Elliot Minor before hearing 'Still Figuring Out', the track really changed my opinion of the band however and this is in fact a track that I have...
The Month I Quit Squidoo
In March we had a little bit of early activity in the month and then our Squidooing stopped. In March we officially quit Squidoo and decided that it wasn't worth the time or effort given that no money whatsoever had yet been accumulated. Before coming to Squidoo I dabbled in HubPages a little, really didn't like the website though, and early signs seemed to suggest that Squidoo was equally as much of a waste of time.On March 4th I created the File-sharing programs lens, and then the lens for my personal music website Alt-UK.com followed on March 8th. Squidoo activity was then officially stopped and my partner and I only appeared back very occasionally and briefly to check and see if any money had yet appeared. Throughout March neither of us saw any money and this would therefore be the last the Squidoo website saw of us (or so we thought).
So here are my Squidoo stats for March (complete with money earned which appeared on the dashboard in May)
Lenses: 6
Tier 2 Lenses: 2 ($1.42 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 2 ($0.07 each)
Tier 4 Lenses: 2 ($0.01 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $3.00
Lenses Created in March 2008
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File-sharing Programs and their effect on the Movie Industry
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People have long been using file-sharing programs, but what sort of effect is this having on the movie industry? This is something that I have looked into thoroughly and have come up with the following account. I have always held an active interest...
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The Best Music Website In The World
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There are many music websites across the internet, too many truth be told. This doesn't stop me from having my own though. Alt-UK is my home for music and that my friends is what this page is all about. This page is dedicated to my music website and...
The Month I Officially Returned to Squidoo
In April my partner and I made a return to Squidoo. We'd quit one month before, a few dollars had persuaded us to return however and we now had reason to continue creating lenses. I'm not too sure when it was exactly that we found out we'd been paid, on April 18th I broke my Squidoo hiatus however and created a new lens about the American pop punk band Panic at the Disco. Why did I choose this as my subject of choice for my return? Well, Panic at the Disco had recently released their second studio album 'Pretty Odd' and I wanted to vent my hatred on the Squidoo platform. I loved the bands first album, the second was terrible however and I felt it necessary to create a lens to share some information about the band, inform the Squidoo world of my love for the bands first album, and also to tell everyone just how awful the second is.The second lens of the month came right at the end. I created a lens about 'Making Money From Writing' on the 30th of the month and felt it fit to share my story of how it is possible to make a living purely from writing. I'm passionate about my writing, and despite the fact that every man and his dog has written an article on the subject at some point or another; I wanted to have my say and took the time to create the lens.
So it was April that we officially returned to the website, activity was somewhat limited during this month and we still weren't entirely clued up on the whole Squidoo process; we were getting there though and starting to make our mark upon the website. We'd had our first payout of royalties and were eager to learn more and gain further knowledge about the website and the way it worked. The following is my lens details for the month of April (and of course the royalty payments which were paid out in June):
Lenses: 8
Tier 1 Lenses: 2 ($7.38 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 2 ($1.25 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 4 ($0.07 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $18.53
Lenses Created in April 2008
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Making Money From Writing
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I always wanted to write. I love to put my thoughts on paper, to share my words of wisdom with others. In January I became a full-time writer and I couldn't possibly be any more happy than I am right now. I'm a freelance writer mainly writing about a...
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Panic at the Disco
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Panic at the Disco; quite possibly one of the leading names in rock right now. So far the band has successfully released two studio albums and built up a fan base of many. Like them or lump them; Panic at the Disco is a successful band of today. Wha...
The Most Exciting Month of my Squidoo Career Thus Far
When we went into the month of May we'd read Loyalis lens about 'Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo' and now understood more about the payout structure here at Squidoo. This was to be our first full month on the website and we were now reasonably clued up about what we were doing and strived for our lenses to be the best they possibly could be and in the most excellent lensrank positions they could be too. We were striving for Squidoo success and felt that we had a reasonable idea about how further goals could be achieved.I created four lenses in the Month of May between the days of May 14th and May 25th. First of all ,y Helium portfolio was created to showcase my writing that can be found upon the Helium website. I'm proud of my work and felt that creating a lens was a good way to showcase my writing and display my work neatly. I've always loved Drum & Bass music and my second project of the month was therefore Drum & Bass related, I then finally came through with an MC Lars double effort in the form of my MC Lars lens and my Hearts That Hate lens also. Having created these two lenses I went off to the official MC Lars forum to share my work with others where MC Lars himself replied to my post and thanked me for my efforts. It was great having MC Lars thank me on his forum and filled me with absolute pride that I had created these two lenses and that MC Lars had appreciated it and liked my work; it made it all the more worthwhile.
My Squidoo work for May was concentrated over the course of just eleven days, the rest of the month was spent tweaking other lenses of mine and trying to make sure that all my lenses were completed to the best of my ability. I take pride in my Squidoo lenses and always I'm looking to improve upon them, tweaks and changes are currently a large part of my Squidoo life as is reading up more about the website and seeking to find out further information about how I can best promote and maintain my lenses.
May was the most rewarding month of my Squidoo life, and when payment came in early July I was pleased to see that it was by far my most lucrative month also. I earned nearly double what I did the month before and for the first time ever had three lenses in the top tier; a great month for me and one which still remains to be my best. Here are my May statistics:
Lenses: 13
Tier 1 Lenses: 3 ($8.09 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 7 ($1.38 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 3 ($0.07 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $34.74
Lenses Created in May 2008
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The History of Drum and Bass
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I've always had a big interest in music and for many years now have had a great love for drum and bass music. Not only do I listen to the genre of music but I'm greatly into mixing it also. There's nothing more satisfying than pulling off the perfect...
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Hearts That Hate
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Hearts That Hate, the generic emo MC Lars creation that never was. This article should shed some light about the 'band', the 'sampling' of the track 'Cry Tonight' in the MC Lars single 'Signing Emo' and also give a little more information about where...
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My Big Fat Helium Portfolio
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Since January 2008 I have been writing for a living, writing for the Helium website is one of the many ways I manage to do so and I have previously written a lens about Making Money From Writing in order to put across my story and hopefully offer som...
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MC Lars
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An English studies graduate of Stanford University, MC Lars is an extremely intelligent man and this is something that always is reflected in his music. Since I first heard the music of MC Lars several years back I have had a huge interest in the mus...
Month End Disaster
Productivity throughout the month of June was halted considerably by the fact that Euro 2008 was being shown on TV. I watched each and every game and finding time to concentrate on Squidoo was therefore incredibly difficult. I loaded up my little TV and watched the Euro 2008 goals flow (I wasn't allowed to watch it on the big screen; my partner is not much of a football fan!) I did manage to create three lenses early on in the month though and one of which I am really rather proud of.Pop Punk has always been one of my favourite genres (note: not to be confused with straight up punk rock, pop punk is far more commercial and clean in its sound), I therefore felt knowledgeable enough to create a lens about the Top Ten Pop Punk Bands of All Time and spent a lot of hours choosing my list and creating the lens. The actual writing of the lens took a lot out of me, and with so much to say and so many ideas in my mind it took many hours to complete. It was all worth the effort though and the lens then went on to spend much of the month in the top 2000 on Squidoo so I was very pleased (it dropped out right at the very end of the month, but that's another story).
At the beginning of June I was in for quite a surprise in that I received an e-mail telling me that someone was transferring to me a Grand Theft Auto 4 lens. I didn't really understand why, I thought it was some sort of wind-up and couldn't work out what was going on. The LensRank of the lens was excellent and the lens also had a Google PageRank of 3; my partner had bought the lens for me as a present as she knows how excited Google PageRank makes me and also understands how much I love the Grand Theft Auto series of games. It was one of those rare occasions where I'd actually got up before she had, I was happily checking my e-mails and came to the discovery that she'd bought me the lens. I went running into the bedroom and gave her a big kiss and a cuddle, I was incredibly excited and so pleased that I now had a nice shiny new lens. I was ecstatic that she'd bought me the lens and every time I look at my dashboard and see the Grand Theft Auto 4 lens sitting there it still brings a massive smile to my face. I love my partner and her kind gesture made me so incredibly happy; the transfer came just before pay-day as well and I happily collected $8.36 from the lens for its April activity. She knows how much I love Grand Theft Auto and this truly is the best and most thoughtful gift I've ever received in my life.
At the end of June I had sixteen lenses and with the strength of my lenses in June I looked set to repeat my May success with another $30+ payout. At the end of the month two of my top tier lenses fell out of the top 2000 however despite having spent much of the month in and around the top 1000 let alone the top 2000; I was so disappointed, there wasn't much I could do about it though and at least the one that had remained in the top tier was the most important one of the lot. These are my statistics for the month of June:
Lenses: 16
Tier 1 Lenses: 1 ($7.62)
Tier 2 Lenses: 7 ($1.29 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 8 ($0.07 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $17.23
Lenses Created in June 2008
Technically the Grand Theft Auto 4 lens was created May 2007 and therefore pre-dates my Squidoo history by 9 months, it was in June 2008 that the lens was bought for me though and that's why it falls within my category of lenses for the month of June.-
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The Top Ten Pop Punk Bands of All Time
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It's a pretty bold task to take on the idea of selecting the 'Top Ten Pop Punk Bands of All Time', I here aim to do so however and do having been a fan of the genre for some time; I do believe that I'm fairly well equipped to do so. For many years no...
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Street Fighter 4
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Street Fighter 4 is the latest instalment in the supreme Capcom fighting game series. The game launched in July 2008 in the arcade, and the console version was then later released in February 2009. The game is available now on Xbox 360 and Playstatio...
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Grand Theft Auto 4
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Grand Theft Auto 4 is the latest major installation in the Grand Theft Auto video game series. The game has been produced by Rockstar Games and although it did originally have an expected release date of October 16th 2007; the game finally emerged on...
A Relatively Lazy July
Having not been too busy on Squidoo in the month of June I therefore found it difficult to start lens creating again going into the month of July. I lacked inspiation in July and I therefore did not start making any lenses until the 23rd of the month when I made one for the Amy Heckerling directed Michelle Pfeiffer film 'I Could Never Be Your Woman'. I'd recently reviewed it for my film website World of Film and had plenty to say about the movie; and whilst busy with World of Film I then saw it fit to create a lens about my movies website as the second of my month. The second lens went live on July 28th and I really am proud of that lens due to the fact of it being dedicated to my film news/reviews website.Two lenses for July meant that July was my slowest Squidoo month since my partner and I officially quit the website in March. Although it was a slow month I'm still very glad that one of the lenses I did create is the one for my film website, a lot of hours have been spent on my behalf writing reviews about films and it must be said that horror is my main area of interest when it comes to movies, I also have a love for a good comedy however and that's why I appreciated 'I Could Never Be Your Woman' enough to make a lens about it; it's just good innocent fun and is hugely comical also which always is good to find with a romantic comedy film of this sort; all too often romantic comedy films fail to impress I find.
By the end of July I had amounted eighteen lenses in total, July's lenses were created too late on in the month to qualify for a payout however and the pay rate for July is therefore on the basis of sixteen lenses rather than the full eighteen. July saw the mark of my second highest payout so far; I didn't have too many lenses doing particularly well for the month, as the Tier 1 payout here at Squidoo was higher than ever before and I had two lenses in the top tier though this therefore helped me out. The following is what I earned from my lenses for the month of July:
Lenses: 16
Tier 1 Lenses: 2 ($11.04 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 3 ($1.72 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 11 ($0.08 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $28.62
Lenses Created in July 2008
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
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'I Could Never Be Your Woman' is the 2008 feature film from director Amy Heckerling. In the past Heckerling has directed such films as 'Clueless' and 'Look Who's Talking' also. This is the first films she has directed since 'Loser' in the year 2000;...
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A Wonderful World of Film
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World of Film is my movies website, the website was set up in March 2008 and always I'm adding new features and articles/reviews to its ever expanding database. It's far from perfect, it's my personal home of movies however and a website I am extreme...
Summertime Squidoo
Not that you'd know it right now but in this lovely land that they call the UK it's currently meant to be Summer. The August rays are supposed to be shining and it should be possible to surf out in the Sussex sea in the sun. Instead though; windsurfing is what's being done and the amount of sunshine has so far been severely limited. I'm easily burnt though and for me it's probably a good thing that the Summer isn't particularly shiny, I do however miss going a golden brown colour; such is life.The 5th day of the month marked the start of my August Squidoo lens activities. A lens was created focusing on slasher movie killers through the ages and I progressed from there with a lens about Cabin Fever; one of my favourite horror films of all time. For the first time I broke away from the standard Squidoo mould and utilised one of the sister websites in the form of SquidFlix. I have to say that I really like the layout and will definitely be utilising further Squidoo sister sites in the not too distant future.
After starting the month in a bit of a horror frenzy my third lens of August took a lighter tone and focused this time around on the lyrics to the track 'Steve McQueen' by The Automatic. Having looked online I found that all the lyrics websites out there had got the lyrics to the track wrong and the lens was therefore created as a means of putting out there the correct display of the lyrics in the hope that a few people might come to my lens with the right lyrics, rather than the countless lyrics websites out there that have got one of the verses completely wrong.
So at the beginning of August I established that horror movies are a big interest of mine, but what about football? I love that too and so far had not created a single football related lens whatsoever. Enter my lens about Oxford United's 2008/09 season and also my lens about the upcoming Sports Interactive game that is Football Manager 2009. Every year I buy the latest Football Manager game and Oxford United has always been my team of choice; these seemed like two logical lenses to create and so my Squidoo footballing showcase was started. Expect more to come in the not too distant future!
After establishing myself as a football writer though I then went back to revisit my horror interest and created a lens about the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directed movie '28 Weeks Later'. If you like your zombie horror then you should absolutely love this one. Once more I utilised the Squidflix sister site in creating this lens and probably shall use it again before the months out too! That's not the only sister site I've now utilised though; with my Dawn of the Dead lens I took a trip to the Hey Monkeybrain arena and got my debate up and running as to which film is better; the original George A. Romero Dawn, or the Zack Snyder directed 2004 adaptation. My personal favourite is actually the original, if you've got a viewpoint on the topic however then I'd love to hear from you on the lens!
For my final lens of the month of August I then concentrated on the Matthew Perry feature that is 'Numb'. The film is directed by Harris Goldberg and it's a biographical piece which looks into the issue of his struggle with depersonalization disorder. It's a very fun and light-hearted film, and Matt Perry does here play a part very different to that of Chandler. It's a great film and if you like your romantic comedies then definitely give the film a go. I created this lens as the film just really grabbed me, it came across as very real but also very funny; from start to finish the feature had me completely gripped and I just can't speak highly enough of the fantastic film that is 'Numb'. So there you go; that was my last lens of August and I'm very proud of the way it turned out too.
The August payments were revealed and paid out to lensmasters on October 6th 2008. August marked my highest earning Squidoo month thus far and I can reveal that the following were my payout figures for August:
Lenses: 26
Tier 1 Lenses: 1 ($10.97 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 7 ($1.81 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 18 ($0.08 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $51.02
Lenses Created in August 2008
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Football Manager 2009
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Football Manager 2009 is finally on the shelves and available to buy. Every year I purchase the game, going back quite a few years now to when it was still the 'Championship Manager' series. The first game in the Sports Interactive series that I ever...
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The Automatic - Steve McQueen Lyrics
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'Steve McQueen' is the lead single from the second The Automatic album 'This Is A Fix'. The band's debut album 'Not Accepted Anywhere' was released in 2006 and is currently certified 'Gold' in the UK meaning that in excess of 100 000 copies of the al...
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Cabin Fever the Movie
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Probably not, it's certainly a lot of fun to watch though and every time I see Eli Roth's 'Cabin Fever' I smile. 'Cabin Fever' is one of my all time favourite horror movies and that's why I've decided to create this page about the film for you all to...
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Oxford United 2008/09 Season
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Oxford United is a football team in the UK Blue Square Premier League. Going into the 08/09 season Oxford was given the odds of 8/1 to win the league; Stevenage Borough were the definite favourites to win but Torquay United, Wrexham, Rushden & Diamon...
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Slasher Movie Killers Through the Ages
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When I think of slasher movie killers the first three names that always spring to mind are those of Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and the mighty Michael Myers. 'Halloween' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' are two of my absolute favourite horror film...
More Lenses Created in August 2008
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Squidoo Through the Months
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I've set up this page in order to share with you my Squidoo progress through the months; my achievements, my successes, and also my future goals. My journey began in February 2008 and this is therefore my starting point. How much do I earn from Squi...
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Dawn of the Dead: The 1978 George A. Romero Original Vs. The 2004 Zack Snyder Adaptation
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Dawn of the Dead: The 1978 George A. Romero Original Vs. The 2004 Zack Snyder Remake I'm a massive fan of both the original film and the remake also. Both films are excellent and I've happily watched each directors film now on many an occasion. Both...
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Numb: The Harris Goldberg Movie
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'Numb' is a biographical feature which looks into director Harris Goldberg's experiences with depersonalization disorder. Depersonalization disorder is a personality disorder whereby the sufferer can no longer feel any emotion; in this move Goldberg...
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28 Weeks Later
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I'm not a fan of Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later', I do however have a huge interest in the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directed sequel '28 Weeks Later'. It's a great film and is in fact one of my all time favourite zombie movies. The cinematography is stun...
Sunny September
Coming into sunny September, my first big excitement of the month was the news of Dimitar Berbatov signing for Manchester United. I'm an Oxford United fan at heart, when I was younger I did however have a glory hunting love for Manchester United also and still very much follow the teams progress. I love to see Manchester United do well and watching them lift the Champions League trophy last year as well as winning the English Premier League was absolutely excellent to see. So Dimitar Berbatov is now officially a Manchester United man having transferred from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75 million and I have to say that I'm overjoyed with this news. I'm a big Berbatov fan and for my first lens of September chose to create one dedicated to the big Bulgarian. May he spend many happy years at Man United!For my second lens of the month I then chose to write about something completely different to anything I had ever done before here at Squidoo. In the past I've studied and enjoyed the subject of Sociology, I therefore decided to create a Sociology related lens and came up with 'What Sociologists Say About Globalisation'. I've always found globalisation to be a fascinating subject; it was therefore with great pleasure that I took the time to construct the lens and have to say that I'm very pleased with the end result. Included with this lens are nine sociologist arguments about globalisation which from between the years of 1987 and 1997. Some varying different opinions about globalisation have here been provided, and if you're interested in the subject then I've also listed a number of books about globalisation here which may well appeal.
On September 6th 2008 I then for the first time achieved something really quite special and exciting here at Squidoo; I hit the number one spot for the Video Games topic with my Football Manager 2009 lens. I'd never had a lens at number one for its topic before, I'd hovered in and around the Top 10 but never hit the prestigious top spot; that all changed on September 6th however and a very proud day it was for me too! I couldn't quite believe what I'd managed, the lens that was second for the category was just one lensrank behind as well; my top of topic spot was achieved by the narrowest of margins and this actually made it all the more exciting and pleasing to see.
Still buzzing off of the back of my top of topic success, my next lens would once more be football related and I concentrated on finishing off a lens that had now been a Work in Progress since September 1st. The lens I'm talking about here is my Blue Square Premier League 2008/09 Season lens; a lens which includes a small write up about each of the 24 teams in the Blue Square Premier League, a league table which is kept updated every time a game is played, and also a list of the top give goalscorers in the league. I've put a lot of hours into this lens and when I finally completed it on September 9th I felt an absolutely fantastic sense of satisfaction. The lens may have taken over a week to complete, it was well worth the hours however and as a huge fan of Blue Square Premier League football I'm extremely pleased to have made this one. Oxford United is in the league at current and that's why I have such an active passionate interest in the English Blue Square Premier League; Oxford United will always be my team and I follow them through thick and thin; through the good times and also through the bad times. Hopefully this season will see Oxford United promoted back to their rightful place within the football league; I remain optimistic.
After focusing on football related issues twice running, I then decided to go for something completely different and so my 'SquidWoo!: The Ultimate in Squidoo Satisfaction' lens came about. It was good fun creating this one, the idea sprung into my mind late one evening and immediately I got to work in creating the lens. I probably should have been sleeping, instead I was creating a new lens however and I'm very glad I did so too. It's a very light-hearted lens, one that I much enjoyed creating and it now sits proudly as a part of my personal Squidoo collection.
Up next was a musical trio as I wrote about the three bands of You Me At Six, Kasabian, and Less Than Jake; all very different, but also all very good. I've always had a massive interest in music and creating music lenses is therefore always an exciting and highly rewarding thing for me to do. I love writing about music, I find that my words flow most naturally when talking about music and this was most definitely the case here. With three music lenses created I would then turn my attention back to football and create a lens on the subject of 'Match of the Day'; a Saturday night football highlights show here in the UK. Again this was a fun lens to create and once more I thoroughly enjoyed it. With a brochure I requested now having arrived in the post; my next project would be to write about the Jake West directed comedy horror film 'Doghouse'.
I'd read online that the Carnaby International Group were looking to secure investment for their 'Doghouse' comedy horror film; as a big fan of British horror I instantly wanted to know more and very happily requested a brochure. The brochure certainly didn't disappointed, and as I watched the movie trailer that accompanied it I felt incredibly inspired to write. I had now created five lenses in just four days; a new record for me and one which put me very much back on track for reaching Giant Squid status by September 30th. Needless to say I was very happy with my progress, at one stage I'd decided I'd probably not make it; the race was now well and truly back on however and I now only need to create 13 more lenses in the space of 11 days; things were looking very good for me and I now had full faith that Giant Squid status could soon be reached.
Once more turning my attentions back to football I now decided to write about the legend that is Eric Cantona; I was always a huge fan of the man during his playing days and it therefore felt an obvious choice of lens. I love football, my interest in movies/TV is so strong however that with my next 6 lenses I'd then go back to this as my subject of choice. The American Pie Movies were written about and a lens was also created about the teen comedy classic that is Porky's. I love teen comedy movies, I also love top quality British sitcoms however and so also decided to write about Peep Show and Spaced. I love these two sitcoms and along with Green Wing consider them amongst my absolute favourite sitcoms of all time. Channel 4 has come out with some amazing comedy shows over the years and you sure won't find much finer than these three. With the other two movie lenses I concentrated on the second Michael Bay Transformers movie and also the great British actor that is Danny Dyer; after creating these six similarly themed lenses though I then decided it was probably time to move on to something else. There were still 7 lenses to be created and to be quite honest I just didn't know where my focus would head next.
It was at this point that I was handed with the prestigious honour that is Squidoo's Lens of the Day; I never thought I'd be awarded the LOTD, I was though and what an excellent feeling it provided me with too. I was so pleased and proud to have been gifted the honour of Lens of the Day, my Football Manager 2009 feature was the lucky chosen lens and was awarded LOTD on September 26th 2008. So with seven lenses still to create my inspiration had been provided and I now had an absolute wish to write about music.
Two record labels and four bands were now written about, this took me up to 49 lenses and around 26 hours were left in order for the final lens to be written to reach 50. Eden Log was the chosen subject for my 50th lens; it's a French science fiction film from first time director Franck Vestiel, a fine feature film and one which I thoroughly enjoyed watching. I'm not generally a fan of science fiction, in most instances I hate it in fact; I love Eden Log though and there's just something about the visual beauty of it all which made it really appeal to me. I'd been meaning to write about Eden Log for a while, ultimately it was my 50th lens though and the one with which I reached the massive milestone of the big 5-0. Having been awake and frantically writing for many an hour I now decided to sleep; I'd reached my 50 target and sent in my Giant Squid application, exhausted and ready to drop I now decided to head for bed and thought that my September lens creation was now over. Little did I know that there was still more to come.
When I awoke I once more found myself wanting to write, I'd reached 50 lenses and was very happy with what I'd achieved at Squidoo thus far, I wanted to make even more lenses though and by the end of September 30th I actually had 52 lenses; not bad given that I only had 27 before the month began. September was by far my most constructive month at Squidoo, nearly doubling my number of lenses I was pleased to have had such a busy month and now intend to make every month just as busy as this one.
Lenses: 37
Tier 1 Lenses: 2 ($11.52 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 8 ($1.92 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 27 ($0.08 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $40.59
Lenses Created in September 2008
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What Sociologists Say About Globalisation
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This page has been set up in order to look into the issue about what sociologists have said about globalisation. The page provides information about what nine different people/sets of people have said about globalisation between the years of 1987 and...
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Dimitar Berbatov
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Dimitar Berbatov is a professional Bulgarian footballer who currently plays his club football for Manchester United in the UK. After a season long pursuit from Manchester United; Dimitar Berbatov finally signed a Manchester United contract on transfe...
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SquidWoo!: The Ultimate in Squidoo Satisfaction
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When it comes to Squidoo there's nothing for me that surpasses the satisfaction of creating and publishing a fresh new lens. You have an idea on your mind for days, weeks, perhaps even months; you finally manage to get that idea down on the page and...
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You Me At Six
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A look at the Surrey based pop punk band that is You Me At Six. You'll here find information about the band, their upcoming tour dates, the 'Take Off Your Colours' album, and official videos for the band's tracks also. Enjoy your stay here and feel...
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Blue Square Premier League 2008/09 Season
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The Blue Square Premier League is the fifth tier of English football. The league is contested between the months of August and May the following year. 24 teams are involved and each year this therefore means that each club must play 46 league games (...
More Lenses Created in September 2008
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Match of the Day
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A look at BBC's Match of the Day football highlights programme. Match of the Day is shown on BBC1 every Saturday night and repeated early Sunday morning also. Match of the Day 2 is then broadcast on Sunday's consisting of all the major match action f...
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Doghouse: A Carnaby International Film Production
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Doghouse is a Jake West directed comedy horror film which is to be released in Spring 2009. The film features Danny Dyer who is of course famous for his roles in such films as 'The Football Factory', 'Outlaw', 'Adulthood', and 'Human Traffic'. Dyer a...
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Eric Cantona
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Eric Cantona is without doubt one of my favourite footballers of all time. He was an absolutely magnificent forward player during his Manchester United days, watching him play was always an absolute delight and never did the man ever disappoint. Ever...
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Kasabian
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A look at Leicester's Kasabian; an indie rock band that has to date released just two studio albums and a live album also. The band blends together the genres of indie rock and electronica, creating a unique and exciting sound whilst simultaneously a...
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Less Than Jake
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This is a page dedicated to the great Gainesville ska punk band that is Less Than Jake; a Floridian force of a rock band. Find out all about the band right here; find out information about all of the band's albums, the current Less Than Jake line-up,...
Even More Lenses Created in September 2008
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Danny Dyer
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A page about the wonderfully British Danny Dyer; a look at the man himself and also a number of the films that he has appeared in to date. For a long while now I've been a great fan of Danny Dyer and for that reason I've decided to create this page...
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Porky's
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A look at Bob Clark's 1982 movie Porky's. Taking inflation into consideration; Porky's is the highest grossing Canadian film production of all time. It was filmed in America, written and directed by an American; funded by Canadian's however and this...
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is to be released at the cinemas in June 2009; this is my page devoted to the movie and as and when new details are revealed; all will be made available right here. Read on to find out more about what is set to be...
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The American Pie Movies
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It all began back in 1999 with the Weitz directed original movie; a further two films followed featuring the original cast, and then the 'Presents' series came about following on from this. This is my page about the American Pie movie series and my t...
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Peep Show
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Peep Show is a UK sitcom which presents to us the lives of the two flat sharing men of Mark and Jeremy. This is my page about the fantastic Channel 4 comedy and I will here share with you my opinion about the programme and also information about its...
Further Lenses Created in September 2008
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Spaced: A Supreme British Sitcom
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'Spaced' was a Channel 4 situation comedy which aired between the years of 1999 and 2001. The show was actually written by its two main stars and directed by the excellent Edgar Wright. This is my page dedicated to the supreme sitcom series and infor...
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Funeral for a Friend
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This page has been set up in order to look into the subject of the Welsh post-hardcore band that is Funeral for a Friend. Each album is here looked at and the band's journey/change in sound throughout the years has here been explored. Information abo...
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the supreme solo project from the Essex artist that is Sam Duckworth. The project was formed in 2004 and over the course of the past four years; two studio albums have been released and an EP also. This is my page dedicat...
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Cute Is What We Aim For
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This page has been set up in order to provide information about the fantastic Fueled By Ramen pop punk band that is Cute Is What We Aim For. Information about the band can here be found, and should you wish to know anything else then I've also provid...
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Fueled By Ramen
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A page about the Fueled By Ramen record label; a powerful pop punk force and home of a number of absolutely excellent bands. The label was founded in 1996 and over the years a number of excellent bands have come and gone; Fall Out Boy, Panic at the D...
A Few More Lenses Created in September 2008
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Top 5 Halloween Movies
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A look at the best five Halloween movies to watch this coming Halloween. Do you wish to be spooked, or would you rather watch something that is fun and uplifting? Either way I've got something for you to feast your eyes on here so read on to find out...
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Pink - So What Lyrics
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'So What' is the lead single from the fifth Pink album 'Funhouse'. The 'Funhouse' album is to be released on October 28th 2008, 'So What' has already hit the number one spot in the US billboard Hot 100 however and seems certain to hit the top spot in...
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Decaydance Records
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This page has been set up in order to provide information about the Decaydance record label. All the label's current artists have here been listed and details about the record labels and its origin also. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz is the founder, and...
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The Academy Is...
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From the suburbs of Chicago; The Academy Is... is a pop punk band currently signed to the Fueled By Ramen record label. The band has been in existence for over five years now and during this time a grand total of three studio albums have been recorde...
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Eden Log
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Eden Log is a fantastic feature film from first time director Franck Vestiel; a science fiction film with dark undertones that make the movie all the more enjoyable to watch. The film stars Clovis Cornillac in the key role of Tolbiac and his part is...
The Month I Became A Giant Squid
Fear not about the title for this section for I'm still a human being at heart, on the Squidoo platform however I'm happy to announce that in the early hours of October 7th (UK time) I was accepted into the Giant Squid program here at Squidoo. I was very happy to hear the news I'd been accepted, I spent all day on the 6th anxious as to whether or not my application would be successful, and just when I was contemplating heading for bed I found out this fantastic news that I was now a Giant Squid (click the link to find out more about the Giant Squids and how you could become one too).So what have I been doing so far in October then? Well, I've decided to concentrate on music for starters. I created two lenses toward the end of September about the record labels of Fueled By Ramen and Decaydance, and now intend to write about each and every artist that is currently signed to the two labels. I've done a pretty good job so far and there aren't many left to go now, that's been my main area of interest for October thus far and as well as creating a number of different pages for Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance bands I've also written about the UK indie rock/pop punk band that is The Wombats. The Wombats is a band currently signed to 14th Floor Records and if you wish to find out more about The Wombats then please feel free to check out the page that I've created.
My next plan for October is to finish off creating the Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen band pages, after that though; who knows what my next Squidoo projects may be. I have a couple of lenses in the making at the moment, the band pages will be created first and foremost though and only then shall I reveal as to where my Squidoo future is heading. You can rest assured though that over the coming weeks and months I shall be writing a lot more about music, and a lot more about movies too; these have always been my main page priorities here at Squidoo and I'm sure that things shall remain this way for the foreseeable future too.
Lenses: 69
Tier 1 Lenses: 4 ($11.76 each)
Tier 2 Lenses: 17 ($1.90 each)
Tier 3 Lenses: 48 ($0.08 each)
Money Earned Including Commission: $85.55
Lenses Created in October 2008
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Four Year Strong
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Four Year Strong is a pop punk band currently signed to the Decaydance record label. The band has to date recorded and released two studio albums, and now signed to the record label of Pete Wentz it looks as though the future could well be incredibly...
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The Hush Sound
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A page dedicated to the Illinois based indie rock band that is The Hush Sound. The band formed in 2004 and has to date released a grand total of three studio albums. The Hush Sound is a highly talented band and their music is a must for all those tha...
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This Providence
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From the streets of Seattle I bring you This Providence; a band currently signed to the Fueled By Ramen record label (home of such bands as Panic at the Disco, Paramore, and Cute Is What We Aim For). The band has been around since 2003 now and in thi...
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Hey Monday
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A look at the Floridian force of a powerpop band that is Hey Monday. The band only formed in 2007 but is already signed to Columbia Records and recorded its first album. Hey Monday is not your typical inexperienced new band; this is one new band with...
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A Rocket to the Moon
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A look at the fantastic Decaydance Records/Fueled By Ramen recording artist that is Nick Santino aka A Rocket to the Moon. Santino started making music under this name as an experiment in 2006 and has come a long way since. Always Santino is achievin...
More Lenses Created in October 2008
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Fall Out Boy
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A look at the fantastic pop punk band from Illinois that is Fall Out Boy. The band formed in 2001 and to date has released a total of four studio albums, and with a fifth on the way and with the album's ever improving we can be sure to expect big thi...
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The Wombats
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A look at the fine three-piece from Liverpool that is The Wombats. The band originally formed back in 2003 and has featured the same three members ever since. To date only one studio album has been released by the band but most certainly expect more...
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Lifetime
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A page about the New Jersey based melodic hardcore band that is Lifetime. The band was first active between the years of 1990 and 1997, and since 2005 has been reunited. The band originally got together for a reunion tour in 2005 but then decided to...
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Eminem Releases New 'Relapse' Album
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A look at Eminem's sixth studio album 'Relapse', an album all set to hit the shelves at some point in 2009. No official release date has yet been confirmed, but all eyes are set firmly upon Eminem as the album's release date inevitably draws ever clo...
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Gym Class Heroes
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A look at the excellent New York based alternative hip hop band that is Gym Class Heroes; a band that originally formed back in 1997. The band has to date released a total of four studio albums and this page has been set up in order to look at the wo...
Even More Lenses Created in October 2008
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Tyga
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Tyga is a rapper from Compton, the West Coast location that in 1986 brought us N.W.A. Tyga was snapped up by Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and Pete Wentz Decaydance record labels in late 2007 and is also associated with G.E.D Inc. This is my...
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Dear Superstar
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A look at Manchester's Dear Superstar, a band that has been around now since 2004. This is my page devoted to the band and its many achievements thus far. Two Dear Superstar studio albums have so far been released and I expect a lot more to come in t...
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Forgive Durden
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A look at Seattle's Forgive Durden, what is now the solo project of Thomas Dutton. The band was first formed in 2003 and became a solo project in January 2008 when three of the band's four members left, leaving Thomas Dutton alone as Forgive Durden....
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Cobra Starship
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A look at New York's Cobra Starship, a band that formed in 2005 after the breakup of lead singer Gabe Saporta's former band Midtown in 2004. The band's sound is hard to define, combining pop, punk and dance; all I can say of the band's music is that...
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The Cab
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The Cab is a rock band from the US state of Nevada, this page has been set up in order to tell you the story so far and to reveal all about what the band has got up to over these last few years since forming in 2004. Read on to find out more about t...
Further Lenses Created in October 2008
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The Friday Night Boys
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A look at the Virginian pop band that is The Friday Night Boys, a band that has been in existence now since 2006. If you like pop music then you should absolutely love what these guys have to offer; The Friday Night Boys is an absolutely excellent ba...
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Wizard Rock
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As absurd as it may sound to some; Pottermania is so extreme that at its height it even brought about a new genre of music; Wizard Rock. Wizard Rock first came about in 2002, popularised by the band Harry and the Potters it is now a musical genre whi...
What Should I Write About Next? All Thoughts Appreciated Here.
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- Christene Christene Apr 8, 2009 @ 3:13 pm
- Blessed by a SquidAngel
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- Mountainside-Crochet Mountainside-Crochet Mar 29, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
- I like the way you put your Squidoo Journey, it's stops and starts, highpoints & frustrations too, all together. Gives a Newbie hope she can create more than just one lens :-). Keep up the great work. 5*.
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- EelKat EelKat Mar 14, 2009 @ 11:26 am
- Great lens; I've just added it to The Lensography Index; don't know why I didn't find this one sooner!
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- Alex_Ledgister Alex_Ledgister Jan 15, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
- Very interesting lens Rich... Looking forward to get involve in more writing myself.
Alex Ledgister
http://www.squidoo.com/AlexLedgister
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- Rewards4life Rewards4life Dec 8, 2008 @ 10:20 am
- Great lens, I like the style, content and downright honesty you have, I have around 20 lens's and still finding it hard to make enough to enjoy a meal with my lovely partner, (lucky it's not my only source of income). Many people are claiming they are making exceptional amounts through Squidoo and although I do think it's possible it is seemingly more difficult than initially thought, and told. My partner and I work on Squidoo everyday and get slightly depressed when the totals seem non exsistant from month to month... I will be reading your Squidconomy next so watch this space.
Thank you for giving such needed advice 5*
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