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How to Monitor Movies, Music, and TV Shows for Inappropriate Content

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:34:33 +0200

Want to find out if that popular new release is family friendly, suitable for kids, or has any objectionable content? Here's how!

Step1

PluggedInOnline.com is an entertainment rating website created by Focus On The Family that reviews movies, music, television shows and video games for their suitability for children and families. The content is broken down into categories:

- Positive Elements
- Spiritual Content
- Sexual Content
- Violent Content
- Crude or Profane Language
- Drug and Alcohol Content
- Other Negative Elements
- Conclusion

Parents can find out ahead of time whether any of these scenes or lyrics may be unsuitable for their children, before spending any money. There is also a print "Plugged In" magazine you can subscribe to.

Their Mission Statement is as follows: "Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to help equip parents, youth leaders, ministers and teens with the essential tools that will enable them to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live. Entertainment is a potent influence on our culture for both good and evil. Through our reviews and discussions of that entertainment, we hope to spark intellectual thought, family discussion, spiritual growth and a strong desire to follow the command of Colossians 2:8. "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."

Step2

CommonSenseMedia.org is a nonprofit organization that rates movies, TV, games, music, web sites, and books. They use a color coding system:
- Green means "ON: Appropriate for age"
- Yellow means "PAUSE: Know your kid"
- Red means "OFF: Not age appropriate".

The summary is divided into categories:

- Sexual Content
- Violence
- Language
- Message

The last is subcategorized by the messages that come across in the film: Social Behavior, Commercialism, Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco. Members can post their own reviews and read those from other viewers. They also have an e-newsletter you can subscribe to.

Their website states: "Media is fun and our kids love it. We also know that kids now spend so much time absorbing its messages and images that it has become "the other parent" in their lives. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, we exist to provide parents with trustworthy information to help manage their kids' media lives."

Step3

Kids-In-Mind.com is a subsidiary of Critics.com and MediaScreen.com. Movie content is rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being none and 10 being basically saturated. The ratings are followed by summary explanations of the content. The three rating categories include:

- Sex & Nudity
- Violence & Gore
- Profanity

These are the same ratings which are used by the Motion Picture Association of America (to determine the G to NC-17 ratings), but this website merely lists the content without making a determination of appropriateness based on age.

Their website states: "The purpose of kids-in-mind.com is to provide parents and other adults with objective and complete information about a film's content so that they can decide, based on their own value system, whether they should watch a movie with or without their kids."

How to Listen to your Favorite Music for Free!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:13:38 +0200

Want to hear your favorite tunes and create a custom online playlist all for free? No worries! ProjectPlaylist legally allows you to do so.

Things You’ll Need:

E-mail Address (to sign up!)

Step1

First visit http://www.playlist.com/ and click on 'Sign Up'. Enter all the required information.

Step2

After you get through that, simply search up your favorite song via the search bar. Once you find your song, you can hit the Play button to preview the track, or you can directly add it to your playlist. Not can you only search for songs on Projectplaylist, but you can also browse through other custom user made playlists with tons and tons of songs! Users can also leave feedback on each other's playlists.

Step3

You get a total of 100 tracks per playlist. It is possible create multiple playlists, and edit playlist description/arrange tracks. Enjoy!

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Top 10: Led Zeppelin Rip-Off Bands

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:05:00 +0200

Led Zeppelin: Supper rare Collection. There may not be another band with as divisive a legacy as Led Zeppelin: While many fans see them as the quintessential male rock band, there is an equally large contingent of people that sees them as derivative, even thieving. Doubts have long circulated about the originality of some of Led Zeppelin’s most famous songs -- most notably that the lead riff from “Stairway to Heaven” may have been lifted from Spirit’s “Taurus.” Of course, it might just be a coincidence that Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on their 1968 tour.

Led Zeppelin may or may not have used some dubious tactics to achieve their prestige, but in an ironic twist, dozens of Led Zeppelin rip-off bands followed a little too closely in the footsteps of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham to gain success of their own. It could be manic cymbal crashes, crunchy sweat-drenched guitar riffs or a high-pitched scream, but the following 10 Led Zeppelin rip-off bands each borrowed heavily from the formula that made Zepp one of the most important and controversial bands of the last 50 years.

Justin Timberlake taking free throws

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:02:10 +0200

i was laughing so hard at this when i was watching the espys

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DJ Tiesto-Adagio For Strings

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:45:12 +0200

Wow, there is nothing that even comes close to this DJ!!! Great Music !!!

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Dj tiesto power mix

noreply@blogspirit.com (Bizon) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:34:03 +0200

This sounds so damn amazing! I really wish techno/trance was big here in Kansas. I would love to see Tiesto before I die. This song is so phenomenal, I find myself listening to it about four times a day on here!

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