I LOVE YOU SHIA...PLAIN PAT & KANYE WEST BRINGS YOU...

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WHY ARE YOU SO PARANOID?

808s

Let me know
Do I still got time to grow
Things ain't always set and stone
Let me know, Let me know
Let me
Seems life

Street Lights, glowing
Happen to be just like mornings
Passing, in front of me
So I hopped in
The cab and I paid my fairs
See I know my, destination
But I'm just not there

All the street lights, glowing
Happen to be just like moments
Passing, in front of me
So I hopped in
The cab and I paid my fairs
See I know my, destination
But I'm just not there

In the streets [x2]

I'm just not there
In the streets
I'm just not there
Life's just not fair

Seems like street lights, glowing
Happen to be just like moments
[ Street Lights lyrics from http://www.lyricsyoulove.com/ ]
Passing, in front of me
So I hopped in
The cab and I paid my fairs
See I know my, destination
But I'm just not there

All the street lights, glowing
Happen to be just like moments
Passing, in front of me
So I hopped in
The cab and I paid my fairs
See I know my, destination
But I'm just not there

All the street lights, glowing
Happen to be just like moments
Passing, in front of me
So I hopped in
The cab and I paid my fairs
See I know my, destination
But I'm just not there

In the streets [x2]

I'm just not there
In the streets
I'm just not there
Life's just not fair
Life's just not fair

GETTING OUT OUR DREAMS

DREAM: NOUN:

A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
A daydream; a reverie.
A state of abstraction; a trance.
A wild fancy or hope.
A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream.
VERB:
dreamed or dreamt (drmt) KEY , dream·ing , dreams
VERB:
intr.

To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
To daydream.
To have a deep aspiration: dreaming of a world at peace.
To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
VERB:
tr.

To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
To conceive of; imagine.
To pass (time) idly or in reverie.

why would she make calls out the blue
now i'm awake sleep is ???

hey hey hey hey don't say you will unless you will
hey hey hey hey don't say you will and play you will
i pray you will

misses so fly crash lands in my room
can't waste no time she might leave soon

hey hey hey hey don't say you will do do
hey hey hey hey don't say you will one day you will
i pray you will

when i grab your neck i touch your soul
take off your cool then lose control

hey hey hey hey don't say you will you will you will
hey hey hey hey don't say you will if you will i pray you will

i wish this song would really come true
i admit i still fantasize about you

hey hey hey hey don't say you will you will you will
hey hey hey hey please say you will for real i pray you will

TO BE A STAR

I LOVE YOU, SHIA.

STAR: NOUN:


A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures.
Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light.
Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.
A graphic design having five or more radiating points, often used as a symbol of rank or merit.

An artistic performer or athlete whose leading role or superior performance is acknowledged.
One who is highly celebrated in a field or profession.

An asterisk (*).
The star key on a telephone: For customer service, press star.
A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
A planet or constellation of the zodiac believed in astrology to influence personal destiny.
stars The future; destiny. Often used with the.

ADJECTIVE:

Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something: a star researcher; a star figure skater.
Of or relating to a star or stars.
VERB:
starred , star·ring , stars
VERB:
tr.


To ornament with stars.
To award or mark with a star for excellence.
To mark with an asterisk.
To present or feature (a performer) in a leading role.
VERB:
intr.

To play the leading role in a theatrical or film production.
To do an outstanding job; perform excellently.

Her love is all that i can see

Memories made in the coldest winter
Goodbye my friend
Will i ever love again?
Memories made in the coldest winter, winter, winter
[coldest winter lyrics on http://www.kovideo.net/ ]
Goodbye my friend
Will i ever love again?
Goodbye my friend
Will i ever love again?
Goodbye my friend
Will i ever love again?

If spring can take the snow away
If spring can take the snow away
Can it melt away all our mistakes
Can it melt away all our mistakes

Memories made in the coldest winter
Goodbye my friend
I won't ever love again, never again

JANIS!

SUMMERTIME 1969:

Rick Danko, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia:

COOL KIDS/OUR PEOPLE: STRIVE...

STRIVE...a band that fuses soaring, meaningful bands like U2 and Switchfoot with the sweeping piano-pop of Billy Joel and Bruce Hornsby


Record Label: GoDigital Records
Band Members: Derick Thompson, Micah Bacheller, Will Puth, Scott Walbridge
Hometown: Chicago,Illinois

STRIVE'S "FIRE" BY LATE REGISTRATION:

"THE REAL LATE REGISTRATION" (K. WEST/R. LOFTON)

"TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED, SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED ME ALONG MY PATH TO GREATNESS...ETERNAL BLESSINGS FROM THE MOST HIGH...TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I WOULDN'T SUCCEED AND GOD WOULDN'T BLESS ME...I'M ABOUT TO BREAK YOUR HEARTS...I'M TELLING YOU NOW-SO GET READY!"

-REGINALD"LATE REGISTRATION"LOFTON/DJ DAD/RA'AH AHWAR/REG/OREGINALD/REGGIE-

"HELLO WORLD." -DJ DAD-

COOL KID: JAY-Z

He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. He co-owns The 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having sold over 26 million units in the United States. His critically acclaimed album, The Blueprint, was written in only two days. After announcing his retirement from recording music in 2003, he returned in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come, which sold 680,000 copies in its first week, Jay-Z's highest-selling album in a one-week period. MTV named him number one on their list of the greatest MCs of all time.

COOL KID: ESTELLE...

Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980),[1] widely known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle, is a British Grammy Award-nominated hip hop/R&B singer, rapper, and producer. She has received the MOBO for "Best Newcomer" and received three consecutive "Best Female Artist" trophies from the UK Hip-Hop Awards.

She is best known for her hit single "American Boy," which topped the U.K. charts for four weeks in March 2008 and went on to win numerous awards.

Discography

2004: The 18th Day
2008: Shine

Awards and nominations
BET Awards
2008, Best New Artist (Nominated)
Bet J Virtual Awards
2008, Female Artist of the Year (Nominated)
2008, Soul Approved - Best New Artist (Nominated)
2008, Song of the Year: "American Boy" featuring Kanye West(Won)
Grammy Awards
2009, Song of the Year: "American Boy" featuring Kanye West (Nominated)
2009, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "American Boy" featuring Kanye West (Nominated)
Mercury Music Prize
2008, Estelle - Shine (Shortlisted)
MOBO Awards
2008, Best UK Female (Won)
2008, Best Song: "American Boy" featuring Kanye West(Won)
2008, Best Video: "American Boy" featuring Kanye West(Nominated)
2008, Best Album: Shine (Nominated)
2008, Best R&B Act (Nominated)
MTV Video Music Awards
2008, Best UK Video (Nominated)
UMA awards
2008, Best Album (Nominated)
2008, Best Collaboration (Won)
2008, Best Crossover Chart Act(Nominated)
2008, Best R&B Act(Nominated)
World Music Awards
2008, World's Best New Artist (Nominated)
2008, World's Best New R&B Act (Won)
Vodafone Live Music Awards
2008, Best Female (Nominated)

dj dad...coming to the music/films/arts/fashion/trends/literature/publishing world soon!!!.../kanYe west-paranoid & streelights by dj dad/a message...

A MESSAGE FROM KANYE...

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR MAKING 'HEARTLESS' NUMBER ONE ON 106 AND PARK!!!! MY BOY CALLED ME FROM THE A AND TOLD ME IT'S NUMBER ONE DOWN THERE TOO. THIS IS A SONG NOBODY CAN FRONT ON!!! THE BEAT IS ON SOME RZA SHIT AND EVERY LINE COULD MAKE THE ULTIMATE RAP HOOK! I COULD SEE SOMEBODY SAMPLING.... "WE JUST GONE BE ENEMIES!!!" I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THIS ALBUM THAT NEVER BOUGHT ONE OF MY ALBUMS BEFORE. I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT STREET NIGGAS LOVE IT! STREET NIGGAS CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THEY LOVE IT! YOU KNOW GIRLS LOVE IT!! EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT FAVORITE!!! RIGHT NOW. 'PARANOID' IS MOST LIKELY GONNA BE THE NEXT SINGLE. IT'S NECK AND NECK WITH 'ROBOCOP!!!' I'M NOT GONNA RELEASE EITHER FOR AWHILE BECAUSE I WANT 'HEARTLESS' AND 'LOVE LOCKDOWN' TO SOAK INTO THE CULTURE!! I'M GONNA WALK THIS ALBUM SLOW LIKE A MORE INDEPENDENT APPROACH. I FEEL LIKE A NEW ARTIST. THERE'S ACTUALLY ARGUMENTS AGAIN. IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST ALBUM WHEN EVERYBODY SAID I COULDN'T RAP. I LISTENED TO 'SAY YOU WILL' LAST NIGHT AT MY HOUSE AND WAS DAAAMN, THIS SONG IS SOOOO DOOOPE!!! I'M A FAN OF WHAT I'VE MADE. WHEN I MADE 'GRADUATION' I WASN'T SATISFIED! I FELT LIKE CERTAIN RECORDS WERE KEEPING IT FROM BEING A PLAY IN EVERY ENVIRONMENT ALBUM. I WAS AT THE COOL STORE IN AUSTRALIA CALLED ASSIN THAT CARRIES RICK OWENS, LANVIN, DIOR ECT... THEY TOLD ME THEY PLAY MY NEW ALBUM IN THE STORE. IT WAS SUCH A BIG COMPLIMENT FOR ME TO HAVE SONGS THAT ARE NUMBER ONE ON 106 AND CAN PLAY RIGHT NEXT TO VAMPIRE WEEKEND, SADE OR SILVERCHAIR IN A HIGH END FASHION STORE! IT'S SUCH A TRIUMPH TO HAVE LOVE LOCK DOWN ON RADIO. WHEN IT COMES IN IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING ELSE EVER MADE IN HISTORY! THIS IS NEW MUSIC! IT MIGHT TAKES SOME GETTING USE TO BUT WHEN IT SET'S IN IT WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
12.09.2008

too late!

Too Late was discovered at MoMA design store in New York and was marketed less then one year ago; the idea comes from Ale Fogazzi, 27 years old business Man from Brescia, near Milano, who is active in communication and entertainment. Thanks to the joint venture with La Griffe, brand leader in artisan costume jewellery Made in Italy, success was instant. 10.000 watches sold in the first 10 days of distribution. The new water proof edition was presented during Macef 2008, in Milano..

Fashion victims wear 2 or 3 watches together, perfectionists choose the right colour to match their favourite suit. It's a young product, as 70% of those who buy it are aged between 12 and 40, but there are also many children and professionals who wear it. Too Late is perfect for a nice present for oneself or for friends. It's becoming a real phenomenon, and its design counts much more than its brand. For this reason, it gives prominence to the style of the people who wear it..

More then minimalistic, it's minimal and pop. Too Late is the state of the art of cheap design. Under the clock-face there are only 2 buttons (mode and set) and the date is written in USA style only, month before the day..
Colour, colour and again colour. Every month new shades are adapted to seasons, fashion collections and trends.

LSU ART...

KANYE...

Story Peter Macia
Photography Jason Nocito



"Kanye West wants to make history.” That is how we began the Kanye West story in our December 2003 issue, his first cover. Exactly five years later, he has done so in a way that even we could not have imagined. His personal style—skinny jeans rising out of exclusive colorway sneakers matched with high fashion sunglasses—has influenced kids from Flatbush to Fukuoka, and now he is finishing work on his own menswear line, Pastelle, and designing a shoe for Nike named the Air Yeezy. At the same time, of course, his music has dominated the pop charts, with seven of his own songs reaching the Top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100—twice reaching number one—while countless productions for other artists peppered the mainstream with his ever-changing sound. Kanye West has become a brand synonymous with not just success, but innovation, and its CEO is as mercurial and provocative as Steve Jobs.

But this year was different for West. As the world knows, he went through some difficult personal times, and he appears to have emerged a changed man, simultaneously more mature in his attitude and more childlike in his lack of inhibition. From his absurdly readable blog (he writes it) at KanyeUniverseCity.com to his Glow in the Dark one man show and now his new stripped-bare album, 808’s & Heartbreak, West has become the world’s first interactive pop star. He is breaking down the barrier between himself and the rest of us, and as a result, we feel like we’re a part of his life and art. And we are. The first single from 808’s & Heartbreak, “Love Lockdown,” went up on West’s blog in September and was re-upped a week later with changes conspicuously in line with the criticisms made in the comments to the first post. In the studio and at his house in the Hollywood Hills, as he finished the album, he takes this same social networking approach to creation, bouncing between associates—Esthero, Consequence, A-Trak, Hype Williams, Fonzworth Bentley and Plain Pat, to name a few—absorbing their suggestions before making pivotal decisions on a vocal drop or lyric. The parallels between his process and our new internet-dependent way of life seem intentional. He is willing to put his inner thoughts, unedited, in public view and sees no point in waiting for old thinkers to tell him what or when to do what he wants. When I met Kanye at his house, an Aston Martin sat in the driveway, Andy Warhol pieces hung on the wall and I walked into the most enormous closet I’ve ever seen. But West might as well have been some dude I met at a party. He was mellow and eager to talk about whatever subject crossed his mind—which, most of the time, was Kanye West.

For this issue, we’re talking to the people who inspire us, who give us something to talk about every issue. You, of course, do that, but also, by pushing the things we love to the masses, you’ve become almost like an ambassador for us.
Yeah, I just think about when Jay-Z would be like, “I do this for my culture, I do this for the hood.” I’m doing it for that. I’m doing it for where I came from being the only dude in my class that dressed in a certain way, and then finding there’s other people who think like me too, they just weren’t in my school. And I think that’s what the FADER kids are made of, people who were different or wanted something better than what was the norm. But I had to come to the realization, it wasn’t just the search for something different, but something better, a better solution. I never forget that. I just don’t want people to think that because I’m big I’m not into the same things I was into that made me big. For y’all to put me on the cover, it’s kinda dope. It feels like I’m on the right path.

In FADER #20, that was in there. Everything that you’re doing now was budding in that story.
I was saying it from the gate: I’m into Louis Vuitton, I wanna be pop. I spent my whole check on those two bags I wore for those pictures. Those are some of my best pictures, other than having a really bad haircut. Now, the only thing is pop. I really like popular culture. I’m all about Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Nike. I want people to remember me the way they know Nike, that level of impact. Who was the last person who really had it like that? When I was a kid, it seems like there was a lot of great pop music. There was George Michael, Michael Jackson.

Murakami once said, “I don’t mind being hated if I’m popular.” There’s a chance of that happening with this album—that it’s pop, potentially hugely popular, but not with the same people who loved your other albums.
Let’s hope it’s pop. They asked me what genre to put it under. I was like, Put it under pop, because I’ll wear that. I love wearing a label that people think is uncool. Because it’s like, is it not good music now? Music is special to people, so they hold it really tight to themselves. A lot of times when it becomes popular they feel like it’s not theirs anymore, they feel like it’s not just a part of their little group. But I feel like music is for everyone. When you were a little kid, did you really think about how many kids sang “Frére Jacques”? I make music that is good, and it should be the biggest.

Do you think there are people who like your music despite themselves because it appeals to something more basic in them?
There was something about being a little kid…there was no reason why I would like something or wouldn’t like something. My mom never listened to songs that particularly appealed to me. Back then, the only songs they had for kids were made by the Muppets and shit. The songs I was listening to, I liked the melody but the information, it dealt with stuff someone went through, a real life situation. I think it takes experience to be a great poet and communicator, and as life goes on I have more and more experiences, so hopefully I’ll just get better and better. Because it’s like, how do you wanna communicate? You wanna communicate through rap? Through poetry? Through song? The thing is getting the point across, and I think in music, message and melody are the keys. It’s the reason why people teach you the ABCs with melody behind it. And [808’s & Heartbreak] is the ABCs of life and relationships.


Does this album feel like your purest vision then?
I always felt like that, every time. When I did The College Dropout, it was really a new idea that caught people off guard. This album is a complete new idea, some whole different shit that’s gonna change music again. I think it’s our responsibility to be fearless, to have the masses’ and radio’s ear and still push the envelope. That’s why I was always supposed to be the independent champion. And that’s why it was such a big, terrible thing when I ran on stage on Justice [at the MTV Europe Music Awards]. It was like, Aw, he’s one of them now. He’s no longer the kid who went to art school and stuff. It’s like, now he’s just…

He’s too big.
Yeah. And that was a great awakening to me, to not be so caught up in your own hype. There’s a reason why the universe plans for certain things to happen the way they are, and the only thing that you can be responsible for is your art. I used to feel this sense of entitlement that’s completely immature. I needed to really get past that. It’s been a great detriment to people liking me, me being a spoiled baby, and people still make jokes about it, but they don’t realize I’m not that same person.

Getting back to the idea of purity, you finished this album in three weeks. Are you creating without thinking about it as much now?
Yeah, but when you say don’t think about it... People say, “He’s a pop singer now,” and I’m like, Yes, correct! They’re like, “It sounds like he wrote this in five minutes,” and I’m like, You’re right, it took me five minutes! Is something better if it took five years than if it took five minutes? I feel like all the words are in you, you’re just blocking yourself, you’re blocking your creativity. Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on what’s right and wrong that it’s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. It’s like a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldn’t like pink because that’s for girls. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyone’s born confident, and everything’s taken away from you. So many people try to put their personality on someone else. Especially me, they try to suggest what I should do. What I want people to realize at this point is, I don’t give a fuck. That’s why I made this album. I’m using Auto-Tune because I don’t give a fuck. I like the way it sounds. This is the way I’ma put my shit up, this what I like the most. You can’t deny me, you cannot deny Wayne, you cannot deny Pain. T-Pain taught me a lot. He just brought a whole vibe and energy when he came down to Hawaii, he was constantly expressing himself.

Did you have an epiphany about singing on the new album?
I never even thought about it like that, I just thought about what I wanted to hear when I was making music, just like hook after hook after hook after hook after hook. It’s the musical version of an Obama speech.

Do you feel like you’re getting to a point with music where you’ve done all you could? Like you could move on and focus on your fashion line or something else entirely?
I can’t foresee myself not wanting to make music. What was so great about this album was at any given time, I could just Superman in the booth and pull out arguably the best rapper in the world. Is this the final frontier of music? I would think its not quite conquered yet, there’s still a ways to go. There are levels. Did you see the Michael Jackson in Budapest concert? When I look up two, three years from now, and I’m doing my own concert for five hundred thousand people, it’s like, maybe this was a beginning point. There’s gonna be people that, as big as a celebrity as I am, really just discover me on this album. I learned so much from going to those fashion shows. I thought I was making some fashionable shit on the last album, and they weren’t playing my shit. I want my music to be played the same place you could play a Feist song, but I want it to still work in a strip club, still work in a car. One thing about traveling a lot, it gives me a lot more worries about places I’m not being played. I go to Starbucks everyday, listen, look at the CD rack, and I’m like, I’m not here. I could easily give up and be like, Well, I’m black and I’m a rapper, or I could be like, Man, what could I do to get here? you only got one life and shit. Who’s to say what you can and can’t do? “Love Lockdown” is just a great accomplishment in the idea of, like, Thom Yorke in the strip club.


The Kanye glasses were everywhere though, from Canal St. to malls in Oklahoma. Were you surprised at how ubiquitous those became? Because straight up, those are weird ass glasses.
I think there hasn’t been a Michael Jackson since Michael Jackson, but when stuff like that happens, it’s little pieces of what he had, his level of influence. And it’s like that’s either the one-off or it’s the beginning of a lot of it.

Do you think that’s your white glove moment? Yeah I do think it was very much like that, but you know, Michael Jackson is the god of all pop music of all time. And it’s blasphemous to compare yourself to god, but that was very Michael Jackson-esque.

You might have another cultural moment with “Robocop.” Do you understand that if this comes out as a single, every dude is gonna be calling his girlfriend a Robocop when she gets mad. People are gonna to start saying that constantly.
Yeah, I’m the only voice for the guys because rap dudes don’t rap about love, and R&B dudes rap about love, like, “I want to love you.” So Pink is making songs, Ciara, all these male-bashing songs, so I’m like the only dude to speak up for the guys from an intelligent, really been in a relationship type perspective.

We talked a little bit before about having rivals, people who are your creative opposite.
It doesn’t drive any creation for me—I’m gonna do what I do regardless—but I appreciate when bad things happen. Obviously, when you listen to this album it’s very personal. And I just think that if I hadn’t been through the terrible things that I’ve been through, that I was the victim or the cause of, that I couldn’t deliver art on this level, and that’s the good out of it.

What do you think about “Swagger Like Us,” along with MIA’s “Paper Planes,” and “Love Lockdown” all hitting people together?
Such a great time. It’s like, Why does that happen? I’m like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector. I can’t be responsible. I’m good, but I’m not that good. So my job is just to be in the studio and do videos, and I just stand here and let God do the rest. I was super scared and shit, like the MTV joint [the debut performance of “Love Lockdown” at the Video Music Awards], but afterwards it was the best response I got on any performance. People were like, “It’s so good, you did so good,” and I was like, Word? Just being nervous, that’s the childlike shit again. Why put yourself in the situation to be nervous again? You gotta just be confident the rest of your life? I mean, be confident, but I think it’s just a level of adventure and craziness and delusion, delusions of grandeur, like Hey, maybe I can fucking sing! Maybe I can’t, it doesn’t fucking matter, but it’s exciting.

Be an astronaut.
Yeah, it’s fucking exciting. I’m really excited about this album. When I was sitting in the studio in Hawaii and I asked somebody for the number to the hotel and they were like, “808-duh duh duh” because Hawaii’s area code is 808. And we just randomly do the whole album in Hawaii. I’m not trying to be all weirdo, connect the constellations like that, but this shit is too meant to be. Therefore, let’s put it out, okay. It’s kinda good!

NEW SHIA SERIES: FUNNY TEES (NOTE: THESE ARE REAL NEWS STORIES ON REAL T-SHIRTS!)...

Parents get serious about baby names in tough year

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Babies Zuma Nesta Rock and Bronx Mowgli, you're in the minority. Most parents abandoned unusual names for their children, opting instead for traditional names, according to a U.S. survey.

The top boy's name for the year remained Aiden, followed by Jayden, Ethan and Jacob with classic names like Matthew, Jack, Michael, Alexander, Daniel and William all featuring in a list of the top 50 most popular names.

The list, compiled from thousands of baby name entries on the specialist baby website Babycenter.com, found that Emma replaced Sophia as the top girl's name followed by Isabella and Olivia with Sarah, Elizabeth and Anna also popular.

With the United States consumed by politics all year, presidential names also made a return, such as Madison, Taylor, Kennedy for girls and Jackson and Tyler for boys.

Linda Murray, editor-in-chief of babycenter.com, said there was a clear trend for people to choose more serious, old fashioned, classic names, reflecting the tougher times.

"Times have changed and people are taking the world more seriously, affected by what is going on the world," said Murray.

"Even before the economic crisis we've had high gas and food prices all year and people have struggled. Our nation is at war. We have conflict in the world. It is a serious time in American life and it is affecting decisions about naming children."

When parents were asked in the online survey what they wanted a name to represent, the most important qualities for boys were strength, kindness and compassion compared to strength and individuality last year.

For girls it was kindness, compassion, intelligence and strength compared to femininity and individuality last year.

Marla Butler, from Santa Monica in California, chose the name Joshua for her son who was born in July, a brother to two-year-old sister Folbe who took her maiden name as an adventurous first name.

"This time around I wanted a strong, traditional name that was more in keeping with my Jewish tradition," she told Reuters.

"I think it is nostalgia. We want to hold onto our past and keep our memories going and feel comforted. It is a time to turn inwards and going back to the old names is part of that."

But not everyone agreed. Some celebrities still give their children unusual names.

Singers Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their baby Bronx Mowgli, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and country singer Keith Urban opted for Sunday Rose, while No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani and musician husband Gavin Rossdale opted for Zuma Nesta Rock.

Actress Halle Berry named her daughter Nahla Ariela.

"Celebrities fall into a category of their own. They're creative as a group and like being one of a kind and are less concerned than the general public about setting their kids up for success in the future as they are financial secure," said Murrray.

"But it just shows that even place names have gone downmarket a bit. No more Paris and Brooklyn. We've gone down to the Bronx."

Study finds cellular phones affect memory

ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2008) — Can radiation from cell phones affect the memory? Yes -- at least it appears to do so in rat experiments conducted at the Division of Neurosurgery, Lund University, in Sweden. Henrietta Nittby studied rats that were exposed to mobile phone radiation for two hours a week for more than a year. These rats had poorer results on a memory test than rats that had not been exposed to radiation.

The memory test consisted of releasing the rats in a box with four objects mounted in it. These objects were different on the two occasions, and the placement of the objects was different from one time to the other.

The actual test trial was the third occasion. This time the rats encountered two of the objects from the first and two of the objects from the second occasion. The control rats spent more time exploring the objects from the first occasion, which were more interesting since the rats had not seen them for some time. The experiment rats, on the other hand, evinced less pronounced differences in interest.

Henrietta Nittby and her, supervisor Professor Leif Salford, believe that the findings may be related to the team's earlier findings, that is, that microwave radiation from cell phones can affect the so-called blood-brain barrier. This is a barrier that protects the brain by preventing substances circulating in the blood from penetrating into the brain tissue and damaging nerve cells. Leif Salford and his associates have previously found that albumin, a protein that functions as a transport molecule in the blood, leaks into brain tissue when laboratory animals are exposed to mobile phone radiation.

The research team also found certain nerve damage in the form of damaged nerve cells in the cerebral cortex and in the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain. Albumin leakage occurs directly after radiation, while the nerve damage occurs only later, after four to eight weeks. Moreover, they have discovered alterations in the activity of a large number of genes, not in individual genes but in groups that are functionally related.

"We now see that things happen to the brains of lab animals after cell phone radiation. The next step is to try to understand why this happens," says Henrietta Nittby.

She has a cell phone herself, but never holds it to her ear, using hands-free equipment instead.

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