Carpe Diem!

Each day we’ll be highlighting something going on in the world. From songs of the day to photos of the day. We’ll bring you the spiral of incarnation. We’ll present a time travelers travel guide. Anything happening this day, this is the place.

The Greatest Bass Solo Ever!!!

by Shea Garage February 8, 2014

Stuart Hamm, who turns 54 today, plays the greatest bass solo ever!!!! The Greatest Bass Solo Ever – YouTube.

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[PHOTO] of the Day: The Chicken Dance

by Jay Hood February 7, 2014

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Eddie Izzard Cavalcade of Lego Improv

by Jay Hood February 7, 2014

Today Eddie Izzard turns 52. His stream of consciousness improv blends humor and intelligence. So what better way to recognize his genius than by watching his best bits reenacted in Lego.

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[PHOTO] of the Day: Commonality

by Jay Hood January 31, 2014

No matter where you go, when you look close enough, can find some good repeating patterns in the architecture. This one was shot in Portland, Oregon, but could just as easily have been Pittsburgh or New York City. Took the original and converted to black and white and then cropped down square. More windows and […]

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Silversun Pickups – Cannibal – SONG OF THE DAY

by Staff January 30, 2014

  Los Angeles’ own Silversun Pickups have a new song out, “Cannibal,” that will be featured on their forthcoming career retrospective entitled The Singles Collection, which will be in stores February 25, 2014. 12 years into the game, the Silversun Pickups can still throw down as they demonstrate with this stomping ode to flesh eating. […]

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[PHOTO] of the Day

by Jay Hood January 30, 2014

Was drawn to the sweeping curve of the building with the repeating pattern of the windows. The original photo was cropped and then converted to black and white. Check out more windows and other stuff if you follow us on the Shea Magazine Tumblr

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Tommy Dorsey – Song of India – Song of the Day

by Staff January 29, 2014

Tommy Dorsey recorded “Song of India” on this day back in 1937. One of the kings of the Big Band era, Dorsey and his orchestra scored 286 charting hits, including 17 number ones. This clip is from the 1941 film Las Vegas Nights which is notable since it marked the big screen debut of Frank […]

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[PHOTO] of the Day: Some of Us Are Working Here

by Jay Hood January 29, 2014

My continuing fascination with windows took a broader perspective in New York City. This was shot on a weekend afternoon, yet there were still plenty of people on a floor or two with their lights on working hard. The original photo was cropped down and converted to black and white. More windows from New York […]

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[PHOTO] of the Day: Geometry in the City

by Jay Hood January 28, 2014

More geometric images from my six mile photo adventure between the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh to downtown. This building really struck me and provided an ever changing series of shapes as you moved from one position to another around the building. I cropped the original photo into a square and converted it to black […]

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[PHOTO] of the Day: Images of a City

by Jay Hood January 27, 2014

Took a six mile walk from the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to downtown Pittsburgh listening to Porcupine Tree and taking numerous photographs and really focusing on windows and geometric shapes. The original was cropped to square and converted from color to black and white.

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Telly Savalas – Song of the day – If

by Staff January 23, 2014

  This week marks the anniversary of the death of Telly Savalas. He died in 1994 at the age of 72. TV’s Kojak appeared in a number of films including The Dirty Dozen. He was also an, er, ahem…singer. Here Savalas appears on some German Television show and “sings” Bread’s 1971 easy listening favorite, “If”, […]

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SONG of the Day – Lana Del Rey – Chelsea Hotel No. 2

by Sara Gatewood January 17, 2014

I actually tried to NOT like Lana Del Rey, or at least dismiss her as a one-hit-wonder. My older brother, also one of my heaviest musical influences, sent this to me, and I have to say, I was wrong. Here she is making Mr. Cohen’s masterpiece her own. **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook […]

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Hard to Believe It Actually Happened – SONG of the Day – Bucks Fizz – The Land of Make Believe

by Staff January 16, 2014

  Hard to believe that it actually happened, but this song , “The Land of Make Believe” by the Bucks Fizz, was #1 on the UK Charts on this day back in 1982. The band was specifically formed to compete on the 1981 Eurovison Song Contest, which they won, a precursor of the shows of […]

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