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		<title>Classic moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The camera cuts out at an abrupt 30 seconds, but you get the idea. I got to see one of the most amazing songwriters of, well &#8212; ever! How lucky was I??? Billy Steinberg wrote hits like &#8220;Alone&#8221;, &#8220;Like a Virgin&#8221;, &#8220;I Touch Myself&#8221;, &#8220;Eternal Flame&#8221; &#8212; most of which he performed on a lone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=506&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The shy face of spring returns</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2010/03/26/the-shy-face-of-spring-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been away from the bloggie since the last winter. I refer not only to the season that just bid its farewell in the jolly northern hemisphere, but I also call attention to the fact that I just lived through the last real winter of my life. My yoga practice has revealed a few things to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=493&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rehearsal @ Gibson Studios</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2010/02/10/rehearsal-gibson-studios/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tora</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U know I hit that. It sat hulking in the corner, like a big shiny lollipop. That big, red shiny Baldwin baby grand. Mommy, I want one!!! Now!!!!!! Sitting in the Gibson rehearsal studio, in the former Hit Factory building of legend, I thought, &#8220;It&#8217;ll look fabulous in the living room of my beach house [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=405&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rites of Love &#8211; Live</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2010/02/01/rites-of-love-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[posted with vodpod Filed under: live show, music, music helps me grow, videos<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=383&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insomnia On a Snowy Eve</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/12/31/insomnia-on-a-snowy-eve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eve of 2010. I&#8217;ve heard good things about this coming year. Whoever you are, you&#8217;re probably reading this from the other side of midnight. I&#8217;m writing this at 7am on the morning of the eve, having slept none at all. Dang allergies. SO&#8230;instead of zzzzs, I baked a new year&#8217;s cake. So far 2010 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=370&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taut Machine: Live</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/12/21/taut-machine-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recorded at the Bennett Media Center. That&#8217;s Ed Bennett making a cameo appearance midway through. Posted in let&#039;s play, live show, music, music helps me grow, videos<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=366&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live music party December 4th and Le Club Weekend impromptu</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/12/01/live-music-party-december-4th-and-le-club-weekend-impromptu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imma play a show this Friday in New York City. I got my hott new band we&#8217;re gonna be playing some hott new tunes. There will be tequila ladies in the house to get you all poured up, and $3 drinks at the bar. NO COVER. That&#8217;s right. Because we love you. It&#8217;s an early [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=320&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The suble view from Mars</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/11/18/the-suble-view-from-mars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I hit the hay tonight, I shall dream that I am in my comfy, pimped-out air-locked pod on a spaceship hurtling through space heading straight for our green earth. Nothing but the hum of oxygen tides surrounds. When I wake up at the joyous hour of &#8211;, I will be 110% rested and rejuvenated, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=303&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>@THE CENTER on a midsummer&#8217;s night</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/08/04/the-center-on-a-midsummers-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Twas a beautiful evening post-rain, the air distilled, a taut summer breeze&#8230; perfect for a midsummer night&#8217;s salon at THE CENTER. Ed Bennett and Dusty Wright of Culture Catch had asked me to perform my rendition of &#8220;Smells Like Teen Spirit&#8221;, which got the crowd really riled up and hopping (but the party was already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=206&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is not a commercial</title>
		<link>http://blog.torabrava.com/2009/05/30/this-is-not-a-commercial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But I do love! a camera! that makes me look so&#8230;.. TALLLL!!!! . . . Posted in music helps me grow, photos, travel<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.torabrava.com&amp;blog=7482785&amp;post=145&amp;subd=torabrava&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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