Grooves

Players socialize with other avatars and rack up currency — called Grooves — by recruiting friends, going on treasure hunts, and attending sponsored events.

Japanese Schoolgirl Watch: OMG! MMORPG on My Cellphone! 2007

Turns out the trio's fourth/fifth pseudo-releases (a two-record compilation of outtakes from the first three sessions), The Lost Grooves and The Lost Mixes (White Swan), turn out not to just match the initial records, but prove to be even better.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011

And lyrically, a number of the songs on Coastal Grooves – Hynes's first album under his latest moniker – are written from a female perspective, while the newly acquired, vaguely androgynous hushed falsetto influenced by 80s MOR singer FR David was the result of a throat operation in 2010 that resulted in Hynes having to learn to sing again.

From Lightspeed Champion to Blood Orange, the many lives of Dev Hynes 2011

I'm not going to read any reviews of Coastal Grooves because I feel like it doesn't matter.

From Lightspeed Champion to Blood Orange, the many lives of Dev Hynes 2011

While making Coastal Grooves, Hynes was haunted by a spate of gay teenage suicides in America, the events triggering memories from his childhood growing up in Romford.

From Lightspeed Champion to Blood Orange, the many lives of Dev Hynes 2011

Turns out the trio's fourth/fifth pseudo-releases (a two-record compilation of outtakes from the first three sessions), The Lost Grooves and The Lost Mixes (White Swan), turn out not to just match the initial records, but prove to be even better.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011

Turns out the trio's fourth/fifth pseudo-releases (a two-record compilation of outtakes from the first three sessions), The Lost Grooves and The Lost Mixes (White Swan), turn out not to just match the initial records, but prove to be even better.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011

The deal: The Grooves in the Grove jazz package requires a two-night stay and includes two tickets to a concert and daily breakfast for two.

Palm Springs Getaway with Jazz Package The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Turns out the trio's fourth/fifth pseudo-releases (a two-record compilation of outtakes from the first three sessions), The Lost Grooves and The Lost Mixes (White Swan), turn out not to just match the initial records, but prove to be even better.

Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Karsh Kale's Cinema and Lost Desert Beats Derek Beres 2011

Recently, Mary over at Ruts and Grooves had something to say about not being afraid to write crap.

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