You can upload as many photos as you want between now & midnight on January 5th, 2010. (Tip: don&apos;t add your last name or a website in your message. We want to protect your privacy)<br /><br /> Here&apos;s Vans Girls Blogger <a href="http://vimeo.com/8212922" target= "_blank">Amanda Rae in Times Square</a> in front of the Be Here Billboard.<br /><br /> <object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8212922&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1 ...

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After 11 years on the ASP World Tour, Australia&apos;s Taj Burrow hit major pay dirt today in the Billabong Pipe Masters, winning $90,000 after taking down reigning and six-time Pipe Masters champion Kelly Slater in the final. This was Slater&apos;s 14th final in his 19 years of competing here and Taj&apos;s first.<br /><br />Burrow, 31, received $40,000 from Billabong for the win, and an unprecedented $50,000 bonus from Vans, as well as a $10,000 custom Nixon watch and a hand-shaped surfboard trophy by Pipeline legend Gerry Lopez. The Billabong ...

Henry just received Grammy nominations for producing new albums from two legendary American talents in New Orleans&apos; Allen Toussaint and influential country folk songsmith Ramblin&apos; Jack Elliott.<br /><br /> Joe Henry Tour Dates: <br /> 3/2/10 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door<br /> 3/3/10 Portland, OR - The Aladdin<br /> 3/5/10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall<br /> 3/6/10 Los Angeles, CA - Largo @ Coronet<br /> 3/8/10 New York, NY - The Blue Note<br /> 3/9/10 Vienna, VA - The Barns Wolftrap<br /> 3/10/10 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live ...

The Block<br />By Chris Blitz<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI7JPVSJdY" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a video recap by The Block&apos;s own Chris Davis<br /><br />The best trick this week was on the step on main street course. The locals totally dominated the obstacle this month. Some of the tricks thrown down were nollie tre, back 360&apos;s, double flips, huge tail grab shuv it. The crowd was really into this one and I could hear the roars all the way up in the retail store. It came ...

Airing Monday, December 14, at 8:00pm ET/PT, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase "Vans Downtown Showdown 2009."<br /><br /> Vans Downtown Showdown 2009 Air Dates:<br /><br /> Monday, 12/14/2009 8:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT in Meet & Brotatoes<br /> Monday, 12/14/2009 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT<br /> Wednesday, 12/16/2009 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT<br /> Thursday, 12/17/2009 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT<br /> Saturday, 12/19/2009 2:00 PM ET / 11 ...

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"The Simpsons Theme", also referred to as "The Simpsons Main Title Theme" in album releases, is the theme song of the animated television series The Simpsons. It plays during the opening sequence and was composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, after series creator Matt Groening approached him requesting a retro-style theme. The piece, which took two days to create, has been noted by Elfman as the most popular of his career. The theme as used for the opening sequence was re-arranged during season 2, and the current arrangement by Alf Clausen was introduced at the beginning of the third season ...

The 2009 Billabong Pipeline Masters is held at the famed surf break, the Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, from December 8 until December 20, 2009. It&apos;s the final contest of the 10-stop Association of Surfing Professionals Men&apos;s World Tour. Not since 2006 has this event decided who will win the world title. Two surfers, Australians Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson, are dueling for the crown. <br /><br /> "We&apos;re excited to be offering the first-ever live broadcast of an ASP World Tour event to the U.S. audience," says Scott Paridon ...

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Flogging Molly&apos;s 2010 Green 17 Tour tour is set for February and March. The last show will be at St Patrick&apos;s Day extravaganza at Tempe Beach Park in Phoenix, AZ.<br /><br /> Tickets for the entire Green 17 Tour and the New Year&apos;s shows are on sale now at Floggingmolly.com<br /><br />

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