z?om stalowy

Z uwagi na wzrost kradzie?y z?omu, a szczególno?ci odcinki torów kolejowych, kable telefoniczne, przewody energetyczne, w?azy studzienek kanalizacyjnych skupy z?omów nie powinny wygl?daj?cych na kradzione odpadów. Ka?da osoba zdaj?ca z?om powinna okaza? dowód to?samo?ci. W przypadku podejrzenia o kradzie?y z?omu skup z?omu. Ka?dy skup z?omu, który zajmuje si? równie? z?omowaniem pojazdów powinna mie? specjaln? licencj? oraz podlega pod szczególn? kontrol?.

Proces produkcji metalu ze z?omu polega na kilku etapach. Pierwszy etap to segregacja z?omu i oddzielenie metali nie?elaznych od z?omu metalowego. Nast?pny etap to rozgrzanie z?omu w ogromnych kadziach elektrycznych. Najcz??ciej wygl?da to tak, ?e do ogromnej kadzi wk?adane s? dwie ogromne elektrody przez który przep?ywa ogromny pr?d – wytworzony ?uk elektryczny stapia metal i podgrzewa si? go do temperatury ponad 900 stopni. Nast?pnie do du?ej kadzi wrzucane s? odpowiednie sk?adniki dzi?ki którym gotowy produkt b?dzie spe?nia? wymagania klienta pod wzgl?dem ilo?ci w?gla w metalu itp…

Publikujemy ogólnie dost?pny cennik stale publikuje uaktualniamy cennik skupu z?omu. Mamy liczne oddzia?y i skupy metali – zarówno metali stalowych jak i kolorowych. Posiadamy du?e skupy w Rzeszowie i ?odzi oraz kilkadziesi?t mniejszych skupów na terenie Ca?ej Polski. Nasz skup z?omu znajduje si? np. w Grudzi?dzu, D?bicy, Cieszynie, Mielcu itp…

najwi?kszym odbiorc? z?omu s? kraje rozwijaj?ce si? – np. Chiny, ale równie? i USA. Najcenniejszym z?omem jest z?om metali kolorowych – miedz, aluminium, nikiel, ale równie? do z?omu metali kolorowych nale?ny z?oto, srebro, platyna.

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Happy Hanukkah!!! – recent (& not-so-recent) Chanukah comics

Tonight will be the 5th night of Chanukah, but today’s only the 4th day. Therefore, I’ve only let half the holiday slip by before posting my annual roundup of Hanukkah comic strips and Chanukah stories in comic books.

As my Hanukkah gift to my loyal readers, I’m using up a chunk of my image file allotment to present graphics in this post. Enjoy!

First up is Hillary Price’s Rhymes with Orange, which may by found online at http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/index.php?date=20081222

Last year, the “erev Christmas” / Xmas Eve Off the Mark comic strip by Mark Parisi presented us with Extreme Dreidel.

Although there is no new Hanukkah strip from Mark this year, he has placed all of his Chanukah comic strips at a single online location for your convenience : http://www.offthemark.com/search-results/key/hanukkah/

I only learned about the delightful comic strip The Pajama Diaries by Terri Libenson, which is about a Jewish family, earlier this year.

Last year, Hanukkkah came out earlier and Terry used that fact in her cartoon.

Another cartoon Terry did had to do with the way that Jewish kids’ lunches can seem strange to their Gentile classmates.

I love this one about explaining to Jewish children that Jews – young & old – don’t believe in Santa Claus.

As Terry wrote in her blog “I was careful to tread lightly around the existence of certain major December holiday character”.

The 2 above cartoons were from December 2006.

Last January (Jan. 5th, 2007), Level 99 by 2 guys (only known as “Race” and “Arlo”) showed us how useful a Jewish shopper can become for a desperate Saint Nick.

http://www.level99comic.com/item/292

Back in 2002, in the webcomic White Bread and Toast, White Bread complained about not getting any Hanukkah gifts.

http://www.whitebreadandtoast.com/comics/toast391.gif

For Xmas Eve 2003, Ryan Sohmer & Chad William Porter presented a holiday strip in which the main protagonist (Rayne) wishes the readers a Merry Xmas … while tied to a giant cross. That doesn’t seem to have Jewish content. However, after being told that he’s likely offended 2/3 of their readers, Rayne (an equal opportunity offender) decides to offend the other third by holding their religious symbols in his hand (including a Star of David).

http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20031224

In 2005, “Enigma” shared his idea for “the first truly multi-denominational holiday symbol” in his webcomic Filthy Lies!. Alas, I haven’t found it in any holiday catalogs yet.

http://www.filthylies.net/d/20050119.html

Last December, Jewcy published a 1-page comic critical of the Maccabees and noting the reluctance of Jewish leaders to recognize the holiday. It was co-written by ever-controversial cartoonist Eli Valley & “cranky blogger” David Kelsey titled “The Festival of Lights”. The comic – and comments it generated from visitors to the site – may be found at http://www.jewcy.com/feature/2007-12-04/eli_valley_hanukkah

I’d explain the following Ramp Rats comic strip by Elene Steier entitled “A Mothra Hanukkah”, but it’s probably best to let the reader enjoy it (or not) and interpret it as they see fit (or not).
http://striporama.com/ramprats/mothra_Hanukkah_2003.jpg

Meanwhile, Patty & Terry Laban are running their annual 8-day Chanukah comic strip marathon. Unlike last year, there is no ongoing storyline and the special menorah introduced last year is nowhere to be found. This year’s theme is “You know it’s Hanukkah when …”

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081221&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081222&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081223&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081224&name=Edge_City

The remaining cartoons may be viewed – over the course of the next four days – by clicking on the following four links :

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081225&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081226&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081227&name=Edge_City

http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081228&name=Edge_City

The comic book world has also been recognizing the Jewish festival of lights.

This year’s issue of The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding (issue #3, to be exact) includes a story by Arie Kaplan (erroneously credited as “Ari Kaplan”) entitled “Not a (Green, Slimy) Creature was Stirring”. In this story, Jewish show biz celebrity Krusty the Clown tries to create a Hanukkah mascot.

This isn’t the first time a Simpsons anthology has contained a Chanukah story.
In 2006, The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1 included the story “The Gift of the Maccabees” written by Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer. That story had a Krusty flashback to Las Vegas in 1963.

The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger published in 2004 included the story “Con-Nukah!”, in which Bart Simpson made the (temporary) decision to become Jewish – for the eight days of presents that he’d be entitled to during Hanukkah, of course.

The story is summarized well by Mark I. Pinsky in an online excerpt from the book The Gospel According to the Simpsons :

At Hanukkah, he [Bart] learns from a Jewish friend about the eight nights and eight gifts, and naturally Bart decides to convert, noting the additional benefit of holidays off school. Homer asks if his son is certain he wants to “abandon the faith you happened to be born into,” the reason most people worship where they do. Bart, now wearing a skullcap all the time, replies that he’d rather be on Krusty’s team than the Flanderses’. Following the sometimes traditional practice for those who want to convert to Judaism, Rabbi Krustofski turns Bart down several times — to be certain he is serious — before agreeing to take him on for classes. Bart argues that if he became Jewish, he’d be a “trash-talkin’ Spiky-haired Seinfeld with a Fox attitude.” Even so, the rabbi is unconvinced, predicting the boy would not like the religion because “so much Judaism is like opera, the Lincoln Douglas debates, and the Atkins Diet, all rolled into one.” Bart is plainly in it for the toys, which his parents supply each night of the holiday (along with gingerbread rabbis), but sister Lisa is optimistic that her brother may be undergoing a spiritual awakening. Her gift, after lighting the menorah, is a book about Jewish history, humor, and “food-oriented Yiddish phrases” that Bart uses as a TV tray, holding Dr. Brown’s Cream Soda and lowcarb hamentaschen. The boy also announces he can’t do chores around the house on Saturdays because he has become a strict Sabbath observer. As a convert to Buddhism, Lisa despairs at her brother’s antics. “I thought we finally had something in common,” she says. “That we followed our hearts because of what we believe in. But as usual, the only thing you believe in is self-gratification.” In the end, Bart spends enough time with the rabbi to make the right decision and not convert. “Love the religion,” he confesses to Lisa, “but, oy . . . I can’t handle the guilt.”

In the latest issue of Super Friends (#10), in the story “Season of Light” written by Sholly Fisch, the superheroes visit the Wayne Foundation Community Center, where the children are celebrating all of the Winter holidays together. In one panel, Batman helps Moshe to put the candles in the Hanukkah menorah.

However , Dr. Light tries to steal the celebration lights.

According to Shirala’s website, her Hanukkah CD comes with a comic.
Check it out for yourself by going to http://shirlala.com/index.php/recordings

I have 2 “leads” for comics which may exist &/or may have Hanukkah content in them.

The first comes from Mike Lynch, who wrote at http://alwiseman.com/2006/06/al-wiseman-appreciation-by-mike-lynch.html
“I learned about Jewish people via Dennis. In one Christmas Special there was a substitute milkman during the holidays and Dennis rode on the milk truck with him and his son. They explained that they were Jews and the regular milkman wanted Christmas off and they, you see, celebrated Hanukkah instead of Christmas, etc. They told Dennis about their religion. It was news to me. What can I say? We lived in a small town!”
It’s a bit unclear to me if Lynch is referring to a Dennis the Menace TV special or a comic book special. If he is referring to a comic book, I don’t know which one and would welcome input from anyone who knows about such a comic.

The latest issue of DCU Holiday Special (2008) has a story in which Dr. Light aids with the Festival of Lights. However, I’m not 100% certain the “Festival of Lights” being referred to is Hanukkah.

I’ll conclude this long Hanukkah post by referring readers to the blog post / Hanukkah sermon of Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (aka the Comic Book Rabbi). In his post Chanukah: A Time For Superheroes, the rabbi makes reference to the 1993 Marvel Comics Holiday story (by Peter David) in which Doc Samson spices up the Hanukkah story by inserting Marvel superhero and supervillain characters. Weinstein concludes that “being a teacher isn’t easy. And teachers are today’s real heroes. They remind us that the great people of our past, like the Maccabees, did remarkable things and won amazing victories while armed with little more than their faith. If they could do it, imagine what we can accomplish. Even without long green hair and red spandex tights.”

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Metaloplastyka – bramy kute

bramy i ogrodzenia kute Oczywi?cie nie trzeba dok?adnie analizowa? faktu, ?e balustrady kute, i na przyk?ad balustrady z e stali mog? ró?ni? si? od siebie w sposób znacz?cy. Ma to zwi?zek g?ównie z technik? ich wykonania. Najtrwalsze s? oczywi?cie balustrady kute, one charakteryzuj? si? jednak tak?e najwy?sz? cen?.

bramy Warto wi?c zastanowi? si? powa?nie przed zakupem tak zdawa?oby si? prozaicznego elementu wyko?czeniowego, jakim s? w?a?nie balustrady .

bramy i ogrodzenia Oczywi?cie takie bramy metalowe, w znaczny sposób odbiegaj? standardem od tych najdro?szych modeli, jednak warto nadmieni?, ze tak?e charakteryzuj? si? du?? trwa?o?ci?.

ogrodzenia kute Balustrady spe?niaj? dosy? jednoznaczn? funkcj?, w wyko?czeniu ka?dego domu. Przede wszystkim maj? by? trwa?e i bezpieczne. Jednak zag??biaj?c si? w tematyk? zwi?zan? z produkcja tych elementów wyko?czeniowych, ?atwo zauwa?y?, jak du?e zró?nicowanie panuje po?ród tego typu produktów.

Kowalstwo Jednym z najwa?niejszych elementów, niezb?dnych podczas wyka?czania nowo wybudowanego domu, jest niew?tpliwie wyko?czenie tak newralgicznych punktów jak balkony. Oczywi?cie musimy je wyposa?y? w odpowiednie balustrady , zabezpieczaj?ce domowników przed niebezpiecze?stwem.

kute W ró?nych firmach oferuj?cych nam wyka?czanie domów, mo?emy znale?? balustrady stalowe, balustrady metalowe, czy balustrady kute.

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YK’s Picks

Blogger: YK
Blog: YK’s Jewish Music Forum

Best Album: 8th Note (Yossi Green)
Best Song: Anovim (8th Note)
Best Debut Singer: Yitzy Spinner
Best Arrangement: Sefor (8th Note)
Worst Song: Hesech Hadas (Avraham Fried)

Full Disclosure:

“I will be really concise, I don’t want to take too much of your time.

Best Album – Yossi Green was a living legend but there was something missing in his career – an album like the 8th Note. True, he had put out Shades of Green but we needed to hear something novel, cool and modern from him and he delivered. Gabay is also up there but the 8th Note is more significant, if you look at the big picture.

Best Song – Anovim is the natural choice, since this year was the first time this song came out with a proper arrangement and recording. Singable, great lyrics, great vocals and great arrangement. What else can we ask for?

Best Debut Singer – In my opinion 2008 has provided us with one of the best harvests of new singers of the past 5, 6 years. Not in terms of quantity but in regards to quality. Spinner stands out because he is a pro and boy, we need more real pros in JM. Great composer, arranger and singer, but above all, just a great musician.
However I would like to make a special mention to a singer of a completely different segment of JM – Shuli Rand. He has one skill that is very very scarce in Jewish Music today – lyrics. He is a brilliant lyricist and that’s something Spinner doesn’t have at all – Spinner gets songs from Chazal and the only English song of his album is running for this year’s worst song. True, the trend is still to dig in Chazal for new lyrics and that’s what sells but I strongly believe we will eventually shift to more original lyrics, not Chazal verbatim but novel lyrics based on the words of Chazal. In that regard Shuli Rand is ahead of everyone, by far.

Best Arrangement – Sefor, because it’s fresh, original and just really cool.

Worst Song – Of course, Avraham Fried had to sing the Mashiach song in the 8th Note. Boring and pointless song, and I would expect much more from one of the alleged top singers in JM – a top singer would steal the show in the 8th Note. Again, a great singer cannot hit the same key every time. Explore new worlds, sing about different things and most importantly, be original.

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Dreidel – Rap Version

This is a video from Erran Baron Cohen, the brother of Borat, who just released a new album of Hanukka songs.
There are previews of the songs in his website. I specially liked Maoz Tzur, which sounds like America’s National Anthem in Cohen’s version (Kol Isha). I never heard of him, so I found this NYMagazine interview very interesting.
(Hat tip to BlogInDm)

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Boruch Levine and Ami Eller

Queens College concert last week.
Ami Eller is a young talent from Mo Kiss’s Kol Noar Boys Choir. He was also the soloist in Shea Rubenstein’s debut album, which I hope to review in the near future. (tks JoeFlix)

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Introducing…Kol Ish!

Kol Ish is a “college acapella” group from University of Maryland and they’ve just released their debut album. I love acapella and since nonw of the acapella groups out there have a true “college acapella” style, I was looking forward for this album and decided to review it.

The group’s name, Kol Ish is apparently a play with Kol Isha, and they probably mean that this is as good as Kol Isha. Or something like that. That would be similar to AKAPella’s marketing campaign – “so good it should be ossur”.
Overall the production is really simple, and the cover art reflects that too. But I actually liked the retro design of the actual CD. Let’s go to the real stuff:

Mi Adir is apparently an “adaptation” from a Coldplay song (can’t pinpoint) and right from the start you will see how well Kol Ish’s voices mesh together. Very smooth and pleasant, I prefer this kind of opening song for an Acapella album rather than a computer-generated song (AKAPella did that in their albums). The song however doesn’t builds up and remains in the same gear throughout the 4 mins – I would expect a little more improvisation. Also, the lyrics were not spelled so well in 0:30 and 0:42 – instead of Mi Adir AL Hakol, it sounds like they only said Mi Adir Hakol (no AL). ***

From the very first time I heard this CD, Haazinu stood up from all other songs. It’s exactly what I like in an Acapella setting – originality, good vocal arrangements and great vocals. The tune is very catchy and unique – you don’t have the traditional high part and low part scheme but three parts that are very different from each other. The middle part is a “niggun” that is used as a bridge – a nice idea that is also used in a later song in this album (Va’alu). The lyrics are also original, from Parshas Haazinu and this song does builds up quite well. *****

Kah Ribon is a song I love, originally featured in Ari Goldwag’s debut album. It’s a fun song to sing for acapella – great tune and easy harmonies – so this was a clever choice of song. I would’ve used auto-tune in the beginning of the song, but overall the vocals are good in this song. The dissonant chord in the end is cool, I’m guessing they took this idea from Mike Boxer who did the same in Bilvovi, featured in his last album. ****

Who has the patience for Meheira? It’s an old hit, it was oversung everywhere and therefore this song was a poor choice. Kol Ish didn’t do anything new or original here, so this song has no appeal for me. **

Adon Olam is a new song and it’s not bad, but not good either – something in between. Not much to be said here, this is an old-style Acapella. ***

Vehoair is one of my all-time favorites from Yehuda! and another great song for Acapella. The harmonies in 1:54 are fantastic and although this is very much like the original version, there’s a lot to like here. ***

Great piece of typical Acapella harmonies in the opening of Hodo – Kol Ish is clearly aiming for that traditional “College Acapella” style we all know. But this song is much better than the other fast song, Adon Olam, and there’s a lot of cool shticks in this one. The song is kind of weird, but it’s a perfect song to cheer this album a bit. ***

Va’alu is quite boring and not really exciting. **

The vocal in Gam Ki Elech are spotless and Kol Ish’s vibe is certainly in these mellow songs. ****

Yehi – great closing song but the digital effects are a disaster- waaaay to much distortion and too unprofessional, and it basically ruined this great song. If done right, this song could’ve been the best of the album. **

Conclusion: Kol Ish has a lot of potential, that’s very clear. The production is the simplest possible and with a better musical team Kol Ish could’ve have produced a masterpiece – their original songs are very good and they form a very solid acapella group. It’s a very decent debut album but they have a lot of home-work to do – better production next time.

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Grill bar

Zorganizowanie imprezy przy grillu wcale nie jest trudne i nie wymaga jakiego? ogromnego nak?adu finansowego. Wystarczy dobry i sprawny grill, mi?so, ryba czy warzywa bo grillowa? mo?na wszystko, nale?y pami?ta? o tym aby ryb? piec w folii aluminiowej.

Do pieczenia kurczaka doskonale nadaje si? grill barbecook, to gril s?u??cy do przyrz?dzania potraw które piecze si? pod przykryciem to tak jakby kurczak by? pieczony w piecu.

Grill weber pochodzi z Ameryki i jest tam ogromnie popularny. W sprzeda?y tego producenta s? grile min, grill gazowy bardzo dobrze si? sprawdza przy wyjazdach poza miasto, grille w?glowe i inne grile marki weber.

Wyci?gamy grille schowane gdzie? w gara?u czy?cimy z kurzu oceniamy wzrokowo w jakim stanie jest nasz gril. Wiadomo, ?e wiosna i lato a? do pó?nej jesieni do wspania?y okres na grillowanie.

Od dawna grillowanie to domena m??czyzn chocia? na co dzie? nie gotuj?. Tak wi?c nie mamy nic innego do zrobienia jak nam kupi? grill, mi?sko co? do picia i zaprosi? swoich znajomych na grill.

Jednak grill ogrodowy murowany zyskuje sobie coraz wi?ksze zainteresowanie ze wzgl?du na swój przepi?kny wygl?d, nawet najwi?ksi mi?o?nicy grillowania cz??ciej si? nim chwal? przed go??mi ni? pal? w nim ogie?.

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Wk?ady kominkowe

Zaprezentowane w kolejnych rozdzia?ach wiadomo?ci i porady przydadz? si? tak?e zainteresowanym, które maj? ju? kominek lub piec – nie jest bowiem ?atwo zosta? ekspertem w dziedzinie opalania drewnem i utrzymania ognia.

Ogie?, aby móg? p?on??, wymaga tlenu – do?mowe palenisko wprawia w ruch powietrze, co powoduje naturaln? wentylacj? i poprawia kli?mat wn?trza. Prowadzi to do sta?ej cyrkulacji powietrza w pomieszczeniu, a piec lub kominek pe?ni wówczas równie? funkcj? filtra, który, po?bieraj?c wraz z tlenem py? i zanieczyszczenia, oczyszcza powietrze w ca?ym domu.

Terminem piecyk okre?la si? najcz??ciej tak?e grzejnik elektryczny lub gazowy, natomiast piec kojarzony jest z kot?em ogrzewania ?ciennego na paliwo sta?e (np. drewno lub koks), który, ze wzgl?du na du?e wymiary oraz system przewodów ru?rowych i pomp, jest zazwyczaj umieszczony w piwnicy lub osobnym budynku-kot?owni.

Jed?nak przed podj?ciem decyzji o instalacji ko?minkaw domu warto poradzi? si? architekta lub in?yniera budowlanego i zapozna? si? z od?powiednimi przepisami i normami budowlany?mi. W Szwecji obowi?zuje wiele aktów praw?nych i norm, których przestrzegania i spe?nie?nia wymaga si? przed instalacj? nowych pale?nisk w rejonach zabudowy miejskiej.

Dost?pne na polskim rynku modele s? eksponowane na sta?ych prezentacjach budownictwa, targach itp. Wiele urz??dze? oferuj? specjalistyczne sklepy z artyku?a?mi wyposa?enia wn?trz. Informacje na temat monta?u i u?ytkowania kominków mo?na te? znale?? w licznych periodycznych czasopi?smach budowlanych, a tak?e w Internecie.

Ich asortyment ulega ci?g?ej zmianie, co mo?na zauwa?y? tak?e w Polsce – obecnie wiele krajowych firm sprowadza lub produku?je i instaluje kominki oraz wk?ady kominkowe, a na specjalne ?yczenie wykonuje piece kaflo?we albo trzony kuchenne.

Zainteresowanie dodatkowymi ?ród?ami ciep?a w systemie ogrzewania mieszka? uza?sadnia potrzeb? przedstawienia odpo?wiednich urz?dze?. W artykule sprecyzowano wymagania i warunki techniczne, na które trzeba zwróci? uwag? przy wyborze, zakupie i instalacji kominka lub pieca.

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Introducing…Kol Ish

Kol Ish is a “college acapella” group from University of Maryland and they’ve just released their debut album. I love acapella and since nonw of the acapella groups out there have a true “college acapella” style, I was looking forward for this album and decided to review it.

The group’s name, Kol Ish is apparently a play with Kol Isha, and they probably mean that this is as good as Kol Isha. Or something like that. That would be similar to AKAPella’s marketing campaign – “so good it should be ossur”.
Overall the production is really simple, and the cover art reflects that too. But I actually liked the retro design of the actual CD. Let’s go to the real stuff:

Mi Adir is apparently an “adaptation” from a Coldplay song (can’t pinpoint) and right from the start you will see how well Kol Ish’s voices mesh together. Very smooth and pleasant, I prefer this kind of opening song for an Acapella album rather than a computer-generated song (AKAPella did that in their albums). The song however doesn’t builds up and remains in the same gear throughout the 4 mins – I would expect a little more improvisation. Also, the lyrics were not spelled correctly in the first part of this song – instead of Mi Adir AL Hakol, they only said Mi Adir Hakol (no AL). Later in the song they did it right, so this was very odd. ***

From the very first time I heard this CD, Haazinu stood up from all other songs. It’s exactly what I like in an Acapella setting – originality, good vocal arrangements and great vocals. The tune is very catchy and unique – you don’t have the traditional high part and low part scheme but three parts that are very different from each other. The middle part is a “niggun” that is used as a bridge – a nice idea that is also used in a later song in this album (Va’alu). The lyrics are also original, from Parshas Haazinu and this song does builds up quite well. *****

Kah Ribon is a song I love, originally featured in Ari Goldwag’s debut album. It’s a fun song to sing for acapella – great tune and easy harmonies – so this was a clever choice of song. I heard the very opening word of this song many times and the singer is noticeably off, but overall the vocals are good in this song. The dissonant chord in the end is cool, I’m guessing they took this idea from Mike Boxer who did the same in Bilvovi, featured in his last album. ****

Who has the patience for Meheira? It’s an old hit, it was oversung everywhere and therefore this song was a poor choice. Kol Ish didn’t do anything new or original here, so this song has no appeal for me. **

Adon Olam is a new song and it’s not bad, but not good either – something in between. Not much to be said here, this is an old-style Acapella. ***

Vehoair is one of my all-time favorites from Yehuda! and another great song for Acapella. The harmonies in 1:54 are fantastic and although this is very much like the original version, there’s a lot to like here. ***

Great piece of typical Acapella harmonies in the opening of Hodo – Kol Ish is clearly aiming for that traditional “College Acapella” style we all know. But this song is much better than the other fast song, Adon Olam, and there’s a lot of cool shticks in this one. The song is kind of weird, but it’s a perfect song to cheer this album a bit. ***

Va’alu is quite boring and not really exciting. **

The vocal in Gam Ki Elech are spotless and Kol Ish’s vibe is certainly in these mellow songs. ****

Yehi – great closing song but the digital effects are a disaster- waaaay to much distortion and too unprofessional, and it basically ruined this great song. If done right, this song could’ve been the best of the album. **

Conclusion: Kol Ish has a lot of potential, that’s very clear. The production is the simplest possible and with a better musical team Kol Ish could’ve have produced a masterpiece – their original songs are very good and they form a very solid acapella group. It’s a very decent debut album but they have a lot of home-work to do – better production next time.

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