Legendary Philadelphia bluegrass band returns to Sellersville Theater

Sellersville, PA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/08/2008 -- Skookil Express was the band that helped introduce Philadelphia to bluegrass 35 years ago, and the group is getting back together for a one-night-only reunion performance at the Sellersville Theater (www.st94.com) at 7:30 PM on Sunday, October 5, 2008.

Skookil Express was founded by John Stey in 1973, and was a fixture in the Philadelphia live music scene. The group played weekly at the Wheel Pump Inn in Erdenheim and at the Bryn Mawr Beef and Ale, where more than 70,000 people paid the cover charge to hear them play. They also shared their stage with many famous national bluegrass bands as they passed through the area. Skookil Express fans got to hear groups such as JD Crowe and the New South, Buck White and the Down Home Folks, Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers, the Bluegrass Alliance with Vince Gill, and Ricky Skaggs and Boone Creek.

The various musicians who played with John Stey as part of Skookil Express reads like a who's who of Philadelphia bluegrass music. They included Bob (Tanner) Tangrea, Rich Gerlach, Rob (Bo) Frazer, Wannamaker Lewis (Andy Applebaum), Rich Kalikow, and Ed Lick. Former band members from across the country are returning to take part in this reunion performance.

An added feature of the concert will be a silent auction of two brand new instruments, donated by Silver Sponsor Ibanez Guitars (www.ibanez.com). Skookil Express was featured on an Ibanez bluegrass promotional poster in the 1970s. The AW800RNT acoustic guitar comes with a hardshell case, and the M522SBS is the company's flagship F5-style mandolin. Both will be sold to the highest bidder the night of the concert to help defray the costs of producing the concert.

Information about the band, including a history, photos, music clips, and much more is available at the band's Web site, http://www.skookilexpress.com. Tickets are available through the Sellersville Theater Web site (http://www.st94.com/music/2008_10.html#express), or by phone at 215-257-5808, or at the theater box office at Main and Temple Streets in Sellersville, PA.

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Professor Poor’s Intelligence Report Now Tracks Individual Models

Perkasie, PA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/26/2007 -- Since November 2005, display industry expert Alfred Poor has published "Professor Poor's Weekly Price Intelligence Report" at his HDTV Resource Center site at http://hdtvprofessor.com. Each week, the report lists all the advertised prices for HDTVs from all the major national retailers. Now the report has been redesigned to make it even more useful to people shopping for HDTVs.

"I provided information from each retailer sorted by display size and price," said Poor. "This helped readers of the report to compare prices quickly. But then I got feedback from readers that in addition to the brand and technology information, they also wanted to know the specific product model that was advertised."

As a result, the "Intelligence Report" has been redesigned. Just for this purpose, he has created a database that lists individual products by model number, and includes the brand name, the size, and the display technology. It also records the resolution offered by the product — 720p or 1080p for HDTVs, EDTV or SDTV for others — and whether or not the model includes a digital tuner which is required to get free, over-the-air broadcasts of HDTV programming.

All of this information is reported for the current week's advertisements, along with the name of the store and its advertised price. The report is published every Tuesday, and is produced as a downloadable file using Adobe Acrobat PDF format, available instantly after purchase from the HDTV Resource Center.

To help launch the expanded version of "Professor Poor's Weekly Price Intelligence Report", it is offered at half the regular price for the next three months. Instead of $9.95 per issue, it is priced at just $5.95. And for a limited time, buyers of the report will also get a $5 discount off Alfred Poor's popular book, "Professor Poor's Guide to Buying HDTV" which is also available online at the HDTV Resource Center.

About Alfred Poor's HDTV Resource Center

Alfred Poor's HDTV Resource Center is a free Web site that contains information and links to resources designed to help people make good decisions about purchasing HDTV products and services. One of the key elements of the site is the widely-read HDTV Almanac, a free daily compendium of news and original commentary about HDTV and related home entertainment topics.

Alfred Poor has an international reputation in the display industry. He brings more than 22 years of experience as a freelance writer and technology consultant, with particular expertise in display technology. He has written extensively about displays for the computer trade press; he was affiliated with PC Magazine for more than 20 years, where he was a Contributing Editor until March 2005, and was the magazine's first Lead Analyst for Business Displays. He has played key roles in display product testing for PC Magazine; he developed the rigorous testing protocols for monitor and projectors that have become the standard for product comparison. He is a columnist with Computer Shopper Magazine, where his "Alfred Poor's Computer Cures" column has appeared for nearly 13 years, helping millions of readers with their troubleshooting questions. He now is a Senior Research Associate at Pacific Media Associates. He was a charter member and past Chair of the Display of the Year Awards Committee for Society for Information Display (SID), and is currently the Chair of the Delaware Valley Chapter of SID. He was also a Contributing Editor with SID's magazine, Information Display, for which he edited or wrote more than 100 articles in recent years.

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Perkasie, PA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/26/2007 -- Since November 2005, display industry expert Alfred Poor has published "Professor Poor's Weekly Price Intelligence Report" at his HDTV Resource Center site at http://hdtvprofessor.com. Each week, the report lists all the advertised prices for HDTVs from all the major national retailers. Now the report has been redesigned to make it even more useful to people shopping for HDTVs.

"I provided information from each retailer sorted by display size and price," said Poor. "This helped readers of the report to compare prices quickly. But then I got feedback from readers that in addition to the brand and technology information, they also wanted to know the specific product model that was advertised."

As a result, the "Intelligence Report" has been redesigned. Just for this purpose, he has created a database that lists individual products by model number, and includes the brand name, the size, and the display technology. It also records the resolution offered by the product — 720p or 1080p for HDTVs, EDTV or SDTV for others — and whether or not the model includes a digital tuner which is required to get free, over-the-air broadcasts of HDTV programming.

All of this information is reported for the current week's advertisements, along with the name of the store and its advertised price. The report is published every Tuesday, and is produced as a downloadable file using Adobe Acrobat PDF format, available instantly after purchase from the HDTV Resource Center.

To help launch the expanded version of "Professor Poor's Weekly Price Intelligence Report", it is offered at half the regular price for the next three months. Instead of $9.95 per issue, it is priced at just $5.95. And for a limited time, buyers of the report will also get a $5 discount off Alfred Poor's popular book, "Professor Poor's Guide to Buying HDTV" which is also available online at the HDTV Resource Center.

About Alfred Poor's HDTV Resource Center

Alfred Poor's HDTV Resource Center is a free Web site that contains information and links to resources designed to help people make good decisions about purchasing HDTV products and services. One of the key elements of the site is the widely-read HDTV Almanac, a free daily compendium of news and original commentary about HDTV and related home entertainment topics.

Alfred Poor has an international reputation in the display industry. He brings more than 22 years of experience as a freelance writer and technology consultant, with particular expertise in display technology. He has written extensively about displays for the computer trade press; he was affiliated with PC Magazine for more than 20 years, where he was a Contributing Editor until March 2005, and was the magazine's first Lead Analyst for Business Displays. He has played key roles in display product testing for PC Magazine; he developed the rigorous testing protocols for monitor and projectors that have become the standard for product comparison. He is a columnist with Computer Shopper Magazine, where his "Alfred Poor's Computer Cures" column has appeared for nearly 13 years, helping millions of readers with their troubleshooting questions. He now is a Senior Research Associate at Pacific Media Associates. He was a charter member and past Chair of the Display of the Year Awards Committee for Society for Information Display (SID), and is currently the Chair of the Delaware Valley Chapter of SID. He was also a Contributing Editor with SID's magazine, Information Display, for which he edited or wrote more than 100 articles in recent years.

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